TAG TARGET: DOLPHIN

Many recreational anglers will not catch 4,000 dolphin in their lifetime, let alone tag and release that same number in the name of conservation and science. Working with the Dolphinfish Research Program since its inception, Capt. Don Gates and the Killin’ Time II fishing team achieved that impressive milestone this summer.

For recreational anglers, this tagging program provides the best opportunity to understand a vitally important fishery, crucial to not only countless recreational anglers along the entire Eastern Seaboard, but to an incredibly wide array of bluewater predators as well. The program has been remarkably successful in revealing new information on the mahi population in the Atlantic