12-25-2003, 02:09 AM
well... you can "flyline" a bait. thats when you just use a hook tied directly to the mainline without any weight. or if the fish are down deeper, you can put a 1/4, 3/8, 1/2oz. sliding sinker. you could use squid, anchovie, sardine, or mackerel for bait.
you can also use a rig called a "dropper-loop". this is when you tie a loop on the mainlie and add a torpedo sinker. this type of weight looks like an elongated football with one ring on each side. and one the tag-end of that knot, you tie a hook. you use the same bait listed above.
the last type of bait is a jig. there is a picture of one attached. with these, you cast out, with 30# line minimum, let it sink a little bit, and wind in really slow, or really fast. just so that the jig is "kicking".
another method of using one of these jigs is called "yo-yo".
for this method, you use a heavier jig, 5oz. or more, and you let it sink near the bottom. when it gets there, you get your line tight, and you lift your rod tip so that the jig comes up in the water, and then you drop your rod tip. when the line becomes tight again, lift your rod tip again. and this method contiues until you get hooked up on a fish, or you can wind up as fast as you can about 40 feet, and drop it back down again and repeat the process.
i dont like "yo-yo" fishing. thats work! all of these methods are not only used to catch yellowtail. all the fish in the sea like the bait presented this way.
hope this helps.
joe
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you can also use a rig called a "dropper-loop". this is when you tie a loop on the mainlie and add a torpedo sinker. this type of weight looks like an elongated football with one ring on each side. and one the tag-end of that knot, you tie a hook. you use the same bait listed above.
the last type of bait is a jig. there is a picture of one attached. with these, you cast out, with 30# line minimum, let it sink a little bit, and wind in really slow, or really fast. just so that the jig is "kicking".
another method of using one of these jigs is called "yo-yo".
for this method, you use a heavier jig, 5oz. or more, and you let it sink near the bottom. when it gets there, you get your line tight, and you lift your rod tip so that the jig comes up in the water, and then you drop your rod tip. when the line becomes tight again, lift your rod tip again. and this method contiues until you get hooked up on a fish, or you can wind up as fast as you can about 40 feet, and drop it back down again and repeat the process.
i dont like "yo-yo" fishing. thats work! all of these methods are not only used to catch yellowtail. all the fish in the sea like the bait presented this way.
hope this helps.
joe
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