hold true in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The
calmer the better for a successful day catching
tuna and wahoo.
night before and when it is finally time to head
out the excitement is overwhelming. This is
what its all about!
BIG mistakes:
Tackle Preparation
Using too lite of tackle. This time of the year the
fish are big so break out the heavy stuff. The
water is usually not very clean so heavier line is
ok to use.
Fog can be a big issue during the winter
months due to constant warming and cooling.
If your not familiar with your radar or how to run
radar, stay at the dock.
Once again and it can’t be stressed enough is
to avoid days with a windy forecast or try to
beat the weather.
The first thing that you want to do before a day
of Wahoo fishing is get the tackle ready. On a
good day of wahoo fishing they can literally
clean you out of all the tackle you have to catch
wahoo. If your using lures then you need to
have at least 3 or more of what you believe to
be the most preferred color, or have had good
results in your area. In our area the color is Pink,
anything pink seems to be preferred most days.
Joe Yee also have very good results. The surface
baits usually work better during the summer
months but always have at least 2 or 3 Islanders
(blue/white) in your bag ready to go. They work
great on a downrigger or rigged with bally-hoo.
Once you've got the lures your going to use,
your now going to have to rig them so that you
get the most strikes and the least amount of
break-offs. You can buy a lot of this stuff prerigged, but you need to be able to rig yourself
because you will need to change some things
once your offshore. I rig all of my diving lures
with wire. I almost always use Malin stainless
steel wire in the 80lb., 93lb., and 108lb. class.
However, they will change on you and some
years some of the better colors have been
blue/silver, black/silver, purple, orange/black,
green/red and just plain old white. Some of the
fish patterns that work well are Mullet, Mackerel,
and Bonita patterns. The diving plug brands
that I like to u