Day two in Baja began with 5 am coffee at Sammy’s condo down here in Baja. Soon we were driving north for a few days of fishing on Magdalena Bay. But the Mag Bay fishing starts tomorrow so instead of pressing the five hour drive all the way there, instead we took the backroads in … Read more
I arrived in Baja yesterday and met up with my friends Sammy Vigneri and Grant Hartman. If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time you know this is an annual trip with the fellas. Grant lives down here in Cabo and is a longtime friend going back to when we met here in … Read more
Six months ago, when Sammy rang me and said to block out a week in early November to chase striped marlin on fly, my response was, “I’ll have a look at my schedule”. I knew dang well the schedule was open. However, I was excited about my new digs in Wisconsin. I wanted to … Read more
We’re a few days away from the insignificant tidal changes that came with the neap tides early this week. Now we are headed towards the new moon which means a higher high tide and a lower low tide. They call these the spring tides. In turn this means more water movement and more bait pushed … Read more
Granny and I returned to the beach where we caught the mini roosterfish two days ago. If there are little ones there’s bound to be big ones at least occasionally. Well, that was not today. We are half way between full moon and no moon right now which means we have the smallest tide … 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
Hopping a fence didn’t bode well for Granny. Though an amazing outdoor woman and angler, she still grew up in New York City. When you’re a kid is when you learn the skills of climbing trees, jumping fences, crossing creeks and etc. She didn’t get that. On the way back to camp from dinner last … Read more
I guess we should’ve packed it in yesterday after Sammy’s big roosterfish off the beach here in Baja and relaxed at his condo in Cerritos because Sammy heads home tomorrow. But that’s not in our DNA. Naturally we went fishing. But not before a massive breakfast where Sam crushed a mind-blowing whip cream covered pile … Read more
The old saying is “Don’t leave fish to find fish”. I follow this saying most of the time. Despite running into an epic number of other anglers yesterday here in Baja we headed back to the same beach we were yesterday in hopes less people would be there. As far as people goes – it … Read more
California tour – Pyramid Lake Nevada – Home Sweet Home. Sounds awesome and easy. It wasn’t. My 750-mile drive from Pyramid Lake to Victor, Idaho was a slippery snowy Interstate 80 hell. Made it in 12 hours though. Once home I caught up on bills, shoveling, preparing for the next leg of the speaking tour … Read more
Granny and I woke up at our beautiful campsite on a remote Baja beach with high hopes of her landing a roosterfish today. Maybe even a big one. But as we finished off breakfast during sunrise the wind started. And this wind would be more serious than yesterdays. There were a few roosters around. I … Read more
We headed out for three nights of fishing and camping today but we relaxed at Sammy’s condo in the morning and left around noon. It was a matter of taking the time to be properly organized for camping on the beach. Also, we suffered through an 18 inning Cubs loss last night that kept us … Read more