Mahi-Mahi
Coryphaena hippurus. Prime water reaches Sandy Hook in Mid-Atlantic right now (75°F at the surface). Fish it 0–44 ft down — that is where 76–75°F water sits off Sandy Hook.
The water column off Sandy Hook
The strip is the water itself, coloured by temperature from the surface down to the 599 ft surveyed bottom at that spot — one band per RTOFS model level. The outlined stretch is where Mahi-Mahi's temperature band (75–90°F) and the depth it holds actually overlap. That thickness is the number that matters: it is how much water you can work, not just whether the spot is warm enough somewhere. One model cycle, not a weekly archive — this holds still while the surface map scrubs.
How it's fished
Run and gun to weedlines, boards and birds; pitch ballyhoo or jigs.
Region by region — right now
| Region | Season | Prime water | Temp | Fish it at | Months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Atlantic | in season | reaches Sandy Hook | 75°F | 0–44 ft | J F M |
| Southeast Atlantic | in season | reaches Cape Hatteras | 84°F | 0–131 ft | J F M A M J J |
| Florida Keys | in season | reaches Islamorada | 86°F | 0–131 ft | J F M A M J J A S O N D |
| Gulf of Mexico | in season | reaches Tampa | 85°F | 0–131 ft | J F M A M J J |
| California | in season | reaches San Diego | 75°F | ~0 ft | J F M A |