Rigged and ready to fish Tuna P Nuts

 Well as most NW tuna anglers are aware, fishing for albacore on the troll in the late season can be difficult at best. Tuna that would hit anything thrown at them in July and August tend to be extremely finicky in September. They’re keying in on eating small baits and don’t like to hit the tuna clones that have been a staple for NW tuna anglers.

So along comes Darrell Primrose from Ballyhood International, a worldwide leader in saltwater game fish tackle, with a “peanut”. No not the goober pea variety but the albacore killing kind. The Tuna P Nuts are a small 3 inch trolling lure that simulate a small baitfish. Rigged on 80 lb test with double crimps and a concave head, this lure catches water and makes a real nice jet. Albacore eat ‘em up like candy. Darrel has them rigged in all the hot albacore catching colors like Mexican Fag, Zucchini, Petrolero, Black & Purple. This lure fills the nitch that late season tuna trollers need for that September albacore fishery.

Tuna P Nuts can payoff big for the late season albacore trolling

Darrel’s Albacore TROLLING ‘’TIPS’’

LOOK FOR ACTION IN THE WATER—DIVING BIRDS-- OR FISH JUMPING— 6-10 MPH BOAT SPEED-- WHEN FISHING IS SLOW SPEED THE BOAT UP - DON’T SLOW IT DOWN.

LURE PLACEMENT-- COUNT THE WAKES BEHIND THE BOAT- PLACE FIRST LURE ON THE 2ND -3RD WAKE NEXT LURE 3RD -4TH WAKE AND SO ON -- STAGGER THEM SO WHEN YOU TURN THE BOAT THEY DON’T RUN INTO EACH OTHER

 PUT DAISY CHAINS AND TEASERS THE FARTHEST BACK IN THE SPREAD.

CALM DAYS PUT LURES ON THE ‘’FRONT SIDE OF THE WAKE ON ‘’ROUGH’’ WATER DAYS PUT THE LURES ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE WAKE—THIS WILL HELP TO KEEP THEM IN THE WATER MORE THAN OUT OF THE WATER

DEPENDING ON BOAT SPEED AND WATER CONDITIONS RUN THE LURES AS CLOSE TO THE BOAT AS POSSIBLE ‘’WITHOUT’’ THEM FLYING OUT OF THE WATER

Lures-- dark colors dark days -- bright colors bright days Best albacore lures Albacores all-star--lip ‘’ripper’’--tuna tacos-- and the ‘’double trouble are the tops! And don’t forget the Tuna P nuts!

Capt John