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Noob here, longtime lurker on Nomads (never posted there cuz, never having been to Baja, figure I don’t have much intelligent to contribute*)(also, I still have all my limbs intact and fear getting em bitten off in that shark pool.... ;- )). I post a lot on the San Carlos forum under Barato. Eventually hope to snowbird it in BCS, currently 3.5 yrs from la jubilacion, but for now wife and i go to Sonora (Kino to San Carlos) as I live in west TX and would rather spend the extra 2 days of my limited govt-employee vacation hours fishing than driving.

Fell in love with Mexico years ago and spend lots of time there; by camping out of back of the Taco de Pescado and living like a panguero, I can fish for 5 days for less net $ than the fish I bring back would cost at store. Gifts for Mexican friends are usually the biggest cost of my trip.... Nothing like solo trips to Mexico and camping with the pangueros to improve your Spanish! And it’s amazing how karma works overtime in Mexico....the kids I’ve befriended at the fish camps have turned out to be great campsite security and have saved my outboard from some ratones on one occasion.

Currently doing the Baja Catch plan out of the 12' portabote but I don’t feel comfortable taking it out more than 7-8 miles so I’m working on two bigger tin boats with the idea of eventually leaving one down there. I do sustainable fishing, through being so incompetent at it that the fish are mainly at risk from dying laughing....there IS a reason the main fishing boat is getting a red clown nose and Eye of Horus. In fact biggest thing I’ve ever caught there wasn’t even a fish but a 4' Humboldt.

Look forward to meeting many on here (and Nomads) and hoisting a beverage with you. I’ll shut up now, both cuz I doubt anyone wants to read a novel and cuz I read the "troll guidelines" and fear Ron will deem me a troll if I say anything nice about anyone.... If anyone will be coming through El Paso and needs a local contact or camping space on the way down, PM me.

Welcome aboard payaso - look forward to your participation in the forum...

Bienvenido, Payaso.

HOLA!

Good to see ya... have fun...

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welcome

Welcome!

My huge puppy, Maggie, and I are newbies all the way around and the sharks seem to stay clear of these warm and wonderful waters! I hope your fishing dreams come true! I have a few, too. 'Looking forward to getting as far as Rosarito by early May and the fishing will come soon!

Enjoy!
M&M

Jump right in, Payaso. The water's fine:

thanx, all.

Dennis, i have a book on salt water fishing from AUS where they have a pic of the bait fish barely visible in the GW's mouth as she swallows the rest. the bait fish is a 150lb shark...........

fortunately the longliners have worked diligently to keep us safe from sharks in the SOC

Originally Posted by el payaso

thanx, all.

fortunately the longliners have worked diligently to keep us safe from sharks in the SOC

Gill netters as well. I used to commercial fish with them many years back and regret it now, but then, no one knew.

We caught a couple of GWs in our nets and it's interesting in a way to see the lack of resistance they show when their nose is barely sticking through the mesh. They just give up and die.
I always assumed that, because they are at the top of their food chain, "fight or flight" hasn't been developed as one of their survival mechanisms.
Their teeth are unbelievably nasty. Lightly touch the tip of one and you draw blood.

Long-Liners suck.

Originally Posted by DENNIS

I always assumed that, because they are at the top of their food chain, "fight or flight" hasn't been developed as one of their survival mechanisms.

Reminds me of back in the day on the school yard...

Originally Posted by BajaGringo

Reminds me of back in the day on the school yard...

Yeah...learning that lesson early was a smart thing to do.

yah, i looked at pics of Darwin's finches, and then at myself (6'4" and 155#, today at age 52), and figured out i was evolved to run away, not to fight....a realization i put to good use growing up as a military brat who moved every year and got used as a punching bag a lot.....

now i just quietly smile to myself whenever i hear some macho macho man i wanna be a macho man asking me if i'm not SCARED to go to Mexico My answer is always the same: the biggest threats to my existence are the Sea of Cortez and Mexico 2 (like MX1 but through the Sierra Madre)