La Paz April 17-24

It all started with this ...

-Allen

And resulted in this ...

-Allen

More to come ...

-Allen

Awesome fish photos! looks like it was a blast.

been wondering when you was gonna post up..... and i see Boogie does remember how to paddle, too.

Nice fish and blue skies.  

Can't wait to hear the details.

It all started with this ...

-Allen

Mexican seal launch?

nooooo... MOB drill, silly     

WR... remember steelheader was on those black things that went under water and sunk. he wouldnt know what a MOB Drill was.


SG

Does the M stand for Modelo?

Does the M stand for Modelo?

Well, now that you mention it, at the end of the 3rd day we ran out of beer.    So we had to make a run back to the closest port to provision up with more.  As a case was being handed to the boat, it broke apart.  Modelo OverBoard!!!  But not to worry, Danny was on it, jumped in, and saved them.

-Allen

Too funny.  I see some fell into his yak. 

Too funny.  I see some fell into his yak. 

A few fell in the back of mine too!!!

-Allen

Yellowtail.  That's what we spent most of our time targeting.  And it turned out to be our devil fish.  We only caught 6 the whole time we were there with 2 smaller ones (~8 pounds) coming on the last day and 3 bigger ones (~20-25 pounds each) coming the day before that.  Clearly it took us a few days to get our yellowtail groove on.

Yellowtail #1 came on the eve of the second day.  Always keep a line in the water.  That was the lesson of the trip and we did exactly that.  At some point during the day, our bait tank pump went on the fritz.  All the bait turned ... except one.  At the end of the day we went into a bay and got on anchor.  The first thing I did was pin that one sardinas on a line and put it out in the water.  The second thing I did was go make a fish taco for dinner.  I came back out on deck taco in hand when my clicker started going off.  It wasn't only going off, it was screaming with the line going up towards the bow.  Bushy looks at me and says "you got a fish on".  I look back and him and calmly say "I'm eating".  Bushy grabbed the rod and walked it to the bow with line screaming out the whole time.  I followed him while finishing off the rest of my taco.  When I got the bow Bushy hands my rod back to me and I look at the reel.  That fish just went on a 200 yard run ... straight out.  You see, we were on the hook in all of 14 feet of water and that fish had nowhere to go but out.  The whole time we're thinking a seal picked up the bait, but when the run stopped, it was clear that it was a fish.  Of course at this point we didn't know what kind of fish and were guessing at it.  I was just hoping it wasn't a jack crevalle and was secretly thinking it might be a big roosterfish.  Imagine my surprise when a 30# yellowtail popped up.

Pic #1 is that fish.

The second 2 yellowtail came on a double hookup.  This time I dropped down a caballito and walked to the other side of the boat to relieve myself.  "Allen, you got a fish on".  "Damn, hold on".  Meanwhile Boogie hooks up it's twin on an iron.   Pic #2 is of those 2 fish.

Danny got all excited about those 2 fish and got ready to splash a kayak.  Shortly after he hooked up another fish of the same grade.  Pic #3.

On the last day, I had called it a kayak fishing trip and packed it all up.  We still had an hour to go.  Always keep a line in the water.  I dropped a green/white iron and began to yoyo.  Had one on for a bit but the damn hook bent out.  Hooked another.  In the meantime Bushy hooks one on a kayak nearby.  These were a smaller grade fish, but a great way to end out the trop.  Pic #4.

-Allen

thanks for sharing the adventure Allen and I hope there are still more pics on the way. There are some amazing fish there but  its the pic of that small rooster thats my personal fav   so far. congrats on your great time in that special brand of water.