Wahoo
Species: Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831) Perciformes - Scombridae - Wahoo
Local Name: Tangingue, Wahoo, Bayokbokan, Tangige, Tangigi, Tangigue, Tangigue, Tangigue-batang, Tangih, Tanguigui, Tanguingui, Tanigi, Tanigue
Size: Usually 10-50 pounds, maximum about 200 pounds
Tackle and Baits:Many Wahoo are hooked on heavy tackle, incidentally to Billfishing. Best choices,
however, are light to medium ocean trolling outfits with lines up to 30-pound test; 50-pound isn't too heavy for good sport with big specimens. A few have been caught by deep jigging or ocean casting with spinning and baitcasting tackle - even fly tackle on rare occasion. Most productive bait is a weighted feather or similar trolling
lure, rigged in combination with a whole small baitfish or large strip. Surface trolling is sometimes effective, but deep trolling is much more likely to produce a Wahoo.
World Record: 158 pounds
Habitat: Roams the deep blue water, but anglers can find them by working dropoffs, seamounts, weedlines and other favorable feeding locations.
Description: Long, slender body marked with zebra-like stripes of white and deep blue or black. Mouth is elongated and narrow, and equipped with razor-sharp teeth - careful!
Fishing System:Drifting; Trolling.
Game Qualities: May strike a surface bait in spectacular, greyhounding fashion, but seldom jumps after being hooked. Wild fight characterized by several sizzling runs, usually near surface. One of the fastest of all gamefish
CLS |
Line |
WGT |
DATE |
Fishing Ground |
Angler |
STATUS |
M |
6 |
7.05 |
01,Jun,94 |
San Vicente Sta. Ana Cagayan |
Hiplito Yien |
C |
M |
12 |
16.50 |
08,May,93 |
San Vicente Sta. Ana Cagayan |
Nicky Lim |
C |
M |
16 |
12.20 |
29,May,98 |
San Vicente Sta. Ana Cagayan |
Edmund Lim |
|
M |
20 |
21.80 |
07,May,90 |
Tubbataha Reefs, Sulu Sea |
Nicky Lim |
C |
M |
30 |
23.50 |
28,Feb,89 |
Maqueda Channel, Catanduanes |
Peter V. Tie |
C |
M |
50 |
26.60 |
31,May,94 |
San Vicente Sta. Ana Cagayan |
James Y.L Wang |
C |
W |
6 |
9.00 |
28,Apr,97 |
San Vicente Sta. Ana Cagayan |
Ana Maria G. Ordoveza |
|
W |
16 |
9.36 |
29,May,98 |
San Vicente Sta. Ana Cagayan |
Ana Maria G. Ordoveza |
C |
W |
20 |
22.00 |
13,Nov,94 |
Scarborough Shoals, China Sea |
Emmarose Policarpio |
C |
W |
30 |
9.00 |
30,Nov,98 |
Scarborough Shoals, China Sea |
Victoria Villavicencio |
C |
W |
50 |
25.00 |
Mar,90 |
Scarborough Shoals, China Sea |
Emmarose Policarpio |
C |
W |
80 |
18.00 |
16,Sept,10 |
Sulu Sea , Puerto Princesa, Palawan |
Tina Vernasconi |
C |
JR |
20 |
5.00 |
30,Nov,98 |
Scarborough Shoals, China Sea |
Victoria Villavicencio |
C |
JR |
30 |
10.00 |
10,May,02 |
San Vicente Sta. Ana Cagayan |
Javier Inigo G. Ordoveza |
C |
JR |
50 |
11.00 |
06,May,02 |
San Vicente Sta. Ana Cagayan |
Miguel Angel C. Garcia |
C |
SF |
20 |
5.00 |
30,Nov,98 |
Scarborough Shoals, China Sea |
Victoria Villavicencio |
C |
SF |
30 |
9.00 |
30,Nov,98 |
Scarborough Shoals, China Sea |
Victoria Villavicencio |
C |
SF |
50 |
10.00 |
30,Nov,98 |
Scarborough Shoals, China Sea |
Victoria Villavicencio |
C |
29,May,98 Ana Maria G. Ordoveza 9.36 Wahoo