![]() ![]() ![]() These ledges go from about 180 feet to 250 feet very quickly, which seem to hold the fish. Kaple said the main ledges are the South Ledge, the Triple Ledge, the Deli and Edisto Banks. “They are following the Gulf Stream, and as the southeast breeze hits the Gulf Stream in the spring, the stream starts to get closer to the ledges, which brings the fish in.” “Wahoo are driven by a northern migration that starts in February,” said Kaple. These fish are generally found near ledges. Wahoo eat bottom fish like mullet and ballyhoo as well as vermillion snapper and grouper. ![]() It’s no surprise that to find wahoo, you have to find their food source. ![]() “If the teeth so much as brush up against your skin, you will get gashed.” Fathom the depths “These fish have a severe set of teeth, they are razor-sharp,” said Kaple. These fish grow fast, up to 8 feet and 158 pounds, though they are commonly between 3.3 and 5.4 feet long. Their snouts are about the same size as the rest of their head, and their large mouths house strong, triangular, compressed and finely serrated teeth, allowing them to tear through fish bigger than their own size. They are covered with small scales and have a series of 25 to 30 irregular blackish-blue vertical bars on their sides. “The shades of blue and gray are like nothing else you have seen, absolutely beautiful.”Ītlantic wahoo is steel-blue above and pale blue below. “Wahoo have amazing color when they first come out of the water, said Bullock. “It is a must to keep pressure on the fish with steady reeling as well as boat speed.” A sight to behold “The wahoo is capable of swimming at speeds of 40-plus miles per hour, and this puts the pressure on the fisherman and also the boat captain,” said Lee. We also have a few trolling rods in stock and can order any specific things those who want to fish wahoo are looking for.” “We also have spools of various pound and color braid large enough to spool without having to splice. “We carry a couple of these large reels in stock at Bubba’s and can special order different colored reels or up to 130-wide,” said Bullock. Jason Bullock, owner of Bubba’s Cabin Lowcountry Outfitters, said it’s important to have at least a 50-reel that is 100 percent metal because a composite reel will explode. Grant Kaple, general manager of The Hilton Head Boathouse, said the rod and reel have to be of a certain caliber to handle wahoo and recommends using between a 50-wide rod with a 60-pound test to an 80-wide rod with an 80-pound test. Dead-bait trolling allows for more lines out but doesn’t cover as wide of an area. These are the colors of the fish that wahoo eat. The lure should be blue and white, or orange, black and purple. Dead-bait trolling involves trolling at around seven to eight miles per hour with a horse ballyhoo with a lure in front of it. The advantage to high-speed trolling is that you can cover a lot of areas, but you can only have a few lines out at a time. If high-speed trolling, you troll with only a lure, no bait attached, at around 15-17 miles per hour. “If you have all your ducks in a row, as well as a lucky horseshoe, you can have the best fishing experience of your life.”ĭue to the speed and size of wahoo, these fish have to be trolled. “Wahoo can be the toughest fish to find, next to the bluefin tuna and the black marlin,” said local Hilton Head fisherman Roger Lee. ![]()
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