Best Ballyhoo Rigging Tips to Help You Catch More Wahoo, Mahi, and Tuna- South Florida Fishing

[@mulletoutdooradventures6286]

I've had to completely switch to wire when trolling ballyhoo up in NJ on the midshore lumps. The amount of cut offs I had 3 years ago literally killed me mentally. I had 4 wahoo over 50lbs bite me off at the gaff in a 2 week stretch. It doesn't affect my catch rates at all when it comes to Mahi and bluefin and yellowfin either. Once the water gets one about 68 I have to switch from mono or I'm going to lose fish. It's been a hard lesson to learn but it's been deadly. I run ballyhoo off everything. All my spreaders and trackers I add a skirted bally instead of the factory lures. I usually add a longer leader than the usual stinger as well. And it slays. My most effective lure is usually my shotgun 18in splash bar with the skirted ballyhoo usually in a pink glow. I find a 5 rod spread is most effective. Anymore and it causes problems especially when solo. Tracker either side shotgun splash bar and 1 on a flatline and a Nomad or squidtrex opposite that. 6 to 8mph. Anything will eat all of it. I've gotten some monster threshers on the Nomads pulled like that. Usually by the tail 😆 🤣 😂

[@goodkarmasportfishing5053]

Very cool. Painful with they do it at the boat. I mix it up now, ballyhoo all get wire, then 2 are "high risk". In ballyhoo we trust 100%. The UV hair, pink glow is a killer. Keep cracking hoo skulls!