YT Season?

[makobob]

Chris catching big YT during the winters at La Jolla and else where in deep water around rock piles is much older then my 68 years. In the early 50's gramps used to fish them every winter. small rock cod and sand dabs were used as bait, along with sardines and macks. Worked then and still works now. Tight Lines.

Originally Posted by chris138

In my opinion, winter yt fishing has been better than summer the last 3 years. Bigger fish, smaller crowds.

Also the "homeguard hypothesis" is not a simple as that. The fish are definitely full time residents in our local waters, but the LJ kelp bed is a small fraction of their territory. Most of the really big yt over the years have been caught on the canyon edge, not by the shallow shelves where the macrocystis grows. There have been times in the last couple winters when the best YT fishing is on the rockpiles in 300'+ of water.

[taggermike]

YT are interesting fish; depending on season and conditions you can find them from the surf zone to hundreds of miles off shore. From the surface to hundreds of feet deep. On both sides of the Baja peninsula all the way up to Oregon (occasionally). They bite all year. Mike

[Sheephead]

YT are here yearround. You haven't heard anything because it takes like 200+ hours to make a single bait in LJ unless you win the lottery. SD bay halibut use mackerel and fish insanely fast currents. Faster the current = bigger hali's. And I seriously mean FAST!