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Tim wrote:
What do you bait Wahoo with, live or chunks.? Or does it matter?


Artificial lures are popular. So are rigged, whole, dead, ballyhoo.

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Tim wrote:
I looked up a Wahoo. They "look" related to a swordfish.


Check out the king mackerel or kingfish. They look very similar but
taste much different.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2015 11:26:50 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

There are as many speeds to troll wahoo as there are wahoo fisherman.
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You're right about that. The guys I've actually talked with like fast
however. I suppose one advantage is that you're unlikely to
accidently catch anything else.


I disagree. A bit slower and you can get mahi or tuna on the same rig
keeping the sharks at a distance until they steal half of your fish
while you reel it in!

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Username wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 17 May 2015 18:47:42 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2015 20:51:09 -0700 (PDT), Tom Nofinger
wrote:

On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:36:18 PM UTC-7, Wayne. B wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2015 19:14:00 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Correct about the techno-changes in guidance/navigation systems in the
past few years. Paying wireless int'l calls couldn't have been cheap.

Speaking of island hopping, are you getting in on some good fishing on your cruise?
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I fished briefly on the last half of our Gulf Stream crossing but
nothing to show for it except a stolen lure and badly bitten up mono
leader. Must have been something with sharp teeth. Conventional
wisdom is that Mahi mahi will not bite on wire leaders so not much
choice unless you're after the really big stuff.

We've been in relatively shallow water ever since and conditions
offshore have been fairly rough.
Gnawing on a leader in such fashion is an indicator of Shark or Barracuda?
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More likely a shark in my opinion. I've caught barracuda on mono
leaders a number of times but once saw a shark grab a live bait fish
on mono with barely a twitch of the pole.
Maybe a wahoo.
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Possibly, there are lots of Wahoo around here, mostly on the eastern
side of the Bahamas however. I have no personal experience catching
Wahoo but it's my understanding that you have to troll for them at
about 15 kts, too fast for us. We'd hear the big sportfishing boats
talking about them on the radio when we were way down in the out
islands. It sounded like they were losing as many as they caught.


We catch them at under 10 kts all the time. Keep it closer to 5 and you
can get Mahi and Wahoo from the same bait.

Want to see what a Wahoo, at least a West Coast Wahoo does to lures? They
are very toothy.
http://www.976-tuna.com/print.php?plugin:forum.46886

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On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 7:18:23 PM UTC-4, Username wrote:

Thank goodness you're back....for the sake of the Moppetts. They were starting to show signs of the 'shakes' and other withdrawal symptoms.
glad you had a great time.
BTW. Dickson insists that you send him a picture of your 'junk' if you're going to leave for more than a day or two. He gets serious separation anxiety. ;-)
Bet your wife would like to see this one, too!

Well, I gave you the ****ing address, send the ****. Don't be a ****.

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On Mon, 18 May 2015 19:32:49 -0400, Username
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2015 11:26:50 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

There are as many speeds to troll wahoo as there are wahoo fisherman.
===

You're right about that. The guys I've actually talked with like fast
however. I suppose one advantage is that you're unlikely to
accidently catch anything else.


I disagree. A bit slower and you can get mahi or tuna on the same rig
keeping the sharks at a distance until they steal half of your fish
while you reel it in!

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We have caught a fair number of mahi at our normal cruising speed of 8
1/2 knots. Possibly just luck but I once had an expert tell me that 8
kts was a good speed for them. They generally hit hard and put up a
good fight.

Speaking of wahoo, we had some for dinner tonight at a place called
Pete's Pub in the south eastern Abacos. It was very tasty.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Petes-Pub-Gallery/144337852300293

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On Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 11:25:37 AM UTC-4, True North wrote:
On Saturday, 16 May 2015 22:27:56 UTC-3, Wayne. B wrote:
It's been awfully quiet here without YKW to kick around. Let's try to
fix that before the group shrivels away to oblivion. Spring is here,
even in the northern climes, so there must be some stories and project
reports out there, maybe even a trip or two.

As most of you know Mrs B and I have been cruising the Bahamas for a
few weeks now. One of the big changes in the last couple of years is
the availability of data service (internet) over the Batelco cell
phone system. If you have an unlocked GSM phone you can buy a BTC sim
card with a 2 GB data plan for less than $40. That gives you a local
phone number and your own tethered WiFi hotspot. That's a huge
improvement over past years where we were always looking for an open
WiFi system that we could connect to. Cell service itself has
improved enormously also. There are now towers on just about every
populated island.


The activity level in here just reinforces my observations a day or so ago. Most of the regulars have little interest in boats or boating. When was the last time you saw any boating content from John Herring, FlaJim, Dan Kruger, Scott Ingersoll...and we won't even mention the newsgroup pervert from St Thomas, Ontario. Most are here to instigate, agitate and irritate. Tim and I are somewhat similar with long off seasons and a short boating season.
Seems like we only got rid of winter so I'm just now getting the urge to take the winter shelter down and prepare my boat for it's first launch this year.

April 21st for me, Don. When was yours?

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On Mon, 18 May 2015 20:46:56 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 18 May 2015 19:32:49 -0400, Username
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 18 May 2015 11:26:50 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

There are as many speeds to troll wahoo as there are wahoo fisherman.
===

You're right about that. The guys I've actually talked with like fast
however. I suppose one advantage is that you're unlikely to
accidently catch anything else.


I disagree. A bit slower and you can get mahi or tuna on the same rig
keeping the sharks at a distance until they steal half of your fish
while you reel it in!

===

We have caught a fair number of mahi at our normal cruising speed of 8
1/2 knots. Possibly just luck but I once had an expert tell me that 8
kts was a good speed for them. They generally hit hard and put up a
good fight.

Speaking of wahoo, we had some for dinner tonight at a place called
Pete's Pub in the south eastern Abacos. It was very tasty.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Petes-Pub-Gallery/144337852300293

That place looks fun!
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On Tue, 19 May 2015 08:00:33 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Speaking of wahoo, we had some for dinner tonight at a place called
Pete's Pub in the south eastern Abacos. It was very tasty.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Petes-Pub-Gallery/144337852300293

That place looks fun!

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It is and that's a good thing because it's the only pub/restaurant for
miles around. :-)

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On Tue, 19 May 2015 08:21:58 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Tue, 19 May 2015 08:00:33 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Speaking of wahoo, we had some for dinner tonight at a place called
Pete's Pub in the south eastern Abacos. It was very tasty.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Petes-Pub-Gallery/144337852300293

That place looks fun!

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It is and that's a good thing because it's the only pub/restaurant for
miles around. :-)

Abaco wasn't very populous last time I was there either. That was about 50 years ago,
but looking at the satellite view on Google doesn't show much more development. Marsh
Harbor has grown some, I think.
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