You know, if you hold the fish out towards the camera they look bigger.
Yes, this is a yellowtail; there was a swarm of them under a weed paddy. Dorado too; the dorado were a little bigger. I also caught a bird with my fly
rod, guess it liked feathers.
BMG - 6-8-2008 at 04:12 PM
How long did it take you to land it?longlegsinlapaz - 6-8-2008 at 04:23 PM
Don, that little sardine musta put up one hell of a fight....from the look of the blood on your hands! Was it even a legal keeper?Cypress - 6-8-2008 at 04:58 PM
Is there a minimum size for yellowtail?Sharksbaja - 6-8-2008 at 05:59 PM
Swarm? Cmon Don!ELINVESTIG8R - 6-8-2008 at 06:01 PM
That there is a trophy fish.Ken Bondy - 6-8-2008 at 06:39 PM
Don
This is the smallest little jurelito I have ever seen: woody with a view - 6-8-2008 at 07:02 PM
how old could that little guy be?Ken Bondy - 6-8-2008 at 07:28 PM
woody, I have no idea what their growth rate is, I would imagine someone here does.
++Ken++acadist - 6-8-2008 at 07:43 PM
Looks like it lives in CO
Yellowtail growth rate
Skipjack Joe - 6-8-2008 at 08:43 PM
Fork tail length is from nose to the fork of the tail.
Speaking of small Yellowtail
DianaT - 6-8-2008 at 10:00 PM
Don, Love that little minnow.
Unless it is a trout, I am terrible at fish identification, but these little yellow tail got my attention.
I never thought about it when I took this picture
But when I played with the photo, I noticed that the poor fish has a yellow tail
Again, zeroed in and looks yellow
Is it a real baby yellowtail or another fish?
DianeCapt. George - 6-9-2008 at 04:45 AM
Diane
great photos. the fish looks like a lisa (mullet)...
hope to see you in July...go for MRI this AMwoody with a view - 6-9-2008 at 04:46 AM
the fork isn't deep enough for a yellertail.Ken Bondy - 6-9-2008 at 06:14 AM
Igor you are a fountain of information. The horizontal axis is labeled "Age Groups" and shows Roman numerals from I to XII. Are those years? Thanks
for posting this, ++Ken++Don Alley - 6-9-2008 at 07:32 AM
Many fish have yellow tails...what struck me about this little guy, and identified him as a yellowtail, was the markings through his eye, which were
more distinct than show in the picture.
This fish was one of a school hanging tight under the paddy. Toss a jig near the paddy and they would aggressively dart out to it. This guy managed to
hook himself on a Megabait jig.
The dorado were swimming around the paddy, eagerly chasing down our chummed sardinias yet showed no interest in eating the young yellowtail.Skipjack Joe - 6-9-2008 at 08:33 AM
Thanks Ken. Yes, the x axis is years. The aging process was done with ring counts on scales.
It struck me later that growth should depend on food availability and water temperature. That graph was measured on southern california fish. The
populations in the sea of cortez or those in new zealand may be different.
The other thought I had was that I had read somewhere years ago that fish growth rates are linear. That is the length (or was it weight) will continue
to increase linearly regardless of age as long as food remains the same. Different than most verterbrates like us. Well, I suppose my waistline has
been increasing linearly. But anyway, the curve shows clearly that's not the case with yellow. They reach half of their maximum size the first year it
appears.Ken Bondy - 6-9-2008 at 09:49 AM
Thanks Igor. Your age/weight gain chart got me thinking. I have way too much time on my hands,
Skipjack Joe - 6-9-2008 at 09:56 AM
I like this side of you.Barry A. - 6-9-2008 at 09:56 AM
Ken-------------Sooooooo true!!!!! DianaT - 6-9-2008 at 09:56 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Thanks Igor. Your age/weight gain chart got me thinking. I have way too much time on my hands,
Love thatCapt. George - 6-9-2008 at 11:39 AM
don yes yours is a yellowtail
the one in the talons of the Osprey on Dianes post is a lisa (mullet)
Firecracker
Skipjack Joe - 6-10-2008 at 02:28 PM
Even the small ones fight well. This one wrapped my son's rod around the aluminum hull. Off Haystack in December of 2002, I believe.
Martyman - 6-10-2008 at 02:39 PM
There's a happy kid! Yeah!
Can anyone identify the yellow thingy being carried away in this video?
Was it even a legal keeper?
