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What produces more the squid rig or live anchovy/mackerel when fishing for Yellowtail?
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9 Comments
February 17th, 2011 at 1:07 am
i fish everything from Santa Rosa island to Sanquintin Mexico, and i have the best luck fly lining sardine, and anchovies, or through a silver and blue or blue and white iron. i thorough the iron right after another angler has caught a fish, let its sink, and burn it up as fast as i can. it is deadly.
February 17th, 2011 at 1:55 am
l have been out targeting yellowtail actually only one time.
l got five that first and only trip.
ALL on live squid.
best info l’m able to come up with from personal experience.
jerk
February 17th, 2011 at 2:48 am
l haz b’in out targeting yellowtail actually only one time.
l got five that first an’ only trip.
ALL on live squid.
best info l’m able ta come up with from personal experience.
February 17th, 2011 at 3:05 am
l haz b’in out targeting yellowtail actually only one time.
l got five that first an’ only trip.
ALL on live squid.
best info l’m able ta come up with from personal experience.
February 17th, 2011 at 3:35 am
Every trip I have been on for yellow tail the best bait was always live squid. The local cattle cars in my area even get all excited about having “candy” bait available for these trips, so I will go with squid first, iron second anchovy last.
February 17th, 2011 at 3:51 am
I’ve caught yellows on anchovies, sardines, mackerel, squid, and iron jigs. Usually, live squid is the best bait, but not always. It really depends on what they’re keyed on, and they can be very picky at times.
I’ve probably caught more of them on sardines or mackerel or jigs than on squid, but that’s because squid isn’t available most of the time. (I haven’t caught too many on anchovies, but there have been a couple of times when they wouldn’t bite anything else.)
But if I had a choice, I’d choose live squid.
February 17th, 2011 at 4:22 am
Live squid = candy bait for yellowtails.
Anchovy is not as effective as sardines.
Sardines are not as effective as mackerels.
Mackerels aren’t as effective as…. small bonitos.
Other than surface irons and yo yo irons, there’s another effective metal lure for yellows – butterfly jig. That thing could be a real killer sometimes.
There’s another lure that will work under pretty much all conditions – soft plastics. But, plastics got problems. 1) They won’t last very long when yellows are biting. 2) The ideal jig head weight for the day might have limited casting distance. 3) You could only use quality jig heads or the hook will bend or even break. 4) When the light condition changed, you might need to change your lure color; this could be very costly in a wide open bite.
February 17th, 2011 at 5:17 am
Im with Peter I used mainly anchovies,sardines, or mackerel and they did produce
February 17th, 2011 at 5:59 am
As the others said, squid is the way to go if its available. The only time I might not use squid is if I was fishing off shore at kelp patties, were yellow tail feed mostly on small fishes under the kelp patty. But then again, this year lots of the tuna off shore were feeding on squid, so squid still might work better if there around off shore.
Hope this helps!!!!