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Anyone know of any good lures/livebait for tuna?
Going on my first overnight tuna trip in the Gulf of Mexico and I was wondering if anybody could give me any tips. I have been deep sea fishing before but never for tuna. It is my understanding that we will be drift fishing near platforms but the only info I could get was to bring jigs but i'm not very familiar with tuna jigs. Just wondering if any body had any lure suggestions and tips for fishing them. They said we will be mostly fishing for blackfin with the possibility of yellowfin. I did purchase one lure from the tackle shop near me. It is a "blackfin daisy chain" that is rigged with 3 squid looking lures in a line that are pink and blue skirted. After I bought it I found out it is for trolling (which we won't be doing) but it looks like it could easily be used as a jig? Idk... just looking for any advice I can get with this or any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Diamond jigs would be my first choice. Followed by white/white&red or yellow buck tail jigs in 4oz. to 16oz. weights. For live bait fishing take a medium weight spinning rod use white 1/4 oz jig heads with white grub tails. You'll be able to catch blue runners or flying fish with this. Have your heavy rig ready catch one live bait.Place hook in the bottom side of the fish far enough behind the anus so as not to puncture the abdomen. this hook placement tends to make the bait fish dive. Good luck!
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