| Think 'Fishing' and Baja immediately comes to | | | | predictable, and is highly exhilarating. |
| mind. You just can't help it, the seas of Baja are | | | | Vacationers in Baja can engage in different types |
| positively teeming with fishes. Fishing in Baja has | | | | of fishing. For a more experiential activity, tourists |
| become such a popular activity, that it seems it's | | | | engage in spearfishing. This is perhaps the most |
| a crime to spend a vacation there without even | | | | exciting form of fishing, since you would have to |
| attempting to go fishing. | | | | go diving to actually get the catch of the day. |
| Baja is lucky to be situated between two | | | | Imagine diving into the ocean depths, and waiting |
| abundant bodies of water: the Pacific Ocean and | | | | for that marlin to pass by. When it does, you |
| the Sea of Cortez. Mexicans have enjoyed the | | | | react with lightning quickness as you spear the |
| benefits of the vast Pacific Ocean, as it is | | | | fish and bring it up to the service. Primal? Yes. |
| brimming with sea creatures from every kind and | | | | Exhilarating? Most definitely. Spearfishing is one of |
| shape. Not to be outdone by the Pacific Ocean, | | | | the more visceral experiences of fishing in Baja, |
| the Sea of Cortez is said to be the most | | | | as you can get up close with the fishes of the |
| biologically diverse water form on Earth. With | | | | sea. |
| oceans and seas such as these, no wonder fishing | | | | If you are more interested in the more traditional |
| has become a major source of livelihood for | | | | way of fishing, then you can rent a boat and go |
| Mexicans living in Baja. | | | | out into the open sea at the crack of dawn. You |
| Aside from being a source of living, fishing in Baja | | | | could go deep or shallow fishing, and you can get |
| has become a sport. Many tourists have come to | | | | equally satisfying catches. |
| Baja for the sole purpose of getting out their | | | | If you are out for some shallow water fishing, |
| fishing reels and getting that perfect catch. Some | | | | you can expect to catch the following fishes: |
| approach it in a more competitive manner, others | | | | Spotted Bay Bass, Barracuda, Sierra, Leopard |
| see it as more of a hobby. The Baja seas are | | | | Grouper, Triggerfish and the Yellowtail. If you are |
| ready for either type of fishermen. | | | | deep water fishing, you'll be expected to catch |
| If anyone would say that fishing is boring, then | | | | the following: Black Skipjack, Dorado, Yellowfin |
| they obviously hadn't tried fishing in Baja yet. | | | | Tuna, Sailfish and the Snapper. There are other |
| Because the fishes at the Sea of Cortez are so | | | | fishes, but these are the most common catches. |
| diverse, you'll never know what you're actually | | | | The more popular municipalities in Baja that are |
| catching. The fish range from marlin, tuna, | | | | perfect for fishing are La Paz and Los Cabos. The |
| snapper, swordfish and dorados. They are | | | | seas in these areas are perfect for fishing, since |
| enormous fishes too. The yellowtail tuna could | | | | they are teeming with fish and other kinds of sea |
| weigh up to 1,000 lbs. In terms of fishing, this has | | | | creatures. |
| really reached the extreme. This is the main | | | | Baja is a definite fisherman's paradise. Not only |
| reason tourists can't get enough of fishing in Baja. | | | | are the fishes diverse, they are also plentiful. |
| What seems to start out as a laid-back fishing | | | | When you fish in Baja, you will find out that, |
| expedition could turn into an exciting ride as you | | | | indeed, there are many other fish in the sea. |
| try to reel in that thousand-pound tuna. It is never | | | | |