11-02-2007, 09:58 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Encinitas
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Left YT Biting
Got tired of trolling La Jolla for little more than a bucket of mackerel and some exercise, so decided to go south to my favorite Yellowtail spot. Tuesday, the the wind was light, the seas calm and the sun warm. After loading up on a variety of mackerel, paddled to my yellowtail hole... Before I could even have time to lock down my paddle, my flylined mega-mac was chirping, then singing - loudly... I was thinking a monster, since the bait was so large. After a nice struggle, I ended up with a YT of just over 9lbs. I surely thought it would go bigger than that. Flylined another mac and moments later, I was on again. And again. And again... ...this went on until Dave and I ran out of bait. It was the first time that voluntarily released yellows. I only wanted 2 big ones for BWE entries, so I let the little guys go. On Wednesday, it was the same story. I won't expound on my frustration of not having a bait tank (still bailing the bucket), but I found myself with lots of dying bait as well as loosing several yellows to bottom structure on both days. My biggest frustration came when my largest that day, estimated at 15lbs. or greater, was lost at the gaff because I forgot to take off the protective shield on the gaff. As I went to gaff him, it bounced off the YT side and he twisted off the hook and swam away. I think they heard me yell in Cabo... Dave will tell his story, but I stayed out longer than he did on Wednesday, going back 2 more times to get more bait. On that day I pulled in 10 yellows, releasing 6. I also lost 3 to popped lines. Thursday morning was a day with a mission, given the action we saw the days before. Unfortunately, I had lots of problems with lost baits. I believe they were bonito stealing my bait, as there we several large bonito boils. After struggling and loosing 9 baits to broken lines and lost hook ups, I ended up with just 2 yellows, including this 11lb. 10oz. yellow. Definitely a great day on the water. Over the 3 days, I brought in 17 YTs. Left them biting on all three days... |
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