Dolphins

SSQUAL612

My Buddy cut these on a plasma cnc and going to Hydro dip in American Flag.  Going to hang in my grilling spot when I get my new place in Texas.

Ozzie_Isaac

very cool!

SSQUAL612

Ozzie_Isaac said:

very cool!

Thanks...I’ll cherish them & they will be displayed proudly.  Difficult to get the sense of scale but they’re 36”Wx16”H.  

nolaegghead

obligatory dolphin lover song inserted below for your viewing pleasure.

https://youtu.be/M0s29zbVBi0

SSQUAL612

nolaegghead

Oh, it's a bubble head reference.  OK, I thought you meant the fish.

rtgurley

nolaegghead said:

Oh, it's a bubble head reference.  OK, I thought you meant the fish.

Dolphin's aren't fish...they're mammals

SSQUAL612

rtgurley said:

nolaegghead said:

Oh, it's a bubble head reference.  OK, I thought you meant the fish.

Dolphin's aren't fish...they're mammals

Well there is the Dolphinfish or Mahi Mahi or Dorado. 

CTMike

Very cool.  Submarines once . . . . . 

jeffwit

I’m so confused. 

Eggscuses

nolaegghead

Oh, it's a bubble head reference.  OK, I thought you meant the fish.

rtgurley said:

nolaegghead said:

Oh, it's a bubble head reference.  OK, I thought you meant the fish.

Dolphin's aren't fish...they're mammals

I've been eating sea mammals this whole time?!  Yuck!!!

lousubcap

Gonna be quite the talking piece when finished and hanging.  Outstanding.
Submarines twice-
Surface running with dolphins swimming along in the bow wave was always impressive.  If scheduling permitted, we always adjusted speed to keep 'em with us for as long as we could.  

fishlessman

rtgurley said:

nolaegghead said:

Oh, it's a bubble head reference.  OK, I thought you meant the fish.

Dolphin's aren't fish...they're mammals

if i hook up with a dolphin on my fly rod its a fish story, it will be right up there with my baskin shark fish story

rtgurley

nolaegghead said:

Oh, it's a bubble head reference.  OK, I thought you meant the fish.

rtgurley said:

nolaegghead said:

Oh, it's a bubble head reference.  OK, I thought you meant the fish.

Dolphin's aren't fish...they're mammals

I've been eating sea mammals this whole time?!  Yuck!!!

Sit down for this one...Chicken of the Sea is really tuna

nolaegghead

rtgurley said:

nolaegghead said:

Oh, it's a bubble head reference.  OK, I thought you meant the fish.

rtgurley said:

nolaegghead said:

Oh, it's a bubble head reference.  OK, I thought you meant the fish.

Dolphin's aren't fish...they're mammals

I've been eating sea mammals this whole time?!  Yuck!!!

Sit down for this one...Chicken of the Sea is really tuna

DoubleEgger

SSQUAL612

DoubleEgger said:

I think he likes you.

DoubleEgger

SSQUAL612 said:

DoubleEgger said:

I think he likes you.

I was thinking this is what goes on when a sub surfaces. 

SSQUAL612

DoubleEgger said:

SSQUAL612 said:

DoubleEgger said:

I think he likes you.

I was thinking this is what goes on when a sub surfaces. 

You sure it’s not a fantasy you’re attempting to explore?    

SSQUAL612

lousubcap said:

Gonna be quite the talking piece when finished and hanging.  Outstanding.
Submarines twice-
Surface running with dolphins swimming along in the bow wave was always impressive.  If scheduling permitted, we always adjusted speed to keep 'em with us for as long as we could.  

Not quite the perspective one gets from the Bridge of a Fast Attack, but it was still pretty cool and we were several miles out from Point Loma so we were in the old neighborhood.  Is there any way to post a video clip?  I have some shots of them darting back & forth in front of the bow I’ll try to locate.

nolaegghead

Sometimes, this is how we fish the Mississippi delta marshes:

1. look for circling birds

2. go to birds

3. catch fish

4. dolphins come

5. no more fish

6. go to 1 and repeat

Love dolphins, but not happy to see them when we're catching fish.

DuckDogDr

Would definately like to see the finished product 

frazzdaddy

Just off Sanibel. March 2015.

SSQUAL612

nolaegghead said:

Sometimes, this is how we fish the Mississippi delta marshes:

1. look for circling birds

2. go to birds

3. catch fish

4. dolphins come

5. no more fish

6. go to 1 and repeat

Love dolphins, but not happy to see them when we're catching fish.

Sea Lions are our biggest nemesis.  We use the Dolphins at times to help locate Yellowfin Tuna.  

Foghorn

@frazzdaddy, that's an incredible shot.  

This photo isn't nearly as good, but it's the best one we got of freshwater dolphins in the Amazon.

nolaegghead

SSQUAL612 said:

nolaegghead said:

Sometimes, this is how we fish the Mississippi delta marshes:

1. look for circling birds

2. go to birds

3. catch fish

4. dolphins come

5. no more fish

6. go to 1 and repeat

Love dolphins, but not happy to see them when we're catching fish.

Sea Lions are our biggest nemesis.  We use the Dolphins at times to help locate Yellowfin Tuna.  

No sea lions here.  I can't fish offshore for Tuna in my 18' bay boat.  I do have a 27' deep hull 2 x 200HP boat but it is not reliable to take out for Tuna.  Selling it, costs a fortune to run.

Fortunately there are plenty of fish in the salt water marshes around here in the delta.

frazzdaddy

Foghorn said:

@frazzdaddy, that's an incredible shot.  

This photo isn't nearly as good, but it's the best one we got of freshwater dolphins in the Amazon.

ty, I got lucky. That was a great day! Fished the gulfstream off NC all my life and have never gotten them that close.

thetrim

Got his one a few weeks ago.  Came out pretty nice.  Done on my old flip phone.

SSQUAL612

thetrim said:

Got his one a few weeks ago.  Came out pretty nice.  Done on my old flip phone.

Or is it a “Flipper” phone. 

theyolksonyou

thetrim said:

Got his one a few weeks ago.  Came out pretty nice.  Done on my old flip phone.

Is your first name Steve, perhaps?