40 pound Club

[WCW Moderator]

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40 Pound Club



The "Clubs" pertain to yellowtail, halibut and white seabass. I will start a thread for 30, 50, 60 and this 40 pound Club. If you have been fortunate enough to reach this level, post em up! No certified scale necessary, post the photos, tell the story if you like. Inspire the rest of us.

[DESTROYER]

Certified at Dana Landing: 40 lbs. 2 oz. Looked like a Tuna

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42lbs and some change
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[RK]

43.7 Lbs.
2011

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40.3 Lbs on Iron 2012
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[eddier68]

Imperial Beach kelp about 8 yrs ago. About 3rd time ever fishing off a yak . Two guys fishing on a boat weighed it for me on a spring scale, 40lb they said.( pic taken at Rohr park in CV , only person with a camera at the time was at a bbq there)

[-scallywag-]

Not sure if this one counts cause I didn't weigh or measure it before it was released......but it did take an estimated 10lb crap just before the pic so it could have been over 50!!!:biggrinjester:

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And because this is 2011 and still photos are "sooo 2010", I got it all on HD video.....cameo appearances by Kevin "The KID", Eric "deepdvr", and Ryan "RK"....thanks to kevin for the photos.

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Some more info about that day are in the youtube decription under the video. Good Times!

[j mo]

All without spilling your tankard of coffee- impresive

[Zed]

45#
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[Iceman]

48#...........snotty morning in March several years back........on a mackerel, old school:D

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February iron fish.........I had caught my 2nd 40 pounds on the nose, a couple weeks earlier. This one went 41.

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[driftwood]

48lb


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[yakrider]

all alone with no one to take a pic...42 lbs
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My first over 40 in June of 2007...41.2 lbs
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I hate the MLPA...
the spot where these fish lived will be closed forever...
a moment of silence please!

[RK]

JER-------- About fricken time!!!!!! :luxhello::luxhello::luxhello::luxhello::luxhello: :luxhello::luxhello:

[StinkyMatt]

43 pounds.
51 inches

Lots of Dumb luck on a spanish.

[jorluivil]

40lbs X 2=80lbs.....is there an 80lb club?

$400 because I lost two full setups. One ended up washing up on the beach about 45minutes later so the $400 was more like $150

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[PapaDave]

47 pounds, this last July.

[steveooo]

41lbs on the beach, 44lbs on my scale at home. Being a true fisherman, I call it 44 "ish" :sifone:

Very fun day with multiple double hooks ups all around.

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[steveooo]

Anorexic Fish :wsb:
Long Snake-like body, massive dome, only 48 lbs :confused:

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[steveooo]

41lbs and change. Craziest fight I've ever had on the kayak :boxing_smiley:

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[SquidJig]

Certified at Dana Landing. Caught 4/6/2010 on a plastic tube squid on a lead head with a shredded sardine. It's hard to imagine how much I've learned in the last year. I caught this 'back' when I knew nothing, mid-column, near none of the usual areas, midday. It was a total fluke.

[lterrero]

One in the kill Bag and the other for release:)

[Fiskadoro]

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Over forty, January fish, my fifth trip to La Jolla, caught in the evening. Fished all day for it, picked up one around thirty early that morning as well.

[dgax65]

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46.5 lbs. on the OEX scale. Taken in March 2010, on a large mac, just outside the LaJolla south kelp.

I was able to squeeze a few fish tacos out of that one.

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[Aaron&Julie]

Julie's big halibut day. Besides her still standing women's world record California halibut (down to 46lb 1 oz after 3 days), she also caught a 34lber, both on 16lb test.

The record fish:
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Both barndoors:

http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx93/aaron_julie/WorldRecord46lb1ozand34lber.jpg

[bellcon]

I remember those barn doors
amazing:notworthy:

[yakrider]

World Record...
now that's cool!!

"World Record Club"....
not many of us can be in that one!
that is the coolest!

[GregAndrew]

Awesome Julie, we are in the presence of greatness on this site. :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

[lowprofile]

did she catch them on that ugly stick on the bow?

[theluckypig]

wow! what a day! :cheers1:

[yakaholic]

40lbs on a spring scale at the bait barge, a little over 48 inches...

[keenefish]

shot this one at close range, it went 40lbs

[sdfishin..alex]

41# yellowtail http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8185&stc=1&d=1358653605


45# halibut http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/attachment.php?attachmentid=7042&stc=1&d=1342580886

[jorluivil]

SPEECHLESS

41# yellowtail
45# halibut http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/attachment.php?attachmentid=7042&stc=1&d=1342580886

[Drake]

41# yellowtail http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/attachment.php?attachmentid=8185&stc=1&d=1358653605


45# halibut http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/attachment.php?attachmentid=7042&stc=1&d=1342580886

Siiickkkk!!!!!!
Unfortunately the background of the Hali shows that fish wasn't recent. Thats a LJ beach in the summer

Otherwise the water be a parking lot for the next two weeks

[sdfishin..alex]

Siiickkkk!!!!!!
Unfortunately the background of the Hali shows that fish wasn't recent. Thats a LJ beach in the summer

Otherwise the water be a parking lot for the next two weeks

yea no kidding that was back in july just found my camera with my yt and hali pics but that yellow was recently caught this week

[467echo]

Haven't been out in over 7 months since I jacked up my knee. So this was a pretty good start for the year. I was guessing it was in the 30's because I'm used to getting it on the scale and being a couple pounds lighter than I thought. On certified Berkley scale in garage:D Put up a pretty good fight! :cheers1:
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[RedSledTeam]

Whoa! Very Nice Fish Eric!:reel::you_rock::yt:

[blitzburgh]

WTG! :luxhello:

[jorluivil]

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[Deamon]

Fu(king MAtt told me someone got a mombo...but he didn't say it was YOU!!! That is awesome! Well deserved and a big congrats Jorge!!! Take that earlier skunk and shove it up its own culo. Jim

[TheBentRod]

Congrats.


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[blitzburgh]

GOOD LORD :eek:

[Kelp Master]

Nice... Very Nice.

[jorluivil]

Not that I ever left but I decided to rejoin the club













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[YakHanded]

52.5" 46lbs on spring scale at Hogan's

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impossible to see in the scale shot but it was bouncing between 46-50something bcuz i was shaking like a little biatch. Finally a fish to submit, Sven can take a breath too.... :D

[Sully1]

This fish was landed 3-4-15, LJ Homegaurd Yellowtail, off the dropper loop in 98’ of water. It weighed 43lbs on my neighbor’s scale the day of, and 40 lbs even at Dana Landing the next day. Guess my buddy’s scale was off. Just under 47inches at the fork. . . And I'm still stoked!


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[Iceman]

Here is a little ancient history. Back in April of 2002. I remember hearing "Dr Gary" had just got a nice WSB a couple days prior, so I was fishing the zone where the majority of Spring seabass were caught back in the day, between the reserve and the bump. Slow fishing so I wanted to double my odds and put out a second live mackerel on a flyline. I had a brand new bass set up with fresh drags and fresh 15 pound line. I thought wouldn't that be a hoot to best a big ol WSB on that, they don't fight that hard.

Got bit and I remember the only other kayaker in the zone got bit too and we got towed around and managed to avoid each other as well as avoiding the kelp. Felt like forever when finally got this beast up, gaffed and secured. Could not believe the size of this fish. took it to Fisherman's Landing for a certified weight and it was 40# on the nose. This was the first 40 pounder that I had ever heard taken by a kayak fisherman, my favorite catch to date. I think I held the title of "only 40 pounder for about a week or so.........then Todd "C Level got his. Now 50 pounders are the Real Jaw droppers. I have not hit the YT 40 mark for over 10 years.........maybe this Winter!

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[Geno Machino]

On the iron. 40.0#'s

[MITCHELL]

Midnight WSB July

[ctfphoto]

Bingo

[The pelican]

Bingo

10 lbs each? That's a huge c-bass ;) Congrats!

[jorluivil]

That looks more like .04 ounces

[ctfphoto]

Finally got to join the 40 pound club, or is it the 80 pound club? :D:D:D:D:D

[YakDout]

Can I join?

44lbs on digital scale

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[TJones]

Well done . Well done . Feel free to pm more details . :notworthy:

[Chuck D]

47"
40lb 8oz

[Caden]

42 and some change caught on the mac
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[kirkdavis]

Nice! Where were you fishing? I am definitely jealous....Gotta get out there more.

[Flounder]

26808

Ghost at 42lbs. Almost 54” man I love this fishery!

[FISH11]

I've been waiting for a long time to join the 40 lbs Club. Had several over the last 8 years that came close but all were a few lbs short. Finally after setting a new Personal Best La Jolla Homeguard Yellowtail 13 days earlier, I caught another and this one caught on 6-18-2021 was bled on the water and weighed at the La Jolla Shores landing (with a little help lifting and holding the Digital Scale) The scale was registering 40 lbs 1 oz. That is my Personal Best and even bigger than the Yellowfin Tunas I caught on 1-1.5 days Charters.

[theluckypig]

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