02-01-2006, 01:00 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Thanks for sharing that. The dude has it right. There is no place in the world (that I am aware of) that offers better fishing for the inshore light tackle angler. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have sampled the fishing at many points along both sides of the Sea of Cortez, but I have not even scratched the surface (so to speak) of the incredible potential. Because many of the species are the same throughtout the length of the long body of water, I have caught most of the more common ones. Haven't found any that I did not enjoy catching, and most of the ones I kept to eat were mighty tasty.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The guy who posted that website report said that 50 to 100 fish days were easy. That is a vast understatement. I usually do not keep count, but on a couple of trips I counted over 20 fish in 20 casts several times, and that goes on all day. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know there were days that both TubeBabe and myself caught over 200 fish each. Even though we wore protective gloves on our fish handling hands, by the end of the day our hands looked like hamburger from all of the sharp spines and gill plates that intruded on our tender flesh.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]And, every fish down there seems to have bigger teeth than the ones before. They really chew up lures. Plastic baits seldom lasted more than two or three fish before having to be replaced. Sometimes you would get a solid strike on your first cast with a new plastic, but reel in only the jig head and a few wisps of the new plastic.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We have a collection of Rat-L-Traps and other hardbaits that have been absolutely stripped of their original paint finish. Those are the lures that survived and were not chewed off or powered down into the rocks by big surly fish we could not handle.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Curse you, Bluegillman. You have made me start daydreaming about hitting those lovely waters again. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It is not on our agenda this year, but we are tentatively planning a long assault down there next year. Can't wait.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have sampled the fishing at many points along both sides of the Sea of Cortez, but I have not even scratched the surface (so to speak) of the incredible potential. Because many of the species are the same throughtout the length of the long body of water, I have caught most of the more common ones. Haven't found any that I did not enjoy catching, and most of the ones I kept to eat were mighty tasty.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The guy who posted that website report said that 50 to 100 fish days were easy. That is a vast understatement. I usually do not keep count, but on a couple of trips I counted over 20 fish in 20 casts several times, and that goes on all day. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know there were days that both TubeBabe and myself caught over 200 fish each. Even though we wore protective gloves on our fish handling hands, by the end of the day our hands looked like hamburger from all of the sharp spines and gill plates that intruded on our tender flesh.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]And, every fish down there seems to have bigger teeth than the ones before. They really chew up lures. Plastic baits seldom lasted more than two or three fish before having to be replaced. Sometimes you would get a solid strike on your first cast with a new plastic, but reel in only the jig head and a few wisps of the new plastic.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We have a collection of Rat-L-Traps and other hardbaits that have been absolutely stripped of their original paint finish. Those are the lures that survived and were not chewed off or powered down into the rocks by big surly fish we could not handle.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Curse you, Bluegillman. You have made me start daydreaming about hitting those lovely waters again. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It is not on our agenda this year, but we are tentatively planning a long assault down there next year. Can't wait.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Vamonos![/#0000ff]
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