First YT!

[bellcon]

Hmmm
something tells me
there must be
Yellowtails
in La Jolla
I maybe wrong...
but I just got this feeling



Besides,
A friend of mine who owns a little skiff
said he is heading down to LJ tommorrow...
because he heard somewhere that the kayakers are killing it

[THE DARKHORSE]

Originally Posted by JrBasser

Josh, how did you do after we spoke to you at the launch?

Somehow I managed to weave my offering through all the giant Bonita and connect to the right kind...three times .

On a side note, I would strongly suggest an iron with a single hook right now. The fact of the matter is the 7-10 lb Bonita outnumber the Yellowtail 10 to 1. Ten pound Bonita on the surface-iron is crazy fun, though.

[Billy V]

Originally Posted by THE DARKHORSE

We've all seen a Sea Lion with a surface iron in it's mouth, no big deal. But, this Sea Lion had also been attacked by a Great White Shark. Fresh wounds on it's back wrapping around it's stomach. As the PHD in the movie Jaws said "this was no boating accident" .

I saw this bitten Dog on Sunday, he has a nice size hole on his back I was going to snap a pic, but decided not to bother.
He wasn't wearing the iron on Sunday

He looked lively yesterday, still chasing fish.
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pS Thanks for the casting lesson, please PM me a Jigstick Combo recommendation.

[467echo]

Originally Posted by Billy V

I saw this bitten Dog on Sunday, he has a nice size hole on his back I was going to snap a pic, but decided not to bother.
He wasn't wearing the iron on Sunday

He looked lively yesterday, still chasing fish.
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pS Thanks for the casting lesson, please PM me a Jigstick Combo recommendation.

I think I fed that guy a couple of times yesterday, big pink gash on his butt.

[Whizz Bang]

I lost a log cuda on Sunday to that one with the gash on his back, got back the head...still had someone elses lure on it.....fair trade. I thought that may have been a prop wound. Whatever it was I hope it hurt....alot

[Dan]

i think that telling stories of hooked and/or injured birds and mammals is not probably not a good idea considering the microscope we are under. sorry to be a party pooper.

congrats to you guys getting your first YTs!

[THE DARKHORSE]

Originally Posted by Billy V

I saw this bitten Dog on Sunday, he has a nice size hole on his back I was going to snap a pic, but decided not to bother.
He wasn't wearing the iron on Sunday

He looked lively yesterday, still chasing fish.
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pS Thanks for the casting lesson, please PM me a Jigstick Combo recommendation.

As far as White Sharks in the Pacific Ocean, much like Yellowtail, there's more than one. I feel like I'm on the crime show "48 Hours", where they pile up the leads before the case turns cold. The point I'm getting at, the full grown Knothead I saw with a brand new surface-iron in his lip, complete with new wounds from a White Shark was on Sunday too. I was just about to paddle out for a surf and this dog was trying to beach somewhere, anywhere, clearly in shock! He made a couple weak attempts to hop up the rocks where I was paddling out, but decided to continue to the sandy beach a little further south. Every guy surfing flew out of the lineup at the sight of the injured dog, I had it all to myself for a while.

So, this means there's two Sea Lions who managed to escape the jaws of death in La Jolla, recently. I guess the bad news is this large White Shark is still hungry .





And thanks for the casting lesson? Is this the same Billy V in quotes below from a few days ago?

Originally Posted by Billy V

"I use a Shimano Baitrunner 4500 B Spinning Reel on a 7 ft. rod to throw surface iron. It will never birds nest, and casts almost as far anything else.
-Its just plain easy."

"The real advantage comes when a boil pops up and you only get 1 shot to fire it off. Point and shoot accurate, and No Birds Nest.

"


The only difference between a "casts almost as far as anything else" (7' rod) and a proper jig-stick (9'+): One of them has a fish attached to the iron before it makes it back to the boat .

[punchjamesarnol]

Congrats on the yellowtail!