April Fool's Day - 4/1/2018 - Yellowtail - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

summers in kuwait · 04-02-2018, 06:10 PM

Greetings all,

I had snuck out on Friday to try and find some ghosts and ended up loosing a nice fish in the kelp, on the yoyo (Tady - Mackerel Pattern). Spent the rest of the day sailing and messing around with some chunky calicos. Stoked to see Nick's solid fish!

Feeling the need for some redemption, I got the ok from the Mrs. for Sunday and launched to light wind and a flat ocean. With copious amounts of crab present, I started to look for bait. I made a couple greenbacks and then came across some larger dines. I see Kevin hooked up over yonder and I figured I would use the dines sooner than later, so I sent one down on the dropper loop.

Had the bait a couple cranks off the bottom (in ~75 ft) and then the reel starts screaming. Waited a couple seconds and finished reeling in the iron.

This fish was solid and had some good head shakes and didn't want to come up. Got the fish aboard, bled and gutted. Ended up being 36.5 lbs after bled, gutted and tail chopped.

Got some quality fillets and thick collars!

This fish had some shoulders!

Here is some video from that morning!

Cheers,

Todd

MITCHELL · 04-02-2018, 07:27 PM

NICKWORN · 04-02-2018, 07:42 PM

Nice redemption brother!! The kelp is thick out there now, seems the fish are proned to run straight for it now! It was around last year but nearly as thick and plentiful! Great job brother!!

FISH11 · 04-02-2018, 07:48 PM

Glad to see you were one of the lucky ones that day, Todd. Really nice fish with some girth. I saw some caught on the water, but it looks like more were caught than I thought. I have to keep trying to get out there as much as possible. I've become really annoyed that working is interfering with getting out to LJ as much as I want, given the weather patterns we keep getting. Ha Ha Ha! P.S. Love that reel, the one I have in the same color has been super productive and proved to be super capable even landing larger fish.

Dingokevin · 04-02-2018, 10:46 PM

Great looking fish my friend.

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maquinapescado · 04-02-2018, 11:18 PM

Sick Todd, good one!!

katchfish · 04-03-2018, 03:06 AM

Solid!

Tandem Assassin · 04-03-2018, 06:09 AM

Looks like the word got out...
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blitzburgh · 04-03-2018, 06:30 AM

Hell yeah man! Nice feeeesh!

BigTunaL · 04-03-2018, 11:34 AM

Great fish. I went yesterday with my son. He made bait for me and caught a white fish and a couple small sand dabs. I didn’t even get a single freaking bite.

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summers in kuwait · 04-08-2018, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by NICKWORN

Nice redemption brother!! The kelp is thick out there now, seems the fish are proned to run straight for it now! It was around last year but nearly as thick and plentiful! Great job brother!!

Yeah I seem to loose at least one or two fish per year in the grass

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Now if I can connect on a biscuit...

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by FISH11

Glad to see you were one of the lucky ones that day, Todd. Really nice fish with some girth. I saw some caught on the water, but it looks like more were caught than I thought. I have to keep trying to get out there as much as possible. I've become really annoyed that working is interfering with getting out to LJ as much as I want, given the weather patterns we keep getting. Ha Ha Ha! P.S. Love that reel, the one I have in the same color has been super productive and proved to be super capable even landing larger fish.

Thanks Mark!

I hear ya. Between work, kids and the weather, I haven't been able to get out as much as Id like. I've been pretty happy with my Avets. Bearings are a little thirsty, but so easy to breakdown and service plus they can handle some big fish.

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Originally Posted by Dingokevin

Great looking fish my friend.

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Thanks Kevin! Nice catching fish with you. We'll have to do again soon...

Duckbutter619 · 04-08-2018, 04:35 PM

Nice!

JohnMckroidJr · 04-09-2018, 06:30 AM

Beauty !

Tekniks · 04-09-2018, 07:00 AM

nice one!

kayakfisherman · 04-09-2018, 01:35 PM

Wow Todd!! so awesome, what a great catch, plus I love those vacuum bagged chunks of yellowtail!

summers in kuwait · 04-10-2018, 08:34 PM

Thanks everyone!

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Originally Posted by kayakfisherman

Wow Todd!! so awesome, what a great catch, plus I love those vacuum bagged chunks of yellowtail!

Yanni!!
Thanks amigo, I hope all is well! Made these dishes for the Mrs. with some of those chunks!

POKE TOSTADAS w/ mangos, jalapenos, onions and avocado. Served with black beans.

SEARED YELLOWTAIL w/ quinoa, Brussel sprouts and a miso aioli.

I can't wait to try this one though - Halibut Chowder

Cheers!

_Obed · 04-11-2018, 08:15 AM

Nice one man. Great looking fish. Subbed and liked

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Apex Predator · 08-31-2018, 07:10 PM

Nothing tops a fish like that.....well unless you turn it into some off that gourmet awesomeness.

04-02-2018, 06:10 PM	#1
summers in kuwait Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: East County San Diego Posts: 657	April Fool's Day - 4/1/2018 - Yellowtail Greetings all, I had snuck out on Friday to try and find some ghosts and ended up loosing a nice fish in the kelp, on the yoyo (Tady - Mackerel Pattern). Spent the rest of the day sailing and messing around with some chunky calicos. Stoked to see Nick's solid fish! Feeling the need for some redemption, I got the ok from the Mrs. for Sunday and launched to light wind and a flat ocean. With copious amounts of crab present, I started to look for bait. I made a couple greenbacks and then came across some larger dines. I see Kevin hooked up over yonder and I figured I would use the dines sooner than later, so I sent one down on the dropper loop. Had the bait a couple cranks off the bottom (in ~75 ft) and then the reel starts screaming. Waited a couple seconds and finished reeling in the iron. This fish was solid and had some good head shakes and didn't want to come up. Got the fish aboard, bled and gutted. Ended up being 36.5 lbs after bled, gutted and tail chopped. Got some quality fillets and thick collars! This fish had some shoulders! Here is some video from that morning! Cheers, Todd

04-02-2018, 07:27 PM	#2
MITCHELL Sea Hunter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Where ever I may roam where I lay my head I call home. Posts: 2,269	Nice.... __________________ Duke Mitchell

04-02-2018, 07:42 PM	#3
NICKWORN Senior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: SANTUCKET Posts: 629	That’ll work!! Nice redemption brother!! The kelp is thick out there now, seems the fish are proned to run straight for it now! It was around last year but nearly as thick and plentiful! Great job brother!!

04-02-2018, 07:48 PM	#4
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,641	Glad to see you were one of the lucky ones that day, Todd. Really nice fish with some girth. I saw some caught on the water, but it looks like more were caught than I thought. I have to keep trying to get out there as much as possible. I've become really annoyed that working is interfering with getting out to LJ as much as I want, given the weather patterns we keep getting. Ha Ha Ha! P.S. Love that reel, the one I have in the same color has been super productive and proved to be super capable even landing larger fish. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

04-02-2018, 11:18 PM	#6
maquinapescado Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 326	Sick Todd, good one!! __________________ Climb, Surf, Fish, Repeat

04-02-2018, 10:46 PM	#5
Dingokevin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: San Diego Posts: 267	Great looking fish my friend. Sent from my LG-H932 using Tapatalk

04-03-2018, 03:06 AM	#7
katchfish Paddle for Mahi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Doing the happy paddle! Posts: 848	Solid!

04-03-2018, 06:09 AM	#8
Tandem Assassin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 290	:) Looks like the word got out...

04-03-2018, 06:30 AM	#9
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	Hell yeah man! Nice feeeesh! __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

04-03-2018, 11:34 AM	#10
BigTunaL Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 170	Great fish. I went yesterday with my son. He made bait for me and caught a white fish and a couple small sand dabs. I didn’t even get a single freaking bite. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________

04-08-2018, 04:35 PM	#12
Duckbutter619 Junior Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 17	Nice!

04-09-2018, 06:30 AM	#13
JohnMckroidJr Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 1,932	Beauty !

04-09-2018, 07:00 AM	#14
Tekniks Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 109	nice one!

04-09-2018, 01:35 PM	#15
kayakfisherman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 715	Wow Todd!! so awesome, what a great catch, plus I love those vacuum bagged chunks of yellowtail!

04-11-2018, 08:15 AM	#17
_Obed Bird nest master Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 110	Nice one man. Great looking fish. Subbed and liked Sent from my SM-G925P using Tapatalk

08-31-2018, 07:10 PM	#18
Apex Predator pushpt.com Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Granite Hills Posts: 62	Wow Nothing tops a fish like that.....well unless you turn it into some off that gourmet awesomeness.