They leaped at the chance to hook mahi-mahi. But L.A.’s hottest fish is hard to catch

They leaped at the chance to hook mahi-mahi. But L.A.’s hottest fish is hard to catch

Source: latimes

9/26/2022

Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times

The waning moon glimmered in the shallows of Rainbow Harbor, seagulls still blinking sleep from their eyes as the anglers huddled at the edge of the pier.

Some had followed friends’ fish stories to the small Long Beach landing. Others were lured there by Instagram.

All were chasing the dorado — better known by its Hawaiian name, mahi-mahi — a luminary of the sport fishing world whose sudden appearance last month off the Los Angeles coast has sparked a feeding frenzy among local anglers.