![]() ![]() Keep an eye out for birds in the distance, they will follow the bait balls.īait: You find the bait, you find the Mahi. Schools of Mahi Mahi will often push bait to the surface, attacking it from below while birds dive on the same bait ball from above. Sea birds and Frigates: Birds are a good indication of bait near the surface, and Mahi love to coerce their prey towards the top of the epipelagic zone for feeding. Even small temperature variations can be enough to congregate Mahi and other open ocean feeders. They, along with other gamefish, will swim these currents making them ideal to troll. Currents like the Gulf Stream contain warmer water than the surrounding ocean. Strong Currents and Temperature Breaks: Mahi Mahi often swim in offshore currents and temperature breaks. ![]() Mahi are using the floating structure in the same way they congregate around weedlines, for protection and to feed off the baitfish that school around the debris. We will usually take advantage of any kind of floating debris by trolling around it a few times in order to pick off a Mahi or two. Driftwood, balloons, tangled buoys, hurricane debris, etc. Sargassum mats are abundant with life, from plankton to baitfish find a weedline, you will more often than not, find mahi.įloating Structure: Basically anything that’s floating on or near the surface of the deep is worth checking out. These mats can run on for miles and often hold large number of Mahi that use it for both a food source (large numbers of baitfish can be found within and around these weedlines) and protection for offspring. When this grass starts to clump together it often creates larges mats or "weedlines". Sargassum has leafy appendages, branches, and round berry-like structures. Weedlines: When fishing for Mahi Mahi be sure to look for weedlines, but more specifically ones made up of Sargassum grass. ![]() Mahi Mahi prefer pelagic habitats of open water, not typically associating with the sea floor or coasts. Some of the more popular destinations for Mahi Mahi are North and South Carolina, the Atlantic Coast of Florida, Hawaii, Panama, the Florida Keys and Costa Rica. Temperate, subtropical, and tropical waters with temperatures between 68°f – 83°f. ![]()
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