What type of rigs, baits, setups would yall suggest for high speed trolling for wahoo and what speed do yall usually troll. For slower trolling I tie my own sea whiches and make my own mono/wire rigs, but I am not confident that they would with stand the beating and skipping of pulling them much over 12 knots. Any advice would be great. I am looking forward to trying to high speed for wahoo later on this summer.
cant go wrong with a marauder and a seawhich on a planer with a ballyhoo. 10-14knts. make sure you have wire leader of course
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check out Draggin-eyes 24 and 16 oz heads. I run a steel leader to each side of my 48 oz trolling sinker, then 50’ of 400 mono as a shock cord then a 6 foot leader of 480 steel cable to the lure which is rigged with two zero degree inline 10/0 7693DT mustads. you want to run the lure far enough back so its in clean water, and also keep it from skipping. be standing by the rod to ease off the drag when the bite comes and when the boat slows down be sure to keep the line tight. I would recommend stiff rigging your hooks to prevent the flopping around. WE have had bites from 12 knots all the way to 20 knots. Safety lines on the reels at all times.
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Black Bart San Sal Candy or Crooked Island Candy in a dark color. I pull them up to 21 kts.
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Twin Yamaha 250s
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San Sal is a great lure as well as the Bost Pro rocket lures.
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alright thanks what do yall think about pulling ballyhoo way back under islanders? will they skip too much?
At high speed they will wash out/blow out. You can use a real long uncle josh pork rind trailer which I can’t remember the name. Normal trolling speeds I dump half of a 50 wide 2 speed with power pro and a blue and white islander with the inner hair cut out and the skirt shortened. There is no reason to cover up your bait, I usually cut almost 1.5 inches off an islander. The terminal tackle is 12 feet of nylon coated seven strand 135# test with a 10/0 7692DT mustad and horse ballyhoo using monel to secure it to the hook. Sometimes I will run a bird on it and sometimes not, depending on sea conditions. It usually produces the largest wahoo of the day on every trip. It does suck shagging grass on it when in an area where its scattered. Also if you notice a true Islander has a hole in the back of the head which you should be wedging slightly your ballyhoo nose into afteer it has been trimmed properly, no need for the long bill on the ballyhoo. Now if you want to get technical, Bait fish have a dark back and a light silvery underside, this allows them to blend in and not stand out agsinst the sky. Next time you are out, try this, turn the dark side of the islander down and put your ballyhoo into it with the chin weight/bottom of the hoo on the dark side of the islander. This will give you some extra contrast to the fish looking up by having the darker Islander color on the bottom. It really does make a difference.
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C and H makes some good high speed lures and i have had good success on the san sal candy in a particular color as well- if you use a line counter and your leads staggered at the right distances per weight it will help alot- rule #1 with high speeding is stay away from the weeds or you will be hating life all day
Anuther good bait is called a Gruwha dart available from Capt. Harrys tackle. Had lots of luck on the pink one at high speeds.
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I am fishing out of a 19ft Mako with single engine. I know it sounds sketchy running out but with an 09 Yamaha 150 it pushes the boat great while conserving gas we usually run 5 rods, 2 flats sitting behind teasers and a left and right rigger with a deep rod down the middle. But how far back would yall recommend having the spread
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Originally posted by hca519But how far back would yall recommend having the spread
far enough back so the lures are not in the whitewash and they are not skipping. We only run 2 lures when trolling at high speed, off the flats. We can’t keep the lines in the rigger clips with that much weight and speed.
I pull mine 75ft back. It is probably in the white wash, thus the reason for the dark color. I pull everything close to the boat. My boat is my biggest teaser and I don’t want to separate my baits, high speed lures or ballyhoo from the boat. This year I started just pulling one line. I pull the big Crooked Island on the electric and run from 16-27 kts.
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Twin Yamaha 250s
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that’s a good point. I would say we run ours 100ft back, just meant not right in the prop wash. at that speed you can’t really get them out of the wash completely.
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I agree with the post about C & H Lures. I bought some of their American Express lures for high speed trolling and have had great success with them in the past. The Blue and White version seems to produce the best results.
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I was only referring to running the way-way-way back when at normal trolling speeds. I had to clear that up as I didn’t want you guys to think I was an idiot. LOL.
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The high speed wahoo bite slows way down when the water starts warming up. Jan-Apr are our most productive months for the hoos. Call the guys at C and H and they will fix you up. Mr big heads with whatever color skirts you want. Don’t forget the trolling weights and shock leaders.