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LA Bay lodgings

woody with a view - 4-6-2012 at 11:18 AM

gonna stay 4 nights end of this month. wondering if Daggets or Raquel & Larry's have a small kitchen area (shared is fine) and refridge for their guests? don't want to have to eat out every single meal.

any other ideas on the above?

Terry28 - 4-6-2012 at 11:28 AM

We stayed at Villa Bahia, very cool and funky..the rooms all have a small kitchens and there is a big communal kitchen as well and a large outdor BBQ,
Nice folks and right on the beach... Roger and his girlfriend Donna are great folks....we are going back....

Ken Cooke - 4-6-2012 at 11:42 AM

Have a great time, Woody! Leidys and I had a great time the last time we were there in 4/2011.

vacaenbaja - 4-6-2012 at 12:01 PM

While we have stayed at Raquel and Larrys we were able
to Bar B Que outside, as well as use the kitchen from
time to time. You can ask Ruth who is managing the place
if you can have use of the kitchen. When the hotel has
enough guests they cook good meals there.
Ruth speaks english well enough and is very personable.
Although it is north of town and the boat launch we always
stay there when in BOLA. It is more quiet , has a great
view and it tends to be cooler there in the summer.

woody with a view - 4-6-2012 at 12:10 PM

i'm gonna beach launch. only thing i'll need from town is gas, ice, beer and a dinner or two!

can't wait.

David K - 4-6-2012 at 02:26 PM

Raquel and Larry's has a rental home (with kitchen), seperate from the motel, and closer to the beach... at least they did when the Humfreville's family and mine stayed there New Year's 2003....

larryC - 4-7-2012 at 08:27 AM

They still have it, send Ruth an email and make sure it is available.
ruth_ponki at hotmail.com

woody with a view - 4-7-2012 at 09:54 AM

i'm thinking Villa Bahia at the moment. prolly just show up and look around.

thanks for the leads.

thebajarunner - 4-7-2012 at 10:19 AM

You won't need reservations.
We were in LAB last week and the place is deserted!!
Very sad for the locals.
As China, the very nice proprietor of the Taco stand next to Lizeth said, "No fish, no economy, very sad for us."

woody with a view - 4-9-2012 at 05:41 PM

did you catch (or try) any fish? it's still early, but there should be bottom fish at least!

TMW - 4-9-2012 at 05:57 PM

Just a reminder that NORRA has all the rooms in LA Bay locked up for Sunday April 29th because of the Mexican 1000 race. At least that's what their web site says.

woody with a view - 4-9-2012 at 06:12 PM

i'm not getting there til the 30th. should be okay, i hope!

thebajarunner - 4-9-2012 at 06:13 PM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
did you catch (or try) any fish? it's still early, but there should be bottom fish at least!


We did just "OK" on bay bass, scorpions, bucketmouth and one nice whitefish.

But it was about half speed, at best.
Limits are 10, we averaged about 5 per rod for 5 hours..

Pacificos helped

woody with a view - 4-9-2012 at 06:14 PM

sounds like the last time i was there 2 years ago. i'm basically taking my tin can on it's virgin baja expedition. should be fun no matter what.

redhilltown - 4-9-2012 at 10:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by thebajarunner
Quote:
Originally posted by woody with a view
did you catch (or try) any fish? it's still early, but there should be bottom fish at least!


We did just "OK" on bay bass, scorpions, bucketmouth and one nice whitefish.

But it was about half speed, at best.
Limits are 10, we averaged about 5 per rod for 5 hours..

Pacificos helped


Since the lodging question seems to be taken care of, I gotta ask: what is a bucketmouth??? Is that what I've heard called a "big mouth bastard?" Have caught some down there but never had the guts to clean and eat one. To call them ugly would be a compliment...but hey, Ling Cod ain't exactly pretty and we know what they taste like!

woody with a view - 4-10-2012 at 05:30 AM

i'd guess he's talking ling cod, but we'll see.

24baja - 4-10-2012 at 09:08 AM

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Originally posted by redhilltown
Quote:
Originally posted by thebajarunner
Quote:
Originally posted by woody with a view
did you catch (or try) any fish? it's still early, but there should be bottom fish at least!


We did just "OK" on bay bass, scorpions, bucketmouth and one nice whitefish.

But it was about half speed, at best.
Limits are 10, we averaged about 5 per rod for 5 hours..

Pacificos helped


Since the lodging question seems to be taken care of, I gotta ask: what is a bucketmouth??? Is that what I've heard called a "big mouth bastard?" Have caught some down there but never had the guts to clean and eat one. To call them ugly would be a compliment...but hey, Ling Cod ain't exactly pretty and we know what they taste like!



What you are refering to is a Jawfish and they are great tasting. They can be a booger to clean, I use catfish skinning pliers to peel the skin off before fileting, if you dont do this the meat tends to mush up, and is how we gave it the name Mushy . Connie

redhilltown - 4-10-2012 at 04:58 PM

http://www.mexfish.com/fish/bmb/bmb.htm


We have our culprit! Next time I'll give it a go.....maybe.

24baja - 4-10-2012 at 11:04 PM

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Originally posted by 24baja
Quote:
Originally posted by redhilltown
Quote:
Originally posted by thebajarunner
Quote:
Originally posted by woody with a view
did you catch (or try) any fish? it's still early, but there should be bottom fish at least!


We did just "OK" on bay bass, scorpions, bucketmouth and one nice whitefish.

But it was about half speed, at best.
Limits are 10, we averaged about 5 per rod for 5 hours..

Pacificos helped


Since the lodging question seems to be taken care of, I gotta ask: what is a bucketmouth??? Is that what I've heard called a "big mouth bastard?" Have caught some down there but never had the guts to clean and eat one. To call them ugly would be a compliment...but hey, Ling Cod ain't exactly pretty and we know what they taste like!



What you are refering to is a Jawfish and they are great tasting. They can be a booger to clean, I use catfish skinning pliers to peel the skin off before fileting, if you dont do this the meat tends to mush up, and is how we gave it the name Mushy . Connie




I caught these in October 2011

thebajarunner - 4-11-2012 at 06:59 AM

Yep, that's our "bucketmouth" all right,

Lots of head, not much filet, but it is good eating nonetheless.

Our traveling fish guru sez that they dig holes in the sandy bottom, stick the head up out of the sand and wait for something good to float past.

Not sure if he ever went down and checked it out, probably not since he weighs north of 350, but he sure knows his fishing.