Diver
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Lures, Lures, Lures...
Finally getting around to packing the tackle box for our upcoming trip south. I KNOW I will need to stop and add a few things and was wondering what
else you old salts (or young salts) may recommend.
What I have;
4 Rapala (2 jointed)
3 Mirrolures 111
Many Krocks and spoons
2 heavy jigs
2 med jigs
2 Sabiki rigs (need more)
hooks, weights and leaders for live baits
Should I bring some feathers or skirted bullets or bubblers ?
How about attractants ? Soft lures or baits ?
Anything else I should have ??
Oh, we'll be fishing Mulege' area, Muertos, north to La Ventana, and maybe a bit in the groves at Abreojos with our 14' Lund and from shore.
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Skipjack Joe
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You haven't told us when you'll be down there.
1. Zucker feathers in green/yellow or Mexican flag.
2. Leadhead jigs with 4-5 inch plastics. They are invaluable on the pacific side. I like root beer color with gold specks. I find the ones with specks
really get bit better than others.
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Diver
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We will be down most of January and February.
Someday I'll come down when the fish are really biting !!
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Iflyfish
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Hope to see you there Diver.
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vacaenbaja
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If you are going to troll your rapalas I would suggest a few more. The ex or xtreem model in blue or green mackeral
pattern work well. I would get about a dozen assorted leadheads for softbaits such as scampy, and others for the
Magdalena area and anywhere where bass lurk. Be sure to
have lots of replacement tails in white, silver rootbeer and red etc. as you will get bit by many types of toothy
critters that will tear your "hot color" tail to bits Salas or Tadys in blue and white, chrome and blue
scrammbled egg are good to have in good numbers.
I would suggest the models with a single forged hook with welded ring as opposed to
the trebble hooks do not hold up as well when your hooked
up to a big one. If you are trolling bring larger feathers in
mexican flag pattern, blue and white, purple if any wahoo are around. It seems that the fish in baja no matter how
small all like and will strike larger trolled offerings,even if they are not much bigger!
I have trolled the standatd sized albacore
feathers that are sold here on the west coast with less than
good results. One day a pangero I was with looked at these lures and said "muy chiquito" or too small and he took three of them apart and stacked
them up on one leader. That set up worked really well and got the bulk of my fish that day.
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rts551
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For the Estero de Coyote (Abreojos), lots of plastics, some 3/4 Oz Krocodiles....
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Lures
Seems like I'm never sure what's out there. When trolling I take all the colors and sizes I have rigged.
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Don Alley
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For Cortez yellowtail in the winter months, have some Tady 4/0 or Salas 6x lures. These are the heavy ones for yoyo fishing. Scrambled egg
(yellow/brown), blue/white, blue/chrome. A big heavy Krocodile if you can find one is good deep also.
Krocodiles and megabait jigs for shallow and surface use.
I don't use feathers much Jan Feb, but maybe some sierra or skippies around?
Lots of rapala types, I'm using mostly Yozuris. The big ones will take them to the rocks so have plenty. Yeah, and mirrolures.
6/0 and 7/0 hooks, 6 and 8 ounce weights for deep fishing and making bait. Leader material for bottom fishing for yellowtail, at least 80 lb,
flourocarbon is nice but pricey. That is if you go out to the deep reefs. And swivels and snap swivels.
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Also,
Purple/Blk feather for overcast days, and don't forget a ceder plug, natural color. AMAZING how such a simple thing works so well. I have seen fish
leap over trolled feathers to take a plug. For some additional fun, take some squid lures they are plugs covered in lots of needles. Regular hooks
just tear right through the flesh. They are cheap and very usefull. Go at night for squid, hang a light over the side and have fun. Excellent eating.
Take a few shark rigs also (wire leaders). There is really good shark fishing in Baja.
Hope you have lots of luck this season. Tight lines,
M
[Edited on 11-12-2006 by M]
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Diver
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Boy am I gonna have a field trip at the tackle store !!! 
These are exactly the tips I was hoping for; thank you all !!
I will get more jigs with single hooks, more Mirrolures or Yozuris, some feathers, and maybe just a few leadhead softies as we'll only get 1 or 2 days
in Abreojos. More of everything !!! More is good !!!
Let me know if I forgot anything !
I am also deciding which Nomads I need to visit......nice rack, Osprey !! 
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if you will be on the pacific dont forget the lead heads and scampi tails in rootbeer, dark and light green, and moter oil in all different sizes.
allso crocs in chrome, chrome green, chrome red. forget the chrome blue as there not as productive. will be down at the sevens in two weeks where the
halibut can be very productive on chrome.
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Skipjack Joe
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Those plastics go quickly
If you fish for largemouth bass to any extent you probably have a lot of plastics in a variety of colors. Just bring those along. They may not be of
the optimal color and size but they work real well and you've already paid for them. Bring the freshwater rejects.
I came across this picture from one of your favorite places, La Ventana. We caught several species on these black and blue wiggly tails that our
sophisticated bass kept snubbing for several years. In case you're interested it was off that rocky point south of the campground but before you get
to the shipwreck (on the way to punta arena).
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Good picture Skipjack Joe! Thanks.
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Barry A.
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THE BAJA CATCH by Neil Kelly & Gene Kira----
is "must" reading, in my opinion. This is the bible for Baja small boat fishing (talking "tin boats" style fishing)
I don't see anybody mentioning "jointed rebel" lures-----tough and always productive. I love them.
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Diver
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Thanks Al,
I already have the Baja Catch but it's a bit old and single-minded.
There are so many new lures and thoughts that have developed since then.
I'd rather hear from some old (or new) salts on what works for them in Baja.
I have loved the replies so far !!!
I'm going shopping, I'm going shopping, I'm going shopping, I'm .......
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Diver
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Thanks Skipjack,
We will will be in La Ventana for around 3 weeks and will keep the boat on the beach but I will head towards the lighthouse and the open water betwen
there and the island with hopes of big fish.
I also like to go north past El Sargento where there's some bottom targets, open water and a following wind on the way home.
We've always brought the Zodiak before so this will be way more cool with our tin boat !!
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1 or 2 days in Abreojos and about a week around Mulege.
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