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Pompano
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Think ...Alaska.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by absinvestor
I get the message. The place I am considering is near Santispac.
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Get in touch with ramuma. He'll set you up right.
Hope you're not fond of turtle soup.
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Gerald
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Both Coasts....
What would be good choices for having a place on both coasts?
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Gerald
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Both Coasts......what are 2 good choices?
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Marc
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I don't know why I ever go down during summer. Maybe it's the San Francisco fog. Unless you are on or in the water it's just to bloody hot. Setting up
a campsite is in that heat is miserable and you will not sleep. I remember a night in BOLA one August it was 104º at 10:00 PM. Last September I had
the usual camp gear but spent every night in AC comfort. Late October is my best time.
[Edited on 1-13-2011 by Marc]
[Edited on 1-13-2011 by Marc]
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Russ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gerald
Both Coasts......what are 2 good choices? |
That's a really good question.
Of course I'd pick the Punta Chivato camp for the East side. But only because of the onshore wind. By the way it can cause problems too. A large
surge or waves 1 to 3 feet are not unusual and it can make boating a bad choice. Oh, I forgot.... there are a lot of stingrays here during the whole
summer. You'll learn "the shuffle" hopefully before your first sting. The dorado and billfish fishing can be outstanding (not last year) and on days
when the wind is light you'll want to be out diving or trolling to manage the heat. BIG coolers are a must both to take care of your catch and supply
cold beverages. Also new this year there is Hotelito, AC rooms, bar & restaurant and should be open most of the summer. Best time to come? Mid May
through June and Oct through Nov. May - June the water is still cool and Oct - Nov the water is still warm to hot, transitional months with less
threat of hurricanes.
For the West side. Some one else will chime in with more experience but last year I had hoped to escape the heat here and spend a week or two in
Asuncion. But every time I checked with Sharri or other friends there they were in long pants and a sweat shirts. I know they have their perfect days
but it wasn't happening when I wanted to go.
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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absinvestor
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The comment about stingrays brought back memories. When we lived in Punta Banda I surf fished almost daily. I fished in cutoffs and sandals. The surf
was loaded with stingrays in the summer but I never worried about them until one stung me in the ankle. After that sting I was one of the best
"shufflers" in Mexico!!!
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vandenberg
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This just in from a friend up north.
I just got off the phone with a friend living in northern
North Dakota near the Canadian border.
He said that since early this morning the snow has been nearly
waist high and is still falling. The temperature is dropping way
below zero and the north wind is increasing to near gale force.
His wife has done nothing but look through the kitchen window
and just stare.
He says that if it gets much worse, he may have to let her in.
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Pompano
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The Michaels family owned a small farm in Canada, just yards away from the North Dakota border. Their land had been the subject of a minor dispute
between the United States and Canada for generations. Mrs. Michaels, who had just celebrated her ninetieth birthday, lived on the farm with her son
and three grandchildren.
One day, her son came into her room holding a letter. "I just got some news, Mom," he said. "The government has come to an agreement with the people
in Washington. They've decided that our land is really part of the United States. We have the right to approve or disapprove of the agreement. What do
you think?"
"What do I think?" his mother said. "Jump at it! Call them right now and tell them we accept! I don't think I could stand another one of those
Canadian winters!"
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Pescador
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I like Baja in the summer and would not miss it and I do not have the great south facing winds that Russ describes at Punta Chivato. Most small a/c
units will run with a 2000 Honda or Yamaha and if you set it up right in an area that absorbs the sound they are very quiet. I had one set up and no
one in camp even knew I had a generator and I built the walls from straw type bales that came from Constitucion and had louvered doors. When you live
here and spend most of the day in the heat, you do not run the AC down to 75 or lower and most of us set it on 80, which with a little fan is more
than comfortable and then your body does not go through shock when you go outdoors. The other issue for me was that the locals lived here all year
round and most of them do not have AC, so I knew they did not all run up north at the first sign of a "warm day" like some of their weaker Gringo
counterparts.
So give it a try and you might find that you like it, and if it is totally unberable, you can always run over to the other side at Asuncion or La
Bocana for a week or two.
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Pompano
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I once had a neighbor who suffered the heat so bad that my other neighbor and I had to air-evacute her San Diego's Lindbergh field where a waiting
ambulance rushed her to the ER .......hmm..that sounds sooo familiar...
She survived,but it was a damn close call...the ER doctor gave her a 50-50 chance of making it. Heatstroke of course..and her house was running
AC..but she was like most of us...outside most of the day in the summers. She was a real Baja Gringo veteran, having lived fulltime in the Bay since
the 70's.
Here a fun recall from that day: I was flying co-pilot w/headphones and heard the control tower asking emergency traffic..US...if we could handle a
high-speed approach? ...because we were coming in at a very high traffic time. Jetliners incoming and outgoing rapid-fire.
Well, being an ex-fighter pilot and commercial airline captain for most of his lifetime, my buddy grinned and said..."Affirmative tower, will execute
high-speed approach".
Hah..like old times...
I recall we almost took the head off a fellow unlocking his car on an upper level parking garage when we came in on our 'high-speed approach.' Boy,
was he ducking & diving...but shucks.. we must have been at least 4-5 feet above him. 
p.s. A very long time ago, we would stay out at sea in summertimes on my old Pompano and the world was a lot cooler. Of course we were a lot YOUNGER.
Nowadays, almost everyone I know who 'are able' get to someplace cooler in summer..does. I mean nationals AND Gringos. Just common sense, no big
deal. I've had heatstroke twice..there will not be a third time. Call me a weaker Gringo...but not too loud. 
[Edited on 1-13-2011 by Pompano]
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absinvestor
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Pompano- you mentioned Alaska. We did Alaska for 3 months last summer and the weather was perfect. Our dog, Henry, (picture attached) enjoyed an
occassional hunt.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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I "Took A Dip" one August afternoon off Burro Beach. The water was so hot it almost scalded me (water is hot when your skin stings a little even after
getting out). I didn't have a thermometer but a hundred plus degrees would be a modest estimation.
Too hot for me. I remember Geary Ritchie, proudly trumpeting "It's a hundred ten degrees, but the weather changes minute by minute". I reached
Guerrero Negro, 74 degrees and slept for 15 hours.
I much prefer the mainland where in three and a half hours, I can drive to cool pines at 7,000 feet altitude, when the late summer humidity finally
gets to me.
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Pompano
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Cooling off in Alaska...
| Quote: | Originally posted by absinvestor
Pompano- you mentioned Alaska. We did Alaska for 3 months last summer and the weather was perfect. Our dog, Henry, (picture attached) enjoyed an
occassional hunt. |
Alaska has long been a favorite destination of mine. At first for employment in the fishing industry..and later for
pure relaxation in a wondrous natural world.
Here's some OLD memories of my first Alaska venture..commercial salmon fishery, Bristol Bay...started in the 70's...summertimes of course!
I went 1/5th ownership in 5 drift boats and 5 permits..I was lucky to join up with some 'highliners' who made the endeavor a good deal. We sold to
Peter Pan cannery by the pound. I got my original investment back twofold the first season, but it was extremely rugged work.
Also a very exciting way to make good money while trying not to fall in the freezing waters of Bristol Bay. If you did fall overboard during rough
seas, which was pretty much standard weather, your life expectancy without a survival suit was about 15 minutes. (Who works in a survival suit??)
We did it all at one time or another..driftnet boats, setnets from shore, flying salmon with fixed-wing and choppers, plus one hydrofoil that came up
from Seattle.
Above - We hauled just over 100,000 pounds of salmon on this driftnet tender one morning..paid us 10 cents a pound..not a bad half-day's pay.
Of course, shore accomodations were extra plush...
The good part was..you didn't get to shore that much!
Once you have used your 'bird' for hauling salmon..there is little else you want to do with it...ugh...and phew! If your insurance is paid up, just
leave it unattended on the tundra or beach. The bears will soon devour it!
Sportsfishing later on...
And scenic sidetrips are the norm..like this one to Hyder and one of the few glaciers you can drive to..and walk out on. Salmon Glacier.
Also a good place to get 'Hyderized'.
Viva Alaska! The Baja of the North.
p.s. Sorry about the Hijack from Conception Bay heatstroke to Bristol Bay frostbite!
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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mackconsult
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Yeah I did black cod out of dutch, never got to see SE but maybe some day.
My main commercial stuff was salmon and tuna of the oregon coast, but also did crabbing and trawling ....
Settled for a engineering job .... now thinking alot about mexico.
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