Gonzaga 4/3 - 4/7

[Winston.]

Went down to Gonzaga this week, fished with Juan 4/5 and 4/6. The weather was a little rough but we ended up with some great fish to bring back home. Thank you for the trip Juan!

We spent a day in Gonzaga before going fishing, there are many beautiful places to visit around the bay. We spent time at the abandoned scallop camp, the beach behind Papa Fernandez and kayak fishing in the bay.

First day of fishing we started with cabrilla but they were not cooperative, so we focused in on gold spots so we could go for a big grouper. Ended up with some big bites but no big ones landed. Lots of gold spots for tacos at dinner.

Second day we went to the golden reef, there was a lot more life in the water. The sierra and yellows were schooling so we spent a lot of time chasing them around with jigs. Ended up hooking many but only landing two. Great quality yellows around 15 and 20 pounds. After that we caught a few gold spots for grouper bait and dropped down the biggest one, around 5lbs. I’m glad we did because we got slammed. We pulled up a nice grouper about 60lbs, a fantastic ending to a fun trip.

 

[Eye Problem]

Very nice!

 

[denis]

Great pictures thanks for the report gets me more anxious to go there on the 20th Great job juan as usual

 

[pascuale]

Good times boys!! Great report. It is a beautiful place. I hope we can all take good care of the fishery so it will be great in years to come. Perfect eating grouper too. We got a couple smaller ones last year.

Ive been going there since I was 6 years old in 1988. Man that road used to be such a bitch. Back in the 90's we would get so rocked all the time by those big gulf grouper. We thought using 80-100lb and a penn 6/0 was heavy gear. Never did land one back then. But the Cabrilla were thick. We caught and speared some massive ones.

Love Gonzaga. Glad you guys had a blast with Juan. We're headed down on the 20th.

How was the drive down? Any issues? How was the fuel situation?

 

[pascuale]

Great pictures thanks for the report gets me more anxious to go there on the 20th Great job juan as usual

Are you bringing jigs to sell Denis?

 

[denis]

I’ll always have some for back up for us

 

[denis]

U there in a couple weeks?

 

[Beer Goggles]

Great pics and thanks for the report. Good to see Juan is doing well. I ran into a couple in mammoth last week who were driving home from 5 months at their place in gonzaga. They said Tiburon (from San Quintin) was fishing gonzaga as well. Denis I hope you have a great trip buddy. Me and Matt are going to start heading to BOLA in early may.

 

[denis]

Sorry watching a ball game didn’t read to your post fully we ll be at rancho grande Come by I’ll hook u up tight lines denis

 

[Tunahead]

Great report and pics and NICE FISH!
Glad you had a great trip and loaded up!!

 

[1 Ola Mas]

Nice grouper! Hope you saved the cheek meat and collars.

 

[Dogman619]

Great pics and thanks for the report. Good to see Juan is doing well. I ran into a couple in mammoth last week who were driving home from 5 months at their place in gonzaga. They said Tiburon (from San Quintin) was fishing gonzaga as well. Denis I hope you have a great trip buddy. Me and Matt are going to start heading to BOLA in early

We'll be there first week of may for the Norra and few days of fishing. I'm bringing the boat, Tony and Steve will be there too. Head over and let's go to the bar again!!

 

[Eye Problem]

18 days and counting.

 

[denis]

I think I’ll miss u by a day sucks beers would flow

 

[1 Ola Mas]

We'll be there first week of may for the Norra and few days of fishing. I'm bringing the boat, Tony and Steve will be there too. Head over and let's go to the bar again!!

Damn, seven weeks and a wakeup!

 

[Beer Goggles]

We'll be there first week of may for the Norra and few days of fishing. I'm bringing the boat, Tony and Steve will be there too. Head over and let's go to the bar again!!

Sorry for jacking your thread Winston. Dogman shoot me a text and we will see if we can time it right and get down there and meet up with you guys for drinks. Your neighbors and that bar were alot of fun.

 

[pascuale]

U there in a couple weeks?

Yeah im there on the 20th fishing 21,22. That grouper on your jig was last year.

 

[denis]

I no .He had just sent the picture to me And ordered more jigs

 

[alex3012red]

Thanks for the post, looks like you guys had a blast, counting the days for my next trip down there in may, taking the boat, hopefully will get lucky, landing a grouper or yellows!