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February 24 Colorado farmer boat had a good day at 14 mile reef. Everyone on board caught their limit by 11:00am. Bob Lebsack brought in a 15 1/2 lb. Pinto bass which is somewhat unusual for this area.
March 2 An interesting presentation was made at the club concerning the Biosphere ( the area surounding San Pedro Martir, and the "No Take Zone" ) More information was presented than I can report here,however, The Mexican Government has now established what they call the
" Reserve Area ". This is an area 5 mile square from the center of the island. Any person entering this area for any reason must buy a permit.
A days permit would cost $2.00 US and a years permit $20.00 US.
Yellowtail fishing has been excellent throughout this reporting period
The good fishing areas have been: Willard Point,San Esteban,Turner,
and San Pedro. On 3-16 the water temperature was 62 degrees at Willard point and on 3-19 it was 68 at San Pedro. On this same date, Franz Plattner fishing off the Hillbilly Yachet brought in a 33 lb. yellowtail.
The Redrover boat also caught a 33lb`er
March 16 The Sea Dancer boat caught 5 nice grouper and 4 big sheepshead
at San Pedro. Redrover also caught some nice grouper near Queens rock. And in the same area he caught 2 Swell Sharks about 3 ft. long. This is quite a colorful fish with dark bars and spots. If we had records around here I think Bob would qualify. He caught a 8lb. Goldie. This fish was carefully weighed twice, and wouldn`t you know, he caught it two days before our fishing tounament starts.
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We have alot of good fishermen and women in our community. One of the very best is Jim Allan Whitfield, and most of his fishing is from the shore. He has caught almost every type of fish in our area, and many of them are large ones. Jim Allan devotes one day a week to fish for Flounder.
The following is his report of one such day:
" I went North above Punta Chueca with two of my friends. We caught 8 Flounder, 4 with eyes on the right side and 4 with eyes on the left ( so much for my recent report that it was rare to catch one with the eyes on the left ) The largest of these was 18 lbs.
Our last stop was Topopah near Desemboque. We were fishing off the reef when a Seri friend of mine came by in his panga and told us there were alot of nice size Flounder near shore at Macha Blanca. We immediately returned to the truck to go to Macha Blanca and discovered a flat tire. We put on the spare and drove about 50 yards and had another flat.
We are a long way from Punta Chueca or Desemboque. I flag down a passing panga, left my friends at the truck, throw two tires in the panga and head for Desemboque. We only had 400 pesos between us. I now have to buy the gasoline for the panga. I found gasoline at a fishermans house and it cost the 400 pesos. Now I go to get the tires fixed ( on credit ).
The tires have a combined 12 holes. ( the Seris had set out nail traps all around
Topopah due to problems with poachers ) I`m not considered a poacher. The folks fixing the tires can only find 7 tire patches but my friend Yi Yo finds 5 bicycle patchs. After several hours we have the tires fixed, and I get credit from the tire guys and the panga to tale me back to the truck. We never did get to fish for the big ones at Macha Blanca.
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Jan. 21?24 boats headed out to the various fishing
areas. The catch was varied: Jayhawker, Fishfinder,
Haybailer and Seadog all reported that fishing was
slow in the San Esteban and Turner areas.
They all caught bottom fish and Fishfinder brought
home a 40 lb. squid. The Marylou boat reported that
14 mile was excellent.
RedRover fished the San Pedro area and reported that
Yellowtail fishing was excellent, having both double
and triple hookups.
Jan. 23?Jayhawker had a good day near San
Esteban catching 2 Yellowtail, 2 Sheepshead and a
Grouper. Gatorbait went to Willard Point for slow
fishing.
Jan. 24 - The Sea Senor boat hit a large Finback
whale at 30 miles per hour about 19 miles out returning
from San Pedro. The 3 men on board were
fortunate not to have been injured and that the damage
was only to the boat. (Only the 2nd incident of
hitting a whale in the past 25 years that I am aware
of.) Before hitting the whale they landed a 28 lb.
Yellowtail while bottom fishing.
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Jan. 26 - The Jayhawker boat had caught an 18 lb.
Yellowtail near San Pedro when Lynette (first mate)
told the captain that she was hooked on the bottom.
The captain was trying to get the hook free when he
felt a fish making a run. He handed the rod back to
his first mate. She fought the fish for about 15 minutes
and tried to give the rod to someone else, but no
one would take it. She landed a 28 lb. Amberjack.
Feb. 17- The Hillbilly yacht brought home two
30+ lb. Groupers and their limit of Yellowtail from
San Pedro. On the same day, Dick Anderson fishing
off the Jayhawker boat caught a 15 1/2 lb. Pacific
Red Snapper, also called a Mexican Pargo, near San
Pedro. (This is a beautiful, totally red fish and not a
frequent catch in this area.)
Did you know? Red Snappers seem to be
everywhere. However the true Red Snapper lives
only in the Gulf of Mexico. Those Red Snappers on
the menus coast to coast are more likely a different
member of the West coast Rockfish family like the
Vermillion, Speckled, Olive, Yelloweye and
Rougheye Rockfish. The Mexican Pargo is also an
impersonator. There is only a slight difference
between a Pacific Red Snapper and a Colorado
Pargo and that is that the Pargo has a thin blue line
under the eyes.
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