Yellowtail 7/17

[DockRat]

3:30 am launch out of Dana Pt on a buddies 24' Bayrunner. Night trolled for nada. Hit the Catalina - San Clemente Island gap about 10 miles short of the islands. One small paddy stop for a YT. 3 hours troll then a dry paddy. Another hour trolling then hit the magic paddy. 21 YTs total for 3 guys, 1 YT on the troll. A couple triple hookups, I bounced 2 YTs. 6 - 8 lb average and 5 at 15 lb.

Dana Pt had 7" dines and 1/2 mackerel mix. The smaller YTs were loving the 12" macs. 71 - 73 water temp all day.
Good times. :Death2Above:
DR

[etucker1959]

3:30 am launch out of Dana Pt on a buddies 24' Bayrunner. Night trolled for nada. Hit the Catalina - San Clemente Island gap about 10 miles short of the islands. One small paddy stop for a YT. 3 hours troll then a dry paddy. Another hour trolling then hit the magic paddy. 21 YTs total for 3 guys, 1 YT on the troll. A couple triple hookups, I bounced 2 YTs. 6 - 8 lb average and 5 at 15 lb.

Dana Pt had 7" dines and 1/2 mackerel mix. The smaller YTs were loving the 12" macs. 71 - 73 water temp all day.
Good times. :Death2Above:
DR
Good for you guys!!!!!!!!! Was there a lot of other boats working the same area????

[camperjay]

thanks for the post!!!! I was on the fence on whether to go out to santa cruz or that area for tomorrow. This information is just what I needed to sway my vote!

[TroutOnly]

good to see you got off the dock and got into the y/t action ,,,,,,,my turn is comin,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,T/O,,,,,,,,,,,,

[DockRat]

We were on a 24' Ranger Bayrunner. Same as Hardcor Cory's DVL boat.

Get your FW boats out in this flat water. You guys can even buddy boat if you don't have vessel assist. Troll a 1/4 mile apart and share paddies and and troll hookups. Leave the dock a hour before sunrise. Stay within 10 miles and troll upswell, upwind. If the wind comes up then head for the barn. This Mexican tropical weather is nice right now out there.
DR

[webmaster]

Nice going DR. Those WFO paddies are fun. Those are some good tips, I used to do that when I ran my 17 footer offshore.

[JL]

Sounds like you were hitting at around 9 am ??? based on what I can tell from your trolling 4 hours before you hit a jackpot paddy. We were out yesterday at about 12 miles south and 9 miles west. Had one boiler action but no hook up. could not find patties. Our water was down to 65 - 68. Going out this week again watching the water temp go up.
Thanks for your report.

[marzocchi]

Nice job DR

[DockRat]

Good for you guys!!!!!!!!! Was there a lot of other boats working the same area????
A few around but not bad. One guy boxed our paddy twice. My buddy didn't want to share. 2 of us had our baits next to the motor and the boat owner had a YT on for 15 minutes with his rod tip in the water till they left.

[PTN]

Nice job DR. I need to find myself a magic paddy now :Big Grin:. Thanks for sharing.

-Peter

[crappiemike]

It's only going to get better!!
Nice job man,,,,




Cm

[MikesOcean]

Good job DR! Sounded like a blast.

Hope you get out again soon!!!

[evosamurai]

DR hit me up sometime if you guys want an extra wallet !!!