For instance, off Cape Pogue on an incoming tide, the albies will often work their way along the beach and into The Gut. You can follow those fish as they move down the beach. Make a drift through the area, then circle back around and start another drift. Smith stresses how important it is for everyone in the fleet to follow the drifting strategy in order for it to work. In other words, if everyone else is drifting, don't anchor in the middle of the drift zone, and resist the urge to fire up your engine every time a school pops up nearby.
Weather can have a profound effect on the behavior of bonito and albies.
While calm, bright days can produce some excellent fishing, that doesn't mean you should stay in bed when conditions deteriorate. In fact, really ugly weather can produce some epic bites. Albies feed much earlier and later than many anglers believe. This one was taken during a late-afternoon bite. If that doesn't work, I'll try little metal spoons such as Deadly Dicks and the like.