February 7, 2003

Baja Beat

Gene Kira column .....

In other Baja and mainland Mexico action:
   _____ ENSENADA:  Steve and Gail Ross caught a cow cod weighed at 11.5 pounds while fishing aboard the 45-foot Marisoa with owners Mike and Linda.

"I had a bag of custom made rock cod 'ganians' and grabbed the wrong one out of my bag, but decided to go with it," Steve Ross said.  "WHAM! I went bendo and began winding up the toad.  I noticed that while I was cranking, the spool wasn't moving, so I hammered 'em down and began to pull and wind as opposed to just winding.  It wasn't long before we all saw the deep color as white and a monster came to gaff.  Yeah, gaff."

"We decked the whopper and we all gaped at it for a few seconds and weights were thrown about as high as 30 pounds.  It was a hugh cow cod.  I haven't caught a cow cod since 1973."

"Then the day went on a roll as Mike put us on the fish and we kept reeling up nice size reds and lings with a few boccacio.  As noon rolled around and we had enough fillets for the Super Bowl party to come, we turned her for home and ran for Marina Coral"

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