California Yellowtail Game Quality

Game Quality

Typical sport catch is 10–25 lbs. Trophy "barn door" fish exceed 40 lbs. World record: 79 lbs 4 oz. A sleek, powerful fish with a distinctive yellow lateral stripe and forked yellow tail — one of the premier West Coast sport fish.

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Yellowtwail - UCSD

Has a blue body, yellow tail, and silver sides with a bronzy stripe along the lateral line. · Grows to 2.5 m in length and weighs up to 36.3 kg, with the largest ...

California angler shatters 34-year-old yellowtail world record

A California angler who landed a 36-pound, 10-ounce yellowtail in late July has been granted a women's line-class world record.

A few early-season yellowtail off the Coronados

Yellowtail are still there at the Coronados, but as is in most years, those early-season fish can come and go from one day to the next.