While they have an average size of 3 to 5 feet and 15 to 40lb, wahoo can reach a maximum length of about 8 feet and a maximum weight of 180 to 200lb. The biggest wahoo ever caught weighed an incredible 184lb.
The wahoo is not only one of America’s most popular saltwater game fish, but also a fierce and scary-looking predator. I wanted to find out …
Despite their similar appearances, barracudas and wahoo actually belong to two completely different fish families. The barracuda is the more fearsome-looking of the two and has big, fang-like teeth, while the wahoo only has small needle-like ones. The wahoo also has a much longer dorsal fin.