Albacore

Albacore
Categories:
Saltwater
Top Record:
88 lbs. 2 oz.
Techniques:
Albacore are mostly caught trolling or casting live bait. Jigs and lures can also be effective when fishing the slide after a jig strike.

Description

Albacore, also called longfin, is in the tuna family and is the only tuna allowed to be marketed as "white meat tuna" in the United States. They are a highly migratory pelagic fish that hunt for food in the open ocean. Albacore feed on fin bait, like anchovies, but unlike other tunas they make a large part of their diet with squid. Their defining characteristics are a set of extremely long pectoral fins and a dark back with a silver-blue color on the sides.