>>940750>Targeting yellowtail tonight.>surf fishingAre you guy that made the other baja posts? I'm the guy that responded about spots in that thread.
Are you on the pacific side or the cortez side?
The main baitfish in baja is the sardina. find a bait that mimics the sardina. look for the local pangeros and buy a few baits from them. then try to match your lure selection to the baits you just bought. match the size and color, they both vary throughout the year. right now my guess is olive backs/brown backs, silver white belly.
I use a variety of soft swimbaits, krocs, deadly dicks, pencil poppers, needlefish, loud swimmers, cast-a-bubble and fly, badonkadonks, plastic grubs, soft jerkbaits, hard jerkbaits, bucktails, skip baits and waxwings in the surf in baja. those are my goto baits there.
I highly doubt you will catch a yellowtail
(jurel - seriola lalandi dorsalis) from the surf. try deeper water pinnacles & rises. yoyo, dropper loop baits and vertical jig them this time of the year. (from a panga)
sierra will eat most things shiny and moving fast. as will jacks, bonito, snappers, needlefish and ladyfish. Fish a heavy leader they arent shy.
roosterfish will eat poppers no problem.
toss lures over rocky points and boulder fields cabrilla will smash your lures. button your drag and try to haul them in before they cut you off in the rocks. they are really fun to catch and eat. also always look for structure. buy a pound of market shrimp and use for bait and tipping lures.
what side are you on? what area are you at in bc? fish the golden hours. have fun bro!
I'll be down there for the month in march
