Short Baja Report

[Karen Crandall & Phil Marie-Rose]

Hurricane anyone?  Only lost one boat day to the big swirlie.  Bottom line 3 days in the boat: Skipjack: silly amount Bonita: "No way" "way!" "shut up!" "YOU shut up!" amount Dorado: 13 distributed in an almost perfect bell curve across the three days : 3, 9 (mostly rats, one 18 pounder), and 1.  The mate blew my one shot at a 30 plus pounder on day 3.  Nothing like lining up a perfect cast to a crossing fish and having the mate throw two handfulls of bait 3 feet BEHIND your fish...  Had to physically pry my thumb away from my palm to pick up a beer back at the resort on day 2. Roosters: Didn't count, from shore and boat probably 6, nothing double digit...  Okay, most were pretty much hand sized :-) Miscellaneous: lady fish, rainbow runner (my first!), pompano, small jacks, horse eye jack, pargo lost at the boat that opened up a 3/0 tiemco 800s!   Paid for:  4 nights in a single room, 4 days on a super panga (22 to 26 foot open skiff) Got: 4 nights in a suite (total waste), 1 day in a really not super panga, a 20 footer with a 4 foot beam the day after the huricane :-P, and 2 days as the only fisher in a 30 foot cruiser.  Ended up with a $170 dollar credit.  You better believe there are ALL kinds of stories to go along with how this happened!   In mexico, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but it's a positive adventure if you go with the flow of the trip... Had a blast...  Already trying to figure out how to get back :-)   Phil