Actually this is my trip report for a very citty day of fishing. Me, my wife and another couple chartered a 22 foot panga for a day of fishing. Turns
out the panga's commercial license restricts it to launching and fishing to the Pacific side of Punta Banda only and specifically to launching at
Arboritos (about a mile south of Buffadora) only. That launch ramp is a short concrete slab with about a 6 inch drop off onto rocks and it is at the
bottom of a narrow steep dirt road that is about 1/4 mile long.
Anyway we were supposed to meet the boat at the parking area at the top of that road. When the boat showed up, almost 1 hour late and the
boat/trailer was towed by an older rear wheel drive Toyota. We loaded all our gear and the 4 of us into the boat and proceeded down the grade to the
launch ramp. After about 6 tries he got the boat into the water and off the trailer with the captain on board. The other guy that waswith him took
the Toyota and trailer back up the hill to the parking area and the walked back down and got on board and we were off fishing.
We tried trolling for quit a distance without a single hit. Then we switched to bottom fishing at about 10 different spots stretching south almost to
Erendira with very little luck. About noon we started heading north again stopping at several spots where the captain said there would be large lings
but all we caught were small fish, most of which were to small to keep. Anyway we got back to the launch ramp after be on the water for almost 8 hours
with only half a box of small bottom fish and the captain let the other guy off to walk up the hill and bring the Toyota/ trailer down.
After a lot of tries he got the trailer backed int the water enough to get the boat onto the trailer and winched into place. That's when the fun
started . The Toyota just was spinning the wheels trying to get us up the ramp so we all got off the boat and into to bed of the Toyota but it still
couldn't even get the boat/trailer up onto the concrete pat of the ramp. That's when my fishing partner walked up the hill and drove my 5,800 pound
GMC Yukon down to the ramp and hooked to the front of the Toyota/ trailer/ boat. Pulling that up the launch ramp was no problem for the rear wheel
drive Yukon and he unhooked and let the Toyota take it the rest of the way.
As soon as he started up the steep grade it was back to wheel spinning and putting people in the bed didn't help any. So it was back to hooking up my
Yukon again which made the entire length of the towed package close to 65 feet which wasn't a problem except for one sharp turn in the uphill grade
where the back of the boat was actually hanging over the 50 foot cliff.
By the time we unloaded our gear from the boat and put it in the Yukon it was after 5:00 and we paid the guy for the agreed upon price for the chitty
day on the water MINUS $25 for the tow job and he wasn't very happy but he unhooked the boat/ trailer and left it in the parking area because he still
had about 2 miles of uphill to go before reaching the summit and had no more confidence in the Toyota making it. He had his brother come back with his
F-150 to get the boat.
chippy - 4-24-2015 at 09:40 AM
No aTrac.chuckie - 4-24-2015 at 09:57 AM
Detract( from the Toyota)wessongroup - 4-24-2015 at 11:15 AM
Other than "that" how was the day ... 4x4abc - 4-24-2015 at 12:17 PM
you must be kidding - you charged that poor Mexican $25 for helping him? mtgoat666 - 4-24-2015 at 12:54 PM
By the time we unloaded our gear from the boat and put it in the Yukon it was after 5:00 and we paid the guy for the agreed upon price for the chitty
day on the water MINUS $25 for the tow job and he wasn't very happy...
that aint right! you should go back and give the poor guy his $25!
and i don't suppose you tipped him, eh?
[Edited on 4-24-2015 by mtgoat666]dtbushpilot - 4-24-2015 at 01:00 PM
Pretty harsh, bet he would have towed you for free if the situation was reversed...durrelllrobert - 4-24-2015 at 03:02 PM
I have towed, pushed and jump started others including Mexicans before and never asked for anything. However they weren't charging me $200 for not
knowing WTF they were doing and they certainly weren't towing a boat.rts551 - 4-24-2015 at 03:10 PM
So your $25 was to get back at them? I am sure it worked.motoged - 4-24-2015 at 03:47 PM
Yep.....a bad day of fishing can do that to a guy. chuckie - 4-24-2015 at 03:47 PM
No, the 25.00 was for the towing....BooJumMan - 4-24-2015 at 03:57 PM
Comparing an old Toyota Mini truck to a Newer GMC Yukon? Hmmm. Those are some different animals made for totally different things. wessongroup - 4-24-2015 at 03:57 PM
Seemed reasonable ... they might have not been able to even get back to the "ramp" ... on their own
If their "launching of a boat" is any indicator of their abilities ... to do this kinda work for a living
