A month in Baja so far

After a grueling 30+ hour drive with no more than a 15 minute rest break we arrived to the rental house in Los Barriles


Got so much needed sleep. Picked up Ryan G and his girlfriend the next day and hit the reef. The water was a blistering 88 degrees and too hot for suits.

Went and picked up Jason O, Jack J and his fiancee from the airport. Got a call from Hobie that him and his friend were in town so they came out for a few drinks.
 


We hired a pangero and went out for some Bluewater. The morning started off with dropping down to about 50' and seeing a huge school of skipjack with a couple yellowfin mixed in. Jason dropped down later and shot a nice pargo.


Didn't see much the rest of the day. As we were out of time I asked Ryan and Jason to do a drop so I could get some video. As the three of us are breathing up, a dorado suddenly appears right off Ryans fin, and Jason snaps around and lands a shot.



We went home and made some mahi mahi tacos and skipjack poke. Wasn't too bad.


A brief storm rolled through and Ryan snapped a great shot.


Did a couple more panga trips and shore dives. Spearing is rough. Out of all of us there were maybe three wahoo sightings the whole 2 weeks so far, along with a couple roosters.


After nearly two weeks I finally had 4 nice roosters swim by me. Unfortunately I just set down my 150 and picked up my 82 with one band half loaded. I managed to hit one but there was zero penetration.



Dropped off the gang at the airport and went out for some shore dives with Joe M and his neighbor. Found a couple lobsters.








Had some stuff going and, and a hurricane was blowing in so yesterday I flew back home for a week. Heading back down to meet a new group to go out for more blue water with Colin Sutton, finish the trip and drive home.

Awesome! Hoping I'll make it down to San Felipe and Bay of LA in Oct or Nov

Lookin pretty sweet down there. Nice place you rented!
thanks for the report!

Did you bring a yak?

Did you bring a yak?

Sure did. And a pole. I've yet to use either

Did you bring a yak?

Sure did. And a pole. I've yet to use either

Cool, sounds like fun is just around the corner!  Go explore, I'll betcha do better than with the panga. You can get in closer to shore and other structure.

Did you bring a yak?

Sure did. And a pole. I've yet to use either

Cool, sounds like fun is just around the corner!  Go explore, I'll betcha do better than with the panga. You can get in closer to shore and other structure.

I don't think so. Shore line is prett accessible. If anything it might help me get out further to some deeper offshore reef though.