Ocean Master

On my last trip 3 weeks ago I had a 4 baits out. 2 hard baits down. One was a Yoruri and the other was a Braid w/trolling weight. On the outriggers were red/black Ilander w/ballyhoo and a blue/white Ilander w/ballyhoo. We caught 3 small wahoo all on the blue/white Ilander w/ballyhoo. It must have been the location of the lure but you never know. I have caught plenty on the hard baits in the past. Strike Pro makes a nice lure much like the Yozuri that we have caught fish on.

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IMO-Big Islanders (color depends on conditions & probably isn't critical) w/a horse ballyhoo are probably the most productive & seem to do well at ~the same speed that you pull Yozuri Bonitas so that's usually what we pull... Our biggest ever >90lbs came on a huge purple Rapala Lipped Diver w/~300lb MONO leader

Drew H

when we go we pull a purple and black lure down deep

eyecatcher

Thanks for the mention. The lure have pictured is called the Predator and I make one called the Outlaw that serves up the wahoo pretty well too. Black and Red is a regular producer of wahoo both here in Hatteras and the Gulf Coast. Green/Chartreuse/Navy and Black/Purple seems to get 'em too.

Eastern Tackle

I think these were the ones without hair and I added the hair myself on them.



I don't know if it was you that I talked to one time, but the old man used to make a green & silver plastic flat head lure. That was the best one ever. April before last we caught 6 wahoos over 50 pulling it off the center rigger. The wahoo that finally took it from me was pushing 100. It was so big it looked like a sub missle. But they can snip 9 wire like its mono.



We called that one the Big Ugly. I forget what its real name and color was. Whoever I talked to said it had been discontinued.

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Yeah, I think I know that lure you're talking about. Many of the boats up here pulled it for Marlin, it just had something about it that got fish ticked off. The reason we had to drop it was the supplier we were using for the plastic just go too expensive to make at a reasonable price. Our pro-team and charter crews switched from that lure to the Agitator about 3 years ago and the feedback I've gotten has been terrific. I know it's a completely different lure, but I would definitely recommend the Agitator for a similar style of action that really gets those fish worked up.



If you ever have a question about our older lures or would like something custom done, I don't mind giving it a shot. I'd love to put together another lure like that one that was so productive for you. I'll talk to Dave (the former owner) and see if we can figure out how to put together a few more "Big Ugly's".