The First 100

[rossman]

Well I have been in Bahia Asuncion for 100 days now and thought I would give a few observations.
My expectations of living in this area have certainly been met or exceeded an all fronts. The fishing has been fantastic. I knew that I was moving here during the worst time for fishing. March through May are typically down months for fishing yellowtail in this area. I have been concentrating on yellows almost 100 percent of the time. Everything else is just by catch, and there has been plenty of that too. To date I have caught 27 yellows greater than 15 pounds. I am not keeping track of one's under that size but there really haven't been that many of them. Maybe 10 or 15. The largest so far has been 47.8 lbs. By catches include the ever present calicos, monster sheepshead and a few of the biggest ocean whitefish that I have ever seen. When the swell and wind permit, I tend to get out every other day but there have been a couple times where conditions have kept me on the beach for 5 days straight. Truth be told, I could get out on any day but you know the old saying "there are old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots" The same goes for kayak fishermen. There is just no reason for me to take any risks down here. BTW I have killed 3 fish since I have been here.
May and June are the months that wsb show in this area. They do not see many of them but they tend to be tankers. I keep hoping I run into one. The local gill netters are finding them in their nets now but I haven't seen one yet.
I have made a few side trips to other parts of baja and most of them I have reported on them here. Had a great few days with Andy and his posse in Bahia Gonzaga and Andy was nice enough to deliver a care package from my son Zed, including my mail and flea stuff for the dog.

I made one trip to LA Bocana and took my yak and gear with me but did not launch. That Estero just didn't look that inviting to me. Quite honestly, if I had to take that road to the Grand Canyon, I would not be impressed with it either. About 40 miles of ugly washboard and wash outs. Close to 3 hrs to go 40 miles. I will give the place another try; maybe when Mako Roberto is down here.

I hope in the next 100 days I can report on a wsb and an unassisted kayak tuna. Although the ways things are looking in southern California, one of you guys may beat me to the punch on that goal. Of course if it is a bluefin I will have to release it down here. Of course........

The locals are just a joy to be around. They are extremely helpful and patient with my language challenges. I have a couple issues with my truck battery going dead and I happened to not have tools or jumper cables with me. Each time, the very first person I came in contact with, just took ownership of the problem and would not leave until was back up and running. These were not people I knew, just some random person who happened to be in the same parking lot.
OK, that's it for now. Thanks for keeping in touch, and come on down.