ALMOSTAWAHOO!!!

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Originally Posted by swell rider

Zack, What program are you using to make the video's..Ken

Ken, i am using imovie on my new mac. very user friendly and all that

thanks brad, and Cpt. Fred. for all the advice we almost tryed the slid in as we were fishing a World Cat and we can slid them right up the mid. but we were worried about hooks catching on thr ladder and this was a real nice fish

it still makes me sick!!!

[Kahi]

What I offer here is just my humble opinions...

The angler should have backed off the drag as soon the gaff shot was made. would have saved you the fish

Not sure if the boat was still in gear, but that is by far the most important thing when fishing high speed rigs for wahoo. The weight of the high speed lures (not the inline weight) combined with the wahoo's tendency for serious head shaking makes keeping the boat in gear a must.

Also...I have fished for wahoo via High Speed for a few years.. It is a very diff fish then the one's caught by normal trolling or live baiting. These fish have exerted a tremendous amount of energy and are basically spent...as they chased down a bait at 20knts...got dragged by a boat for a few clips and are being battled on 50# gear needed to drag baits at 20kts... They just don't need to be gaffed....just drag them in...and immediately in a swift motion into a frozen salt slush cooler/coffin...switch out your lure at the leader and go back over the spot..

I found this great article a while back from Ron Schattman...a great hi-speed wahoo. This article is on a website from one of our sf.com members, and great high-speed lure maker, Wahooking.

...http://www.wahooking.com/articles.html


Thanks for posting a really cool video.

Kahi
Miami, FL