La Jolla Solo Skiff Yellowtail 2.28.2020
 

Launched my Solo Skiff from La Jolla Shores around 630am last Friday February 28th 2020. Searched for bait at the pier and throughout the kelp but was unable to catch any; so I played with some dolphins and whales before throwing on the Nomad trolling lure. 10 minutes later I get slammed by a 30 pound yellowtail in front of the condo. I am so blessed. Thank you all.

Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/AGs92T_aiCc

Nice fish, glad they are around!

Heck ya Mikey! StevieLikesIt :luxhello:

Yeah Mikey! So glad to see you caught a homeguard. I was all over that area the day before trolling a nice large Rapala greenback mac deep diver and saw good marks on the FF, but never got hit. Congrats man.

Solid unit👍🏻

nice set up and video. congrats on the YT!

yeah buddy!
 

awesome video Mikey!

Love the footage and solid yellow brother.

Is that a Madscad model?

Rad setup!! Nothing like roping yellows in Lj for $1 in fuel nice work

Cool video. Was that vintage gear I spotted?

Nice fish killer job! Was out there later in the day. Didn’t see any yellows and current was running north.
but did witness a sea lion kill and eat a 5-7’ smoothound shark. Crazy stuff.

Love it!

Yeah Mikey! Good job bro! Haul that up to Big Sur! Will be in Limekiln June 29-July 5. Come by!

How did you land the Solo? just surfed it in? I have a Solo as well but have been hesitant on the beach launch and landing

Sweet!

Noice!:D

Great skiff and catch. Congrats

Living the La Jolla dream! Thanks for sharing.

So awesome [emoji1374] that’s a stud tail right there. Congrats!


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���� Who sings the track on the video ?

Love it! Missed you buddy.

There's a link in the description.

The song is called Savor, and it's by Chris Berry featuring Matt Williams and Satsang. I don't know how to embed videos here, so here's the link.

https://youtu.be/OJ-oUEmsI1Q

The first thing I noticed was your Penn jigmaster, love mine and use it all the time. Congrats on the yeller.

Nice video. Great stuff for sure

cool thanks 🙏🏽

Hell yeah Mikey! :jig:Nice setup! Tight lines homie!

I have pretty much the same set up. You can run around LJ without any extra gas tank? You only use the one that is internal in the Merc? What size merc is that? i have a 6.

Nice one man! Let’s see a picture of the plug you were trolling



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Yellowtail on the Repala! Congratulations!

Thank You.
 

Thank you all for the compliments. I love hearing from all the legends that helped make me the fisherman I am today.

Here are my replies to the comments:

1) The lure I was trolling was a Nomad DTX Minnow 8". I've attached a photo.

2) I have a 2.5 gallon external tank inside the Solo Skiff that is hooked to the Mercury 6hp outboard motor (i had a Mercury 5hp but burnt it out). I get about 20 miles per gallon. The max I've gone in a day is 70 miles.

3) The Penn jigmaster is an amazing reel. I got it used from SquidCo years ago and it is one of my favorite reels for the Solo Skiff.

4) The song is called Savor by Chris Berry. It came up on my Spotify release radar and I really liked it.

5) I land the Solo Skiff by motoring in all the way through the surf till I have to kill the motor and pull it up. I have a paddle in case my motor goes out but I do not use it for launching or landing



I am so blessed. Thank you all.

THanks for the response about the Solo surf landing!:reel: