WEEK #2 MAG BAY UPDATE

AFTER A WEEKEND WHERE THE SOUTHERN BAJA RECEIVED IT'S FIRST SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN SEVERAL YEARS, OUR STALWART CREW IS BACK ON THE WATER. LAND BASED THIS WEEK, AND A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE HAD THIS ONE WEEK WHERE CASA LANGOSTA WAS ALREADY BOOKED AND SO WE ARE USING ONE OF THE NEWER HOTELITOS IN TOWN, AND DINING AT JUAN CARLOS' RESTAURANT. FIRST FISHING DAY OF THE WEEK YIELDED OUR FIRST TUNA, THREE OF THEM IN THE 40-50LB. RANGE, ALL TAKEN ON ARCHER BARS. THIS WAS NO MEAN FEAT AS APPARENTLY THE OTHER BOATS TRYING TO TUNAFY SAW FISH BUT COULDN'T CATCH 'EM. YELLOWTAIL, AND A FEW DORADO ROUNDED OUT THE CATCH. A WORD OF THANKS TO FENWICK, OUR SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF A FRIEND WHO IS ALTERNATELY A NIGHT WATCHMAN, TRUSTED CONFIDANT, MECHANIC, AND MAN SERVANT. "FENNY" WAS INADVERTENTLY A VERY LARGE HELP IN GETTING THIS YEAR OFF THE GROUND, AND WAS REWARDED BY BEING MAROONED ON THE ISLAND FOR A DAY, WHICH HE REFERRED TO AS THE "HIGH POINT". I DIDN'T ASK HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING OUT THERE. FENWICK LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON MAG BAY, AND IT ON HIM. HE WILL BE MISSED, UNTIL 2012. MORE UPDATES MANANA,
DAVID

MURMURATIONS FROM MAGDELENA

GETTING READY TO LOAD UP FOR WEEK 2. THE RHYTHM OF THIS PROJECT IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN OUR NORMAL STUFF IN LA PAZ. DURING OUR SEA OF CORTEZ "SEASON" WE HAVE FOLKS IN AND OUT EVERYDAY, ANY DAY, BUT OVER TO THE WEST WE LOAD IN ON MONDAYS AND OUT ON SATURDAYS, VERY FOCUSED GATHERING OF SUPPLIES, SERVICES, CUSTOMERS, AND THEN A LAUNCH OF ALL. HAD A COUPLE OF MINOR FLUBS IN WEEK 1, LEARNED SOME LESSONS, RELEARNED ONE OR TWO, BUT AS ALWAYS THE BEAUTY OF THE LOCATION AND THE QUALITY OF THE FISHING TEND TO MINIMIZE THE MINOR FAILINGS OF MERE MORTALS. THIS LAST WEEK WAS MARLIN, DORADO, YELLOWTAIL, AND CABRILLA. WHILE A GOOD WEEK IN MAG BAY, THIS WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE IN LA PAZ AS THERE IS NEVER A TIME HERE WHERE ALL OF THESE SPECIES ARE CATCHABLE AT THE SAME TIME. THIS WEEK SOME TIME DOWN TOWARDS TOSCA LOOKING AT MORE MARLIN AND MAYBE SOME WAHOO, AND THEN......
I'M CERTAIN THAT OUR CRACK CREW, AN ADJECTIVE NOT A NOUN IN THIS CASE!, WILL CONFER WITH OUR EXPERT CUSTOMERS, DEVOUR A FEW SHRIMP, WATCH THE ANTS WALK DOWN CLIFFS CARRYING PEANUTS, AND THEN FLIP A COIN. ONE OF THE CONUNDRUMS OF MAG BAY IS WHICH WAY TO GO, THERE'S STUFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS, BUT DIFFERENT STUFF. THE GOOD SIDE IS THAT WITH 4 DAYS YOU CAN DO IT ALL! WE HAVE REGULAR IF NOT CONSTANT CONTACT WITH CASA LANGOSTA AND I WILL REPORT AS THERE IS STUFF TO REPORT.
FISHING IN LA PAZ IS TURNING INTO THE FALL KIND. MARLIN, DORADO, SIERRA. WATER CONSUMPTION HAS FALLEN WITH THE TEMPERATURE AND WHILE WE WERE AVERAGING 5-6 LITER BOTTLES OF LIFE JUICE/DAY/PANGA JUST A FEW WEEKS PAST, NOW 2 WILL DO IT. THE OL' CIRCLE HOOK OF LIFE.
DAVID