My fault guys. The trip was an overnight trip that left Wednesday night and can back Thursday. So the date should have been June 15-16th. Enjoy
Booked a trip on the thunderbird to head out to San Clemente island for some yellowtail fun. Unfortunately the T-bird was down for maintenance, so the Aggressor was our ticket. Set out Wednesday night and a long boat ride to San Clemente island. Started fishing the next morning and on the first stop a few people landed some nice yellows ranging in the 6-10 pounds. I was so fraustrated that i couldn't hook up at all. Oh well. Still early. Second stop, everyone was hooking up again! I put the game face on and bam! My first yellow of the day. A good 8 pounder. I soaked another squid and waited a good few minutes and watching everyone pull up there yellows around me. a good 15 min went by and no one was hooking up, only calicos. Then I noticed some surface boils that everyone was just staring at. Birds diving, 30 seconds into it, no one was doing anything. I took off the squid, put on a sardine, cast out, a few seconds later, my line goes out fast! Locked my reel, and all you hear is The line peeling from my new Tranx! It stopped and started reeling in thinking it was another 8-10 pounder everyone else was catching.
30 seconds into the fight and I finally noticed that this yellow is heavier to lift up, and bam, another hard run. I now know it was not a small one. Fought it, got it in, and all you hear from the person who gaffed it is "I think this is going to be jackpot!" I don't know how big this yellow weighs but it was an awesome fight.
Make a long story short, I did about 12 yellows, three bonitas, one white fish, and two blue perch. Oh, and I must have lost about another 5-6 yellows also. All in all, everyone caught a total of 108 yellowtails, and a mixed bag of calicos, blue perches, one sheephead, and bonitas. I also heard a guy caught a hybrid of calicos and sand bass?
The trip was fun. Had a blast!
Remember that I am only 5'8 and 214 pounds.