Baits You will need:
10 Ea 8 or 10oz Hammered Diamond Jigs...
You can get them cheap from Jigs, Rigs and Stuff. these are for bottomg fishing AJ's and Blacfin Tuna when the current is lighter.
5 Ea Color 10-14oz Knife/Butterflly jigs
in Pink/purple, Chart, and Green for when the current is kickin and the drift is fast.
Yellow Fin like the Pink/Purple, or Chart glow..
Black Fin seem to hit anything that moves
and AJ's seem to like Chrome or Green Mackerel best.
On the Topwaters.. Offshore Tackle International on 360Tuna.com
Has some great Tuna Plugs like the Komodo. Also Islander Tackle in Galveston has the Tuna Hunter from Strike Pro. These two brands are ready to fish right out of the box.. no hardware to change.
Good Colors are Blue back/ Silver (Sardine),
Black Back/ Purple, White/ Redhead and Green Mackerel
You can also get some Magnum "Z" Pops from Bass Pro Shops incase the baitfish are smaller and the fish want a smaller plug.
The Shore Popper is another great BPS Topwater plug.
Make sure to get some Owner Hyper 200# Split Rings and 4X Trebbles.. The OEM Rings and Hooks will not hold a good YFT!
If you want to see some of the most awesome topwater blow ups ever...
http://www.FrenzyTackle.com and look at the Ballistic Flyer..
I have had YFT in excess of 150# Bust these baits and have boated a few over 100# many have been taken over 80# on these baits! When YFT are on a Flying Fish bite I don't believe you can beat Frenzy.
The Frenzy "Angry Popper" is another fine Tuna Topwater.
Bazz
Pro staff
and you get snagged and some of them corpus guys in the mix... and its like Hells angels!! LOL!!
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