Episode 028: How to use a Deep Drop Rod and Reel as a Downrigger for Targeting Wahoo while Slow Trolling

How to Catch Wahoo Using an Electric Reel and Bent Butt as a Downrigger for Slow Trolling Live Bait.

I took a picture of the bait ball with my cell phone on this particular trip as I do on nearly all my fishing trips and saved the image so I could add it to my fishing log for historical reference. Right after I took this picture all hell broke loose. I scored Sailfish, King Fish and got 2 of my target species which were the Wahoo all on the deep baits run off my downriggers that day.

Like I mentioned earlier I only had one electric downrigger with me that day, but I had intentions of going deep dropping later in the day so I had my electric reel set-up with me. I wanted to get another live bait set deep so I could capitalize on the bite, but I did not bring my other downrigger so I converted my the deep drop set-up over to a live bait downrigger.