BajaNomad - Corvina Gear October

Corvina Gear October

SFLowTide - 10-3-2010 at 10:38 AM

I am looking for some suggestions for Corvina gear/spots during October for the South Campos area. When I was a kid (late 1970's early 1980's) the area in front of what is now called Playa Hermosa was hot when using white feather jigs. We have moved one camp south and have had no luck for years. Any info would be appreciated.

woody with a view - 10-3-2010 at 11:14 AM

fish the high tide, for starters....

bajaponderosa - 10-3-2010 at 11:29 AM

Go back to Playa Hermosa. Like Woody says fish the high tide. We use storm lures (white). Always get our fish.

BajaWarrior - 10-3-2010 at 12:31 PM

My fee for fishing Playa Hermosa is one Corvina in the 5-10 pound range. :lol:

Get this Bible for fishermen - ladies

mcfez - 10-3-2010 at 03:15 PM

You;ll find em!

The Baja Catch

http://www.amazon.com/Baja-Catch-Fishing-Camping-California/...

David K - 10-3-2010 at 04:01 PM

From Tom Miller's book...

mulegemichael - 10-3-2010 at 04:08 PM

....have ya considered the season in which you are fishing for them???...like a lotta "baja" fish, many of them migrate up and down the peninsula following the water temps..

dtbushpilot - 10-3-2010 at 06:10 PM

I figured this thread would have gone "corVina vs corBina" by now... :lol:

....dt

David K - 10-3-2010 at 06:17 PM

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Originally posted by dtbushpilot
I figured this thread would have gone "corVina vs corBina" by now... :lol:

....dt

Nope, SFLowTide knows his fish! He spelled out using a feather jig for CORVINA... correct (they hit lures)!

Now, if he was asking what kind of bait to use... then he probably meant CORBINA.

What was neat about Tom Millers book is that Corvinas (mouth in front) are on the left and the croakers and corbina (mouthes on bottom) are on the right, facing page.

CorBina (B= bottom feeder). :light:

mulegemichael - 10-3-2010 at 06:57 PM

it did

redhilltown - 10-4-2010 at 12:11 AM

all seems good so far. the last half of a rising high tide is your best bet. sandy bottoms with rocky outcroppings. as stated they come and go so sometimes you hit a bunch of them and sometimes nothing.
I have caught many on silver krocs and many on red/scampi leadheads in that area. good thing about the krocs is that you'll catch many other fish that may be around (or a bad thing if you only want corvina)...if you can let the kroc sink a little and then pull it up a bit and then let it sink again is great but you are playing with fire since you are usually in shallow water and the rocks may snag you....the triggers use the plastics for fun and play...I am always amazed how often the chunk they take off is right in the sweet spot: the belly. you probably remember the corvina have soft mouths so a light touch and light drag is best but they tire easily. they are probably my favorite fish when you consider how tasty they are and can be caught from shore (though truth be told there is not many fish tastier than a trigger...pan fried with butter and garlic or ceviche...heaven!).

mcfez - 10-4-2010 at 07:11 AM

"not many fish tastier than a trigger...pan fried with butter and garlic"...

You know that you are talking to a true fisherman - lady ...... best secret in the west. Them fishies got a set of teeth ...Dracula would be jealous!

SFLowTide - 10-4-2010 at 07:47 AM

Thanks for all of the info everybody! I'll try out these suggestions October 14th through 20th. Hope to see some of you guys down there...

Stew

SFLowTide - 10-4-2010 at 09:28 PM

mcfez,

Are you going to be around next week? I am known up and down the beach for some of the best trigger fish ceviche around. I was taught "the secret way" by Anecesto Madueña in the mid 1970's during their shark fishing/white fish era. He used to take me aside and say to me "pequeño, pero es el mejor de todo!" Then he would grab a good size bag of trigger fillets and walk me back from the beach to the main house (the only back then). We would go around back and pick some onions, garlic, tomatoes, cucumbers and chiles. Then he would grab a large ocotillo stick to smack to crap out of his goats that may or may not have been munching on the lime tree/bush.

Then the training began. The big trick was that you "shaved" the fillets. Since they kept the tough skin on the trigger fillets, he used a fork to scrape (slowly and in tiny, almost fishfood size pieces) the flesh into the prepared veggies that had been ground in a mortar and pestle. Amazing!

I solemnly swear that I will pass down the traditions I have learned.

SFLowTide - 10-4-2010 at 09:32 PM

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Originally posted by BajaWarrior
My fee for fishing Playa Hermosa is one Corvina in the 5-10 pound range. :lol:

If your gonna be there check out my last post. Plus it's shrimp season...

David K - 10-4-2010 at 10:33 PM

The Madueña family were very helpful when I nearly died (at 14) on the 'landing strip' section of road to the bay, from their house... Feb. 1972 motorbike accident... They know me well... well, the ones that are still around! If the pages are there, Via Baja (Chris) has some historic photos of Bahia Santa Maria and Laguna Percebu at http://www.viabaja.com

BajaWarrior - 10-5-2010 at 04:26 AM

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Originally posted by SFLowTide

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Originally posted by BajaWarrior
My fee for fishing Playa Hermosa is one Corvina in the 5-10 pound range. :lol:

If your gonna be there check out my last post. Plus it's shrimp season...

Actually we will be down that weekend, but just Friday thru Sunday. We're the house next to the rock pile on the beach and 4 houses north from the former little campground.

Here are the trucks we use on the beach, what do you use to get around? We'll keep an eye out for you...

David K - 10-5-2010 at 08:34 AM

Just a few dozen houses north of that photo...

(in front of BajaRob & Connie's last New Years)

SFLowTide - 10-5-2010 at 09:08 AM

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Originally posted by BajaWarrior

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Originally posted by SFLowTide

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Originally posted by BajaWarrior
My fee for fishing Playa Hermosa is one Corvina in the 5-10 pound range. :lol:

If your gonna be there check out my last post. Plus it's shrimp season...

We used to own the house next to "Cerveza Villa". We camped at those camp spots for years before we decided to build a house in the late 1970's. Boy, do I have some great memories and stories from that "former campground".

We have a beige and brown Bronco for the beach. It will be the one with the 5 year old driving...

mcfez - 10-5-2010 at 09:46 AM

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Originally posted by SFLowTide
mcfez,

Are you going to be around next week? I am known up and down the beach for some of the best trigger fish ceviche around. I was taught "the secret way" by Anecesto Madueña in the mid 1970's during their shark fishing/white fish era. He used to take me aside and say to me "pequeño, pero es el mejor de todo!" Then he would grab a good size bag of trigger fillets and walk me back from the beach to the main house (the only back then). We would go around back and pick some onions, garlic, tomatoes, cucumbers and chiles. Then he would grab a large ocotillo stick to smack to crap out of his goats that may or may not have been munching on the lime tree/bush.

Then the training began. The big trick was that you "shaved" the fillets. Since they kept the tough skin on the trigger fillets, he used a fork to scrape (slowly and in tiny, almost fishfood size pieces) the flesh into the prepared veggies that had been ground in a mortar and pestle. Amazing!

I solemnly swear that I will pass down the traditions I have learned.

My plans are "yes"....but I am currently talking to a new client that we really could use. May have to cancel my planned 3 week vacation. Will know in a few days. The beans and rice meals here are getting boring :-)

Always enjoy meeting folks BTW

BajaRob & Connie house it is! I visited them a few years ago with my friend Burt. Let me tell you....damn nice folks.....

[Edited on 10-5-2010 by mcfez]

BajaWarrior - 10-5-2010 at 04:43 PM

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Well this may be an incredible coincedence because Roy and Mary owned the house (recently sold) one to the north of "Cerveza Villa" and I own the one right next door one south of "Cerveza Villa" which I purchased from Al and Roberta about 17 years ago. Are you their son/son inlaw? Or the seller to them?

You need to stop by in any case!

David K - 10-5-2010 at 05:42 PM

Looks like the Bahia Santa Maria/ Nuevo Mazatlan region is the new 'Nomadlandia' of the Gulf Coast of Baja?

dtbushpilot - 10-5-2010 at 06:18 PM

What does all this have to do with "corvina gear"? Start your own thread, they're free you know. :lol:

....dt

BajaWarrior - 10-5-2010 at 07:19 PM

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Originally posted by dtbushpilot
What does all this have to do with "corvina gear"? Start your own thread, they're free you know. :lol:

....dt

The guy who started the post lives just south of me plus as I just found out he was the original owner of my casa therefore a hijack was in order.

:lol:

Edit for: There have been large bait balls in front of the houses in fact everywhere for that matter in our area so the Corvina may not be too hungry until the bait moves out. (Obligitory Corvina discussion)

[Edited on 10-6-2010 by BajaWarrior]

Is it plain stupid to think this....

mcfez - 10-5-2010 at 07:46 PM

Okay....today I was talking to an old timer at the Sacramento Broadway bait store.....he said to use "corn" for good Corvina fishing. Any heads up on this...or did I just make myself look foolish?

David K - 10-5-2010 at 08:14 PM

A lot of different fish are called Corvina around the world. Around Baja, it usually the corbina! :light:

dtbushpilot - 10-5-2010 at 08:56 PM

How do you tell the difference between a corbina and a corvina DK? :lol:

David K - 10-5-2010 at 09:14 PM

Not again David, not again...

Skipjack Joe - 10-5-2010 at 09:32 PM

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Originally posted by dtbushpilot
How do you tell the difference between a corbina and a corvina DK? :lol:

corbina - corvina = b

SFLowTide - 10-6-2010 at 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by mcfez
Okay....today I was talking to an old timer at the Sacramento Broadway bait store.....he said to use "corn" for good Corvina fishing. Any heads up on this...or did I just make myself look foolish?

This old timer didn't happen to be at Broadway Bait and Tackle? Over the years I have had some mixed results shopping there. One time I was told I should string my Okuma rolling reel with 80# because was to be fishing the Gonzaga Bay area. The guy told me "the Yellowfin can get pretty big down there"...lol I'm not sure he understood that there are fish north of the East Cape. They do have a good selection of tackle though.

msteve1014 - 10-6-2010 at 09:29 PM

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe

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Originally posted by dtbushpilot
How do you tell the difference between a corbina and a corvina DK? :lol:

corbina - corvina = b

corbina are what mexicans catch, corvina are what gringos catch, or maybe it's the other way around.

dtbushpilot - 10-6-2010 at 09:46 PM

I thought the corBina had a little thing on his chin and a corVina had an extra tooth....or was it the other way around? :lol:

Again, really???

David K - 10-6-2010 at 11:11 PM

A Corvina has the forward mouth, with teeth, hit lures on the surface...

A Corbina has the bottom facing mouth, with the barb, takes bait on the bottom... found in the Pacific and upper Sea of Cortez, sandy beaches... very close to shore in the breakers on the Pacific.

Photo of a Corbina... looks nothing like a Corvina, but is similar to the croaker (which also has the bottom mouth, barb, but yellow fins or a dark spot on the side fins :yellowfin croaker, spotfin croaker)

[Edited on 10-7-2010 by David K]

ccorbheadmitch.jpg - 42kB

dtbushpilot - 10-6-2010 at 11:40 PM

Wait a minute, I know that Juan catches those fish with the mouth on the bottom with lures in Asuncion.....or is it the other one, the one that dtbushpilot catches on lures....or was it corn....I'm so confused......dt

Osprey - 10-7-2010 at 06:34 AM

DT, the creamed corn if you can find it.

Cypress - 10-7-2010 at 06:38 AM

It's easy, the Corvina is a Croaker.

tripledigitken - 10-7-2010 at 06:45 AM

Does anyone know the difference between a flounder and a halibut? Can you catch either one in October? Do they both do that eye mutation thing? :smug:

David K - 10-7-2010 at 07:06 AM

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Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Wait a minute, I know that Juan catches those fish with the mouth on the bottom with lures in Asuncion.....or is it the other one, the one that dtbushpilot catches on lures....or was it corn....I'm so confused......dt

Juan catches yellowfin croakers... and the big ones woody has shown us were spotfin croakers.

David K - 10-7-2010 at 07:09 AM

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Originally posted by Cypress
It's easy, the Corvina is a Croaker.

Here are all three types (corvina, croakers, corbina):

Martyman - 10-7-2010 at 08:09 AM

There are fish in San Felipe?

tripledigitken - 10-7-2010 at 08:14 AM

I'm very dissapointed to find out that Woody's fish was not a corvina, just saying.

David K - 10-7-2010 at 08:27 AM

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Originally posted by tripledigitken
I'm very dissapointed to find out that Woody's fish was not a corvina, just saying.

I was refering to his photo in Western Outdoor News of the giant spotfin croaker:

baitcast - 10-7-2010 at 10:46 AM

Woody is my hero :lol:

kidding aside the record for that fish is around 11# I think,bet you folks didn,t know we have a record holder in our mist.
Rob
PS. only problem is he has to use clams for these guys never could bring myself to do that :lol:

Just googled the fish!!! the record is 10.5# Woodies fish got to be that or more,just saying.

[Edited on 10-7-2010 by baitcast]

jadams - 10-9-2010 at 11:01 AM

I fish the area south of where you are, by the lighthouse and use cut squid andalways have good luck close to shore. maybe 200 yards out if some one has photos of white feathers please post them so we can see shat you are using

Cypress - 10-9-2010 at 12:49 PM

Popping floats will call 'em in. They hear the popping sound and think it's a fish striking on the surface. They'll come to it. :bounce:

Skipjack Joe - 10-9-2010 at 04:35 PM

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Originally posted by tripledigitken
Does anyone know the difference between a flounder and a halibut? Can you catch either one in October? ...

Flounders can only be caught on the 'er' months: September - December.

The rest of the year it's halibut.