Good video. Our secret weapon pot hopping is using our Minn Kota I-Pilot to "anchor" on the up drift side of the pot. Spot lock casting distance away with stern at the pot and fish for however long the fishing on that pot lasts. Overall, squid seems to be the Mahi candy for us.
I'm going to tell you 100% to troll around the pots to locate those fish 1st. You'll spook more fish then you see. Until a mahi is hooked they are very selective. Once you hook one then it's a free for all. Just pulling up and throwing chunks does not mimic anything that occurs out there that is why you struggle. Troll the pot hook up then chunk. And throw those minis back please. In 2 weeks they will be 3xs that size. I fish out of AC sand not only will you catch more fish but you will hook into a bunch of other stuff like tuna and wahoo. You may have seen my 52lb wahoo this year that I got in my 16ft boat. I run 40 miles offshore regularly.
@@wazup3333 trap bouys. We call all of them lobster pots. Usually sea bass or conch or lobster. They place the traps around shipwrecks and hard bottom areas. Off NJ it's basically a desert out to 60 miles. The only thing is wrecks, no coral or stone. So most fishing is centered around a piece of structure. The pots attract bait. It's a place to hide. Then the bigger fish hang around to pick them off. I'm summer the mahi will be usually within 50 yards of the pot. Allot of people will run up on pot and throw cut bait. It's a waste of time. Mahi are predators. They want to chase and catch their meal. If you troll post with ballyhoo they will mangle it. Then you chunk to keep them around your boat. "Hopping" spooks more fish then you catch and if they don't spook then they definitely ain't eating. Troll till you find them on a pot and hook one. Then chunk
@@mulletoutdooradventures6286 I don't think we have those traps on long island. It also desert until you get to the canyons , do "submarine cables" on the navionics charts hold fish? I see no recks or structure south of fire island inlet and getting to canyons is far
@@wazup3333 you'll see traps up there. And you'll find bluefin anywhere from the beach to canyon. I've gotten them 2 miles off AC. Anything on bottom is better then sand. You'll find pots is you try blind trolling. It's inevitable. I found 20 last weekend just trolling around. I try to tell people you can't catch it you're not fishing. On some days I put my trolling spread out just out the inlet.
@@mulletoutdooradventures6286 what kind of line do you use? I've heard tuna are very like shy and to use 30lb? But on trolling lures/ spreads you got to use 100lb mono?
Good video. Our secret weapon pot hopping is using our Minn Kota I-Pilot to "anchor" on the up drift side of the pot. Spot lock casting distance away with stern at the pot and fish for however long the fishing on that pot lasts. Overall, squid seems to be the Mahi candy for us.
That is a a great tool for pot hopping for sure! I saw a boat with it yesterday a d it was so cool to see them just hang there!!
Great, thanks for posting. Try casting behind the hooked mahi. They follow the hooked fish and you can usually double up.
Thanks for the tip! We will certainly give that a go next summer!
@@smallboatbigoceantv2028 thats what is tough up here tough fishing winter. Hopefully you guys get out and make a taug episode.
@@darenleeper1644 We have a tautog run planned. Hopefully we can get out and get some good video from it!
Your channel just popped up on my feed, cool stuff… went out there today but I didn’t have any bait, tried my nomad lure with no results.
Actually I’ve been a subscriber lol
@@Guywithoutahobby thanks for subscribing!!
I'm going to tell you 100% to troll around the pots to locate those fish 1st. You'll spook more fish then you see. Until a mahi is hooked they are very selective. Once you hook one then it's a free for all. Just pulling up and throwing chunks does not mimic anything that occurs out there that is why you struggle. Troll the pot hook up then chunk. And throw those minis back please. In 2 weeks they will be 3xs that size. I fish out of AC sand not only will you catch more fish but you will hook into a bunch of other stuff like tuna and wahoo. You may have seen my 52lb wahoo this year that I got in my 16ft boat. I run 40 miles offshore regularly.
What are pots? It's this a NJ thing?
@@wazup3333 trap bouys. We call all of them lobster pots. Usually sea bass or conch or lobster. They place the traps around shipwrecks and hard bottom areas. Off NJ it's basically a desert out to 60 miles. The only thing is wrecks, no coral or stone. So most fishing is centered around a piece of structure. The pots attract bait. It's a place to hide. Then the bigger fish hang around to pick them off. I'm summer the mahi will be usually within 50 yards of the pot. Allot of people will run up on pot and throw cut bait. It's a waste of time. Mahi are predators. They want to chase and catch their meal. If you troll post with ballyhoo they will mangle it. Then you chunk to keep them around your boat. "Hopping" spooks more fish then you catch and if they don't spook then they definitely ain't eating. Troll till you find them on a pot and hook one. Then chunk
@@mulletoutdooradventures6286 I don't think we have those traps on long island. It also desert until you get to the canyons , do "submarine cables" on the navionics charts hold fish? I see no recks or structure south of fire island inlet and getting to canyons is far
@@wazup3333 you'll see traps up there. And you'll find bluefin anywhere from the beach to canyon. I've gotten them 2 miles off AC. Anything on bottom is better then sand. You'll find pots is you try blind trolling. It's inevitable. I found 20 last weekend just trolling around. I try to tell people you can't catch it you're not fishing. On some days I put my trolling spread out just out the inlet.
@@mulletoutdooradventures6286 what kind of line do you use? I've heard tuna are very like shy and to use 30lb? But on trolling lures/ spreads you got to use 100lb mono?
What boat do you have?
We now have a 00 Cape Horn 24os. The boat used in that video was a pro-line 20 Sport