Yellowtail catch in Lobos

My sources tell me the Yellowtail catch and action has been great in Lobos. Time to head down!

dirtsurfer said:

My sources tell me the Yellowtail catch and action has been great in Lobos. Time to head down!

And who might that be.Leigh

I was told by my demo contractor. A guy named Tom said he caught a lot of yellowtail last week in Lobos, gave my demo guy some and now I hope to go over for dinner.

dirtsurfer said:

I was told by my demo contractor. A guy named Tom said he caught a lot of yellowtail last week in Lobos, gave my demo guy some and now I hope to go over for dinner.

Pretty sure Tom is the one that you contact for a fishing charter out of Lobos.

Ah Ha! Now we are getting somewhere. I will track him down. 20 years ago there was a guy named Rocky who lived in Lobos and took people fishing.

Rocky died quite a while ago. Tom is the one to talk to [U]fishlobos@msn.com[/U], Leigh

Tom (if I'm not mistaken) has an older Baja Bayrunner. It's a 23 ft. aluminum center console. I used to own one exactly like it and fished it for several years. Tom's "boneyard" in the backyard is also quite interesting.

Stuart said:

Tom (if I'm not mistaken) has an older Baja Bayrunner. It's a 23 ft. aluminum center console. I used to own one exactly like it and fished it for several years. Tom's "boneyard" in the backyard is also quite interesting.

You can Google Puerto Lobos Fishing and that will be Tom Alber's web page,Leigh

We fished Lobos the weekend of Jan 3-5 and caught a few small firecracker yellows, a ton of gold spots, and enough bonito to have a full day of light tackle fun.

Shawno, Ryan and their wives were also down there and they also landed some yellows, and a decent 40 pound gulf grouper and a couple sardineros...

I'm going to try and pull another trip together the next time my work schedule lines up with the weather forecast - the yellows should only get bigger between now and April.

dirtsurfer said:

My sources tell me the Yellowtail catch and action has been great in Lobos. Time to head down!

My friends Matt and Attila went out with Tom last weekend...they kept 40 yellow tails among the 6 of them

cool

jerry said:

My friends Matt and Attila went out with Tom last weekend...they kept 40 yellow tails among the 6 of them

J: I gotta believe we are talking about the same catch, through a round a bout coincidence.

dirtsurfer said:

J: I gotta believe we are talking about the same catch, through a round a bout coincidence.

For sure..they stayed at the Penthouse at Santo Tomas condo building and went down and fished with Tommy and a couple other guys...tommy is in landscape construction related trade in Phoenix.

I think Tom is pretty much out of that field . He is doing fishing charters mostly,Leigh

jerry said:

For sure..they stayed at the Penthouse at Santo Tomas condo building and went down and fished with Tommy and a couple other guys...tommy is in landscape construction related trade in Phoenix.

Jerry! What are your plans for February? Looks like middle Feb might work out for Lobos.

Well, I just scored some yellowtail fillets. Many thanks to all.

dirtsurfer said:

Well, I just scored some yellowtail fillets. Many thanks to all.

I had some of it the Thunder Brewery in Tucson Smoked for my friend...just great...they gilled them on Toms boat and kept them in the live well....it keeps cold water pumping through them and you don't get as much of a bloodline.....

Sounds fantastic. I always wanted to smoke fish. I am throwing some on the grill tonight.

I just spent two days with Tom at Puerto Lobos. Definitely for hard-core fishermen (and women). The house is, well, "rustic" with everyone sleeping on cots outside or inside if the weather is cold. I was lucky, he had a cancellation and I filled in the spot for two of the usual four days (more like 3.5 depending on conditions). Since I was her in PP I was able to dash down to Puerto Lobos on short notice. The man definitely knows his stuff. His web site has lots of information. http://www.mediabyjohn.com/lobos/ He feeds you decent food, bring your own beer for a gathering around the fire at the end of the fishing day and everyone scratching, belching and telling lies. All of those typical guy activities.

In two days the boat had 15 YTs ranging from a small one at 7 lbs. to the largest at 13 lbs. We had about 25 skipjacks, 30+ bass (spotted and barred), a handful of barracuda, and even an octopus.

Lobos is really quiet this month.....you can rent a beach apartment. that is real nice too.
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Shame none of the big boys seem to be around. You haven't tangled with a fish until you get a 25-30 lb. yellowtail on the other end of the line. Still, lots of good eating right there! The first time I met Tom was at night after fishing, in the bone yard out back with a blazing fire going. The bone yard is a spooky place at first!

Glad you got on 'em!

According to Tom the bigger YTs show up in May. The biggest one I caught was 7 lbs. and, as you say, quite the fighter although the fight was brief. We had some seals hanging out at a distance and for some reason, every time had a fish on the line they made a bee-line for us so I had to not only fight the fish but reel in like a madman and basically power the fish on board with none of the usual opportunity to tire them out at first.

I did have a hell of a fight with the one I have on in my right hand on this photo though:



You don't even notice the bone yard after the second or third beer!