Mudhole Mahi Prospecting

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Brewlugger

I like to pull a Wahoo lure in the mix when trolling pots. It has paid off a couple times for us. Good luck out there Gerry.

What are you trolling for the Wahoo Brew??

[Brewlugger]

We pull something that that runs under the spread on the short flat a marauder or a big braidrunner and on the same side we pull a big jet or a shute and bally on the long flat or short rigger. The few that we have caught usually hit the jet or shute but we have never got them without a lure running deeper under the spread nearby. We did get a nice mako on the braidrunner a few years ago. It doesn't happen often but catching wahoo while pot hopping is a nice bonus.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Brewlugger

We pull something that that runs under the spread on the short flat a marauder or a big braidrunner and on the same side we pull a big jet or a shute and bally on the long flat or short rigger. The few that we have caught usually hit the jet or shute but we have never got them without a lure running deeper under the spread nearby. We did get a nice mako on the braidrunner a few years ago. It doesn't happen often but catching wahoo while pot hopping is a nice bonus.

Thanks for that Brew. Gonna have to give that a shot... I wonder if some of the deep divers like a stretch 25 would work?? Are you running it back further in the spread or tight to the boat like you typically run your flat lines?

[Jigman13]

Watch your speed with marauders, stretches and xraps. Too fast and they wont run true. Too slow and the rest of the spread suffers. And throttle back when retrieving those divers otherwise theyll rocket outta the drink and injure someone.

Flatlined about 50' back. Let's them get way down. Stretches and xraps might need hook and split ring swaps, too.

[Brewlugger]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

Watch your speed with marauders, stretches and xraps. Too fast and they wont run true. Too slow and the rest of the spread suffers. And throttle back when retrieving those divers otherwise theyll rocket outta the drink and injure someone.

Flatlined about 50' back. Let's them get way down. Stretches and xraps might need hook and split ring swaps, too.

This is true, although I have had no problem with the Marauder they can easily be adjusted to track true CD plugs can be more difficult and they pull hard. Really anything bigger that runs deeper should be fine. I run my short flat 30 to 50ft back and just try to get something below 6ft. At the very least I feel doing this helps attract/tease up the Mahi too. I like the Braidrunner the best they can be trolled fast but they will chafe through a mono leader in no time also try to rig your plug or whatever on wire or cable. It's always a longshot for Wahoo up here but like I said it has paid off for us and I feel running a bigger lure has helped us with the Mahi. I hope you get one that would make my day.

[fishy]

Was out there Saturday nothing but dirty green water and bonita lots and lots of little bonita that water cleans up there is a lot of bft munchies around the ledge

[Brewlugger]

We ran out to a chlorophyll break near the chicken today. We were jigging for tuna and I saw a nice Mahi swim by us. I'm hoping the water pushes in soon.

[Billfish715]

[QUOTE=Jigman13;534382]Watch your speed with marauders, stretches and xraps. And throttle back when retrieving those divers otherwise theyll rocket outta the drink and injure someone.

Those deep divers can inflict lots of pain and ruin the day ( or more) when they come out of the water on the retrieve. Put the engines in neutral or slow down to almost a stop while reeling them in. They become dangerous projectiles if you don't. One such lure, with tuna grade, reinforced, extra strong trebles shot back at me while I was retrieving a line. I had bad communication with the bridge and we never slowed down enough. That miscommunication sent me to the ER to have the hook cut out of my hand. Fortunately I got my hand up in front of my face or things could have been much, much worse.

The doctor in the ER had to get surgical bone cutters, (much like long-handled bolt cutters) to cut through the hook's steel shank. Lesson learned........the hard way.

[Capt. Lou]

Running the plugs I’ve always rigged with 3’ of 150# seven strand wire . The wire allows the plug to run deeper and Prevents bite offs if a wahoo hits !
If you run mono or wire chafing gear is preferred .
Those inshore plugs weren’t designed for this fishery . Wahoo are incidental catches very lucky if u get one inshore , that being said many years back we fished a heavy weed line at the 30 and got a huge wahoo , white and yellow
The wahoo tad under a 100#’s it all of these fish hit a ferro jet !
Many years most of us pulled lures , offshore , some Bally’s n split tails but not like today ,practically no jigging or bar fishing occurred . Daisies were the ticket bait rigged or plastic worked well on occasion .

[Brewlugger]

Looking at the Sat shots. Looks like some nice clean water pushed in all the way to monster ledge. It was dirty there last week. I'm thinking there should be some Mahi on the pots along the west wall of the mudhole.