Trip to East Cape

Went this past weekend to East Cape, Mexico, just North of Cabo San Lucas for a fishing trip with a couple of guys from work (Denny, his brother, and Mike Loy).  Our trip was delayed a day due to tropical storm Lorena but it was great weather when we got there.  Lots of great fishing.  The morning started out at 6:30 catching giant squid for bait and then getting sardines followed by a day full of catching lots of fish.

I think we caught about 10 species including Yellow Fin Tuna (about 50), Durado, White Bonita, Amber Jack, Marlin, Trigger Fish, Grouper, Skip Jack, Lady fish, Rooster fish, and several types of Rock fish.  Every day we kept a yellow fin for fresh Poki and a duardo or grouper for dinner. Even with this, still loaded 75 lbs of fish in the freezer tonight.  Denny coming home tomorrow with another 25+lbs of fillets that I caught today.

The town (Los barriles) was set up for fishing. When we finished for the day we dropped our catch at the dock and they fillet, vaccum pack, and freeze the fish.  They then pack in a freezer box to take on the plane.  They also smoke fish so we got 10 lbs smoked.  After eating tonight, we should have got more.

One of the highlights of the trip was a large whale shark swimming up our chum line and hanging out about 2 feet behind the boat for 10 minutes.  Picture not great though you can see the shadow.

Durado

 

 

Grouper.  Fillets by splitting in half from the top and pulling out all the bones.  then stuffed with vegetables and bakes for an hour covered in a spicy sause.

 

 

Marlin

 

Whale Shark

 

 

Catch of the Day

Rooster Fish