BAJA or BUST 2017 YOUR INPUT

[makobob]

What do you need for these trips.

Your passport or passport card, I carry both. The FFM card issued by Mexico, I carry mine and renew every 6 months. Mexican auto insurance, I get mine every year from Vagabundos Del Mar. NO MATTER what your auto insurer up here says that policy does not protect you in Mexico, it MUST be Mexican insurance by a Mexican Carrier. Mexican fishing license is also needed. All papers on your car/truck, including registration and american insurance, paperwork on your trailer if you are taking one. You may NEVER be checked for most of these but a few dollars and some time might just save you big problems latter.

[buddha]

FMM information.

http://www.discoverbaja.com/go/fmm-tourist-permits/

[EastLosYaker]

Any chance of getting a crew to roll down to mag bay for the new year's trip? Tough to get a group to go that far and for that long, but...trip of a lifetime.

[makobob]

Originally Posted by EastLosYaker

Any chance of getting a crew to roll down to mag bay for the new year's trip? Tough to get a group to go that far and for that long, but...trip of a lifetime.

Kevin you talking this New years or next new years. For this new years we talked about it earlier in the year and could not get 3 trucks to go. So I made the decision to do Gonzaga and a grand opening on my new place there. For next year I am up for it, we would need your truck, my truck and another 4x4 truck. Driving time is two full days each way, maybe a little more in winter as it gets dark earlier. So one more 4x4 and two full weeks. Let's do it.

[EastLosYaker]

Sounds good Bob. When the time comes, I am in.

[walrus]

Fish I have caught on a Baja or Bust trip:

(I mainly fish catch and release, but some are just too good and I keep them for dinner)

Azure Parrotfish, Loro Chato, Azul Perico, Scarus compressus.
Ballyhoo Halfbeak, Agujeta Brasilena, Hemiramphus brasiliensis.
Barred Sand Bass, Sand Bass, Cabrilla de Arena, Cabrilla de Roca, Paralabrax nebulifer.
Blunthead Triggerfish, Stone Triggerfish, Cochito Bota, Pseudobalistes naufragium.
Broomtail Grouper, Broomtail, Garropa jasplada, Mycteroperca xenarcha.
Bumphead Damselfish, Jaqueta Vistosa, Microspathodon bairdii.
Sierra, Pacific Sierra, Sierra Mackerel, Sierra, Scomberomorus sierra.
Burrito Grunt, Raidito, Roncador, Anisotremus interruptus.
Calico Bass or Kelp Bass, Cabrilla Alguera, Cabrilla Sargacera, Paralabrax clathratus.
California Lizardfish, Snakefish, Chile, Lagarto, Synodus lucioceps.
California Scorpionfish, Spotted Scorpionfish, Sculpin, Lapón, Scorpaena guttata.
Cortez Barracuda, Lucas’ Barracuda, Barracuda de Cortés, Sphyraena lucasana.
Cortez Grunt, Yellow-Spotted Grunt, Burro de Cortez, Haemulon flaviguttatum.
Crevalle Jack, Jack Crevalle, Jurel Comun, Cavalla, Cocinero, Toro, Caranx hippos.
Dog Snapper, Pacific Dog Snapper, Pacific Cubera Snapper, Pargo Perro, Lutjanus novemfasciatus.
Eastern Pacific Bonefish, Zorro del Pacifico Oriental, Macabi del Pacifico Oriental, Albula esuncula.
Flat Needlefish, Barred Needlefish, Agujón Sable, Ablennes hians.
Mexican Hogfish, Vieja, Vieja Mexicana, Vieja de Piedra, Bodianus diplotaenia.
Sechura Lizardfish, Chile Iguana, Garrobo Iguana; Lagarto Iguana, Synodus sechurae.
Leopard Grouper, Cabrilla, Golden Grouper, Golden Cabrilla, Sardinera, Reina, Mycteroperca rosacea.
Bullseye Puffer, Concentric Puffer, Botete Diana, Sphoeroides annulatus.
Orangemouth Corvina, Orangemouth Weakfish, Corvinata Totoaba, Cynoscion xanthulus.
Orangeside Triggerfish, Filescale Triggerfish, Taxi, Cochino, Sufflamen verres.
Pacific Jack Crevalle, Toro, Torito, Caranx caninus.
Panamic Graysby, Pacific Graysby, Cherna, Enjambre, Ribera Cabrilla, Cephalopholis panamensis.
Spottail Grunt, Roncodor Rayado, Ronco Soldadito, Haemulon maculicauda.
Spotted Bay Bass, Spotted Sand Bass, Calico, Cabrilla Pecosa, Paralabrax maculatofasciatus.
Yellowtail, California Yellowtail, Yellowtail Amberjack, Jurel, Jurel de Castilla, Seriola lalandi dorsalis.

Fish I have witnessed being caught (that I have not caught as of yet).


Spotted Rose Snapper, Pargo Chibato, Pargo Flamenco, Lutjanus guttatus.
Roosterfish, Pez Gallo, Nematistius pectoralis.
Threadfin Jack, Thread Pompano, Jurel de Hebra, Carangoides otrynter.
Wavyline Grunt, Ronco Jopatón, Corocoro Jopatón, Microlepidotus inornatus.
White Seabass, White Weakfish, King Croaker, Curvina, Corvinata Blanca, Atractoscion nobilis.

Most fish I’ve caught in a single day: 117


Most fish I’ve caught in a single trip: 603
(In 2015 have stopped counting how many spotted bass, triggerfish, and ribera I catch so I no longer keep a count of total fish).


Average number of lures lost in a week: 12


Favorite lure: rapala or candy bar twister spoon ( it’s a toss-up, but, I tend to lose a lot less of the rapalas).


Best tip: use wire it doesn’t seem to slow down the strikes, but you have less break offs when rocked or the Sierras are active.

[Mahigeer]

Excellent post. Very informative. Thanks a lot.

[makobob]

Kevin, I just put it on next years schedule, subject to one more 4X4 truck coming along with us and two full weeks. Should be an AWESOME trip. I will have room for at least one passenger and gear. If I took two we might not have enough space for gear unless I took the trailer. Let's see what shakes out.

Originally Posted by EastLosYaker

Sounds good Bob. When the time comes, I am in.

[Mahigeer]

Originally Posted by makobob

I will have room for at least one passenger and gear. Let's see what shakes out.

Put me down for a possible, maybe and we'll see.

If that is ok for now.