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Photo by SID RICE

Dolphin are another offshore species that moves nearer to the beaches in mid-summer. The fish shown here, captured by Sid Rice and crew of Treasure Island, has already turned color from the usual gold/green to a neon blue.

Visitors from the deep

Much of the year, the odds of catching a billfish or dolphin are near zero in the nearshore waters of Florida's west coast. Because we have a very gradual drop to deep water, it's rare for the "pelagic" or ocean-roaming species to come within sight of land.

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