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Mark Bonokoski - March 6 2010 |
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March 6, 2010 |
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Got back from Los Cabos, Mexico last weekend, just ahead of the intense earthquake in Chile that brought a tsunami warning to the Pacific coast, and as far off as the islands of Hawaii.
Good thing, too.
Fishing for striped marlin some 40 kilometres off the Baja peninsula during a tsunami watch would have been somewhat disconcerting.
Last year I caught and released two 160-pounders, each taking close to an hour to land.
This year I took a pass, having arrived in the area about two weeks past prime time.
The Gringo Gazette — yes, that's its name — advised that the best day for fishing were weeks ago.
I love the Baja, but it is an extremely inhospitable place when it comes to any kind of wildlife that does not make the ocean its home.
Out in the bush, there is nothing but snakes and lizards, and no notable mammal.
Even the native birds have no significant colour, at least not like birds in the tropics, with the most noticeable bird being the ever-present vulture — and one in particular that followed us some 60 klicks up the Sea of Cortez coastline as we barreled down the beach on quad-tracks.
Locals said they can smell imminent death, all which made me feel more than a little uncomfortable.
Lying on a beach and having my eyes poked out by a buzzard is not on my personal Bucket List.
Never has been, never will be. |
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Toronto Sun
Moose Country |
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