Yellows.........Catalina Island 8/9/07

[fishncatalina]

Headed out about 4am this morning to the backside of the island with my friend Gene and James, we didn't have any live squid so we used frozen for a pretty steady bite on the yellows, the boats around us with live candy bait were on a WFO bite on the yellows, as long as you were in the right spot most of the boats produced fish.

After the yellows we did some marlin and shark hunting, we spotted a big Mako that wasn't interested in our macks so he went his merry way, we also spotted a marlin jumping in front of the boat, but after seven or so jumps he went under. 8)

Here's a couple pics.

[FISHNMOFO]

your killin me randy!
nice feesh!
headed over there at 5am this am. bait tank went out and all died so we stayed local.

[Baseballer44]

Thanks for the report. Great job with the yellows, too bad about the shark/marlin.

[rockbass]

That's a fat lookin' yellow- Nice!!! :thumb:

[smokehound]

Thats a nice yellowtail. Nicely done.


About makos: They are very very VERY smart. Usually you need something larger than macks to get their attention, large live bonito are an excellent bait for them. And once a mako has been hooked by a person and escapes, it will never forget.

[JapanRon]

Hi fishncatalina,

Nice to hear of your success. You're livin' the dream there on Catalina!!

Beautiful fishy! WTG!!

JapanRon

[fishncatalina]

your killin me randy!
nice feesh!
headed over there at 5am this am. bait tank went out and all died so we stayed local.

Hey Andy,


You should have just come over anyway, there's plenty of bait out front, we made macks, dines and smelt with no problem, plus the yellows we caught were on fresh frozen squid :wink:

[fishncatalina]

Thats a nice yellowtail. Nicely done.


About makos: They are very very VERY smart. Usually you need something larger than macks to get their attention, large live bonito are an excellent bait for them. And once a mako has been hooked by a person and escapes, it will never forget.

Yeah we had the right bait, the macks were larger than most bonita, the fish was just very sketchy....

[Nessie Hunter]

Randy, Randy, Randy.... :thumb:

Ill be checkin the mail for my Fillets.. :shock:

[xahx]

you have the YT power! good for you! hopefully i can catch one soon