OLDFEZZYWIG - 9-26-2004 at 08:12 AM
This is a question for anyone that is familiar with Mulege . Are there any black snook left in the Santa Rosalia River ?
R.D.Mercer - 9-26-2004 at 05:10 PM
I am familiar with the Cannon story documenting these in the Rio Sta. Rosalia. Word is that the entire thing might have been made up. 
A Lotta Bull?
Frigatebird - 9-26-2004 at 05:19 PM
Considering BS is short Black Snook, I agree!
Ray Cannon Catching Snook
David K - 9-26-2004 at 06:29 PM
Here's the photo from Ray's book...
Cannon's Snook
Don Alley - 9-27-2004 at 02:54 PM
The Cannon snook legend was not entirely made up. The fish pictured by Cannon were speared (harpooned) by locals during the night, and the picture
later staged.
I believe someone (Cannon?) later caught a record snook there, but the guide used a spear instead of a gaff, which disqualified the fish. Gene Kira
related these stories in his book about Cannon. I'd look it up but my copy is at my other house.
I don't know exactly what their present status is in Mulage. I haven't fished there for them, but understand there are a very few left. And that no
one has seen a big one in a long time.
Don
David K - 9-27-2004 at 05:52 PM
That's a good story and it is what is reported in Gene's book 'The Unforgettable Sea of Cortez', page 105 and on...
The snook were harpooned the night before. There are photos of snook being harpooned in the book. When Ray actually hooked one, he mistakenly called
for a harpoon (in Spanish) when he meant to say gaff. That disqualified the catch for the record books.
Snook were pretty much gone by 1975 the book says. The reasons given were mosquito spraying, dredging the river, and noise.