Ma and I got tired of snow so we went to Puerto Vallarta to visit friends who live there. While there I rounded up a local to take me fishing and Carole and I spent a morning 11 miles out in the Bay of Bandaras in 28 foot skiff in 11 foot rolling seas. Quite an experience. The local used ZERO electronics and put us on fish using visible landmarks and feeding birds.
We trolled one line with a tinsel fly /sardine and the other five rods all were larger Rapalas with the hooks removed and a leader and small silver spoon tied on the rear hook hangar. Everything was trolled about thirty to fifty feet back in the boat’s wash. The sardine rig got the attention of a shark and a feet of line disappeared at the hit. Next a King Mackerel hit and for a smaller skinny fish that sucker sure did not want to be caught. I caught four Bonitos ranging from about 4 pounds to eight pounds and these suckers give a new meaning to fight. I was worried the 40 pound mono was not enough.
Ma and I kept the Mackerel at the bottom of the picture and the larger Bonito. We had three great meals of fish. The Bonito are cousins of the tuna and taste nothing like of fish but more like pork. Absolutely phenomenal eating. The creature-lie critter in the picture is a relative of the lobster and the guide was quick to put that in his pail. The sardine is about half a pound. We saw dolphins up close and personal while out on the water and nine whales were right up close too. This jaunty out on the ocean was really a great diversion from all the bustle in the area. I’d look this guy up in a heartbeat should we get back there again.
