Our trip to the Baja is a success. Dad caught two (delicious) local delicacies fishing out of Loreto.
… schools of yellowtail make their home exclusively in the Sea of Cortez. In winter, these fish are found in the southern areas from Mulege to La Paz. During summer, they move up to the cool waters of the Midriff Area.
In the spring and fall, yellowtail school up for migration, and it is then that the best catches are made….
Although yellowtail are now scarce in California -waters, there are still lots of them in Baja.
Most big yellowtail caught in the Cortez are found down in the reefs 100 to 250 feet deep. They are hooked either on live bait or on iron jigs yo-yoed near the bottom. …
He was jigging at about 220ft.
Rick McCharles 