It was an early morning, up at 6:00 am, fishing by 7:00. Since we've been here we have wanted to fish, we were hoping Eric would want to but it was way too early for him:) After we got back from Oaxaca we made a list of things we still wanted to do and fishing was on that list.
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| Adrian on the lucky side of the boat |
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| Me on the un-lucky side of the boat |
We hired a guide recommended by the Victoria people who were here at Christmas, his name was Chon, pronounced Shawn. He and his first mate Luis were at the beach when we arrived in their boat Yadira. We had to push dear Yadira into the water with the help of many a little Mexican! Those are heavy boats and the tide was really low. Chon is not a commercial fisherman, and can only take tourists out to fish so it is important to him both for his reputation and his economics for us to catch some fish. Any fish that we don't take with us, they either sell, or take home to their families.
After we set sail it wasn't long before we had some excitement, a baby whale and Momma were breaching just ahead of us. We watched for a while, then it was time to get out there. The fish we wanted to catch are around 3-4 kms out from shore. Dorado, or what we call Mahi Mahi are a well sought after fish with flaky white flesh that can be easily sold by the fisherman and Sailfish, which are a dirty tasting brown meat, very popular with the Mexicans, these were our prey today.
After baiting up we trolled 3 fishing poles, one for each me and Adrian, and an extra for ?? About a half hour in both Adrian and I got a bite! Neither one stayed on the hook. So we tried some more, and during this time we saw a bunch of turtles and dozens, upon dozens of dolphins! The turtles swam solo and I'm sure we saw 7 or more. The dolphins apparently are migrating to South America and pass by here for the months of January and February, then head North sometime later in the year. Dolphins are amazing, most of them were fairly small, but very agile, jumping and playing and belly flopping all around us! By this time we had already had the wildlife tri-fecta! if we didn't see anything more I think our day would have been great any how.....but the day was not over
About an hour and a half in both Adrian and I had bites again, at the same time, again! But this time, Adrian kept his on the line! A great big Dorado, about 25 pounds and it was a handful to get in. It fought and jumped and generally was not giving up. It's too bad I can't post video here, cause i got a great short video of this fish Jumping out of the water very close to the boat. Our guides were almost as excited as us by the catch!
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| Adrian reeling it in |
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| 25 pound Mahi Mahi (Dorado) |
As the morning and our 4 hours progressed, it looked like we would only get this one fish, but that is better than being skunked altogether I guess. So we headed back, with our lines still trolling and low and behold, Adrian gets a great bite! A Sailfish. Sailfish fight hard and pull out and jump just as they are being hooked, but it couldn't get away from us. It took Adrian around 10-15 minutes to reel this big boy in. The guide figured it was about 70 pounds. Luis, the first mate couldn't have been more excited if he had the fish on the line himself! I think he was counting on the sailfish for his family.
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| Adrian pulling in the Sailfish |
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| Proud fishermen |
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| Me getting in on the action |
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| Our small piece of the Dorado for supper |
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| Our Dorado supper, with home made Oaxacena Soup (see the green broth!) |
I didn't get any fish, but I had 3 bites, and got to watch Adrian haul in 2 fish. On our way back in we came upon a very large Whale, this time breaching really close to the boat.
After lunch we headed to the beach at Bacocho and sat in the sun and debriefed with a few cocktails, walked to the point, and sunned our selves. Adrian will have a sore arm tomorrow!
What a day.
B&A
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