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Kajikia albida
How to catch White marlin
White marlin feed in 72–86°F water and bite best at 76–82°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 10 waters.
200 pts · trophy at 70"Feeds 72–86°FBest 76–82°FIn season nowLedge / hard bottom
About
The small, smart marlin of the Gulf edge and the Stream in summer: sixty to eighty pounds, round-tipped fins, lit up neon behind the ballyhoo. Released.
How to fish it
Naked ballyhoo on circle hooks behind a dredge and teasers; a slow drop-back and a firm wind. In the water for the release.
What it eats
rigged ballyhoosmall skirted lureslive pilchards
Live bait for it
BallyhooRigged on a wire or mono trolling rig, skipping or swimming, behind a skirt or naked.
Pilchards (whitebait)Free-lined or under a cork, hooked through the nose on a #1 to 2/0 circle hook. The one bait that catches everything inshore.What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itLeader40–60 lb fluorocarbon
Hook4/0–8/0
Braid50–100 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereFederal HMS permit required; minimum size; one per vessel — confirm at NOAA HMS.
The current rule →Where it is, month by month
PPeakSSpawningAArriving·AroundLLeaving
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
South Atlantic
Mid & North Atlantic