Todos Santos Island 4/8/10 Wide Open Jellos !!!

[marzocchi]

I missed the early season yellowtail bite 3 times already. So I got my pops and some of my fishing buddies and planned a quick Mexico trip to kill some jellos that has eluded me for the past month. Heard the bite was at Todos Santos Island so I booked a Ensenada trip with Jay from ensenada.com. It was as good as it gets for the early season yellows. We lost almost all our tady 45s and had to worry if we had enough room to fit all the yellows on the boat. We had 2-3 going at almost every stop in the morning. One time we had everyone on the boat hooked up. It was wide open in the morning. Good times.

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Here is how the day looked. It took me 2 1/2 hours to Ensenada from Glendale. Got lost along the way and the cops escorted us to the back to the main highway.

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It was rough out there in the morning, 6-7 feet rollers. We took a 35 minute ride out to Todos Santos Island.

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The SD Fleet Fleet was thick. Our Captain Charo stayed away from the fleet and said we are going to find our own fish. Run and Gun style. No bait, just jigs.

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We were pulling on these things all morning. It was wide open. We had doubles, triples, quads, and quins hook up.

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My friend Ricky first yellow.

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My friend Jon working on a yellow on the bow and my other friend James working his fish also.

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Our decks were bloody. I have to toss away my favorite fishing pants when I got home. It was like I rolled around in blood all day.

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Here is my pops working it easy from the comfort of our cooler.

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The bite was incredible. Here is another I happen to take a picture of.

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Here is Ricky on another fish. We stayed away from everyone. We run up to the boiling fish and toss our jigs at them. It was so damn fun.

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Here is the result of Ricky fight. My dad is in the background resting. We all took 15 minutes break after fighting a few fish. Mann these yellows put us to work.

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By 10 am we almost had 2 coolers full of yellows. Here is one of them. The other one was full too. We caught some brutes.

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The morning fishing was relentless. We were running out of space in the cooler.

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Here is one of mines.

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Here is cooler #2. We could not put in anymore fish.

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Here is our Captain Charo. He worked hard to put us on the fish. He worked so hard we ran out of gas doing the run and gun fishing. He runs the No Limitz 6 pack usually, but we got lucky and he was our Captain on one of his partner panga, the roc cod. If you ever head to Ensenada, request him. He is damn good. He can spot fish like a hawk. There was a few stops he said "there is the fish". I did not see nothing and thinks he is seeing things, then he hooks up. Crazy good.

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Yellows all around. We headed in early. Captain Charo wanted to stay and catch more yellows. We were beat and wanted tacos. We went in at 1pm with our limits.

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Here is Captain Charo again. The deck was littered with yellows. Captain Charo is showing there is more in the cooler.

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We went to our usual taco stand in Mexico. It is not a Mexico trip without some carne asada tacos.

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Parting shot. The Big Jesus. Glendale to Ensenada and back in less than one day.

Hope you enjoyed fishing with me. Cant wait to come back to oh oh Mexico again.

[CAPT'N]

Nice report, love the Run N Gun fishing.................

Those Yellows can really put the hurt on you,
Capt'n

[DockRat]

Killer Report.

Glendale to Ensenada

Now that is a long day.

DR

[Newfishsmell]

You guys killed'em , nice going. Now I want some yellowtail & carne asada tacos :Big Grin: .

[lngbchfnhnter]

Awsome trip man! Now that's my kinda trip, Mexico and back in one day with limits!!
Thanks for reporting..

[hbomb]

Hanging out with family & friends cant beat that, nice pics. Thanks for sharing your adventure :Cool:

[fisherman from long beach]

ddddaaaammmmmnnnnn.you killed em.

[AmBASSador]

How much did it cost per person?

[victor101]

Awesome trip! To Ensenada and back on the same day, you guys are nuts! LOL.

[murrieta angler]

Ensenada and back same day?!?
It works for me!!
Awesome trip, report and pictures,
Robert

[Señor.Chilax]

Those are some nice looking yellows! Me and my buddies went out there last summer for a one day trip but we were to late for the yellows, we only got one on board and just got a bunch of bonitas. Its fun out there! Gotta do that soon. Thanks for the report.

[JapanRon]

Hi marzochi,

Wow very nice report and pics. Beautiful boat. Heard the yellows went off insane there yesterday !! Nice eating size yellows.

thanks,

JapanRon

[troutdog]

What a killer trip, yellows till you drop...thanks for the report and taking the time to snap all the pics.


TD

[BIG0FISH]

WOW. thats all i can say.

[blackberg]

awesome
-bb

[sansou]

Really nice report!

Ensenada is a great little place & super close. Reading your report gives me the itch to take a stroll down there if just for a 1/2 day of fishing....ha ha!!

[marzocchi]

How much did it cost per person?

The boat was only $250 split amongst 5 people. But there are other cost that turned out to be about $100. Here was out breakdown:

250 boat
60 tip
100 gas 215 miles down
20 tolls
60 mexican permits for 5 people
16 insurance and roadside assistance
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506 / 5 = $101.20

There was other cost too:

30 (25)tacos and 5 drinks
20 (10)bags of ice
10 parking (it is no longer free)
10 tip for having the locals bring our gear to and from the boat


But is priceless having catch yellows with your friends and family til your shoulders and arms are sore and you want to go home early.

[Fishthewhaler]

The boat was only $250 split amongst 5 people. But there are other cost that turned out to be about $100. Here was out breakdown:

250 boat
60 tip
100 gas 215 miles down
20 tolls
60 mexican permits for 5 people
16 insurance and roadside assistance
-------------
506 / 5 = $101.20

There was other cost too:

30 (25)tacos and 5 drinks
20 (10)bags of ice
10 parking (it is no longer free)
10 tip for having the locals bring our gear to and from the boat


But is priceless having catch yellows with your friends and family til your shoulders and arms are sore and you want to go home early.

nicely done, i am too nervous too go south of the border right now, too many things going on down there, my friends had their car stolen while they were there fishing. But you guys seem too knock em dead. I love pulling on yellows, we did the same at guadalupe a few years ago, fish up to 70lbs...epic
see you on the striprs soon

[Liteliner]

Sweet man. Glad you got your yellowtail fix. Thats a mission right there at a great price. Thanks for sharing.

[kgselect]

Awesome Ensenada trip. Great pictures. It really pays to get a good captain. Thanks.

[Simplyeman]

sick report....GLENDAAAALEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

[marzocchi]

Here is some extra pictures I recovered from my phone. I know my phone sucks:

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Boling Jellos. It is way different from watching them come up from a cattle boat than and a panga. Difference is in a panga or PB they will swim right next to your boat. You can see the the yellow forks tails and eyes when they swim by. They know your there and give you a quick look and swim away.

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There was a lot of blood.

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There was some really nice ones. Biggest is 25 lb, smallest was 15 and the average was 18-20.

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I dont get to fish with these guys much, but when I do, it is good.

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This is one cooler full of yellows. Times this by 2 and that is our total. I am pretty surprise by the amount of yellows so close to shore. I caught the yellows before I caught the WSBs this year. It is going to be a good year guys.