Wahoo and the Witch

[jrlsail]

Down here in South Florida it seems like the most successful day-to-day 'hoo farmers are pulling very simple sea witch rigs with strips or ballys as often as the islanders..

A top local captain pulls only two lines. 1) rigger/planer deep and 2) 200 feet back. Usually one pink and the other blue/white.

Once in a while when pulling a larger spread, you will see black/red and black/purple introduced until a color stands out.

So the question is around the sea witch rig with 30# outfit:

On planer, flat-line and with cigar weights - what wire size, mustad model hook type and size (i.e. needle eye, southern), sea witch head weight (1/4, 1.5) would everyone recommend? Do you go pin rig, copper, band? Cigar weight sizes?

Keep in mind here we fish for wahoo in 130-300 feet which is 1 to 3 miles off-shore and run a small 23' foot boat.

[OVER-BOARD]

we use sea witches and "outlaws" {one ounce head}by eye catcher lures in the red/black color and sea witches in pink on the planner rod with 50 foot mono from planner and 7 foot piano wire leader. i also make the surface lures wahoo proof from the hook to the lure head and run a crimp down the leader and crimp it tight to the lure head. it works wonders as long as the hoo does not eat all the way up passed the lure head. of course i'm no expert and we don't see all that many up here, but i do catch my fare share. this method works for us.