I'VE GOT TO DO A FISH REPORT, HAVEN'T HEARD FROM "THE GENERAL" IN AWHILE, HE'S PROBABLY TIRED OF ALL THIS STORM B.S. AND HAS GIVEN UP ON ME. OH WELL.
FISHING SINCE THE STORM HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF THE BEST THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED THIS YEAR. THE STORM GIVETH AND THE STORM TAKETH AWAY. LOADS OF NICE SIZED SARDINIA BY BOCA DE ALAMO, SWARMS OF DORADO, NO REALLY BIG ONES BUT DOUBLE DIGIT CATCHES HAVE BEEN THE RULE, WITH FISH TO 27LB. WE'VE ALSO TAKEN A FEW YELLOWFIN TUNA, FISH IN THE 25LB. CLASS, NOT ENOUGH OF THEM TO ADVERTISE A FULL ON TUNA BITE, YET, BUT A VERY GOOD SIGN. A FEW SAILFISH, A LOT OF STRIPED MARLIN, A FEW BLUES, AND THE EVER PRESENT ROOSTER FISH. ADD IN A COUPLE OF PARGO MULATTO AND THOSE OF YOU WITH SUFFICIENT POISE AND REASON TO COME DOWN HERE ARE BEING REWARDED.
THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT BEING CAUTIOUS OF A STORM LIKE ODILE IS ILL ADVISED, BUT, THERE HAS BEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF CHICKEN LITTLE BEHAVIOR, AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT SOME OF IT HAS COME FROM FOLKS THAT I KNOW WELL. CANCELLING TRIPS IN NOVEMBER? COME ON. ALASKA IS OPENING UP LIMITED SERVICE TO CABO AS OF OCT. 8, AND IT IS MY FIRM BELIEF THAT THEY WILL BE OPENING UP THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE MUCH SOONER THAN THEIR CURRENT CAUTIOUS SCHEDULE. READING INTERNET BLOGS AND SUCH, ONE EVEN FROM SOMEONE HERE IN TOWN, WOULD CAUSE ONE TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BECOME A LAWLESS COMMUNITY WITH PREDATORY MACHETE SWINGING THUGS RUNNING AMONG US. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. WHILE THERE WERE SOME SCARY DAYS IN CABO IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STORM, BETWEEN THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT AND THE HARD WORKING LOCALS THINGS ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO A FULL RECOVERY. THE FOLKS HERE IN LA PAZ SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE BEHAVED. I'VE GONE OVER THIS IN PREVIOUS REPORTS TO THERE IS NO NEED TO POUND THAT NAIL ANY FURTHER, BUT I REALLY URGE YOU TO SIFT THROUGH THE ASPARAGUS FERTILIZER AND GET THE TRUTH. IT'S A POSITIVE AND HOPEFUL STORY, WITH SOME REALLY FIRST CLASS FISHING TO BE HAD.
THANKS,
D
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