El Almirante
Junior Nomad
Posts: 38
Registered: 9-14-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
Fishing in Bahia de Los Angeles
We arrived on the 8th and set up camp north of La Gringa. We went out on Saturday and headed north. Tried to find Guadalupe reef, but never did, based
on the gps on a map we had. So we went toward Punta Remedios. Caught some nice whitefish and other bottom fish. Made a few drops on the way back
south, but caught nothing special. On Sunday we headed over to Los Machos, saw 3-4 other boats there. A few caught YT, looked like it was the
pangueros, but most,including us, were just getting bottom fish. We fished the next 3 days around Smith and the islands in the bay. On Wednesday,
running north toward Smith, we saw all kinds of action on the surface, but the birds were just sitting on the surface.When we stopped, we saw mucho
krill in the water, and then schools of mackeral,sardines. That's what was breaking the surface, chasing the krill. We dropped sabiki rigs down, and
caught 2 dozen plus in a few minutes. Then headed up the east side of Smith to try live bait. No luck on YT, just bigger bottom fish. Our catch was
spotted/gold spotted bay bass, jawfish, whitefish, sculpin, small hogfish, and a couple we had never seen before(no triggers in 5 days). Plenty of
fun, good eating, and the weather was great. The road to the bay was the best we have ever seen it. No potholes, or patches of bad road. The Pemex
will probably open in a month (pure guess, based on how finished it looks). The stores in town have plenty of ice/cerveza/fresh food. Got back to
Norcal Saturday night 2011 miles from the 6-16.
|
|
|
4baja
Super Nomad
Posts: 1339
Registered: 9-4-2003
Location: morro bay ca
Member Is Offline
|
|
was there three weeks ago and went up to north big island (refugio) were my buddy got into birds working and picked up a nice yellow. fishing was very
slow with high north winds allmost every day. saw one boat sink and heard that two more did the week before we got there. very rough conditions.
|
|
|
Big Al
Nomad
Posts: 184
Registered: 12-17-2002
Location: El Cajon
Member Is Offline
|
|
Boat Sinking
Steve:
How did the boat sink, and what kind, how big was the boat?
Big Al
|
|
|
Paulina
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3810
Registered: 8-31-2002
Location: BCN
Member Is Offline
|
|
http://www.mexfish.com/bola/bola2005/bola050418b/bola050418b...
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
|
|
|
4baja
Super Nomad
Posts: 1339
Registered: 9-4-2003
Location: morro bay ca
Member Is Offline
|
|
hey al, i suspect that the wave action kept filling the back of the boat and it finnaly rolled over. i saw it the day before and it was fine but that
night the wind and swell was awlfull. the next day when i went by it was sunk and there was nothing i could do. i drove my quad down to the beach and
spoke to them and they said it was the woerst theyve ever seen. my boat had a foot of water in it but the anchor held and i was able to pump it out. i
just put in a automatic bilge pump the should fix that problem. as doc and igor says, allways pull your boat out everyday and you will sleep better.
see you in june.
|
|
|
Paulina
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3810
Registered: 8-31-2002
Location: BCN
Member Is Offline
|
|
A Sinking Story from Dern
4 Baja,
I was thinking back to the time when you sunk your boat out at La Gringa. As I remember it, we pulled into town after a long haul from Morro Bay, got
some supplies from Isla and had a few c-cktails at Guillermo?s of some sort. We ended up parking at Villa Vita for the night. The next day we launched
the boat at Guillermo?s and I met you with the truck and trailer at La Gringa for the rest of our stay there.
Being the fact that it was February, the water was pretty darn cold. You opted to anchor extremely close to shore so that you wouldn?t have to swim
far when launching and retrieving the boat. Sounded like a good plan to me too at that point. Later that evening after anchoring, BBQing, and having a
few beers, a long time visitor / camper to La Gringa came down to warn you about how bad the winds could be and advised you that it might be a good
idea to put your boat on the trailer overnight. Basically the warning was shrugged off, and on with the evening we went.
That night at approx. 10 pm the wind from the west started picking up something fierce. I was sleeping in a tent and you were tucked in tight with
Jake in your camper shell. My tent was blowing all over the place, laying flat on me. I was concerned about the boat and keeping an eye on it with my
flashlight. I dozed off and woke up again about midnight to check on the boat and found the bow pointing South- East, the stern partially on the
gravel bar, the boat totally filled with water with four foot waves constantly slapping into the boat. The gas cans were floating, batteries
completely submerged, tackle boxes and fishing poles underwater, you name it.
I ran to your camper shell to try to wake you. ?Steve, Steve, Steve!!!? I shouted as I grabbed your foot trying to shake you awake. Finally when you
came to, I told you that your boat was under water. Instantly you were up, and we were down to the boat.
Being that Boston Whalers don?t sink we pushed the bow into the direction of the wind and I jumped in to flip the bilge pump switch as you were
holding the boat in the proper direction. Thank god the batteries still worked under water as the bilge pump turned on and I jumped out to help you
hold the boat. Thirty minutes later the boat was empty of the water it took on.
At that point of time around 1 am, we are in our shorts and t-shirts, up to our waists in cold water and still dealing with the wind, waves and
little biting bugs that were chewing on our legs.
I held the stern of the boat so that the bow would face into the waves and wind while you tried repeatedly to start the big motor. Each time you tried
to fire it up, I pushed you out a ways thinking that the motor would take and you would be in deeper water to re-anchor, but the motor wouldn?t start.
You?d eventually drift back to shore, down the beach a bit each time.
You got out and I got in and readied the anchor while you held the boat, then fired up the kicker and motored out a hundred feet into deeper water,
threw the hook and swam back to shore.
After that we had a beer, tucked back into our sleeping bags after suffering from hypothermia after what seemed like a couple of hours. Didn?t you end
up sleeping down the beach that night after the whole ordeal to watch your boat?
To make a long sinking story short, the next day we pulled the boat out in town and did so the rest of the trip. As ?old timers? now looking back, we
learned a valuable lesson that trip. It?s so much easier pulling it out than loosing sleep and your boat.
I won?t mention the impeller sucking up goo and clogging the pee hole, or the faulty wiring burning the boat as we enjoyed c-cktails with Don, or the
trailer breaking on the way from La Gringa to town or the axle breaking near Agua Amarga on the way North going home. That's for another story...
Good times. Dern.
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
|
|
|
Big Al
Nomad
Posts: 184
Registered: 12-17-2002
Location: El Cajon
Member Is Offline
|
|
Bahia de LA
Steve:
Sent you an email. Let me know when you are heading down. We can leave anytime after the 19th.
Although, after reading the last story I think I would like to sit down with you and hear a couple of other disaster stories.
Big Al
[Edited on 4-21-2005 by Big Al]
|
|
|
4baja
Super Nomad
Posts: 1339
Registered: 9-4-2003
Location: morro bay ca
Member Is Offline
|
|
i e-mailed you.
|
|
|
Debra
Super Nomad
Posts: 2101
Registered: 10-31-2002
Location: Port Orchard Wa./Bahia de Los Angeles BC
Member Is Offline
|
|
Big Al, if you want to hear disaster stories you should invite Mike H. along.
But then again, Steve can tell you a few "Mike" stories....(how many times have you rescued Mike's boat Steve?) 
|
|
|
4baja
Super Nomad
Posts: 1339
Registered: 9-4-2003
Location: morro bay ca
Member Is Offline
|
|
its hard to count between the beers, maybe 5. hand me down another pacifico luke!!!
|
|
|
Mike Humfreville
Super Nomad
Posts: 1148
Registered: 8-26-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
I AM the master and commander! I just occasionally forget to put the bung plug it or pull my fine craft up above the tide line. And, besides,
maties, it's a good idea to test the worthiness of any seacraft by letting it float around the bay for a few days and smack up against the south point
rocks before being recovered.
But my buddies did the dirt on me when they borrowed the boat in my absence and LOST THE MOTOR in 250 feet of water. I'm sure the word got around
about that fast. But if you think my boat's a sad deal, you should see our motor home!
Fortunately, Mary Ann is taking charge of our Bahia house.
|
|
|
Debra
Super Nomad
Posts: 2101
Registered: 10-31-2002
Location: Port Orchard Wa./Bahia de Los Angeles BC
Member Is Offline
|
|
Wait just a dang minute Mike! Just how did they lose that motor? was it possibly because someone forgot to put a chain or pin to hold it on?
"trar gos da bot.....da bot is gon"
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
