Yellow tail?

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by Fishtraker

Is there anywhere to catch yellow tail out of oceanside? Is there a place to launch or do I just need to paddle out of the harbor, fly line some bait and hope for the best?

I've caught yellows out of oceanside but always off kelp paddies usually a mile or two out in August or September. They are not homeguards like La Jolla fish but pelagic fish that spend most of their time offshore working floating kelp and current breaks, and only come inshore when the water is warm and the conditions are right.

I always launch my skiff out of Oceanside when I want to fish the 209 or 181. We fish those areas by looking for paddies and drifting bait on them. O'side is the only place I launch where it's worth hitting the paddies close to shore. I've caught yellows off paddies there within a hundred yards of the breakwall.