Dorado or Mahi Mahi

Dorado (Coryphaena hippurus)
Also called Mahi Mahi in Hawaii and Llampuga across the Mediterranean coast. One of the fastest-growing fish in the sea — they can reach 15kg within a single year. Their coloration when fresh from the water is genuinely extraordinary: iridescent greens and golds that fade within minutes of landing. Males are easily identified by the steep, blunt forehead profile. Dorado are structure-oriented offshore fish — they aggregate beneath anything floating: weed lines, driftwood, lost buoys, plastic debris. Offshore in the Mediterranean, finding a floating line of weed often means finding Dorado underneath it. The most effective method is trolling feathers and skirts above the thermocline at 6–8 knots, then switching to cast jigs, lures or flies once a school is located to keep them feeding. They are aggressive once triggered — the difficulty is the hook-up, not the bite. On medium tackle they are acrobatic fighters, with multiple aerial runs and direction changes. Season runs July through November, peaking when surface temperatures exceed 24°C.