Even though this winter season in the Baja will not go down as one of the best ever for fishing we did have our moments and believe me they were bigger than ever before.
Ken and Al Larson brought in a rooster fish just off Juncalito Island.
While out on my kayak, paddling around Dansante Island, I stopped to look at the reef fish when a school on Jacks surrounded my kayak and continued to circle me for at least 10 minutes. I don't know if they were trying to figure out what I was but they sure weren't scared.
A Grey whale out front of our beach was putting on a really big show, slapping it's fin and tail, and breaching. Ken and I just happened to be going out in the zodiac and got an up close and personal show. At one time we thought we might get slapped if we didn't get out of its way.
Sy and Jan took Ken and I out on their fishing boat, and lucky me, I brought in a 32 lb Yellowtail. it put up a pretty good fight and the next day my arm was a little stiff. It was all I could do to hold it up long enough to for the photo.
No really! I needed Ken to help we carry it back to our camp. We smoked some and froze some to bring back home to make sushi and sashimi.
Ken was not to be out done...a few days later he caught a Yellowtail while fishing in the Zodiac, jigging with a dead sardine on a light rod and tackle. He wasn't expecting to catch a Yellowtail, let alone one that big, but it was a fine fish and smoked up nicely.
I know, technically not a fish but I got the chance to paddle with a Whaleshark. It was somewhere between 10 and 15 ft long and as gentle as a lamb.
Lots of fun on the water this season!!!
