Fishing Puerto Lobos

Hey Kenny, will you be posting a story and pics of your Lobos fishing trip?

don said:

Hey Kenny, will you be posting a story and pics of your Lobos fishing trip?

Oh Man I can hardly wait to see these!!!! LOL JA

Playa...you just want to see more "fish scarin' outfits"!!! :rofl:

Kenny did you get your camera cord yet. Awesome yeller tails

Kenny is at the races in Phoenix..his house is alarmed

Nice fish.How big was the flounder.Leigh

Lobsta's

kenny,a couple of lobsters from Antigua

don said:

Hey Kenny, will you be posting a story and pics of your Lobos fishing trip?

I was going to let Benny (dryheat) our in house lawyer tell the story, after all, the man knows it all.:notworthy:

He was just a little guy, maybe 3 pounds, but Don said he had been mighty good eating when he got him home. We we're suprised to have picked him up at all since we we're trolling for Yellowfin and Grouper when we caught him.

asprinkles said:

kenny,a couple of lobsters from Antigua

Those are nice Leigh, they look like the ones we used to get off the coast of Cali free diving back in the day. There were some huge one's around the Coranado Islands that some of the crazies would get diving at night.

I was in Yuma, and yes the Spooky one always watches my place when I'm gone. I darned near left for Mexico after the race's, but my friend couldn't be talked into it.

NICE.

Last year the yellowtail hung around Lobos all summer... are they going to repeat this year?

moore_rb said:

NICE.

Last year the yellowtail hung around Lobos all summer... are they going to repeat this year?

Most everywhere in their range, there are always some "homeguard" yellowtail that hang out all year. Until they're caught, that is! Not the big bruisers that cruise in and out as the seasons change, but smaller fish.

Don and I were very happy with the size and quality of the one's that "hung out" for us, and on Medium spin tackle they were some tough hombres.
Up next is some Roosters, either from shore, or and the inflatable; both will be a blast.

The roosters are indeed a blast! Watching them chase your lure as you cast to them is like watching a billfish come up on a trolling lure. You'll get a lot of interested fish that will follow nearly to the boat, but not all are takers. Fish close in along the beach north of Lobos. You'll see schools of baitfish as dark shadows in the sand with "holes" in the middle of the school. That's a rooster laying in wait. Cast right near the school and they'll come charging out. They'll only fall for it a couple of times, then stop responding. Move up the beach to a different bait school and start over. By the time you come back down the beach and start over, they will have forgotten and it's game on again.

Also, be sure you've got heavy enough tackle to land and release them quickly. You can play them completely out; they will fight to the death. In the hot, shallow water, they easily go belly up on release and don't recover. On a good release, you'll see them bolt right out to deeper water.


Sight fishing at its finest and I'm anxious to get back and catch a few this year!!

The day the wind came up I noticed that Ted's truck was at his place, so Don and I went by to say hi and do some bench fishing. He was very generous with his information, and since we were intested in coming back for some Roosters he shared some good information about them with us. After talking for some time Don and I mentioned we were going to go into Puerto libertad for some eats since it wasn't that far down the new highway, and the wind wasn't going to let up anytime soon anyway. Ted decided to join us and we had a good time, and ate at two different locations. The best place being the second place we stopped at, the open front joint that just made Tacos; just as Ted told us it would be..LOL

Wahoo said:

is Don on RP Talk?

He can't get it from his phone at the hospital if that's what you mean.
That Don in the picture holding up two Yellowfin, and he also open up this thread to get me, the shy one, to post about our trip.

Yellow TAIL. The fish in the pictures are yellowtail.

Yellowfin are tuna.

Yellowtail are jacks.

Nothing even remotely similar about them at all except that their common names begin with yellow...

Wahoo said:

Kenny, no yellow fin in sea of Cortes, dont you know....!

ummm... that's not so, either.... :)

Yellowfin tuna are readily caught in the SOC from Guaymas and south.

OK, I've been enough of a jerk... time to take my OCD medicine I guess. :)

Sushi Tutorial: How to cut and prepare Yellowtail Hamachi - YouTube hamaci roll your own Yellowtail

Wahoo said:

well you can not go wrong with either; hamachi or ahi; ?

yellowfin vs yellowtail - Spearboard.com - The World's Largest Spearfishing Diving Social Media Forum

Yep, never even heard of a Yellowfin until later on in life, and on our Rocky point forums. What we caught out of San Diego etc was called a Yellowtail. I thought what the hell change is good, I'll call them Yellowfin just to keep Bob up worrying about it, especialy after his previous post's about it.:mrgreen: Now shall we talk Pompano/Leather jackets again? That could keep us busy for day's.

I don't comment much on here but I personally would of through those minnows back in!

Has anyone counted how many times the guy says "right"?:o

jerry said:

Sushi Tutorial: How to cut and prepare Yellowtail Hamachi - YouTube hamaci roll your own Yellowtail

Hamachi Kama. This is a real treat and we now enjoy it regularly when we catch yellowtails. Basically, it's the shoulders of the fish, cut from the back of the head down to and including the two front bottom fins. You then break it to lie flat and cook it on the grill. The meat is fatty and surprisingly enough, there's a pretty good amount of meat. Excellent flavor!!

What a great, memorable and informative trip we had!

Perhaps some of what we learned could help others making a trip to Lobos.

We owe a great big Thank you to Asprinkles, Moore_rb, Red Drum, Ted, Seadwellar and Ric for extremely valuable information. Information which allowed to locate reefs relatively quickly and put fish in the boat. So, "Thank you Guys!" BTW, I told Kenny I would take care of the "Thanks" so, know that he is also behind the gratitude.

The trip:

Planned on leaving early Saturday AM, but Murphy was involved and I got held up to a Sunday noon departure. That was extremely unfortunate because weather reports Kenny collected showed calm Sunday, Monday, breezes on Tuesday, high winds on Wednesday, light winds early Thursday, then winds again for the Memorial day weekend. Oh well, we could have several good days of fishing, start learning new reefs, make new friends, enjoy great food, sights; a neat adventure awaited!

Got to the Caborca jct about 7:45 PM. Decided to push onward-had heard about the new highway being completed, so off we went. Beyond the first check station we came to a military check station/vehicle search. Felt perfectly safe and glad to see their military involved.

The new highway starts about 15 (?) miles from Santo Thomas. And, as you approach the jct, you'll come upon a quick decision-either right on left lane. The right lane takes you to Dosembique (we now know(!)). So, you want to take the left lane! I don't remember the destination city- but, take the left lane! Red Drum helped us realized our mistake and figure this out!

BTW, the new highway is great, smooth pavement, wide lane, wide emergency lane. Signage is interesting and fun to assimilate the meaning to us gringo's.
You'll notice a sign for Puerto Lobos indicating 1 Km, then as you are rounding a slow turn you'll see a dirt pulloff/road with another sign indicating Lobos is 5 KM... Hmm, the dirt pulloff/road is the road to lobos and its 5 KM. Severe washboard is the name of this road, and slow and slower is the speed limit. I can see why folks would not want to take their boat down this road, not sure I would...

Sorry fellas, got to stop typing for now... I'll finish this story tomorrow. I was in the hospital with MRSA in my left hand (contracted back here in Flag while getting firewood-go figure, nothing happens with fish hook and fin punctures, knife knicks while filleting fish and all the other cuts/abrasions one gets while fishing), and my club is getting sore-so time to give it a rest.

Thank you for all your well wishes and prayers.

Don

Glad to hear you're doing better Don.... MRSA sucks - my wife fought two bouts about 5 years ago. Same deal- small puncture that blew up to a golf ball sized infection. nasty.

Looking forward to "the rest of the story" as Paul Harvey would have put it.

You'll notice a sign for Puerto Lobos indicating 1 Km, then as you are rounding a slow turn you'll see a dirt pulloff/road with another sign indicating Lobos is 5 KM... Hmm, the dirt pulloff/road is the road to lobos and its 5 KM. Severe washboard is the name of this road, and slow and slower is the speed limit. I can see why folks would not want to take their boat down this road, not sure I would...

You'll notice it a lot easier if it's not 10 at night and with a new moon. Finding the turnoff in the light is not a problem if you don't pay attention to the "official" sign that says 5 km.

The new highway starts about 15 (?) miles from Santo Thomas. And, as you approach the jct, you'll come upon a quick decision-either right on left lane. The right lane takes you to Dosembique (we now know(!)). So, you want to take the left lane! I don't remember the destination city- but, take the left lane! Red Drum helped us realized our mistake and figure this out!

I still have no idea where " the road from hell" the Drum was on and talked about after his first trip down is, and that's a good thing.:-P A year or so ago Mexico Joe and I had no problems at all getting there from Jerry's. At that time the new road was only as far as the new turnoff to Santo Tomas going north, so we had the new road from there (Santo Tomas) all the way south to Porto Lobos... So as far as the road from hell was concerned it didn't factor in my route or thinking at all, as I'd been to Puerto Lobo's before and on the new road all the way from Santo Tomas. Libertad and Dosembique are the city's to look for at the new overpass, but don't accidentaly turn off to Dosembique farther down and past Santo Tomas, bear left to Libertad. Also it's a good idea to have mirrors that can let you at least see along the sides of the trailer you are towing so you can see someone flashing his lights like a madman at you.LOL

Kenny,it used to be 42 miles of HELL. You come from Caborca and go through the farms. You guys have no idea how lucky you are. Many a truck have been lost on that road. They had silt beds that were a quater mile long, that , when you saw one coming up, you would floor it, and by the end you were going about 2 miles an hour. One time we were pulling a trailer and the axles were actually grading the sand, thats how deep the sand was .Leigh

asprinkles said:

Kenny,it used to be 42 miles of HELL. You come from Caborca and go through the farms. You guys have no idea how lucky you are. Many a truck have been lost on that road. They had silt beds that were a quater mile long, that , when you saw one coming up, you would floor it, and by the end you were going about 2 miles an hour. One time we were pulling a trailer and the axles were actually grading the sand, thats how deep the sand was .Leigh

Yep, a lot of bad roads when we first started coming down in the 50's. From what my parents said after coming down from Torrance (kids stayed home on that first trip) in 55, they didn't know if they were going to make it in my uncle Teddy's woody or not! What I don't get is how the Drum got on the road they discribed, and where did it start. I'm thinking that the new road was completed as far as Santo Tomas when they made their first trip down,and they could have cut down to the main road from the Y coming in.There would have been no reason to have come through Caborca coming from Cali, but if the did it would have just been a left at the Y junction.
...When I mentioned that I was going down to Puerto Lobos to a co-worker, he told me about a wild trip he made to there back in 73 with some other adventure seeking not so bright school chums. He said that at one point all they wanted was to find the sea of Cortez, and when they did finaly get to Lobos, they drove it straight down to the beach and of course buried their passenger car frame deep in the sand.

Don and Kenny the road signs crack me up at the turn off.The funny thing is they spent more money on the turn around than they would of if the signage made any friggin sense

jerry said:

Don and Kenny the road signs crack me up at the turn off.The funny thing is they spent more money on the turn around than they would of if the signage made any friggin sense

It was kind of funny Jerry. The Drum had told Don to look for a not so large handmade sign and remember it's dark out there, very. Anyway at this point I'm in front and I thought I saw and passed a small sign that said Puerto Lobos. So I slow down and stop with Don in behind me with the trailer. We decide I should turn around with my Jeep and go back and have a look see. Sure enough I was right, the sigh and the turn off was just a short distance behind us, but the official sign we now noticed said "Puerto Lobo's 5 km" .:think:

I have no idea how they could have put that sign up in the daytime, and not have noticed Puerto Lobo's sitting right out there in plain sight, and jutting out into the Sea of Cortez as they stuck it in the ground.

Just a note..Hand painted signs good.., Official signs, not so good.

You guys had a great trip. Nice quality Yellows and Grouper. Nice pic of Chuey H.:cheers:

On my first trip down there last year, I accidently took the left turn overpass to Caborca, and when we get near town, some guy told us to take some paved road that eventually turned into a nasty dirt road at 30 31.800/112 18.697. The sign said Puerto 78 kilometers. I told my friend they supposedly built some new highway and maybe it was a little futher down the road. But unfortunately, the new road was not to be found on that 48 miles of washboard Hell. What an experience that was, at least I caught my first Roosterfish and Sierra on that trip...yippee!!

The big tanker White Seabass are biting really good along the Ventura County coast line right now and hopefully I'll get lucky this weekend and nail a couple. HOOK-UP!!