Crazy fishing outing in New Zealand

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

Looks like dolphins are competing with Aussie “drop bears”. Glad this worked out for all involved. I love to hear these blokes explain it to the boat insurer. 
 

https://apnews.com/article/dolphin-boat-zealand-fishing-northland-bottlenose-421fbe9a3175eea93159238dfcad61b1

[Pat Riot]

900 pounds must be exaggerated. 400, maybe. Unless AP uses a different scale…Oh, wait…It’s AP. Of course it’s exaggerated. 
 

Unless that dolphin they’re showing is just a stock image. 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Well, possible…

 

Quote

Large bottlenose dolphins in the Pacific may be 3.7 m (12 ft.) and weigh 454 kg (1,000 lbs.). In the Mediterranean, bottlenose dolphins can grow to 3.7 m (12 ft.) or more

From

https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/bottlenose-dolphin/characteristics/

coastal dolphins are typically smaller.

 

[Pat Riot]

3 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Well, possible…

 

From

https://seaworld.org/animals/all-about/bottlenose-dolphin/characteristics/

coastal dolphins are typically smaller.

 

This image that appears in Slim’s link is no 900 pound Dolphin, hence my comment about AP News. 

Screenshot from OP above and here: https://apnews.com/article/dolphin-boat-zealand-fishing-northland-bottlenose-421fbe9a3175eea93159238dfcad61b1

This video shows the actual 900 pound dolphin. 

https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/one-moment-calm-waters-the-next-a-900-pound-dolphin-landed-on-their-boat/

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

29 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

This image that appears in Slim’s link is no 900 pound Dolphin, hence my comment about AP News. 

Screenshot from OP above and here: https://apnews.com/article/dolphin-boat-zealand-fishing-northland-bottlenose-421fbe9a3175eea93159238dfcad61b1

This video shows the actual 900 pound dolphin. 

https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/one-moment-calm-waters-the-next-a-900-pound-dolphin-landed-on-their-boat/

I agree and it does not look to be a bottlenose or 9-11ft.

 

 

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

just wanted to join the party 

 

 lookin' for grub and beer 

 

   🙃

[Cypress Sun]

 

[watab kid]

biggest thing i ever had jump in our boat was a three pound bass that jumped in our canoe 

 

came back to add that it was what we were fishing for at the time but neither of us expected that we were both paddling at that time, in a rapids , our poles were stowed at that moment , but it was a nice smallmouth 

[Trailrider #896]

At least they were able to save the dolphin.