Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 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 1 Quote
Pat Riot Posted March 6 Posted March 6 900 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. 2 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 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. Quote
Pat Riot Posted March 6 Posted March 6 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/ 1 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 (edited) 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. Edited March 6 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 1 Quote
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 6 Posted March 6 just wanted to join the party lookin' for grub and beer 🙃 1 Quote
watab kid Posted March 7 Posted March 7 (edited) 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 Edited March 7 by watab kid Quote
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