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Originally Posted by buddha

Robert,

Did you guys have any luck at all with saltwater flies at Punta Bufeo?

Jack and I went fishing in SD Bay and used some homemade flies tied onto jigheads and did well with the spotties.

Just wondering maybe if a bucktail or a malibu jig would work down there.

IF IT WIGGLES

Jeff, flies, spoons, plactics, any metal. I do not think anything you could throw or troll with a rod would NOT catch fish in Baja or for that matter up here.
In Vietnam during the war, fishing gear was hard to find. I caught fish that looked and tasted like our WSB up to 40 lbs on the old metal can/bottle opener
and it caught other kinds of fish even Tarpon. When I got back to San Diego in the early 80's that same lure caught calicos, sandies, butt and surface tails too. It just has to wiggle, flash or move in the water.
You may have to play with weight, color, wobble and materials but they do catch fish, some times very many because it is new to the local fish. Most fish are opertunists if it moves they attack, that is natures way. EXPERIMENT and prove it your self, it will make us all better fishermen.