Both kelp and sargassum are brown algae so maybe they are just calling the kelp sargasso? Read about how the Sea of Cortez was over shrimped and overfished commercially. 9 pounds of sea life destroyed for every pound of shrimp harvested. Unfortunate.
Ginger M. Allen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DonO Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Baja...concern, bait, shell You may be right, but this stuff looks sort of like a Sargasso weed (Sargasso Sea), but it is in the Sea of Cortez and they call it 'Sargasso'. It floats in rafts and drifts with the curents. 90lbs is big for a white marlin. Good going. No kind of sport fishing is 'good' for the fish. (Kill-'n-eat is even more harmful.) Best you can do is the least amount of harm, or take underwater photos. :o) I'll have 6 dozen oysters on the half-shell, chilled, with coctail sauce, please. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: David Murphy To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: [VFB] Baja...concern, bait, shell DonO, Hold on inventer of the fly! Sargasso is Atlantic-side and you were Pacific. ;-))) I used to do quite of bit of bill fishing ect in the deep-blue. Caught a white marlin over 90lbs between St. Thomas and St. Johns some years back, tagged it, and got a mention in the IFFA report. Seems somebody caught the same fish of the coast of Africa. What scares me is the ballyhoo or bait fishing that seems to kill a lot of prime billfish (nothing like a sailfish with its gut turned inside out to get you out of bait fishing), pollution that is destroying the coral, and long-lining which takes turtles and fish not meant to be caught. Babble.... Anyway, it is evident that flyfishing is the only way to fish for fun while those who fish with bait are okay by me if they are eating the fish. Thoughts? BTW, there is a huge discussion on menhadden limits and oysters in the Chesapeake Bay right now. Menh are the food of gamefish (blues & stripers) here and oysters filter the water. Anyone want to discuss? Murf [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member: www.virtualflybox.com From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [VFB] Baja Report Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:48:40 -0600 We had a great time in Baja this year. The fishing was 'off', and towards the end of the dorado season, but we still got into a school of smaller ones, in the 3lb to 10lb class- great fun on 9wt. or less. It was fast and furious top-water flycasting, and awesome-hair sardines were the ticket. A combination strip and drag was the only way to entice a strike, The water chopped up for a couple of days, which was hard on my back, but otherwise the weather and seas cooperated. Just too few fish (although we did catch the 25 or so small ones BTB, and the tuna). Also, we couldn't find any Sargasso-weed, a favorite haunt of dorado. My favorite method is casting poppers along the edges of the Sargasso rafts. One of the reasons a local American gave us for the 'poor' fishing is that the Pacific water was warmer this year than the Sea of Cortez water, so the fish didn't come in to the gulf in anywhere near the numbers as previous years. With MSN Spaces email straight to your blog. Upload jokes, photos and more. It's free!
