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Old 10-25-2014, 07:41 PM   #1
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GONZAGA GOLD 18-25 October

The Baja Catch used to label good Baja fishing by Bronze, Silver and GOLD being the best. Gonzaga on the fly was GOLDEN.

This is a teaser, there will be pictures to follow and a Go Pro 4 video too. Five of us went on this trip, two caught fish on the fly, the others fished other gear.
Big fish of the trip was a 25.5 pound Cabrilla, smallest? Maybe a 5 INCH Bass or Rooster fish.

As a group of 5 fishermen one day we caught over 600+ bass, triggers and others. One day 2 guys caught over 70 Yellows by themselves, BEFORE they left feeding tails. One day two of us landed between 150 to 200 Bass each, and again walked away from feeding fish to go rest on the beach. TOO many fish, so little time.

This is a rough estimate, I guess we collectively caught and landed upwards of 2000 fish. And could have caught more had we wished.

Some of the fishermen will tell their stories soon. This was an EPIC trip, one I will never forget. SOLID GOLD. Wish you all could have been there.
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Old 10-26-2014, 09:07 AM   #2
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My best fish of this trip was a Rooster, he attacked my fork/spoon on a fast retrieve. Not wanting to kill him, I tried to tail him, got him half way out of the water when he exploded, bye, bye beautiful fish. 18-20 lbs. He kept my fork.

Weather was AWESOME, nights were 70-75, days were 90-95, water temps were 82-85. Sunrises, sunsets and fishing was GOLDEN.

Fish caught were, Rose snapper, pig snapper, grunts, orange mouth corvina, leopard grouper, spotties, hog fish, leather jacket, threadfin pompano, rooster fish, skipjack tuna, dorado, needle fish and cabrilla. Might have missed one or two others too. A turtle ate a mega bait and was released to fight another day, also released was a blue footed boobie. Infact I think we only killed 6 or 7 fish this whole trip. Tight lines.
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Old 10-26-2014, 09:17 AM   #3
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Five of us went on this trip, two caught fish on the fly, the others fished other gear.

Jeez I thought it was for fly fishermen only. I would have tagged along. I know how epic fall fishing can be there.
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Old 10-26-2014, 09:35 AM   #4
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That rocks. Only negative sounds like the fly fishing bite. The huge variety of fish you can catch in Baja is a just amazing. I gotta get back down there. Mike
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Old 10-26-2014, 10:55 AM   #5
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Dorado, that's some excellent news! Can't wait for the reports


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Old 10-26-2014, 11:20 AM   #6
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I read a report on BD about Dorado in GB last night. I almost packed my bags... Glad you had a great trip Bob!
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Old 10-26-2014, 11:57 AM   #7
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Glad you guys had a killer trip. looking forward to hearing your tails of Baja on Nov. 8th.
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Old 10-26-2014, 12:17 PM   #8
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Hey Bob, you didn't happen to see SitinsideJim down there. Guess he has been at Gonzaga for a week or so and his wife had posted on BD asking for a status on him
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Old 10-26-2014, 12:19 PM   #9
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Sorry Bob, now that I think about it, you may not know him. He was down there last may the week that my son and I were there. Carry on
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Old 10-26-2014, 07:59 PM   #10
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Here is a teaser until I make a solid video of the trip


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Old 10-27-2014, 10:09 AM   #11
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Wow! I don't know how you kept that bruiser out of the rocks.

It looks like the fish are eating well this year. Congrats on landing that beast.
Did you catch it on a candy bar (spoon)?
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Old 10-27-2014, 10:41 AM   #12
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Caught it on a knock off mega bait. Brand was P-line I believe. Smaller jigs were working much better because the bait fish were tiny. 1-3 " silver or pink megabaits were killing it down there .
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Old 10-27-2014, 11:26 AM   #13
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Good lawd that's a pig!
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Old 10-27-2014, 01:19 PM   #14
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Thanks YakDout, I already have those P-line jigs. Two weeks and I'll be there to pick up where you left off.

I thought September was good down there, but it seems to keep getting better.
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Any pictures of the pig snapper? I'm not familiar with it but I'd love to see what they look like.

That's a toad pinto bass!!
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Any pictures of the pig snapper? I'm not familiar with it but I'd love to see what they look like.

That's a toad pinto bass!!
I don't think there is a picture of it Charles, but he had a small tube sticking out of what should be nose/nostrils.
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Any pictures of the pig snapper? I'm not familiar with it but I'd love to see what they look like.

That's a toad pinto bass!!
Yer killin me charles. Someone finally posts a pic of a true [spotted] cabrilla and you pull out pinto bass.


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video in the works. should finish tonight
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Yer killin me charles. Someone finally posts a pic of a true [spotted] cabrilla and you pull out pinto bass.


More pictures!
Same difference
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Old 10-31-2014, 10:12 AM   #20
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to Rossman. just got back yesterday was there for two weeks. awsome trip. weather was great, fish that reef where I met you and your son last May. got rock several times 40lb. was not strong enough to stop them. fire carker yellowtail boiling all over the place catch all you wanted. biggest one was 8lbs. skipjack to 10lb, boling all over the place too. wish the were yellowfin. fun to catch. serria ate the fastrac the best .got a big one 30 to 36 inches long. caught lots of them. best lure on the boiling fish was lur jenson one and half oz. cripple minnow. the bait they were hitting on was micro bait fish match the hatch. need to up grade the hooks and split rings on the cripple minnow and fastrac then you will not have any problems. caught also big trigger fish. corvina. pompeno. spotted bass, rosterfish. cabrilla. leoperd grouper. was a great trip. fish the first week without seeing another kayaker. more people the second week, met some great people at camp, I keep them well supplyed with fish. going back in may, love that place. good luck sitinsidejim
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