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Great Fishing In Pescadero (edit) Updated Fotos
There are lots of marlin congregating just offshore, boats are running all the way up here from Cabo. Fortunately, the locals here don't have to spend
$500 in fuel to enjoy good fishing. Went out yesterday in rough seas at 9:30am, caught 3 marlin, (kept 2) and was back on the beach by 11:30 with
3/4's of a tank of fuel left.
[Edited on 11-14-2013 by monoloco]
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Kept two?? Uh Oh, here it comes.
I yam what I yam and that\'s all what I yam.
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It's that time of the year, isn't it? I'm on my way.
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Smoke em, eat em...
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Holy Smokes. You caught marlin from a tin boat? You must be pretty good. Not to mention launching through that surf.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by watizname
Kept two?? Uh Oh, here it comes. |
There were two of us in the boat, it was a legal limit and neither fish
would have survived, one had the hook through its eye and the other had two hooks stuck in it's gullet. Not that we wouldn't have kept them anyway
because they are great eating.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Holy Smokes. You caught marlin from a tin boat? You must be pretty good. Not to mention launching through that surf. |
I actually think that it's easier from a small boat because you can reel the boat to the fish without fighting the weight of the
boat, plus it's easy to slide the fish in over the low transom. The seas were a little tricky getting out yesterday, close swell with steep faces
breaking outside on a low tide, we had to wait about 10-15 minutes for a lull we could manage. Timing is everything.
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Skipjack Joe
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Still, that's pretty impressive.
That's a 13'8" Gregor as far as I can tell. Their rated for about 550lbs. Two guys = 350lbs. Two marlin = 200 lbs. Motor about 100lbs. Ice box and
tackle 50lbs(?). And going through the surf. Yahoo!!
Looks like the 'captain' is left handed. I balance my boat that way as well, one on the left and the other on the right.
Those Gregors take a lickin and keep on tickin.
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Small boats
I agree..small boats lets you fish 360 degrees and on my small cat its stable as a Rock,dock !! much more fishy than a sport cruiser and faster and a
LOT less fuel !!! Not to mention you can drag (tow) it about any where !!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by watizname
Kept two?? Uh Oh, here it comes. |
Not a comment on the morality of keeping the fish, especially if you are going to eat them. BUT, there have been threads on these boards that have
gone on for days about taking billfish.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Holy Smokes. You caught marlin from a tin boat? You must be pretty good. Not to mention launching through that surf. |
I have to say I'm a little confused by your response. Yesterday you went on a rant about keeping leopard grouper but seem impressed by 2 dead marlin,
even before he explained why they kept them.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Still, that's pretty impressive.
That's a 13'8" Gregor as far as I can tell. Their rated for about 550lbs. Two guys = 350lbs. Two marlin = 200 lbs. Motor about 100lbs. Ice box and
tackle 50lbs(?). And going through the surf. Yahoo!!
Looks like the 'captain' is left handed. I balance my boat that way as well, one on the left and the other on the right.
Those Gregors take a lickin and keep on tickin. |
Joe, It's a 14' Klamath, about the same though. I've been
using this one for 13 years and it's holding together well. That 15 hp Honda will get it right up on a plane even loaded with two guys and all their
gear, and I usually use 3 gallons of fuel or less on a trip. I have always operated outboards with my left hand, it leaves the right free to handle a
rod and reel. I have the boat set up to troll up to 6 lines, but most of the time we troll 3, I have it set up with a two rod holders at different
angles within easy reach of my right hand, two on the left side, and two on the transom. I have down rigger clips on the transom that I can clip two
lines into to run flat and close, there are many days that those are the most productive lines. I often think that I'd like a bigger boat until I see
the guys with larger boats struggle for a half hour getting their boat back on the trailer from the beach, it's just so much easier with a small boat,
I can load everything up, drive to the beach, and be out fishing in less than an hour. I think I end up going fishing more than I would with a larger
boat, of course two boats would be ideal, I just have to convince my wife of that.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by watizname
| Quote: | Originally posted by watizname
Kept two?? Uh Oh, here it comes. |
Not a comment on the morality of keeping the fish, especially if you are going to eat them. BUT, there have been threads on these boards that have
gone on for days about taking billfish. |
Personally, I don't believe in targeting a fish I don't intend to
eat. Why go out and deliberately torture and injure a fish, then turn it loose? From what I've experienced around here, marlin are not endangered any
more than wahoo, which are an even rarer catch, yet no one would ever release a wahoo.
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Hoo's
I'd eat Wahoo any day over a strip....I have seen Hoo's stacked liked cord wood outside of san carlos..(mag bay) If memory serves correct,,, I think
its around oct.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by msteve1014
| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Holy Smokes. You caught marlin from a tin boat? You must be pretty good. Not to mention launching through that surf. |
I have to say I'm a little confused by your response. Yesterday you went on a rant about keeping leopard grouper but seem impressed by 2 dead marlin,
even before he explained why they kept them. |
Sometimes I confuse myself as well.
Given that you feel my objections are 'rants' I won't explain. I don't think it would make a bit of difference to you anyway.
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You could explain why leopard grouper are off limits, but billfish are ok, in your mind.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by msteve1014
You could explain why leopard grouper are off limits, but billfish are ok, in your mind. |
Ok I got to admit I was thinking that too.....
Nice bills by the way Monoloco.
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A. You misquoted me. I didn't say leopards are off limits. I said that targeting the biggest leopards is harmful to the fishery and should stop.
B. Marlin are the best managed fishery in Baja. It's the only fishery in baja that Mexico has a handle on. The rest are laws without any numerical
support.
I've compared it all to Alaskan fishery management in the past. You can look for old threads.
I really don't want to bring all that up on this thread.
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Monoloco, your livin the dream, one of the coolest fishing shots I've seen in a while. Heck, you could send someone for ice and get a few waves.
Good stuff, fun report. Thanks 
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Monoloco, Ive got the same boat and a bigger 25 Wellcraft. Can you guess which one gets used more? Yes, its the 14' Klamath. I somehow loose the
feeling of the ocean in the bigger boat.
I can feel the temp breaks barefoot in the Klamath, and it makes me slow down and fish areas harder. Easier to see and smell the signs too.
Id sell the big boat right now, but Id take a huge bath on it, so she sits and waits for the longer runs or an improved boat market.
Keep posting up your fish reports, it helps us poor working guys see a little daylight while we are in the coal mines.
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