Team North County Crew at it again - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Dirty Curti · 07-29-2017, 01:01 PM

Another North County home guard. On the water at 6:00 and off at 10:00, Perfect conditions upon arriving at the location. Flat calm waters, 73 degrees and bait balls in every direction. Threw a flat fall at the balls for no luck. Towed a mac around for a couple of hours and at 9:00 she was on.

30 lbs - 42" to fork.

onetriphudson · 07-29-2017, 02:28 PM

Great job Curt, that fish was starving!

DanaPT · 07-29-2017, 03:58 PM

Nice work!

FISH11 · 07-29-2017, 04:15 PM

Congrats nice fish.

Druko · 07-29-2017, 05:09 PM

Very nice!

Geno Machino · 07-29-2017, 06:18 PM

WTG Curtis! The water looked amazing. The surf didn't look to bad, at least in the pics. Way to represent!

Geno

YakDout · 08-01-2017, 07:02 AM

Thumbs up! Love seeing fish reports outside of Lj!

Bruntoj · 08-01-2017, 06:55 PM

Awesome fish and video!

As a relative newbie to catching/losing Yellowtail or other fish of this size, what am I supposed to do when the head shake/jerking happens? Should I be pulling harder or easing off and letting it run? I lost a fish at the weekend, snapped off my 65lb braid ( and I was using 40lb fluoro leader)

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Dirty Curti · 08-02-2017, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Bruntoj

Awesome fish and video!

As a relative newbie to catching/losing Yellowtail or other fish of this size, what am I supposed to do when the head shake/jerking happens? Should I be pulling harder or easing off and letting it run? I lost a fish at the weekend, snapped off my 65lb braid ( and I was using 40lb fluoro leader)

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When a fish is pulling, shaking let it do it's thing. If he wants to run let it run. Once it slows down and you can lift the rod that's when you get back all you can until he pulls again. When I feel the tension getting stronger I allow the fish to "drag" me to wear him out a little. Once he lets up then it's my turn to put on the pressure. You can see me work this technique in the video several times.

Be patient, don't over stress your gear or yourself. Let this fish play a little and then put it to him when he gives you the opportunity. Patience is the key on the kayak. You are not fighting elbow to elbow with other anglers so no need to horse them in. Give it time and enjoy the ride.

Denis_Ruso · 08-02-2017, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirty Curti

When a fish is pulling, shaking let it do it's thing. If he wants to run let it run. Once it slows down and you can lift the rod that's when you get back all you can until he pulls again. When I feel the tension getting stronger I allow the fish to "drag" me to wear him out a little. Once he lets up then it's my turn to put on the pressure. You can see me work this technique in the video several times.

Be patient, don't over stress your gear or yourself. Let this fish play a little and then put it to him when he gives you the opportunity. Patience is the key on the kayak. You are not fighting elbow to elbow with other anglers so no need to horse them in. Give it time and enjoy the ride.

X 2 but this does not mean you should ever have slack in the like. Always keep pressure on the line so the hook or jig doesn't have an opportunity to invert and unhook. Once the fish is done screwing around as said above is your turn

Aquaholix · 08-02-2017, 11:48 AM

Beautiful catch!

07-29-2017, 01:01 PM	#1
Dirty Curti Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 419	Team North County Crew at it again Another North County home guard. On the water at 6:00 and off at 10:00, Perfect conditions upon arriving at the location. Flat calm waters, 73 degrees and bait balls in every direction. Threw a flat fall at the balls for no luck. Towed a mac around for a couple of hours and at 9:00 she was on. 30 lbs - 42" to fork. __________________ Last edited by Dirty Curti; 07-30-2017 at 09:11 AM.

07-29-2017, 02:28 PM	#2
onetriphudson Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 143	Great job Curt, that fish was starving! __________________ 2012 Dune Pro Angler 14, 1994 Yellow Scupper Pro

07-29-2017, 04:15 PM	#4
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,629	Congrats nice fish. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

07-29-2017, 05:09 PM	#5
Druko Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 205	Very nice! __________________ "It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live" Marcus Aurelius

07-29-2017, 06:18 PM	#6
Geno Machino "Relax" Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: O'side Posts: 552	BINGO... WTG Curtis! The water looked amazing. The surf didn't look to bad, at least in the pics. Way to represent! Geno __________________

07-29-2017, 03:58 PM	#3
DanaPT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South OC Posts: 1,605	Nice work!

08-01-2017, 07:02 AM	#7
YakDout Brandon Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,345	Thumbs up! Love seeing fish reports outside of Lj!

08-01-2017, 06:55 PM	#8
Bruntoj Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: San Diego County Posts: 168	Awesome fish and video! As a relative newbie to catching/losing Yellowtail or other fish of this size, what am I supposed to do when the head shake/jerking happens? Should I be pulling harder or easing off and letting it run? I lost a fish at the weekend, snapped off my 65lb braid ( and I was using 40lb fluoro leader) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

08-02-2017, 11:48 AM	#11
Aquaholix Addicted2Water Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: SD Posts: 25	Beautiful catch!