Got my 50

[rossman]

I moved to Bahia Asuncion almost 5 years ago now and one of the boxes I wanted to check was 50 pound yellowtail. After just 23 days of living here I hooked and landed a 48 pounder on my kayak and thought "well this is going to be easy". Unfortunately I haven't been able to put another one of that size or bigger on the deck until today. In about 125 ft of water I drifted across a big ball of bait at mid column with a couple of big arches on top of it. Dropped a jig and hooked up at 30 ft and then watched 60 or 70 yards of braid melt off my reel in a real hurry. Long fight but I was able to get a gaff into him. Taped out at 52 pounds on the boat. Pegged my 50 lb spring scale and registered 50.9 on the digital.

 

[Depresfish]

Wow look at the head that's a real one

 

[Yella1]

Wow look at the head

I was thinking the same thing...BIG HEAD!!

 

[GaffnLaff]

Big Jurel, very nice catch!

 

[dctrjayyy]

 

[maurice escobedo]

Very nice fish. Congratulations

 

[grahams98]

That is a pig. Congratulations!

 

[irob2]

Slugo

 

[Bullshipper]

Out of a kayack? You're a stud, and so is your catch. WTG

 

[Lboddy]

It’s nice to fulfill a dream. Congratulations. What’s next?

 

[Rufo]

Congrats on checking off that box, not many people do. That’s an awesome fish!!

What formula did you use to tape it out. It seems very accurate and usually when I use the GxGxL/800 for yellowtail it isn’t.

 

[Captain Juan SQ]

fishlishidades rossman.

 

[mslick]

I moved to Bahia Asuncion almost 5 years ago now and one of the boxes I wanted to check was 50 pound yellowtail. After just 23 days of living here I hooked and landed a 48 pounder on my kayak and thought "well this is going to be easy". Unfortunately I haven't been able to put another one of that size or bigger on the deck until today. In about 125 ft of water I drifted across a big ball of bait at mid column with a couple of big arches on top of it. Dropped a jig and hooked up at 30 ft and then watched 60 or 70 yards of braid melt off my reel in a real hurry. Long fight but I was able to get a gaff into him. Taped out at 52 pounds on the boat. Pegged my 50 lb spring scale and registered 50.9 on the digital.

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Nice hog you got there!

 

[spearman]

Nice work.....!!! Stoked for you

 

[rossman]

Congrats on checking off that box, not many people do. That’s an awesome fish!!

What formula did you use to tape it out. It seems very accurate and usually when I use the GxGxL/800 for yellowtail it isn’t.

That's the one I use. I find it accurate within 5% if the measurements are accurate. Length on a yt should be made with mouth closed to the fork in the tail, not the total length. The girth measurement I use on a YT does not include the bottom fins, so in actuality it is not the spot with the biggest girth.

 

[DC61]

Congratulations on checking off your bucket list. Nice fish!

 

[cortezpirasea]

I needed that... Thanks!

 

[FAT CAT]

That's a moss-back for sure! WTG.

 

[Buttchaser]

Congrats Ross

 

[Baja Bytes]

I moved to Bahia Asuncion almost 5 years ago now and one of the boxes I wanted to check was 50 pound yellowtail. After just 23 days of living here I hooked and landed a 48 pounder on my kayak and thought "well this is going to be easy". Unfortunately I haven't been able to put another one of that size or bigger on the deck until today. In about 125 ft of water I drifted across a big ball of bait at mid column with a couple of big arches on top of it. Dropped a jig and hooked up at 30 ft and then watched 60 or 70 yards of braid melt off my reel in a real hurry. Long fight but I was able to get a gaff into him. Taped out at 52 pounds on the boat. Pegged my 50 lb spring scale and registered 50.9 on the digital.

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Ross It was worth the wait...Congratulations

 

[vandy]

Killer fish.
The only thing better would be if you were using your kayak...you still got more to go for.

 

[Spear or rod]

Looks like that beast is still giving you the WTF hairy eyeball. Congrats

 

[Rufo]

QUOTE="rossman, post: 4967959, member: 2325"]That's the one I use. I find it accurate within 5% if the measurements are accurate. Length on a yt should be made with mouth closed to the fork in the tail, not the total length. The girth measurement I use on a YT does not include the bottom fins, so in actuality it is not the spot with the biggest girth.[/QUOTE]


Ok cool, please post pics of the 60 when you get it

 

[Lucy Lu]

Way to go Ross haven't seen a Jurel like that in Los Barriles in long time

 

[AndyJ]

Wow. Beautiful yellowtail. Ceviche for days!