Stacy is whiling away the mid winter months exploring Baja and chasing elusive fish from the beach. Here is his first report.
Hey Fred,
Hola! Let me give you the first report from south of the border. The first day here, it rained. The second day here it rained. The third day was cloudy, but no rain so I went to the beach across the street. I didn’t see anything happening, no bait, no swirls, but decided to go ahead and make some blind shots. First cast, fish on, fish off, no fly. Hmmmm. Tie back on without adding wire, strip, fish on, fish off, no fly. Beach is plugged with huge sierra. A guy casting hardware brings one in that is almost 40 inches. Quickly try to splice some wire, cast again, fish on, fish off. Three beautiful flies sacrificed in less than 10 minutes. Finally get the knot right, fish are gone. I return to the beach three more mornings only to get a needlefish, some small jacks and finally a bigger jack that takes me to backing. My buddy Roberto gives me daily fishing reports where he is finding the fish, and I go there only to discover that he has found them on a different beach. We saw more rain and clouds in the first ten days than we have seen in twelve years of coming down here. And then last Friday Montezuma’s revenge took hold of me. Today is the first day that I’ve been able to be vertical. It’s also thrilling to be able to fart and get away with it. So needless to say, the trip has had an interesting start, but I am looking at it as paying some dues to the fish gods for what I am about to do.
Here is today’s message.
Stacy Corbin and Grant Hartman on the Beach in Baja
Hey Fred,
Finally a fishing positive fishing report. I went up north with Grant Hartman on a snook hunting adventure to one of his secret snook spots. The place holds snook and snapper that exceed 50 lbs. He is convinced that it holds a world record, which is probably why I was blindfolded on the way in (ha ha). We went down arroyos, through cordon cactus forests, and loose beach sand and I was sure we would get stuck several times. But Grant is a long time beach bum and knew what his rig would do in certain situations. It was sandblast your legs windy, and believe it or not, realy cold in the morning with the north winds, but I did get my elusive first snook on the fly. Check out the link and feel free to post the picture and the story on our blog.
Cheers,
Stacy
Baja Anglers Beach Fishing with Grant Hartman
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