speedylures
27-03-2011, 12:31 PM
HI everyone. Fishing on Tuesday afternoon ( trolling) targeting wahoo in particular.
Normally when you troll at 12 - 14 knots with 9 1/2 skirts the only thing that will grab something that big and fast are wahoo. So when the reel starts to scream you get excited............ our reels were screaming but once you picked up the rod and the lack of grunt you realize its not a wahoo. So after winding in mac tunas you start to get a bit disappointed.
It's wahoo time of year so a change of tactics was required, so this time when we hooked up a mate ran to the front of the boat and started to throw large poppers.
First cast and 3 turns on the reel a wahoo launched from below and struck the lure. It went and 6 feet into the air then it was on. So on 30lb spin gear and 20 min later we had ourselves a 19 kg wahoo..................
Happy Days......;D
Normally when you troll at 12 - 14 knots with 9 1/2 skirts the only thing that will grab something that big and fast are wahoo. So when the reel starts to scream you get excited............ our reels were screaming but once you picked up the rod and the lack of grunt you realize its not a wahoo. So after winding in mac tunas you start to get a bit disappointed.
It's wahoo time of year so a change of tactics was required, so this time when we hooked up a mate ran to the front of the boat and started to throw large poppers.
First cast and 3 turns on the reel a wahoo launched from below and struck the lure. It went and 6 feet into the air then it was on. So on 30lb spin gear and 20 min later we had ourselves a 19 kg wahoo..................
Happy Days......;D