JUST FISHIN' ALONG. BEEN PRETTY GOOD THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, CERTAINLY BETTER THAN EARLIER IN THE YEAR. WHAT'S DIFFERENT? WELL THE WAHOO HAVE CONTINUED TO COOPERATE, PARTICULARLY DURING THE HIGH CURRENT TIMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FULL MOON, BUT WHAT FOLKS ARE CENTERING ON IS A YELLOW FIN TUNA BITE. NICE FISH, NO FOOTBALLS, MOSTLY IN THE 20-30 POUND CLASS WITH THE OCCASIONAL "HUSKY" 50 POUNDER. "HUSKY" WAS WHAT THEY USED TO CALL ME IN GRADE SCHOOL WHEN EVERYONE ELSE SEEMED TO BE SMALLER, SO THAT'LL DO FOR NOW. THESE FISH ARE MOVING ALONG THE SHORELINE, SOMETIMES AT CASTILLO, SOMETIMES IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL, OR PUNTA PERICO, OR THE LITTLE BAJO AT THE MOUTH OF MUERTOS. GOTTA LOOK AROUND A LITTLE, BUT AT LEAST THOSE PLACES ARE ALL IN RELATIVELY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER. SOME DAYS 2, SOME DAYS 4 OR 5 PER BOAT. TO FILL IN THE DAILY BOUQUET THERE ARE SMALL DORADO (SUB 20) MARLIN (SOME VERY LARGE), WAHOO, A FEW DOG SNAPPERS, AND THE UBIQUITOUS TRIGGER FISH. WHILE CERTAINLY NOT A GLAMOUR SPECIES, AND YOU WON'T CATCH ME TELLN' YOU TO COME DOWN IN SEARCH OF THE WILY TRIGGER FISH, THESE TASTY LITTLE GUYS FILL IN THE CHINKS IN THE FISH BOX PRETTY WELL. (NO DIANE, FAR FROM ME TO CAST ASPERSIONS ON YOUR HERITAGE). FOUR DIFFERENT VIGNETTES STAND OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
HARBOR MAN, WHO WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS CAME DOWN TO FISH, BY HIMSELF, AS USUAL. HE IS A GOOD AND SERIOUS FISHERMAN, PATIENT AND PERSISTENT. THIS TRIP HE DIDN'T SLAY QUANTITIES BUT THE VARIETY AND QUALITY OF THE FISH WAS IMPRESSIVE. A 45 LB. YELLOW TAIL, NICE AMBERJACK, GOOD CABRILLA, AND A HUGE DOG SNAPPER (OVER 50 LBS.) WERE THE CREAM OF HIS CATCH. WELL DONE, MAN OF THE HARBOR.
THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED DIANE BROUGHT HER TROOPS HERE, HERDING THEM LIKE THE SHEEP THAT THEY AREN'T, BUT HERDING NONE THE LESS. SHE HAD BARELY ESCAPED MATHEW DOWN IN FLORIDA, GOT BACK TO SOCAL ON SATURDAY, CAME DOWN SUNDAY, AND SHE AND THE BOYS COMMENCED TO FISH. WAHOO, TRIGGERS, DORADO, PARGO, TUNA, THEY TOUCHED ALL THE BASES. A NICER AND MORE ENTERTAINING GROUP YOU WILL NOT FIND, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DODGER FANS AMONG 'EM. WELL IT'S KINDA LIKE THEY USED TO SAY ABOUT THE GAP IN CYBILL SHEPARDS' TEETH, IT WAS THAT ONE BIT OF IMPERFECTION THAT FRAMED HER OVERALL BEAUTY. AND THERE REMAINS ROOM FOR MARGINAL IMPROVEMENT.
KMcK CAME N FROM TEXAS AS HE HAS BEEN WANT TO DO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I CAN'T TYPE THE ACCENT, BUT YOU KNOW THAT HE'S FROM THE LAND OF LBJ AFTER THE FIRST 2 WORDS. "WELL DAVE, WE DON'T WANT TO BOTTOM FISH, NONE OF THOSE TRIGGER FISH, WE WANT TO TROLL FOR DORADO OR MARLIN". I TOLD THEIR PROSPECTIVE CAPTAIN, EFRAIN, OF THEIR INSTRUCTIONS, AND HE ALLOWED AS HOW BEST EFFORTS WOULD BE PUT FORTH. AT THE END OF THE DAY ONE VAN GOT BACK ON TIME, AND UPON INTERROGATION ITS' OCCUPANTS REVEALED THAT THE OTHER VAN WAS WAITING, AT THE BEACH, WITH IT'S CREW COMFORTABLY ENSCONCED AT THE CANTINA THERE, WAITING FOR THE LONE STAR STATE CONTINGENT TO COME IN. THEIR CAPTAIN HAD RADIOED IN THAT THEY WERE FAST TO A LARGE MARLIN, AND TO STAY TUNED. AFTER A 4 HOUR FIGHT THEY HAD THE FISH CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE BOAT TO GO PRO IT, AND THEN CUT IT OFF. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THEY WERE MORE IMPRESSED WITH THE POWER OF THIS ANIMAL, OR THAT THEIR FISHING REQUEST HAD BEEN FULFILLED. EVEN A BLIND PIG......... OVER THEIR NEXT THREE DAYS IN TOWN THEY WANDERED BY THE OFFICE TO SAY HI, AND BY THE SECOND DAY WERE NO LONGER LIMPING. THEY HAD REQUIRED A MASSAGE TO REALIGN THEIR PUNISHED BODIES, AND I'M SURE THE MARLIN WAS STILL RUBBING HER JAW. I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER.
THE LAST SNAPSHOT PERTAINS TO THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE TUNA BITE. THESE FISH ARE ALL COMING ON SQUID, BUT THERE ARE NO SQUID WHERE THEY ARE EATING. AS A RULE "MATCH THE HATCH" IS A GOOD PHILOSOPHY FOR FISHING, EVEN WHEN THE "HATCH" ARE 40 LB. HUMBOLDT SQUID, BUT IN THIS CASE THERE ARE NOT SQUID THERE. DEPTH FINDERS ARE SHOWING CLOUDS OF SOMETHING NEAR THE BOTTOM, BUT WHEN YOU OPEN THE TUNA UP THEY ARE FULL OF A SMALL, ALMOST MINNOW LIKE, FISH THAT NO ONE RECOGNIZES, BUT NO SQUID. HMMM, DEPENDS ON YOUR MAKE UP I SUPPOSE (I DON'T WEAR MUCH) BUT I FIND IT REFRESHING THAT MYSTERIES STILL PRESENT THEMSELVES, EVEN WITH MY ADVANCED TIME ON THE PLANET.
SQUID MYSTERIES, OF COURSE, MR. TRUMP ON THE OTHER HAND IS A MYSTERY THAT WE NEED TO DO WITHOUT. I KNOW, I KNOW, HILLARY IS A PERSON WHOSE RING I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT THROWING MY HAT IN, NOT EVEN CLOSE, BUT COME ON, THINK IT OVER.
'NUFF SAID
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