Skip to main content

Hot Wahoo Bite off Bimini

Austin Barnett and Rick Benitez with their wahoo catch at Bimini Sands Marina.

From Bimini Sands Resort & Marina Press Release

Wahoo season now is in full swing in Bimini and will continue through March. Although anglers lost a long weekend of wahoo fishing last month due to Hurricane Sandy, it wasn't long until they were back on the water with tight lines – especially off Bimini, which fortunately escaped the storm's wrath relatively unscathed.



Bimini is a mecca for wahoo fishermen due to its location in the fish-rich Gulf Stream. “It's not unusual to catch the boat's limit of 18 wahoo,” said Rick Benitez, an avid angler who owns a condo unit at Bimini Sands Resort & Marina on South Bimini. Benitez regularly makes the 50-mile run between his Miami-area home and his Bimini getaway in his 47-foot Riviera sportfish.



He usually fishes for wahoo with bullet-shaped lures such as Islanders. He puts out two rods with 130-lb wire and three more rods with 80-lb. test. “We start at 125 feet [depth] and go out to 500 feet, then turn and go back to 125 feet, then do it again,” he said, adding that he likes that fact that Bimini Sands Marina's entrance is not far from the 125-foot mark. “To get to the fishing grounds from the dock, it takes you literally five minutes.”

For more information and photos visit www.biminisands.com.




GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing.

Recommended Articles

Recent Videos

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Gear

BoatWorks: Dusky Distinctives

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Gear

Reef Roundup

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Gear

Edge Quest

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Gear

Bait Stop

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Gear

Seakeeper Ride Demo

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Videos

Crescent Kayak's Fly-Weight Rigs & Ultra-Affordable Primo!

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Videos

Newport NK180PRO: Empower YOUR Fishing Utility!

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Videos

Native Titan X Rigged with Newport NK300 really MOVES

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Videos

Hyper-Versatile K-Craft Paddle & Powerskiff!

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Videos

Cover Up With Sun-Protective Clothing

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Videos

Inflation We Can Live With! Mustang Convertible PFD

Learn how to convert between automatic and manual modes on the Mustang A/M Convertible series PFD. Also see how to re-ar...
Videos

Converting and Re-Arming Mustang Inflatable A/M PFD

Florida Sportsman Magazine Covers Print and Tablet Versions

GET THE MAGAZINE Subscribe & Save

Digital Now Included!

SUBSCRIBE NOW

Give a Gift   |   Subscriber Services

Preview This Month's Issue

Buy Digital Single Issues

Magazine App Logo

Don't miss an issue.
Buy single digital issue for your phone or tablet.

Get the Florida Sportsman App apple store google play store

Other Magazines

See All Other Magazines

Special Interest Magazines

See All Special Interest Magazines

GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing.

Get the top Florida Sportsman stories delivered right to your inbox.

Phone Icon

Get Digital Access.

All Florida Sportsman subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets.

To get started, click the link below to visit mymagnow.com and learn how to access your digital magazine.

Get Digital Access

Not a Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Enjoying What You're Reading?

Get a Full Year
of Guns & Ammo
& Digital Access.

Offer only for new subscribers.

Subscribe Now

Never Miss a Thing.

Get the Newsletter

Get the top Florida Sportsman stories delivered right to your inbox.

By signing up, I acknowledge that my email address is valid, and have read and accept the Terms of Use