Local yellowtail

[coralsea]

Water temperature now 57-59F and the fish is still in our waters.
Local fishermen have good catches today.

[scrinch]

Surprising that they're still around in waters that cool. I'm guessing that you caught Seriola lalandi, which is slightly different from the California yellowtail Seriola dorsalis. That may account for its presence in cooler waters.

[Cor]

Seriola Lalandi which we have in Cape Town are extremely adaptable fish and occur in many oceans of the world.  Although they  move on if/when the water get colder and go off the bite, they seem to adapt or acclimatise and at some places not more then 50 miles away they are caught in water as cool as 56 degr F.   I have caught them in a temperature range of 56 -  73 degr F and here they seem to be happy in 61 degrees F.

I have always believed that they are effected more by sudden temperature changes then by actual ambient temperature.

[coralsea]

We have BURI and HIRAMASA-japanise names.

[scrinch]

Okay, well according to Wikipedia, those names translate to the Japanese yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata. 

[coralsea]

Yes-)