Tips On - Wahoo - Lures That Work Here In Fiji

From May to October, packs of wahooabout 2kts.
congregate along the Great Astrolabe BarrierAll lures are rigged on at least 4 feet of 124lb 49
Reef. The average size of wahoo is about 50lbsstrand wire. (Longer if we thing sails are in the
with a good fish weighing in at 75lbs. Each wahooarea) At this time of year, if it isn't on wire, it isn't
pack usually has a fish of close to 100lbs. Wecoming back….
almost always use lures when targeting wahooSHORT CORNER
however we often get jumped by fish when bait1. Wellsys Talai - Purple or lumo green
& switch fishing for sailfish. If your teaser is2. Halco Laser Pro 190 minnow - Redhead
rigged with mono…wave bye bye to theLONG CORNER
end of your daisy chain….1. McWhog - Blue/Chartruese - Rigged in front of
The biggest problem we encounter is a massa garfish (Ballyhoo)
attack, wahoo porpoising in at break-neck speed,2. Lurestreet Raptor minnow - Green/gold or Red
every rod in the spread going off and thenwhite
multiple bite-offs as other wahoo attack lines orSHORT RIGGER
swivels cutting through the water. We combat1. Wellsys Medium Turbojet - Blue Silver / Green
this by trolling a full spread until we find a packGold (Evil)
and then switch to towing just two lures. Often,(This is our absolute 'must have' in the spread)
just a garfish (ballyhoo) on a two hook rig with aLONG RIGGER
small pink skirt on the nose. Trolling speed is1. Lurestreet Yahoowahoo - Black/green/red (I
usually around 6-7kts. Most wahoo skippershave seen wahoo charge this lure from 100 yards
around the world troll faster. Here, higher speedsaway)
do not increase strike rates. Last week on the2. Pakula Phantom - Blue Silver / Green Gold (Evil)
Kadavu Seamount, we were feeding a skip bait3. Pakula Sprocket - Lumo
back to a small blue marlin and a 60lb wahoo hit aSHOTGUN
Lumo green Pakula Sprocket that was only doing1.