Brandon

Flag Cabrilla (Epinephelus) also known as Cabrilla Piedrera and Flag Grouper

Barred Pargo (Hoplopagrus guntheri) or Barred Snapper

Needle Fish (Mar-C-ial in spanish), This is a small one. I had one that was over 5 feet long come in and grab a hooked Lady Fish I was playing. It tore it to shreds as I was going for the camera and then let go as I opened the shutter. The poor Lady fish was mangled and dead when I brought it in.

Lady Fish, known to the locals as Machete and commonly referred to as The Poor-Man’s Tarpon. These are one of my favorite’s to catch, it’s amazing how hard they can pull, how fast they can run, how high they can jump, and how badly their sand-paper jaw can pull the hairs out of your flies and fray your leader. You usually need to change your tippet after every one, but it’s a price I’m usually willing to pay. These guys are just fun!

Another Baby Rooster

It was hard to believe we were on the Sea of Cortez side of the peninsula a couple of nights.

While nursing a punctured forearm over a cold Pacifico (danged 2/0 clousers & the wind) Brandon punched a few more casts out into the pounding surf

By the 5th or 6th morning the local fisherman finally accepted our invitation to continue his fishing between the three of us

Brandon with a nice Lady Fish

Where there’s one Lady, there’s usually more

Dad sure had figured out the secrect to hooking the Corneighs (poor guy)