Yellowtail Snapper

Mesh chum bag for slow-drip frozen chum over reef structure.

Yellowtail fishing is a chumming game — no chum, no fish.

Ultra-light leader for free-lining baits in the chum slick.

Yellowtail are notoriously line-shy in clear Keys water — 15lb or lighter.

Light-wire live bait hook for small pilchards and cut squid in the slick.

Heavy hooks sink the bait too fast — light wire stays in the slick longer.

Frozen ground chum block — the Keys standard for pulling yellowtail up from the reef.

Yellowtail follow the slick; the longer it drifts, the more fish appear.