Rancho Leonero (late post) and mostly from a Panga not a yak - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

fearnofish · 07-12-2009, 07:51 PM

Finally gettin around to posting on this trip. We had an awesome time. We spent three days fishin from a Panga and 3 from the Kayaks. Unfortunately most of our fish came from the pangas, mostly due to our inexperience.

This was actually our long over due honeymoon (one year). We were there Sat June 6th to the 13th. The resort was definately our kind of place! Out in the middle of nowhere and a dirt road leading to it.

The snorkeling was awesome right in front of the hotel. Literally thousands of fish. All different kinds. Everyday we saw sea turtles.
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We had a great time! It was total relax/fish/snorkel and was great. The wife actually caught the big fish of the trip as you can see below. All fish she caught she did completely on her own with no help at all from puttin the live bait on, settin the hook, the fight, everything. I was a proud husband! >>
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I took some of my bass gear and we fished with that mostly except for trolling for the bigger dorado and Monster Roosterfish. Love the light tackle on the salt!! I got a couple doubtful looks from the captains when they saw some of my gear!>>
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I was committed to catch a fish here but actually never caught one from shore
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I call this pic "Bendo!!!" Hooked up on a rooster.
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The Rooster fish were way cool. They are frickin furocious. They chase your bait up to the surface and fight over it if there are multiple roosters. Its almost like top water fishin! The smaller ones are great fun on bass gear.>>
This pic looks like we were way out but we were actually close.

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>One of the wife’s roosters. Actually a damn nice fish

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>This fish was pullin!! It was a Toro (Jack Crevalle?) Fish is in the next pic

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>This day we fished for Dorado and what a day!! Big fish below is about 25 to 30lbs. We fished with "Capt Efrin". He was way cool. Cleaned our fish right on the boat soon after they were caught so all the fish stayed nice and fresh all day.>>

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Nice bull but there were some bigger that were caught by the boats going out for Marlin>>
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Same fish

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Later we got into a wide open bite on a HUGE school of Dorado. We caught over 20 fish easy and let most of them go.>>
All fish caught on light tackle. It was crazy... we were catching them as fast as we could get a bait into the water. Lines were breaking, tying on hooks, gaffing fish, just frickin nuts!>>
They jump like crazy and are way fun on the light tackle.>>
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Continued....

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07-12-2009, 07:51 PM	#1
fearnofish Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Phoenix Posts: 40	Rancho Leonero (late post) and mostly from a Panga not a yak Finally gettin around to posting on this trip. We had an awesome time. We spent three days fishin from a Panga and 3 from the Kayaks. Unfortunately most of our fish came from the pangas, mostly due to our inexperience. This was actually our long over due honeymoon (one year). We were there Sat June 6th to the 13th. The resort was definately our kind of place! Out in the middle of nowhere and a dirt road leading to it. The snorkeling was awesome right in front of the hotel. Literally thousands of fish. All different kinds. Everyday we saw sea turtles. >> We had a great time! It was total relax/fish/snorkel and was great. The wife actually caught the big fish of the trip as you can see below. All fish she caught she did completely on her own with no help at all from puttin the live bait on, settin the hook, the fight, everything. I was a proud husband! >> >> I took some of my bass gear and we fished with that mostly except for trolling for the bigger dorado and Monster Roosterfish. Love the light tackle on the salt!! I got a couple doubtful looks from the captains when they saw some of my gear!>> >> I was committed to catch a fish here but actually never caught one from shore I call this pic "Bendo!!!" Hooked up on a rooster. The Rooster fish were way cool. They are frickin furocious. They chase your bait up to the surface and fight over it if there are multiple roosters. Its almost like top water fishin! The smaller ones are great fun on bass gear.>> This pic looks like we were way out but we were actually close. >> >> >One of the wife’s roosters. Actually a damn nice fish >> >> >This fish was pullin!! It was a Toro (Jack Crevalle?) Fish is in the next pic >> >> >> >> >This day we fished for Dorado and what a day!! Big fish below is about 25 to 30lbs. We fished with "Capt Efrin". He was way cool. Cleaned our fish right on the boat soon after they were caught so all the fish stayed nice and fresh all day.>> > Nice bull but there were some bigger that were caught by the boats going out for Marlin>> Same fish Later we got into a wide open bite on a HUGE school of Dorado. We caught over 20 fish easy and let most of them go.>> All fish caught on light tackle. It was crazy... we were catching them as fast as we could get a bait into the water. Lines were breaking, tying on hooks, gaffing fish, just frickin nuts!>> They jump like crazy and are way fun on the light tackle.>> Continued.... >> >>