Grant Hartman and I had to twist Sammy’s arm a little to fish a few hours before our long drive back to Cabo so we can fly home tomorrow. I’ve lucked into a few nice fish the last two days but Sam hasn’t. It turns out he’s glad we did.
We hit another rocky point with hopes of some more snapper on the fly. The weather was gorgeous with no wind and it was our warmest day yet. Yesterdays red tide was gone but the tide was low. Usually such conditions are the formula for bad fishing but Sammy ventured out and hooked up right away.
Sam had a Pacific cubera snapper and after nearly losing him in the rocks he got him. It was a beautiful fish and I shot some pics before he released him. Then I watched as Sam walk right back out and landed another. After shooting more pics I figured I ought to catch one more fish before heading home and I also landed a Pacific cubera.
We didn’t hunt the glamorous roosterfish this week in Baja but that’s ok. Both Sammy and I needed a break from work. All I really wanted was a new species for my list and hoped for a Pacific snook. Instead I landed five – white snook, sheepshead grunt, Pacific bonito, Colorado snapper and the California corbina. You never know. And now I’m ever so close to the 400-species mark!
We fly home tomorrow and its back to work. Thursday night I’ll be giving my presentation, “Fly Fishing Through Midlife Heaven” in Great Falls, Montana for the Missouri River Flyfishers then Friday through Tuesday I’ll be on tour in Alberta Canada. Keep on a movin!
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