Their fin color can be a dark yellow brown to a brilliant canary yellow color. These fish can have firm white filets of delectable quality. They can also assume a strong iodine taste. Apparently this taste is most prevalent in the middle of their spawn. Sometimes it s so strong you can detect the smell as you remove the hook from the fresh caught fish.
Yellowfins are prime targets for many pier fishermen and surf fishermen.
They hit the bait very hard and fight with reckless abandon. This is especially true when artificials are used. Halibut anglers using live anchovies for bait, catch many incidental yellowfin. The California State record is 2.1 pounds. If the surf is where you wish to fish the yellowfin then remember that it takes long casts to reach them.