Mahi Mahi Tips T-T-T

[Hotrod]

What are your some of your Tips-Technique's and Tackle Used?

Locations and Best Times to Fish for these Beautiful Tasty Fish.

[Luna Sea 5]

i can't wait for the answers to this..

[Duffman]

  Penn 5500 spinner on a 7ft 12-25 rod spooled with 15 lb test clear Ande.  Main line to swivel, 36" fluro leader attached to a white 3/8 oz bucktail.
  If they are real finicky, I'll substitute the bucktail for a 2/0 Gami live bait hook buried in 2 spearing.  If I can get live killies before the trip, better yet, theyre like candy to mahi!!

weeds. I'm usually out on headboats so the only shot I get at mahi is when the weed lines come by the anchored boat.
   Toss the jig in front of the weed patch and jig it back to the boat just under the surface.

 Now, if only I can get out there on a private boat and work some pots.....hint,hint  Tongue  Roll Eyes

[mboy]

I use a 5'5" 8-12lb spinning rod with 20lb braid. 2' Flouro leader with a pink tsunami jig (an color really), 1/4-1/2 ounce. This is when 1st on the scene and the fish are biting easily.

After a few fish are boated and they get more finicky, I fall back to my secret weapon- Remove body from jig head and replace with a fresh dead peanut bunker hooked bottom up thru head.

Cast it out and let it sink (15-20' or so).

This will typically get you some more fish after the intial bite has cooled off.  Especially on a party boat trip. 

[Skolmann]

7' MH spinning rod, reel spooled with #12 mono, uni-uni to attack a 5' length of #20 fluorocarbon with a 1/0-3/0 live bait hook snelled to the end.

As to bait, nothing beats live killies or peanut bunker.

Once the first mahi is hooked, keep it in the water to draw the school closer to the boat as well as keeping them excited. Have another person cast out (& hopefully hook up) while you deck your fish. Repeat.

After a while the school will usually notice thier numbers dropping and stop biting. When that happens offer them something completely different; a Spro tipped with a bait strip, a rat-l-trap, a Krocodile spoon even a topwater plug.

Stop and throw and full of chum/live bait at any type of floating object (pallet, bucket, weed patch,lobster pots or whatever) and watch for flashes of blue or yellow-which means mahi are at home. From there bait uo & hold on.

You could also trolling by said objects, see if you raise anything and then start pitching baits

[Hotrod]

Best Time Of year?  Locations?  Mud hole  Etc...

This will get googled out and should produce well..  lets give them ( am Me)  everything I need to know like I don't know anything about Mahi Mahi Fishing.  which I only learned this weekend

[lucky enuff]

Hey guys, any reports of Mahi in the mudhole area? When do they show up and how long do they stick around? Is the fishing decent in October @ the mudhole? My son wants to catch one, so I'm trying to do some research. Sounds like the mudhole is our best option since we only have a 24 ft Searay flybridge with twin I/O's. What do you all think?

Btw...we spend all spring/summer salmon fishing on lake Ontario, so ANY help is appreciated, since my experience here is limited.

Thanks for any help!

[Hotrod]

Welcome Lucky..  I'm looking for the same info here.  hopfully this will wake up the boys

Nice to have you aboard

[Luna Sea 5]

welcome.. I usually only target them if I am bluefishing in the mud hole..

[lucky enuff]

Thanks for the welcome !!

Rod

[Hotrod]

Ut o..

Is that..

Thanks for the welcome Rod.  Like hey Rod.. Thanks for the welcome.

or thanks for the welcome. Rod..  Like Thanks for the welcome ( My name is Rod)

[Still Running]

Welcome aboard lucky enuff you look familiar.

Tons of info here

[Hotrod]

Yea.  Just as I thought. 
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[lucky enuff]

Guess we were destined to have a rod in our hand ever since birth Rod

Btw...It's Rick's (Dieselhp) fault that I'm here.

My boy saw a picture of me with a Mahi....now he want's to catch one himself so I said I'd look into it. I hear the mudhole is possible and We'll have the boat somewhere in Sandy Hook area for October for striper fishing anyway.
What do ya guys think ? Yes....maybe...or forget about it ?

[Capt -Jerry P]

Look around pots and floating debris in the water.

Generally will come inshore to the mudhole from Aug through Sept,occasionally a lot closer. Warm temps and clean water is key.

Any med or light spinning rod will do the trick. Ya dont want to over kill on the tackle. Flouro top shot to in the 12-20lb range is a must. Small gami hooks. 1/2-1 ounce spros or curly tails on jig head are a good lure choice.

I like to throw a handful of spearing when approaching them, sometimes puts them into an all out frenzy. Sometimes Then they will leave pots and stay with your boat on the drift. Other days you might only catch one and then have to move on.

Mahi will take an assortment of small baits, such as spearing,smelts,killies, sardines,butterfish and bunker chunks.

When you hook a fish , others will often follow, in a competitive type way. Leaving one hooked up close to the boat is a great way to get multiple hookups and keep them around the boat.

Casting small bucktails,jigs, and metal will also do the trick on the mahi.

If the fish are really scattered, trolling around the pots can put fish in the boat.Small Clarks spoons and small feathers will do the trick. Be careful not to pull your lure into the pot

Good luck all



 

[Hotrod]

Cool Rod..  Thanks Rick

Great post Capt jerry.  Thank.. You!!

[ped579]

Rod (aka HOTROD) you really have got to get back on the meds...