Albies????
 

Any suggestions for some good lures to throw for Albies and Bone? want to be prepared, just in case, this weekend

deadly #^&#^&#^&#^&, green reflector :cool:

Also, the blue reflector DD will work. I've had them hit small Acme Kastmasters and I'm sure the Pt. Jude A-34 and Pojee will work, too.

Youzuri crystal minnows, the smallest you can find and cast. Or a tuna fly, if you don't use a fly rod, use a hookless plug three feet in front of it.

The Hammer 1oz

I have still not caught one yet so what the hell do I know but i hope at least one of these will do the job eventually.

Chased them for six hours a couple of weeks ago, they where everywhere. I talked to another boat and the only thing that seemed to be working was a small castmaster, which we didn't have. The peanuts they where feeding on had to be about an inch long. Good luck

Point Jude Sandeels and Po-jees get em. :humpty:Pete G has a nice photo in his shop computer of Earl the "Duke of Bass" with a nice Albie on a Sandeel ...from shore!

FWIW, i dropped one on a 2oz kastmaster yesterday

I was going to suggest the Green deadly #^&#^&#^&#^& as well.

The past few years the maria's have been popular too, you can cast them a bit further than the deadly #^&#^&#^&#^&s

Bizzare fish. Some days they take jigs and flies and other days you cast into giant schools and find it hard to believe they ton't touch it.

When this happens...try blind casting away from the blitz, seek out the lone soldier.

Amazing fight from the shore. Spooled a stella 5000 to the knot yesterday, it was unreal.

I like the yo-zuri hydrometal in blue, if you can find it.

I agree it can be maddening when blitzing schools ignore your offering. I heard a quote from an experienced fly fishermen that said, "today I had more direct casts right into breaking fish then I have had in the last 5 years combined and came up empty....I tried everything too." The next day, in the same spot, everyone was catching them :huh:

Professor.....I'm bringing one of your SS needles with me for just that reason.

I'll pick up a couple of Deadly #^&#^&#^&#^&s today to throw in the bag

I use flies, and think they work better for albies, but if you are going to use lures, the best one I've found by a wide margin is this little yozuri plug. Not sure what it is called, but it works better than crystal minnows in my experience. You won't be casting it from shore, however. For that I'd try the yozuri jig in the picture. I think the problem with metal for blitzing albies is that it sinks out of the strikezone too fast (or is pulled out of the zone too fast if you try to keep it on top). As Sandman points out, you can often do better blind casting with metal to get deeper swimming fish rather than flail away at busting schools that are focusing on bait within inches of the surface.

Prof M
Might be worth trying without the bucktail.

Tsunami and other narrow profile rubber does the trick too !

Scud jigs and swedish pimples as well.

Hawg Island stinger type metal with a chartreuse teaser whose name I can't mention because it would be SPAM. Two years ago on the vineyard of the first 25 albies I caught 17 were on the teaser.

One more thing, when flyfishing I use a small white flie that is deadly. The same flie doesn't fish as well as a teaser, but it works really well on the end on my Sage rod.

Dad.....
 

I will be bringing some flies you can use as teasers ahead of whatever gives you weight/distance. Will touch base with you there.

Bob Huddy

I have great luck with a green needle fish the thinest and smallest one you can . but you have to pretty much stick it right in front of them they are a funny bunch..I have caught two in the last three days Ive gone out..the one the other day was 11.5lbs the one before that was a 8lber my first ..I hope its not Bginners luck ..

On the rocks...

Nice work on those albies from the rocks

I have had caught them on an all white 2oz polaris popper on more than one occasion.

K - I have had sucess with Crippled Herring - Cast well ahead and reel like hell....:jump:

First one I ever got was on a hot pink Hab's Canal Needlefish (the long one with the extra slug of lead in the ass end).

On the rocks...
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That's salty ole Earl on the left with a fine Albie on a 1 1/4 oz. Point Jude Sandeel.:cheers:

dang pictures didn't come thru!

A fat albert from the rocks :btu: that's a great accomplishment.
I've never caught one from boat or shore not even a bonito, I have seen bones in the canal, those are some fast fish.
I'll have my PJ pojee out on cutty but without the right rod, I doubt I'll catch one, but I'll try just in case.

damn, they look good, they gotta work

tie on a teaser fly, my last couple hit the fly

bone jumpin minnow, 6" white sluggo worked last weekend

Ava's in the 007 (1 oz) and 005 (1/2 oz) size.

Agree with the ThomCat, any of those lures with 20 LB Fluoro in the right place get'sem

This year the one's with the sliver holographic tape is working da balls for me. I have plundered several WalMarts.

Haven't tried trolling yet tho

Also on the troll, blue and olive back windcheaters

cast them also for their bigger cousin :wiggle:

None of those would work. Unless I cast them :bl::bl: