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Fishin' Magician · 06-02-2015, 05:14 AM

I was on the May trip and we caught a lot of yellowtail. Seemed to me that the most caught were on fly lined sardines. But they seemed to be all over both up and down. The guy who caught the largest yellowtail, said that he was fishing with one rod set up for fly lining and one set up for being on the bottom. He caught 3. I only landed one but I broke off two others.

We were on the lee side of the Island. No kelp where we were, but lots of rock structure. I think that only one legal halibut was boated, but there seemed to be a lot of rock fish, bonito, sheepshead, calicos and the yellowtail.

Hope that the weather is better for you guys than it was for us. Very rough trip out with high swells and lots of wind. It settled down in the afternoon, but the morning fishing was a little on the tough side. Trip back was much calmer.

Good luck, guys!

06-02-2015, 05:14 AM	#6
Fishin' Magician Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Newport Beach Posts: 219	I was on the May trip and we caught a lot of yellowtail. Seemed to me that the most caught were on fly lined sardines. But they seemed to be all over both up and down. The guy who caught the largest yellowtail, said that he was fishing with one rod set up for fly lining and one set up for being on the bottom. He caught 3. I only landed one but I broke off two others. We were on the lee side of the Island. No kelp where we were, but lots of rock structure. I think that only one legal halibut was boated, but there seemed to be a lot of rock fish, bonito, sheepshead, calicos and the yellowtail. Hope that the weather is better for you guys than it was for us. Very rough trip out with high swells and lots of wind. It settled down in the afternoon, but the morning fishing was a little on the tough side. Trip back was much calmer. Good luck, guys! __________________ Here fishy, fishy, fishy.....