The Dolphin is one of the world's premiere light tackle fish. When hooked, it'll leap, often consecutively. And then it bears down, turning its flat-sided body against you. Large schools of smaller Dolphin are encountered while blue-water trolling. The schoolies are usually 2 to 10 pounds, yet fight well on light tackle. Since these delicious fish are distributed worldwide in tropical waters, they are popular quarry. In a sense, they fill the same niche in the ocean as the small Bluefish do in the bay, although found further offshore. Most Dolphin are kept to eat, the smaller ones released. They are oceanic by nature, growing quickly and spawning prolifically. Unlike so many of our premium saltwater game fish, Dolphin do not need drastic conservation measures to restore their kind, but let's not get carried away!