Gear to fight Yellow tail with?

[PapaDave]

Originally Posted by October

Side note; small world, I live in Menifee too. You fish any of the local lakes around here? Perris has been great for kayak bassing lately.

No, I've been having too much fun on the ocean lately. And it is a lot cooler there right now. Where abouts do you live in Menifee?

[October]

Originally Posted by PapaDCh

No, I've been having too much fun on the ocean lately. And it is a lot cooler there right now. Where abouts do you live in Menifee?

over behind the old folks home thats on Valley Blvd. Sun City (though now its all Menifee i think)

ya its pretty hot. I wanna make the trip down to LJ but need to get a few more runs on my yak before I brave the waves (only been out three times so far)

[lbsurf2ca]

Grey suits are good. Seal population is out of control! Keeps the crowds down at the launch as well.

[October]

Originally Posted by lbsurf2ca

Grey suits are good. Seal population is out of control! Keeps the crowds down at the launch as well.

if i was in a wider, 14-16 footer, I wouldnt mind AS much. AND, my yak is sand colored. Aka, FLESH colored. haha

so aside from LJ, would dana point be pretty good too? I was looking at the kelp beds there that are pretty close to the beach. Anyone fish those? Id like to hit some calicos and what not.

[PapaDave]

Originally Posted by October

if i was in a wider, 14-16 footer, I wouldnt mind AS much. AND, my yak is sand colored. Aka, FLESH colored. haha

so aside from LJ, would dana point be pretty good too? I was looking at the kelp beds there that are pretty close to the beach. Anyone fish those? Id like to hit some calicos and what not.

I go out to DP all the time. There are several areas that are known to house Calico and Sand bass. One area that is popular is the pipline. It is pretty close to the harbor entrance and goes out a good distance. Head out to the red bouy at the harbor entrance, go about 200 yards south from there and look for a hump on the bottom on your fish finder. The pipeline goes straight out from there.

You can also try along the beach, I have been getting some Calico's there ercently, and there is a lot of kelp to the south that can be productive, to the north as well. Do some exploring too, there are all kinds of surprises out there.

I live off Scott Road across from the Revival church. Perhaps we can link up sometime, PM me for contact info.

[taggermike]

The outfit you have sounds fine for YT. Like the others said, I would go with the heavier briad and fluoro. The heavy of string might sound like overkill but the YT I've seen and caught this year have been close to the kelp or right in it. YT have tough mouth and you can pull so much harder than you think you can on them. I switched to bigger hooks, 3/0 to 5/0 or 6/0. When pulling a big YT plus several hundred pounds of kelp to the surface you'll be glad you have the heavier gear. Mike