Boys trip

This is the live well

This is the bonito I caught

These are the fish we caught we even caught a massive snapper

The other day I went deep sea fishing in Sisal, Mexico for king fish and cobia. Before we went out deep we had to catch bait with a cast net outside of the main harbor. We caught about a hundred Sardines to put in the live well, which is a place that you put bait to keep it alive. Basically like a mini aquarium. 

We traveled about 20 miles out to sea to find structures where the fish like to gather.  While we didn't catch any of the desired fish, I ended up catching an exciting fish. A little tunny, aka a false albacore. Little tunny’s are known as smaller tuna. They can reach speeds of up to 40 MPH which they can use to make sudden bursts of speed.  When hooking up they rip drag and create fun fights because of their torpedo like appearance. This was my first tuna.

On average little tunny’s are 31 to 33 inches long and 15 to 20 pounds.  The one I caught was about 18” long, I caught one that was just born. I caught it while trolling near a reef with a rapala ripstick which dives up and down while wobbling side to side.  The lure and location is perfect for little tunny since they are known to feed near reefs and eat sardines which was what my lure was mimicking. 

Where we were fishing it was a very special place, since it was near a reserve called Reserva Estatal El Palmar.  This area provides the ocean with very rich mineral deposits that the fish profit from, like sardines. The fishermen only catch about 10% of all the sardines and the bigger fish eat the rest. 

The night before we went fishing I drove an ATV along a path through the reserve. We saw mangroves and forest islands making it a good bird watching spot for waterfowl and flamingos. It also provides a nesting area for migrating turtles like the endangered hawksbill turtle.