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The Wahoo is truly one of the great sport fishes of the world. It is a fish full of character and can test the anglers skills, in finding them, hooking one up and then landing it. It is a powerful fish with phenomenal speed and great fighting ability particularly during the first half of the fight. It is the fasted swimming fish in the ocean and can attain speeds of up to 70 miles an hour. Their strikes and legendary and spectacular ... you will definitely know you have hooked up a Wahoo. Wahoo average 40-50 pounds but get to well over 150 pounds. The IGFA all-tackle record is currently 158 pounds, 8 ounces.

Description: The Wahoo has a long slender cigar-shaped body with a pointed head. It's first dorsal fin in low and somewhat spiny. Coloration is metallic blue or green above fading to silver along its sides with dark mackerel-like stripes along its sides tinged with blue, which light up, especially when excited. It's mouth is very bony and full of razor sharp teeth which may or may not be tinged in blue.

Fishing Techniques: Wahoo is typically targeted in the first hours of daylight although they will hit at any time of the day. Although Wahoo will hit about any given lure at any given time, lures designed specifically for them are different than typical offshore trolling lures. They are generally heavier as you would normally troll faster when specifically targeting this fish. Trolling lures are all basically straight runners with little movement other than speed being generated from the lure itself. The most popular Wahoo trolling lures would be chrome jet-heads as well as hard baits such as Marauders, Rapalas and the like. These hard baits are more effectively used with down-riggers although few people seem to use them. You can also cast and jig heavy chrome lures such as bombers, Salas irons, etc. amongst schools of tuna. Live bait such as caballito, blue runners or mackerel will work on occasion when schools of Wahoo are counted, particularly around banks.

Edibility & Cleaning: Wahoo is absolutely superb eating and is usually steaked. Nobody ever releases them unless they get into an overabundance of them. Skin the fish first as you would a tuna, then fillet.

 * The abbreviated text on this page is taken from the upcoming book "Fishing - Mexican Style" by Jeff Klassen, is copyrighted and may not be used for purposes other than personal use without the written permission from the publisher.

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