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 an hour before we had to leave. We never made it back.
I haven’t forgotten that spot. In fact, a few weeks ago I emailed Grant asking if we could hit the area again and this time with more time. He liked the idea and today we made it happen.
I’m sort of a freak for hoisting snappers out of the rocks on a fly. It’s a rush that’s hard to beat. Despite their short runs, the pure power of a snapper can be unstoppable and on any cast to snapper territory you never know if there might be a 4lber or a 40lber. There are numerous species as well so the bottom line is you make your cast and it’s all suspense from there.
Let’s just say the snapper plan was worth it. While we only landed a couple, they were there but weren’t the Pacific cuberas. They were yet another new species for my list. This is the stunning looking Colorado snapper (Lutjanus colorado).
The problem with snapper fishing from shore is that once you catch a couple they wise up and stop biting. Sammy and I had follows of multiple fish that dwindled to one fish to no fish. The school simply disappeared after my second beautifully red colored Colorado snapper. Regardless of our continued efforts on the slick rocks while being bashed by rogue waves, the fishing ended early.
I finally made it back to snapper point but man do I feel it tonight. I used to wade waves over slick rocks for days on end but I must say this ever-changing body will make it a beach day tomorrow. Tomorrow we’ll return to an old halibut spot of ours. Stay tuned for what I hope is a blog called. “halibut on the fly”.
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