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totuave id

yakyak2010 - 9-24-2010 at 11:03 AM

When I see pics or drawing of Corvina, White Sea Bass and Totuave they look very similar. Is there a sure fire way of telling if you have caught a Totuave? I don't want to run afoul of the Mexican regs.

baitcast - 9-24-2010 at 01:29 PM

They do look very similar because they belong to the croakerfamily,Wsb when smaller have dark bars on both sides of the body not so with the Totuava,the Corvina has a set of fangs the other two don,t.

The pic top left in my right hand is one I think:lol: if your in doubt eat it in a hurry very tasty don,t show it to your friends:lol:
Rob

Cypress - 9-24-2010 at 01:38 PM

Check out the ancient rock drawings.

David K - 9-24-2010 at 03:44 PM

LOOK: http://mexfish.com/mexi/mexi/af051209/af051209.htm and http://mexfish.com/fish/totoa/totoa.htm

desertcpl - 9-24-2010 at 06:03 PM

here mine mid 50s

ken san fliepe 53.gif - 39kB

From a few years ago

David K - 9-24-2010 at 07:18 PM

baitcast - 9-25-2010 at 06:49 AM

I knew that :rolleyes: I have croakers on the brain,I,m having more of these as time goes by brain cramps that is.

With all the Totuava plants going on your chances of getting one is better than ever, the beachs just north of Puertecitos is one of the better areas.
Rob

David K - 9-25-2010 at 07:44 AM

When I was 10 on Thanksgiving, 1967, a school friend (Shawn Glover) went on one of our fishing trips to Nuevo Mazatlan (between San Felipe and Puertecitos, earlier called 'Agua de Chale').

He brought his little fresh water fishing poll...

We would drive the mile and a half up the beach to 'the lagoon' (today's Bahia Santa Maria) to fish. Usually caught corbina and croaker, using mussel. My friend caught a totuava we estimated at 50 lbs., which was a baby totuava! He got it to the edge of the beach for us to see this monster, before it broke free.

A photo of us at Nuevo Mazatlan that trip:



Here is Shawn and I waiting for our turkey dinner, in Baja!

durrelllrobert - 9-26-2010 at 10:31 AM

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Originally posted by David K
LOOK: http://mexfish.com/mexi/mexi/af051209/af051209.htm and http://mexfish.com/fish/totoa/totoa.htm

Thanks, great history lesson and 1954 picture with Tony Reyes (now deceased).

Doug/Vamonos - 10-6-2010 at 03:33 PM

My first trip south of Ensenada was not until I was in my 20's in the late 1980's. I really envy you guys who had dads that took you down there in the old days. Cool pics.

David K - 10-6-2010 at 03:38 PM

Thanks... all first trip to Baja stories are great, no matter when they happened! It really got me hooked onto four wheeling when it took four wheel drive to get to so many Baja places back then!