Tile fish baits

[Garone Custom Rods]

My favorite tile bait is fresh squid and freshly cut strips. Fluke, Bluefish, tilefish and also rosefish all work great. Mahi and skipjack or false albacore strips are also awesome but harder to come by unless you can catch them while you are out there.

A big thing with strip baits is to keep the fish whole and packed in ice until you are going to use them. I typically will fillet one side of a fluke for instance and cut strips. When that is done I will cut the other side and use that before cutting any more of the same bait. Also keep the majority of of the cut bait cool otherwise it turns to mush and is a waste.