Mahi Casting lure recommendations please!

[Patudo]

Hey all,

Would be grateful for advice on suitable lures for casting to mahi. Appreciate your recommendations for lures for the schoolie sized fish and for the gaffers. Anticipated situations: under birds and near flotsam. Tackle will be 12 and 20 lb class mono spinning gear.

Thanks,
patudo

[canyongear]

3' fluorcarbon leader 60-80# - 1/2oz egg - above leader swivel connection - gamakatsu # 5/0 - 6/0 live bait hook - chunk or strip bait.

[CFScheer]

When I pull up to fishy looking flotsam or get into a school of dorado here in Costa Rica I always go with a walk the dog style surface lure. They're effective, and it's hard to beat a surface strike for excitement. A rapala surface walk and gunz tailwalk are my two favorites.

I catch a lot of dorado on vertical jigs as well. They're great for teasing fish holding deep up to the surface as well.

[The Codfather]

5" Popper, pull it in long sweeps.

[Big Jay]

They LOVE these things:



Gotcha plug

[tankerfly]

My favoties are the Yo Zuri Hydro pencils. Silver/blue or silver/black.

[Squidnation]

1. Bucktail and Pork rind
2. Small verticle jig
3. gotcha plug

[DoubleA_FL]

ive A LOT of luck with the sebile line - mainly the stick shad in the larger size(cant remember the number) in the blue/blood color. Also like the white/blood too. pretty much any fish will hit these lures, but they have proven themselves with me for dolphin.

i like the floating ones
Sebile Stick Shad

[54bullwinkle]

They will hit anything. Above recs are great as well, but I use a Bucktail.

I like a white or yellow bucktail. Regular mono leader. Easy and accurate cast. Sinlgle hook is easy to remove. If you tip it with squid/strip bait even better.

PS cast it high, the splash will draw their attention.

Good Luck

[Nauti Natured]

Have always used a little piece of cut bait ... nothing beats meat.