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Did I ever show you a picture of me while I was backpacking through Europe???? "Backpacking" is totally up to interpretation in this instance! :rofl:

I saw two shrimpers well north of the line this past weekend near the 23 mile reef. They were anchored (they generally shrimp at night). I was surprised to see them. A few years back, they had a big Mexican destroyer guarding the line, but without enforcement, they are going to go wherever they...

2nd on Super Grouper; I had forgotten about that one. I still have my battered and worn copy next to my Fish N Maps. Some of the information is dated, but the coordinates are still accurate. The focus is specifically on how to catch big grouper.

Didn't see any whales this weekend, but LOTS of dolphins around. Just FYI - most of the time we see whales is on the way to the 51 and they are generally 30-35 miles out. Rarely do we see them closer, but we have once in a blue moon. Shrinkage, my friend. Major shrinkage. Water temps were a...

The Fish N Maps were the very first resource I bought for my Mexican adventures, along with a copy of Gene Kira's "The Baja Catch." I highly recommend them both. Although Kira's book is more Baja centric, it still provides a lot of good information. The Fish N Maps aren't much help finding the...

Naaah. Y'all know what a 25lb. pinto looks like! Okay, they look just like this (my world famous 25 lb. pinto picture as published in Western Outdoor News and Pacific Coast Sportfishing a couple years ago): Actually, I was busy playing charter captain all day this trip - for his...

Went down on Saturday afternoon and out fishing on Sunday. Buoyweather was spot on, but I didn't trust it. Water temps at 65 degrees right now. Opted to fish north (the direction of the swell) rather than head south to the 51 and risk the wind coming up instead of laying down. Lumpy in the...

The point of buying shrimp in Rocky Point is the taste/flavor. No other shrimp in the word tastes as sweet!

People... people... people... they don't sell any of that as "bait." They sell it because so many Asians eat it! It's us gringos that use it as bait. I'll take fresh caught live bait anyday. Both the frozen squid and baby octopus make great bait, but I've never had any luck with the frozen...

My boat is always for sale... at the right price. Then, I can go further in debt and get an even bigger one! :boat:

Is it safe to go back in the water????????

Bigger is better - in both San Carlos and Penasco. When the wind comes up suddenly, even I wish I had a bigger boat! However, I used to fish both locations with a 23' Baja Bayrunner CC. Slammed a lot of fish on the deck of my old boat, but I learned the hard way that it was a fair seas boat...

A. Have you owned a boat before or are you a newbie to boating? B. What size boat are you looking for? C. What is your intended purpose - sailing, fishing, cruising, etc.? D. What price range do you have in mind? E. Do you plan on keeping it in a slip or on a trailer? F-Z - whole bunch of...

Well... hard to know, but the name is on my "watch" list. The odd part is that Thanksgiving has come and gone and this was posted yesterday.

That's typical - most video cameras just don't do good stills - they can't capture high resolution like a still camera can. I have a nice Panasonic video camera that records directly on mini CD ROMs and it does a great job with video, but it can't hold a candle to my Nikon D80 went it comes to...

Dude... they don't need no stinkin' authority. They ARE the authorities! When the Director of Homeland Security strikes a deal and inks it with the Mexican government, I assume that IS the authority they are operating under. I asked the same basic question, months ago -- Why in the hell are...

Well, for the first time in print, I've seen an official "why" we now have checks as we cross south into Mexico. The article below specifically mentions these stops checking for cash and guns. Looks like they'll be around for awhile...

Still Valid As far as I know, the old pesos are still valid. The last devaluation (if I remember correctly) was a 100-1 change. They chopped two zeros off of all peso notes. I was down in Cabo at the time and it was really confusing at first. Had bills that were 5000 pesos and 50 pesos, 2000...

Playa - you can't argue with a bot, which is what that user name appears to be. Banned for life. The bot, not you.

At least he realized his mistake before it was too late - sailing into that pumice would have taken out the impellers in his cooling water pump and his engine would have overheated and quit, leaving them SOL with a volcano erupting nearby. Duhhhhhh. Very cool incident, though. There's...