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BajaBruno
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MitchMan, I caught a marlin between Bahia de los Muertos and the lighthouse, close enough to shore to nearly hit it with a 4 oz. sinker, and just
outside the cove has also been a hot area for tuna. There is a lot of action there, both tight against the rocks and out a short distance.
Good luck to you and keep us posted so I can live it vicariously.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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Russ
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tattuna , That's what I'm looking for!
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MitchMan
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My 15 ft fiber glass self-bailing skiff should be ready to use sometime this month. Need to go after fish small enough for me to gaff and bring on
board when I am fishing by myself. Sounds like inshore fishing with these suggested lures might just be the ticket.
Going to Longfin Tackle Shop in Orange County, CA today to get some of these lures. In my mind, I am already on the water.
BTW, three days ago I bought a Volaris round trip ticket, Tijuana to La Paz for departure Nov 30,2010 to return on Dec 5, 2010 for $76 USD.
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Russ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
My 15 ft fiber glass self-bailing skiff should be ready to use sometime this month. Need to go after fish small enough for me to gaff and bring on
board when I am fishing by myself. Sounds like inshore fishing with these suggested lures might just be the ticket.
Going to Longfin Tackle Shop in Orange County, CA today to get some of these lures. In my mind, I am already on the water.
BTW, three days ago I bought a Volaris round trip ticket, Tijuana to La Paz for departure Nov 30,2010 to return on Dec 5, 2010 for $76 USD.
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I'd like to see a pic of your skiff. Self-bailer. That would be cool.
Wow! What a price on air fair. Cheaper than the bus.
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MitchMan
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Here is my skiff (it's a 15ft Calibogie, weighs less than 800 lbs with motor and all) together with a recently acquired 2.7L 4wd '98 Tacoma. The
skiff will go up to 33 mph easily and motor all day long on 6 gallons of gas. Right now it has a two seater center console, but I am having that
replaced with much narrower single seat console. Hope it will work for baja fishing.
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[Edited on 7-6-2010 by MitchMan]
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wessongroup
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Nice... very nice
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bajabass
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Looks perfect for Baja! Just keep and eye on the wind. Self-bailing is great. Head and shoulders above relying on a bilge pump!
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Russ
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Niiiice!
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fishabductor
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Mitchman,
How are you planning on launching the boat? Is there a ramp near the location you are planning to fish. If not 800lbs will be a lot of boat to man-
handle solo across the beach. A set of rollers on the stern and some 4" PVC rollers to leapfrog under the boat will help get it to the water.Getting
it out will be another issue if there is any sort of swell in the area. Not sure if the boat can take a slide up the beach at 20mph.
it looks like a really nice boat, make sure you really think through the launch procedure for a while before launching especially in a surf zone, like
we have on the southern eastcape.
Where are you fishing out of?
You will need to get a pair of fat trailer tires, such as those used on Snow mobiler trailers. the tires on your trailer look like the narrow 4-5"
mine came with. After getting the trailer stuck everytime I launched with a 500 lb boat on it, I finally got my hands on a set of fat tires and I no
longer have an issue. Take into account your boat is 300lbs heavier than mine.
I fish a 15" westcoater bayrunner, that is pretty similar in profile to your boat, minus the center consol.
If you have any questoions feel free to ask.
editted to add: To make things even easier get a tilt roller trailer, or swap your out...It is almost a necessity.
I fish solo 99% of the time, and had a hell of a time figuring it all out over the years. I am finally fully set up on procedure and equipement to
launch and retrieve my boat solo in a surf zone, the upper cortez would be a piece of cake.
[Edited on 7-7-2010 by fishabductor]
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Pompano
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I agree with anything Rapala or Mirrolure..they seem to work very well for us. Both fresh and salt. A ferocious stike on a Rattlin' Rap when casting
for muskies gets your attention..as does a nice smallmouth.
Trolling inshore in Baja is just plain fun with lures..finding the fish is just half the enjoyment.
I've had good luck with most of the quality trolling brands...one day or season is different than the next..but that's just my experience.
....SO MANY LURES. SO LITTLE TIME.
It 's all good.
p.s. sorry about the photo sizeS..I will try to downsize them a bit.
[Edited on 7-7-2010 by Pompano]
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Curt63
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The first 2 weeks of June there was 5 of us fishing pretty hard trolling inshore and off the beach on the SOC. The bite outside was non existent.
(with a wide variety of methods attempted) for us.
The blue and silver jointed rebel fastrac and the Krocdiles were the top producers for us.
No worries
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comitan
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Here's a Calibogie.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/classifieds/showproduct.php/produ...
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
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Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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MitchMan
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Thanks for all the great comments.
Fishabductor, special thanks to you for mentioning a possible issue with tire size on the trailer. About 15 years ago I put a bigger heftier axle on
the trailer together with an upsize of the tires to 13" rims and tires. The original tires were really small and narrow.
I have no experience beach launching this boat or any other boat. I was hoping that trailer tire size wouldn't be an issue and that success beach
launching had only to do with the launching truck capabilities on the sand. Now I am worried.
I will be fishing out of locations from La Paz and Bajia de Los Muertos. Initially, I am going to laucnh from launching ramp at the Marina in La Paz,
the launching ramp at Pichilingue and from the beach in front of the resort restaurant in Bajia de Los Muertos (no surf waves or swells to speak of
here). I plan to launch only from launch ramps or from easy beach launching places. Also, on occasion, I plan to take the boat to Loreto to launch
from their marina (should be a piece of cake). But as far as beach launching, well I have to do a lot more research first and more looking around for
decent launch sites in or near La Paz.
I don't plan to launch from beaches that have a lot of soft sand leading into the wet shore sand like the beaches at the light house near Bahia de Los
Muertos. This will probably limit my experience with different locations, but I will be happy if I can find a hard sand launching area or launch
ramps in marinas that will not be too far from decent fishing grounds. For me, those decent launching sites would need to be less than five miles
from decent fishing grounds).
I hope that I am not deluding myself. If you have any comments, fishabductor, please feel free.
[Edited on 7-7-2010 by MitchMan]
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comitan
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Mitchman
I fish the area all the time and the ramps you listed cover the area very well.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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BajaBruno
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I'm voting with Comitan, with reservations. The Bahia de Los Muertos launch ramp can be problematic for one person, because it has no dock. I anchor
after launching and wade in to move my truck, but sometimes the wind is parallel to the shore, which means you are jumping into deeper water. Bill
Erhardt has told me that he uses his kayak (I think it is a kayak) to get in and out, which is nice if you have the room--I don't on my 20' Bayrunner.
It’s certainly doable, but you will get wet. The ramp is nice despite having some surge.
I know Comitan uses the panga launching ramp at Pichilingue, but I don't, for the same reasons. With no dock and rocks all over the sand beach,
one-person launching is difficult and not worth the risks (to me) when the Cantamar has a nice launch ramp for about 200 pesos.
I’ve never found a good reason to beach launch, because I usually fish alone and swimming back and forth to shore is a hassle I like to avoid.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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comitan
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I never fish alone my wife of 55+years still fishes and dives with me, thats just one of my secrets.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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fishabductor
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Mitchman,
If you plan on launching from ramps, you'll be fine. Especially up north with no swell/surf. You can still launch on soft sand areas you will just
need to prepare accordingly. Lots of people use 5-6' long canvas bags that are a little bigger diameter than a soccer ball( the cheap kids balls) and
the fill these bags with balls. You will need about 3 or 4 of them to leapfrog. These work great. We have launched 22' pangas by hand with 2 guys
using these.
I myself like roller equiped tilt trailers and fat tires.
Comitan,
My wife was my partner too, until we had our 5 mo old son. She hasn't gone fishing with me now in over a year. I miss her company in the boat.
bajabruno,
Get a cheap/free surfboard and paddle in and out. They use up a lot less space.
[Edited on 7-7-2010 by fishabductor]
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Russ
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I worried about tire size also. Mine were so small & narrow it looked comical. So I up sized and put new bunks with plastic glides on. It Makes it
really easy to crank the boat up one handed and pushes off easily also. Here's before & after shots. the next thing I have to do is extend the
axle and have some fender brackets welded up. Now that I'm in to it it would have been easier to buy a new trailer. But what's the fun in that?
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MitchMan
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Russ, what size tires are the bigger ones?
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fishabductor
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russ,
What software are you using to attach photos with? I just opened a photbucket site to see if that helps. However I can't figure out how to make them
50kb or less. And photoshot is a pain. I would like to attach photos of my boat/ trailer setup.
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