Another strange looking fish

Check out this strange fish.....the local guys called it a lengua or tongue and say it is common up around Lopez Mateos where it is caught in nets. I will try and get the right identification by Monday.



It was caught on August 14th aboard "La Brisa". They were fishing just below the Golden Gate on the Pacific and had already released two striped marlin, when they suddenly saw a sea lion with a fish in it's mouth, shaking its' head to try to kill it.....the sea lion managed to take a bite out of it (as seen in the photo...the underside) and what was left of the fish, swam towards the boat and the deckhand ran on to the bow and deftly gaffed it, as the confused sea lion, looked wildly around for its' dinner....out of the frying pan into the fire...out of the mouth of a sea lion, into the boat..... It is well known that sea lions can be pests, stealing anglers bait, or helping themselves to a tasty red snapper, dorado or small tuna as it is being reeled in...but this time the tables were turned, payback.

The deckhand Salvador Flores was familiar with the fish, as he is from further up the Baja near Lopez Mateos, he took the fish home to his family. According to him it is a soft, white meat similar to sea bass.



Guy in the red hat is deckhand Salvador Flores, guy in the white hat is Captain Rey Winkler, Pisces crew.

Hermoso Dorado

Este Hermoso dorado macho fue agarrado el día viernes 7 de agosto, en la
embarcación "Rebecca", también agarraron otros 4 dorados pero de menor peso.
Lo empezó a pelear el Niño de 8 Anos de Edad (Cole Randall) con la ayuda de
su abuelo (Terry Thomas) y su Papa (Steve Rondall), lo peleo por 21 Minutos.
Es el niño maravilla. Muy fuerte. Capt. J.R. Alucano, Marinero Luís Cota y
Emvitado Roberto Sandez. Cat. De la embarcación Valerie.

Saludos.

Mario Banaga (Dockmaster)y fotografo.

Testimonial

We wanted to let you all know that we had the best day ever with Julio Castro and crew. Our highest regards on their attitude and skills. We caught 5 marlin, 1 Dorado and 1 tuna that day and considered this our best and most fun day of all three days fishing. We were on the Rebecca on the 29th and the Bill Collector on the 31st. The Bill Collector is a beautiful boat…bar none. But the Tracy Ann rocked and Julio and crew are number one on our list and will be number one for a rebook when we return. Expect referrals for Pisces and the Tracy Ann with a caption –“for the fishing trip of your life book with Pisces and the Tracy Ann”.

Anna and Mike Babineaux, Houston TX.

A visit from an old friend

Yesterday August 8th, we had the visit of our really good friend Captain Byron Blocker, he used to be the Captain of the Josephine, a beautiful 80ft Ocean Alexander, one of the most luxurious yachts Cabo have seen, he moved from Cabo and he came back as a tourist.

He took his friends Colleen and Maria and they had a blast, I have to say, the girls did all the work, Byron just sat with the Captain and took pictures like crazy. The ladies released one sailfish, one striped marlin, one blue marlin and landed two nice dorados.

Here are some pictures of the great trip they had.

What we do in low season

When we are busy, we are REAAAALLY busy, however, what to do when there are no reservations?

Take a look at what Ady and Oscar do to stay awake...

Testimonial

George, Ady,
I was a guest on the Valerie on May 8th 2009. We had a fantastic day and hooked up with several striped marlin. We also boated two that day, one being mine.....my first striped marlin!
Thanks,
Scott Bardreau, McKinney, Texas

Testimonial from Jake Miller

I had the great fortune of fishing on the Tracy Ann June 23rd and 25th. I intend to send you some 8x10 photos as soon as possible. In the meantime I could not wait to share our great success and fishing trip of a lifetime. Thank you and the Captain and crew for a wonderful trip. I will be seeing you again. In the meantime here are a couple of pictures of my great memories.

Jake Miller, San Antonio TX.

This could be you, catch it, and have it cooked at Captain Tony's

After a really good day of fishing aboard the La Brisa, Shannon Broussard, Curtis Richard, Jamal Arceneaux and Reggie Provost from Texas, were wondering what to do with their catch, so we suggested them to take the fish to Captain Tony's Restaurant, we arranged to clean their fish and have it ready at the restaurant, the guys went back to the hotel and rest a little bit and then came by Tony's, as soon as they got there, the chef prepared the delicious plate you can see in the picture below, well, barely as we took the picture a little bit late, or they were just too hungry and didnt wait for us to take the picture.

The guys at Captain Tony's cook the fish for you for only $5 bucks per person, and they cook it 3 different ways, they have a really great Cilantro Sauce recipe, and the traditional Blackened style, and more recipes to choose from.

Swordfish rescued from oilrig

Testimonial from Michael Robertson

Howdy,

Once again yall have out done yalls self. I look forward to fishing with yall every trip. We fishing with Julio on "Bill Collector". This is our second year to fish with him and he is my favorite captian in all of Cabo. No one fishes hard than Julio. We had a great first fishing it was a perfect way to spend fathers day with my Dad and his best Rocky and his son Mitchell. We caught three tuna that day with Rocky's about 20lbs, Mitchel was about 50lbs and Mine was about 60lbs pictures are attched. The second was just as good as everybody got a turn to fight a fish with Rocky, Mitchel and my Dad all catching dorado the biggest about 50lbs. Are good friend Brian came along that and was able to catch and release his first marlin. Then we got a bit of a suprise at the end of the day when I caught a jackfish that hit front right corner teaser. But Once again a great trip and cant wait to come back.

Thanks,

Michael Robertson, Pearland TX.