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2024, Gore's Offshore Tuna Trolling Lures
NASCAR engine machinist Jason Gore applies precision manufacturing to tuna lure design where natural keel weighting creates true swimming action through hydrodynamic engineering. Plastic, aluminum, and brass head materials offering identical shapes in weights from 1 to 8 oz. provide tactical flexibility for varied trolling speeds, sea conditions, and target depths without learning new lure characteristics.
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2024, Gore's Offshore Wahoo Trolling Lures
NASCAR machinist Jason Gore applies race team precision to wahoo lure design where engineering tolerances and manufacturing consistency create true-running performance. Offset thru holes provide natural keel weighting eliminating spin and erratic tracking, while head shapes optimized for slow trolling with ballyhoo demonstrate how attention to detail translates from high-performance racing to offshore fishing lure effectiveness.
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2023, Rigging Blue Marlin Lures with Vinyl Skirts and Sta-Stuk Hooks
Vinyl skirt material creates different action and durability than rubber for blue marlin lures, affecting swimming characteristics at trolling speeds and withstanding violent strikes. Captain Kevin Hibbard's Hawaiian-inspired expertise reveals how lure head shapes interact with skirt materials, why certain color combinations outproduce similar alternatives, and step-by-step Sta-Stuk Hook rigging ensuring secure connections under extreme marlin fishing pressures.
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2021, Blue Marlin Trolling Lures with Kevin Hibbard
Blue marlin trolling lure effectiveness depends on understanding swimming cycles in varied sea conditions rather than random lure selection. Kevin Hibbard's Pacific-rooted rigging techniques emphasize how leader material natural bend and memory affect lure action, while his philosophy on size and color prioritizes angler confidence that allows committed fishing over constant second-guessing undermining presentation quality.
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2019, Blue Marlin Trolling Lures with Andy Moyes
Lure head shapes affect performance across sea states, yet most anglers select based on appearance rather than function. Andy Moyes explains how cup face configurations create distinct bubble trails and action profiles, why skirt drag impacts swimming characteristics beyond aesthetics, and what spread positions optimize each design's effectiveness.
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2019, Black Bart Lures Hooks and Rigging
Hook weight and positioning affect Black Bart lure swimming action as much as head design, yet most anglers rig without considering these balance factors. Jack Tullius explains why hook selection impacts performance beyond just hookup ratios, how cable and skirt choices change presentation characteristics, and what spread positions optimize each lure model's effectiveness.
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2018, Design Thoughts on Trolling Lures with Peter Bristow
Manufacturing shortcuts create trolling lures that appear identical to proven patterns but swim improperly at speed. Captain Peter Bristow's decades fishing the Great Barrier Reef and Madeira reveal why poor molds produce top-heavy balance issues, how strategic head weighting affects hookset mechanics, and what research prevents expensive mistakes.
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2018, Offshore Fishing Trolling Lures and Rigging Techniques
Marlin lure rigging approaches vary among top offshore anglers because different sea conditions, strike patterns, and fishing styles favor distinct techniques. Jack Tullius, Andy Moyes, and RJ Boyle present their rigging methods across three videos, explaining why expert perspectives differ and what factors should drive your own rigging decisions for specific offshore applications.
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2018, Trolling Lures Basics for Offshore Fishing with Roddy Hays
Roddy Hays and RJ Boyle reveal trolling lure fundamentals for offshore big game fishing. This video covers head shape characteristics and how they affect performance, lure design innovations for pelagic species, beginner-friendly selection strategies for blue marlin, and matching lures to conditions and target species.
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