PB yellowtail at Catalina Island 9-8

[pokerface12]

Charlie gave me a called and wanted to fish today. I agreed, so he picked me up early in the morning. The game plan was to fish Catalina Island, aboard the Pursuit out of 22nd St. landing. Grabbed our tickets and hopped on the boat with 15 other anglers. To my surprise it was a very lite load today.
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Met up the bait boat early in the morning for some bait. Only had anchovies today.
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The Tide Change out of Long Beach Sportfishing was also there waiting for bait. Saw GD on the boat and said hi.
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Fished the frontside of the island today.
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Made several moves throughout the day.
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Got inspired by GD and his mad surface iron skills. I couldn't let him have all the fun.
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The bonita came out and play for a bit.
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Charlie hates fishing the anchovies as much as me, so he busted out the iron and was rewarded with a nice bass.
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He also caught a very nice barracuda.
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Made another move.
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The weather was almost perfect today.
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Then the big boys came out and played. John hooks a very nice fish, but couldn't stop him on 40lb. You'll get him next time. I saw this and ran for my rod. I busted out the jig stick and hooked a mackerel while reeling in the jig. I saw a huge yellow chasing the hooked mackerel on the jig, so I gave it some line. Felt the pick up and counted to 5 before I set the hook. It was game on after that. There's a high spot in the area that we fished, so I gave the fish as little line as possible. 2 minutes later I landed this beauty on 40lb test.
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4 yellows were hooked today.
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But I was very lucky, and was the only one that landed one today.
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How much do you think this thing weigh?
All in all it was a great day to be out on the water. The calico bass played all day long, but most of them were on the smaller side. The bonita, barracuda, and yellows came out and played a for brief moment. The final fish count according to 976-tuna was 17 anglers who caught 1 Yellowtail, 90 Calico Bass, 5 Sheephead ,20 Bonito, 35 Perch, and 3 barracuda. I also took down jp and kicked down as usually, imo these guys deserved it for all their hard work today. Thanks for reading and goodluck on your next fishing adventure, Pokerface.

[gman444]

DUDE nice yellow! That must have been sick to see it chasing your hooked mac. :LOL: thats an intersting way to bait a fish

[jig fish]

damn... im sitting in school and your having an awesome day at the island :mad: ...defiantly jealous, nice report :Big Grin:

[troutdog]

BEAUTIFUL YT!!! Congrats on your pb, that is quite a fish and a fun way to have caught it too....looks to be pushing 30lbs. Maybe 35lbs er so...only guessing though, either way that thing is a toad!!!


TD

[JapanRon]

Hi pokerface12,

WTG !! Amazing fish !! That's some bunch of fish on the iron too.

Thanks,

JapanRon

[Jackpot Jimmy]

Nice yellow! I'm going to guess at least 30 pounds, probably pushing 35 pounds. Way to go!!!

[victor101]

Awesome! 30# class fish for sure...Did you see GD on the Tide Change?

[BIGRED KILLA]

Sick fish must have been sick to watch that hit you jig thats how they fish in San Quintin Mexico that kind of style it pays off big thanks for the pics and report. I say 28 to 34 pounds.





Bigred

[ghetto dad]

Nice job Phong!! NICE Yellow!! I saw this report and was about to pull an "OG Vic" pouting report, and decided to still post my full bass report...lol....

Great job kid....

GD

[Hometown]

nice YT IM THINKING 28LBS

[deanhall32]

So you hooked a mack on the iron and dropped it back down to hook the yellow???? Awesome man!! Good job eyeing the yellow following the mack in! That yellow's head is bigger than yours and I mean in size!!

[Normalfellow]

Congrats on The PB yellowtail. Very nice. hard to judge the weight on the fish, when most of the pictures with your arms extended a bit....but id say right around 27lbs.

[FishBandit]

Nice work Phong. Im guessing................... 32 Pounds! XD

theBandit

[YakN'Surf]

Awesome man, that things a beauty. Those calicos are pigs also, nice.

[supasportkid]

daam! good job and congrats on the jp

[DocSpotty]

Beautiful yellowtail....always difficult to estimate the weight of the fish when there isn't a picture showing the true perspective in relation to the angler....no criticism I am a master at making the fish look bigger. BUT if you want to truly see the size you need to take at least one picture with the fish hanging directly in front of you from some distance....it shouldn't be held out with the arms extended or pushed forward......

[TroutOnly]

very nice y/t pokerface,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,T/O

[lngbchfnhnter]

Now that's what I'm talking about!!
Sounds like a good day in front of the island..
Great show of skill!!

[russ88]

Yikes! Nice homeguard phoung. Great job killing it in 2 min. Congrats on the PB YT!!!

[pokerface12]

DUDE nice yellow! That must have been sick to see it chasing your hooked mac. :LOL: thats an intersting way to bait a fish
Yea it was. I thought it was seal at first then it came closer.

damn... im sitting in school and your having an awesome day at the island :mad: ...defiantly jealous, nice report :Big Grin:
I did home all this week, no time to fish or do anything fun.

BEAUTIFUL YT!!! Congrats on your pb, that is quite a fish and a fun way to have caught it too....looks to be pushing 30lbs. Maybe 35lbs er so...only guessing though, either way that thing is a toad!!!


TD
I guessing the same, mid 30's imo before we weigh it up.

Hi pokerface12,

WTG !! Amazing fish !! That's some bunch of fish on the iron too.

Thanks,

JapanRon
Thanks JR, the calico bass been chewing.

Nice yellow! I'm going to guess at least 30 pounds, probably pushing 35 pounds. Way to go!!!
Thanks JJ

Awesome! 30# class fish for sure...Did you see GD on the Tide Change?
Yea I did. I said what's up. I got to fish with GD one of these days, so I can learned how to throw the iron a little bit better.

Sick fish must have been sick to watch that hit you jig thats how they fish in San Quintin Mexico that kind of style it pays off big thanks for the pics and report. I say 28 to 34 pounds.





Bigred
Thanks, this is the first time I've caught fish like this. A Tady 45 with a mackerel attach to it.

Nice job Phong!! NICE Yellow!! I saw this report and was about to pull an "OG Vic" pouting report, and decided to still post my full bass report...lol....

Great job kid....

GD
I love the calico bass reports. Calico bass in the kelp is on the top of list for me.

nice YT IM THINKING 28LBS
Maybe?

So you hooked a mack on the iron and dropped it back down to hook the yellow???? Awesome man!! Good job eyeing the yellow following the mack in! That yellow's head is bigger than yours and I mean in size!!
I never dropped the jig back down, I saw the yellow chased it about 15 yrds away from the boat.

Congrats on The PB yellowtail. Very nice. hard to judge the weight on the fish, when most of the pictures with your arms extended a bit....but id say right around 27lbs.
Off by a few pounds.

Nice work Phong. Im guessing................... 32 Pounds! XD

theBandit
Mark you cheated, how did you know?

Awesome man, that things a beauty. Those calicos are pigs also, nice.
Thanks.

daam! good job and congrats on the jp
Thank you.

Beautiful yellowtail....always difficult to estimate the weight of the fish when there isn't a picture showing the true perspective in relation to the angler....no criticism I am a master at making the fish look bigger. BUT if you want to truly see the size you need to take at least one picture with the fish hanging directly in front of you from some distance....it shouldn't be held out with the arms extended or pushed forward......
What's the fun in that.:LOL::LOL:

very nice y/t pokerface,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,T/O
Thanks TD

Now that's what I'm talking about!!
Sounds like a good day in front of the island..
Great show of skill!!
It was a great day of fishign.

Yikes! Nice homeguard phong. Great job killing it in 2 min. Congrats on the PB YT!!!

Thanks, but killing it in 2 minutes wasn't by choice, there was shallow reef close by. If I would have given it a few more yards, he'd would have won.

[Jimmy310]

Congrats PF
My guess would be 34.7 lbs.
So whats the final weight?

[sansou]

That's a quality yellow! Nice job!

30lbs-35lbs???

[sardean]

good job fong..im jelous..the pursuit always gets them.

[LBC]

wow nice calicos topped off by that beauty nice job

[bullets_full]

That's awesome man! Congratulations on your PB!

_Bullets

[flopps1]

nice YT IM THINKING 28LBS

Boy, that water sure does look fishy....Anyhow, I'd say the same. 28 to 30 pounder. Nice toad!