Friday, March 22, 2013

Just pushin' it along like a dung beetle

Well, I've been postin' a lot of fishin' stuff and pics, trying to make my General happy, but maybe it's time to conduct a little business. As any of you who are trying to book passage to La Paz have bumped into, as of April 1 our pinchi amigos at Alaska/Whorizon have deemed us unworthy of any additional visits. Well, we'll show them, we'll just keep on pushin' the ball. While there are rumors of other airlines taking up the route, even to the point of what appears to have been a premature ejaculation of "information" in the local paper down here, heretofore there is no one picking up the flag. Despair not chillun's there are still some very fine options for visiting El Puerto de Ilusion. My personal favorite is to fly Volaris out of TJ. Upsides are the schedule, every day and twice on Saturday, the price, a reasonable base price with frequent killer prices (last time for me $85 one way), and full size planes. The downside is of course the border, but there are ways to ameliorate at least some of that. Volaris itself runs a shuttle from the San Diego train station to the airport, and back. You do have to get off the bus at the border returning, but you get to go to the front of the line, and after you hoof it through U.S. customs you get back on the bus. There are parking lots on the California side that will park your car for a few dollars a day and will give you a ride to the border, and pick you up on the way back. Those of you who would rather not can always fly into Cabo on a variety of airlines and jump into the Roberto Mobile for your ride to La Paz. It's a nice drive, Roberto is a nice guy, and with the airfare deals available to Cabo the total price of airplane+van runs about $40 more that the old LAX-LaPaz Whorizon flight. Advantages are a multiplicity of options, airlines, times, dates, classes, a variety of options that makes the cereal aisle at Safeway look paltry by comparison. So while you are not despairing figure out which one makes more sense to you, jump on the internet, and buy a bolleta or two. David

Monday, March 18, 2013

And a little something for the ladies, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more....

When we have yellow tail, Lou wants pargo, when we have pargo, the General wants yellow tail.... We gots 'em both now, with our first good day on pargo at Punta Perico. And a little beef for the Senoritas, and those that know that inside, they are too. I'm not sure why these guys are on there sides, I've flipped it a million ways but blogspot won't cooperate. David

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Whole lotta things I ain't never done, I ain't never had too much fun

Continuing the "quickie" beat, those yellow tail just won't quit. With a week of really good spring weather the guys have zeroed in pretty well on the 'tails. Using mackerel or caballito, circle hooks, flouro leader, it just is a pretty can't fail recipe. Hamachi anyone? David