Tuna Lures

Uglygreen · 08-16-2002, 10:28 AM

Anyone want to take a chance and split a hundred tuna size hoochies with me? Dont know if there are any good colors but the brands sound OK Checkout this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=1851929703

[ 08-16-2002, 12:50 PM: Message edited by: Uglygreen ]

Uglygreen · 08-16-2002, 12:23 PM

These have been good colors this year, plus purple/red & purple/black

Matt H. · 08-16-2002, 02:23 PM

Check out the guys other auctions... he has TONS of stuff. Lots of hundreds of hooks, tons of spoons, hootchies, downrigger stuff, and even some old tomic plugs.

It all seems like quality stuff.

Matt

Salmonator · 08-16-2002, 06:27 PM

No, I'm probably missing something. When I hear tuna lure I picture a hoochie looking thing with a jet head attatched. So what is the function of an acutal "tuna lure" compared to a regular old hoochie? I'm assuming it's action and some kind of circling motion the head imparts. It would be nice to think I didn't have to dump 10 bucks per lure to go out and catch some tuna...

Threemuch · 08-16-2002, 08:47 PM

You don't. Hootchies work. But tuna clones work better. Tuna clone feathers work better than that. And seven strand and zuker feathers work better still.

Some days you can only get em on cedar plugs, which I don't here anyone up here talk about. I always have at least one cedar plug in my spread. Some days Rapalas. This is especially true later in the season. I like small feathers and hootchies early, big feathers and broomtails, and rapalas later. Cedar plugs work all season long. Another tip, I bring a couple bottles of nail polish to change a cedar plug to the color I want to fish for that day. I usually paint it up to match the feathers I am taking fish on.

I caught albacore on six links of chrome chain with a yellow green and red pipe cleaner once. I can show you the lure.

KB

Mark Mc · 08-16-2002, 10:04 PM

OK, I went trolling at the e-bay seller's 10 pages of listings. Most of the batches of hoochies have 1 or 2 bags of (my) preferred patterns, and 8 bags (patterns) that I would never buy. With the plugs, out of the six there might be one good pattern (like a pink & white, or a baby bocaccio pattern, or a green w/black back), and then lots of the blue & white that are in every $1.00 bin at Englunds & the other commercial stores.
So call me a nay-sayer, but it's mostly the patterns that don't sell with a few teasers mixed in. I'd be interested in hearing what he'd say if I asked for six of one plug pattern for a fixed price, or 10 bags of a certain hoochie pattern...

Salmonator · 08-16-2002, 11:24 PM

They look like hoochies to me?? [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]

Uglygreen · 08-16-2002, 11:49 PM

Large Hoochies are what I have been catching Tuna on... Am I missing something??

Capin' Dan · 08-17-2002, 10:38 PM

Those are really small for the tuna I think but you can't go wrong picking them up if the price stays down. there are many uses for them from lake trout to all the bottom fish that we are not going to get to fish for anymore. Salmon also.

Dan!