We were in search of the "premium" grade of yellowtail today. Most of the fish came on the bait and for some reason the surface iron was a tough play today, even though at times we had good sign of splashing/crashing yellowtail all around the boat. In between the yellowtail spots we hit some calico rocks that produced fish, up to six pounds, on almost every cast for the folks. 
Today was spent at an island in beautiful weather catching yellowtail. The fish ranged in size from 15 to 25 pounds and again like the last trip here they wanted the baits on the slider rig or the dropper loops fished around the 40 to 60 foot level. At times the yellows made a surface showing, splashed around the boat and succumbed to the surface iron of which the 7X Python(pictured today, since we had so an influx of questions pertaining to this "new" color, I don't think its new to Salas, but its new to us) was again a top producer. 
We spent our last half day in the albacore grounds. It looks like things are finally shaping up off-shore, the water temps are in the mid sixties, and believe me, there are plenty of fish to be had. Tremendous sign of albacore and bluefin, we just needed the conditions to straighten out and now they are. The weather is beautiful and I would like to thank the guys up at Pacific Extreme Sports in Sacramento for putting together such an outstanding group of anglers. 
The weather is flat calm, but that didn't help our albacore count as we made our way south.
