La Paz April 17-24

Skipjacks and Bonito.  There were so many of these that we literally got sick of them.  Any time we'd move in the big boat, we'd drop back some feathers, rapalas, and cedar plugs.  We always got skipjack tuna, singles, doubles, triples, and quads.  It got so bad that on the final run back to port, no one wanted to pick up the rod when we had a double header go off.  It was then, and only then, did we pull the lines from the water.  We had them bust out of the blue and steal baits that were casted at dorado.  And one morning we even had a top water skipjack bite.  The skippies were herding squid to the surface and we stopped to try to net some up.  We couldn't resist.  Two of us grabbed our top water rods and got bit within 2 chugs on the surface.  What a blast that was!!!

BTW, skipjack makes great Hawaiian Poke.  Boogie-D was all over making that almost every day.

-Allen

wow, how amazing! id love to to that trip, never experienced fishing like that!

wow, how amazing! id love to to that trip, never experienced fishing like that!

Here's one just for you porky.  See the logo on the shirt?

-Allen

And let me give Bushy some airtime with this before/after sequence.

-Allen

Allen, What a beautiful fish man... Ive got so used to ugly fish! What a trip, I know what i need to save for!

Cant make out the logo, whats it say..?

Allen, What a beautiful fish man... Ive got so used to ugly fish! What a trip, I know what i need to save for!

Cant make out the logo, whats it say..?

It's a FOX logo.  Sorry it's blurry.   

-Allen

HA! Nice man!! I almost thought so, thats a old school logo!

What size hat you wear, I owe ya one or two! Love my gear man!

im a little bit jealous... 

COngrats on all the fish

Mike

That trip looks like pure&plain FUN!  You two, three,(four?) sure do live it up. Thanks for clickin as you played...... I fill likei DID miss out on something good. (kicking self in head&ass)

You two, three,(four?) sure do live it up.

There were 4 of us on this trip.  Danny V (aka msgdan) from  New Jersey (he went to Montague Island, AK with me 2 years ago), Boogie-D from Hawaii (I've fished with him a couple of times over on the Islands), and our very own SCAllen.  We were supposed to have a 5th but yet another medical emergency meant he had to cancel out the morning of.

The boat had enough room to sleep 5 comfortably with the captain sleeping up top.  More info on the boat can be found here ... http://seascapecharters.com/index_power.html

We rented P13 Angler editions from Baja Outdoor Actvities ... http://www.kayactivities.com/

BTW, I am the king of the needlefish, so much that they started calling them Allenfish.  At one point I turned to Danny and said, "you want to see me catch a needlefish?" then casted out.  Bam!  One needlefish CNR'd.  Then I said, "you wanna see me do it again?".  Bam!  Another needlefish CNR'd.

-Allen

Dude, what the hell is that thing? That must be the needle fish. Looks like stretched bait...

Dude, what the hell is that thing? That must be the needle fish. Looks like stretched bait...

Yup, that's the needlefish. They get a lot bigger too.  Here's a large one Danny caught on a topwater plug.

They are sort of fun to catch, with slashing runs and skittering jumps on the surface.  But after your 10th one, you're sort of "done with them".  The next 40 suck as they wreck your rigging.

-Allen

Holy crap, are they good eating or a good fight?

what the hell, was it non stop action or what?

Holy crap, are they good eating or a good fight?

Oops.  I modified my needlefish post when you posted this, so check it out for an answer.

what the hell, was it non stop action or what?

We did have slow times, but you could have been catching fish non-stop if you wanted ... skipjack tuna and needlefish that is.

-Allen

hows the skip jack for eating, good stuff?