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'Yo-Yo' Fish for Yellowtail using Iron Jigs - popular local lures and style of fishing pioneered on Southern California Fishing Boats

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How to 'Yo-Yo' heavy iron is what this article focuses on and one of my favorite techniques to catch Yellowtail when they are deep feeding on clam beds, spawning squid or whatever else they eat year round. Yellowtail can be caught year round off San Diego and most Southern California with big game spring 'mossbacks' Yellowtail making a show with the squid spawn typically around Mid-March. One thing I love about this great sport is either there is always some new tip or skill to learn or to improve on the knowledge you already have and the Yellowtail season can vary year to year as we've found now in January 2015 the 2014 bite that never quit.

(Sample of a few of my favorite 'heavy iron' for Yellow's)

(Here's a pic of my lights for comparison - note the Barracuda paint chips
Fyi - Don't mess with the hooks like I did, keep the stock trebles - I was bored one day and tried a few to spare the released fish - Dark Green Light is Calico Bass candy for casting along the kelp line or drop in a kelp hole with heavy line) My opinion the best bang for the buck price the Daiwa Sealine Series for casting the farthest distances and ultra fasr retrieve when fishing the popular local yo-yo or flat fall jig technique. I match mine with an 8' to 9' CalStar Graphighter class rod or Seeker for rediculous long casts to boiling Yellowtail.

Must have knowledge in any fisherman's skill arsenal is knowing how to fish the iron, both the light surface and heavy deep water varieties. My favorite colors are in the photo's above. Heavy iron popular to So Cal anglers in Tady 9 heavy jigs for yo-yo are Scrambled Egg, Tady 9 Green Variations, Blue and White, Blue and Chrome and Mackerel/Chrome are a few favorites although the chrome variation can attract too many Barracuda when they are thick and Yellowtail are in the mix or lurking below the schooling Barracuda in a chum-line feeding frenzy. All white for when White Sea bass are on the chew.

When the Yellowtail bite is hot, especially early season big 'home guard' variety most popular on the local 3/4 day sportfishing vessels, it's important to know how to 'yo-yo' iron (weighted metal lures casted or dropped and retrieved). This is must have knowledge and skill for those days when the explosive Yellows show and all they are biting is deep yo-yo's.

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Lego® marvel super heroes 2 - cloak and dagger download. The deep jigging or yo-yo technique with heavy metal lures generally out produces lighter surface jigs on a daily basis when 'Yellows' are in deeper water many times feeding at local clam beds or deeper water structure. Year round Yellowtail especially farther south along the Baja Coast are caught in good numbers using the yo yo technique as well.

Salas 6x Junior, Ironman 3 and 5's and Tady AA or 9 Tady 4/0 heavy for yo-yo, among bottom jigs that works well when the bite is deep as a lot of times off Baja or early spring at the Coronado Islands, La Jolla or other popular Yellowtail spots fished by sport boats out of San Diego Landings and yo-yo jigging works well. Tady 45's in every color if you can afford it are my all time favorite for how they swim and attract fish year after year.

A fast ratio reel and a rod with a good butt section for turning big fish near structure in deep water is a good setup for yo yo. A graphite rod in the 8 to 9 foot lengths are great for casting way out to where a big Yellowtail may be pushing a bait ball to the surface evident by working birds on the surface. I always throw on birds working the surface which sometimes takes a really long cast.

For yo-yoing deeper fish basically just drop your lure over the side straight down and let it drop fast until it hits the bottom. Then engage the reel and retrieve as fast as you can about half way to even all the way up then stop and let it drop to the bottom again and repeat, hence the name like a 'yo-yo'. Just keep up this technique using various retrieve speeds and depths when reeling in the iron before letting it drop again and take note of the depth you are in when hooked up or bit so next time you can concentrate more on fishing that zone. Generally local Yellow's like a fast retrieve but if one way doesn't work after being exhausted, try something different.

Jig Color

Color I start by matching the bait and/or water color in the area being fished. Anything scrambled egg, green or chrome/mackerel I personally like and start with but everyone has their own advice here. Tady, Salas, Sumo are all popular brand iron that work great for yo-yo fishing deep water fish.

'Lights' Iron Jigs in Assorted Colors - All Tady 45 Lights

Tackle For Yellowtail Fishing

You can't fish Yellowtail with one rod, On a slow bite most fisherman prefer to use small anchovies for bait, go as light as 12 to 15 pound line on a small conventional reel like my personal favorite and most bang for the buck reel the older Daiwa Sealine SX 20 is a fun and very sturdy little reel with star drag and Daiwa's separate roller-bearing free-spool makes casting the lightest of pinhead-size anchovies a breeze with a light rod as the fish can be fussy or 'line-shy'. As the bite comes on a little more aggressively, go to 20 pound line on a medium reel, similar in size to a Penn Jig master or another favorite for throwing iron on my Cal Star Graphighter 800L (light) or a shorter 'rent-rod' size pole like a Cal Star 870 Fiberglass medium action rod with a lot of 'butt' for turning the bigger fish) with a Daiwa Sealine X 30 Sha. When using bigger baits like mackerel and sardines, go to 25, 40 or even 50 pound line, depending on the conditions.

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Use a 'jig stick' or rod of at least 8 feet to throw surface iron (metal lures). For yo-yo-ing (deep jigging heavy lures), the standard is a 4/0-size reel on a 7 to 7-1/2 foot rod with a fast taper and 40 to 50 pound line for abrasion resistance. My favorite new reels are Accurate's 'Boss' Series. They are a bit pricey for some people but if you want the best catch success for deep Yo-Yo Jigging. If you want the best I highly suggest purchase an Accurate BX-400X BX Boss E-Series Reel with a line capacity of 300 yrd./20# mono is perfect but really any of the big name reels with a high gear ratio for fast retrieve and even two-speed for larger fish will work. I still really like my old Daiwa Sealine Series reels for superior casting and high gear ratio. My Daiwa's have never failed me nor a trusty and still best bang for the buck Penn Jig master 500 for about 65 bucks but my Accurate Boss BX400 E Series is my favorite and worth every penny. You need heavier gear when fishing the yo-yo to force fish away from bottom structure and turn the fish where they can quickly cut you off. You will not regret the purchase Accurate makes some beautifully engineered fishing reels perfect for Southern California year-round Yellowtail fishing.

.I don't get too involved in line whether braided, mono, fluro or p-line. Personal preference here again. I'm old school and still like a good mono 20 - 30# with a fluorocarbon leader with my Daiwa Sealine 30X and my Cal Star Graphighter 800M, lot of butt for turning bigger fish and 8ft for great casting the 'lights' or live bait w

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