Wahoo and mahi bite fires off midweek as tuna season starts in the Bahamas.

Up until Wednesday of this week the fishing has been brutally inconsistent. Local divers were telling me about a batch of cold water that moved in locally and it sure did have a negative effect on the fishing. Most boats were struggling to even get a bite over last weekend and into the beginning of the week. The fish moved out! Thankfully, we started to see the bite pick up on Wednesday with lots of smaller wahoo and smaller mahi-mahi being caught. Most of the fish were under 20 pounds but it sure was nice to see some fish caught.  Local charter boat "Don't Panic" has 4 wahoo on board as I am writing this fishing report. The temperature of the water when we were not catching fish was 83 degrees. Most of the fish being caught were between 200 and 300 feet of water pulling planers. The sailfish bite was extremely slow.

The boats that traveled over to the Bahamas this past weekend were greeted with some fantastic yellowfin tuna fishing. Most of the bigger fish were caught in the current edges between Great Isaacs light and Lucaya. The tuna bite is best with live bait, but chunking will definitely get the job done. The average tuna fish was about 40 pounds and as the season progresses, the fish should get much bigger. The mahi-mahi fishing will also start to get really good in the Northwest Providence channel as the edges increase.

For an up to the minute fishing report tune in to the Big 105.9 Paul Castronovo Papas Pilar Fishing report at 6:10 Friday mornings with RJ Boyle. 

Tight lines

RJ Boyle