MOTHER DAY , MAY 9 2012

Tomorrow, may 10th, is mother day, a very loved festivity here in Mexico ; Carlos and Toto promised to families and friends that they would have enough delicius fishes for everybody to celebrate and prepare great dinners in honor of loved mums everywhere.
The switching temperature conditions of the deeper lays of water made things a little more complicate than usual , the catches behavior is more difficult to predict when sudden changes happen like in this days , but our spearfishing pros still managed to bring home some exceptional specimens.
Happy Mother Day to all mums around the world!

FIRST AMBERJACK OF THE SEASON, MAY 5/2012

Cinco de Mayo ( 5th of May) is a big festive day here in Mexico and Carlos and Toto celebrated it their way: going out for a big spearfishing day. The result was a great mix bag of big catches including the first big Amberjack of the season. Normally we would not catch this fish until the beginning of June, bui water temperature and schooling of bait fishes may cause the Amberjack season to start early overlapping with the end of the Yellowtail fishing; hey, we have the best of two worlds coming together for some exciting fishing days!

MAY 3 / 2012

After spending several monthes here in La Paz Clif Cook had to leave to go back in Wyoming but not without a last day out spearfishing. So he was totally happy catching one of his biggest pargo of the season. Congratulations, great catch ! We will be waiting for you to come back as soon as possible to go out again looking for new adventures!

APRIL 28/2012 MIX BAG

When Clif Cook and Toto decided to go out spearfishing today they new that they had a good chance to target two of the most coveted catches of the Sea of Cortez; cabrilla season is now fully developing and this fish's predilection for the sandy bottoms that border the pargo's favorite rocky hunting grounds creates the perfect chance for harvesting a fine mix bag like the one pictured here. As usual, few beautiful specimens : that is all a serius spearfisherman needs to go back home satisfied.

APRIL 25/2012 CABRILLA SEASON

Cabrilla season is officially started and Clif Cook took full advantage of it going out with Toto targeting the big size fishes that now are starting to roam the sandy bottom coves of the Spiritu Santo island.

As usual, a responsible harvesting policy will assure that this specie fishery will enjoy good health for a long future, it is very important to understeand for everybody that the capture of smaller , juvenile specimens is the worst that can happen to such an appreciated catch ; so, releasing smaller fishes catched on rods and selective targeting when spearfishing are musts !

APRIL 17/2012

This year the Yellowtails season is lasting longer than in previous yeras. It is still possible to target good ¨jureles¨ around the SpirituSanto island and on the seamounts and when Clif, Carlos and Toto went out they took full vantage of the situation. This was a great day with very good size yellowtails visiting the big pargos hunting grounds...as usual, few great cathces were harvested under the guiding of our spearfishing pro; A day that would make any spearo vacation worth.

Fishing with my boys

Fishing with my boys!
There is nothing more rewarding or fulfilling than fishing with your children once they reach the age that their own passion for fishing starts to burn.
This Easter vacation I took my two young boys Oliver & Nicolas ages 10 & 7 to catch their first yellow tail at El Bajo. What a day it turned out to be.
As we departed from the dock at Costa Baja at 6:45am we picked up our bait from Yacco inside the bay of La Paz and were delighted to see he had a boat full of big caballitos destined to catch us the big one.
We then headed out to El Bajo a famous seamount where the yellow tail had been biting for some days now. Water conditions were excellent with a gentle ripple on the surface and the sun slowly rising we were excited and anxious to get bent over the side of our 22ft Mosquito Fleet super panga accompanied by our long devoted captain Pancho.
After reaching our destination we saw that we were one of ten boats hoping to land some nice yellow tail and get that adrenalin flowing.
Within 10 minutes I was on a fish and felt that awesome power and strength as the challenge began.
Yippee as I landed our first 26 pounder, one down and rearing to go I hooked up another and passed it off to Oliver who continued the fight until it was just a few feet from the surface and his arms were aching and Nicolas took over. Seven years old and he didn't waste anytime at all as he cranked it up to the surface and yes landed his first ever 42 pound yellow tail.
The boys were exhausted but pumped up as they marveled at the fish hold with admiration and a sense of accomplishment.
The day only got better with trigger fish, cabrilla and pargo to complete our mixed bag.
Towards the middle of the afternoon Oliver was using a "whopper stopper" rod about two a a half foot and with 10 pound test line trying to fish for trigger fish when a serious yellow tail struck and started to run for his life. Oliver was screaming with excitement and looked panicked as the fish was about to take all the spool so we slightly tightened the pressure and started to follow the fish with the boat and as it ran we went faster and faster just to regain line. This went on for 10 minutes as we chased down and recovered line inch by inch as the line stretched and we felt that we would it would break.
Oliver managed to get the fish to the surface some 12 feet from the boat and to our amazement it was a fine yellow tail 30 to 40 pounds.
The line went slightly slack and ping it was gone to fight another day but what a thrill as fish beats boy !
To all fathers out there: get your sons over here and we will reward you with the trip of a lifetime and your children will never forget that experience!
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APRIL PARGOS ; APRIL 10 / 2012

Dogthoot snappers ( pargos) are definetly one of the most exciting and challanging catches that the Sea of Cortez has to offer. They can reach weight of well over 60 lbs. and will fight with tremendous strengh and violent reactions once they are hooked or shot. Professional guiding is a must when you want to challenge this king of the rocky bottoms and you have to be sure that your equipment is in top shape to have a chance to win this battle.