Adding to the frustration: false albacore are really fun to catch on a fly rod.

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We chase school after school of false albacore for half an hour and never once get a bite.

FORBES: Scenes from the 2010 Montauk Redbone Fishing Tournament

But check this out: the state has Montauk, Long Island Sound and all the southern beaches of Long Island which, together, might make for the best striped bass, bluefish and false albacore fishing in the nation.

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