Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 195 (Rigs for Wahoo)
Welcome back to another episode of Tackle Tip Thursday, anglers! Today we are featuring Logan, an angler with a boatload of knowledge and passion for the trade. Check out his recommended rigs for wahoo fishing on long range trips!
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Aug 30 (Aug 29-31) Turner’s Outdoorsman 1.5 Day
Good morning,
We started off this morning looking for kelps. We scratched up some mixed-grade dorado and smaller yellowfin until about lunch time. We got in an area just after lunch where we started seeing good sign of 25-50lb mixed yellowfin and bluefin. We started hooking fish in the first school we saw right away. However, they were a little bigger than we thought, with some 70-80lbers mixed in. Once we got it figured out we ended up putting a few on the boat and lost about a dozen. We’re going to see what the afternoon brings around here.
Captain Mike and the boys
One of the boated beauties from the afternoon!
We scratched throughout the day, pretty tough getting a bite during the day in this area. But right before the sun went down they did bite a little bit. Then when the sun went down it was game on! We had one stop and filled out our limit of bluefin in about a hour.
Captain Mike and the boys
Happy angler getting in on the evening action!
Aug 28 (Aug 26-29) Limited Load
Good Morning,
We had excellent bluefin fishing almost all night. We lost track of them for a few hours, but picked them back up around 4am. They are mostly 40-90# fish, quite a few 100#, some 180# and some smaller 30# mixed in. It was very rewarding fishing or those who stayed up all night.
We’re making a move to see if we can find some yellowfin to catch this afternoon.
Captain Mike and the boys
Hello anglers:
We got into the local zone after lunch and we started seeing a sign of smaller bluefin. We didn’t try them since we didn’t need anymore. We never saw any real sign of yellowfin this afternoon. We did scratch up a few dorado, before we called it a trip.
Captain Mike and the boys
Aug 27 (Aug 26-29) Limited Load
Good morning,
We saw a little bit of 15-30lb bluefin/yellowfin in the dark last night and caught a couple handfulls. Not a whole lot of sign in the dark. At about 3am we threw in the towel and ran down to our marked kelp and it didn’t have much fish on it either. We scratched our way back up throughout the morning and ended up with a nice catch of mahis. Were making a move out west now to be in position for flat-fall fishing on bigger grade bluefin tonight.
Captain Mike and the boys
Great job, Stanley!
Good evening,
We got on scene just in time to stop on a school of 30-70# bluefin. There’s lots of fish around at the moment and we’re getting some bites, Hopefully this is a good sign for the night to come. Got to go!
Captain Mike and the boys
David and son Peter got in on the action
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Aug 23 (Aug 22-25) Lady Angler Searcher Special #2 (L.A.S.S.)
Good morning,
We had some opportunities last night on these bluefin and yellowfin. There was good sign and we had a few good shots at them. They are 60-80lbs and the yellowfin are 25-40lbs. Beautiful grade of fish and the ladies are killing it.
Captain Mike and the boys
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Good afternoon,
We opted to spend our morning looking for kelps and we scored this morning. We found a 30 footer loaded with nice-grade dorado, 6-8lb yellowtail and 8-12lb yellowfin. We had wide open fishing there for a couple hours. We’re napping and running up to last night zone to see if we can get another hit.
Captain Mike and the boys
Beautiful catch from Tamara!
Aug 22 (Aug 22-25) Lady Angler Searcher Special #2 (L.A.S.S.)
Good evening,
We are seeing good sign of mixed 20-30lb yellowfin and bluefin this afternoon. We’re getting some bites, but struggling to land them. We’ve also seen some bigger grade 60-100lb fish. We hooked a few on our day time tackle, but it didn’t work out too well. Maybe tonight.
Captain Mike and the boys
Great job, Marcela!
Aug 21 (Aug 19-22) Lady Angler Searcher Special (L.A.S.S.)
Good morning,
We saw decent sign of yellowtail this morning, though it was more show than go. We did catch a few 18-22# fish. We bailed and did some bottom fishing around 10am. The bottom fishing was phenomenal.
We’ve moved on and we’re trying to put ourselves into position to catch a few trophies before we have to go home.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening,
We traveled most of the afternoon to make sure we were in position to try for a trophy at the end of the trip. We got on scene around 7pm and shut down on a large area of 30-200lb fish. We got a few bites right before the sun went down. After sundown we got a little shot before we had to take off for home. We caught a few 30-50#, a few hundred pounders, and a couple 180#.
Nice day on the Pacific Ocean today.
Captain Mike and the boys
It couldn’t have happened for a nicer lady angler, Ann!