sabrosa cumbia

jig stop

saw this little guy in the display case at the jig stop in dana...it's for use on a lift pole, when the tuna bite went wide open.  in the time before spotter planes and seiners, this is how tuna were caught commercially.  the hook shape is designed to keep a fish on only long enough to be flung onto the boat, only to fall out once on board so the fisherman could return it to the water without wasting any time.  sometimes if the fish were big, they would put two-three men/poles onto one jig.  i still remember as a kid fishing aboard the fortune in mexico out of h&m when the albacore went wide open, the captain pulled one out of his quiver up in the helm and pulled a few over the rail...i hope the video below makes up for my bumbling explanation...it's well worth watching

bring it all back home

hap jacobs

hap jacobs

next to the korean bell eatin bizzy bee

torrance>trestles by plane

treasure chest

sm bay

PV

old marine land

cabrillo/pedro

trestles

killer dana

a mishap

dana

the wedge

radon

queen mary

the only ones

SD>san felipe

back in action.  returned from baja last night, with an even greater appreciation for our neighbor to the south.  had an epic trip with some epic people.  here's a little sample platter, hope you enjoy.

pollo al carbon

tortilleria in san felipe

tortilla press

sea of cortez

taco stand on the main drag in san felipe

making our way out to the beach south of san felipe

getting situated, setting up camp for the night

south of san felipe

awoke in time to snap a shot of an osprey with breakfast in tow

dining

mornin' coffee

the distant islands

emmett scores the first cabrilla on his new 130 cm rife

garen demonstrates how to fillet a trigger fish which made some mean ceviche

jame's and a nice haul of sierra's