cedros sportfishing - date changed to september 3-7, 2018

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Hardy Boy

A few pics. The big YT was 30.3 lbs the two were both high 20's, one with Pete and I and our catch including his nice grouper and one with the Boss, Mook and I.
Todd

Hardy Boy

Todd

Ron Jones

I saw a lot of bass get caught on the weedless Warbait heads.
Ron
Ronald Jones
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scrinch

This was my first trip fishing with the AlanTani.com guys and I had a great time, both with fishing and extracurricular activities. The fishing was overall very good, the boats and captains worked out well enough for us, the accommodations were comfortable, and the service and food were great. Logistics of getting to and from the island were very smooth, although short-legged fishermen were more comfortable in the plane than the taller crowd. Here's a short description of the trip for those considering going next year.

Day 1: We met outside the CBX terminal of the Tijuana airport (on the US side) at 8am with our gear on the sidewalk. Rosie Flowers met us promptly, got us organized with baggage carts, and gave us a briefing on how the border crossing and airport experience would go. She gave us our papers (CBX ticket, visas, fishing licenses) and sent us off to use the bathroom, ATM, and pesos exchange booth before crossing the border. She then sent us over the border with a couple of helpful escorts, and immigration, customs, and baggage handling all went smoothly. Our flight took off at 10:40 or so, and we landed at Cedros two hours later. The plane was a Cessna Grand Caravan that just barely fit all of us and our gear (using a shoehorn). At Cedros we were met at the airstrip with cold drinks and whisked off to the resort after the customs dog quickly sniffed all our bags and gear.

At the resort we quickly distributed our bags to our pre-assigned rooms and hustled to get our fishing gear ready for the first 1/2-day of fishing. Our gear was organized by panga number (again pre-assigned) and sent in a truck down to the water to be loaded into the pangas for us. We were then driven the 3 minutes down to the harbor where we hopped into our pangas at 2pm. As it was pretty late, we didn't try to make bait. This day we relied on trolling rapalas and throwing surface iron. I think each of the 3 boats stayed out until 6pm and caught one yellowtail and quite a few bonita, barracuda, and other assorted smaller fish. We were served a fine dinner shortly after arriving back at the resort, and driven down into town to stock up on beer and liquor for the next few days. Drinking and general mayhem was pursued for a couple of hours until everyone drifted off to their rooms around 9-10pm. Overall it was a successful day, but without bait the fishing was only mediocre.

Days 2, 3, 4: After starting with a quick breakfast, we and our gear were shuttled down to the pangas at 6am. We boarded our assigned pangas and headed out to make bait. Their typical load is 3 anglers per panga, but Alan is negotiating for 2 per panga next year which will result in more comfort and fewer tangles. More often than not, bait required patience and moving around quite a bit. The panga captains strongly prefer large mackerels as bait, so they want to move around until we can find enough of them. We would keep smaller mackerel and large sardines if we had to but they were not the most desirable. With a full (enough) bait tank, we headed out to the fishing grounds. The winds were out of the NW while we were there so the S and E sides of the island were most suitable for fishing, especially on Day 4 when the winds came up. We all primarily wanted to target yellowtail, and so the captains had us slow-trolling/fly-lining live bait most of the time around a number of local structures. Typically one angler would stand up periodically and throw surface iron for a while also. They suggested using 40lb leader with 4/0 hooks for the bait set-ups, but I think we all agreed that larger hooks (7/0 and up) and heavier leader (50 lb) made for better success in landing the 25 lb average yellows. I think we landed 3-4 YT per day per angler, on average, but we we all had better and worse days. I think we all spent some time throwing plastics for calico bass, dropping to the bottom with bait/iron, and throwing small lures for abundant bonita, also. The fishing day typically ended at 4pm. Excellent group dinners at the resort followed at 6pm, and the BS/beer/tequila session lasted until 9-10.

Day 5: Get your bags and fishing gear out to be taken to the airport by 5:30am. Breakfast at 6am. Hop in the van to the airfield at 6:30. Flight (same plane) leaves around 8am. Reverse the trek through the Tijuana airport and CBX Terminal, and you're back on the sidewalk in the US at about 10:30am. It only takes 5 minutes to retrieve your car, another 15 minutes to divide up the frozen fish and pack the car, 5 minutes to say good-byes, and you're off toward home.


scrinch

Mike on Day-4 using the rail with lumpy seas.

Ron Jones

That last pick was one heck of a day fishing. Had a lot of fun with you guys!
The Man
Ronald Jones
To those who have gone to sea and returned and to those who have gone to sea and will never return
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swill88

#231
Thanks for the detailed report scrinch.  Really good!
Steve

scrinch

Quote from: Ron Jones on September 11, 2018, 12:52:37 AM
That last pic was one heck of a day fishing. Had a lot of fun with you guys!
The Man

Yeah, after the dicey first half day, that was a heckuva way to get the real fishing started! A real blast!

MarkT

When I was your age Pluto was a planet!

Wally15

Quote from: MarkT on September 11, 2018, 04:15:14 AM
Yeah, we rocked on Tuesday with Martin!
Tuesday was my worst day by far. We only boated 2 YT's all day long. On maybe 4 hookups. LaLo was the guide. Stayed out until 5. Very uncomfortable boat. Our bait that day was small macs. His boat did very well the next two days. That's fishing.

Anybody monitoring the Cedros Sportfishing FB page? They're catching big Dorado and WAHOO this week.
Mike
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.
"Fire and Rain"
James Taylor

Ron Jones

Ronald Jones
To those who have gone to sea and returned and to those who have gone to sea and will never return
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