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White Marlin Lures
If you’re looking for a billfish lure with action that is out of this world, check out the Alien XL from C&H Lures. The XL is a larger version of C&H’s popular marlin lure the Alien. Billfish can’t resist the lure’s hologram eyes and the digging action produced by its concave head. The Alien XL is available pre-rigged, hook or bait slide up into the hollow head. White marlin love the large bubble trail this lure makes when trolled at higher speeds. The C&H Flame is an intermediate size lure that performs well from outriggers and produces outstanding results when combined with horse ballyhoo. Our Flame white marlin lures are perfect for the blue water angler who prefers fishing with lighter saltwater tackle.
Deadly when fished plain or rigged with strip bait, ballyhoo, cigar minnows or in front of live bait, the C&H Lil’ Stubby lure catches anything that swims. The Lil’ Stubby from C&H Lures comes in several bright new colors and is available pre-rigged with our Tournament Ballyhoo Rig. Don’t forget to toss an Original Sea Witch lure in your C&H tackle box for your next blue water fishing trip. Millions of sports anglers and commercial fishermen rank the Sea Witch as the greatest lure ever. The C&H Sea Witch is at its best when combined with natural baits like ballyhoo and cigar minnows. Let all surrounding anglers know about your catch by flying a White Marlin Flag.
White Marlin Saltwater Fishing Lures
Like other billfish, the white marlin has an elongated body with a rounded bill extending from its upper jaw. This powerful game fish prefers the deep blue waters and its natural habitat is usually below 300 feet in depth. The dark blue (or sometimes dark chocolate) coloring along its back adds to the natural beauty of this sleek and powerful member of the marlin family. White marlin is known for its speed, around 60 mph, and its aerial performance when tail-walking or executing spectacular above the surface leaps. The white marlin is not a schooling fish but individual white marlin tend to hang out in small groups.
White Marlin are often spotted swimming in small groups with the dorsal lobe of their caudal fin above the surface of the water, a display known as tailing. Blue water anglers have bragged of catches exceeding 200 lbs. when fishing for white marlin, but the current world saltwater tackle record was set in the late 70s with a 181 lb. catch off the coast of Brazil, and the record catch in the United States was made in 1980 off the New Jersey coast at 137 lbs. White marlin spawn in early summer in deep blue waters and reproduce in subtropical ocean waters. The species lives only in the oceans and the Atlantic white marlin usually migrate to higher latitudes during the summer months.
Historically, white marlin are more of an incidental catch for blue water anglers fishing with multiple rod-and-reels or downriggers equipped with artificial white marlin lures and live bait rigs using a mid-weight saltwater tackle. Since the white marlin doesn’t have large teeth, their prey (or your favorite billfish lure) is often swallowed whole. When landing a white marlin for a catch-and-release, anglers have to be cautious removing the lure’s hook or cutting the line of a swallowed lure. Although usually smaller than its cousin the blue marlin, big whites are powerful and very adept at using their bill. In the water, a white marlin will use their spear to stun fast-swimming fish of prey, then turn and feed on them.