The Easiest Spread for Trolling - Trolling for Mahi Mahi, Tuna and Kingfish - Fishing How to

Ok guys, today we are going to talk about Trolling A few videos ago We went fishing and we went trolling for Mahi Mahi And I wanted to Talk about that, you know It's something that we all do here in South Florida If you go Outside in the ocean a little bit You are going to see all these shutters Trolling all over the place It's Pretty much crazy, you know Sometimes they really drive you crazy Because if you are trying to fish Bottom fishing or something like that They will just Non-stop next to you And they will drive you crazy, but It's something that really works, it's something that really It's not That complicated to do, so Let's get into it, let's talk about lures Ok, the first thing That I want to remind you about lures is This is only a tool guys, this is something that You shouldn't go crazy on it Because there are so many options out there That they will drive you crazy So the first thing you have to think about Lures, when you are going to buy lures Is going to be Can my lure match Whatever the bait is out there At this season And that's more or less the only thing That you have to think about Of course the size of the lure Depends on what you are looking for But In this little lure here I had Mahi's I had Tunas, I had Kingfish, I had Pretty much everything you can imagine The only thing I haven't caught in those guys Is Wahoo And Blue Marlin And those we are going to talk about That kind of fishing in another video Right now we want to focus on this Which is Mahi Mahi Tuna Kingfish Bonita, pretty much anything Else that is out there And this is the kind of lures This one over here we call it a feather As you can see It's plastic on the outside It has feathers on the inside And this one is something that I like To fish just like that Without any bait attaching to it Just the way it is And this works perfect guys This other one We call it the Islander Or the Bullet And this one I like to Fish it with A bait over here, I just pass Through a bait and I put the hooks on the bait And this is something that I will pull Behind my boat and it's really really Effective This one We call it, it's kind of Like a popper, you pull behind Your boat and what it does is it creates A lot of bubbles and make This thing look really really big So the fish go crazy with this And believe it, it doesn't matter How much noise and whatever It does, the fish will go crazy For this, so These are great options To have behind your boat And this one of course Is the Rapapala Magnet This thing Works all the time They work, they are great And normally when you are pulling a bunch Of different rods behind your Boat, these guys Are going to swim deeper and These guys are going to bring the biggest fish So keep in mind I'm going to create A little layout here of how you should Set up your rods and everything but This guy will always be In your spread and this guy Will always always Work for you, so keep it in mind Guys Ok let's talk about the rod guys This is a 30 to 50 pounds Rod It's an Ocean Master 6 footer This is one of the best Rods I ever had And it's awesome The things that it does, and I hook it up with An Avid This is the LX This is a really really nice Rail This I use it for Trolling, I use it for Kite fishing, I pretty much use This thing for everything, for bottom fishing They are monsters Guys, they are a little expensive But if you can get your hands on it This is something that will last you For a long long time and it's going to bring You a lot of satisfaction So more or less all my setups I like this I like to match all my rods together More or less with the same setup So it doesn't matter what rod you jump Into, it will always work Exactly the same way As the other ones that you got Used to it already, so it's a lot Easier process trying to get 2, 3, 4 fish behind the boat And it can get A little chaotic so the less Stress you put on yourself The easier it's going to be for you to get All those good fish Ok let's talk a little bit about The process, what do we do The first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to put The feather out there, the feather is A lure that is going to go by itself It's not going to go with any bait And I will put it right in the middle Of the boat with one of my best Rods and I'm going to give it 200-250 yards Off line Pretty much all my reels they Can hold 500 yards off line So I'm not worried about Fighting a big fish or something like that If I get a big fish I will still have 250 Yards on my reel to fight Alright, so this guy is going to Go out there and it's going to go by itself Why? Because Pretty much once you put it out there Nobody wants to deal with it If you get a fish in here There is not going to be a lot of people in the boat Fighting to bring it in because it's a long way And if If you put a Bait in here this thing is going to Watch out pretty fast and You don't want to be reeling in and out A long lure just to put A bait on it So that's what I do I put this guy 250 Yards away from the boat And I just Let it be The next I'm going to do is I'm going to get my Islanders In my Islanders I'm going to Put a Ballyhoo in here Pretty much all the fish Here in Florida they eat Ballyhoo Ballyhoo is the best You know besides Bonita Ballyhoo is the best bait So I will put a Ballyhoo in here and I will Let this guy go back about 100 Yards from the boat and I will Keep it in there and remember I'm going to Have two of these the only condition That I have is that these two Islanders they will swim Parallel to each other and Why is that is because pretty Much all bait fish they swim In patterns and You know once you have a predator Out there looking for fish And they look up and they see Something cruising around At 10 miles per hour They won't be Thinking about Is that a fake one? Is that a real one? No, they might Look at the pattern and take a Decision based on that So after the Islanders I will set my plugs And my plugs are going to go about 50 yards From the boat and I will try to keep These guys close and you're going to See that they make a lot of noise They make a lot of bubbles It's a really really nice Thing to have Sometimes I would put a bait on this Sometimes I won't It all depends If it's too rough out there I would just let it go like that If it's not too rough that I can just Go and do it quick and stuff Like that I would put a bait on it But it doesn't really make a lot of difference Then after that In my last rod I'm going to put The Rapala And the Rapala I'm going to put it really close To the boat right behind the motor And I'm going to let these guys sink as Much as possible. I think this one sinks For 20 feet but I also fished this one here That's a big Boy isn't it? And this guy Goes down for 40 feet So I will keep it right behind The boat and I will make sure that it Swims right. For you to know That those Rapalas are swimming right All you have to do is look at the rod And the rod has to be Moving in the tip. If they are moving That's perfect. If they are not moving You get some grass or some stuff like that So you will have to pick it up So what happens when you get A bite. Let's say you have A fish and people start Going crazy. Never Slow down. Never Give it 20 seconds And what happens is Mahi mahi they swim in packs Black fin tuna They swim in packs. So Once you get one of the fish In the hook you might have 20 other fish in there trying to Get the other bait and you will Just freak them out when you slow down So let it be Keep going for 20 seconds On the same speed and then after that You won't stop anyway You will just slow down You will go let's say half of the same speed You were going before So if you were driving 10 miles per hour you will go all down To 5 4.95 So that's what you will do Now let's say you have a fish In the Islander If you have a fish in the Islander You will have to first Make sure that all the Other ones that are at the same distance Or less distance Than the rod That is bitten. They will have To come in. So the first thing you are going to do Is you are going to pick Your Rapala Second thing you are going to do is you are going to pick Both of your poppers And then after that you will Reel in the other Islander That was swimming next to this guy And after that You will start fighting your fish Of course you can have somebody fighting the fish a little bit But not putting a lot of pressure on it What happens is the fish When they bite they don't just Swim straight at you They swim left and right Up and down And they will make a big tangle If you have a bunch of lines out there So make sure that You pick all the other lines first And then you start fighting your fish And that's one of the things you don't slow down Because you want to make sure That you can get 2 or 3 fish And you don't have to bring all those lines in for no reason Alright What happens if you get the bite On the Feather You have to bring them all in And then you have to fight the feather But that's how it works Ok guys as you know I have a kind of decent boat It's a 25 footer And I Can do 6 rods with no problem I'm pretty sure I can do 8 Without having a problem with this kind of configuration But You know 6 is plenty But don't worry man If you only have 2 rods Go with 2 rods If you only have a Kajak Go with a Kajak It doesn't matter It will produce if you do it right Just put your time in there This is the way I do it And if you've never done it This is a great point for you to start If you've done it And maybe I'm telling you something that you didn't know Check it out Give it a try and get out there Do it, do it, do it This is Salty Tales And remember that I love you