Yellowtail Tackle Break Down! Cedros Island // Surface Irons, Yo-Yos, Swimbaits and More!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

In this video I break down all the tackle I use while fishing Cedros island! Surface irons, soft plastics, hard plastics, line sizes and more! Hope you all enjoy, and this helps out a few of you on a future yellowtail trip or a cedros trip!

[@stevenolivarria5713]

I have a surface iron that will go through the wind like nothing on 40 and 50lb mono. Ray's murder weapons are nice. The side winder is my favorite. Hit me up if you wanna try a sample of my surface irons. You won't regret it 😎

[@Dirty.Hookers]

I really like the MW viper after fishing it at cedros! Swims effortlessly And hell yeah brotha, always open to trying new surface irons! Are they CNC or casted? And how would I get a hold of some, you have Instagram?

[@sammypiraino8644]

that mackerel is badass!!!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Really appreciate that, thank you brotha! It got bit on the very first cast too! Here’s the link if you wanna see it in action kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGGTlWV6qJeja6M

[@notfounder285]

Thanks for making the video, I had asked a while back and glad you came through with it

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Thanks for the recommendation! If you ever have any other recommendations, please never hesitate to ask. Always open to suggestions

[@graysonwoolley4070]

Tackle videos are the bomb!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Hell yeah! I always love seeing what people have in their bag!

[@joshalberto4900]

I love tackle videos! You and @warbaits are probably my top 2-3 fishing channels!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Really appreciate that brotha thank you! Afran’s videos are definitely some of my favorites. I’ve learned a lot of spotty and calico fishing from watching his videos over the years! Really talks you through the bites he gets, love his channel

[@matthewhorowitz5650]

Very helpful vid ray!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Thank you brotha! Very much appreciated

[@Tony67032]

what rod-reel setups would you be taking?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

For cedros, I brought 2 jig sticks (a 10’ for run and gun, and a heavy 9’ for home guards and fishing around kelp) 1 calico set up, and 1 yoyo set up

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Phenix Axis 1009h - Saltist 35bg Seeker ph ulua 93h - Saltiga SD 35h Phenix M1 inshore 7’9” H - Lexa 400 hd Phenix Black Diamond 7’6” XH - Trinidad 20a

[@kaifishkiller]

Yeah, it was bomb fishing down there! Sorry my previous link broke, family member wasn't too happy my mind was still there.😀 My stuff is back though.

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Such incredible fishing! Can’t believe the things I saw this trip! Were you the one that said what’s up at the dock? If so, sorry I couldn’t stick in chat there were yellows to be caught lol

[@dannycarr8181]

What are the rod length restrictions? Can you bring 9 & 10 footers?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

We go with Cedros Sportfishing, and We all bring 9 and 10 foot rods. Not sure if there’s any restrictions with other outfits, but not for Cedros Sportfishing

[@michaelniemiec5235]

Swim baits for calicos definitely work - yo-yos worked best for the YT on my trip - but the best bait was the Shimano stickbait…. Hands down!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Yeah once that red crab came through on the island, yo-yos was definitely the ticket for sure! My buddy was doing pretty well on the nomad stick baits throughout the week

[@michaelniemiec5235]

The red crab was so cool …. Never seen anything like it… the primary good sources around the island are remarkable and I am pleased that the island does not let in the fleet from San Diego to fish those waters!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

@@michaelniemiec5235 hell yeah, it’s amazing how much better the fishery can be when an entire fleet of sport boats can’t get to it!

[@chadharley925]

I heard that if you finesse the live bait it helps

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Correct, Sometimes you really gotta finesse the baits to get those bites!

[@rolandl4875]

Good Luck! Hope you get that Hali!! I'd love to see a post-fishing video on what surface irons you and your Dad got bit with. Cheers!

[@Dirty.Hookers]

That’s a pretty good idea! I’ll try to make a follow up video after the series is all finished! Probably looking at about 7ish full length videos from all the footage from this trip!

[@dannycarr8181]

Did you fish the mono more than you did flouro? Traveling with multiple rods, do you pack your reels separately?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Yes, I do fish more mono that I do fluoro. I replace all of my mono wind on top shots, and fluoro leaders at the end of each day. We wrap all our rods up together, however your feel most comfortable to wrap them up for safety while traveling. And your reels get packed in with your luggage/tackle bag

[@dannycarr8181]

Appreciate the help buddy! 🤙🤙

[@Pirhett]

I’m sorry if I missed it in other vids, but what backpack is this?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

This is the turners tackle backpack. It’s quite a few years old, there might be a newer model out now

[@pumasisneros1]

Yo, headed to Cedros in two weeks. What tackle bag is that?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Turners tackle backpack. The one I’m thinking about getting soon is the Shimano Blackmon Front Load backpack. Front Load specifically, the top load looks like it can be annoying to pack things away and pull tackle out

[@pumasisneros1]

@@Dirty.Hookers I got the Daiwa one . Did you make the side jig holders custom ?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

@@pumasisneros1 I did not, they came with the bag

[@matui6983]

Have you ever used/tried the largest Slug-go soft plastics for Yellowtail? Here in NZ they work so so well. Largest Yellowtail Kingfish (Kingie) Ive seen on a Slug-go went 75lbs. White and Pink are top performing colurs.

[@Dirty.Hookers]

I haven’t tried that, but I have seen a lot of videos out there with people using slugs and other types of soft plastics. California we mainly use surface irons, heavy irons, and big jerkbaits. Over the last 2 years, SoCal has just barely started playing with vertical jigs and stick baits lol. We’re quite a bit behind on the fishery haha

[@SQ_og]

What backpack is this?

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Turners Tackle Backpack, very old model though. Not sure if there’s newer upgrades to newer models

[@BananaAfterlife]

How many swimbaits have you made? The first video you had with them the action was crazy. If that was your first ever one that's seriously impressive

[@Dirty.Hookers]

Lol yeah that was my first ever 3 piece I’ve made so far! Thank you I really appreciate that. Been into lure making for a long time, but just barely this past year I started playing with swimbaits. I’ve made 2 trout swimbaits so far, and that 1 mackerel

[@noahryan8211]

Sweat vid

[@Dirty.Hookers]

@@noahryan8211 thanks brotha