40-42lb yellowtail, you be the judge - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

crazywakeboarder · 07-26-2015, 11:45 PM

New guy at work is on a travel assignment from Alabama and has been wanting to get out fishing on the west coast so I took him out on the boat. We fished Catalina and the fishing was much slower at the island than it has been. Picked up a few rat yellows that we tossed back, a bonito and a cuda. Threw them all back and earned some awesome karma points I guess. We picked up a nice 15lber and then the next setup we hooked a monster fish that was taking out line like nothing I have seen so far. Video starts about 6 minutes into the fight after using the boat to bring in a lot of line.

DFG was at the ramp and weighed it at 42lbs with a spring scale.
It weighed 40lbs on my digital scale that I weigh all my fish with and therefore I call it 40lbs.

Its an awesome experience to get people new to fishing out there and catching fish!

You think he'll move out here permanently now?

momo fish · 07-27-2015, 12:24 AM

Dam... That's fat

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07-26-2015, 11:45 PM	#1
crazywakeboarder Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: yorba linda Posts: 120	40-42lb yellowtail, you be the judge New guy at work is on a travel assignment from Alabama and has been wanting to get out fishing on the west coast so I took him out on the boat. We fished Catalina and the fishing was much slower at the island than it has been. Picked up a few rat yellows that we tossed back, a bonito and a cuda. Threw them all back and earned some awesome karma points I guess. We picked up a nice 15lber and then the next setup we hooked a monster fish that was taking out line like nothing I have seen so far. Video starts about 6 minutes into the fight after using the boat to bring in a lot of line. DFG was at the ramp and weighed it at 42lbs with a spring scale. It weighed 40lbs on my digital scale that I weigh all my fish with and therefore I call it 40lbs. Its an awesome experience to get people new to fishing out there and catching fish! You think he'll move out here permanently now? __________________ 2013 Hobie Tandem Island 2014 Hobie PA 12

07-27-2015, 12:24 AM	#2
momo fish Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Camarillo Posts: 1,491	Dam... That's fat Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk