In the History of Mile 14 you could always tell when the fishing was slow by how many Moose pictures I'd post. Well here at the Southern bureau of Mile 14 the sunsets fill in for the moose...ain't that purty ? wow, just to be out in nature...shut up Jeff !
My second morning on the Playa I saw the Roosterfish chasing bait onto the beach and having my small rod I cast at them anyway and instantly was hooked up with a large. I was alone on the beach and worked him for 20 minutes to the least steep part of the beach and when he finally bottomed out the beach I got a really good look at about a 30 pounder just when the Kastmaster went flying....and that's no fish story. Us surf guys are always looking for the roosters, it's even one of the reasons we came a bit early so as it goes we finally find them and then can't handle them...or...We find a lot them which we have, really a lot of them and they're all like this. Kinda cute huh ?
or this
My friend Mario caught 4 of these little beauty's in one morning, I'm stalled at two. So we're left with the old theory game. You know how this thing we do lends itself to theories.
1. The waters to warm. The waters to cold. The waters to wet .
2. to much : commercial fishing. Sport fishing . Poor fishing technique.
3. I think : Tides are better tomorrow. Less waves tomorrow. Think I'll golf tomorrow.
4. Maybe I : Caught em all last year. My bio-rythme bottomed out. I need to call Slah.
One of our problems is the Playa itself. Hurricane Priscilla that we just missed 6 weeks ago took all of the sand off of most unprotected beaches making for waves that flow farther up the beach onto all the sea walls. You can see the footers on this seawall at Las Gavias, normally the sand is up 4 feet over what you see here. These pics were taken at about 1/2 tide and there's just no way you can time that between waves and dart up the beach, especially if you're a 72 year old trying to eeek out a few more years of the chase.
So then what are we doing ? good question . Well, we walk everyday . We go out for supper, usually right before sunset so we get home before to late because, well, just because. Been to the movies, I'm on my 7th or 8th book. I'm working on new music and of course....I never, ever give up on the fishing.
We were headed to El Mimen the other night to have the best coconut shrimp in town for MP, she loves them. Well we get to Valentino's and buy a couple road cokes at the tienda and sit down on the sea wall to share the sunset with a hundred of our neighbors. Well we come across this soccer team playing a very sophisticated version of kick the can and yes, those would be Pacifico's....carry on guys.
This a view from the cheap seats. It's always the best time and something is always going on.
El Mimen is about 4 blocks away and it's strictly Marisco's with what must have Mazatlan's biggest screen showing Mazatlan's loudest Banda. We met a new friend named Pollo who talked me into Shrimp with Cilatnro sauce. Now I usually have a crab tostado and an order of fries but that night I felt like something different and holy moly was that good. The canned peaches on it kinda freaked me out but they kind of clean your pallet and add a nice freshness to the creamy sauce.
And in the T.I.M. department...who in the heck doesn't walk around after the first step of sinking in ? But on further review it is kinda absurdly artistic...I'll sing ya song on the next Mile 14....promise.
