Effective Mahi trolling spread for small boats | Spring Mahi Mahi run
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Every April anglers up and down the Florida coast gear up for the Spring Mahi Mahi run. This is best time of year to load up on Mahi and get a chance at a trophy fish. Trolling is the most popular way to target these fish, and all skill levels can join in on the action. I share a simple and effective trolling spread that I use to raise Dolphin fish aka Mahi Mahi. Teasers are essential and a wide assortment of baits is needed to figure out what is working that day. Even on a small boat without outriggers I'm able to comfortably troll a five rod spread. A shotgun rod with a cedar plug, a Zuker feather and Islander ballyhoo combo on outrodders, a flat line with a Zuker feather, and a deep Rapala XRAP deep diving plug. Fishing out of St Lucie inlet on Florida's treasure coast I head out ready to troll at sunrise. In 280 feet I have a double header and boat the first fish. I find a great rip with a weed line in the area with bird activity. These are tell tale signs of Mahi in the area. I boat two more fish before the bite slows from a ton of boat traffic. This could be the busiest time of year on the water. - บันเทิง
Man, how cool is it that the intro music is 10x the volume of the rest of the clip?
Super cool
Man u just remind me of my passion,never give up on your dreams,am on the hard for now but soon ill get back out there ,nearly sold out everything but watching this video just reminded me about my dream
Thank you Roberto. Tight lines buddy
Hands down one of the prettiest fish I’ve seen in my opinion!
They definitely are
That was awesome. I still can't believe you manage all of that by yourself! Complete insanity when you get two fish at the same time! I'm sure it was a long day, thanks for coming on my live STREAM Sunday evening!
It sure is difficult when you get multiple hookups. Lots of times the school follows the hooked fish to the boat. That’s when you can catch a bunch with multiple people.
Good work Capt. I fish solo 90% of the time out of West Palm on a 20ft boat and know the work involved. Thanks for sharing.
TheNicko773 appreciate it. I prefer fishing alone most of the time. Although a lot of fish are missed that way. Tight lines
Not really a fishing channel
But it is a catching channel!!
Thanks dude really appreciate it
great stuff bro ,you got up early and it paid !
great quality footage !
Thanks brother early bird catches the fish for sure.
That spring Mahi Mahi run is super fun. I got on it once out in OBX. It was amazing. Great video man.
That’s awesome you got to experience that.
@YourNextCast I plan on trying this year with my 21 ft cc down obx
Good stuff sir!!!
Thank you much appreciated
2 years ago memories ! Solo, 5/6 spread (dredge) cant argue with success
I haven’t trolled this year yet. Gas is too expensive 🤣
Wayne now I know why you call your channel CPro , crushing this video like a pro , bloody fantastic mate loved it
Thanks mate!!! Appreciate you checking it out!!
This video made our day. BIg Mahi are on mine and my daughter's bucket list!. awesome video, thanks for posting!
Thank you. Hopefully I will get a big one soon I can post.
@@CProFishingWithWayne nice man!
Well done captain. That’s a great effort with that spread size 👍
Thanks Brian I appreciate it
Waaaaaayne!Always glad to see ya back out catching👍🐟
Thanks brother
Nice!
Heck yea buddy!! Very cool video as always, Thanks for sharing!
Thanks brother always appreciated
Nicely done mate! Great post-production....yeah I love those blue and whites over a rigged ballyhoo too. Going out in an hour to the South Drop outside of St Thomas, Virgin Islands....I'm rigged and ready...THANKS great job!
Thanks Mick!! Tight lines out there. I will be trolling several times the weekend also.
😁👍 Wow! those fish look so cool!!
They are amazing
Wow! Your blue and white pom pom actually caught a squirmy!😂
😂
Just ran into your video, going trolling for the first time on a very small boat tomorrow. Concerned about line tangling, will try your technique.. wish us luck !!! 🥰
Thanks for watching. How did you do?
Outrodders 😂 you where like a super model working in a brothel you didn’t know which rod to grab. Colorado fisher says trolling is boring it’s called relaxing till the fights on awesome edit 👍
😂😂😂 So true. AJ needs to experience a big pelagic coming up in your spread and screaming drag. Definitely not boring when the bites on.
Have to rest those arms for the next one
Nice action brother a double header and some good fish
Thanks Rocco appreciate it
That was a fantastic video and a heck of A-day on the water! Thoroughly enjoyed it sir!
Thanks Stanley I appreciate it
@@CProFishingWithWayne my pleasure sir!
Wow.. 5 lines! Heck I have a hard enough time dealing with just 3 lines on a small boat lol
Gets crazy sometimes. Thanks for watching!!
Great video, trailering down to stock island Thursday can't wait!!
Thank you. That’s awesome have a great time
We ended up on some nice mutton snapper, key west is great
@@paulcurrier4947 love Key West. Glad you had some solid fishing. Got some Mutton today myself. Tight lines
I had some Mahi before. I have to agree with ya. They're some excellent table fare. Enjoy!
No doubt appreciate you stopping by
Bro you took your editing to the next level ! Absolutely amazing video ! Ya killed it !
Thanks brother appreciate it
Great Job Brother!
For sure was a great exiting day 👍
Thank you brother appreciate it
Awesome footage and great catches! Looks like a good time! 🔥
Thank Trevor appreciate it
Another excellent video! I cannot wait to come to Florida!
It will be fun. Thanks John
Awesome fishing bro 🎣 When the Mahi start biting they keep coming. Double header first bites then another. Thank you for the awesome fishing day much appreciated. Stay Safe Always.
Thanks brother
CPro Fishing
Anytime brother. Tight lines🎣
thank you for the video my brother! new to trolling in south florida and im going to follow this to the T.
Thanks Tim. Feel free to message me any questions on my Facebook page.
Man I’m jealous. Mani are my favorite!
Going back out today and tomorrow. Hoping to get a big one
i like mani too ;)
Nice job bro. It's chaotic if your by yourself or with people lol.
Thanks Dennis!! True statement 😂
Those are some great looking fish!! Good eating for sure!
Thanks brother they definitely are.
Love the editing
Thank you. Trying to get better with each video.
Good video I will try this on my boat I dont have big mahi though. But will try for kings.
Thanks Paul for Kings I troll Rapala XRap 30 deep divers. Red/white and mullet color are the best. Three rod spread with them. You will slay
@@CProFishingWithWayne Sweet wayne thanks bro.
Haha love it. We fish the exact same way. Give a clark spoon a try from a flat line with an inline weight. I run cedars, feathers, chains, but the drones and clark spoons always seem the most productive. Be careful.
I will !! Thanks for watching.
Great work Wayne!. I bet it could get hectic if all the rods had hookups at the same time. Beautiful looking fish man👍
I’ve had four go at the same time. It’s crazy. They’re my favorite fish to catch
Nice work my set up is similar, I get all kinds of game fish here in Australia using a small boat too
That’s awesome!! Australia is on my fishing bucket list
@@CProFishingWithWayne check out some of my solo adventures off the gold coast on my channel if u want most are just small clips
Man what an impressive setup and you being able to juggle all that all the while pulling in fish and not crashing the boat 🤣 bummer you weren’t able to get both on that double but still thoroughly impressed with your haul! Beautiful fish and awesome episode.
Thanks!!! It’s no easy task but it sure is fun
CPro Fishing mad skills man
Sweet
Thanks James appreciate it
I Wake up, grab some coffee and tune in to this video......made my morning Wayne! Wishing I was down there right NOW!
Nice explanation of your spread, what reel is it that you have on your blue islander that you have tethered? Reason I ask is, it looks a lot like my Convector 55L. As always, I enjoy watching your videos!
Thanks Steve. It’s a TLD 25 with 600 yards of 30 lb mono.
the first lure you put out. thanks
Cedar plug
Dude, I really have to hand it to you... the fishing is AWESOME, but do you think you can make the music LOUDER. I can't hear it very well over the sound of the actual fishing.
Absolutely brother!! It definitely wasn’t loud enough in this video 😁
Just as a curiosity is trot line fishing for big flathead catfish as foreign to you as open water salt water fishing is to me? I swear dude like a different world...love watching your vids!
😂 YES. Thank you!!
@@CProFishingWithWayne Whew! I feel a little better now :-)
Great video Thanks . Just the flashing footage at the end is not good for someone with epilepsy.
Thanks for watching Ralph. My Camera actually recorded incorrectly and I left it in there since it matched the music. Thanks for letting me know that that could be an issue.
Mahi is delicious. Grouper and Tuna don't even compare IMO. I also like freshwater swamp fish, not pond or lake fish. They always seem to taste "muddy". But pike, moremouth, bluebrim and flower perch are tasty.
Mahi, Grouper, and Tuna all delicious. Haven’t had any of the freshwater fish.
Heck yeah brother that was a awesome video, I had no idea your boat was only 19ft now I know your nuts 😜 Seriously though brother.. great job on the video, you have got fishing in that boat down to a science! Thanks for sharing on how you troll fish, that really looks like a blast! Nice catches man!
Thanks brother appreciate it!! Wait until you see my nuts in six foot swells catching that Sail 😂😂
Yeah I’m waiting to see that video 😂
Wayne, you have too many rods on that boat. 😂. Hard to control the situation when it’s just one guy in the boat. I’m glad you caught a couple, I’m sure they taste great. Take care and be safe out there.
Adrian
😂 I’m fine. The way I stagger the baits makes it look like bait falling behind the rest of the school.
Snuck out this morning past the corona cops and caught a few nice blackfins off hallandale.no dolphin though I'm thinking they're blowed out far.i saw hardly any weeds im guessing cause the west wind weve had for days.
I’m heading out out SLI again in the morning. Congrats on the Tuna those are my favorite.
Hey love the content especially going after it solo! Very impressive.
I’m in NJ, we usually pot-hop July-September.
Giving trolling a shot possibly tomorrow, what speed do you typically aim for?
For Mahi around 7 knots but it mostly depends on current. You’re looking for the speed the lures swim correctly.
Wayne we fish out of St Lucie annually and it’s usually later in summer for sailfish and snapper. On my boat I run the teaser off the rear cleat with a diving plug off a 3 way swivel to get it down. I have down riggers and am curious if you’re sending that with a weight and if so what size in order to effectively troll. Thanks for any intel. This year we’re coming down the last week of June and hopefully get on mahi and tuna. Fair winds and tight lines - enjoying your content from NC
Hey Sam!! Are you asking about the weight on the umbrella rig or a diving plug?
@@CProFishingWithWayne I have the same type of dredge and want to do away with the stretch 40 pulling it and run it with a torpedo weight on the downrigger. Is 32oz too much? On a sidenote, do you know if pilchards are usually around late June? Thanks for your help!
I believe my weight is 24oz. Doesn’t take much using those teasers. Pilchards are still around but I prefer big Spanish Sardines end of June.
How do you avoid line tangling? I have a 22 and I use outrodders and I can only really fish 2 lines because any more and I always tangle. Do you just really try to avoid tight turns? Really would love to have more lines in the water
The key is to stagger the lines. This way if they cross, the line is over the lure and out of the water. Turns definitely have to be wide. No matter what you’re still going to occasionally tangle but identify it quick so it’s not a big mess.
Awesome video my friend what time is dinner lol stay safe buddy 👍
I would bring you some if you were close!!
Hey Wayne! We will be down there hoping to get offshore Saturday, is your boat back in action? It would be cool to see you out on the water! We have a 24" shamrock CC.
Yes I’ve had it back for a while but haven’t been able to fish much due to my kids activities. I’ve been out several times but took a break from making videos. Lots of time involved. I’m sure I will get the itch to start making them again. I might be out there Friday but not Saturday.
@@CProFishingWithWayne we might try and get out Friday depends on what time we leave here in the morning. Are you bottom fishing or trolling?
I bottom fished. Video next week
@@CProFishingWithWayne can’t wait! We found some nice spots, had a close run in on the troll with a dolphin under a frigate but ended up with 2 mangroves for the weekend. It was rough on Saturday! Ended up coming back in and hitting the sandbar.
Awesome vid. How do you like that Paraflex rod? I heard there boat rods have jigging rod blanks?
It’s like a boat/jigging hybrid and super light. Feels amazing and will be buying more. It’s versatility will allow me to troll, bottom fish, flat line, and jig.
Awesome video. New subscriber! How do you turn and manage to avoid tangles?
Thank you. Properly spreading the lines and at different distances. Also take long wide turns.
Good job Wayne🤜🏻🤛🏻 Must be a little task trolling five rods being alone 👍🏻
Not so bad until the multi hits then it gets a little hairy. 😂
Not to mention a dredge as well. Nice work I like your style
Nice work when was this fishing trip
Thank you this was on Sunday
Hello, could you pls advise what speed should be and distance from the boat to the lure?
I troll 7-8 knots and distance of lures varies. Flat lines behind the wash, riggers around 100 feet and the shotgun 150’
@@CProFishingWithWayne Many thank's
Hey man love your videos! I was wondering what size islander do you use?
Thanks Jacob. 8.25 inch but I’m going to start experimenting with different sizes and colors
What bait fish are you putting on the islanders
Ballyhoo. You can use Bonito strips also
@@CProFishingWithWayne thank you
Do u want that skirted ballyhoo to ever come out of the water or always stay under, also do u reel in ur lines when u have a fish or just leave them out while u fight
Absolutely you want your bait to sporadically hit the service and go back down which creates a smoke trail. I leave the boat at the same speed for about 20 seconds to see if other lines get hit, and then slow down slightly. I will clear lines that are shorter than the one hit.
Good job man! I’ll be doing this alone on my boat soon. How fast are you trolling this spread?
7-9 knots
Wow such a cool looking fish. Nice catches. It blows my mind that you can troll that fast and still catch fish. But then again I have seen dolphins on the front of boats and seals swim up behind boats and jump up. That thing at 2:11 what is that called? I have never seen them before. 👍
I’ve hooked them up to 12 knots. That’s an umbrella rig of squid and holographic teasers I pull 30 feet back on the down rigger. You’re basically trying to create a fleeing bait school, and your lures are the stragglers the attempt to pick off.
@@CProFishingWithWayne That is some inventive stuff.
Great video. I was wondering, what depth were you trolling in? Also, what part of the east coast are you fishing in? I'm in the port canaveral area
I was about 12 miles out in almost 300 feet. I’m out of Stuart Fl. I fished Port Canaveral last Red Snapper mini season. I have a video of it. Definitely had a great time getting some big ones.
maybe try slowing down once you get hooked up???
Gives you a chance to have multiple hook ups if it’s a school. After about 30 seconds I slow down but not all the way because when trolling it helps keep tension on the line especially with multiple fish
there is a clip on the line at 6:43, what is that for?
It’s a release clip. Keeps the flat lines close to the boat low to the water. This way the baits swim better and don’t skip out of the water too much.
@@CProFishingWithWayne Thanks!
How far and how deep are you running the teasers?
About 50 feet and they’re only a few feet under the surface. You want the sunlight to reflect off of them. When I’m drifting I take off the weight and let them float right on the surface 20 feet back.
How many knots is your troll speed?
7 to 10 depending on wind and current. You want to make sure your lures are tracking correctly hitting the surface and going back under creating a smoke trail.
what is the brand of the teaser?
Holographic fish teasers. I add them to an umbrella rig with an in line trolling weight. I get them at Bass Pro.
What is the silver metal reel you're using other than the tld's?
th-cam.com/video/4w6Y_1LHzxo/w-d-xo.html
Here is the review I did on it. Great reel and thanks for watching.
Nice review. Actually thought it was Talica. I'm looking for one more 25-30 size but I want something other than ol reliable tld. That looks pretty impressive for the coin. Great channel!
Thanks Steve. They make it in a size 20 and 25. Cant go wrong for the money. Tight lines
How far out are u fishing.
This was about ten miles out of SLI in 200 feet
What part of Florida? I’m in Jacksonville and have been told have to travel out about 60 miles for them.
Hey Chris yeah you have a long way to go. The Gulfsteam is only 6-10 miles from shore here in Stuart. I’ve caught them in 50 feet of water 4 miles out.
CPro Fishing Thanks. Probably worth a drive and launch down that way.
Pretty intense edit dude😎👌
Be careful out there and you mean to tell me you can't find ANYONE to come offshore withya??😂 You wear a buff all-day anyways that's a mask
Got some meat for sure.
We only troll at about 3knots for kingfish off Jax. Unfortunately you gotta go about 40-50miles out to get mahi and wahoo up here.
Yeah I troll plugs for Kings at 4 knots. Honestly I fish so hard I would rather be by myself. Kill switch, inflatable jacket, and epirb on my belt has me covered.
@@CProFishingWithWayne hellyea!
You're manning all those lines A D steering?😳
Man of many talents 😂
You never mention the effective trolling speed?
I mostly go by getting the baits swimming the way I want but typically 7-8 knots
I've never owned a boat so forgive me for the possibly stupid question but why when the fish is on do you not stop the boat and then reel? Is it to tire the fish out by dragging it along with the boat?
Mahi travel in schools so you want to give it time for more rods to get hit. You can slow down some after about 15 seconds but you never want to stop when trolling. The force of hitting a trolling lure usually opens up the hole around the hook and slack line causes lost fish. Keep moving the boat to keep tension.
@@CProFishingWithWayne Makes sense! Thank you! Can't wait to own a boat someday and try this.
how long is the boat
FishingWithAvani it’s 18.5
What rods you using there capt?
Ocean master trolling on the TLD 25s, custom rod on the TLD 50, and Star Paraflex on the speed master. All of my other rods I use Star.
Hi what is your trolling speed for Mahi ?
7-10 depends on current, wind, and making sure the lures are swimming correctly. Thanks for watching
Awesome video Bro! Nice job on the solo mission. Which inlet do you fish out of?
Thanks appreciate it. I fish out of SLI
@@CProFishingWithWayne I'm up in Maryland but my parents are in Brevard Couty and we usually trailer our boat down a few times a year and fish out of Sebastian Inlet and Ft. Pierce. We may be coming down arounf the end of the month if they don't open the Outer Banks up so that we can go Tuna fishing. How is the Speedmaster working out for you?
Love the reel. I plan on getting more.
@@CProFishingWithWayne I just ordered 2 of the 16's to use for Mahi and whites.
What’s the make/model of your boat?
1997 Sea Pro 190 CC
How fast??? 8 to 10 knots?
7-10 depends on current, wind, and making sure the lures are swimming correctly.
@@CProFishingWithWayne Thank you!
06:43 what name of this?
Flatline release clip
Awesome video brother 👊 other than the goliath grouper chasing hope to do some multi-species fishing it will take me back to my old deckhand days LOL
Can’t wait!!
Ok gang that's a great spread. Good job🎣💪💪
But I'm gonna get a ass chewing for saying this but I'm gonna say it anyway because it will make us all happier in years to come.
It's gonna be up to us to manage, and preserve our fishing.. . Because the state works for the state, not the fisherman!!
We have to start releasing these peanuts to let them grow into bigger healthier fish for our future. We all know it but only a handful practice it.
We just get out there in the morning and we get hooked up one after another of these sandwich size dolphin. You've got kids on the trip . Or maybe your girlfriend first time fishing!! and they are having a blast. I get it,!!!
But it's up to us to teach these people how we are conserving today to produce for tomorrow. Right. I've seen it happen to almost all our saltwater species now in my 66 yrs of fishing. I live on the Indian River . Born and raised. I've seen it slowly depreciate from a full blown abundant healthy environment, down to a baron wasteland . Sand flats!! Nothing left at all except a few horseshoe crabs .. I've seen the reefs full of beautiful groupers and snappers of all varieties destroyed today to nothing but barely juveniles... Ask any diver over 55 what was once there.. what the habitat looked like. Because you can't see the damage from the surface. I always changed their diapers and sent the small stuff back to mom as a fisherman because I knew one day I was gonna be graced by that fish again when in became huge, and a true fighter. It's good to see the abundance of young ones as a litmus test so to speak. But we have to let them go carefully so they can grow to be 40 lbers.
Line up a 100 anglers and ask them if they had a choice, which one would they like to have a picture of holding on the dock!! Everyone of them is gonna say the 40 lbers right. How do you think we are gonna accomplish that if we keep boxing up all of them at 5 lbs.
We don't see the big picture as one boat taking 6 peanuts home to eat. But multiple that times a thousand boats. Every weekend and 500 boats during the week. See where I'm going here.
We as the ones that love, fund, and support or fisheries being salt or fresh have to step up and see that every law and size limit they've placed on us has only slowed it down. But the end result is it's extiction is just around the corner.
I'm just trying to make you young guns out there aware of what is old farts overlooked. I apologise for allowing what's happened to have taken place over my life. People born in the 80s and 90 s never saw what we did in the 50 s and 60s. And it's a damn shame we didn't realize this would happen by the way we attacked the environment back then. Because if we would of known back then it was going to look like this today, I'm quite sure we would of done things a lot different to preserve the joy and happiness we experienced from the sport back then. I rew up on a tractor inner tube with a plywood platform to sit on and a pushpole. That was my boat. All you needed back then. Giant blueclaw crabs, jumbo shrimp by the potato sack fulls, clams, oysters, floundering at night catching flounder as big as your door mats. Monster 12 lb gator trout, snook , redfish, all Giants . The sheepshead were 9 lbs and delicious. The snook were taken off the bridges in wheelbarrows. Ha ha. You know the pin fish you use as bait today??
Well they are called sailors choice for a reason. Because we would take dead small shrimp and our cane pole and bobber and sit and catch a messof them to eat as big as two of your hands put together. Lol lol. When you got hit with that fin it poked a big hole in you that had to be plugged. Cus your were gonna bleed hard for a while. They are pure white meat and delicious. But I've never seen another one that size. Since I was 15. You didn't go out the inlets back in the early days to catch big sails, dolphin, whahoo, king's,.
They were caught here in the rivers . In the St.lucie river. I've seen dolphin , kingfish , flying 20 ft in the air and landing in schools of mullet you could walk on for a half mile in any direction. I used to be awakened every morning from the big fish exploding on bait in front of my house. ( No AC back then).
I'd get up each morning and grab my spook rod and go catch 15 or 20 big fish . Then get a shower and be out front to catch the bus for school. The waters were almost gin clear year round.
I'm telling you all these things ! Especially the young guns.!!! I want to impress upon you how important it is to preserve and conserve our environment and the resources. If you don't!! I'm sorry to say that you won't have anything left to share with your kids except the same story I'm sharing today. This was my life on the water. I truly miss it today .. I look out at the river that was always teaming with life today.
It's so calm except for one mullet that might come up and tail slap to let e Know there's still hope.
We live in a digital world today so if you don't need food to survive, take a picture and video and give it thanks as you let it go. 🙏🙏🙏✔️🇺🇸🤗
Your kids and grandkids will thank you one day hopefully.
Tight lines guys and gals .. 🎣💯
Bro shut the F-ck up. Obvious you didn’t watch this video and copied and pasted a generic response.
100%
Thanks
Nice video man! I enjoyed the content, like and subbed! I"m just starting a channel myself and am also on the Treasure Coast. Hope to see ya on the water!
This is my channel!
Hey Mike I appreciate it. Please let me know if you need any advice or help with the channel. Tight lines!!
@@CProFishingWithWayne Yea the whole filming tech part is a big hurdle for me, but i am really enjoying learning, its all new to me.Thanks for the help!
Gasoline hole versus pole holder
There will be none of that here Sir 😂😂😂
You do not need that music
No, not anybody can get out there.
What are you talking about?
@@CProFishingWithWayne
I'm talking about that you say that "anyone can get out there and do that" and no sir, not everyone can go out there. You are very fortunate.
Jerry, I’m referring to offshore fisherman of all skills levels. I’m sorry you took that literally. I can appreciate your response and understand I’m very fortunate for my health and the things I have from working very hard. God bless and tight lines.