LJ 1/14/17 my first Yellowtail

[Bruntoj]

Originally Posted by onthewater

Flat falls are weird for me.



You can either make them drop fast like dead weight, or you can make them flutter down. Fluttering down takes much longer than the straight drop.



To get it to flutter it seems like you gotta give the lure a lot more free slack in the line so it can do its job.



I'm still learning to fish the flat fall, so I'm open to more info!

I can tell it's not just falling flat but instead rocking back and forth like a pendulum/swing because the reel speeds up during the fast part of the swing and almost stops at the peaks at the end of each swing.

No skill on my part - it's just free spooling on my Lexa 300.


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[YakDout]

Nice first yellowtail. I like the idea of fishing for bait with jigs. Flatfalls, butterfly jigs and knife jigs, can all be deadly for yellowtail and other big species. So while you are fishing for bait, you are definitely also fishing for the bigger species as well.

[Steve Max]

Way to start the year and congratulations. Looking forward to getting my first soon. Fish on!


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[jorluivil]

Congrats!!

[Mike scales]

That's awesome! Congrats! Enjoy your dinner!

[Vikingj]

What a beauty! You'll never forget that 1st one. Thanks for reporting.

[ceviche eater]

congrats!!

[Onit8]

Congrats on your first!!!


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