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[pablo]

Originally Posted by Mantarrayo

Hola Steve,
Had some super fresh fish tacos w/salsa, shrimp ceviche and plenty of very, veeeery cold pacifico's!

Had to share this day!!

Awesome and delicious looking leopard grouper! I NEED to get back there!

[stevencabo]

I've been hearing conflicting reports of pargo being here and then not being here. I had to go see for myself. I went with a buddy for an afternoon shoredive. Air was 85, water was 77. We swam a few 100 yards out through a pretty strong incoming tide. Because of the current we spent most of our time and enerygy swimming, trying to stay in the right spot. The viz was not that good either, which made it hard to tell where and what I was dropping down onto. Then, once my eyes adjusted and I got my berrings straight the pargo were already wise and heading for cover. The one shot I took I luckily dropped down onto exactly where I wanted to be. I was able to pull myself next to a ledge to peek over and sure enough, there they were. Three of them just swimming around outside their hole. As I was focusing on one they started getting nervous and began leaving. I took one before it got too far away. My buddy didn't get one yesterday but made up for it by swimming out again today to get one.

[tailsurfer]

Nice pargo again. Don't know if you were in the area, but my grandpa's friend caught 35 pargo in the surf around Los Barriles. I assume most were released. My grandpa went out the next day and got 2. its fishing! thats one thing I love about spearfishing. Info came in Monday.

[stevencabo]

Originally Posted by tailsurfer

Nice pargo again. Don't know if you were in the area, but my grandpa's friend caught 35 pargo in the surf around Los Barriles. I assume most were released. My grandpa went out the next day and got 2. its fishing! thats one thing I love about spearfishing. Info came in Monday.

That's some interesting news. Hopefully they'll stick around for awhile,,,at least untill mid June.

[PistoleroDelMar]

Nice Fish Steven Pargo are definitely here!

[tailsurfer]

Originally Posted by stevencabo

That's some interesting news. Hopefully they'll stick around for awhile,,,at least untill mid June.

So do pargo migrate or do they just move to different depths?

I am going to be down in late June so what kind of fish are often most abundunt that time of the year? My dad wants hoos and dodos, but I really want a big reef fish; grouper, cabilla, or pargo.

btw, do you use any specific shaft tips?

[stevencabo]

Originally Posted by tailsurfer

So do pargo migrate or do they just move to different depths?

I am going to be down in late June so what kind of fish are often most abundunt that time of the year? My dad wants hoos and dodos, but I really want a big reef fish; grouper, cabilla, or pargo.

btw, do you use any specific shaft tips?

I've been using a West Cost X single flopper tip.

You could see all those fish and maybe roosterfish, jack crevalle, golden trevally, bluefin trevally, amberjack, pompano, triggerfish, parrotfish, mexican goatfish, mexican hogfish, tuna, croaker, chubs, grunts, snook, maybe a sierra, yellow snapper, hawkfish, billfish, and shark.

I'm not sure what the pargo do, but they do seem to be prevelent around this time of year.

[tailsurfer]

thanks. what the story on the slug snook or was it the one you got last year? I didn't see that post recently.

[stevencabo]

Originally Posted by tailsurfer

Nice pargo again.

Hello! My name is Steve and I'm a pargoholic. My problem could be getting worse but it's something I'll have to work out alone. It's just if I know there's a stash of pargo so close, I find myself not being able to stay away.

I took two more this week.

[tailsurfer]

Wow you are a "pargoholic."

If you wanna dive a day with us when we are down there I'll show you how much of a fishoholic I am.

[mazfisher]

wow Steve, those are some big pargos, congrats on your catch

[stevencabo]

Gracias Maz.

I'll mention that a couple buddies came down to fish 4 days with Eric Brictson and his Gordo Banks Pangas. They invited me to go. I went 2 days and after my first day of fishing, I asked Capt. Antonio if I could bring my speargun along. He said no problem. Next time I went out with them, at the end of the day Capt. Antonio dropped me on top of the pargo spot and I got the first one. There are spearo friendly captains in Cabo. The second bigger pargo I swam out from shore and got it the next day. My buddies caught lots of tuna, wahoo, doroado, roosters, and a marlin, using an assortment of lures and live bait. Also, 30 to 40lb humbolt squid were being caught and used as chunk bait to catch the tuna.

[steepNdeep]

Steve, you're killin' me... keep it comin'!

[Mantarrayo]

I got a good sized cabrilla today, but its nothing compared to the 30+ kg pargo my friend found not 40 ft from the shore.. It was another great day in the east cape!!

Saludos!

[stevencabo]

Wow!!! That's a monster. You gotta love this place. Viz looked really clear today from the mirador in costa azul.