wahoo tips

[gary_marowske]

I'm not a super fisherman but would love to hook up a wahoo. I fish off Islamorda in my own boat 8-10 times per year. But am not sure about bait, speed, rigging & location. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Capt.Tony]

Bait could be ballyhoo rigged with wire or 49 strand cable leader. speed can be between 8 and 20 knots. Wahoo can swim much faster than that, I have strikes at 19 knots.
But you will catch them at 8 to 10 knots. All the stuff you hear about high speed trolling is not necessary.

[Kinembe]

get some planers and run a couple corner rods deep with some small trolling lures. run cable a foot on each side of your planers and mono to your lures...you may loose one here and there, but the amount of bites makes up for it.

here's a few photos http://kinembe2.com/images/gallery/wahoo.html

[Seth]

I would say you definitely need to use about an 18 inch wire leader from the lure or bait to prevent bite offs. I have fished for wahoo in the Bahamas using heavy mono and the lure will get bitin off more times than it is worth. A short wire leader will save many headaches. Large rapalas, yozuri bonitas and shiny jet heads with lead work great. Ilanders rigged with ballyhoo work very well, also. I you can add weight to get the lures down you will have better success. 10-12 knots is ideal, in my opinion. Do not use a wire leader that is too long or the fish will bite off the rig were the wire joins your line.

[gold_fish]

Kinembe , you have a great gallery, nice photos!

Soryy for off...

[Reel Candy]

We have been catching wahoo everyday for the last 2 weeks here in the Abacaos. 3 lures have been catching most of the fish. Any color combination will work, but blue and white, blk/orange, blu/org, pink/whit,have been the best. Black Barts, Crooked Cay Candy, and mahi candy on the shotgun. We changed the hook thing a little, but Jack at Black Barts can guide you in the right direction.

Marvin
reelcandyfishing.com

[Nonong]

Caught a wahoo on a slow troll from a Briggs and Stratton powered outrigger banca at the Rapu-Rapu Island Channel, Bicol region, Philippines.

Used a four feet long seven strand 90 pounds steel leader and a Rapala Magnum Pink Mackerel Cd-18. It struck the lure at 4:30 p.m. and was boated in five minutes. The lure suffered minor damage from teeth punctures/cuts. Looked like someone carved some scales on one side of the plug.... there were scratch cuts in the bottom too.

I would recommend a Halco Lazer Pro 190 DD Flaming Hot and Yozuri Hydro Magnum Dorado green and gold.

[leo trauma]

Live or dead bait on the down rigger scored last week several 20 kg fish,the best one was 36 kg a monster.
Fished in Kenia (malindi)

[pilkingtong]

We catch over 500 wahoo a year and have found that if you want to catch more wahoo you need to do 2 things. First, run a deep diving minnow (we use River2Sea Downsider 200) a fair way back so that it gets deep. Second, put a stickbait way out the back (100 yards or more).

We guarantee these 2 lures will receive 70% or more of your strikes.

DO NOT USE TREBLE HOOKS!!! They lose fish.

See www.nomadsportfishing.com.au for stickbaits and rigging details.

Good Luck from TOPLESS FISHING CHARTERS, Port Vila, Vanuatu