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November 13,
2007, Thomas Riley - 6 Dorado & a Sailfish at Corbetena!
I thought I'd drop you a line about
our fishing trip on Tuesday, 13 November, 2007. We were
picked up at the Paradise Village Marina in Nuevo
Vallarta at about 7:05 AM by Lolla and Jose' in their
well equipped fishing boat. We quickly traveled to
Corbetena for our fishing experience. While on the way,
Jose' set the bait and readied the lines. On the
previous evening, I had called and verified lunch and
ordered sodas, water and beer. In addition, we brought
some snacks and extra sodas that were properly stowed by
Jose. In case you're wondering, Lolla, the captain,
spent his time piloting the boat, watching his upper
lines and looking for fish.
Fishing lines hit the water at 8:30.
The first dorado hit at 8:45 and, with the help and
guidance of Jose', my 14 year old grandson pulled in his
first ever salt water fish. 15 minutes later my 12 year
old granddaughter pulled in another dorado. Then my
wife caught another dorado. This one weighed close to
50 pounds! By 9:30, we had 3 good sized fish! Later in
the morning we hooked a sailfish, but the fighter spit
out the hook before we could set it. Late morning we
caught another dorado. Shortly after noon we hooked a
60+ pound dorado and that was landed by my
granddaughter.
Before we could even get all the
lines back in the water, Bam! another one! Then things
got slow in the early afternoon when all the fish went
for siesta. We were just about ready to give up when a
120 pound sailfish went for an afternoon snack! Had a
great time fighting this one! Jose' lost his club
trying to stun the fish when we finally got it alongside
so he used his fist to knock it out! Trolled back
towards the Marietas islands with no more luck but what
a day! 6 dorado and one sailfish! Of course we'll do
it again! Oh, and the box lunches were delicious!
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June 18, 2006, Travis
Tuberg - 800 lb. Black Marlin landed at Corbetena
Keith Hulme, Shawn
Tuberg, and I booked 2 days of fishing at Corbetena on
June 17th and 18th, 2006. Seasoned fishermen, this was
our first visit to town and we weren't expecting too much.
On day one, we set out at
7:00AM with a half-moon still slightly visible in the
morning sky aboard the Totoaba, a
new 34' Sea Ray with twin Cummings Diesels rated at 315hp,
with Captain Lalo and his mate, Jose. The first day was
fairly slow, but thankfully no rain. We landed a 25 lb.
Yellowfin Tuna and a second 20-pounder - both great
for eating, but we were hopeful of more. Day 2 would be
much different...
The morning of the 18th,
we again set out for Corbetena at 7:00AM on the Totoaba.
Again the half-moon showed faintly through and the rain
stayed away. Just as we arrived at the island, we set up
our rod with a 50 double speed Penn International reel and
an 80 pound line, and almost immediately caught a Bonita,
which we rigged up as bait, then 2 minutes later about
9:30AM, the monster hit our line. At first, we thought it
was a tuna, because it acted like one. Our rod jerked
downwards...then after a few minutes the marlin surfaced,
with about a third of it's body out of the water, doing a
little tail dance.
It was too far from the
boat...about 100 yards, to identify the type of marlin,
but we knew it was a biggggggggg one. Then, it was just a
game of give & take...all three of us took turns, and
about an hour and several minutes later, we got it to the
side of the boat. It was only then that we identified our
prize as the much rarer black marlin, weighing in at over
800 pounds! It was exhausted by the fabulous fight that
it put up, and unfortunately it expired as we were trying
to free it from the hook. We had planned to catch &
release, which the crew had suggested, but it wasn't to
be. So, the fish is now being mounted - most of the meat
was donated to the crew, and we're taking a small amount
home to be smoked.
This is truly a trip to
remember, and we are so happy we found
www.puertovallartafishing.net on the internet prior to
our trip! You suggested Corbetena as the place to catch
big fish, and I can say I guess you were right! We can't
wait to return to Puerto Vallarta!
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