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Fishing Report – November 2000

…these hard fighting 15 to 25 pound fish will test the skill of any angler.”   November certainly has plenty of activity. There are more people arriving everyday. The major Catch and Release Tournament runs from the 16th through the 18th for 3 days for some of the world’s best billfishing by many of the...

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Meet the Captains – Capt. Triby

He is very proficient with a rod and reel, but like many traditional pangeros, he prefers the hand line.”   Margarito (Triby) Rodriguez Gomez is primarily a commercial pangero who works out of his panga named Nathaly.  Occasionally he has worked with me and a few private yachts assisting us with his incredible ability to...

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Meet the Captains – Captain Angel (Mecate) Cortés

“He was fishing with his uncles exposed to the elements in an open panga before most kid’s mothers would allow them to cross a street unattended.” Ixtapa – Zihuatanejo is gaining recognition as one of the top year round sailfish producing areas in the world. So much, it now attracts some of the best fishermen on the globe...

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Fishing Report – October 2000

The end of the rain season is near. The humidity starts to lower and the temperature starts to decline as we go into our Fall.  Not so the fishing. This is traditionally the start of the season for us. Calm seas, a plentiful bait fish supply, and as my Captain Tino Salas said: Bastante pescados (a lot...

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