Report submitted by 'Rob'
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Punta Maria Roadtrip Report
Baja, Mexico
August 15th, 2004
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Headed out from my sister's house in San Diego at 3:30 am Sunday Aug
15 for a week in Baja. After 12 hours & 430 winding up & down slow
miles due south on Hwy 1 we took a right & traversed a surprisingly good
dirt/gravel/caliche road about 27 miles to our camp site at Punta Maria,
Baja Mexico.
Crystal clear blue water, small beach break only most of the
day, fantastic weather, the scenery didn't suck. Fortunately neither did
the fishing. I'm wearing one of those fashion statement elbow wrap things
right now since all the fish we caught caused my tendonitis to flare up again.
Quite worth it.
We caught Halibut, Corbina, Corvina, Kelp Bass, Sheephead, Croaker,
Yellow Fin Perch, dreaded Lizardfish, Tyler caught some Skate lookin thing
and a couple others I don't remember. Only kept the ones we ate. Gill nets
are a problem there. My brother in law put a couple 15 lb Pacific Sheephead
on the dinner table with his speargun in about 5 mins off the rocks one
afternoon. We hadn't caught any of them since we didn't have bait so he suited
up and shot us a couple. lol They were delicious. They are in definite need
of an orthodontist though. We caught some more after hooking up with some
of his buddies that are there all summer every year, they had bait. Biggest
was 24 pounds I think. That was it for people we saw except 3 locals that
stopped by to say hello.
Fantastic trip, one of our best, didn't have a single problem
except for running low on beer & we even made a desperate 4 hour beer
run!!! Pretty remarkable for a trip that remote. We were searched 2 times
& checked 5 total coming home (13 hrs.) by the Ferderalies but had them
laughing after each stop.
Great trip. Highly recommend it!
- Rob
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