I think electronics play a minimal role in chasing baby bft, albies, and bones. Figuring out what days the fish are more likely to feed agressively on the surface and focusing your efforts on those days can help. Proper presentations to these fish (in respect to fly and light spin) is also VERY important and underated.
I hate high pressure. Passionately. Whether it puts the bait down deep or something else I'm not sure, but high pressure isn't the most conducive conditions for surface feeding tuna. There will definitely be days where they do feed well on the surface under those conditions though.
I think sometimes it's because the water is often stirred up and cloudy due to the front that probably proceeded the high. I don't really like rising pressure either. Dropping is my favorite, with a low as a second.
The best fishing for bft, albies, and many of the other fast movers I've experienced has been in sloppy conditions (generally coinciding with dropping pressure or a low). I've enjoyed more then a few calm sunny days with vicious surface feeding as well, but often they don't stay up as long.
Biggest mistake I see on the water is bad approaches to a school of fish resulting in bad angles when an angler goes to cast. Not always but often the fish will feed into the wind. Knowing that it's easy to position your boat ahead (upwind) of the fish. This will automatically put you in the best spot to throw a fly or lure at a hardtail.
Pulling your offering away from the fish has always seemed to be the best case scenario for me. Running up to a school and casting at the school resulting in a presentation perpendicular to the way the fish are moving won't cut it on a day where the fish are being fussy. Aim for real, legit shots at these fish. Yes, a hail mary sometimes works but quality presentations will get the job done on days where other anglers are stomping around the boat in anger since they can't hook up.
Don't be afraid to throw some bigger flys or plugs at these fish. They sure aren't afraid to eat them. Squid flys, larger bunker flys, big topwater poppers. You'll be surprised what they'll get excited about.
As always, fish don't listen to "rules" or guidelines so there will always be exceptions to the rules. Some days you can do no wrong with tuna. Like any sort of fishing, you have to go. A good friend of mine keeps a sticky that just says "GO!" on his bureau. The more days you go in a season the more you'll learn and the more likely you'll hit one of those magical days where everything comes together in a violent, frothy, tuna blitz.
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