Wahoo
Fishing in Cancun

You can find this species both close to shore and in the open ocean (offshore.) Wahoo are found all over the world in tropical waters. It inhabits epipelagic ecosystems, or the area from the surface of the water to as deep as light continues to penetrate and our location is situated in the most norther tip of the yucatans peninsula, allowing a great chance to terget them..

Wahoo is a higly prized and a very popular fish for recreational fishermen. Cancun and Isla Mujeres are great destinations to fish for them, with a mix of natural bait and skirts or high speed trolling lures or plugs..

Wahoo fishing in Cancún varies moderately throughout the year they don’t play by anyone’s rules,so they can be caught every month of the year here. . High season is from late September till February in Large numbers. Lower season is April to September or October.

They have been seen and caught in-shore near reefs, but the majority are caught when trolling off-shore for other species like dorado, sailfish or marlin. We do not see wahoo caught from shore!

Catching a Wahoo takes fishing skill and knowledge, along with the right equipment, which is why a private deep sea fishing charter with Ambush Fishing is your best shot at landing one of these lightning fast fish and can swim up to 59 mph.

We can target them year round we just need to set up the rods, select high speed lures and go trolling for them!