Kmcrosby, that can be a productive run through there, there are allot of mack tuna getting through there at the moment also and it is easy to mistake them for Lt's if you don't know what you are looking for.
Mack tuna feed fast and thrashy and push water differently to a longie, the schools also travel quite fast.
Lt's will usually move a bit slower and sit in the same spot for longer and ball the bait up more, sometimes they feed quite gently but other times they feed quite aggressively/violently and there's no mistaking what they are as there is not really any other fish in the bay that pushes water like a Lt..
Some people will tell you that you identify longie schools by the fish jumping out of the water, this is partly true as it is something longtail do but not something they always do, other species including mack tuna will jump also.
Like I said in my previous post, slugs have their place and work well for surface busting schools but plastics are more productive.
The most successful slug I've used over the years has been the river to sea 25 gram sea rocks, favourite colours are the pink, pearl white and pilchard colour, I always replace the trebles with singles. I like to use mustard hoodlums for singles, I remove the split ring from the slug and open up the eye of the single hook (heat it first) and attach it directly to the tow point of the lure, this method also helps the lure run more true in the water and reduce spinning. I have used purpose made singles but have bent them and went back to hoodlums as I've never bent one.
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