Top choice baits?

[Big Kahunaz]

What are your go to baits/methods for Wahoo and Yellowfin?

[fishinpox]

What are your go to baits/methods for Wahoo and Yellowfin?

all i know is catch YFT on a live hard tail under a kite is da **** , nevermind a trout on topwater seein a 120 lb yft hit a hardtail 1+ ft out of the water !!MAN unbeliveable

[Dink]

Pink plugs trolling for wahoo or tuna, diamond jigs at the rigs foe tuna

[cmdrost]

live bait or big poppers for tuna

mauraders or makira lures for wahoo.

[QUACKHEAD]

Hey Dink, a couple of months ago you posted a couple of pics with some tuna, did you go out of Venice for those??

[Dink]

Grand isle actually............

[jpeff31787]

sand eel...

[QUACKHEAD]

I just got a boat for offshore fishing and thought about going to Grand Isle this year and hope to go after tuna. I would really love to go after dolphin but don't know if I will ever go out the far. I really don't want to drag my trailer to Venice. I won't ask where your fishing grounds are but how far out frome Grand Isla are you running.

[Dink]

it wasnt this year, but, theres usually a rip pretty close in.........30-40 miles. find a grass bed and troll it, youll find dolphin...........

[QUACKHEAD]

Thanks for the info. Big Kahunaz, I didn't mean to steal your thread, but I did want to borrow it.

[cmdrost]

dolphin are closer in than tuna usually. Find a rip and you'll find dolphin.

[QUACKHEAD]

I'm ready for the summer, Duck hunting Sux this year anyway, so bring on the heat! Summer is the best time of year for tuna and dolphin right ?

[cmdrost]

actually spring is best for wahoo and tuna. Summer is best for Dorado, but tuna & wahoo are still plentiful. Everything slows down around Sept.

[QUACKHEAD]

THANKS FOR THE INFO cmdrost. Looking forward to spring and summer. So you think April and May time frame.

[Dink]

Im thinking end of Feb.........planning a trip to lump then, depending on reports of course............

[QUACKHEAD]

Let me know when you have a date set. February sounds good. I can go pretty much whenever your ready, weekend or weekday.

[PUREBAY2200]

Wahoo magic!!!! Use the Stretch 30 . Blue or pink.
Troll in a cirlce Round the the rigs.
Set em back and hold on!!!!

[Dink]

Yeah you right, but like drost said.........marauders are the shizzz

[Big Kahunaz]

Good trolling speeds for wahoo/Tuna?

[Jordan]

48 knots :thefinger:

[SULPHITE]

Now Jordan...how is that information helpful?

[cmdrost]

wahoo like it fast. 8-9 knots or so. Bills, dolphin, & wahoo will all hit at this speed.

[Dink]

OK.......what is the equation to convert knots to MPH? I troll at bout 4.5 MPH and have hooked up both tuna and wahoo.....I may have just been lucky???

[Ray]

Knots X 1.15 = MPH

[Dink]

Drost......what knot do you use to tie on the hook to flouro??? I've lost some fish to wrong knots.......I've seen one that you tie it around the shank of the hook instead of to the eye, it wont slip b/c of the eye at the end of the hook shaft, but don't know what its called..........I tried steal leader twisted and crimped, but bite slows.......I think fish can see it.......Tim

[Big Kahunaz]

Thx for the info....moving to Hawaii Feb. 7th and just trying to get some ideas. All info greatly appreciated.

48 knots...LMAO!

[adamsfence]

Thx for the info....moving to Hawaii Feb. 7th and just trying to get some ideas. All info greatly appreciated.

48 knots...LMAO!


Hawii:eek: can i come

[cmdrost]

"Drost......what knot do you use to tie on the hook to flouro???"

We use the double uni alot. The joke on the boat is "it catches blue marlin & speckled trout!"

Other than that we use the "crimp" method for the big pulling baits and leave enough room for them to slide up & down the leader.

[Big Kahunaz]

Now that's what im talking about! Nice pic! The fishing there is year round....and Grander BLUE Marlin are caught w/in 1 mile of Kailua-Kona...along w/ wahoo, yellowfin, skip jack, mahi, broadbill swords, spear fish, white marlin, etc. Man i can't wait. I've got a lot to learn but I'll have time. If any of you have any books for recommendation or sites that gear towards sport fishing & big game trolling please let me know.

Check this page out: http://www.hawaiifishingnews.com/grander.cfm?Order=Weight

[huntin fool]

Now that's what im talking about! Nice pic! The fishing there is year round....and Grander BLUE Marlin are caught w/in 1 mile of Kailua-Kona...along w/ wahoo, yellowfin, skip jack, mahi, broadbill swords, spear fish, white marlin, etc. Man i can't wait. I've got a lot to learn but I'll have time. If any of you have any books for recommendation or sites that gear towards sport fishing & big game trolling please let me know.

Check this page out: http://www.hawaiifishingnews.com/grander.cfm?Order=Weight


when yall moving back from Hawaii is the question??? Any fishing over der?

[Big Kahunaz]

when yall moving back from Hawaii is the question??? Any fishing over der?

We'll be there for 6 month guaranteed...but we're hoping for 18 months.
Fishing is great there...especially for Blues and Ahi. Mahi run in abundance and wahoo (ono) are occasional but not rare along with the other pelagic species mentioned in the above post. They also have peacock bass...Lake Wilson in the higher altitudes of Oahu..which will go on my wall when i catch one along with other freshwater species. Trevalle are commonly saught after from the rocks shore fishing. It's never a boring day there and hunting in the mountains can also produce turkey, mountain goats, pheasants, quail, churaks???....wild boar....several different deer etc. Lots of wildlife options from the isalnds.

I wouldn't compare it to Venice, La though. (as far as fishing) Although chances of catching a lifetime Grander Marlin is 100x better in HI.

I will be posting tons of pics and you tube vids on here during my stay.

[Big Kahunaz]

OK..... besides what's said.....not more advice???? Hell that's odd...where are ya baystealth?

[cmdrost]

Other advice??? Watch yo back! I hear they don't like the white boy Americans over there!!

[Jordan]

Now Jordan...how is that information helpful?


ehh, a little on the fast side.... they'll catch up !! :*****:

[Big Kahunaz]

Other advice??? Watch yo back! I hear they don't like the white boy Americans over there!!


Haoles! I don't think it will be a problem. We'll keep our nose clean and smile. I've done a lot of research on this issue.