La Paz April 23-30

Those cabrilas will make a good sweet and sour fish dish.  I can't wait to go into one of your trips. 

Rey

After day 2, things got a bit hazy as it was more of the same, wake up, catch fish, siesta, catch fish, eat, catch fish, and crack a few beers every now and then.  I'll let some pictures tell some stories.

-Allen

Man oh man...look at that flat calm water!  Thanks again for the pictures Allen.

Thanks for sharing ! I went to COSTCO in Ensenada and did the same shopping list. You know how they hand out samples??? You guessed it... next to 2 young girls handing out cake was 2 nice lookin girls handing out samples of TEQUILA !!! Gotta love Mexico ! Fishing and fun!

What a great vacation! Thanks for the report Allen. jim

The Sea of Cortez has some of the most beautiful anchorages in the world.  Getting on anchor in the evening meant it was time to relax, soak in the atmosphere, and just do whatever you wanted.

We stayed in this protected bay a couple of times.  The Sea Fortuna is at the top left.



At the  head of the bay is an isthmus, on the other side of which is another bay.  We stayed there one night too.



The hike up to take these pics was a welcome break to stretch your legs after spending a full day on a rocking boat.



Just watch out for the cactus.



Or if all you wanted to do was cool down, the rocky reefs in the area were prime snorkeling.  Lots of schooling reef fish and even some eel and octopus sightings.  Plenty of scallops in the rocks too.



Even Bushy got in the water!



Of course, if you wanted to still keep fishing you could.  Plenty of fish to make the 12# outfit a lot of fun.  Whether on the kayaks.  Ladyfish!



Or off the boat on the anchor.  This pargo hit right as we were about to lose light for the evening.



Once the light went down, we had a raging croaker bite.  Must have caught a hundred of those things.



I guess it was time to crack another beer too.



-Allen

Looks like you all had a great time. I was there last October (los Barriles) andhad a blast. So quiet and serene. Would like to get back for the beer and to fish. I'd like another 100 pound tuna

Damn!!!  Tuna!!!    that'd what I'm talking about!!!  NICE!!!

Sledge.
Last year we jumped a huge school of them on a feeding frenzy. We could see them jumpimg a mile away. This was the secpnd time I saw this on the Cape. So cool as they clear water and "freeze" for a moment in mid air! When we got to the schol we thew out a net full of sardines and four huge tuna came up at the bow of the boat, paused, looked up and split when they figured it was a boat. We couldn't get them to hang around since they were after bigger bait so we looked around and got a bunch of 8-10 inch bonito and used those. While we trolled back to the school my partner hooked up with a 75 pounder on an ugly cedar plug. We chased the birds about a mile, launched a poor little bonito into the frenzy and he got taken right away. a good two hundred yard run and down to the dpths the tuna went. For an hour it was a sixty foot standoff on 40 pound test. He hurt me real bad, but I'd do it again

Sledge.
Last year we jumped a huge school of them on a feeding frenzy. We could see them jumpimg a mile away. This was the secpnd time I saw this on the Cape. So cool as they clear water and "freeze" for a moment in mid air! When we got to the schol we thew out a net full of sardines and four huge tuna came up at the bow of the boat, paused, looked up and split when they figured it was a boat. We couldn't get them to hang around since they were after bigger bait so we looked around and got a bunch of 8-10 inch bonito and used those. While we trolled back to the school my partner hooked up with a 75 pounder on an ugly cedar plug. We chased the birds about a mile, launched a poor little bonito into the frenzy and he got taken right away. a good two hundred yard run and down to the dpths the tuna went. For an hour it was a sixty foot standoff on 40 pound test. He hurt me real bad, but I'd do it again

  nice!!!

I was looking through some old pics last night and the thought occurred to me that I never really finished this report.  Looking back, things are a bit of a blur.



Did I mention a lot of nice cabrilla were caught on this trip?



And some nice yellowtail?



And a pargo or 2?



One morning in particular, it was late in the trip, and we decided to work our way back toward La Paz.  As we were leaving the harbor, we saw these birds working.



Bam!  It results in this.



Make a pass on the birds again and I'm on.



!@#$-ing Jack ... still a tough fight!



Made a few passes for more of the same.  Never did find the yellowtail again.

How about a few random shots of the Sea Fortuna before I finally end this report?  Our home for a week!!







In signing off I give you ...



Errr ... how did that get in there?  Well, that's Tom's foot on the left flipping you off and Chris' foot on the right crossing his pinky by itself.

How about a real Baja signoff?



-Allen

What a good life guys!!   wish I could all join you guys next time. 




Kiel

trip of a life time! very cool.