Texas Gulf Coast Fishing

Wahoo

WAHOO - Acanthocybium solanderi Family Scombridae, MACKERELS AND TUNAS

Description: body slender; elongate jaws form a pointed beak; dark bluish above, with about 30 dark wavy bars; whitish below 1st dorsal fin long and low, with 21 to 27 spines; no gill rakers.
Size: to 2.1 m (83 in.) and 83 kg (183 lbs.).
Where found: offshore Gulfstream; blue water
Remarks: an important game fish, renowned for its tremendous runs and shifts of direction; usually not in schools; caught by trolling bait and artificial lures on flat lines.

The Wahoo is a predatory fish and it's flat-sided razor-sharp teeth allow it to rip into schools of squid and baitfish.

Wahoo are solitary fish and are caught by fishermen trolling in the deep blue waters of the gulf far from shore. When fishing for Wahoo, try trolling with large artificials or a natural bait such as a mullet or ballyhoo, rigged for trolling. Wahoo can also be taken while drift fishing with natural baits.

When caught, Wahoo make tremendous runs with abrupt changes of direction, sometimes leaping from the water. This makes it one of the most exciting gamefish to catch, leaving the angler to hold on to his rod and holler wahooooo...