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bajainfo
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The real yellowfin tuna showed up...finally
Rancho Leonero Resort, East Cape BCS, Mexico
A report right from the source:
The week of May 11-18
Water - Water temps have stabilized with inshore at 72 degrees; outside 80 degrees, flat and calm.
Air - Cool mornings, nice weather … highs in the low 90s. Last couple of days were beautiful and clear.
The Environment:
As we say in Mexico, “Perfecto!”
The Bottom Line:
A solid Leonero 8 on a 1 to 10 scale.
Marlin – They are jumping into the boats! Very, very good billfishing. All boats targeting marlin are releasing at least one, most multiples. The
fish are an easy 15 to 20 minutes from the "Ranch," directly in front of La Ribera.
Dorado – Good fishing early in the week with all anglers limiting although the bite has slowed some in the past few days.
Roosterfish and more – Roosters have been on and off this week. The best gallo bite has been south, around Los Frailes. Fish in the 50-pound range
are being released daily.
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch …
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The first yellowfin tuna showed this week. On Friday, the JenWren ran into a school of tuna off Los Frailes. The boat limited with the largest fish
a bruiser weighing 63-pounds.
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"Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the
dead animal to the live one." Edward Abbey
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| Quote: | Originally posted by weebray
"Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the
dead animal to the live one." Edward Abbey |
That's what we get for being at the top of the food chain. Nature's way.
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"whenever I see a post by weebray spewing BS, I am always reminded of the saying, "what a tool!" willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by weebray
"Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the
dead animal to the live one." Edward Abbey |
Yeah..... they're probably going to eat it too. Have you purchased any beef, pork, or chicken lately? You tool.....
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Geez, you'd think I said something bad about an Apple product. In fact, the truth is most of the sport catch in Baja is carried back to the freezers
of the overfishermen of the US. There is sits, and sits, and sits until it is inedible and not even good for bait. Oh, I know, your gonna get on
here and tell me how "I eat everything I catch" or "I only catch what I can eat" or some such other BS but the truth is most of it is wasted. If you
want to eat fish, go to a fish market, it's much cheaper and you'll never get skunked. If you want to fish, fine, but release the damn things,
especially the baby ones as pictured. Sure I eat beef, pork and chicken. But I don't go out and kill it and leave half of it to rot. I used to fish
a lot - I quit during my last rockfishing trip off the California coast. The bag limit was 10 but when we hit a productive bank the crowd went wild
and the slaughter was on. Not a word was spoken by the crew or capitan. The worst part here is that those of you spewing the most vitriol know I
speak the truth. I've been there, it's ugly.
Every beautiful beach in the world needs a few condo towers - NOT.
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drzura
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| Quote: | Originally posted by weebray
Geez, you'd think I said something bad about an Apple product. In fact, the truth is most of the sport catch in Baja is carried back to the freezers
of the overfishermen of the US. There is sits, and sits, and sits until it is inedible and not even good for bait. Oh, I know, your gonna get on
here and tell me how "I eat everything I catch" or "I only catch what I can eat" or some such other BS but the truth is most of it is wasted. If you
want to eat fish, go to a fish market, it's much cheaper and you'll never get skunked. If you want to fish, fine, but release the damn things,
especially the baby ones as pictured. Sure I eat beef, pork and chicken. But I don't go out and kill it and leave half of it to rot. I used to fish
a lot - I quit during my last rockfishing trip off the California coast. The bag limit was 10 but when we hit a productive bank the crowd went wild
and the slaughter was on. Not a word was spoken by the crew or capitan. The worst part here is that those of you spewing the most vitriol know I
speak the truth. I've been there, it's ugly. |
You just let the slaughter houses do the dirty work for you; outta sight, outta mind, right? I would rather catch and have fresh fish, and actually,
give most away to friends and family.
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Pacifico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by weebray
"Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the
dead animal to the live one." Edward Abbey |
Edward Abbey = vegetarian
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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BajaRat
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| Quote: | Originally posted by weebray
Geez, you'd think I said something bad about an Apple product. In fact, the truth is most of the sport catch in Baja is carried back to the freezers
of the overfishermen of the US. There is sits, and sits, and sits until it is inedible and not even good for bait. Oh, I know, your gonna get on
here and tell me how "I eat everything I catch" or "I only catch what I can eat" or some such other BS but the truth is most of it is wasted. If you
want to eat fish, go to a fish market, it's much cheaper and you'll never get skunked. If you want to fish, fine, but release the damn things,
especially the baby ones as pictured. Sure I eat beef, pork and chicken. But I don't go out and kill it and leave half of it to rot. I used to fish
a lot - I quit during my last rockfishing trip off the California coast. The bag limit was 10 but when we hit a productive bank the crowd went wild
and the slaughter was on. Not a word was spoken by the crew or capitan. The worst part here is that those of you spewing the most vitriol know I
speak the truth. I've been there, it's ugly. |
Wow, thanks for the education. Guess I'll get rid of my gear, sell our ranchito, move to the city and start feeding my family McGarbages over fished
Fillet O' Fish, caged chicken Mc Nuggets, and feed lot antibiotic pumped Big Macs............. Ur a real............. life saver 
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redhilltown
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| Quote: | Originally posted by drzura
| Quote: | Originally posted by weebray
Geez, you'd think I said something bad about an Apple product. In fact, the truth is most of the sport catch in Baja is carried back to the freezers
of the overfishermen of the US. There is sits, and sits, and sits until it is inedible and not even good for bait. Oh, I know, your gonna get on
here and tell me how "I eat everything I catch" or "I only catch what I can eat" or some such other BS but the truth is most of it is wasted. If you
want to eat fish, go to a fish market, it's much cheaper and you'll never get skunked. If you want to fish, fine, but release the damn things,
especially the baby ones as pictured. Sure I eat beef, pork and chicken. But I don't go out and kill it and leave half of it to rot. I used to fish
a lot - I quit during my last rockfishing trip off the California coast. The bag limit was 10 but when we hit a productive bank the crowd went wild
and the slaughter was on. Not a word was spoken by the crew or capitan. The worst part here is that those of you spewing the most vitriol know I
speak the truth. I've been there, it's ugly. |
You just let the slaughter houses do the dirty work for you; outta sight, outta mind, right? I would rather catch and have fresh fish, and actually,
give most away to friends and family. |
Perfect response. i don't know where he gets off saying most of sport fishermen goes wasted...do you go their houses? Do you examine their freezers?
Maybe a creepy fridge cam? Takes an example or two and extrapolates it out to conclusion based on practically nothing. And what the HELL do you know
about the fish you find at a "fish market"?? Let me answer that: nothing. It might be open air...it might have nice people and a good vibe..pretty
banners....but you know nothing of where or how that fish was caught (though I am sure there are some that are honorable and more power to them.)
Yes...the Dorado pictured were small but they live fast and die young...the commercial fleets decimate them, not the sport fishermen. As to rockfish
Wee has a point...they grow slowly and are very easily over fished. Maybe Wee has many a comment/rant and thread about commercial fishing...at least
he would be honest on both sides. As a final note I have read my fair share of Ed Abbey and while a complicated soul, is one of the best nature
writers ever...but if you wanna take the high ground on this then you better deal with his comments on women, cows/animals, and...well yes, Mexicans.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by weebray
"Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the
dead animal to the live one." Edward Abbey |
Ditto!
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I understand that when I put a lure out and pull it in the right place, at the right speed, and under the right conditions, something will eat it.
What I don't understand is how the few progressive libs that post regularly on here are able to do the same thing. They throw out a lure that is not
even very deceptive and for sure does not look like the real thing ( meaning an original thought or profound idea) but it gets strikes never the less.
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“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save
the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it.
While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests,
climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious
stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the
body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with
their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.”
Edward Abbey
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
I understand that when I put a lure out and pull it in the right place, at the right speed, and under the right conditions, something will eat it.
What I don't understand is how the few progressive libs that post regularly on here are able to do the same thing. They throw out a lure that is not
even very deceptive and for sure does not look like the real thing ( meaning an original thought or profound idea) but it gets strikes never the less.
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This reminds me of the story in Walt Peterson's Baja Adventure Book about their friend who could never catch anything, even in a hot bite. He was
always dragging the wrong lure at the wrong speed at the wrong distance from the boat, or something.
They figured they would tip off the vegetarian groups of the world about his "techniques" and they would then promote it around the world.
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I too have sinned. I have been an overtaker, a greedy man. Now, for the last few years I have been making up for my excesses. It's a simple form of
expiation --- I use rod, reels, lures and I continue to troll and enjoy the day. What I do differently is try to avoid conditions that favor the
fisherman but serve the fish. I look for places where there are no fish of any kind, troll at various and sometimes reckless speeds and patterns. On a
good day I leave the fishery as I found it. Sometimes dumb luck brings me strikes and fine sport and food fish so I guess you could say, of the the
scheme, the plan, that some days are better than others.
I said it was a plan. I never said it was a good plan.
[Edited on 5-19-2014 by Osprey]
[Edited on 5-19-2014 by Osprey]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
I too have sinned. I have been an overtaker, a greedy man. Now, for the last few years I have been making up for my excesses. It's a simple form of
expiation --- I use rod, reels, lures and I continue to troll and enjoy the day. What I do differently is try to avoid conditions that favor the
fisherman but serve the fish. I look for places where there are no fish of any kind, troll at various and sometimes reckless speeds and patterns. On a
good day I leave the fishery as I found it. Sometimes dumb luck brings me strikes and fine sport and food fish so I guess you could say, of the the
scheme, the plan, that some days are better than others.
I said it was a plan. I never said it was a good plan.
[Edited on 5-19-2014 by Osprey]
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I have apparently been practicing your technique for many years, let's go fishing some time Jorge, I could use some tips from a pro.
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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 all this from the guys that complain about the lack of fishing reports!
thanks for the report, looks like a great time!
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weebray
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pacifico
Edward Abbey = vegetarian |
To paraphrase Robert Frost. A wise man speaks because he has something to say,
a fool speaks because he has to say something. If you know nothing about Ed Abbey don't tell us what you don't know.
"Nobody seems more obsessed by diet than our anti-materialist, otherworldly, New Age, spiritual types. But if the material world is merely illusion,
an honest guru should be as content with Budweiser and bratwurst as with raw carrot juice, tofu, and seaweed slime."
Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989
[Edited on 5-19-2014 by weebray]
[Edited on 5-19-2014 by weebray]
Every beautiful beach in the world needs a few condo towers - NOT.
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weebray
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pacifico
“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save
the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it.
While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests,
climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious
stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the
body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with
their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.”
Edward Abbey |
Hmmm, Pacifico, seems you do know Ed Abbey. You make my point. I have the blood of hundreds of animals on my hands. I have hunted, fished, bought
live animals to butcher and raised all manner of domesticated "meat" in my life. To paraphrase Robert Frost again, life is born into light and ends
in wisdom. I am not pontificating a holier than thou attitude here, I too have sinned. The point here is we all may want to consider some restraint,
not man's most strong suit. When I go to the airport and watch the coolers full of fish fillets loading on the great aluminum tube bound for LA I am
witnessing one part of the degradation of the fishery here. We can argue what percentage won't ever be consumed but we all know that some of it will
not be consumed. My experience with myself and friends is that that percentage is significant. My neighbors are fishermen, hard working, honest and
4th generation. Between them and the Bravo market my fish needs are satiated. Sport fishing for food makes no economic sense but sport fishing for
fun - well - that's what Ed Abbey is all about.
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One thing is for sure and that is Weebray spent entirely too much time out in the sun and fried a few vital parts.
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