Okay, so this weekend’s offshore forecast for Southeast Florida doesn’t inspire visions of green and golden neon flashes converging on your ballyhoo spread. But get past this late cold front’s northerly gales, and with any luck light seasonally warm southeast breezes will line current rips and edges with sargassum and its accompanying mahi-attracting smorgasbord of baitfish and crustaceans.

Which makes it a perfect time to bone up on those quick ballyhoo rigs, so you’re prepared when you need to quickly reload after that dolphin school devastates your spread. Editor Frank Bolin takes you through a half dozen quick trolling setups in “Machine Gun Mahi” in the April issue of Florida Sportsman.

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