YT Season? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

chris138 · 10-12-2016, 01:17 PM

In my opinion, winter yt fishing has been better than summer the last 3 years. Bigger fish, smaller crowds.

Also the "homeguard hypothesis" is not a simple as that. The fish are definitely full time residents in our local waters, but the LJ kelp bed is a small fraction of their territory. Most of the really big yt over the years have been caught on the canyon edge, not by the shallow shelves where the macrocystis grows. There have been times in the last couple winters when the best YT fishing is on the rockpiles in 300'+ of water.

10-12-2016, 01:17 PM	#7
chris138 donkey roper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pacific Beach Posts: 968	In my opinion, winter yt fishing has been better than summer the last 3 years. Bigger fish, smaller crowds. Also the "homeguard hypothesis" is not a simple as that. The fish are definitely full time residents in our local waters, but the LJ kelp bed is a small fraction of their territory. Most of the really big yt over the years have been caught on the canyon edge, not by the shallow shelves where the macrocystis grows. There have been times in the last couple winters when the best YT fishing is on the rockpiles in 300'+ of water.