Darian
06-14-2015, 10:47 PM
Well,.... The week of 6/6 thru 6/13 was a mixed bag, fish wise. Heavy winds (edge of hurricane Blanca) and overcast skies combined to make us lose the first two days fishing. Before Blanca, water temps were in the low 80's, afterward it dropped to the low 70's and became "green" water. Lots of conflicting wind waves and swells on tuesday. Relatively calm for the rest of the week. Water temps rose to only 74 degrees for the rest of the week. Bait was scarce, what was caught was smallish and do to the distance traveled to find it not available until around 8:30 am. Result, we trolled for Wahoo for the first two hours each day. The fish were scattered after the storm went thru. Sometimes fished for bottom fish while waiting. That was fun.
First days fishing (Tuesday) was a dud. One Black Skippy caught trolling was our total catch for 4 people. The second day was bit better as we landed several Skippys, a few White Bonito and 2 Wahoo for the group. Third day, my partner and I caught a 25 pound Wahoo nice White Bonito and more Skippys. Had some fun with small Roosters at La Playa and my partner caught a nice Jack (18-20 pound, est. by Cap't. Efren). Lots of small Roosters with an occasional grande passing thru. My partner caught one about 15-20 pounds.
On the last days fishing near the end of the day, a small Tiger Shark (5'-6') showed up in the blood trail of the Skippy tied to our transom. He stayed a polite distance away for a while and then decided to come in closer, circling around the stern. I decided to try a cast using a size 1, Charlies Airhead fly. I dropped a short cast near his middle and he turned back to inspect the fly, then moved away. I made a few more casts and found that the shark would follow the fly and then turn away. The captain decided to "juice" the fly with some of the Skippy blood and that got the Sharks attention but still didn't take it. Then, the Shark came within 15' of the stern and I cast again. This time the Shark moved (rather nonchalantly) over and ate the fly. I gently set the hook and the Shark moved away like he was trying to figure out what it was that was annoying him. I set the hook again, strongly this time and that really got things going. The first run was absolutely sizzling, nearly spooled me. Efren cranked up the engine and we chased the Shark. I recovered my backing and a short bit of the line when the Shark decided to make another sizzling run. Somewhere near another 100 yards, he bit the fly off. WOW!!! That was fun!! I was so excited that I didn't even realize that I was soaked with sweat. :D
My partner and I had a great trip in spite of the challenges. The locals set about cleaning/repairing any damages caused by the high winds (50 mph at times) of the edge of the hurricane. Hotel electrical service was only disrupted for a short period on Sunday. The seafood was really good. Poke/sashimi made from Wahoo/White Bonito. MMM.... Already reserved our spots for next year. :cool:
First days fishing (Tuesday) was a dud. One Black Skippy caught trolling was our total catch for 4 people. The second day was bit better as we landed several Skippys, a few White Bonito and 2 Wahoo for the group. Third day, my partner and I caught a 25 pound Wahoo nice White Bonito and more Skippys. Had some fun with small Roosters at La Playa and my partner caught a nice Jack (18-20 pound, est. by Cap't. Efren). Lots of small Roosters with an occasional grande passing thru. My partner caught one about 15-20 pounds.
On the last days fishing near the end of the day, a small Tiger Shark (5'-6') showed up in the blood trail of the Skippy tied to our transom. He stayed a polite distance away for a while and then decided to come in closer, circling around the stern. I decided to try a cast using a size 1, Charlies Airhead fly. I dropped a short cast near his middle and he turned back to inspect the fly, then moved away. I made a few more casts and found that the shark would follow the fly and then turn away. The captain decided to "juice" the fly with some of the Skippy blood and that got the Sharks attention but still didn't take it. Then, the Shark came within 15' of the stern and I cast again. This time the Shark moved (rather nonchalantly) over and ate the fly. I gently set the hook and the Shark moved away like he was trying to figure out what it was that was annoying him. I set the hook again, strongly this time and that really got things going. The first run was absolutely sizzling, nearly spooled me. Efren cranked up the engine and we chased the Shark. I recovered my backing and a short bit of the line when the Shark decided to make another sizzling run. Somewhere near another 100 yards, he bit the fly off. WOW!!! That was fun!! I was so excited that I didn't even realize that I was soaked with sweat. :D
My partner and I had a great trip in spite of the challenges. The locals set about cleaning/repairing any damages caused by the high winds (50 mph at times) of the edge of the hurricane. Hotel electrical service was only disrupted for a short period on Sunday. The seafood was really good. Poke/sashimi made from Wahoo/White Bonito. MMM.... Already reserved our spots for next year. :cool: