Blue Water Trolling.
Ten hours past the horizon: rigged baits and artificials spread behind the boat for mahi, wahoo, blackfin tuna — and, on the right day, a blue marlin.
What the day looks like.
Lines off at 5 AM, running 30-plus miles to the weed lines, rips and floating structure where pelagics hunt. Five lines go out — two rigged ballyhoo, two artificials and a way-back teaser — and the cockpit settles into the watch: birds, color changes, flying fish scattering.
When a reel screams, the mate clears the spread and the angler takes the chair. Mahi come over the side fast; a wahoo or a tuna means a longer, harder fight. Sixty-one percent of blue water trips land a mahi or bigger — the honest number for honest ocean.
What's included
- Licensed captain and mate
- Full trolling spread and fighting chair
- Rigged baits, lures and teasers
- Lunch, ice and bottled water
- Catch cleaned, bagged and iced
Built for the patient.
Trolling means hours of blue desert between minutes of chaos. Bring a book, bring polarized glasses, and trust the captain's weed-line reading. The 5/5 difficulty rating is real: long runs, heavy gear, strong fish.
Minimum two anglers, maximum six. If the forecast turns the open Gulf unsafe, the captain moves you to a reef day or refunds every cent — your call.
“Nine hours of nothing, then two mahi at once and a wahoo that nearly spooled me. I understand trolling now.”
More water to try.
Ten hours. Open ocean. $1,400.
Blue water days run Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Check the spread of open slots on the board.