Old 08-21-2008, 03:16 PM   #11
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different topic....but still about wahoos

I know this is a different topic but and I'm sure it's discussed somewhere else.....
I regularly "feed a wahoo" the second portion of his dinner while trolling planer....it absolutely pisses me off to watch someone in the cockpit look at the planer rod an say....the planers up....and do nothing about it........drop the bitch back as soon as it's clipped and jig it hard and or crank it and they will come back most of the time. Let it rise to the surface and you have a half a ballyhoo.....
I'm no expert, but it seem that if you keep the bait close to where it was intially hit anywhere in the spread and give the fish a chance to turn on it before the other half disappears, they seem to come back on it to finish it off...
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Old 08-21-2008, 10:41 PM   #12
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I know this is a different topic but and I'm sure it's discussed somewhere else.....
I regularly "feed a wahoo" the second portion of his dinner while trolling planer....it absolutely pisses me off to watch someone in the cockpit look at the planer rod an say....the planers up....and do nothing about it........drop the bitch back as soon as it's clipped and jig it hard and or crank it and they will come back most of the time. Let it rise to the surface and you have a half a ballyhoo.....
I'm no expert, but it seem that if you keep the bait close to where it was intially hit anywhere in the spread and give the fish a chance to turn on it before the other half disappears, they seem to come back on it to finish it off...
freespool it. He is looking for the other half to fall, not get all herky jerky. My go to bait when a big hoo is swimming around the boat and won't eat is a live skippie or bonita chopped in half and pitced to him. It twitches and bleeds and falls like his buddy just ate the other half.

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Old 08-22-2008, 01:36 AM   #13
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When I live bait for wahoo, I use a short all-wire leader, twisted onto a spro swivel, then the main line is tied to the swivel--no snap swivels. think low profile so the hoo does not eat your swivel.
I use all trebles, #4 or larger, 2 on a rig. you could go with 2 stingers, sure it would work, just never done it. but, lock it up. don't feed the fish. he will wrap his lips around that little bullet tuna & you'll have him when it comes out of the pin. full strike, no partial strike.

hook 'em thru the upper jaw & stick the stinger in the meat on the top of the tuna, just b4 the tail. don't let the stinger swing free. the tuna will last longer if the stinger is free, but you will miss some bites.

when you drag 'em, keep it in gear, about 1.5 to 2.5 knots, don't just drift with them. the tunas will stay healthier longer if you give 'em some help swimming on the line.
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Old 08-22-2008, 10:59 AM   #14
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jigging might be the wrong term since we are getting critical here....., it's more like plucking of the power pro.....it only takes about two plucks after the drop back and it usually comes tight...regardless, the drop back is important and what I was trying to emphasize on the planer bite.....
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