jmcdtucson
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We were in RP 6/7 thru 6/10 and I fished the La Pinta estuary on the kayak on 6/8. I was going to last year's launch point - the panga launch accessed at about km post 32 on the Caborca road. But there are signs saying Prohibidad and something about the Federales.
I could see the pangeros were ignoring the signs, but being a foreigner, I decided to go to San Jorge to launch instead. It's not as nice to launch there since it's a quarter mile slog to the water and it's a bit of a paddle to the estuary
Regardless, I paddled over to the estuary and started trolling. Water depth in the estuary was consistently 15 feet at high tide. It was 20 feet in the channel on the Mayan palace side and 25 feet in the channel on the San Jorge side.
I caught about no Corvina this time. Tried trolling rebel minnows which has been productive in previous trips. Then tried casting crocodile spoons. Nothing. I finally caught a few small (10" or so) fish that may have been little cabrilla or spotted bay bass. These I caught using a crankbait in the channel on the San Jorge side.
It was a bit of a death march back as the wind switched direction and, after being in my face the whole way out, it decided to be in my face half of the way back too. This is not a good thing in an inflatable kayak.
During the rest of our trip the surf was too high to get out except for a few minutes on 6/9 in the evening. On 6/10 rocky point turned into windy point and it was completely hopeless with what I'd guess was at least 3 foot surf and 12-15 mph sustained winds.
So, the fishing sucked -- this was the first trip with no Corvina caught.
But the kayaking was memorable - it was the first time to go all the way across the estuary. Next time I want to forget the fishing once and just explore up the estuary.
Does any one know if the No Trespassing signs at KM 32 should be obeyed or what is going on there?
I could see the pangeros were ignoring the signs, but being a foreigner, I decided to go to San Jorge to launch instead. It's not as nice to launch there since it's a quarter mile slog to the water and it's a bit of a paddle to the estuary
Regardless, I paddled over to the estuary and started trolling. Water depth in the estuary was consistently 15 feet at high tide. It was 20 feet in the channel on the Mayan palace side and 25 feet in the channel on the San Jorge side.
I caught about no Corvina this time. Tried trolling rebel minnows which has been productive in previous trips. Then tried casting crocodile spoons. Nothing. I finally caught a few small (10" or so) fish that may have been little cabrilla or spotted bay bass. These I caught using a crankbait in the channel on the San Jorge side.
It was a bit of a death march back as the wind switched direction and, after being in my face the whole way out, it decided to be in my face half of the way back too. This is not a good thing in an inflatable kayak.
During the rest of our trip the surf was too high to get out except for a few minutes on 6/9 in the evening. On 6/10 rocky point turned into windy point and it was completely hopeless with what I'd guess was at least 3 foot surf and 12-15 mph sustained winds.
So, the fishing sucked -- this was the first trip with no Corvina caught.
But the kayaking was memorable - it was the first time to go all the way across the estuary. Next time I want to forget the fishing once and just explore up the estuary.
Does any one know if the No Trespassing signs at KM 32 should be obeyed or what is going on there?
