Lopez Mateos--May

A couple buddies and are heading up to LP the 1st of May for some Mangrove fishing.

Plan on using artificials so any guidance will be appreciated.

Looking for Snapper, Grouper etc and only want to fish the Mangroves.

We have a local friend (our contractor) that has a brother that fishes there and wants to use live bait (great) but want to try lures etc. also.

Thanks

lures

live shrimp is awsome and lures,the normal suspect's like kastmasters,spoon's,krock's and the like worked for me..and dont forget the flatties on the bottom !!! K&T......OUT

DOAs look just like shrimp, specks and redish love 'em, but they're made of plastic. Trigger fish will destroy 'em.

triggs

not many triggs in magbay.at least in the upper area and trigg's will destroy damn near anything K&T

Try everything...it's all good. Lots of fish inside Mag Bay.

For starters, cast a silver spoon or a jig with a split-tail wiggler under the mangrove overhangs...and you might find a few nice snook (robalo)

But for a sure-fire success...use the live shrimp...finest kind of bait, plus make great c-cktails if not used!



Find these old pilings near the defunct cannery and cast all round...try not to let the fish lasso your line...or let the bloody pelicans eat your bait!



Whatever you use or do...have fun...and
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TIGHT LINES!

Thanks

Here's a pic of #1 Lopez Mateos captain Ruben Duran with part of a day's catch, including seven robalo, caught fishing in the estero. I think that was the day I traded one of Ruben's clients a 50# wahoo for a 20# snook. I still have part of the snook in my freezer.
If you want to fill up your boat whatever time of year you fish out of Lopez, you would be well advised to have Ruben or his son Nestor aboard. They will know where the fish are biting and how best to 'match the hatch'.

Very nice catch. How long has that piece of snook been in your freezer?

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Originally posted by Cypress Quote: Originally posted by bill erhardt Here's a pic of #1 Lopez Mateos captain Ruben Duran with part of a day's catch, including seven robalo, caught fishing in the estero. I think that was the day I traded one of Ruben's clients a 50# wahoo for a 20# snook. I still have part of the snook in my freezer. If you want to fill up your boat whatever time of year you fish out of Lopez, you would be well advised to have Ruben or his son Nestor aboard. They will know where the fish are biting and how best to 'match the hatch'. Very nice catch. How long has that piece of snook been in your freezer?

Time for a fish fry?

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Originally posted by Cypress Time for a fish fry?

Could be that it's time to clean out the freezer and fry up some fish. There is some variety around town right now. I just had for lunch a fillet of this yellowfin that Loretanos Ron and Linda Beitelspacher caught south of Loreto about 50 miles last Saturday.

the same day Ron and Linda were working out on the yellowfin I was loading up on yellowtail a bit farther south.

That's a mess of fish.