Very common problem.been on great trout bites and when the dolphins showed up it was like a light switch got turned off.especially at fourchon

I might be alone in this world on this subject, but I hate dolphins. They are nasty creatures who almost always run trout out of an area. Plus, you may recall a couple of recent stories where dolphins have harassed people, including one attempted rape.

My girlfriend and I nearly broke up over the fact that I hate dolphins because I am that serious about it.

Been known to bite your hooked trout in half, too. Very intelligent mammals.

I had dolphins around and very rarely do they stop the trout bite.One time they were feeding on the throwbacks as we were catching trout on every cast.They were right at the side of the boat,it was neat.
But one time in Black Bay a pod of dolphins came in on a rig and they had trout and lady fish flying out the water to get away from them.now that stopped the bite.

seeing dolphins is the kiss of death for fishing, yes you can still catch some fish with them around (i've done it) but you will not catch many and usually small ones only. in rare occassions if there is a huge amount of food coming out of a cut or canal there might be enough fish around that it doesnt seam like the dolphins bother them but its just the fishes feeding instinct over ruling the normal flight from preditor instinct.

its like throwing a pipe bomb into the pod of fish, this giant preditor with big teeth is eating everything in sight so the trout scatter as far and wide as they can to get away without being eaten and they dont look back or think about returning for a long time.

^5 keakar....Me&da wife was fishin Bayou Blue one mornin we were catchin few fish too until Jess Says Oh!!!!!! look@the Dolphins. There went the Fish, So i trolled up in shallow hole off main Bayou where they couldn't follow we hit another Spot started pickin up Specs again Waited till they moved out then went Back out Didn't catch a Fish!!!!!!

It largely depends on the dolphins themselves. I've had them come in dozens of times and run the trout away, but i've also had them come in dozens of times and the trout didn't seem to care at all. I guess it mainly depends, on how many dolphins it is and how hungry they are. Same goes for sharks, just because they are around, doesn't always scare off the fish. I was anchored at Bell Island in black bay one day catching 2-3lb specs every cast. There was about a 7-8ft black tip underneath my boat, and about every 4th or 5th trout we brought in he would attempt to bit before we got it those last 5-6ft to the boat. Toobad for him i keep a custom landing net with a 10ft handle in my boat for just such occasions :)

cheers !

I saw one once take a sheepshead from a guy who was reeling it in . The dolphin took the sheepshead off from us about 50 yards and started tossing it in the air at least 10 ' or so , and then pushing it around with it's nose like it had done that before in an aquarium somewhere . It was really neat to witness that in the wild .

Motorboat the way you say that you hate these dolphins , sounds as if you've been harassed or molested by one in the past .

Sometimes they scare off the fish sometimes they dont. One time i was wade fishing and was using a double sparkle beetle rig. The dolphins kept getting closer and closer. I had a double while i was unhooking one of the trout a dolphin came by a grabbed the other one. It rubbed my leg as it came by and scared me half to death. Luckily i had a firm grip on my rod and it just broke the line. I put on a new double rig and continued catching fish.