When forming a spread for marlin it is important to remember that uniformity among your shorts and longs is important. It’s a known fact that marlin are color blind and that they can only tell the difference between two shades, light and dark. Although there is one skirt that glows in the dark that is a third shade to a marlin. The two shades that seem to stand out to these monsters of the deep are the absence of black, and the absence of light colors. Most people will have their preferences on the colors that they use but most of the time when certain colors are in fashion the only reason that it became popular is because of word from the tournament circuits in the Caribbean.
On the short riggers two skirted lures that have downward angled heads are good because they make three to four dives and turns. If an aggressive marlin comes up behind this lure it will see it dart and go after it as if it were the last piece of food out in the ocean.
On the longs you should have small lures that are very straight tracking in the water. This is for when a marlin come up that is not as aggressive to your shorts and when it sees the lure dart it will fallback, upon falling back the smaller and straight tracking lure will go by the marlin and most of the time the marlin will go for this lure.
On my marlin spread I don’t focus so much on my teasers but more so on my shorts. I will usually put two Black Bart lures such as the super plunger or Zulu head because of their big size and the angled heads that will make them swerve all around. Like I said before colors don’t really matter because if you have a marlin lure that you like and if you use it more than another chances are no matter what color it is you will catch more fish on it because marlin don’t get big by passing up meals. If you give them something that’s half way decent they’ll go for it. The two shorts I will keep right at and around 80 feet off my stern. As for the longs I like to use what’s called a St. Thomas special. It’s a tear drop shaped head that has its fat end first, this lure is a very straight dragging lure, which I think is important because when a marlin that’s not as aggressive comes up to your shorts and doesn’t want to chase it, when they fall back they will then see the lure on your long rigger and most of the time go for that.
As for teasers I like to use something that has mirrors in it. Something that I have grown to like is the turbo teasers, the turbo teaser are almost impossible to come by but I have been so happy with the ones that I use that I almost wouldn’t change them in for anything else. The next best on my list is anything that makes a lot of commotion, a head with jets, mirrors, abalone inserts, as long as they create commotion I would recommend it.
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