Yellowtail for Christmas!

I met up with Morgan again this past December and we hit La Jolla in search of white seabass and yellowtails. Morgan hit a beauty of a white early in the morning.  I had a hit but it didn't stick.  They proved to be finiky and we moved on later in the morning to see if we could find some home-guard yellows.  Sure enough, we marked schools roaming around about once every half-hour once we found the right spot. We yo-yo'd iron jigs for the rest of the day and at about 2pm a freight train hit my iron as I was coming up off the bottom.  This thing ended up being 20 lbs but fought with three times the strength of an equivalent salmon.  With the drag buttoned on a Daiwa Saltist Black Gold 35 reel (20 pounds of drag) and a stout St. Croix conventional rod there was nothing I could do to stop it from making three very strong runs.  If you ever get the chance to hunt these bad boys, DO IT!!

Can't argue with that! Or the weather!

 That was awesome Jeff.
 
  A bucket list fish for sure.

I have a great recipe for yellowtail. Good stuff.  Being from Baja, my dog really likes fried yellowtail blood line.

you suck jeff

you suck jeff

 

:/

 

OK.  That was pretty awesome!  Fun part when it starts ripping line, all you can do is sit there and wait!  Congrats - looks like an amazing day.

Sam

Great catch!
Was this a self-guided trip?  My parents live in SoCal.  Next time I go down for a visit I'm going to bring my kayak.

Is there a prime time of year for this fishery?   

Damn! that looks like a blast! I need to get some of that.