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Mahi-Mahi (Dorado) are one of the most visually stunning fish in the Red Sea — electric blue, green and gold, with a blunt forehead. They associate with floating debris, weed lines, and FADs offshore. Once you find one, there are usually many — they school together. Incredible light-tackle sport fish.
Find floating debris and weed lines, small skirts/ballyhoo past them, then cast lures or fly to the school. Keep one hooked fish in the water to hold the rest.
Open water, floating debris, weed lines, current rips
Warm months around floating objects and rips on calmer sunny days.
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Light–medium spin or outfit; keep one hooked fish in the water to hold the school for casting.
small lures near floating debris and weed lines, then cast lures or a chunk to the following school.
Build the gear setup for Mahi-Mahi (Common Dolphinfish)
The right rod, reel, line & lures — matched to what you own
Eating & safety
Excellent, safe eating.
Best conditions: Warm months around floating objects and rips on calmer sunny days.
Mahi-Mahi grow incredibly fast — they can reach 1 kg in 3 months and are fully grown in less than a year.