Red Drum
11-22-2012, 12:06 PM
Went on a Fall camping/fishing trip with my good fishing buddy Joe “Triggerman” down to Puerto Lobos on the east side of the Sea of Cortez. We couldn’t have asked for better weather, the light winds made for very comfortable fishing aboard Joe’s 16 foot aluminum Klamath boat “Sunrise”.
Here is the “Sunrise” ready to head out for a full day of fishing.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012033.jpg
Here’s Capt. Joe driving his boat out to our first spot where a big Grouper broke me off on 30lb test on my first drop with the iron. Ouch!!
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012001.jpg
I just wish I had been using 100lb test to have a better chance at getting that brute of a fish to the boat. I never hooked another monster fish during the rest of the trip but at least we had a blast catch a bunch of fish each of the 3 days that we fished.
We ended up catching a total of 17 different species.
1. Leopard Grouper
2. Spotted Rose Snapper
3. Amarillo Snapper
4. Panama Graysby
5. Almaco Jack
6. Yellowtail Jack
7. Goldspotted Sand Bass
8. Spotted Bay Bass (mucho)
9. Triggerfish (mucho)
10. Shortfin Corvina
11. Bonita
12. Barracuda (mucho)
13. Halibut
14. Sculpin
15. Giant Jawfish
16. Rock Wrasse
17. Cortez Grunt
Spotted Bay Bass and a Halibut.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012003.jpg
Giant Jawfish.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012008.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012006.jpg
Early morning Leopard Grouper caught off the rocks.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012016.jpg
Joe and a nice Spotted Rose Snapper.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012017.jpg
Nice Amarillo Snapper.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012019.jpg
Early morning picture of the Lobos Lighthouse.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012025.jpg
Later in the morning, we met up with Tom Alber of Puerto Lobos Fishing Adventures, and Tom was kind enough to let us buddy boat with him and 5 of his super-nice Bulgarian clients from Arizona.
Tom’s website. http://www.mediabyjohn.com/lobos/
Here is Tom’s boat underway.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012026.jpg
Tom and his clients fishing in the flat calm Sea of Cortez.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012027.jpg
Joe gets rewarded with a nice Leopard Grouper that he caught on a 9 inch Big Hammer swim bait, in the Christmas Tree pattern. Thanks again Tom for hooking us up on that nice structure spot.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012029.jpg
Nice little Almaco Jack that ate the Krocodile spoon.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012048-1.jpg
Joe and another Spotted Rose Snapper that ate the Rainbow Trout pattern spoon.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012051.jpg
Another tasty Rosie caught on the spoon.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012055.jpg
Yummy Shortfin Corvina on the spoon.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012067.jpg
Leopard Grouper and an Amarillo Snapper.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012061-1.jpg
Nice catch of delicious Sea of Cortez critters…triple-sweet!! http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012068.jpg
Joe and a Goldspotted Sand Bass.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012070.jpg
Joe and a Yellowtail on the Salas 6X Jr. in the Scrambled Egg pattern.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012072.jpg
Vinnie and a Bonito.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012073.jpg
Nice eater Yellowtail that ate the Scrambled Egg iron.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012078.jpg
Joe and a Corvina that couldn’t resist the spoon.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012080.jpg
Joe and I had another memorable and fun trip down to Lobos and we can’t wait to do it again. Thanks again to Tom Alber’s for letting me and Joe hang out at his house during the evening with his fun and good time clients from Arizona. If you are interested in taking advantage of a very cost-effective fishing trip, you should definitely give Tom a call at 602-526-3343.
Till next tide…HOOK-UP!!
Vince
Here is the “Sunrise” ready to head out for a full day of fishing.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012033.jpg
Here’s Capt. Joe driving his boat out to our first spot where a big Grouper broke me off on 30lb test on my first drop with the iron. Ouch!!
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012001.jpg
I just wish I had been using 100lb test to have a better chance at getting that brute of a fish to the boat. I never hooked another monster fish during the rest of the trip but at least we had a blast catch a bunch of fish each of the 3 days that we fished.
We ended up catching a total of 17 different species.
1. Leopard Grouper
2. Spotted Rose Snapper
3. Amarillo Snapper
4. Panama Graysby
5. Almaco Jack
6. Yellowtail Jack
7. Goldspotted Sand Bass
8. Spotted Bay Bass (mucho)
9. Triggerfish (mucho)
10. Shortfin Corvina
11. Bonita
12. Barracuda (mucho)
13. Halibut
14. Sculpin
15. Giant Jawfish
16. Rock Wrasse
17. Cortez Grunt
Spotted Bay Bass and a Halibut.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012003.jpg
Giant Jawfish.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012008.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012006.jpg
Early morning Leopard Grouper caught off the rocks.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012016.jpg
Joe and a nice Spotted Rose Snapper.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012017.jpg
Nice Amarillo Snapper.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012019.jpg
Early morning picture of the Lobos Lighthouse.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012025.jpg
Later in the morning, we met up with Tom Alber of Puerto Lobos Fishing Adventures, and Tom was kind enough to let us buddy boat with him and 5 of his super-nice Bulgarian clients from Arizona.
Tom’s website. http://www.mediabyjohn.com/lobos/
Here is Tom’s boat underway.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012026.jpg
Tom and his clients fishing in the flat calm Sea of Cortez.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012027.jpg
Joe gets rewarded with a nice Leopard Grouper that he caught on a 9 inch Big Hammer swim bait, in the Christmas Tree pattern. Thanks again Tom for hooking us up on that nice structure spot.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012029.jpg
Nice little Almaco Jack that ate the Krocodile spoon.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012048-1.jpg
Joe and another Spotted Rose Snapper that ate the Rainbow Trout pattern spoon.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012051.jpg
Another tasty Rosie caught on the spoon.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012055.jpg
Yummy Shortfin Corvina on the spoon.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012067.jpg
Leopard Grouper and an Amarillo Snapper.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012061-1.jpg
Nice catch of delicious Sea of Cortez critters…triple-sweet!! http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012068.jpg
Joe and a Goldspotted Sand Bass.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012070.jpg
Joe and a Yellowtail on the Salas 6X Jr. in the Scrambled Egg pattern.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012072.jpg
Vinnie and a Bonito.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012073.jpg
Nice eater Yellowtail that ate the Scrambled Egg iron.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012078.jpg
Joe and a Corvina that couldn’t resist the spoon.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/Big_Drum/FishingLobospicsNovember2012080.jpg
Joe and I had another memorable and fun trip down to Lobos and we can’t wait to do it again. Thanks again to Tom Alber’s for letting me and Joe hang out at his house during the evening with his fun and good time clients from Arizona. If you are interested in taking advantage of a very cost-effective fishing trip, you should definitely give Tom a call at 602-526-3343.
Till next tide…HOOK-UP!!
Vince