general question

[Harry Hill]

I don't spend as much time fishing salt water as I would like to but I was wondering today. With all the live bait fishing we do has anyone ever heard of someone hooking a porpoise? I don't mean landing one, I think that would get you condemned pretty quickly. I mean hooking one and either cutting your line or just losing it. Maybe it happens all the time and I've just never heard of it. This is just a curious question, nothing to judge anybody about.

[skrilla]

I hooked a baby dolphin once on a mondo mack. Found out quickly how fast I need to go to get up on a plane. They're usually smart enough to know not to bite the bait with a hook in it but this one was the runt of the pod.

[JohnMckroidJr]

I have seen it happen on Albacore trips when they were hungry. Usually, they are too smart to make that mistake.

[PapaDave]

I've hooked two porpoises from the kayak, not for long to be sure. You aren't stopping those guys, and their friends follow along as well.

[Ggiannig89]

I’ve never seen it happen. It’s also weird, I’ve never seen porpoise on my fish finders.

[Brian10956]

Never hooked one, when surf fishing a gull took my rig with multiple baits and then another gull decided to get in on it and I had 2 of them hooked. Eventually I got close enough to free one but the other one swallow the hook I cut the line and it flew off.

[SoCalEDC]

I have only every heard of it happening and what I have heard lines up with what is mentioned above: might has well have a truck on the other end of that line.