View Full Version : Baja Report 26 Feb - 13 Mar 2008
Long story but left Naples, Italy, flew to Gatwick, overnight Heathrow Thistle. (Bumped into the South African Nick Mallett at the taxi rank at Heathrow in a foul mood after Italy's hammering by Wales the previous day!!). Morning flight to Los Angeles. Overnight Manhattan Beach. Morning flight (28 Feb) to Los Cabos. Picked up hire car through Europcar (far and away best All Inclusive deal on travelsupermarket... £280 for 14 days with no excess or glass/tyre charges), and also most convenient location, right outside terminal, others (even big companies) were miles away.
Only snag throughout whole trip out was the baggage handlers somewhere between Heathrow and LAX had snapped my Jarvis Walker rod tube in 2 places. Fortunately the canvas outside cover had held it all together and the rods were all intact. Quick trip to Target in Manhattan Beach sourced a large amount of strong duct tape and all was well again. Absolutely no problems with 4 reels in my carry-on throughout the entire trip to US/Mexico and back to UK/Italy. (Although the roll of duct tape was confiscated at Los Cabos just before boarding the plane on the way back after having already passed happily through 3 other sets of Security screening!!!?).
Drove 85km North to Los Barriles to get some Beer/Tequila supplies in (having heard on trip advisor how dear some of the Resort charges were pretty steep if you were in for a sesh) and then about 10km of sand/dirt road to Rancho Leonero. Eddie on the desk and Paco (Head of Fishing) very efficient, and the place better than expected having seen some pretty derogatory reports on Trip Advisor (from non-fishers I suspect). Mind you the palce had clearly been given a good make-over and many return customers were commenting on the new bar layout/kitchens/restaurant,etc.
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Following morning out with Captain Armando from 0720 (should have been 0700 but resort not yet into the swing of things for the season and not really ready for coffee/breakfast, etc,...bit disappointing), in a Super Panga from down the coast at La Ribera. Tried offshore....nada!
Came back inshore and quickly had 5 Sierra (Yellow Spotted Spanish Mackerel with wicked teeth). a Lizard fish (like a small flathead (Oz)) and then 2 more Sierra and a Bonito after munching on the Beef Burritos provided for lunch. Nothing really big...biggest about 5lbs.
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Back to Rancho Leonero by about 2pm. Went snorkelling amongst the rocks in front of the resort. Lots of small stuff; few snapper and drum and parrotfish up to about 4lb. Tried float fishing for them...not really interested but caught a moray eel and 3 pufferfish on little bits of Sierra. Nothing interested in poppers or rapalas, etc.
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Have had better days fishing, but the special spicy fish starter (Ceviche?) with home made nachos, salad, fish (sierra/bonito) and flank steak fajitas made up for it!!!! No beers or tequila....liar!!
Armando again and his Super Panga the next morning. No pangueros...no bait, and very foggy within 30 mins (air temp close to sea temp that early in morning, approx 68 degrees). Quick decision, no more Sierra needed....head South towards Cabo Pulmo. Big schools of Skipjack Tuna/White Bonito. 18 to 20 up to 7lbs by 11am. Kept half a dozen for Armando and the guys on the beach.
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Decision made to head offshore....GOOD decision!
6 dorado (mahi-mahi/dolphin fish) in next 90 minutes. Nothing really big, best 2 about 18lbs and 10lbs...
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4 smaller ones went back, Armando had one and everyone else had mahi-mahi for Supper...and very nice too.
Checked out next morning and drove about 20km on the sand/dirt track to Punta Colorada (not well signposted but stumbled upon it eventually). Bit smarter but VERY quiet. Only opened for the season the day before and only me and about 4 other people there. No boats in the water yet.
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Strong winds most days made fishing very difficult, even from the shore. Catch-phrase "Roosterfish Capital of the World"....but not in early March!! Not a thing would take anything....very frustrating!! One shoal of skipjacks came in at one time but it was all over in 10 seconds and they were gone again.
No boat fishing possible for the next 2 days, far too rough to launch.
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Drove down the coast to Lighthouse Point (Punta Arena) which was the only fishable spot in the strong N'ly winds (look how far the rapala stands away from the rod even in the lee of the spit!)...
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But the fish were also sheltering there, particularly loads of Sierra and the odd butterfish..(12 Sierra altogether, kept 5).
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Wind dropped slightly the following day but still far too much residual swell to launch any boats.
Day after shared a Cruiser charter with the only other people there. (2 Alaskans and their 2 yr old daughter Mia (Made in Alaska aopparently?).
Smart boat and first run of the year for Balli Hoo (Big Volvo Penta) and good quality gear. Not a dicky bird by 10am. Saw some turtles and manta Rays jumping close by. Came across a HUGE shoal of giant squid, all in the 20-30lbs range. Fascinating watching their behaviour and Captain Caio pulled out some BIG squid jigs and we had half an hour of great sport fighting these monsters, catching about 15 and keeping 6 or so for supper and the crew. (Excellent sliced thinly and grilled with garlic and peppers!!).
(Deckie got seriously "inked" by one from head to toe and I'm afraid our fits of laughter led to a serious attitude problem for the rest of the day!).
Trolled rapalas for the next few hours and caught 7 Sierra and a Bonito to about 7lbs.
Checked out next day and drove to San Jose del Cabo......to be continued.... (just seen I am limited to 10 images per post so 2 of the giant squids will start the next bit!)
yeehaa! brilliant report, thanks for sharing. i look forward to part 2 and so forth.
veeery interested in mexican fishing and these reports are exactly what i enjoy reading!
how far out for the Dorado?
JohnBoy,
Dorado were all about 6 - 7 miles out, running parallel to the Coast (about 15 mins run out in a decent Super Panga).
I too will be going back to Baja, but definitely NOT in February/March...there are quite a few reasons why they consider it "Off Season". More to follow.
Dai
Continued....
Here's the Giant Squid phots:
Just the body -
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn130/daikent/Squidbody.jpg
and then the head -
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Anyway, now in San Jose del Cabo at a place about 3 miles East that used to be called La Playita but will in future be called Puerto Los Cabos with a smart new marina having just been completed. All the pangas for Gordo Banks used to be launched off the beach there (very tricky in some of the surf conditions, but they've all moved to a special leg of the new marina just inside the entrance, complete with fantastic fish cleaning facilities, etc.
New panga marina -
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Fish Cleaning Stations -
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Lots of big 5 Star resorts in San Jose del Cabo and along the "Tourist Corridor" towards Cabo San Lucas, but I stayed in a place called El Delfin Blanco in La Playita.
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A little bit "rustic" but fine for fishos with shower, fridge, coffee maker in casita and an outdoor cooking/bbq area all for $65 a night (about £33!)...suits me, Sir!
Also the owner (a Swedish lady called Osa) had contacts locally so could book a Super Panga for the day for $180 instead of the normal going rate with Gordo Banks Pangas of $225 - $250.
Good dinner down the road at Tommy's Barefoot Cantina (eg Pork Chops, Garlic Mash, Garlic Bread and 2 Coronas...$22 including the tip).
Booked 2 days out with Sr Ricardo in his Panga "Griselda" 7am - 1pm. Punctual and headed about 20 mins East from the Marina to find the pangueros selling live sardinas. Crazy guys netting the sardines with throw nets in clapped out pangas....they fill the large well between the solid forward and aft seats with water to keep the sardines alive. When we arrived they were actually being a bit wary because the bait ball was actually being worked by a school of Orcas and "not safe to get too close, Senor" according to Ricardo....who was I to argue!!?
Anyway, got our live sardinas (Going rate always $20 for 2 - 3 buckets depending how scarce they were). Good heavy duty live well with big pump at the back of the boat, and headed back West to just off San Jose del Cabo where there had been some good action recently. (Gordo Banks itself being a bit quiet apparently).
Getting loads of good hits on slow trolled live sardines hooked through the upper nose but not managing to hook any fish for about an hour and a half...very, very frustrating. So tried a method used by Ninja in the Gambia when the tide was running strongly where you tie a small 6lb leader with a size 1 or 2 hook about 2 to 3 inches above the main rig (2/0 sharp hook on 20lb line) then hook the small hook through the nose and the main 2/0 through the very top of the sardine just behind the dorsal fin with the main line very slightly slack and the weight on the nose so the sradine can still swim freely.
Bingo, every one a winner, and the reason they had been robbing our baits for ages was they were juvenile roosterfish and smallish jack crevalles, but very good sport on light gear.
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Anyway, had graet sport there for a couple of hours and kept 2 of the Roosters for supper at Tommy's. Gave them the 4 fillets, they had 2 and I had the other 2 lightly grilled in a little olive oil and garlic (more garlic mash)....it's OK, I wasn''t getting to kiss anyone!... 70 pesos all in (£3). (Shame the bottle of Napa Valley Sauvignon to go with it was $30!!).
The afternoon was spent about 15 miles up the dirt/sand track to the North East where there were some rocks. Quite a big surf running so had to be careful but had 4 more jacks on sardine pieces under a float.
You can just about see two whales spouting about a mile offshore.
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Next day persuaded Sr Ricardo that we needed to try the Gordo Banks. OK Senor, but don't be too hopeful. Sardines for bait on the way. Lots of needlefish action but they were very good at taking most of the sardine without getting hooked up. Tried trolling for Dorado... Nada! Tried bottom fishing..... Nada! Tried trolling rapalas, again.... Nada! Very, very frustrating day, except for all the other marine life around.....loads of whales, some leaping two-thirds out of the water with tremendous splashes (never when you were pointing the camera in their direction though!?), huge pacific sealions, loads and loads of manta rays leaping 3 to 4 ft out of the water (why DO they do that?)and rolling on the surface in huge shoals.
Anyway, returned to the marina with a big fat Zero for once and let the local pelicans have their fill from the bait well...cheeky beggars..
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Headed North to the rocks for the afternoon again, 2 more Jacks.
Tommy's Barefoot Cantina again for Supper (excellent fish tacos) and a few beers to drown my sorrows....and there was a live band...life's not that bad after all!
Next day drove to Cabo San Lucas......to be continued
Going rate for livebait was $20 not $29, hit the wrong button without noticing...Well I can't type with 2 fingers AND look at the screen at the same time ..can I?!
God I hate this awful Naples place!!!! Was three quarters of the way through this third Part when we had a sudden Power Cut....it happens all the time and goes well with the piles of stinking rubbish everywhere!
Anyway, Continued..again!...
Drove along the "Tourist Corridor" (mile after mile of v expensive 5 Star Resorts interspersed with about 7 top-class golf courses (NOT cheap Green Fees!) to Cabo San Lucas. Brash and busy after the first 10 days.
Booked 3 nights at the Siesta Suites in Downtown Cabo just 2 blocks back from the Marina. Great location and truly outstanding value for money ($217 or £114 for 3 nights). Double bedroom with TV. En-suite Shower/Bathroom; separate own kitchenette with microwave and huge stand-up fridge freezer. Absolute bargain and also very good reviews on Trip Advisor that were richly deserved.
Found my bearings around the Marina (very big).
The Gin Palace Section -
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The fishos Section -
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Lots of good websites for Charter boats; at least 30 companies listed on the "Cabo San Lucas Sport Fishing Charter Fleets" one with lots of individual details and prices.
VAST range in prices. If you are going to fish CSL you MUST check out the weekly catch reports on the "Mexfish" website that covers all of Baja plus. February and early March had not been very productive and whilst the Sierra and Skipjack action was fairly good (as I already knew) some of the Cabo boats were getting a few yellowtail and quite a few yellowfin tuna in the 20-30lb class. Very, very few had been getting any Striped Marlin - those that did caught one or at the very maximum two in a full day. That said the likelihood of success was actually less than about 20%.
Now I wasn't going to fork out a fortune at those odds, so I shopped around and talked to a lot of guys at the Marina and in several of the Fishos Offices. Pisces had a decent fleet and did shared charters between 2 for $177 each bare boat or $250 each All Inclusive of licence, bait, drinks.etc. No-one was after a share while I was there though. After a lot of bargaining I eventually beat a guy at Enrique's down to $275 plus $20 bait and $13 licence for a full day (8 hours). I had seen the boat Baja Mar and she looked good with good quality gear. Captain Victor also had 20+ years of Cabo experience.
Finished the afternoon on the Marina Boardwalk in the Arch and Anchor (Bucket of 5 Tecate (better than Corona!) for $10 and Mahi-Mahi with the trimmings for $8 .....another bargain). Then a few more in the Baja Cantina chatting to the locals and watching Pompey knock United out of the FA Cup.
Sailed before 7 the next morning, livebait for $20 (4 mackerel and 5 small trevally-like fish....bit of a rip-off I thought, but they've got a bit of a monopoly). Victor suggested yellowtail and yellowfin tuna as expected, but I've already ticked off loads of yellowtail (kingfish) off Lord Howe Island (Oz) and yellowfin to 80lbs off Vanuatu and I've never caught a Stripey. I knew the odds but asked Victor to try anyway. OK Senor, we'll give it a go.
Baja Mar was a really good boat, she outstripped Cabo Magic by a good 4 knots...
Cabo Magic -
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Cabo Magic falling astern -
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We headed 25 miles or so North to the Golden Gate Bank and were fishing shortly after 8. The deckie Jaime was really keen and efficient and even retied all the knots on all 5 rods on the way up. A few sealions and whales were around and conditions looked really good with a slight chop early morning before the wind picked up and a really good colour on the water.
After about an hour the engine gunned and we were racing towards a Stripey that was leaping clear out of the water about 300yds away. He was still on the surface when we got there so there was some frantic tossing of mackerel in his direction....he was just not interested. After about 2 minutes he dived and was gone.
We saw another 3 Stripers leaping in the next couple of hours, one quite close....
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but all with the same result...just not interested in biting.
Frustrating...but the old cliche explains why it's called "fishing" not "catching"!!
Back in to the Marina at 3pm past 2 enormous cruise liners at anchor in the bay and the obligatory photo of the famous Cabo Arch..
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There were a lot of people visiting Cabo at that time (Spring Break, etc), but demand for boats was not massive so Victor offered me the following day for another go for $250 + bait/licence. What the hell I thought, I've spent enough to get here...might as well give it a go.
Beef and Fish Tacos with Tecate cheered me up a bit.
Next day bright and early, conditions still good, bait still the same price...off we go. 20 miles SW of Cabo, see a marlin jumping almost straight away...unfortunately same old story. Half an hour later running down-sea with about a metre swell, my polaroids make out two cracking Stripeys in the wave astern about 3 feet from the lures. 10 minutes they hung around taking the p**s and teasing lures and live mackerel being tossed by me and the deckie but would they take them... would they hell!! Saw about 3 more during the day but once again....Nada!
At least I eventually caught the splash of one of the whales leaping...
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Pelicans once again benefitted from our misfortune on the way back in....
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Asking around lots, only 2 boats out of about 30 that set out each day managed to get a single marlin to bite. So I wasn't alone.
I was chatting to 2 guys in the Taco Cantina who made me feel REALLY good when they said that the record catch & release for a single boat in one day was 181 !!? He himself was on a boat that had reached 52 in a day... all in the October/November time (I wonder why the Bisbee's Big Tournament there is in October??!). While I was distracted chatting to them I casually piled the green guacamole over my fish taco and dug in.... big mistake, the green stuff was wasabi and it took 4 rapid tecates to sort out!
Had to take the hire car to a little Mexican who charged (£4) double his normal rate to clean every niche on the car that was full of sand and dust from the East Cape roads earlier in the fortnight.
Flew to LA the following morning. Flight to Heathrow was delayed by 2 hours when a woman was taken ill as we were taxiing so missed my connection after arriving late at Gatwick by bus. BA very good and booked me on the next flight home to Naples the following morning and gave me Dinner, Bed and Breakfast in a cheap Gatwick Hotel. Good eggs (BA, not the breakfast!).
Eventually arrived home some 50 hrs after leaving the Hotel in Cabo.
Was it worth it... yes I think so, particularly the East Cape apart from the windy days. Although I definitely would not advise anyone to go fishing there in February or March. Lots of the fishy websites about Baja blow the place up out of all proportion, particularly the local ones touting for business. Even Richard's site at World Sport Fishing is misleading as it gives Striped Marlin, Dorado and Tuna as "Excellent" rather than "Fair" in February and March and even Black and Blue Marlin as "Fair" ....."Non-existent" would be the only accurate description!!! All the locals who speak the truth would say that this period is historically BY FAR their least productive part of the season.
I WILL be going again, but in October or November. The best way to make the whole trip worthwhile would be to go for a month. Fly to Miami and fish the Keys, fly on to Puerto Aventuras south of Cancun for some billfish (especially sailfish), fly internally to Puerto Vallarta on the West Coast of Mexico for some spot-on fishing, and then Los Cabos to finish off. Plenty of internal flights available in Mexico. Then hop back via LA.
That's it folks till the next trip. Not decided yet....
PanamaJack
28-03-2008, 18:08
Great report Dai 'warts and all'. And I especially liked the bit about the Squid. Amazing things to catch and the speed with which they'll 'chase' and envelop Squid jigs.
I was though trying to find - without success yet -some wonderful pictures from the 50s of anglers night fishing off Cabo Blanco (Peru) for BigEye Tuna except they caught some very big Squid as well. They're wearing large 'pillow cases' with eye slits to avoid the ink, and look more like KKK clansmen!
I have to say the ones we caught off the Azores - great baits live for Broadbill - were much smaller and you could net them and let them discharge their ink before coming on board. You would have needed a BIG net for the ones you were catching!
I WILL be going again, but in October or November. The best way to make the whole trip worthwhile would be to go for a month. Fly to Miami and fish the Keys, fly on to Puerto Aventuras south of Cancun for some billfish (especially sailfish), fly internally to Puerto Vallarta on the West Coast of Mexico for some spot-on fishing, and then Los Cabos to finish off. Plenty of internal flights available in Mexico. Then hop back via LA.
Certainly October/November the right time for Blues and Blacks off Cabo and, from memory, some really big Sailfish. And off Puerto Vallarta there can be some 'monster' Yellowfin.
The 'other side' is probably more problematic. Hurricane season can extend through into early November. And the main run of Sailfish are further south than the Yucatan. Apart from 'missing' the hurricanes you might find Venezuela a better Caribbean venue - should be Blue and White Marlin, together with the Sails, in numbers on places like the La Guaira Bank. And the airflight, using Miami as your hub, down is relatively cheap.
Dave
Don't worry Dave, having Navigated OCEAN throughout the Hurricane Relief Operation in Nicaragua and Honduras in early November 1998, I know all about the effects of Hurricanes. Reports of 75 inches of rain in 5 days and the 11,000 deaths with a further 8,000 missing still at the end of the year, I don't treat them lightly. Treat them with respect but it doesn't mean you have to avoid the whole region for months on end.
Regards,
Dai
PanamaJack
28-03-2008, 21:28
Don't worry Dave, having Navigated OCEAN throughout the Hurricane Relief Operation in Nicaragua and Honduras in early November 1998, I know all about the effects of Hurricanes. Reports of 75 inches of rain in 5 days and the 11,000 deaths with a further 8,000 missing still at the end of the year, I don't treat them lightly. Treat them with respect but it doesn't mean you have to avoid the whole region for months on end.
Regards,
Dai
No, I take your point Dai about hurricanes, but the primary point was that Sails tend to be off the Yucatan in numbers during the Spring not the Autumn.
But for others not familar with the effects of hurricanes that can at best be humbling, at worst it doesn't bear thinking about. And their effects can cover vast areas.
In August 2007 I was on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica when hundreds and hundreds of miles away a category 5 struck the Yucatan. Moist air was literally getting sucked in from that distance away.
Then one October we were planning to fish out on Belize's Barrier Reef when one was tracking up the coast 200 odd miles offshore. Um ... we spent two days visiting Mayan ruins on the mainland it was just too rough to attempt to get through the channel.
But the worse one and I'll always remember it was Hurricane Lilli again in an October. We were on Andros in the Bahamas and on the US Weather channel we were watching the devastation it was reeking across Cuba. As they're slow moving no one was getting too worried until the channel started predicting it 'red lining' straight through Andros. High point? 29' with the Tongue of the Ocean just 3/4 of a mile offshore. So a real chance of a tidal surge innundating us staying in bungalows just yards from the shore. And with it looking to miss Florida the weather channel seemed to lose a bit of interest in matters.
We couldn't get off the island with Lilli advancing to Cuba's north coast just 80 miles from us. So it was a case of hunkering down - the fishing skiffs were weighted down and sunk in a creek, we transferred to the lodge owner's brick built bungalow and boarded up the windows and just sat and weighted. It was free drinks that night but I have to admit NOT for me; I wanted to keep my whits about me just in case.
Well fortunately, as they occasionally do, on transiting land to sea Lilli swung through 90 degrees and tracked to the south of us. Even so winds were very strong that night and we had over two foot of torrential rain. Next day, bright sunshine.
So really to reiterate for those others reading the thread that part of the Caribbean is very susceptible from July to late October/early November. And booking ahead as most will do bear in mind a number of days of your holiday can get ruined at that time of the year.
Dave
marktheshark
29-03-2008, 01:07
Hi Dai
Great series of reports and pix, and it filled a gap in my knowledge of what goes on in Baja off season. I'm back there in November, and want to try to get out in one of the kayaks without drowning myself. There's a rocky part of the shoreline about a mile south of Leonero that looked very good for roosters, sierra and pargo, and Gary, the manager, also said the 'yakkers catch dorados and tuna from the boat moorings about 400 yards straight out in front of the hotel.
Hmmmm ... not so sure about overhauling Cabo Magic; perhaps you should have hung back and watched and learned, since that was the boat I took last year (when we caught two marlin and plenty of shrapnel). Stories of tortoises and hares spring to mind!
If you're there in Nov it'd be good to share a Tecate or three. We'll probably be at Leonero for a week, then in the Corridor at the Sheraton. Let us know ...
Mark
Mark,
Similar tastes, we must meet up sometime. No hare, no tortoise, no nothing!
Cabo Magic was not one of the 2 out of 30 that bagged a Striper those 2 days.
Kayaking may be for the younger (crazier!) guys, but it does look fun!
Don't know I'd like to catch anything big as a beginner. My missus managed to tip both of us in on a 1 foot wave without any gear to lose when we were in Vanuatu messin' about! Mind you my centre of gravity might be a bit lower and more stable without her on the back! God, I'm in trouble if she ever reads this!!
Gary from Rancho Leonero sends his regards.....as a South African, he's used to talking a good game; best mates with Nick Price and winning a golf tournament in Baja recently playing off 5 when he only gets to play about once a month?? Still, nice enough bloke.
All the best,
Dai
marktheshark
30-03-2008, 20:36
Oh boy ... do I know it. Last time we were there was just after the Rugby World Cup and I took Gary a video of the final. We managed to find time to put England's tactical shortcomings to rights using beer bottles, margarita glasses and a lime as a rugby ball. As I recall (things are still a bit hazy), England lost the world cup when the tequila shots came on late in the second half and we played that hook-in-the-ring game in the bar that I'm hopeless at. So I blame myself ...
We'll be there in the first two weeks of November, Leonero the first week, Corridor the second. Be glad to share a beer, a charter and a world cup final!
Gents,
Photos reinserted and links updated, so original report now complete again if anyone wants info on Baja, Los Cabos or East Cape.
Cheers
Lucky Dave
03-08-2011, 18:56
I was though trying to find - without success yet -some wonderful pictures from the 50s of anglers night fishing off Cabo Blanco (Peru) for BigEye Tuna except they caught some very big Squid as well. They're wearing large 'pillow cases' with eye slits to avoid the ink, and look more like KKK clansmen!
Was this the picture you was trying to find Dave?
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