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Q's for Capt. Fred Archer
I read secrets of the wahoo pros and had a few questons...
I landed a 7.5kg wahoo a few weeks back on my braid outfit (softer rod, 80lb spectra, Okuma reel), and lost the one the other day on my mono outfit (80lb yellow mono, stiffer rod, big old star drag reel) so was wondering aside from the drag being too loose if u reckon the stretch in the mono had something to do with the fish not getting hooked up good, vs the hookup on the braid was nice, corner of the mouth..though abit lucky as i had a 80lb mono leader...no snips though...
Should i run the mono outfit on a tighter drag, so as to avoid the stretch in the mono effecting the hook up?
I did put a 30m dacron hammer on the mono outfit the other day, so I hope that will take care of the missed-hookup issue. I put the reel on a 30-50lb rated rod too that was abit softer than the 37kg stiff rod it was on.
Also I put a 80lb mono topshot on the braid outfit...should i take it off to get better hooksets?
I have rigged a few more of my lures on wire now (stainless, multistand) as that's all i have here at the moment and will work on getting some singlestrand on it's way here. Have u ever used copper wire from electircal cable...and does it work...not sure if copper wire is worth a go or not Since u say u've found it makes no difference, I'll give it more of a go.
How do you store your lures and 3 foot of singlestand...do you coil it or lay it flat somewhere...you mentioned your cockpit in ur book...but was not sure how that worked
You said you give your plugs and divers black bellies to make them more visible with an airbrush...is a black marker ok or how do you do it w/o an airbrush? A spray can could get sloppy...
do you make the big eyes on the lures with the airbrush too?
When looking for wahoo, Nauru is a 8sq mile island where the reef primaily drops off into deep water, with only 2 areas where the reef tapers off slowly. Are these two areas more likely to hold fish compared to the drop off areas? How far should I be trolling off the drop off areas if i'm after wahoo, right on the drop off or how far outside it?
Do Wahoo migrate? and are they likely to be around a a certain time of year here more than another time?
When u say fish the full moon, do you mean at night or just the day of the full moon? I have not tried night trolling, might be abit dangerous here.
Is matching size or colour of what they are eating more important? At times they are eating very small whitish looking bait 2-4cm long which is harder to match with a decent hook...any ideas?
Well thanks again for writing about all your experience in ur book, i relaly enjoyed it and am still trying to apply it all.
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