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Taco de Baja
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Very nice fish! 
Even the little croakers put up a fight of fish many times their size. That must have been a lot of fun to bring them in.
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
-Herbert Spencer
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David K
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You need to show those photos to Gene Kira on his MexFish.com web site!!!!
I have never seen croaker that big... Wow!!!
Thanks for sharing your great Baja experience!
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marv sherrill
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Woody - where did you leave from to get into the fantastic whales?
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Yakfishing
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Woody,
Great report!
I just got back and I need to do a write up, but right now I'm swamped with work.
Will post soon.
Joe O.
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woody with a view
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diane- if i could go back i'd make time to go. we were feeling lazy that day. we'd only been in camp 1.5 days and weren't ready for more driving.
dk- i'll check it out.
marv-ojo de libre.
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baitcast
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!!!!!!!!!
That the biggest damn SPOT I ever saw
like the man said you just ate a record fish!!!!!!!!
BAITCAST
P.S. you know how to have the pic taken,still a brute,I didn,t know they got that big.
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Skipjack Joe
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Wow! That croaker is big enough to be a white sea bass. As I read your report I kept thinking "Why doesn't he stop talking about those croakers and
tell us about the white sea bass he's holding"
.... and, of course, my eyes raced through the words to see if you mentioned the beach where you caught them.
[Edited on 3-27-2007 by Skipjack Joe]
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bajaandy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
.... and, of course, my eyes raced through the words to see if you mentioned the beach where you caught them.
[Edited on 3-27-2007 by Skipjack Joe] |
I swear that beach looks familar.... but then, they ALL look familar after a while.
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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David K
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What happens in the 7 Sisters, stays in the 7 Sisters, eh Woody??? LOL
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Iflyfish
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Look Ma! I ate the whole thing!
Great report, great fish, happy wife, life is good!
After all, you can't eat a world record, eh, oops, you did!
Iflyfish
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ME
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great report, woody. there is magic around every corner along that strech of coast, and it looks like some big fish. Congrats on the new record... I
know it is not offical but the photo works for me 
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Bajalover
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Awesome photos Woody. Great looking fish, must have made some good tasting meals. Whale shots - outstanding. Where were you fishing.
Sometimes you really do question; why you are and where you are.
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woody with a view
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well sorta, the stories emerge but the names are changed to protect my u2u inbox!!! it's not the exact spot that matters, you just gotta get out there and soak some bait, matey's!
reading up on the spotfin and it looks like i may have eaten a record. 27" 10.5# is the largest recorded. OH WELL, it was the 2nd or 3rd day of a week
trip and i wasn't gonna run home just for a fish record. i have the foto to prove this fish tale was real.
[Edited on 3-28-2007 by woody in ob]
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David K
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I guess you didn't measure it then, eh Woody?
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woody with a view
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big one = 29"
little? one = 25"
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Sharksbaja
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I bow to "O Great One" !
Woody, I can imagine the thrill. Congrats!
Bait?
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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David K
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How loud did it croak?
We pulled out lots of yellow fin croakers between the corbinas we caught at the lagoon (Bahia Santa Maria), and their croaking drove our dog nuts!
[Edited on 3-28-2007 by David K]
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Slowmad
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You are officially Mister Toad.
That spotty is just gross, and extra credit for the preparation.
Great report, great stoke, great way to preserve the adventure for future travelers: "those beasts are out there...go explore and find a spot and a
toad of your own."
You and your gal might enjoy "Men and Whales at Scammon's Lagoon" by David Henderson.
It's in the Dawson's Baja Travel Series, and you can find used copies online.
Cool maps and stories of Ojo de Liebre ("Spring of the Jackrabbit"), Bomb Island, whales surfing the inlets, etc. etc.
The only requirement for love or chorizo is confidence.
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TacoFeliz
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The very best kind of trip report -- Thanks!
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woody with a view
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We pulled out lots of yellow fin croakers between the corbinas
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that's funny because we were targeting corbina because i'd caught a big one before at the same spot but none this time. after we got these two we
broke off two others. i told Bia, "we've got enough" so we started walking back to camp. the fish were still alive and croaking but Bia couldn't hear
them because of the wind. i told here to touch the fish because they're doing something weird!!!
she almost freaked when she felt the vibrations in their bodies. i told her, "that's why they're called 'croakers'".
from what i understand the vibrations are from bones (like kidney stones, really) in their heads!!!
[Edited on 3-28-2007 by woody in ob]
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