Friday, April 24, 2009

Sidebar: Snorkeling is Allowed


I'm sure we will have a few moments of down time in a La Paz anchorage - maybe the one pictured here. Yes a few rare minutes in between the offshore gaff fest and the inshore night lip pull will offer a great opportunity for snorkeling. If you have a mask and fins, certainly bring them. Just hold off on that chum bag Dave - until we are all out of the water please.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Photo Caption Contest # 2


UPDATE: Ian WINS spot number one in the rotation. His caption is clearly in a league all its own. (psssst. Joe. Make sure you put the lines out when we hit 60 feet of water so we can get that little tunny out of the way first.)

Congratulations to Ian, a rising star in the dynamic world of fishing trip blogging.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Fish Wish List

Ian told me the other day how much he would like to catch a triple digit yellowfin tuna. It got me thinking about how much fun it was to watch Joe catch his first marlin because I knew how much he wanted it (especially after he put me in the marlin club first near Bimini by handing off the rod when we thought we had a sailfish.) So tell us more about your fish wish list in the comments below. And by the way Ian, this underwater picture was taken near La Paz.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Fishing Booty Call - aka Inventory


The fishmaster of the legendary Sea Fortuna, Jose Wahoohabay, has called for an inventory to determine how far and wide our gear is spread over this great land. Post your gear list below.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Destination: Isla San Francisco

The crew of the sailboat, Whisper, took this great shot north of La Paz. "The Hook", formed by the spit of land on the left is a beautiful Sea of Cortez anchorage. A low point with salt flats and "Agate Beach" is visible on the upper right. If we find fish to the north, this would be an excellent anchorage. And I'm sure that point out there holds some huge pargo who would be up for some midnight bowling.

Questions: Should I bring my glow-in-the-dark lingcod jigs? Do you think we'll get sharks in shallow like we do in the Bahamas? Does Joe's fish dance work at night?

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Hey...I Can See our Boat From Here

A very cool picture of the Baja Peninsula to put our fishing grounds in perspective. Cerralvo Island is the large southernmost island in the Sea of Cortez. We'll be fishing around it and the islands just north and west.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

...a Dash of Video for the Anticipation Stew.



Check out the Mosquito Fleet's promotional video for fishing La Paz. It's interesting to see how close they are to shore when they are landing some of the offshore fish.