My first Yellowtail!
 

My first report on Big Water's Edge. This is my first ever Yellowtail from my kayak. I was long-lining a 6" MC Swim bait with a Matzuo head in about 140 ft. of water. He bit just off the bottom. I tried irons and droppper-loop frozen squid for nothing. The swim bait works again! Go figure.

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Awesome, way to go in the first YT!!!!

congrats nice!

WTG! Congrats.
-D

Great job Wayne! I am still looking for mine and hope this winter brings it also! Thanks for posting!

great job on a nice yellowtail! Still looking for my first non-firecracker YT

Solid fish Wayne:yt:

WAY TO GO WAYNE!!!!

way to go

unreal!!!!!!!:luxhello:

Congrats on your 1st, very nice fish!

TO many more to come :cheers1:

It has been more than nine months since you first introduced me to kayak fishing on the bay. Thank you for that. Since then, I have spent most of my time in the ocean. I was fortunate enough to catch my first YT last summer off LJ and can still remember the thrill. The bad news is the the two little fish that I caught that day probably did not weigh as much together as your beautiful fish. Way to go Wayne.

Santa brought me some nice new iron which I hope to try out very soon. See you on the water.

Bob

Plastics rule!!!

Nice cherry popper, Wayne!
 

The best part of catching Yellowtail on swimbaits is the fact that they inhale them, as long as you tie a good knot they will make it yak-side. I bet you were a little nervous when you saw color :eek:.... "please stay on, please stay on, please stay on" :D.

YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS FISH FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. :cheers1:

I can only imagine........must be nice, real nice to get that first. Nice job!

Awesome! you must be pumped!

What a beautiful YT, way to come in big !

Very nice!:you_rock:

Very nice!
 

Nicely done!

nice work!

Nice job, I have never caught a YT on a swimbait! Will b. would be proud of the longlining method! :p

Thanks Darkhorse
 

Thanks Darkhorse, it was your recent posts that helped motivate me to go out after them. Then I saw you at the beach in the morning going out, and I was even more pumped. I had a little extra boost of confidence knowing you were going to be out there too. When he got to the surface, he pretty much rolled over and gave up, so I wasn't worried then. I was praying more when he was about halfway up. That's when he went on his mightiest runs. I can only imagine what a 35 to 40 pounder feels like!

Excellent Job! I am still waiting for mine.I fished LJ for the 3rd time yesterday.I saw you at the launch.I have a wheat colored Big Game.
I Yo-yoed till my yo yoer broke.I did manage a legal Barracuda which I though was odd for this time of year.I would go more often,but I live 100 miles away.

Way to go on your first. It's all down hill from here. Just kidding......the thrill never goes away.

YEAH WAYNE!!!!
It was only a matter of time... Good job man!

Congrats! Sweet :yt: on the plastic!

... you never forget your first YT. I remember being so excited I almost hurled. Nobody else was around to share the moment, so I just kind of sat there and twitched in a weird YT trance...

NICE ONE :sifone:

Great fish, your first yellowtail is something you will never forget. I remember passing you on me way in and you were one happy camper.
Congrats.:luxhello:

Congrats! You'll always remember your first :yt:

Gabe

Sweet!!! Congrats on landing your first:yt: On a swimmie too!:notworthy: