How to Troll for Wahoo With Weights
- 1). Go fast. Speed is the most important technique when trolling for wahoo. Troll at speeds of 10 to 18 knots. Slow down to eight or nine knots when using very large baits such as frozen ballyhoo or mullet. Remove natural baits to resume fast trolling. The high-speed technique for wahoo trolling requires the use of weights. This is not to sink your lures, but to prevent them from skipping out of the wake.
- 2). Drag 24 to 48-oz. streamlined lead-weights with a bit of wire on each side. Cigar weights of 1 to 3 lbs. are also effective for wahoo trolling.
- 3). Position weights approximately 15 feet apart on the same line, in front of your lures. Set up with 15 to 20 feet of 400-lb. monofilament as leader; this functions as a shock absorber when the fish hit at fast speeds.
- 4). Protect your trolling weights with 12 inches of wire at each end. Run a length of heavy wire between your sinker's loops, and secure each end with a haywire twist; this lessens the strain from jolting, high-impact wahoo strikes. Pass snap swivels through the sinker's loop -- and the safety wire -- to keep the wahoo on the line in case of breakage.
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