Fishing in Mexico

Features from Western Outdoor News related to fishing south of the border in Baja California and mainland Mexico.
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San Quintin’s people, fishing and cuisine never disappoint
Staying at the Old Mill Hotel, former WON editor Pat McDonell and IGFA rep. Chris Wheaton filled the cooler with fillets, whacked 15-pound class yellows (8) the first day Tuesday in high spots on yo-yo’d iron and then went after rockfish and lings the rest of the day and Wednesday.
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La Paz finally gets some summer consistency on dorado
L.A. BAY’S YELLOWTAIL cooperated on a family outing for Capt. Juan Cook. He is now operating for the rest of the summer out of San Quintin Bay.
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La Paz finally gets some summer consistency on dorado
GORDO BANKS PANGAS saw increased numbers of dorado showing up, though the majority were smaller sized fish, but again a couple of much larger bulls over 50 pounds were reported from a cruiser fishing near Cabrillo Seamount, but also scattered throughout the region, striking on a variety of trolled feathers and rigging baits.
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La Paz finally gets some summer consistency on dorado
PISCES CABO ANGLER Whitney Becker with a 44-pound dorado on the Tag III charterboat.
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La Paz finally gets some summer consistency on dorado
ROY THUN OF Valencia and his son Garrett had an ideal fishing trip to the East Cape where on the second day on the water they scored some huge roosters, going four for six on the pez gallos, 40 to 80 pounds.
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La Paz finally gets some summer consistency on dorado
IT’S SUMMERTIME, BUT big mullet snapper (pargo liso) have been showing up and spawning in the shallows near Cerralvo Island and just outside of Bahia Muertos and Las Arenas. Mark Buchanan and Diana Hernandez from San Diego hooked into several of these over the reef.
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La Paz finally gets some summer consistency on dorado
CELEBRATING HIS BACHELOR party, long-time Tailhunter Sportfishing angler Leif Dover from Atlanta brought his buddy, Brian O’Neil with him. Their first day fishing out of Las Arenas/ Muertos Bay they loaded up early on dorado then went chasing pargo and snapper in the shallows.
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It’s all about the kids
HIS SON ALAN loves to fish and to underscore that fact, Jansen sent me a photo of him holding a huge snook caught from the beach.
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814-pound blue biggest marlin in years for Cabo
THE PISCES FLEET’S 28-foot Andrea released3 striped marlin beginning the week, between Golden Gate and Migrino on mackerel bait and also landed a 30-pound yellowtail on mackerel for John Craegn and Mike Hoback from Seattle.
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814-pound blue biggest marlin in years for Cabo
CATCHING THE 814-POUND blue marlin was the group of California anglers who fished aboard the 31-foot Tiburon, a Pisces Fleet sportfisher. The battle lasted six hours. Anglers were Dennis Poudel, Mark Molnar, Sam Ferrans and Curtis Paul.
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814-pound blue biggest marlin in years for Cabo
THE HUGE MARLIN could not be brought into the 31-foot BertramTiburon which does not have a transom door, so crews of the La Brisa and Reels ‘N Dirt helped secure the blue marlin for the ride home.
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Baja wind persists, but spring is coming
ROGER THOMPSON FORMERLY from Long Beach has a house at La Ventana near La Paz and was slow trolling a sardine in about 20 feet of water when this hog yellowtail hit. He got 3 to the boat and lost a freight train he couldn’t stop on a Salas jig.
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Baja wind persists, but spring is coming
DEBBIE WALDEN FROM Lakewood was out visiting her sister Donna Thompson, right, this past week near La Paz. Donna has lots of experience on big Baja fish and they were out at the north end of Cerralvo Island when they hit breaking yellowtail. This guy hit and both ladies had fun tag-teaming it to get it to the boat.
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Baja wind persists, but spring is coming
Baja wind persists, but spring is coming
four people standing on a boat in the water
Baja wind persists, but spring is coming
Baja wind persists, but spring is coming