2005 First Fish of the Year!

I just made it home from Ixtapa Mexico. Where we went on a 7 hour fishing trip, well we did alot of other things but fishing was the only important thing!

It was great, leaveing in the morning was just like a tournament there were a hundred of these same fishing boats picking people up. And the price was great!!! $220.00 for up to 10 people Crazy huh… 1 person $220 10 people $220 we were in a group of 4.

2 of the fish came in pretty easy but one took over an hour. All of the sail fish are from 8 to 9 feet long, and we were the only boat to come back with 3 fish!

We brought the fish in to Franks bar and grill and they cooked it 2 differnt ways, talk about Great eating fish…WOW

Actually we brought half of one of the fish in to eat the rest we used to tip the guide, Half of one was enough to feed 8 people!

Very Cool!!! You getting them mounted or replicas?? The colors in those fish are awesome!!!

And at the end of the day after to many corona’s, this is what we had to look at..Tuff week!!

One more

Im going to look into the price and try and find wall space that the woman will agree with!!

The color of these fish were amazing! Right when they came out of the water the fins and the lines in the body were like a glow purple after a few minutes out of the water they were dark!

Hope you injoy I DID!!

Very cool. 2 weeks before I will be heading out of the same harbor there. Who was you captian/boat. That almost looks like Ruebin of the Vomanous fleet. Did you see any other fish being caught? We are hoping for 4 trips during our week down there. You are dead right about the prices. We pay $250 for a 38′ boat for the day. The smaller pangas run about $150. Even better yet you can find round trip air for $200 also.
We are hoping to spend most of our trips on board the Don Gordo with El captian Pauly. Hope he is available.

Very cool pic. Beats my first fish of 05- a 19″ snake…

Very nice fish. I had the chance to eat swordfish once, at this litle restraunt in Jim Falls. Sorta related fish.

Yeah it also beats my first fish of 05, a 14” Walleye.

We did what everyone told us not to and found a guy on the beach. We were in one of those smaller boats called the BLACK TUNA, the captain’s name was nicholis.

When we left there were fisherman from all over coming in for a big sailfish tournament. So the guides will know where and what the fish want!! Hope you have as much fun as I did!!!

Great pics, Great fish ,thanks for sharing,
1/2 a fish for a tip Gator hunter tried to give a waitress 1/2 of a 14in walleye but she turned it down

Cool Brain,,,,,Very cool Stuart

NO they got 2 and a half fish! We took Half…

Wow!!! Talk about some biggggggg fish. Bet that felt good on the end of your line. We are ALL assuming that some of that nice warm weather you had down there will be coming back with you. Thanks for sharing. Is it spring yet??
Thanks, Bill

Great shots! Thanks for the Picts and info!

The wife and I are going to Florida in March..I’m not sure what she’s doing but I’m heading to the Everglades for Tarpon and other strange fish.

Your T- shirt is giving me…cabin fever!

Brian Great Idea head where its warm for some good ole Golfin. and Getting a good tan on those legs.
ahhhhhh now that would be the life

It was great Nate!
That was my first time in Mexico and First time on the Ocean!

Now Im going again next year forsure!!

Everyone told me I would get sea sick.. I was drinking Corona’s as soon as the sun came up and everyone else was sea sick.. Theres no time to be sick when your fishin!! Its really nice havin a guide!

test photo. Wow. Cant believe I got anouther picture to post. Now I just need to figure out what made this work.

I dont mean to hijack you post brian but I am going to try and put up a few more warm weather photos. It just seems right with the weather we are going to have the next few days.

14 days and counting before I will drinking Modelos and watching the sun come up over the mountians from the boat.

This is not the boat we take. This is the one the pelicans ride in. Some of the boats down there you might want to make sure your life insurance is paid up. Also its a good idea that you pinpoint something in the boat that floats in case you need it in the future. Not alot of life jacket in most boats.