March 16, 2009

Below the Birds

Here's a fantastic video that shows what is happening under those birds that we spend all day chasing. There is much to be learned from the appearance and behavior of bait fish under attack. The slow motion near the end is especially informative for the fly tier. Watch the marlin slice a sardina in half and incorporate some red into those patterns!


March 14, 2009

Mulege Snook

Over on the Baja Nomads forums there is talk of snook in the Mulege "River":

Mulege Snook

Sounds like a decent fishery is developing after the post hurricane work done along the flooded arroyo mouth. There is even a mention of a broken 8 weight rod! The Mulege area suffers from high levels of gill netting an shrimp trawling and the resident fishery is in fairly bad shape. As long as the gill nets stay out of the river this could develop into something. We'll keep our eyes on it.

Please do your part to protect this fishery and release all fish. I think given the sanitation problems along the river it would be fairly questionable to eat fish from this small estuary so let them grow!!! There is plenty of other great tasting fish to eat.