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BOLA May 30-June 2
Lobsterman covered this time period in detail, I completely forgot he was there or I would have looked him up. Waning quarter moon, nearly new moon by
the end.
Absolutely spot on regarding the time period for the yellowtail bite. Had to be out very early or nada; 7:30-8:00am the door slammed shut.
Very little bait in the water, but huge blooms of tiny red things, maybe shrimp? The gulls would bob on the water above the blooms and dip their
beaks into the water over and over again.
69-to 71 degree water, depending on where you were. We fished the north areas, up to Guadalupe, did not go south to Animas this trip.
To be honest, the entire area felt lifeless, nothing happening. It was not unusual for boats to come back to the ramp with only one or two bass.
Ugh.
Even the pelicans weren't diving. Some whales, humpbacks or finbacks, a few schools of porpoise. Temps changed from nice spring weather to hot near
the end of the week. Thursday was flat calm all day - just love those days, full tank of gas & go anywhere you want. Love it.
Local fisherfolks were setting out octopus traps everywhere and I mean every point had something on it. Made trolling ala Baja Catch impossible not
that you would have been able to catch anything.
I love fishing the top 10 feet of water - BOLA is not the place for this kind of fishing and last week proved that. But, the water is warming....
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The Pelicans arrived last week, always a good sign.
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So, the YT WERE around, in force, just a few weeks earlier, but then disappeared?
Your conditions sound like the conditions present whenever I arrived earlier than the 2nd or 3rd week of June. I stopped going earlier than that in
the 90s. But all years are different, I suppose.
In the absence of bait, what were you forced to use? Iron and trolling plugs?
Hey, that reminds me..........what were the results of Guillermo's annual Memorial Day tournament?
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Iron mostly, although I like knife jigs. Each day, there was a morning window on the tide change, around 10-11am, that you could fill up on 2-3# bass
in 100'-200' of water.
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"Tiny red things" krill perhaps?
Not good for whales that late in the bay; Dr. Benjamin told me many years ago when whales come in it's from the south up the SOC shoreline; the
opening to BOLA is narrow, all northern channels are very shallow and it's very difficult for the ballenas to find their way back out again when
nature calls, so they keep circling the Bay until the inevitable happens. The more whales in the bay in the winter, the more carion...... and
environmental mayhem...... on the shoreline in summer. Inevitable as the tides, but sad to see.
So no cochito on the far south point, deep rocks? No flatfish from some flounder up northern way? Not even just for the halibut? (pun intended)
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha  | "Tiny red things" krill perhaps?
Not good for whales that late in the bay; Dr. Benjamin told me many years ago when whales come in it's from the south up the SOC shoreline; the
opening to BOLA is narrow, all northern channels are very shallow and it's very difficult for the ballenas to find their way back out again when
nature calls, so they keep circling the Bay until the inevitable happens. The more whales in the bay in the winter, the more carion...... and
environmental mayhem...... on the shoreline in summer. Inevitable as the tides, but sad to see.
So no cochito on the far south point, deep rocks? No flatfish from some flounder up northern way? Not even just for the halibut? (pun intended)
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We caught small triggers, a few big mouths (ling cod by locals), octopi, the colorful sheaphead, the kind with the reddish purple sides with a yellow
strip and long tail ends mixed amongst the usual suspects. Two very small halibut were caught, very surprising.
Who is Dr Benjamin? Are you referring to Abraham Vazquez?
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Captain Juan from San Quintin was down 5/28 to 6/4 and did very well.
He always seems to do well wherever he fishes though...
http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/bahia-de-los-angele...
[Edited on 6-8-2016 by 55steve]
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Yeah, he might have had a bit more range in a 32 Whaler than a tin boat with stern steering. Bernabe to La Guardia? That's some range.
Really impressive leopard grouper fishing. I never really saw what they were throwing, though. Plastics? I saw the one kid with a double on an X-Rap
or some such lure.
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Uh, yeah..... just checked my driver's licecnse to make sure it wuz me answering. Dr. Abrahim from Campo Gecko. Sowwy, been at least 15 years.
I KNEW it was one of them biblical nombres. 
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Captain Juan is awesome. Seems to be fishing in the Cortez more and more. We were just at Gonzaga Bay over the last (hot) weekend. Not THAT far
north of LA Bay...birds crashing but very small bait. Sierra and Barracuda balling them up and in the bay itself small Roosterfish were punching thru
as well. Caught some nice Leopard Grouper that were lurking near the bait party. Not to change the thread, but not really sure how to target the
Roosterfish in that sort of situation.
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| Quote: Originally posted by redhilltown |
Captain Juan is awesome. Seems to be fishing in the Cortez more and more. We were just at Gonzaga Bay over the last (hot) weekend. Not THAT far
north of LA Bay...birds crashing but very small bait. Sierra and Barracuda balling them up and in the bay itself small Roosterfish were punching thru
as well. Caught some nice Leopard Grouper that were lurking near the bait party. Not to change the thread, but not really sure how to target the
Roosterfish in that sort of situation. |
The roosters eat the croc just like every other fish in Baja.
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Red:
Roosters don't like boats much; I like to get in close to the frenzy (they're SOOOOOOO fun to see!!) and cast in with a 5/8 oz silver Krok or spoon,
or anything heavy enough to cast out far enough with. Or, if trolling reel (no cast) get close, parallel, let out line and ring around and pull
through fairly fast, and have your drag set light.
Side note; big roosters are not good eating, so play 'em easy and release. Lil' ones are tasty as cake, but the big'uns, worse than liver.
A heavy surface rooster feed is one of the most exciting things I've seen on SOC. I spent days and days at Roca Frijole in Bahia Concepcion watching,
waiting, and loving those monsters. Freddy Kruger ocean-style! Woof.
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We fished on the 8th and went south with live macs from the ramp. We stopped just north of animas point for YT and WSB to 25#s. Another stop south of
the Eco- camps near Soledad? for grouper to 15#s. Basically, another perfect week in Baja.
Oh, we also played around the south coves and caught taco meat. Snorkeling we saw bazillions of 1/4" fish in the weeds and 12" YT. The bay isn't dead
by a long shot.
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| Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view | We fished on the 8th and went south with live macs from the ramp. We stopped just north of animas point for YT and WSB to 25#s. Another stop south of
the Eco- camps near Soledad? for grouper to 15#s. Basically, another perfect week in Baja.
Oh, we also played around the south coves and caught taco meat. Snorkeling we saw bazillions of 1/4" fish in the weeds and 12" YT. The bay isn't dead
by a long shot. |
WTG Woody. Congrats on the WSB!! How was the bladder (JK)???
"When you catch a fish, you open the door of happiness."
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where da pictures? 
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Gotta poach them from the GoPro this week.
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Trifecta!
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Nice pics Woody
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Good report Woody. Congrats on the big Croaker.
I saw a panga stop well north of animas point on my trip. Sounds like the same place you fished. Seemed pretty far out to fish the drop-off. Is
there a high point there, or just good current?
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there were two sardine boats on the hook there. it was a reef about 200'+ and the tides were swift.
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