Using a chum bag, they tempted the red snapper to the surface. Angler Heath Brady of Elberton, Ga., switched from a bottom-fishing rig to a flat line loaded with a live herring. This was no red snapper. Nearshore catches of big wahoo in April are exceptional. Some wahoo are reported in May and June, but usually by fishermen who rush the billfish season and pull lures 50 to 75 miles offshore.
Signs are good.
Few Florida anglers target wahoo specifically. On the west coast and in the Panhandle, wahoo usually are caught by anglers trolling for king mackerel or billfish. Wahoo are muscle fish built for speed. Comparing a wahoo to one of the mackerels is like comparing a jet fighter to a passenger plane. Phil Fessenden of Panama City Beach once resolved to find out just how fast he could troll a lure and still entice a wahoo.