Massive yellowtail caught close to shore generates buzz on the water

Anglers are reeling with joy as massive yellowtails showed up just a few miles off the Orange County coast recently, a rare sight close to shore.

Captain Steve Locken, of RockenReel Sportfishing, said large groups of 40-pound yellowtail were seen last Monday and Tuesday three miles in front of the Dana Point Harbor in water just 220 feet deep.

“Never seen this in all my decades of local fishing,” Locken said…

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