nwagner91
10-22-2007, 11:29 PM
Came back Saturday night from La Paz and now readjusting to reality… What a trip!!
Got up early Wednesday (10/17) and took the airbus down to LAX, flew strait to La Paz on Alaska. I went with Blake and his Parents, and couldn’t have asked for a better first time experience to Mexico. We Stayed at the Conch Hotel and went with Tail Hunter International… Jonathon, the owner, is an incredibly nice guy, who makes everyone his friend, I couldn’t have been happier with his service.
We went to a great taco place that night and I ended up having 13 tacos by the end of the night, I was stuffed and ready to for the next day of diving. Unfortunately it was rough on the outside where the bigger pelagic fish were, and Jonathon’s regular dive masters were out on a Cruise, so we ended up being stuck to the reef diving which I was a little disappointed about at first, but turned out to be more than I expected the next day. I brought down my new gun from Mario Korf that I had all rigged up and ready to go, until I pulled it out of the case it traveled in and there was chips taken out of the gun, not a big deal, just epoxy back over it, but I didn’t do a thorough enough examination that night for which more problems were to come.
Ended up taking a Super Panga out the next morning and hitting all the points and rocky areas to look for Cabrilla and Pargo. Unfortunately there were no Pargo to be found all day for as many spots as we jumped in on. My 130cm Greenhandle had a wishbone slip out of the band earlier in the morning, so it was undergunned with only one 5/8 band. I put the gun back on the boat and grabbed Blake’s 120cm Apex rigged with a single ¾ band and a single wrap of shooting line. I ended up taking a big parrot fish (~12lbs) and I stoned two Cabrilla with the gun. Later in the day after Blake shot his first Cabrilla, two of his bands broke on his 55” so I had to give up the 120cm and I grabbed the 64’’ rearhandle I got from Mario. When I grabbed the gun I realized the front quarter of the shaft was sticking out of the track and jammed, after getting it back in the gun I realize that the track is totally messed up and there’s a split in the wood. I load up all 4 bands anyways and try to shoot the gun. I took a shot at a decent sized Cabrilla about 20ft away, missed it by inches and the shaft continued on for another 15ft and hit a rock hard, messed up the tip of the slip-tip pretty good but the adapter was fine. Ended up grabbing my RA and trying to hit something with the single band… got one more Cabrilla, stoned that one to. Saw one of the golden grouper, they’re like Targets, so easy to spot. At the end of the day we both had 3 Cabrilla and I had a big parrot fish. The bigger Cabrilla went ~15lbs. Blake’s Parents caught 7 Dorado, biggest being ~25lbs.
Day one Pics:
Blake’s Fish:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0028.jpg
My Fish:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0031.jpg
Total Catch for the day:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0035.jpg
My tip after that my 11/32 shaft w/ 3/8 tip ran into that rock, super loud DINK!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0044.jpg
Went out the next Day to Las Arenas to do some fishing on R&R, Jonathon wouldn’t let up spear there being that it is such a small area and the Pangeros get really pissed because the diver’s scatter the school of fish. I ended up w/ 3 tuna and 2 Dorado, and Blake ended up w/ 4 tuna at the end of the day. The biggest tuna was ~25lbs, a blast to catch, little rockets. The funniest part was a lot of people that weren’t from California didn’t want to catch Tuna, must have thought it was just like that canned stuff. Our Pangero even asked us if it would be alright if we fished for YFT, wtf? Those people must be crazy, some of the guys even went into the reef and fished for Triggers to make Ceviche out of. Blake’s Parent’s ended up getting 3 Tuna and a Dorado. The Dorado and Tuna weren’t of great quality size, but they sure ate well. Hung out at the Cortez club later that night, what a neat little place!
Day two Pics:
My two Dorado and two of Blake’s tuna:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0039.jpg
My two biggest tuna:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0040.jpg
Blake’s other two tuna:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0041.jpg
Went out for half a day on Sat before we had to catch our flight, tried to get Blake a Dorado with no avail. It was incredibly choppy, and we dove one spot to try for pargo, but had a little less than an hour in the water, no fish the last day, but we still came home w/ 150lbs of filet.
Couldn’t have asked for a better first experience to Mexico, and am so grateful I was taken by Blake’s Family. What an incredible experience, and now I’m pushing my parents to set up a family vacation down there :D Just thought I’d share a first time experience with you guys… If you haven’t gone, go!
Got up early Wednesday (10/17) and took the airbus down to LAX, flew strait to La Paz on Alaska. I went with Blake and his Parents, and couldn’t have asked for a better first time experience to Mexico. We Stayed at the Conch Hotel and went with Tail Hunter International… Jonathon, the owner, is an incredibly nice guy, who makes everyone his friend, I couldn’t have been happier with his service.
We went to a great taco place that night and I ended up having 13 tacos by the end of the night, I was stuffed and ready to for the next day of diving. Unfortunately it was rough on the outside where the bigger pelagic fish were, and Jonathon’s regular dive masters were out on a Cruise, so we ended up being stuck to the reef diving which I was a little disappointed about at first, but turned out to be more than I expected the next day. I brought down my new gun from Mario Korf that I had all rigged up and ready to go, until I pulled it out of the case it traveled in and there was chips taken out of the gun, not a big deal, just epoxy back over it, but I didn’t do a thorough enough examination that night for which more problems were to come.
Ended up taking a Super Panga out the next morning and hitting all the points and rocky areas to look for Cabrilla and Pargo. Unfortunately there were no Pargo to be found all day for as many spots as we jumped in on. My 130cm Greenhandle had a wishbone slip out of the band earlier in the morning, so it was undergunned with only one 5/8 band. I put the gun back on the boat and grabbed Blake’s 120cm Apex rigged with a single ¾ band and a single wrap of shooting line. I ended up taking a big parrot fish (~12lbs) and I stoned two Cabrilla with the gun. Later in the day after Blake shot his first Cabrilla, two of his bands broke on his 55” so I had to give up the 120cm and I grabbed the 64’’ rearhandle I got from Mario. When I grabbed the gun I realized the front quarter of the shaft was sticking out of the track and jammed, after getting it back in the gun I realize that the track is totally messed up and there’s a split in the wood. I load up all 4 bands anyways and try to shoot the gun. I took a shot at a decent sized Cabrilla about 20ft away, missed it by inches and the shaft continued on for another 15ft and hit a rock hard, messed up the tip of the slip-tip pretty good but the adapter was fine. Ended up grabbing my RA and trying to hit something with the single band… got one more Cabrilla, stoned that one to. Saw one of the golden grouper, they’re like Targets, so easy to spot. At the end of the day we both had 3 Cabrilla and I had a big parrot fish. The bigger Cabrilla went ~15lbs. Blake’s Parents caught 7 Dorado, biggest being ~25lbs.
Day one Pics:
Blake’s Fish:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0028.jpg
My Fish:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0031.jpg
Total Catch for the day:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0035.jpg
My tip after that my 11/32 shaft w/ 3/8 tip ran into that rock, super loud DINK!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0044.jpg
Went out the next Day to Las Arenas to do some fishing on R&R, Jonathon wouldn’t let up spear there being that it is such a small area and the Pangeros get really pissed because the diver’s scatter the school of fish. I ended up w/ 3 tuna and 2 Dorado, and Blake ended up w/ 4 tuna at the end of the day. The biggest tuna was ~25lbs, a blast to catch, little rockets. The funniest part was a lot of people that weren’t from California didn’t want to catch Tuna, must have thought it was just like that canned stuff. Our Pangero even asked us if it would be alright if we fished for YFT, wtf? Those people must be crazy, some of the guys even went into the reef and fished for Triggers to make Ceviche out of. Blake’s Parent’s ended up getting 3 Tuna and a Dorado. The Dorado and Tuna weren’t of great quality size, but they sure ate well. Hung out at the Cortez club later that night, what a neat little place!
Day two Pics:
My two Dorado and two of Blake’s tuna:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0039.jpg
My two biggest tuna:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0040.jpg
Blake’s other two tuna:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/nwagner91/DSC_0041.jpg
Went out for half a day on Sat before we had to catch our flight, tried to get Blake a Dorado with no avail. It was incredibly choppy, and we dove one spot to try for pargo, but had a little less than an hour in the water, no fish the last day, but we still came home w/ 150lbs of filet.
Couldn’t have asked for a better first experience to Mexico, and am so grateful I was taken by Blake’s Family. What an incredible experience, and now I’m pushing my parents to set up a family vacation down there :D Just thought I’d share a first time experience with you guys… If you haven’t gone, go!