nobrainsd
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Jul 19, 2008
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Took a trip with my sib to Abreojos about 500 miles down the Baja coast. Crazy winding road with large trucks crowding the center line and no guard rails, no shoulders on the road and lots of crosses and shrines marking the demise of many travelers who plunged off the road. The reward was wide open fishing, surf and camping in a remote uncrowded location. The locals weren't catching anything offshore right at this time, so we fished the Estrero Coyote. Very shallow water there that doesn't lend itself to full size hard bottom boats. The sib was perfect for reaching far into these bountiful waters. Most of the fish are smaller here, but it we were constantly catching spotted bay bass, corvina, halibut, bay snapper and even snagged a nice mullet. Lots of action. We released most of the fish, keeping just a few larger ones for the grill. Not the 10 mile offshore run for yellowtail that I had hoped for, but pretty much non stop hits all week when we weren't harvesting oysters off the mangroves and clams out of the shallows. Tons of wildlife everywhere. Note that in the picture of the Osprey below the bird is clutching what is left of his fish lunch. My friends worked hard to assist a rare beached pigmy sperm whale we came across on the beach. Quite an adventure. Most of the road is paved now, so more boats will roll out from the main highway. As it is we never saw another soul out on the water. Made all the work and money spent on my "toy boat" worthwhile! Hope everyone is getting out on the water wherever you are...
