UNDERSTANDING SKIRTED TROLLING LURES

spend a lot of time trolling the water off the Gold Coast using a wide variety of skirted trolling lures. Most of the time we are targeting marlin, either black marlin on the inshore grounds, or bigger blue marlin out on the edge of the continental shelf. Skirted trolling lures have a long history, first being used behind kayaks and canoes in the Pacific Islands. A lot of these lures were made from the pith of a banana tree. A lot more advanced designs were later made in Hawaii using resins and plastic skirts. Jo Yee was one famous