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    Posted: 09 Aug 2013 at 8:35pm
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Just having a beer and a think. Not sure if albacore take stickbaits, but was thinking if anyone had tried at all to get one when they do their run around now when the big ones are running. I know they are hard enough to find, let alone get into a position to throw stickbaits at. Was just curious. 
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Drinking and thinking hey bro! Very rarely do the 2 combine for rational thoughts.
Don't think bro, it's over rated lol
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Tim you hvae sniffed toooooo much paint thinners to ever think again.  
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Tell me about it Vance, and that's led to more rational thinking, hate to see what would have happend if was in a different trade.
We shall see if I can multi task and drink and think tonight at the club.
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Albies are suckers for jigs ( caught plenty on jigs)so would think they would be all over poppers too
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why not troll around , when you hook some, stop and start cubing and when they biting  throw out a stick bait and have a go..
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Not a bad thought their j.s.f.
It's just spending the time looking for them but would be very much worth it.
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Originally posted by kaveman kaveman wrote:

Albies are suckers for jigs ( caught plenty on jigs)so would think they would be all over poppers too
Kaveman, do you just get them as "by-catch" when targeting Kings? Seen one small one landed at the Aldies pins on a small jig but wondered if anybody has any gems for targeting them if they do turn up.?

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i would think that around mayor island in september-november u would be looking for shearwaters and other birds like that flying around so i reckon if cast a carpenter bf 60-170 in squid colour they would nail it bcoz apparently at that time of the year there feeding on small squid.

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Originally posted by petethemeat petethemeat wrote:

Originally posted by kaveman kaveman wrote:

Albies are suckers for jigs ( caught plenty on jigs)so would think they would be all over poppers too
Kaveman, do you just get them as "by-catch" when targeting Kings? Seen one small one landed at the Aldies pins on a small jig but wondered if anybody has any gems for targeting them if they do turn up.?



yes, have mainly caught them as by catch jigging but as said in another post, trolling until you find them and then throwing stickbaits and or jigs works just as well.

Next good window i might target them on soft baits as they arent the best fighters in the sea, especially on game gear.
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So you've caught albies on stickbaits Kevin?
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Out the mighty Manukau  catching big tuna on jigs is the best way. Jig around the bait schools. They take 200g jigs, so don't see why they wont take stick baits
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They are suckers for a trolled rapala or the tuna killing Cedar plugs, so why not a stickbait
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Yeah, I think the trolling to you find them is the good option. I guess the little ones would be a bit of a one sided affair, was thinking more the big winter models. Sounds like a 50-100g stickbait might be the go in a pink colour.
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Originally posted by Kezza Kezza wrote:

So you've caught albies on stickbaits Kevin?


No Kezza, never tried but caught them on lures ,jigs and soft baits so assume they would take stickbaits too
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"trolling until you find them and then throwing stickbaits and or jigs works just as well."

Oh this one made it sound like u were already all over the switch stickbait albacore pro team technique like a spider-monkey...
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These little Fisherman 30 gramm poppers will no doubt work as well......


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we have had some good size ones around 15k come up on our stickbaits while targeting kings, at schooner  they were all-over us for two casts but nothing stuck  was on a wee 60gram jiggle lure ghost green. they come in on them soo fast smack then down again, hard to hook, maybe trebles may have been the ticket.
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hmm, was planning to head over to Tauranga next wkend with my new topwater set which hasn't beeen wet yet. 
Maybe Schooner for a look then... worth targetting kings too or is it too early in the season? Will take my jig gear as well.
And and one more, can anyone suggest a good place to find livies in Tauranga harbour? (happy to be there pre-dawn if required)
so: livebait, jigs, topwater, trolling. hope of got my bases covered LOL

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livebaits: pre dawn sabikis along port of Tauranga wharfs, both sulphur point side and mt side.
 
some good kings at major at moment according to the reports on here.
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