It was a good move leaving Idaho a day early for this trip to Casa Blanca Lodge in Mexico with friend Jerry Arnold.  It turns out Idaho got crushed with snow last night right through midday today along with 45 MPH winds.  Instead of dealing with a cancelled flight out of Idaho Falls I awoke in Salt Lake City and then caught a 9:30 AM direct Delta flight to Cancun.  The flight is slightly longer than 4 hours and Jerry hooked me up with a very nice seat!

Once in Cancun around 4 PM I met Jerry (who arrived from Dallas) and we scurried to the domestic charter terminal and caught the Cessna flight for Punta Pájeros Island.  It’s a narrow worn down runway but we coasted in softly and met our guide Pato and lodge host Alex.  It’s a boat trip across a channel and a ten minute truck ride and you’re at Casa Blanca Fishing Lodge.  We did donate a heap of blood to the local mosquitos in route!

There were a few familiar faces of staff from when I was here last year with Jerry.  You shouldn’t have a favorite but no doubt, bar tender and full on restaurant attendant and man of everything, Reno, was a pleasant sight to see.  He fixed Jerry and I up with welcome drinks then we proceeded to set up our gear in order to be ready for an early departure for fishing with Guide Pato in the morning.

After an exquisite snapper dinner, Jerry and I wandered down to the dock to peer under its night light.  Just like last year, there were some fish on the prowl.  While there were no tarpon to be seen there were some horse-eye jacks.  While normally horse-eyes are aggressive, these ones appear to have been around the block.  We chucked poppers, Puglisi flies, crabs and others only to catch one small one.  Small jack or not, it broke the ice before bed for what should be a killer bonefish, permit and tarpon trip to Mexico with Jerry!

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