IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, SORRY. WE'VE HAD A VERY POOR SPRING, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF BUSINESS, AND I'VE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON A VARIETY OF OTHER STUFF. I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU DEAR READERS, IT'S JUST THAT AS MY CAPACITY SHRINKS AND LIFES' BANDWIDTH BEHAVES LIKE A SLINKY I HAVE HAD TO LEAVE YOU IN THE DARK FOR A BIT, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT YOU ARE LOYAL AND WILL UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU.
SUMMER IS ABOUT TO KICK OFF, WE'RE QUITE FULL DURING THE NEXT 3-4 MONTHS, AND THAT IS A GOOD THING ON SO MANY LEVELS. FISHING THIS YEAR HAS BEEN DIFFERENT, WITH DORADO AND STRIPED MARLIN ALL THROUGHOUT THE WINTER, EVERY MONTH, AND VERY FEW YELLOW TAIL TO SPEAK OF. OF COURSE THE CAPTAINS AND I SIT AROUND AND DISCUSS THIS UNTIL IT IS GROUND TO A FINE POWDER, WITH NO APPARENT CONSENSUS. "EL NINO", LONG LINERS, PERIODIC BIOLOGICAL CYCLES, WILL OF GOD, BAD JUJU? "YES TO ALL" I SCREAM AND WE PLOD FOREWORD. AND WHAT'S SO WRONG ABOUT DORADO AND MARLIN? ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN', SAY IT AGAIN Y'ALL.
WE ARE STARTING TO HEAR THAT GOOD SUPPLIES OF ZEBRA FISH (ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF THE PILOT FISH FAMILY) ARE FORMING ON THE BUOYS AND SOME LARGER DORADO HAVE BEEN SIGHTED BY THE BUOY TENDER GUYS (SHARK FISHERMEN). THIS BODES WELL, AND I HAVE A SNEAKIN' HUNCH THAT AS WE GET A FEW MORE BOATS OUT, EXPLORING THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES OF OUR FISHERY THAT WE WILL DISCOVER POPULATIONS HERETOFORE UN TAPPED.
MAG BAY IS GOING WELL. WE'RE 80% BOOKED FOR THIS FALL, WITH SOME CHOICE SPOTS LEFT FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH A PICKET OR TWO PROTRUDING INTO YOUR POSTERIOR LOBES. IT'S THE BEST FISHERY ON THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, NO SHIT, AND SHOULD BE EXPERIENCED AT LEAST ONCE. OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT ONCE YOU GO, YOU WILL RETURN. CAPTAIN CHRIS HAS BEEN USING HIS BOAT OUT OF LA PAZ, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF AN EVER GROWING PROJECT AROUND MOVING THE LARGE BOAT OF EL CARPENTERO UP TO SAN DIEGO, WITH A BRIEF 10 DAY STOP AT THE SAN JOSE DEL CABO BOAT YARD TO REMOVE SOME PIECES DEEMED EXPENDABLE AND PATCH THE HOLES LEFT UPON EXPENDING THEM.(WHEN THINKING OF HIS MOST RECENT ADVENTURE I KEEP HEARING THE LINE "A THREE HOUR TOUR" REPEATING ITSELF IN MY HEAD, BUT THAT MAKES ME THING OF JIM BACKUS "GOOD HEAVENS LOVEY, A YALE MAN" AND THAT IS JUST WONDERING TOO FAR AFIELD, FOR TODAY.
AT ANY RATE, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SCADS OF YOU WHO ARE COMING DOWN THIS SUMMER, AND TO THOSE OF YOU WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED PICKET PROBLEM, CALL US UP, GO FISHIN!
HAVE FUN, WE WILL,
DAVID
