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Saturday, May 29, 2004
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Did you catch anything?
Posted by: J.D. | Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 11:52 PM
J.D: My friend Mark Schubb and I chartered a small boat out of Ensenada and the captain took us into a sea of boiling hungry Barracuda. We caught SO many (no kidding) that we lost count.. we figure about 50-60 of them running 6-10 lbs. It was great. We also picked up about a half-dozen sand bass as we drifted in the surf at the end of the trip. The day before we went out the Yellowtail bite was on pretty good but they decided to dodge us when we went out. That gives us a good reason to go back soon perhaps also hunting down some Albacore!
Posted by: Marc Cooper | Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 12:27 AM
What on earth are you going to do with so much fish? Do people eat Barracuda? They aren't on the menu in my corner of the world.
Posted by: Michael J. Totten | Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 10:31 AM
O.K. Marc........
I'm waiting for the Barracuda Bar-B-Que!
Did you guys hit the Lobster House in Puerto Nuevo?
Posted by: Bonnie Spolin | Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 01:13 PM
Michael: There's no protein excess in Baja. Evcery fish went to the captain who either gave them to friends to make cevice or he sold them to the local fish market. As my friend Mark put it, it was like socialist summer camp. We paid the captain $200 for the right to work our butts off on board cranking in the Barracuda for him to sell while he downed some Tecates. No regrets.
To Bonnie-- oh yeah. After the fish we went to Chela's for some mid-sized 5lb lobsters. This captain we found was terrific and his boat was even better. Maybe you'll have time to come next time out.
Posted by: Marc Cooper | Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 03:07 PM
Michael,
I caught barracuda, bonefish and tarpon in the mangrove flats when I went to Belize 12 years ago. The barracudas were the only ones we didn't catch and release.
Posted by: Randy Paul | Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 04:42 PM
Marc,
Sounds like that captain has a pretty good gig going.
Posted by: Michael J. Totten | Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 11:49 PM
A terrific gig! But he is also a great captain, a very hard worker who really goes all out to find the fish. When ur not travelling in the Middle East sometime we'll coax u down here and take u out on the Baja waters.
Posted by: Marc Cooper | Monday, May 31, 2004 at 12:16 AM
Barracudas? How befitting!
Posted by: Polla loca | Monday, May 31, 2004 at 01:12 PM
I take my son fishing, but I don't believe in the cruelty of using hooks. I tie bread onto the line and let the fish come to the bait and pull in gently until they get close, then I make a quick grab. i then return the fish to its orginal habitat, that way my son learns the value of peaceful non-aggression.
Posted by: steve | Monday, May 31, 2004 at 07:33 PM
Gawd, steve, gag me with a spoon!
Posted by: Clare Quilty | Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 12:12 PM
Or smack me with a barracuda! I have to say I am naive enough to actually be sitting here and pondering if Steve was being serious or not. I guess he was... it's still un-friggin-believable! "Peaceful non-aggression" with fish?
P.S. I LOVE the handle Clare Quilty! Best I've ever seen. Just saw Lolita again the other day!
Posted by: Marc Cooper | Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 06:21 PM
I guess he was... it's still un-friggin-believable! "Peaceful non-aggression" with fish?
--fish have human rights too! :-)
Posted by: steve | Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 06:43 PM