Corvina are in!!

Had a decent corvina bite last week over @ La Pinta estuary. Plus a couple flatties thrown in for a good meal. Fed 11 people within an hour of pulling these babies out of the water. YUM!!!

What a great catch!

That would definitely be quite a feast for several people.

Parrot, what were you using to catch these, lead or bait, or both ?

Thanks.

Tell those fish to hang out another couple weeks, till I get there! LOL. Awesome looking fish.

Beautiful! I'm late to the post but will be down there next week. How is the road out to La Pinta these days? Can I make it in my Japanese compact?

No problemo, the dirt road is great. The pavement on the Caborca hiway will swallow your compact however! Potholes bigger than a VW.

not good, trying to head to lobos next week

If someone could post if they head that way this next week ,it would be appreciated,Leigh

ill be down june 4-11th so looking to hear as well how its looking down there

My Husband is going fishing out of Cholla Bay this weekend:)

'tis true!

DRDTbone said:

'tis true!

Are those from LA PINTA mate?

nice haul! hope to get me some this time next week

DRDTbone said:

'tis true!

Where did you take these?

me too on Monday or tuesday

Close to Pinta, but off the beaches, standing about waist deep and casting. Bite was AWESOME on the calm days. Friday and Sunday didn't get much :/

The guys caught these at Santo Tomas fishing With scott. Some luck at the rocks a half mile off shore too...kayak distance Joe

From shore a mile North of Santo Tomas maybe 150 yards north of the whale skull Matt caught big Corvina from shore..spinners od bait...about 15 feet from shore

anyone seeing bait fish running through the shores like this time last year?

On Sandy Beach, yes. Saw them about this same exact time last year. There are so many of them, it almost looks like an oil slick. There's got to be millions of them in those huge black blobs.

Where exactly is La Pinta ?

i was crushing corvina and leatherjacks just casting iron behind the bait balls and then slowly working the iron through them. That was this time last year. Hope to see them on the las conchas side when i show up on Thursday

ckyevanjay said:

anyone seeing bait fish running through the shores like this time last year?

Not nearly as much as last year down south, but they're still around. Hopefully it's good around Conchas for ya!

apricot said:

On Sandy Beach, yes. Saw them about this same exact time last year. There are so many of them, it almost looks like an oil slick. There's got to be millions of them in those huge black blobs.

Did you head out to inspect them? We saw one huge DARK black blob about 150 yards off shore so I paddled out to it in the yak. It turned out to be THOUSANDS of those blue jellyfish!!! Just a big blue ball of terror rolling down the coast and dumping a few off every so often like an alien mob in Space Invaders. Needless to say, once I realized what it was, I turned around very cautiously and paddled back quickly.

DRDTbone said:

Did you head out to inspect them? We saw one huge DARK black blob about 150 yards off shore so I paddled out to it in the yak. It turned out to be THOUSANDS of those blue jellyfish!!! Just a big blue ball of terror rolling down the coast and dumping a few off every so often like an alien mob in Space Invaders. Needless to say, once I realized what it was, I turned around very cautiously and paddled back quickly.

Yes, last week they were about a foot from shore on Sandy Beach. We first noticed them from our 14th floor unit. Went out to take a look and they were tiny bait fish.

apricot said:

Yes, last week they were about a foot from shore on Sandy Beach. We first noticed them from our 14th floor unit. Went out to take a look and they were tiny bait fish.

Good to hear! :)

There are millions of small fish in the water, and at sunset last Saturday, you could see the larger fish swim at the surface in a line, presumably with their mount open just gobbling them up. Also tons at La Pinta.

Kayak corvina.

Joe, how'd you like to hook into a little school of these fellas ?

That's insane

Always a good thing to carry a tape with you for bragging rights. Good catch guys.;)