Days 32, 33, time to leave!
Day 32. We were up early and headed directly to where we had heard there were roosters without even trying to make bait. The location was some deep water just off a beach inside Bahia Concepcion. We arrived to find the fly fishing group already there and trolling with their fly rods.
They reported they had caught some roosters and sierra, the largest rooster about eight pounds but most in the one to two pound range. Trolling flies is not my thing. I blind casted for a while but the fish didn't respond to the hand stripping. This was not really my idea of Rooster Fishing and I was pretty disappointed. I had expected to see the fish busting bait on the beach but instead found them hovering at about 20 feet on the graph but willing to come up for a rapidly trolled fly.
My wife wanted to try trolling so I fired up the engine and we got constant hits and hooked and landed a few sierra but they were demolishing my flies. Time to go picnicking in the bay.
Day 33, Went north to Punta Chivato and found a brand new location absolutely full of triggers. Caught triggers on the nine and eight weights with a few lady fish thrown in. The air was absolutely still as was the water. A really hot day, even with the bimini up. Sweat was pouring off us. The fishing was great but the heat just too much.
The fly fishing group had decided to have the pangas towed to just south of Santa Rosalia where the squid fishermen fish. Dorado are always thick there since they love the offal when the squid are cleaned. We checked with them when they returned in the afternoon, sure enough, the area was loaded with Dorado. Four fly rods were broken in the battle.
Day 34, today. We had planned to motor to Craig Channel, the location where the Dorado are stacked, for one more day of Dorado fishing. It's a 30 mile run each way meaning that we'd end up burning about 18 gallons of gas for the day. We awoke to cloud filled skies, wind and some lightning. Probably nothing but my wife just didn't feel comfortable motoring out in those conditions. In the past we've been on the water and encountered chubascos and they can get pretty hairy before passing.
I've been here for about 38 days and fished 33. I have to admit I'm tired, especially in this weather which is getting hotter and even more humid.
We've decided to pack up and head north. We were going to go home but are tempted by reports of some fantastic estuary fishing by San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side. It's a 40 mile detour on mostly paved roads. Thought tired, it's a bunch of new species to target and in cooler and much less humid weather.
I'm totally clueless about what fish I'll find. I'll read Gene Kira's book. The person telling me about the spot was raving about giant Black Sea Bass and said they were being caught in the lagoon in shallow water but shallow to a bait fisherman and fly rodder are two different things.
If any of you SoCal guys can help, send instructions PLEASE!
Late edit: We found out the exact location is Campo Rene on Estero de Coyote. The targeted species will be Spotted Bay Bass, Barred Bass, Sierra, Shortfin Corvina, Gulf Grouper and Halibut. Mmmm, halibut on a fly rod sounds like a real challange!
It will be silence until you hear from me again after exploring some Pacific water. (OK, some of you, don't cheer too loud!)
Here's a shot of my wife with one of the triggers for you photo folks.
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