70LB Dolphin speared

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The weight I heard was 69 lbs and there was a 5 pounder in its mouth. Still a stud fish.

very nice guys

Thats a monster mahi. I dont doubt the reported weight but its always tough to really gauge the size of them weightwise. I have a picture of me with a 30 pounder i shot in mexico and it doesnt look anything close to 30.

It doesn't look like a 70lb fish, but could be. Beautiful fish nonetheless.

For comparison this one was stated to be 37lb.

Amazing fish! What kind of gun is that? crazy big trigger

Nice fatty! Why would they not weigh it? I always have a small scale with me.

Ive seen a lot of mahi and some really big ones (50-60lbs+) over the years. Last tournament I was in was won by a 50lb er with a few 40 and 30 lbs in there. I think Mike is right at a certain point they get fat more then long. You can really tell the real fat ones by the thickness of the tail before it forks. Judging by that fish's tail it look like its really as big as they claim or close.

On second look hes kind of covering that portion so its hard to see how thick it truly is. Anyways like everyone else said. What a beauty, bet it was under some birds out deep.

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I dunno about this pic,, 9 H&L looking guys and one shot dolphin,,

beautiful fish none-the-less

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I dunno about this pic,, 9 H&L looking guys and one shot dolphin,,

beautiful fish none-the-less

Many times throughout the year dolphin have what people call "lockjaw". For whatever reasons maybe abundance of bait/moon/winds there are certain times where they are EVERYWHERE but wont eat anything you throw at them and wont feed at the surface. People often use down-riggers etc to get a bait down deeper on days like that. But having a spear on board and being able to jump over the side and shoot stuff that wont eat baits is common.

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Virgili has a picture with a 70 pounder..

about/ under 60lb.. not more!!
spotted at the same time an over 70lb dorado unfortunately the gun unloaded...