WATCH: Dolphins Chase Large School Of Fish In St. Pete

ST. PETE, FL — Several dolphins were recently caught on camera playfully chasing a large school of fish in St. Petersburg.

Michael McCarthy with See Through Canoe, posted the entertaining video to his social media page Monday.

"Dolphins chasing a really big school of mullet yesterday in St Pete, Florida," McCarthy wrote. "It's that time of year when large schools of mullet pass through the area. I spotted this school while kayaking on the St Pete side of Tampa Bay, but there have also been schools sticking close to the beach as they migrate in the Gulf."

In the video, the dolphins are clearly outnumbered by the thousands as they swim straight into the school of fish without a care in the world. However, they appear to be on a mission. They can be seen enjoying a good splash and even gobbling up a fish or two.

The most common dolphin in Florida waters is the bottle-nosed dolphin. Bottlenose dolphins have a varied diet, consuming more than 20 pounds of mullet, sheepshead, pinfish, flounder and marine invertebrates each day, FloridaNature.com reports.

In open waters, a group of dolphins, also called a pod, may encircle a large school of fish and then herd the fish into a small, dense mass. The dolphins take turns charging through the school to feed, according to SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment.

SeaWorld added that dolphins may sometimes herd schools of fish against sand bars, shorelines, or mud banks to trap them in shallow water where the fish are easy prey. This is known as strand feeding.

Watch the video below: