yellowfin1
03-08-2008, 07:17 PM
Been a while since I actually posted a fish report. Nice to be on the board.
Fished Friday (solo) in LJ. Wow, I thought I was at Catalina with all the squid boats out there. Purchased half scoop of the squirts from the "Outer Banks" and headed to the kelp for a shot at a WSB. Wasn't meant to be. There was absolutely no current. At about 8 AM the current started to move a little and the mackerel schools started popping up just outside of the kelp obviously getting abused from below. Tried the surface iron, yoyo, and live squid on the sinker to no avail. Thought I'd fish the squid like a sardine and fly line it. Didn't take long before I got a strike. The fish ran right towards the boat so initially I could not tell if it was a fish of any size. Once the fish straightened out the line I could tell that I was into a decent YT. After about 8 minutes or so I had deep color and confirmed a nice yellow was the culprit. After a couple attempts to get the fish close enough for a gaff shot I finally sunk the hook into a solid fat winter YT. Couldn't high five anyone so I just celebrated by myself with a beer. Unfortunately it was my only celebration of the day as I didn't catch anymore significant fish. It was cool to fish with live squid as I never did that before. Sure seemd that there were a host of critters pushing up those mackerel. Mike, if you read this please put me down for a 26lb yellow. Picture is on the board.
Scott
Fished Friday (solo) in LJ. Wow, I thought I was at Catalina with all the squid boats out there. Purchased half scoop of the squirts from the "Outer Banks" and headed to the kelp for a shot at a WSB. Wasn't meant to be. There was absolutely no current. At about 8 AM the current started to move a little and the mackerel schools started popping up just outside of the kelp obviously getting abused from below. Tried the surface iron, yoyo, and live squid on the sinker to no avail. Thought I'd fish the squid like a sardine and fly line it. Didn't take long before I got a strike. The fish ran right towards the boat so initially I could not tell if it was a fish of any size. Once the fish straightened out the line I could tell that I was into a decent YT. After about 8 minutes or so I had deep color and confirmed a nice yellow was the culprit. After a couple attempts to get the fish close enough for a gaff shot I finally sunk the hook into a solid fat winter YT. Couldn't high five anyone so I just celebrated by myself with a beer. Unfortunately it was my only celebration of the day as I didn't catch anymore significant fish. It was cool to fish with live squid as I never did that before. Sure seemd that there were a host of critters pushing up those mackerel. Mike, if you read this please put me down for a 26lb yellow. Picture is on the board.
Scott