Stripped Pargo

It’s a good thing that I give out the URL to Fishing Fury as often as I can, and I suppose it’s also good that it’s so easy to remember. Bryan, pictured in the previous entry with another Snapper (known locally as Pargo), sent me an email today asking for his photos and sending another one along for good measure. Thanks alot Bryan! I’ve actually never seen this species of Pargo before.

Yet another great day in La Paz, all thanks to Fishermen’s Fleet.

La Paz, Mexico Featured Sport Fishing Magazine

While browsing the January 2006 issue of Sport Fishing Magazine I came across a gem of an article that came very close to home, or at least what I’ve been calling home the past year, La Paz. Captain Ted Lund paints a beautiful portrait of what fishing here in La Paz is like, and the photos hes collected along the way certainly help for those unfamiliar. La Paz is home to one of the worlds foremost fishing destinations unknown to the vast majority of fishermen.

Sure, you could go to Cabo San Lucas if you really wanted to, but you wouldn’t be getting a true Mexican experience. La Paz is the true paradise of the Baja, the people here are far more friendly, and the streets are much safer. If you’re interested in some of the best fishing in the world, including record Roosterfish, black and blue Marlin, Tuna, Amberjacks, Dorado, or even Snapper, La Paz doesn’t disappoint all year long. If you’re interested in La Paz you can read through the various posts (more) and articles/fishing logs (more) we’ve posted here. All of our trips were booked through the Fishermen’s Fleet guide service. I’ve personally used David Jones’ services and his captains over a dozen times and give my highest personal recommendations for anyone looking to fish here in La Paz. Be sure to check out the video to get your heart pumping!

Micheal and I went fishing on Tuesday and despite the weather being pretty cold and cloudy we still managed to bring in two big Mullet Snapper. This time there was only one other group of fishermen with us and they also did quite well catching 4 of the same size.

Im the king of loosing email addresses, if you’re the nice chap pictured above please email me so I can send you the original photos.

Sunday Reading

• Cheap Advertising – Most of you have probably heard of the MillionDollarHomepage, now for ten cents a pixel, you can help a paraplegic angler closer to his dream by advertising on fishingpixels.com.
• After the storm – NBC2 News reports, only three months after hurricane Wilma tore through the town of Clewiston, a professional bass fishing tournament generates a cool three million dollars in four days.
• Sturgeon Recovery Plan – The Boonville Daily News reports that efforts are underway to help prevent the extinction of the “dinosaur of the Missouri and Mississippi River.”
• Echizen kurage – CNN reports that a slimy jellyfish weighing as much as a sumo wrestler has Japan’s fishing industry in the grip of its poisonous tentacles.
• Mystery Fish – An unusual fish has washed up on the shore of Cayman Brac and Cayman Net News needs your help identifying it.
• Fish extinction – Times Online reports a shortage of cod and tuna is forcing trawlermen to plumb the oceans to the cost of rare species
• A sharks tale – DiverNet.com reports that a fifty two year old spear fisherman has beat the odds and survived an attack from a great white shark in Australia.
• Record Stands – The NFWFHF has ruled that Luis Spray’s world record muskie will not be overturned despite efforts to prove its size was exaggerated.

Crazy Tuna

My good friends at Fishermen’s Fleet sent me this awesome photo of a near 25 pound Yellowfin Tuna being caught here in La Paz, BCS.

My Digital Camera

People are always asking me about our digital cameras and after my last post I thought I should explain a bit about the gear that we’ve used in 2005, specificly the camera gear. When asked in person I just whip my camera out of my pocket and show them. 80% of the time they refuse believe that such high quality images could come from a camera so small.

Canon Elph Powershot SD10
The Canon SD10 is an amazingly powerful camera for its size, at 4 megapixels it’s actually smaller than most cellphones. This camera has been in my pocket nearly everyday since I got it for Christmas in 2003 and has withstood countless drops, bumps, and bangs. Because of its size the camera has no optical zoom, but 5.7X digital zoom, which I’ve obviously disabled. The SD10 has minimal modes (Auto/Manual/Macro/Stitch), but each does it’s job absolutely perfectly.

In case your wondering Stitch Mode is for taking panoramic photos, basicly it shows you half of the previous image and allows you to line up the horizon so the images can be easily “stitched” together later. For this I use software called Panorama Factory.

Las Arenas, BCS

More gear updates to come, including our favorite tackle for 2005. I will leave it to Clive to post about his camera, as I think he has a full review coming soon. Not to mention a photo slide show, and if I can find the time, a 2005 video to compliment the 2004 videos.