BajaNomad - Daytime Grunion in San Felipe

Daytime Grunion in San Felipe

BajaWarrior - 2-26-2008 at 09:56 PM

It's been a while but I have seen daytime Grunion run but I have seen them. This photo (which I did not take) was taken just south of town

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Sharksbaja - 2-26-2008 at 10:12 PM

Still don't believe it????!!!

Are you CERTAIN they are grunion?

Sharksbaja - 2-26-2008 at 10:15 PM

The reason I say that is cause I don't see a single one in tjhe verticle egg laying position.

BornFisher - 2-26-2008 at 10:20 PM

Good picking for those gulls! And there are a few verticle looking females on that beach!! Thanks for the pic!!

vgabndo - 2-26-2008 at 10:36 PM

Sharks...what else might they be? Surf smelt, which I have dipped in pretty large quantities don't stay on the beach. They always go back out on the same wave. Do smelt even occur in the SOC?

Good for the birds, and good for the garden!

Sharksbaja - 2-26-2008 at 10:59 PM

I remember this discussion from a couple years back. I have read reports and have seen the article on the San Felipe website and heard of others say the same. It's funny that most authorites are not aware of it. Just have it hard to call my professor wrong. Wouldn't be the first time tho. :lol:

Thanks for bringing it back.
Now that I look harder I see two that appear vertical. (sigh) This means I coul;d be wrong again. (sigh)

Well, I won't go down without a fight!

BajaWarrior - 2-27-2008 at 05:54 AM

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Originally posted by Sharksbaja
The reason I say that is cause I don't see a single one in tjhe verticle egg laying position.

I've seen them in the vertical position doing their thing right in front of my house. Its the damndest thing, middle of the day!

baitcast - 2-27-2008 at 09:05 AM

This came up few years back and I made a check,sure enough they are a close cousin to the calif,grunion but do their thing in the daytime,I know one thing its a great time time to fish the beach :biggrin:

BMG - 2-27-2008 at 09:15 AM

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Originally posted by baitcastI know one thing its a great time time to fish the beach :biggrin:

Don't you need a tiny little hook to catch them? :?:

baitcast - 2-27-2008 at 09:29 AM

I don,t mean to :lol:

but when these guys do their thing it acts like a giant chum line an attracts lots of other guys,they are the ones you are fishing for.
Rob

David K - 2-27-2008 at 09:52 AM

Many years ago I was lucky to be camping at Nuevo Mazatlan during a daytime grunion run... Yes, they are grunion and in the Gulf of California they mate in the daytime... :yes:

Ken Bondy - 2-27-2008 at 10:06 AM

Great shot BajaWarrior, not often seen in the daytime. I believe a few females are visible in the vertical position.
++Ken++

BajaWarrior - 2-27-2008 at 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Great shot BajaWarrior, not often seen in the daytime. I believe a few females are visible in the vertical position.
++Ken++

I can't take credit for the shot, (which was taken this past Sunday 2-24)

I liberated the photo from a Baja website to be un-named.

My home is about 15 miles south of that spot, the Grunion will do their thing for an entire afternoon up and down the beach.

[Edited on 2-27-2008 by BajaWarrior]

Sharksbaja - 2-27-2008 at 04:16 PM

They're crazyfish! :lol:

Hook - 2-27-2008 at 05:34 PM

Somebody hook some of these up to a trap rig and start drifting the bottom just off shore!

Eating

Garry - 2-27-2008 at 06:29 PM

Great eating, roll in flower, an deep fry, until nice an crispy, netted them on certain tides on the Ca coast. Pinch of the head an pull down the guts an gills come rt out.

David K - 2-27-2008 at 06:41 PM

Grunion make great bait to catch some 'real' fish!

Took a bunch of grunion (I froze after a run one night) down to Laguna Manuela and caught all the Calico Bass and Yellowfin Croakers I wanted!

Sharksbaja - 2-27-2008 at 07:16 PM

The beaches where I grew up yielded huge amounts of grunion. They are tasty like Garry says. We usually cleaned them much like you do a trout leaving head on. If you pan-fry them rather than deep-frying you may want to scale them as well. If you deep fry them you can eat the entire fish, bones & scales,head minus guts. Use a good batter or dredge in seasoned flour. Season batter lightly with Spike or similar. Yum!

PabloS - 2-27-2008 at 08:45 PM

We saw them @ Laguna Percebu back in the eightys. After going to the beaches in SoCal to catch them in the middle of the night (Tin Can Beach) we were shocked to see them during the daytime. Good eating!

Roberto - 2-28-2008 at 09:34 PM

Here is another shot from the same unnamed website :lol:

Skipjack Joe - 2-28-2008 at 10:14 PM

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Originally posted by Ken Bondy
I believe a few females are visible in the vertical position.
++Ken++

Humans are so much more sensible in these matters.

bufeo - 2-29-2008 at 08:55 AM

We had two grunion runs during our recent stay at Punta Bufeo. There may have been more, since the Cortez grunion are both diurnal and nocturnal spawners.

Usually, on the third or fourth day AFTER a spring tide (never,I believe, on a neap tide) and when there is a little wave action. They don't seem to like large surf, but they do need a bit of action to assist their return to the water.

We harvest a few, just enough for us for dinner. Unlike the Pacific grunion, the Cortez version has scales they we find large enough to be annoying, so I knock a few off and eviserate them leaving the head—which makes a good second handle for eating.

Our method of cooking is to roll them in seasoned bread crumbs, then egg, then crumbs again, and fry them in HOT oil. It just takes a few seconds in 450-Fdeg. oil. They're pretty tasty, and so damned easy to prepare.