TOP 5 WAYS TO CATCH YELLOWTAIL! (Terminal Tackle & Gear Break Down) 

In this video I break down my top 5 favorite ways to fish for yellowtail here in Southern California. Fly line, Yoyo/Heavy iron, Butterfly & Vertical jigs, Stick baits, and Surface irons! If you found this video helpful and have any other recommendations on videos for me to cover in the future, please let me know in the comments below! Thanks for watching! Please Subscribe and Like the Video! Follow me on Instagram: @RaySharifi instagram.com/raysharifi?igshid=k9y8mop58kc0

Trying the yellow tail bite ony my kayak but this will work. Soooooo helpful and clear with the equipment and styles of fishing thanks!

This is a great video for myself who is new to this style of fishing!

Great tips Ray!

Totally way to go setup can't wait for this season to get started officially I'll start mine after Fred hall show stoked to get back

I’ve learned so much from you, thanks man 🤙

Hey man great vid, learning alot from you. If i could have two must have setups for taking with me on yellowtail trips what do you think they would be? Im thinking a live bait combo and a surface iron combo? Thanks again bro, love the vids.

Information is gold thank you so much!

Can talk about what lines you spoil with and why backing line is used ? I love your videos keep em coming 👍🏽

That about cover's it !! Thank you brother !! I'll be ready for them next time.!

Can’t wait till you upload vids on the boat!

Always great information

DH -- this is your best video to date. Great info & advice. I am East Coast from Montauk, Long Island, but hope someday to fish your side of the continent. Suggestion: please get some hats / T-shirts / and Dirty Hooker LOGO rods on your Home Page. You would sell-out and keep your subscribers happy. You must know local rod builders that will gladly build and supply you with custom LOGO rods. Start with 1 stick 20 - 40 lbs. surface iron 8' 6" w/ best quality components. Set your price reasonable, enough to cover costs, and make enough profit so that you can expand and grow.

Nice to finally meet you at the show yesterday!

I agree surface iron fishing for yellow tell about as much fun as you can have fishing most of the time that's all I'll do when there's yellowtail around older guy been doing this a long time meant was my go-to color for so many years the last few years it changed for me scrambled eggs all the way

GREAT breakdown explanation !!! Thanks,,, Tight Lines.....

Bro,.... great vid. All the info I needed. Fisherman ,..... good fisherman always learn from others! God bless, kill fish!!🎣🎣🎣🎣

Thanks for the explanation… I love coming over to SD to fish, and it gets pretty confusing for an AZ desert dweller to understand all the differences in irons. Just got an Axis 909HJ/Saltist 35H combo..put straight 50 mono to start…but really psyched to try irons this year

Hi Ray ; Man I was really looking forward to going to the Fred hall show in Long Beach for the first time this year and when they cancelled I was bummed , hopefully the San Diego show will happen . I was wondering where the best place is to buy the Zman or MC swim baits and what kinda of heads do you prefer for the swim baits and what set do you like to use for them? Thanks again keep making those videos 👍

Nice!!! Hoping you come out with a similar video for BFT/YFT

Great info. Don’t forget swimbaits and HUB’s 👍

Nice vid! Any tips on halibut and White Sea bass fishing at Catalina?

Hi first off thank you for the great videos I really enjoy watching them but I have a quick question do you think that the Trinidad 20A is a good reel for throwing surface iron at 50-80lb bluefin tuna.

Thank you for your time with the video. May I ask what model Saltist that was for the surface iron setup? I’ve been searching for a used setup for surface irons and what not. And what would be your main reason for not using a 400 size baitcaster vs. the Saltist? I’m new and always learning. Appreciate your time. 🎣🤙🏼

This content gold bro

Dude!! Where were you fishing on the intro? sick boil at the bow 🤯 cool content 🤙🏼

super helpful, thanks 🤙

Thank you for the tutorial

Really cool tips and video - I have most of the rigs you discussed - I love the Lexa-400 with an Okuma 8’0 rod to throw some of finesse baits - have you tried some of the soft baits that have come out? I have some and looking forward to trying them when I am at Cedros Island this summer as well as offshore and at the islands. Thanks for making the video.

What baitcaster reel do you use for jigging? You mentioned you like it like a heavy bass set up. What size line do you use on that reel and what’s the weight rated for max drag? I only have one rod/reel for tuna for mainly fly line but would like one for jigging/yogi as well

Hi Ray, I was hoping to get some advice from you but I am deciding to either buy a torium 16 or a saltist 35 and I was wondering which reel you would recommend out of the two if you had to choose 1. Thank you!

What set up do you recommend for catching yellowtail for the pier or surf. I fish at Redondo beach pier, Ive caught mackerel, leopard shark, banjo shark and round stingrays. I’ve been using sabiki rigs and double dropper loop been also trying to get halibut with the double dropper but no success.

Sick video dude! You sorta skipped over fishing a dropper loop but a) that’s not people’s preferred way to catch yellows and b) you could probably just use the heavy setup 🤙🏽

Ray have you done any knot tying videos ?

What are your thoughts on the Phenix 809 20 - 50lb for a casting rod? Mainly for surface irons and jigs

I'm Eastcoast intrigued on Westcoast fishery. Still haven't figured flying 8'-10' rod in air, recommend a 2-3 day charter, coming into San deigo in May 23, I hv access to private boats but don't know where to fish, advise please (seeking halibut, calico, sheepshead, lingcod, yellowtail) this is my 1st trip west. Sounds like 3 setups. Now to work on casting komodo 471a 100' and

Great video

Nice info, thanks. What's your favorite knot to tie ?

Great vid

I see people using a big spin casting set up? What do you think about a spin cast? Thanks again for your great advice...

This cat really knows his stuff!

Do you use flourcarbon leader when throwing jigs or coltsnipers or flatfall

Great vid. New sub

Let's go west coast California fishing 🎣 I love that fish hub T-shirt

Hi Ray : First let me say love your videos , I caught my first bluefin last season out of Newport (Dave’s locker) it was 65lb on a 2 piece rod and a penn spinning reel yea I was shocked too LOL , but know I am hooked buddy and watching your videos I am getting set to do a week long trip in calif starting in San Diego working my way down the coast Long Beach , San Pedro , balboa etc. So I had a 7ft 30-60 custom rod built and also a 8 ft 20-50 I was gonna use my penn fathom 30 on the 7ft and I have a lexa 400 Winn for my 8ft what do you think about the penn on that size rod ? I also geared up over this past weekend with all the surface iron jigs ( all the popular colors ) mint white , scramble egg , dorado , wounded warrior etc . I have shimano tekota 600 I was gonna use in my bottom rod paired up with a 15-30 shimano blue water Tallus. Everything I have is all brand new any suggestions would be awesome my only though is that my penn fathom 30 wouldn’t be fast enough for jigs? Also what do you film your videos with a go pro ? Thanks ray for any help

Are you yo jigs great for Pier fishing 🎣 and halibut fish I just bought 2 TADY 9 surface IRON jigs are they good for Pier fishing 🎣

I noticed you didn't show or bring up any spinning rigs, maybe you can share your opinion on why they aren't popular

Nice work. Where can we source the casting Irons you showed please? Cheers from down under!

Speed jigging in Sea of Cortez is pretty effective

Is Izorline platinum good for tuna and yellowtail on a top shot. Ik that the xxx is used by a lot of people but if I have izorline platinum is that ok too

What lever reels do you suggest?

Do we ever use 8'-9' spinners for long range

Any recommendations on budget surface jigs rods ?

Do you have a link for the rods you use and model numbers ???

For Tuna in the East I have begun to love spinning reels for jigging. Something about the way I have brute power over very radical cadences (vertical). I do love my baitcasting as well, limited to Lexa300 bottom fishing rig.

Is there going to be a Fred Hall? Everyone seems to be signing up for Costa Mesa instead

Do you prefer J hooks over circle hooks?

Bro that was a sick ass boil!! 😢 I shoulda been there 🤣

Would using a 15-40lb bass stick and surface iron rod still be good to use for the techniques mentioned? I currently own the California rods rated 15-40

What happened to the SCT inshore 8'6? Looking to sell that rod? Tat was a great vidankseo! Th

Am I wrong for attempting to use a spinning rod combo to go after yellow tail?

you should try to catch a yellow on a a Sturgeon rated centerpin set up

Question whatta you mean fly line ? Where I lose you.. is that basically fluorocarbon.. in 30 lb test .. and how many yrds roughly ..

How do you know the difference between yo-yo and surface? They look the same

have you had any experience whit the kicker 25 light by chance ? I've heard they swim really good

Would a 100-120g colt sniper be good?

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So no spinning reels?

don't forget the ice fishing set up!😂

why 40-50lb mono? any reason nothing lighter? 30?

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while this is very good advice, but I would say take what one can afford and go fishing :)

Thanks for the information, keep up the awesome videos, eagle8994 from el paso, tx.

If you really don’t know what you’re doing this all sounded like a foreign language 😂

Just as others have mentioned, it does need a dab of oil before you use it ru-vid.comUgkxSlytCJqozTF7EbdP4LWP-HUXf9WRDJ0e - put a few drops in through the convenient screw cap and you are good to go! I have fished several weeks with a couple of these, and I will be getting more in the future. I put these against my Abu Garcia Pro Max reel, and they actually perform a bit better than the Abu with some of my lighter cranks, and definitely just as good with the rest of my lures. My Abu is a bit more low profile and fits my hand better, but these are definitely not bad at all. You can almost get 3 of these for the price of my Pro Max. My only complaint is the thumb bar sits pretty high compared to my traditional profile Abu. Bring that thumb bar down a little and I’m sold on these all day long.