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We made it out fishing on March 9, 19, and 21 at about 25 to 30 miles out in 80 to 175 feet of water using live mackerel and barracuda for bait. The total for 3 days of fishing was 10 white sea bass from 30 to 50 pounds, a 30 pound yellowtail, and 16 grouper (gulf, leopard, pinto) from about 10...

The conditions were perfect in MX over the weekend. We fished the deep reefs on Saturday and caught 2 white seabass up to 30 lbs, 1 leopard grouper, 1 red snapper, 6 yellowtails, and 20 goldspot bass. The yellowtails were 8 to 10 pounds and most of the goldspots were huge. We fished closer in...

We had 3 days of perfect weather. I fished Friday to Sunday with old and new friends over the Thanksgiving weekend. We caught 2 Black Sea Bass to 80 lbs, 10 Pinto Bass to 40 lbs, 3 Halibut to 25 lbs, a 25 lb White Sea Bass, a 25 lb Gulf Grouper, 12 small Dorado, a 10 lb Sheepshead, 4 Red Snapper...

Dave Roberts and I fished the deep reefs on Saturday. The weather and tides were perfect. We caught lots of mackerel inside the harbor using sabiki rigs. We could see them boiling next to the Intrepid dock. On the first drift at the first reef, I hooked up with a big fish on an 8 oz rubber tail...

I always like to see fish photos from others, so I thought I would post a few from fishing trips in February to April of this year. All photos were taken on my 27' Cobia "Yellowtail Chaser" and fish were caught offshore from Rocky Point by me and my fishing friends. Sorry, no stories to go with...

I took Dave Roberts and his son out fishing on Sunday. It was supposed to be only a half day, but we were just having too much fun. The conditions were perfect: a slight breeze to keep the boat moving and help us from getting too hot, a quarter moon with mild tide swings, and most importantly...

I took friend Dave Roberts out fishing Friday on my 27' Cobia center console “Yellowtail Chaser". It was windy the day before and the seas were still a bit angry even though the wind had died down. We took our time catching bait waiting for the seas to lie down. We caught plenty of large...

Gregg and Jeff joined me on Saturday for some grouper fishing. The seas were flat and it was hot and sunny. We caught Spotted Bay Bass, Spot Tail Grunts, Cortez Grunts, and Sierra Mackerel for bait with sabiki rigs in 45' of water along the backside of Competition Hill. We headed to various...

Jeff Wolf and Tim Myer joined me last weekend for a day of fishing. We made bait with sabiki rigs in 45' of water along the backside of Competition Hill. Spotted Bay Bass, Spot Tail Grunts, Cortez Grunts, Sierra Mackerel, and Rose Spotted Snapper. We headed west from 12 miles to 15 miles and...

Justajester, his father Gregg, FM4, and I all got out fishing together on Saturday. The wind was whipping out of the southeast and seas were rough. We took our time finding spotted bay bass, spot tail grunts, sierra mackerel, and bonefish for bait. We eventually filled the bait tank and...

We fished half days on Friday and Sunday at 12 to 16 miles out in 100 to 130 feet of water. We caught 2 gulf grouper at 20 and 50 pounds, 8 leopard grouper at 15 to 20 pounds, 1 small pinto, and a yellowtail. All were caught on live bait, except the yellowtail was caught jigging. We even...

I took Jeff Wolf and his 8 year old daughter out fishing on Friday and headed out by myself on Saturday. The inshore grouper bite was hot. We caught 7 gulf grouper to 85 lbs, 5 leopard grouper to 20 lbs, and 1 pinto on live bait and scampi jigs in 100' to 130' of water. My arms are still sore.

I have been fortunate to get out fishing with friends a total of 5 days since Friday 3/11, and the Sea of Cortez hasn't disappointed us. We cruised through huge pods of dolphins one day, had 4 finback whales working close to the boat the next. We watched an Ocean Sunfish clumsily working its...

I went fishing with Jeff Wolf and his daughter on Saturday in my 27' Cobia. We launched from Safe Marina at 7:30 am and spent about an hour looking for bait along the malecon and in front of Manny's. We managed to catch about a dozen mackerel, a few grunts, and lots of spotted bay bass. We...

Jeff Wolf, Tina, and I made it out on Saturday. It was rough and our top speed was just 20 to 25 mph without going airborne. Ten miles out I realized I forgot to get gas, so we had to go back. We only managed to catch 10 small mackerel at the 16-180 mile reef, even though the sonar was...

My wife Tina and I brought Dave and his 10 year old daughter Maritza fishing on Saturday. We caught 11 leopard grouper, 4 white sea bass, 2 red snapper, and 6 gold spot bass using tiny live mackerel we caught at the 16-180 reef. Maritza caught the largest fish without help from anyone. The...

The outboard on my 1997 23' Wellcraft "Murphy Girl" died in November, so I started searching for a newer, bigger and faster boat to fish the Sea of Cortez. I decided to purchase a 2005 Cobia 274 center console in Massachusetts. The boat is 27’-6” long, 8’-6” beam, holds 200 gallons fuel, has...

My friends Bill from MN and Dave from PA came down to Penasco to fish with me last week. The seas were rough on Saturday and Sunday, but really nice on Monday. We ended up catching 14 California White Sea Bass, 16 Leopard Grouper, and 1 Yellowtail over two days of fishing in separate...

My wife Tina spent Thanksgiving with her family in Minnesota. I didn’t have a fishing partner, so I took a new guy I met in MX named Mark out on my 24’ Wellcraft named “Murphy Girl”. We launched at 7 am and proceeded to catch Pacific Mackerel in 35 feet of water not far from the harbor. We...

I was invited to fish with Jeff Boyd on his boat “Just Hammered” last Saturday and something really fun happened. We launched the boat at 7 am and made bait with Pacific Mackerel and Bonefish in about 30 feet of water, not far offshore from the Malecόn. We cruised south to the deep reefs and...