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10-18-2014, 08:55 AM | #1 |
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10/17 DP yellowtail
I had easily rigged up a livewell, but no fish finder. This had me scanning the surface more and I started baby sitting the big bait balls that rolled through. I got ripped a few times on the fly line and finally landed a boney. Finally sardine was picked up and running hard, popped it in gear and felt like a yellow right from the start. As I am fighting this fish my dropper loop goes off and I pop it into gear and whatever it was pops off. Stoked at color to see my first Orange County YT circling below. He spooked at the boat and ran down a bit, but not much fight left back up for the gaff and in the boat. Stoked! I hung around hoping for another shot, but only a few more bonito rips on the flyline and scuffed a nd scraped dropper loop. Happy paddle in, been wanting a yellowtail up here for a long time, but have honestly never targeted them specifically until now. Viva El Nino! Not a monster, but plenty of room for an upgrade!
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10-18-2014, 09:02 AM | #2 |
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Nice shots Andy!! Love the matching kayak fish colors.
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10-18-2014, 09:07 AM | #3 |
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The color is called Sexy Shad..........I think Sexy Jurel works!
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10-18-2014, 10:03 AM | #4 |
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I thought that water looked familiar.
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10-18-2014, 12:06 PM | #5 |
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Well Andy. There you have it.
Nice job on getting out there and landing a beauty. |
10-18-2014, 02:42 PM | #6 |
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Congrats on your northern forky Andy.
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10-18-2014, 09:07 PM | #7 |
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Nice catch Andy. You (and Zed) inspired me to spend 5 hours in that area today with sardines and I only caught bonita on the flyline and some fat bass near the bottom. Do you add any weight to your flyline? I added a 1oz slider so it stayed down a bit as I trolled around. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, or just unlucky! I might go back out tomorrow. Good job!
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10-18-2014, 10:07 PM | #8 |
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Nice one Andy!
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10-19-2014, 12:19 AM | #9 |
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Nice man. You are motivating me to get out on the water.
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10-19-2014, 08:12 AM | #10 |
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Alan, no weight on the line, #2 live bait hook and 30# line. Changed out my bait every 15 minutes or so if it did not get ripped sooner, to keep a feisty one out there.
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10-19-2014, 08:45 AM | #11 |
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Nice fish Andy! Great motivation to give DP a try.
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10-19-2014, 03:44 PM | #12 |
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#2 or 2/0? #2 seems too small for the dines. I've been using a 1/0. Thanks for the info!
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10-19-2014, 03:53 PM | #13 |
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people are always questioning my hook selection, surprised at how small I match my baits with, #2 worked
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10-19-2014, 07:44 PM | #14 |
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Great job on the oc yellow, Iceman.
And momo_fish is right, that kayak matches the fish exactly. |
10-21-2014, 10:29 AM | #15 |
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Nice work Iceman
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