I would buy the Predator in a hot second... if I had the cash. The only things I have to trade are a jackson cuda 14, and my left nut. 

Curious if that'd hold up in the salt?

Well, I have first-hand experience with this situation.  I was preparing for an upcoming fly fishing trip to Baja and wanted to see how some of the experimental bait fish patterns I'd tied moved in the water.  I found a quiet corner at a nearby marina -- basically a shallow mud flat about 8 inches deep.  I had maybe 10 feet of line out and was just dragging my flies out in front of me to see the swimming action.  I'd try one, clip it off and tie on another.  I was into my 5th or 6th fly when two DFG officers walked up and asked how the fishing was... I showed them what I was doing, showed them the flies I'd already tried (still with trimmed bits of leader attached), but they didn't care to hear it. They just repeated "A line in the water equals fishing."  This was in January and I hadn't bought a license for that year yet (I have purchased them every year for the last 25+ years).  They wrote me a citation for "fishing" without a license.  I forget the exact fine amount but it was $400 plus dollars.  I challenged it at the courthouse and got it reduced to $200 something dollars.

That was a painful lesson to learn.  I respect the DFG folks, they don't have an easy job to do with limited resources.  That said, it seemed to me they had boots on the ground and could clearly see my intent wasn't to catch or even temp fish. I would think in some situations they might be inclined to use their judgement and consider the situation in front of them.  But that is apparently not part of their obligation.

Headed to the East Cape tomorrow for a week and will be doing a good amount of fishing from a yak.  Thinking it'd be worthwhile to bring my vhf on the trip, to be used just in case of emergency.  Wondered if others have done this?

I ended up going through Discover Baja Travel http://www.discoverbaja.com/  and so far they seem very helpful. I'm flying down this Saturday so needed a way to take care of it quickly.  They have a non-member fee that adds about $5 to the price, but going through them allowed me to use my credit card rather than mail a money order to Mex tourist office in San Diego.  They then emailed me a copy of the license and sent the hard copy priority mail.  Fingers crossed it all works out...  I think I could buy one at the Palmas Hotel in Barriles, but wasn't able to confirm that.


I'll be fly fishing both from shore and yak. Will post a report when I get back.

JW

Looking for a travel (2 or 3 piece) H sling to take on an upcoming trip.  If anyone has one lying around collecting dust, I can give it a good home... Thanks.

jw

No need to let the water run while you wash... Just took a shower (first since Friday!), and turned the shower water off while I "soaped-up". Then turned it back on to rinse. Total shower/water time was 2:36.