Gear to fight Yellow tail with? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

taggermike · 08-07-2012, 09:33 AM

The outfit you have sounds fine for YT. Like the others said, I would go with the heavier briad and fluoro. The heavy of string might sound like overkill but the YT I've seen and caught this year have been close to the kelp or right in it. YT have tough mouth and you can pull so much harder than you think you can on them. I switched to bigger hooks, 3/0 to 5/0 or 6/0. When pulling a big YT plus several hundred pounds of kelp to the surface you'll be glad you have the heavier gear. Mike

08-07-2012, 09:33 AM	#14
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	The outfit you have sounds fine for YT. Like the others said, I would go with the heavier briad and fluoro. The heavy of string might sound like overkill but the YT I've seen and caught this year have been close to the kelp or right in it. YT have tough mouth and you can pull so much harder than you think you can on them. I switched to bigger hooks, 3/0 to 5/0 or 6/0. When pulling a big YT plus several hundred pounds of kelp to the surface you'll be glad you have the heavier gear. Mike