Timeshare Presentations: Scams or Opportunities

Written by Dana Sanders


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Cabo Sport Fishing is Like a Box of Chocolates

Written by Richard Chudy


As Forrest Gump would say, you never know what you’re going to get.

Not too many things get me more excited thanrepparttar prospect of hooking and landing big fish. The mere thought of settingrepparttar 133785 hook on a 300 pound marlin, hearingrepparttar 133786 scream ofrepparttar 133787 drag asrepparttar 133788 fish pulls off line and watchingrepparttar 133789 acrobatic leaps that follow really gets my heart pumping. Fortunately for me, a two and a half hour flight and a 30-minute drive is all it takes to find myself inrepparttar 133790 “billfish capital ofrepparttar 133791 world”. What more can a sport fisherman ask for?

Well, for starters, variety. Just like biting into a randomly selected piece of chocolate, when you set outrepparttar 133792 trolling lures here in Los Cabos in search ofrepparttar 133793 next big one, you just don’t know what it will be. Different seasons bring different possibilities as does different sides ofrepparttar 133794 Baja peninsula. The diversity of game fish here never ceases to amaze me and even a slow day onrepparttar 133795 water offersrepparttar 133796 opportunity to see some ofrepparttar 133797 oceans greatest creatures. Whales, porpoise, sea turtles and bat rays that often school byrepparttar 133798 hundreds and perform what almost appears to be a choreographed routine of synchronized jumps. On a spring trip to Cabo in late march of this year, my partner Dolores Peralta and I had another opportunity to experiencerepparttar 133799 diversity of life in these nutrient rich waters.

Jacqueline “Jacquie” Lee, owner of Guerita II, set us up for two days of fishing with Captain Efren Beron Zamora and crewman Jesus Alfredo Espinoza. Efren has a lifetime of experience as an angler, guide and captain and has a love ofrepparttar 133800 ocean that rubs off on crew and passenger alike. The Guerita II is a tournament rigged 34-foot Crystaliner equipped with everythingrepparttar 133801 avid angler could need or ask for _ Shimano Tiagra 50 wide LRS & Penn International reels, Shimano Black Steel IGFA rods and an outstanding selection of lures, this wide-beamed fishing machine boasts top-of-the-line electronics to help get you onrepparttar 133802 bite fast.

We arrived atrepparttar 133803 docks at 6:30 inrepparttar 133804 morning, a little late for Captain Efren’s liking as he planned on running out about 30-40 miles in search of warm, blue water where he hoped to put us on striped marlin and tuna. While waiting on our arrival Efren had already loaded up on live bait fromrepparttar 133805 pangeros that supplyrepparttar 133806 fleets and with no delay, we were on our way. Winds this time ofrepparttar 133807 year can be unpredictable and on this day,repparttar 133808 winds helped build a fairly large swell. We motored our way out to sea on a bumpy but dry ride torepparttar 133809 fishing grounds. Once he foundrepparttar 133810 water conditions that best providedrepparttar 133811 chance for large billfish, he switched driving positions torepparttar 133812 tall tuna tower while Alfredo began to set out our spread of lures. Purple and orange Zukers set out atrepparttar 133813 fifth wake behindrepparttar 133814 boat, trolling feathers in pink and white and Mexican flag patterns onrepparttar 133815 third wake and a dark colored Marauder set close torepparttar 133816 boat.

A few hours passed as we crisscrossed areas where colder water met warmer, Efren’s eyes trained onrepparttar 133817 surface scanning for signs that fish were near – circling and diving birds,repparttar 133818 tail of a marlin cruising for its next meal, a pod of porpoise balling bait. None ofrepparttar 133819 usual signs appeared until Efren’s eagle eyes spotted a feeder, a marlin actively workingrepparttar 133820 ocean surface. A quick turn ofrepparttar 133821 boat and a punch ofrepparttar 133822 throttle controls placed us inrepparttar 133823 perfect position to present our spread of lures torepparttar 133824 fish. The marlin took notice and struck one ofrepparttar 133825 lures back atrepparttar 133826 fifth wake. The jigstrike started our adrenalin flowing and we scrambled torepparttar 133827 deck to ready for a battle. The marlin let looserepparttar 133828 lure just as Alfredo cast a live bait back to entice a bite. After a few tense moments,repparttar 133829 marlin tookrepparttar 133830 bait,repparttar 133831 reel left in free spool in order to give it time to fully takerepparttar 133832 bait. Flippingrepparttar 133833 reel into locked position followed by three to four strong and sharp lifts ofrepparttar 133834 rod tip setrepparttar 133835 hook on a good sized striped marlin.

Dolores took her position in one ofrepparttar 133836 two fighting chairs mounted onrepparttar 133837 stern and within secondsrepparttar 133838 marlin was giving us a show. Several vertical leaps and violent shakes of its broad head andrepparttar 133839 fight began. The key to landing marlin isrepparttar 133840 hook set. Everything depends on whether or notrepparttar 133841 hook was inrepparttar 133842 right position whenrepparttar 133843 hook set is made. Many times,repparttar 133844 marlin takesrepparttar 133845 bait only partially andrepparttar 133846 hook never piercesrepparttar 133847 mouth fully whenrepparttar 133848 set is made. Unfortunately, this was one of those times. Shortly afterrepparttar 133849 first series of jumps was made, a second series began and on this seriesrepparttar 133850 hook was thrown andrepparttar 133851 fish was lost. Spooked byrepparttar 133852 encounter,repparttar 133853 marlin sounded and was soon nowhere to be found.

We continued on in search of another marlin, my turn inrepparttar 133854 chair coming next. A short while later, a starboard reel started to scream. Nothing was visible onrepparttar 133855 surface sorepparttar 133856 likelihood of it being a marlin was slim. Fromrepparttar 133857 strong pull and speed ofrepparttar 133858 fish, we thought it would be a tuna and sure enough it was. The fight lasted only 5-10 minutes and soon we had a twenty-pound yellowfin on deck.

The trolling continued and for several hours and we had nothing to do but occasionally switch out lures and scanrepparttar 133859 horizon for signs of life. Efren spotted a true prize inrepparttar 133860 form of a swordfish. While these great eating game fish can be found here most ofrepparttar 133861 year, they prefer colder water so spring is generallyrepparttar 133862 best time of year for this sought after species. Althoughrepparttar 133863 sword made a turn towards our spread and a live bait was cast directly in front of it, this fish was apparently well fed and no matter how appealingrepparttar 133864 presentation, it would not takerepparttar 133865 bait or strike a lure. As they say, that’s why they call it fishing and not catching. The balance ofrepparttar 133866 day produced only suntans and relaxation.

On our second day onrepparttar 133867 Guerita II, we arrived at 5:30, determined to beat Efren and Alfredo torepparttar 133868 boat. Once again, Efren had made it torepparttar 133869 boat well before us and once again, he had already baited up. If I didn’t know better, I’d say he must have slept onrepparttar 133870 boat just to make sure we wouldn’t arrive before him! We headed out, stopping off to check in withrepparttar 133871 port authorities to present our manifest and fishing licenses. A recent change in fiscal policies keepsrepparttar 133872 revenues from fishing licenses withinrepparttar 133873 state whererepparttar 133874 activity is taking place. This restructuring has apparently heightenedrepparttar 133875 diligence of officials responsible for ensuring that everyone on a boat possesses a valid license, even those not fishing. Makes sense that if you get to keeprepparttar 133876 money, you’re more likely to make sure everyone is playing byrepparttar 133877 rules and buying their licenses. Those that did not have licenses in hand were sent back torepparttar 133878 docks to get them or there would be no fishing that day.

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