05 / SALT / TROLLING
Trolling offshore at 9 knots is not a finesse game. You need baits that track true at speed, shed weeds, and do not blow out when a wahoo cuts the spread. These picks cover the three trolling scenarios that come up most: mahi in the grass, wahoo in the blue, and tuna on the weed line.
NOMAD DESIGN
Trolling-grade twitchbait. Tuna think it's lunch. Wahoo think it's personal.
RAPALA
Hi-speed troller. 9-12 knots, swims true, catches wahoo whether or not it's allowed to.
YO-ZURI
The bullet-shaped trolling bait that built half the dolphin-fish photo walls in South Florida.
YOTO
Six skirted trolling heads for twenty-three bucks. Tuna, mahi, wahoo, marlin — the spread is covered in one box. The colors and head shapes cover the three situations that matter: blue water, weed line, and overcast.
OFFSHORE ANGLER
Pre-rigged squid skirt with a stainless hook you can throw behind the boat and forget about until something violent happens. The simplest offshore trolling setup that actually produces.
ALL PICKS
Offshore Jerks.