Dolphin.......Big Dolphin.

[scattered_grass]

That is correct.

I spoke with Dennis the other day and asked him about the circumstances surrounding the catching of this fish. Here's what he said for those who are interested.
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Hi Chris,

Here's some info on the bull dorado. Last month I was in Panama shooting an episode of Best & Worst with Tred, our main focus was on tuna and marlin. We were making a pass along the edge of the reef trolling live bonitas when we hooked a dorado about 30 lbs. As I recall we caught a couple more a little smaller, then the rod goes off and just keeps going. At first I thought it was a billfish then it jumped and it was obvious it was a dodo. But it was so far out we couldn't tell how big it was. After a few minutes I started to think this is not the same size as the others, then it started taking more line. Geez this thing pulled and when it was not taking line it would just lay broadside making it very tough to gain line. When I got it about 30ft from the boat we could see it was a big fish and it really didn't want to come in the boat.

Gaffing the beast was something else, and it damn near killed the mate. I knew it was a big fish but didn't realise how big until the cameraman sent me the photos a couple of days ago. By the way the knee pads were for protection as the transom had no padding and was very sharp & painful on the knees. The whole catch will be shown on Tred's show sometime later this year, also will include lots of other species and some unbelieveable tuna feeding footage.

I taped the fish just in case my taxadermy guy had a mold close to the specs, unfortunatly I didn't get an official weight on the fish as I didn't think it was that big at the time, and then I recieved the photo the other day and thought damn it's bigger than I thought. Oh well there must be another one just like it still out there. Thanks for the many kind responses and also the funny one's.

Head width 18.5
Leangth to inside tail fork 62.25 in

Cheers,
DB.
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Dennis told me that they tried to get w weight with the boat's scale which they already knew to be faulty, and that said it was about 65 lbs. which he felt was too small. He then tried the standard weight calculation method but that came out to 106 lbs. which he felt was a bit too heavy.


He also told me that it was delicious!


FISH HARD!

Chris

awesome, thanks for sharing. fish of a lifetime.

[BTH284]

Wonder how pi$$ed off the fish got when the mate stuck him
Unreal gaffer to say the least. Nice job Dennis.

[Ponce]

Wow that thing is a beast.

I would almost be scared to bring him in the boat, based on a couple of beatings I've taken from Mahi in the mid 30's.

[Bert Rodgers]

Looking at the picture I wouldn't be suprised if 106 wasn't pretty close.

Bert

[Regulator]

Looking at the picture I wouldn't be suprised if 106 wasn't pretty close.

Bert

I'm with you Bert, much closer to 106 than 65 ... that might have been a rare Mahi poon candidate

[Baja Dreamer]

Wonder how pi$$ed off the fish got when the mate stuck him
Unreal gaffer to say the least. Nice job Dennis.

Dennis told me that it about beat the mate to death before they "relaxed" it!


FISH HARD!

Chris