Wahoo Fishing in the Florida Keys Built for speed

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Wahoo are among the fastest fish in the ocean, and the cooler months are their season off Islamorada. You troll for them on a deep sea trip aboard a Hatteras, from $1,975.

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  • Best seasonCooler months, fall & winter moons
  • How you fish itHigh-speed trolling
  • BoatPoppa Wahoo, 55' Hatteras
An angler lifting a wahoo on the bow of a Poppa Wahoo Collective boat off Islamorada
From $1,975Three-quarter or full day, up to 6 guests

A wahoo is one of the fastest fish you will hook in the Keys, and the strike makes reels scream and grown anglers giggle. Off Islamorada the bite runs strongest in the cooler months. Circle the days around fall and winter full moons, the way the regulars do.

You hunt them the way the old Islamorada captains taught: high-speed trolling along color changes and dropoffs, heavy heads and wire rigs out, covering water until the strike comes. The 55 foot Hatteras holds its pace in a chop, so your spread keeps fishing when the seas pick up. A full day gives you the best odds of a hoo in the box, with mahi and tuna alongside.

Why fish wahoo here

Watching the lines from the back deck
Watching the lines from the back deck
A wahoo for the whole crew
A wahoo for the whole crew

Bob Epstein wrote about these fish for the Miami Herald for decades. His sons run the Collective now. When a wahoo bite turns on anywhere from the reef edge to the humps, you are fishing with the dock that hears about it first.

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Wahoo off these decks

The whole group holding a wahoo along the rail
The whole group holding a wahoo along the rail
A wahoo lifted at the back of the boat
A wahoo lifted at the back of the boat
Wahoo and the day's catch hung under the dock sign
Wahoo and the day's catch hung under the dock sign
The crew holding a big wahoo, Capt. Skip in the middle of it
The crew holding a big wahoo, Capt. Skip in the middle of it
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When is the best time to catch wahoo in Islamorada?

The cooler months are prime, with the strongest windows around fall and winter full moons. That said, wahoo show up year-round as bycatch on deep sea trips, especially on high-speed baits.

What trip should I book for wahoo?

A deep sea trip on the 55 foot Hatteras. A three-quarter day ($1,975) gives you time to run the edges where wahoo hunt, and a full day ($2,475) gives you the most room to find them.

Is the gear included?

Yes. Rods, wire rigs, lures, licenses, bait, ice, and catch cleaning at the dock are all included. You show up, step aboard and fish.

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