MAHI-MAHI

[Alto Mare]

More to follow from Wallace....

[Bryan Young]

Awesome Wallace!!!

[wallacewt]

we went out yesterday just to catch some mahi.
2 boats,7 fisherman,round trip was approx 100 miles
168ltrs of fuel in 25ft bertram,twin in/mercs.
2nd boat 6.5m haines,capt bozo,thats the boat i
normally fish off.(pic)
allowed 3 mahi each had no trouble baggin out.
most were around 4kgs
released plenty.
largest was 1.06mtrs,expected bigger ones for this
time of the year.
seas im,swell 1m wind 10knots
(2nd pic, 10 mahi in there) catch fish,donger on the head ,bleed,into ice slurry.
beautiful day, plenty fish,boys clean the boat,i fillet.
cheers

[Alto Mare]

[Cone]

Wallace, thanks for sharing your trip. Fun to catch and eat. Bob

[Bryan Young]

That looks like the same rigging we use for salmon.

I could have sworn that Wallace has some newer, pretty reels...but he always goes back to his tried and trues.

[ossipeter]

What kind of Shimano Bantam is it?

[redsetta]

I could have sworn that Wallace has some newer, pretty reels...but he always goes back to his tried and trues.

I think many of us are a bit like that
Great work Wallace - well done.
Looks like proper sportsfishing catching mahai-mahi on light tackle like that.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Justin

[wallacewt]

ossipeter
thats a shimano bantam 500,ss frame.50 years old.
alto mare bought 1 on ebay for me for spares.
(thks sal) and this is the original. 1st time ive used it in a long time.
it will get a new mini knob.
bean sinker in the squid to beat the mutton birds.
1/2 pilchard on hooks.
buggers can dive down 30ft after the bait.
cheers

[ossipeter]

Thanks for answer. I fish the Bantam 100 Professionell. Nice little Reel. Was good for catfish 28 years ago in Coloradoriver. 

[whalebreath]

bean sinker in the squid to beat the mutton birds.....buggers can dive down 30ft after the bait.

Yes I've seen them do that and end up hooked on a deep diving Yo Zuri plug-quite the job to unhook one!

[ossipeter]

Nice catch, need you as a hunter at my ponts.

[wallacewt]

when i was in nz i went on a charter boat
and a maori deliberately caught a mutton bird and
wrung its  neck. tied on a piece of fishing line
to bird and boat and threw it back over.
to keep the rest of them away.
when the first fish was caught it was
released alive to please the fish god.
go figure

[wallacewt]

went out thursday,36 miles wide,flat seas,no wind.
100,s of dorado everywhere,small.pic is of skipper karl
1st cast with brand new andros.75cm.they were all about this size.
caught a feed then moved on.
office workers turned up,in their big boats,
roaring up and down trolling,catching nil.
we got there at daylight and surprise!
divers with their spear guns were shooting plenty
its 200m deep with plenty of sharks.
went again last night,just local,10 minutes from jetty
snapper,tailor(bluefish)etc;perfect night.

[Dominick]

Congratulations Wallace.  That size is good eating.  Dominick