Bill Kiene semi-retired
11-18-2009, 09:25 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5RbLwfgWTA
They call them False Albacore, Little Tuny or Atlantic Bonito on the east coast of the US.
In the fall they are along the barrier islands in North Carolina following the big southern bait drift.
I was invited to go a few years back by the Sage Rod Company to go on what is called the Outdoor Writers Week. Everyone was there........I met some really great people there.
Albies run 10 to 20 pounds plus and they mostly use 9 weight rods with floating lines and smaller streamers.
Big schools push bait up to the surface are rip them up. It is a wonderful fisheries but does vary year to year some.
They call them False Albacore, Little Tuny or Atlantic Bonito on the east coast of the US.
In the fall they are along the barrier islands in North Carolina following the big southern bait drift.
I was invited to go a few years back by the Sage Rod Company to go on what is called the Outdoor Writers Week. Everyone was there........I met some really great people there.
Albies run 10 to 20 pounds plus and they mostly use 9 weight rods with floating lines and smaller streamers.
Big schools push bait up to the surface are rip them up. It is a wonderful fisheries but does vary year to year some.