I left home without any specific goals or target fish to catch here at Darien Lodge in Colombia. My main thing was – have a good time with friends and add my 60th something country to my list. That changed last night however when Anthony showed me his picture of the mullet snapper he caught … Read more
We planned an early start for our drive north this morning from Magdalena Bay but unfortunately Sammy caught the crud. Sam and I were kind of expecting it because Grant was hurting when we got here. Hopefully I’m not next. Luckily we only had a couple hours drive to our next location. This was … Read more
The wind cranked all night. I’m sharing a room with Sammy and our hut rattled like we were in a hurricane. But the blow isn’t as terrible as it sounded. Nonetheless, Grant opted out to rest his bad back and get his vehicle ready for our long drive back to Cerrito’s tomorrow. Due to … Read more
I love all fishing but chasing snapper and grouper from the rocks and coral reef with a fly rod is one of my favorites. Yeah, it’s mostly blind fishing, but the explosive takes more than make up for not seeing the fish. And when you hook up, pound for pound both these fish offer one … Read more
No doubt the few days where I’ve landed huge roosters off the beach (biggest in 2016) are my best Baja fishing days. But one of my most memorable was in 2010 when I landed my first barred pargo off the rocks. The pargo, the meanest snapper of the snapper family, pound for pound was one … Read more
Fishing the reef with a fly rod isn’t for everyone. Its hard walking and not uncommon to get mashed by a wave. Line management is brutal and many of the fish you hook break you off on the coral. But to me the rewards are often high enough to deal with the nuisances. The one … Read more
A number of years ago Grant Hartman took Sammy and I up the Pacific side of Baja in search of Pacific snook. While the snook weren’t around we found many other fun species to catch including some Pacific cubera snapper (dog) around a rocky point. It was late that day and we only fished for … Read more
June 21, 2012 Roosterfishing off the beach down here in Baja is incredible. I love the hunt. I love the difficulty. I love everything about chasing this exotic looking saltwater fish. But nothing excites me more than tossing flies over coral heads and rocks through frothing surf for big snappers and grouper – nothing! These … Read more