| From May to October, packs of wahoo | | | | SHORT CORNER |
| congregate along the Great Astrolabe Barrier | | | | |
| Reef. The average size of wahoo is about | | | | 1. Wellsys Talai - Purple or lumo green |
| 50lbs with a good fish weighing in at 75lbs. | | | | |
| Each wahoo pack usually has a fish of close | | | | 2. Halco Laser Pro 190 minnow - Redhead |
| to 100lbs. We almost always use lures when | | | | |
| targeting wahoo however we often get jumped | | | | LONG CORNER |
| by fish when bait & switch fishing for | | | | |
| sailfish. If your teaser is rigged with | | | | 1. McWhog - Blue/Chartruese - Rigged in front |
| mono…wave bye bye to the end of your | | | | of a garfish (Ballyhoo) |
| daisy chain…. | | | | |
| | | | 2. Lurestreet Raptor minnow - Green/gold or |
| The biggest problem we encounter is a mass | | | | Red/white |
| attack, wahoo porpoising in at break-neck | | | | |
| speed, every rod in the spread going off and | | | | SHORT RIGGER |
| then multiple bite-offs as other wahoo attack | | | | |
| lines or swivels cutting through the water. | | | | 1. Wellsys Medium Turbojet - Blue Silver / |
| We combat this by trolling a full spread | | | | Green Gold (Evil) |
| until we find a pack and then switch to | | | | |
| towing just two lures. Often, just a garfish | | | | (This is our absolute 'must have' in the |
| (ballyhoo) on a two hook rig with a small | | | | spread) |
| pink skirt on the nose. Trolling speed is | | | | |
| usually around 6-7kts. Most wahoo skippers | | | | LONG RIGGER |
| around the world troll faster. Here, higher | | | | |
| speeds do not increase strike rates. Last | | | | 1. Lurestreet Yahoowahoo - Black/green/red (I |
| week on the Kadavu Seamount, we were feeding | | | | have seen wahoo charge this lure from 100 |
| a skip bait back to a small blue marlin and a | | | | yards away) |
| 60lb wahoo hit a Lumo green Pakula Sprocket | | | | |
| that was only doing about 2kts. | | | | 2. Pakula Phantom - Blue Silver / Green Gold |
| | | | (Evil) |
| All lures are rigged on at least 4 feet of | | | | |
| 124lb 49 strand wire. (Longer if we thing | | | | 3. Pakula Sprocket - Lumo |
| sails are in the area) At this time of year, | | | | |
| if it isn't on wire, it isn't coming | | | | SHOTGUN |
| back…. | | | | |
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