Albacore choice of bait

[wrktoomuch]

Do you let the lures sink a bit or just skip them across the surface on retrieve?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

2X on a small Deadly Dick (1/2 ounce) reeled in super fast. These fish move fast... If you get frustrated by chasing birds dipping on bait only for them and the fish sounding and popping up somewhere else, you're going to be really frustrated with chasing Albies this way... This is especially frustrating with a lot of boat traffic around.

Trolling with small stuff like feathers works sometimes but you need to troll fast 6 to 7 knots.

These guys are pretty illusive and if you want to devote some time to target them specifically, anchoring and chumming with spearing is probably your best bet. Get out of the crowd, find a patch of your own fish with no boats around and chum with frozen spearing. Once in your slick cast out a spearing on an unweighted hook with a light weight spinning outfit and free line it into the slick. If you can net some fresh spearing at least for your hooked baits, that's a big plus. Fresh are firmer and will stay on your hook a lot better then frozen which tend to get mushy.

Good luck!!

no one mentioned epoxy jigs. aren't they the new hot albie lure ?

[Jigman13]

Skolmann did on the 1st pg

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

Skolmann did on the 1st pg

yep,..my bad...lol

[slammer]

I use a Variety of lures. You have to figure out what there keying in on.Keep the lure near the surface,super fast retrieve 12lb test works great

[WhaleFart]

Shimano Waxwing in boy or junior size...you can burn it back and it has great action and casting ability...also a sick lure for fishing the surf on west wind days...casts a mile and is an excellent peanut imitation.

Ive also caught a ton of albies on the surf using 1oz crippled herrings.

boat guys got it lucky man.

Best
WF

[Chrisper4694]

I found that if you tip your jig with a piece of human skin, they will hit it every time.

sorry everything else had been said already, do i have to put a disclaimer on this?