Yellowtail snapper are a fan favorite fish, but most people think of the Florida Keys or the east coast for where to catch ...

671 anglers aboard 34 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 66 yellowtail, 23 calico bass, 83 sand bass, 281 rockfish, 153 sanddab, 5 rubberlip seaperch, 20 halfmoon, 2 lingcod, 4 ...

Yellowtail from the rocks at ... 286 calico bass, 434 dorado, 4 halibut, 8 lobster (6 released), 40 perch, 1 petrale sole, 15 rock crab, 934 rockfish, 268 sand bass ... Most of those fish, ...

As of November 15, the commercial and recreational harvest of lane snapper will close and won't reopen until Jan. 1.

But one fish not included under the umbrella of yellowtail is yellowfin tuna. Despite the similarity in names, flavors, and uses, yellowtail and yellowfin are completely different fish.

Appropriately named, yellowtail are most easily identified by their bright yellow caudal fins. The streamlined body has three primary colors: purple/blue on the back, sliver belly, and a gold ...

He was surprised when he spotted the distinctively forked caudal fins and moss-hued back of the yellowtail. "I just fish because I love it, not because I'm after records," said Lambert, 40.