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Posted: Sat May 23rd, 2009 03:59 am |
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Just got back from a three day excursion to Tortuga and Conception Bay. The only taker I could get was my cousin, who came down just so after he caught a 150# and 250# marlin on our trip last year. A little hectic on the fishing side with multiple hook-ups and seven lines, but easier on the cruising side. All good, except I forgot the propane. Thank God for ceviche!!!
Pretty bare on the way over. My cousin commented on a few tails sticking up ... "Where?!" .. "Oh, they are right back there by the lures." ... ?? !!! Looked back and saw a fish behind the lure. Within two seconds before I cleared the bridge the fish was on. A nice 175# stripe. It seemed pretty dead until once again, 7 mi. before Tortuga I saw birds. We pulled in 5 6-8# yellowfin before we lost them. A few dorado and we were at the island.
Loads of large mackerel that night. I would have loved to have dropped them down live the next day. We caught a bunch of menpache (s.p.) - large eyed small red fish. We'll see what the rave about them in the Islands really is.
Tried to buzz up a wahoo at first light. Billfish jumping all-around the north side. Headed out and saw the Boobies working. We chased dozens and dozens of jumping 10-30# dorado. Had a 35# fish size up the witchdoctor and make some attempts at the purple Softhead. We chased them to 10 mi. north, and then headed S/SE. We found the birds again east of the island about 6 mi. off. The fish were a little finicky probably due to the calm water and the schools of 100-200 flying fish to choose from. We did get a little tired of catching them, and releasing 15# fish isn't easy. Also found the small yellowfin twice in the same areas. (Oh, and sashimi doesn't require propane either)
Headed to Conception Bay (figured I could find some driftwood and make a fire). Nothing there within ten miles, or where the water turns warm again. I have never seen so many birds in my life. They were migrating in flocks each direction. No wonder there were so many sardine boats over there. Saw a few yellowtail boils at sunset but no luck. Just enjoyed the scenery.
The current seemed to sweep us north on the way back, so head your sites towards Guaymas I guess. (Still, the action is closer to Tortuga!) Found a few dorado on the way back, lots of large marlin jumping, and some nice sargasso at @30mi before the strip of green water started.
Bottom line, head to Tortuga!
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Posted: Sat May 23rd, 2009 10:29 pm |
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| Wow, nice trip..haven't done it for years! did you run into any long lines?
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Posted: Sun May 24th, 2009 02:25 am |
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Never saw one!!!
Only saw a few pangas at Tortuga. We had the ocean to ourselves.
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Posted: Sun May 24th, 2009 06:18 pm |
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| That's good news...maybe enforcement is working....fishing reports continue to sound better than ever!
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Posted: Wed Jun 17th, 2009 09:06 pm |
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Read your report on Tortuga / Conception Bay. Really enjoyed it. I want to do the
same thing someday. Did you anchor at Tortuga for the night ? Also what are
Long Lines. Again thankyou for your report- it was like I was there with you.
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Posted: Wed Jun 17th, 2009 11:09 pm |
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Look back at the Goldring Tortuga report in March:
Don't ever anchor up on the north side as we had to move at 11pm to the southeast. Oh yeah the SE has big rocks and we lost the anchor in the morning.
Adam
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Posted: Thu Jun 18th, 2009 03:07 am |
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Well, Adam said he thought the anchor rope splicing looked a little worn. I also think the captain was looking back at the fish I hooked up when Adam was yelling to stop. Wind directions change throughout the season. I anchored last Oct. on the SW side when the NW winds were blowing. I'd watch out for West winds during the summer. Maybe others have input. I've anchored shallow enough that I could dive my chain out or at least see how it was stuck. It's not a 'safe' place to moor, but usually you won't have problems.
longlines are a mile or so of rope set up with a series of hooks to catch dorado, turtles, and other fish
You can always run to 'squid' town (Santa Rosalia) to get a dock slip, hot meal, and an air conditioned room.
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Posted: Thu Jun 25th, 2009 07:25 pm |
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| I've spent several nights at Tortuga. It's a poor choice for mooring. There's no real sheltered anchorages. If the wind kicks up it could be a long night as the depths increase pretty sharply. If the wind doesn't blow the little gnats swarm you mercilessly. Isla San Marcos might be a better choice as it appears to have some prospects for anchoring but never made it over there.
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Posted: Thu Jun 25th, 2009 10:04 pm |
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| Does anyone know the heading and distance for San Marcos? I've been by it before, but via tortuga. also distance between the 2 islands?
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Posted: Sun Jun 28th, 2009 11:10 pm |
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Fantasy trip to Tortuga-Santa Rosalia in a 25' aluminum boat that does'nt like rough
water that much- but she's a good boat. Need good weather. Maybe the only thing to do is head that way and figure it out along the way. I figure - if I don't chicken out
I will need gas and I assume I can get that at Santa Rosalia. It seems by my map Santa Rosalia is not to far from Tortuga. If I have enough time I would like to go to
Mulege. If weather permits. I'm not really an avid fisherman-my friends are and I enjoy seeing them fish but they only have a day or two so we go to S.P. Island.
I'm more of an explorer.Back in the 80's had the chance to fly over Tortuga in a small
plane. The Island is a damned volcano. We flew down in the dormant mouth of the
the thing and it looked like dried up mud. Anyway going across in my boat is something I want to do before I die and hope that I can do that without killing
myself or loosing my boat which would be even worse.
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