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Originally Posted by Smoky buck
What species besides Marlin could you pick up on this trip
And if you go hunting pics are a must
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The typical trolling spread is targeting striped/black/blue marlin, yellowfin and longtail tuna, mahi mahi, wahoo, spotted/school and Spanish mackerel (king mackerel for the yanks), cobia, and some bycatch of skipjack and Mack tuna.
Realistically though most tuna are caught by throwing slugs or soft plastics to them when we see them chasing bait on the surface or targeted in shallower water with live bait via a kite, ballon or floating them somewhere in the water column. The yellowfin are caught more while trolling but occasionally I see them in a bust up.
If we jig we are in for over a hundred species but typically pearl perch, snapper, amberjacks, kingfish, red throat emperor, red emperor, nanogui, tuskies and yellowtail kingfish are the most prominent. I don’t bottom bash very often but might cause Nolan already said he wants to and a feed of reef fish would be good.
Momma bear just said she wants fish so that means we better catch something edible.