Friday morning started out clear with a mild offshore wind. Since Eddie had caught some Corvina the day before, I was down on the beach before sunrise. I was astounded to see that the Mexicans had tested a nuclear bomb on Isla Angel de la Guarda. The mushroom cloud rose high in the sky as Eddie fished on.

Eddie caught one and I missed three hits. Oh well....better luck next time. The quarter moon was moderating the tides and the high tide window for launching was centered around 8:30 in the morning. Pandro and his crew readied the boat and got her launched just as the tide was beginning to go back down. Bruce did likewise. By the time we had breakfast and some coffee, the wind was calm. I looked through the scope at the northern horizon and saw whitecaps that presage a norte. Sure enough, they crept southward until they were upon us. The wind on shore was brisk, but not unpleasant. We loafed or did chores, or maybe both, until it was lunch time. After lunch, the winds seemed to diminish and the whitecaps faded away. The waves had moderated enough that we decided to launch the boats and try some fishing offshore of camp. We motored out and began catching bass and triggers almost immediately. The sonar marked lots of fish and they were hungry. The bite was on! We caught a load of them. Many times, we were hooked up before the lure hit the bottom. We were mostly using 3/4 oz. Crocs with no bait or anything on them. In the course of catching all these fish, we bagged several that were a little larger than their peers. Pandro and crew and Bruce and Ed had Isla Cholludo as a backdrop.

A short time later, Pandro, Dan and Zack had Lobos, Cholludo and Cholludo Reef as background material.

We motored up to Three Humps to see if some big bass were hanging out waiting to be caught. Alas, few were to be had and they weren't anything special. We returned to the reefs off our campos and picked-up where we left off. The sun dipped lower in the sky and we returned to shore to clean our catch. Pandro, Dan and Zack posed by the fruits of their labors.

We cleaned them up in preparation for fish tacos a few days hence.

On Saturday, the Sierras were enshrouded with clouds/fog. The desert to the west up on the Vizcaino Plateau is a fog desert. Many more succulents grow there than down on our coastal strip. This picture shows why. It's a clickable panorama, so click on it and JavaScript will open a new resizable, scrollable window. Close the window when you're done to return to this page. All the succeeding panoramas will work likewise.

The tide and wave pattern that morning didn't make fishing look that attractive, so I made some mud. A little later, Ed caught my eye, motioned to come down, so down I went. I didn't catch anything, but I did get a picture of the guys fishing.

The sea was considerably calmer, so we launched and headed south. Ed and I got into some nice Corvina in Pompano Cove. They were a might bigger than the ones we caught on shore. Eddie shows one off here.

At the same time, I had just flopped one into the boat myself.

Yum! Hard to beat Corvina on the barby.