Xanadu

Weight won'thelp keep lures down very much, FYI. It's all about the shape as friction and hydrodynamics are more important. Case in point, Black Bart makes a couple wahoo lures that will run at unbelievable speeds - 26 knots we've run an EL SAL CANDY at. It requires no trolling weight though it is a fairly heavy lure. It runs exactly as a good trolling lure should with a pop, smoke trail and shimmy followed by another pop. Great lure. Even with a 2# trolling weight and a couple pounds of skirt weight, you can't make an islander stay in the water that fast.

Now, off the hydrodynamics crap... For slow trolling, an Islander bally combo rocsk way back for hooters. Yozuri bonitas work great in the prop wash and any heavy chrome headed lure will work in dark colors red/blk, orange/blk, purple...

For faster speeds, WahooKing lures with weights work, Bart's lures are awesome and various home made lures work too, but just can't run at higher speeds. How fast depends on what your boat will do. 12-16 knots seems good to me for wahoo and you can cover a lot of ground. But once you hit structure that gets you a hit, stay there and work it!

LATERALINE

thanks man

jboweriii

I use Braid Murauder black and purple, and Mako Jets from J @ M Tackle.