Nov. 1 - 4th
Probably anyone reading this knows the self-torture one can put themselves through leading up to a trip to PV...especially those who don't have the opportunity to fish there frequently during the big fish season. The anticipation, the constant visualization of being pinned to the rail on a big fish...the madness of spending too much time checking the BD site every ten minutes for updates...when you think about it really is a silly thing! When you only spend 3-5 days a year in the fishery (like I do)...getting anything is really just luck...right place, right time, karmic gods on your side...whatever it is that makes the magic happen down there.
My rant on luck is by no means meant to discount the skills of JT and the other captains down there. Josh is absolutely relentless and I love fishing with him. I like to party and relax while I fish so it is very important to me to have the good tunes, food, beers, cocktails and a few tokes going at all times...and there is NO BETTER host than JT.
Amy and I have been fishing with Josh for the last three seasons, getting in one trip every fall...and we have been very lucky and fortunate to catch some nice tuna. We brought two of our good friends Tim and Ryan O'Halloran down with us, looking forward to spending time with them. Getting a cow or two would just be icing on the cake. As fate would have it we even had a really cool couple from Bermuda on the boat with us one day and they were great to party with...I'm sure our paths will cross again some day.
To the fishing...boy PV is in LOCK DOWN right now. We fished our brains, and looked EVERYWHERE for 3 days straight but the tuna and marlin are just not playing right now. It is still hard to believe that in 3 days, during this time of year, we did not even see a tuna..ok, maybe a football or two...but those may have been sun-baked hallucinations! There was a pretty steady pick on dodo's, which is always fun and we got a few nice pargo which made for epic eats at Hector's.
Even the inshore is dead...after reading the last report we thought for sure day 4 with Lora would produce some of that legendary pez gallo! We got a little baby first cast but that was it.
JT, as always muchas gracias amigo! You went the distance as always. I've got to come back for another shot this season...
Herk, nice to meet you, thank you for taking time out of your "busy schedule" to tolerate us for 3 days...your stories and experiences at sea are priceless, thanks for sharing. Good luck with your engines.
Some pictures from the trip:
Day 1: Corbentania and El Banco 
First downrigger bait in the morning get's nailed right away...could it be?
Well, it was a trophy Pargo for Amy.
Pretty much steady pick on dodo's. James and Gambril from Bermuda. James runs a boat there...look him up:
http://www.woundupbermuda.com/index.html 
Got to the bank and the Offshore Adventures mother ship is anchored up.
Chris Fischer paying us a visit. That was a bout all the excitement at the bank that day.
Day 2: In the true sense of adventure, we depart for the Sand Bank at 4:00 AM to look for Marlin, spinner dolphin and anything willing to play.
Destination: Far freaking away from Mita.
Sunrise at Sand Bank.
We covered a lot of miles at Sand Bank...had one sail in the spread, found dolphin but they were the wrong kind and trolled all the way back to the rock...where the pargo were waiting again.
Day 3: Corbentania and points west 
Started with the big baits but other than pargo bites nada. Once we put the jigs in the water and moved a few miles off the rock the Dorado bite was steady.
Meat for the coolers home.
Amy and Abbel. We probably got a dozen or so dodo's that day.
Good times, even better friends.
Day 4: Inshore 
First bait in the water gets bit.
Largo with Amy's baby rooster.
Tim working the beach with a popper. After the first rooster that was it....had a few follow the poppers but no takers. Lora's new panga is sick...great way to spend a half-day.
Back to reality - Joe
) was nothing like Hysteria 
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