Been awhile. Things haven't really changed a whole lot, just more like the were than they were. Dorado continue to make up the largest portion of our take. While this makes no sense, calendarily speaking, it is the truth. There have been some yellow tail, a few amber jack, pargo, cabrilla, and even a few striped marlin, but dorado have dominated. While there haven't been sardines any closer than the north end of the island, we have survived on using concineros, caballito, the occasional mackerel, and strips of this and that. The dorado fisihing has been good, with 5-8 fish/boat/day and some over 30 pounds, it's just strange that we have them. This will be the first year since we've been here that dorado have been a viable goal for all 12 months of the year.
On another front, I'm not sure how many of you do your own reel maintenance, but you should try and do some. It's not hard, hell I can do it, and I firmly believe that in order to use your tackle to its' potential you should have a basic understanding of what is mechanically happening when you push that button or flip that lever. There are lots of places to get advise, schematics, after market parts and lubricants, but the best in my opinion is one Alan Tani. If you search for his presentations by name, his and the reel model, you will find that he has comprehensive, pictorially based primers on most of the popular salt water reels, how to disassemble, service, and reassemble. He also gives very solid advice on how to make your reel better, different lubricants, drag washers, etc. Alan also has designed some of his own parts, especially a line of after market handles that address one of the truly weak points in almost all store bought reels. Give him a look, you will, I think, be properly impressed.
Thanks,
David
