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sansou
12-31-2008, 03:17 PM
Alla en el rancho grande, alla donde vivia.....habia una rancherita que alegre me decia, que alegre me decia.....

(Senor Dean's favorite mariachi song now)


Here's the story folks: if you were looking for a "psycho" report, keep clicking elsewhere. This trip was about hangin' out & hangin' some fish. "No problemas" being the keyword of the weekend. :Big Grin:

We left bright and early Dec 27th and crossed San Ysidro sin problemas and took it easy on the way down the coast. We got to San Vicente and made a pit stop for some killer tacos de carnita. Good stuff. Saddled back up, crossed the military checkpoint, sin problemas, got in to SQ where we did some quick shopping, and then turned in to the Old Mill/Don Eddie's road just outside of San Quintin.

For you SQ regulars: the road looks worse than it really is. It's a hard bottom. We saw sedans make it through just fine. I had my truck in 4WD-High and had no problemas.
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Checked in to Old Mill, got the complimentary Pacifico, and proceeded to setup gear and chit chat with other fishermen and travelers. Once that was done, we hit Los Jardines for some "refreshments" and some food!
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First day of fishing, our goal was to see if there were any possibility of WSB, and maybe do a little bottom scratching. Dean made us some great bait in the bay (good job Deano!). 30 some pieces of mack later, off we went.

Pato (from Pedro's Pangas) decided they weren't in the bay, so we went outside and ran south past Socorro all the way to El Campito (small palapa fish camp about 5 or 6 miles south of Socorro). Boating conditions were excellent.

We flylined with nose weights in various depths ranging from 200 to as shallow as 60. I even brought a Thunnus coffee grinder to toss some sweet looking Lucky Crafts courtesy of Senor Wingnut, along with a jig stick to pitch fat cocodrilos. We looked and moved and caught "incidental" fish along the way (sugar bass, barrie, etc...). Alas, no love on the surface or mid level. No WSB to be found. Rather than waste the day in vain, we opted to hit a couple rockpiles on the way up and started to fill the fishhold little by little.
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Around lunchtime Pato decided one of the fat barber poles we caught was just too sexy to be left alone. He cut her up, mixed us a nice little soy & wasabi in a water bottle....and voila! Sushi San Quintin style! It was a little chewy but it tasted excelente nevertheless!
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Aye, puro wasabi!
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Leave the sharks alone Dean!
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With fish cleaning done, we get all spiffed up and meet up with Dean friend who flew down in his Cessna 172 and landed at Lorenzo's. This guy is truly a Baja adventurer...a real encyclopedia of baja knowledge. We caught the Chargers game at Los Jardines while the cooks cooked up the fresh catch we brought them. Muy sabroso! Waiting us was also Kelly's (K&M Sportfishing) son Oscar, who was giving us some tips for our fishing tomorrow.
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Cervezas, laughter and a few ZZZ's later, the Rancheros were heading back out. We were excited cause we had another full day of farming (ranchero) fish ahead of us!
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After Dean did his duties as Bait Master (good job again my friend!), we headed north to San Martin Island (instead of the 240) with hope of trolling or jigging a YT or 2. There was a report from the prior day that someone ran in to a couple, so we were hoping for the best.

We rigged up some diving hardbaits and started to get strike after strike of decent size bonita. We keep a few for the captain, but after a while, we decided it wasn't fun just catching bonita. There was a lot of surface activity and tons of boils, but no YT that we could find. Another pangadero (Hector from PP) didn't scratch any either, so we didn't feel bad.

Mid morning or so we set course for the "15" area, and hit up the ling in the shallower water (100ft or so). We had great action on the fin bait with 6 oz torpedos tied about 3 or 4 feet up the line. It was consistant fishing, but then came along pinche El Lobo (as the pangaderos call the sea lions), and that damn Lobo robbed us of tons of lings. No fun when that happens.
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Pato on his new setup he got for Christmas. He was on what we thought was a yellow snagged by a seal, so I fired up the engine and chased down the seal. Turns out it was just a big bonita....lol
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It soon came time for lunch, and you know what that means!

Dean's big "seal chewed ling" became sashimi for us.....at least the collar part! :ROFL: Pato also carved up a fresh bonita, which was unbelievably good. Que sabor!
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Unfortunately, all good fishing days eventually run their course, and you have to head home.
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The poles got broken down, and we were off to Don Eddie's for some of their famous almejas al vapor (steamed clams). If there is one thing you must do while in SQ, it is to try their clams (well, that and the miyagi oysters too). They are locally harvested, fresh, and killer with hot butter and beer.
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Trip Home....next thread. (55 pic limit reached)

sansou
12-31-2008, 03:34 PM
The trip home was a meandering one, with no rush. We went to Erendira (Castro's) to see what was going on. We also checked out Cal's place to see if there were any sexy hippy chicks hanging out....not much there right now guys! lol

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Dean checking out the surfing conditions...
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Check out the Crow's nest....how would you like to wake up or go to bed with this view every day.
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The Thinker: do I broil lingcod tonight or do I steam sheephead....Hmmmm??
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Did you find what your looking for on that menu Dean? :ROFL:
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We stopped off at a really small fish processing place. Being that I was skunked this trip on my WSB (first time in 3 trips this year darnit!!), I ended up buying a locally caught whole one :ROFL:, along with a couple kilos of awesome huge mussels.....what a bargain!!! I passed on the sea urchin, though they looked incredibly tasty too! The salesman was simpatico, and he took us on a little tour of the setup.
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The various grades of uni
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All in all another good SQ trip. Dean, you are "buena gente", and I really enjoyed travelling the baja with you. I'll ranchero fish with you anytime.

Let's hope we can get some more Team 57 Rancheros together, and set one up for end of February time frame!!

~larissa
12-31-2008, 03:43 PM
damn..... those are some great pics.... kept scrollin... and scrollin... and i thought i would never get enough... had to scroll back up to look again...

i'm so jealous

troutdog
12-31-2008, 03:57 PM
Excellent report and pictures Rich, looks like you guys had a great time down South....I can't wait to try that trip sometime in '09!

Happy new year guys,


TD

goober
12-31-2008, 04:07 PM
Very cool report. Hope to be going back soon and gald you had a safe trip.

Gabe

cappo
12-31-2008, 05:37 PM
Sounds like a GREAT trip guys. Rich you have to invite me on your next trip. :Wink:

Santa Fe Eric
12-31-2008, 07:58 PM
Excellent Report and Pics! I'm glad nobody went "psycho in Mexico":Razz:

I'm jealous also! Both about the fishing and the Massage!

PONTOON
01-01-2009, 02:47 AM
Rich, that's a road trip I'd like to take!

Awsome report and pics My Friend.:Thumbs Up::Thumbs Up:

jsl
01-01-2009, 07:43 PM
Spectacular report!! Looks like you guys had a blast.

Scott

Wingnut
01-01-2009, 07:51 PM
Awesome report! Way to go Rich & Dean on a great road trip. :Cool:
Man, the surf looks really fishy down there... I bet there are some monster Butts hiding out near those rocks. :Wink: :Twisted:
The food looks amazing... yummy! :Envious:

BassEngineer
01-01-2009, 07:54 PM
Nice report and pics. No wonder you are the editor! :Big Grin:

jaylpz
01-02-2009, 12:49 AM
Way to go Dean! have fun on the apollo bro!

olfishergal
01-02-2009, 01:02 AM
Looks like you guys had a blast down there. A bunch of us should get together and head down for a mini vac/road trip. I can think of a few who would love to go and hang out with Team 57!!! OFG

Seng90806
01-02-2009, 02:07 AM
looks like a very fun and interesting trip :LOL:

one_leg
01-02-2009, 09:14 AM
Hey you two, great going on the Rockfish and other assorted species!!!

I have always wanted to go fishing down there, but I will stick to the day trips out of Shelter Island for now for obvious reasons. Besides, I still need to get a passport.

Since some of the people thinking of going down to Baja are my friends, I thought that it might be a good idea for them to research travel conditions in Mexico before they attempt the journey.




It sounds like a lot of people have made the trip safely. They either know what they were doing, or they just got lucky. I would hate to hear that anyone got robbed, or worse while heading down into Baja for some fishing fun in the sun.


Good luck to all of you.

deanhall32
01-02-2009, 11:03 AM
Thanks for the report Rich. I too would fish with you anytime!!

For anyone who wants to go to Mexico with Rich be aware that:

1) Rich speaks fluent Spanish

2) Rich drives the speedlimit and slower

3) Rich has the calming affect on semi-nervous passengers

4) He pays his share

5) He can fish

Enough butt kissing. Great trip Rich!!

LateFisher
01-02-2009, 11:30 AM
Great report, great pictures,great fishing, great friends = great fun !!!!!!!!

ghetto dad
01-02-2009, 12:23 PM
NICE NICE report rich!!! DAMN i wish i could have gone!!!!! Coach is good people, really great to fish with......

See, NBU and BBFC CAN fish together in harmony!!!!!!

Thanks for the report rich.....im working on FEB....

GD

Granny Fish
01-02-2009, 01:10 PM
Awsome report Rich. Looks like a nice trip and you got some fish too. Hope we can make it with you sometime.

Liteliner
01-02-2009, 06:19 PM
Man nicely done sansou. Those are some good looking fish. I bet the lucanus jigs would be awesome there. Thanks for the report. Hopefully I can get in on one of those trips someday.

Oz
01-02-2009, 07:41 PM
awsome report rich...glad u and the homie dean had fun. wish i coulda jumped on this trip...im sure the febuary one i will :Cool:

paDDy
01-03-2009, 10:06 AM
Nice job on the rock fish Sanpoo!! Where are all the reds' yellows, seabass?? I liked you last report better, what happend? Did you forget to bring the Lucanus jigs? Oh well I guess I'll have to show you how to use all your new gear you got in Feb. Till then come up this way will take the boat out and bounce ball for some halibut.

Native Gal
01-03-2009, 12:36 PM
:Thumbs Up:
What an excellent south of the border trip. Way to get on them fish guys, looked like a fun trip all around, Congrats.

NG
:Big Grin:

Ifishtoolittle
01-03-2009, 06:18 PM
Lingcod sashmi?!?!?! Even I would do that with all the parasities that live down under you guys got guts! Cool report man thanks for sharing!

bullets_full
01-03-2009, 06:43 PM
Damn man...Nice....one of these days

Fisherman57
01-05-2009, 11:05 AM
Man, I just don't read this section as much as I should!

Sorry I missed this Rich..... looks like you guys had a great time. Nice report and a great collection of photos....

My old POC truck would have never made it down those roads!... :EyePop:

Mondo21
01-06-2009, 03:04 PM
I'm glad nobody went "psycho in Mexico":Razz:

!

You got that right!
Love the pics and report! Cindy:Big Grin:

sansou
01-06-2009, 11:03 PM
Thank you all for the kind words. There's something special about that place that draws me back there several times a year.

Shooting again for another quick jaunt down to SQ tail end of february (although I could be talked into a San Felipe/Puertecitos run if we can caravan!).

All would be rancheros that don't take themselves too serious and are not psycho, keep your eyes peeled in the Rendezvous section, and hopefully we can get a larger Team 57 crew down there to put a hurt on the steamed clams, err, I mean lingcod and WSB!


*FYI: now would be the time to get your passport or passport card at your local post office if you don't have one already!

BIGRED KILLA
01-07-2009, 01:36 AM
Thanks for the pics and report Rich.





Bigred

4g63power
01-07-2009, 09:22 PM
great trip guys..how was the massage? luv you long time??

Greg Madrigal
01-13-2009, 08:39 PM
Nice looking report tho No COMPRENDE EL ESPANOL talk n sh~t! LOL!

Pretty sad when u have to BUY yo fish tho! I feel u Dean, them croakers aren't called ghosts 4 nada.

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

GM<><