Originally Posted By: parker
Gotcha.

Why not just use live 'chovies at that point?

8 of us filled the Hula Girl with 160+ tuna last year and were done by 1:00 pm. We had to stop because the boat was at the waterline and couldn't hold any more fish without fear of sinking. All but a couple were caught on live baits. I got one on a Point Wilson Dart, which was pretty fun and a change of pace from the live bait action.

Going back again this year for more abuse. Easily, the most fun one can have on the ocean.


What Todd said. But I believe the popularity of swim baits stems from ports without the availabitly of live bait.

http://www.fishtraplures.com/_Colors.html Gotta be the most popular brand of swimbaits in the PNW.

Personally, I don't think you can beat a 3oz blue/silver LJ Crippled Herring as an Albie casting lure. Very versitle incase the tuna 100ft below your boat are better biters that the ones on the surface. I think the profile is more of that of their natural forage too, as opposed to a swimbait.
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