quick boat yt trolling help

[Goose1993]

Hey guys. I need an answer quick cause I'm heading out in the morning and heading to turners now(they close at 8). I know this is mainly a kayak forum, but I hope for some advice about trolling from a boat.

What trolling lure should I use for trolling for yellowtail. And how fast should I drive with it behind the boat?

I used to slowtrolling live bait, but I like driving faster than that in order to be able to find fish on the meter and flyline for them.

Thanks.

[h2ofishfo]

If your looking for trolling for yellows primarily there are few caught on troll on sportys and kayak live bait is always the way to go but if you are cd-14 rapalas mackeral is good

[fishja]

7-9 knots or 8-9 mph... Black and purple cedar plugs work well. Also brown and white feathers


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[Caseym]

Rapala X-Rap deep (bigger number).
Just dont troll it through the mine...err Kelp fields.

[Goose1993]

Thanks for the info guys. I tried the Rapala cd14 in green mac.

I prefer not to troll too much, but there's no good bait at the bait barge, and as everyone is aware, catching bait right now is tough. I spent 30 minutes working the sabiki yesterday and only drove away with 5 baitfish, none of them being macs.

[FlyFishinYakr]

Just FYI: If you have time before your next trip, check out eBay. Since Rapala discontinued the larger sizes I went on an auction spree bidding on every CD-18-22-24 that I came across, I bid on avg. about $18 each. From some sellers with more than 10 available I made offers for 5-10 at a time and got them for much cheaper (found one mid-west retailer with an overstock of 24's and bought 8 for about $14 each)! I have at least a dozen green Macs in each size now. I also managed to find a number (6?) of purple and black CD-24's for Tuna, Hoo's & Dodo's.
Just something to think about.
FFY :sifone: