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[*] posted on 12-6-2008 at 09:07 AM


I came across this very small image of angler's pursuing roosters from the beach that I wanted to share as it really captures the thrill of the sport. That's the sort of beach fishing you don't get on the pacific side.

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[*] posted on 12-6-2008 at 09:28 AM


Wow...nice shot Skippy!



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[*] posted on 12-6-2008 at 09:57 AM
Flyfishing and spincasting from shorelines


Well...unfortunately we have no 'surf' fishing in our Mulege area, but the shorefishing was fantastic in Conception Bay some years back. It can still produce great days if you hunt the outside peninsula shores from Playa Domingo at the bay's mouth, then around the point to the old mine and south some miles towards Ptas Rosa and Teresa.

Here is a nice rooster caught from the old sea wall in front of our casas in Coyote Bay. We would keep spincast rigs at the ready in pvc holders on the wall...and race to them when we saw the pez gallo backfins raised while they were bunching up the lisas (baitfish) in the shallows. What a treat that was..sighting your target and pitching a 1-3 oz. kastmaster or crocodile just in front of the quarry. A sudden lunge, a spray of water, and the fight was on!



We did the same thing with robalo (snook) last year in Mag Bay under the overhanging mangeles along the back bays...great fun.
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[*] posted on 12-6-2008 at 11:50 AM


Years ago I befriended a group of japanese-americans who told me about the rooster fishing from the beach at Pt Chivato. That was 1976, I believe. They were relatively new to baja and were exploring the area by trolling from mulege to pt chivato when they came across some working fish at the beach in front of the hotel.

Beaching their gregor they started casting from shore. The pictures they brought back were eye popping: Roosters in the 20-40 lb range from the beach. The shore fishing was so good it became their primary mode of fishing. Every day, they said, in the afternoon the roosters would start working the baitfish as though on some schedule. They'd get up from their siesta and the action would start.

Having worked for that hotel during those years I suppose you are familiar with that.
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[*] posted on 12-6-2008 at 12:15 PM


You betcha, Igor. I have a bunch of old photos showing all of us engaged in casting for roosters just below the hotel patio bar...a favorite spot of those fighters to school up thier prey fish. The rooster fishing there was legendary.

You could also walk around the point..where the lighthouse is now..and throw a lure to red snapper below you. A little further north was white sea bass caught from shore..and so on. Ah, the memories...


One of my favorites... I have a copy of an old photo showing when a bunch of local kids chucked a baited fish on a stout line to a feeding marlin that was trashing fish just off the rocks near the hotel...they, with the help of thier dads, got the monster to shore. The photo shows them all in line holding the huge fish.....smiling from ear to ear.....priceless day.




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