Gonzaga Bay Cinco de Mayo

[bobrehfuss]

Nice catch and awesome report. I had a very similar experience in Mag Bay and Capt. Sergio broke out the hand line. Parachute cord with 400# mono leader. I couldn't get the hang of hand lining and got my ass handed to me for about 2 hours before I was too beat to continue. After he was done laughing at me the deckhand "Vicente" who was about 65 years young proceeded to show me how it was done on 30-50# grouper with the handline. I was getting some that size on my 100# mono so not sure he was connecting with fish as big as the ones that were working me or at least that's what I want to believe after getting my ass handed to me by a fish and getting schooled by a guy 20 years older than me, haha! Anyway I found a killer combo at Bass Pro for $150 = 6/0 reel on a broomstick. Got it spooled with 250# spectra and 400# leader and still get busted off by big mean grouper. Those things are tough and sometimes they just win the fight. BTW my personal best is 200# on 25# mono. I guess it was just a dumb one and swam out to sea instead of back into the rocks and after chasing it for an hour and a half it finally died. Bummer to see that magnificant fish dead but it sure was tasty!

[BAJA FISCHER]

Great Report, plan to get down there soon. 12 pound sierra? That's awesome. Never caught one have that size, would love to see pics of that monster.
Thanks for the report!

[Ib1]

Epic. Thanks for the report. Had the good fortune to kayak and swim with a whale shark in the bay last October. Nice grade of fish you got there. We saw lots of feeding schools of good sized sierra, but tough to catch up to them on the yak.

[Brettkopitz]

Thanks for the responses
Not the best pic, but he was big. my PB sierra was 13.5lb on a scale out at Conzag rock.
Good luck Afredo and Ron. Been seeing yellows mixed with Sierra in the morning on the South East point of San Luis, The Blue Mac CD 11 has been working. Be Safe

[Ib1]

That's a lot of ceviche...