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Conversations with my boat Part I
Skipper: "Boat, we gonna catch some fish today?"
Boat: "Absolutely, boss. Just do what I say, this time, and quit tryin' those crazy lures you're friends from Canada keep givin' you. A buzz bomb
ain't a lure, boss, it's a firework or some N-zi invention from the last century."
Skipper: "But I'm fishing with nothing but Canadians today! If we dont catch anything, they'll blame it on American arrogance, IF I DONT USE THEIR
BUZZ BOMBS! I wont be able to blame their fishing skills, this time! The blame might fall on me, the Skipper!!!"
Boat: "Just bring up the value of the Canadian dollar, right now". That'll shut 'en up, eh?"
Boat: "And when we get to the fuel dock, explain to them that you'll have to convert their portion of the fuel, using THEIR exchange rate.!!!
"That'll solve your fishing-with-Canadian-lures AND Canadians, thing.........."
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Santiago
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That's funny, right there....you betch'a
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Skipjack Joe
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I used the buzz-bomb in Alaska last summer. Damn good lure.
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What's a buzz-bomb?
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Skipjack Joe
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It's a lure with a hole inside running down the length of it. You run your line inside from one end to the other and tie a treble hook at the far end.
I don't think it buzzes at all but could be wrong.
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Think I had one too many buzz bombs last night. 
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I've even caught fish in Baja with a buzz bomb. Just not consistently enough and they now just rattle around in the bottom of my tackle box. I kept
losing the rubber bumpers between lure and hook.
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Buzz Bombs
They tore up London !! but the ones for fishing are so-so IMO...
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Hook
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Good news!!!
Skipper: "Well, boat, we dodged a bullet today. No fish caught on the buzz bomb."
Boat: It's like Bitcoin, boss. Lots of buzz, but where's the beef?"
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Buzz bombs were retired after one drop as the drift was just too fast and the fish too deep. They were down around 280 FEET) and the wind prediction
was WAY off today, 12-15 kts and ugly, lumpy. The buzz bombs the Canadians brought were only about 3-4 oz. 'Course they would know what that is in
grams, but I dont............
Yankee ingenuity (in the form of Chinese-made knife jigs, of course  )
came through! Knife jigs are Fast and Furious which makes perfect sense in the hands of a Yank.
And today, The Yankee Skipper outfished the Canadians by a ratio of 3:1... 
But, Yankee largesse made sure that all went home with full zip-locs.
No mention of the exchange rate........too much pain, already, for one day. 
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Ha! Loving all these conversations.
I sometimes talk to the poodle and/or my truck during long road trips. Guess I need to listen more carefully for responses next time.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bkbend
I've even caught fish in Baja with a buzz bomb. Just not consistently enough and they now just rattle around in the bottom of my tackle box. I kept
losing the rubber bumpers between lure and hook. |
Yes, that's their weakness. Sooner or later the line starts to chaff at the hook connection and looses it's strength. You need to keep cutting and
retying.
Works great for bottom fishing but no better than many others that are available as far as I can tell. Has good side to side action.
It's just that it runs up and down the line that seems like a potential issue. During this last Abreojos trip one of the people in camp was using
fluorocarbon and just outfishing everyone. Well, once that buzz bomb starts to work up and down that line it's going to lose all of it's
'invisibility', me thinks.
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Santiago
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They were the go-to lure in Lake Tahoe in the fall; jigging for macs and Kokes. The stores had rows of them.
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Do you live in Baja or Sonora? Do you get paid to take clients out on your boat? Otherwise why would you use lures that you don't feel are the best
for catching fish? | Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Skipper: "Boat, we gonna catch some fish today?"
Boat: "Absolutely, boss. Just do what I say, this time, and quit tryin' those crazy lures you're friends from Canada keep givin' you. A buzz bomb
ain't a lure, boss, it's a firework or some N-zi invention from the last century."
Skipper: "But I'm fishing with nothing but Canadians today! If we dont catch anything, they'll blame it on American arrogance, IF I DONT USE THEIR
BUZZ BOMBS! I wont be able to blame their fishing skills, this time! The blame might fall on me, the Skipper!!!"
Boat: "Just bring up the value of the Canadian dollar, right now". That'll shut 'en up, eh?"
Boat: "And when we get to the fuel dock, explain to them that you'll have to convert their portion of the fuel, using THEIR exchange rate.!!!
"That'll solve your fishing-with-Canadian-lures AND Canadians, thing.........." |
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Hook
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Do you ever REALLY ask questions that have anything to do with Mexico?
Rarely, in my experience.
No, I dont take clients out. I take friends out who help me defray fuel expenses. They can fish with whatever they want.
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Hook
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Oh, BTW, this post was meant to poke fun at this sudden outburst of "Conversations with blah-blah-blah........"
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EnsenadaDr
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I know you love me Hook, and I feel the same way. BTW, Sonora is not in Baja, I just wanted to know if you actually lived in Baja because you post on
this board.
Yes, I was simply discussing the reason why you were cowtowing to your Canadian friends when you don't like using that particular lure to begin with.
The subject initially was fishing, wasn't it? I guess you started that topic and I was following it amigo!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Oh, BTW, this post was meant to poke fun at this sudden outburst of "Conversations with blah-blah-blah........"
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Keep it up, Hook. I like your conversations more than the original ones.
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EnsenadaDr
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Really? I didn't start that thread, Skipjack. It was originally Gypsy Jan and mine was a spinoff of hers and Hook came in a far second with his. So
don't blame me.
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Sure Fire Way To Get Fish !
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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EnsenadaDr
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Which reminds me a story. My father took me to a very high class seafood restaurant in Miami Beach. After lunch he took me on a charter fishing
boat. Everyone had their lines out, and I was fishing and suddenly I saw my father turn a grey color and sit down. He told me he felt sick to his
stomach and finally vomited over the side of the boat. Well don't you know the fish started biting like crazy, must have been the best chum in the
world!!
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