high speed wahoo trolling

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:25 am Post subject: high speed wahoo trolling

I want to know a thing or two about trolling at high speeds for Wahoo. Looking for suggestions from those more experienced at this than i. Fish out of Haulover.

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Any specific questions? I dunno what/how much to say that you may not already know..

We pull lures with trolling weights. I want to try these this year, they are 48oz Banchee Lures from Ballyhood but they are $$$!!!!! I hear they work though!

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:39 pm Post subject: Re: high speed wahoo trolling

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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:50 pm Post subject:

Jim are you sucking up or what?
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lol. I'm waiting for some extra money to come in this summer from our partial dity move, then we'll talk Very Happy

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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:12 am Post subject:

Those bancees look nice. Where did you find those Amanda?

bad-fish, find some heavy head lures that will stay in the water up to 15 or 20 knots. The heavier the better and faster. You can put trolling weights in front of lures too. The idea is big wahoo aren't big school related. Troll high speeds cover more water high speed lure coming through fires them up. Its my theory that you will catch more wahoo slower but you will catch bigger wahoo going fast but not as many. That's just my theory anyway.
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www.ballyhood.com

Others:
Ilander bullet type heads with trolling weights
(( I don't like planers so we use trolling weights. ))

Green Machines with weights

Yozuri bonitas are DEADLY & Mann Stretch 30s too -- they are pretty simple

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:28 am Post subject:

I have a bag full of islanders. How would I rig them with weights?

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:15 am Post subject:

They make cigar shaped weights with rings on both ends to attach your line on one end and your leader on the other.
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The lure shown is a Wahoo King (www.wahooking.com) but you can rig Ilanders this way too. There's short cable from the lure to the hooks & on both sides of the torpedo weight (fish have attached weights before)...then mono leader.

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I have not been able to get with that style of hookset for high speed and I have tried, since it is supposed to be the way. I have fallen back to singles or 180 degree offset.
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:17 am Post subject:

Guys and girls, go on Ace Wahoo lures website. Anthony shows a gallery of pictures and discusses techniques. Those ace lures produce. I've pulled the Banchees without success as of yet but am told they work great. I've not had any hooters pass a Banchee for an Ace never pulled the two at one time. I use bent butt 50's spooled with monel wire with the trolling rig setup that Amanda posted. Caught 26 Wahoo this past year and it suer is fun to see that rig get hit by a hooter going 40mph the other way.


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