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The Hogy Epoxy Jig has been a hot
lure for me in the last week. I
like this gold/olive color. |
I've written over and over again how effective the float and fly is for albies. In my opinion, this is your best bet most of the time. However, like any type of plug or lure fishing sometimes the best bet doesn't always work.
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Yes, that is a bucktail
jig in this albie's mouth.
This lure worked today while
others did not. |
In the last week, the albies have decreased in numbers, and they have gotten more picky. So, I have been switching up my offerings in the hopes of finding something hot. In that time period I have landed a good number of albies on Hogy Epoxy Jigs. This is a lure that looks like skinny metal but it is made out of epoxy and has a realistic fish-like finish. The one that has worked best for me is a gold/olive color in a size 1 1/4 ounces. I saw others catching on the pink and silver model. Another hot lure in recent weeks that has been is something called an Albie Snax. This is a plastic lure that looks like a short stubby Hogy. It darts and dances in the water with pulls of your rod tip and the albies can't seem to resist hitting it. The drawback with this lure is that it is lightweight, but works well when the fish are in close. Finally, I fished today and was actually trying for schoolies with a small, flat head bucktail jig with a plastic curly tail. You guessed it....I landed an albie on this after not getting a sniff on all my other "sure bet" offerings.
So, yes, there are many ways to lure albies into hitting. Like an other plug fishing, if one thing doesn't work, try something else.
