Scale Down Leaders and Hooks to Catch More Fish, Possible Record Pompano Dolphinfish Caught Off North Carolina

From: Salt Water Sportsman - Thursday Jun 16,2022 09:01 pm

Tested: Contender 44CB

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Reducing Hooks and Leaders

Get Stealthy with Light Leaders and Smaller Hook Sizes

Scaling leaders and hooks way down beyond one’s comfort zone generates bites. The tactic is key to catching bottomfish, coastal favorites, and even offshore pelagics, especially in areas under pressure from other anglers. That puts this tactic under constant evolution.

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Record Dolphin

Pending Record Pompano Dolphinfish Caught Off North Carolina

The N.C. Marine Fisheries department met angler Charlie Noonan at a tackle shop in Wilmington to certify his mahi officially weighed 11.54 pounds on certified scales. His fish had an overall 36-inch length, 17.25-girth and was positively identified by a state biologist as a pompano dolphinfish (Coryphaena equiselis). With paperwork already submitted to the IGFA, expect Noonan’s catch to take over the All-Tackle record for the species.

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