| Pages:
1
2 |
baitcast
Super Nomad
Posts: 1785
Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: kingman AZ.
Member Is Offline
Mood: good
|
|
Halibut for lobsters.......My best trade ever!
In the last couple of years I,ve posted a few times about Punta San Carlos BC and the great fishing thats to be had there.
What I forgot to mention was the lobsters that call San Carlos home,according to Chichi they are everywhere,you will met him later.
This was to be our first trip San Carlos the year was 1964,three rigs and six of my friends made the trip,the bay was 180 miles south of Ensenada BC
the last 30 miles was a rough dirt trail,that was not a problem if the fishing was good
We pulled in one afternoon to a cold windy far away place,Ocean to the west a huge mesa to the east nothing in either the south or north no people no
homes no nothing as far as the eye could see but it looked fishy.
To our surpise there was two Mexicans camped near by who turned out to be seaweed divers,we would meet them the next day.
The next morning turned into wild free for all butts everywhere,the bottom must have been paved with them,anything you threw was attacked ,by noon we
must have caught 35 or 40,in quiet water inside of a big weed line,we were being watched all the while by the two Mexicans who came for a visit when
we shut it down around noon.
To save time I will call them ChiChi they were looking at the butts with great interest,after the introductions the they asked if the butts were for
sale I said no but do you have anything to trade they looked at one another and shugged their shoulders I then asked are there any lobsters in the
area with a big smile they said si everywhere thats all we have been eating lately oh really
Two mins later the deal was made,but we would have to boat out to their cages "no problem amigo lets go"I and Chuck was in their boat in mere
moments,Whoa these waves are big we are right in the middle of big sets a white knuckle ride all the way out,there they were two flags,first pot
three or four really nice size lobsters next pot four or five and maybe bigger,ChiChi then asked me do we want more,we had maybe nine or ten
already,keep in mind these were bigger than we are used to,no I said this should do it
Now back through that big surf more white knuckles,ChiChi gets the boat on the back of one mountains and rode it all the way back in,the guys really
good.
The cheering started when the guys saw what we had in the bags,out came a big pot and two stoves were fire up,filleting started while the water in the
big warmed up,I asked our new found friends to stay for dinner they had already settled in before I finished the invite.
Lets see halibut fillets and lobster I guess thats all we have,a big bowl of melted butter was added,thats all we got quess we will have to rough it,I
forgot lots of cold beer was also added.
This was the first and last time I could not finish the lobster that was setting before me,we ate like cave men like we had n,t eaten for a month,its
getting late now and I,ve had it,don,t know when the other guys crapped out but I do know about two or three am I woke with something running out my
nose woke my boy to check me out " Dad you,ve got butter coming out your nose!!! sure enough melted butter running out my nose,I guess I must have
over did something we all paid the price the next day.
Great trip,great friends,my boy with me and great fishing what do they say" it just doesn,t get any better.
The picture is my boy,Chuck Williams of Huntington Bch and my self.
Rob
[Edited on 5-11-2010 by baitcast]
|
|
|
noproblemo2
Super Nomad
Posts: 1088
Registered: 4-14-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
WOW, some bugs there, glad you got to enjoy them. Did you make lobster burritos for breakfast???
|
|
|
Curt63
Super Nomad
Posts: 1171
Registered: 3-28-2009
Location: San Diego, Ca.
Member Is Offline
Mood: Fish tacos and Tecate
|
|
Great story. I love to hear about virgin Baja!
No worries
|
|
|
4baja
Super Nomad
Posts: 1339
Registered: 9-4-2003
Location: morro bay ca
Member Is Offline
|
|
yea we went there25 years ago and ran into an old hut north of there. there was a old guy in it with one of the biggest lobsters ive ever seen. we ask
if we could buy it and he said this is my dinner, just go walk in the water there all over the place and get your own. the next day a few of the
locals came and ask if we wanted to buy some crab, we said sure and they came with a box full of P-nchers for 5 bucks. lots of cochels, clams and
mussels too. mesa san carlos to the south has a wrecked airplane and a cave wich has great cave paintings above it. its not the same anymore with
lots of windsurfing camps and ther fishing has declined.
|
|
|
Natalie Ann
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2819
Registered: 8-22-2003
Location: Berkeley
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by baitcast
..... we ate like cave men like we had n,t eaten for a month,its getting late now and I,ve had it,don,t know when the other guys crapped out but I do
know about two or three am I woke with something running out my nose woke my boy to check me out " Dad you,ve got butter coming out your nose!!! sure
enough melted butter running out my nose,I guess I must have over did something we all paid the price the next day. |
That's quite the image. Gives all new meaning to the phrase 'inhaled your food'.
Thanks for sharing this good story, baticast.
Fresh halibut and lobster on the beach.... those were the days!
nena
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
|
|
|
Skipjack Joe
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8084
Registered: 7-12-2004
Location: Bahia Asuncion
Member Is Offline
|
|
Yes, I liked your story as well, baitcast. I don't believe you ever told us this one.
Keep them coming, please. There must be plenty more. You fished the place at a time most of us just dream about. I never ventured past Ensenada until
the late 70's. Wish I had because baja will never be like that again.
|
|
|
BajaBlanca
Select Nomad
Posts: 13199
Registered: 10-28-2008
Location: La Bocana, BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
great story and please post more
|
|
|
Tomas Tierra
Super Nomad
Posts: 1281
Registered: 3-23-2005
Location: oxnard, ca
Member Is Offline
Mood: Tengo Flojera
|
|
the fishin still gets good there. Condition dependant. A couple of days with no wind or swell, all the weeds sink out, bite on! Had a similar evening
as baitcast described (photo). CHEWIN! anything you threw got bit.Halibuts flyin out of the water all over the inside of the bay.couldn't help but
fish til dark. Only kept a few..we allready had a bucket of lobbies ..
Baitcast,thanks for the story. the cement slabs in your photo are still there. we were fishing up the point a bit.
I also saw the biggest bug of my life there..pushin18#s, can't find the photo..
TT
|
|
|
Tomas Tierra
Super Nomad
Posts: 1281
Registered: 3-23-2005
Location: oxnard, ca
Member Is Offline
Mood: Tengo Flojera
|
|
butt fishin PSC BCN 1987
[Edited on 5-12-2010 by Tomas Tierra]
|
|
|
baitcast
Super Nomad
Posts: 1785
Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: kingman AZ.
Member Is Offline
Mood: good
|
|
Tomas we fished south of the point where the sand starts inside of the weed line.
We were setting around drinking coffee that first morning and I,m just watching the water like always when I see a school of something
chasing bait in close just like school of bonita except they were Halibut,jumping airborne never seen anything like it,in water less than 2 3 feet,
Went down there three times,first year butts,next year WSB and the last the whole croaker family.
Rob
|
|
|
baitcast
Super Nomad
Posts: 1785
Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: kingman AZ.
Member Is Offline
Mood: good
|
|
Same wonderful spot
|
|
|
Skipjack Joe
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8084
Registered: 7-12-2004
Location: Bahia Asuncion
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
butt fishin PSC BCN 1987
|
Couldn't help but notice that you're fishing in socks and sandals. 
Guess I'm not the only one.
|
|
|
Tomas Tierra
Super Nomad
Posts: 1281
Registered: 3-23-2005
Location: oxnard, ca
Member Is Offline
Mood: Tengo Flojera
|
|
when you see them flyin out of the water you just start throwin the croc..no matter how or if your dressed..yup
TT
|
|
|
torch
Nomad
Posts: 295
Registered: 1-27-2010
Location: O.C. Calif. and BCN
Member Is Offline
|
|
I have a friend who traded (were given) drinking water for lobsters. They were on a big sportfisher that could make alot of fresh water and were
anchored around the mag bay area. The fishermen just kept bringing empty containers and big lobsters. wish I was there.
|
|
|
Pompano
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8194
Registered: 11-14-2004
Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
Member Is Offline
Mood: Optimistic
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by baitcast
In the last couple of years I,ve posted a few times about Punta San Carlos BC and the great fishing thats to be had there.
What I forgot to mention was the lobsters that call San Carlos home,according to Chichi they are everywhere,you will met him later.
.................
[Edited on 5-11-2010 by baitcast] |
baitcast...Wow, can I ever relate to your great story and pics!
We fly a 180 taildragger into that place many times back in the day. Had some remarkable lobster times..and roasted goat once when we arrived at
Christmas time. What great memories..thanks for bringing them back. Those bugs were muy delicious!
edit for another photobucket repair..sigh
[Edited on 12-26-2014 by Pompano]
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
|
|
|
vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
Nothing to do with Baja, but made me remember a day when camping at a Bodega Bay campground.
This was many, many moons ago. I got heavily into barred surfperch and ended up with a cooler full. When returning to the campground some divers were
admiring my catch and offered me a trade. All the abalone I wanted in exchange for perch. What a trade.
|
|
|
Pompano
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8194
Registered: 11-14-2004
Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
Member Is Offline
Mood: Optimistic
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Nothing to do with Baja, but made me remember a day when camping at a Bodega Bay campground.
This was many, many moons ago. I got heavily into barred surfperch and ended up with a cooler full. When returning to the campground some divers were
admiring my catch and offered me a trade. All the abalone I wanted in exchange for perch. What a trade. |
Ed...back in college days, we would get smelt from Lake Superior, caught by handnets in the small streams on the north side. Literally
thousands of them. We would then bag & trade them for 'real food' at the local Red Owl grocery store.
This is me and nomad, aquaholic, loading my old Plymouth wagon with the critters.
Our 'real food' was .. peanut butter, bread, and chips.
Go figure. Those smelt would have been delicious! 
Hah...had to edit this photobucket photo, too....
[Edited on 12-26-2014 by Pompano]
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
|
|
|
baitcast
Super Nomad
Posts: 1785
Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: kingman AZ.
Member Is Offline
Mood: good
|
|
Bump.........Lots of new guys so I thought I would bring this back one more time'
Rob
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
|
|
|
woody with a view
PITA Nomad
Posts: 15939
Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
Member Is Offline
Mood: Everchangin'
|
|
Good to see you Rob! Merry Christmas buddy.
|
|
|
durrelllrobert
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7393
Registered: 11-22-2007
Location: Punta Banda BC
Member Is Offline
Mood: thriving in Baja
|
|
Here's a picture of a 20 pounder
Quote: Originally posted by Tomas Tierra  | the fishin still gets good there. Condition dependant. A couple of days with no wind or swell, all the weeds sink out, bite on! Had a similar evening
as baitcast described (photo). CHEWIN! anything you threw got bit.Halibuts flyin out of the water all over the inside of the bay.couldn't help but
fish til dark. Only kept a few..we allready had a bucket of lobbies..
Baitcast,thanks for the story. the cement slabs in your photo are still there. we were fishing up the point a bit.
I also saw the biggest bug of my life there..pushin18#s, can't find the photo..
TT |
Article say's largest ever caught = 37.5 ponds
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/07/20-pound-lobster
Bob Durrell
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
