Bound for Punta Mita

April 8, 2025 
The next day we were up and heading out before sunrise. The sea state that morning was calmer than the day before, but still lumpy and large as we rounded the Cape and headed across Bahia Banderas bound for Punta Mita.   
While fishing that day we caught one Bonito and released it. The next fish that we caught was clearly not a Bonito, and as Jason fought it we had high hopes that it would be a delicious fish for dinner. Unfortunately, when he got it to the boat a while later we saw that it was a Carvel Jack. 
We were quite disappointed.  They are a very good fighting fish and fun to catch, but the fight can take some time and we did not want to slow down our progress too much, so we decided to stop fishing.   
The trip for the day was a bit shorter than it was the day before, and shorter than it would be the next day, so we were looking forward to pulling into anchor and having the later afternoon and evening to swim off of the swim grid and to let Falcon run around on deck.   
Unfortunately, shortly after we were anchored the south wind actually increased and a short steep chop started rolling into the anchorage.  All of the boats in the large anchorage began to roll and buck and the motion of the boat became much worse than it normally is while we are underway.  No swimming off of the swim grid for us, and no running around on deck for Falcon.  Luckily the sea state did calm off in the evening and we were able to get a good night sleep. 

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  1. ColleenMay 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM

    Sounds like your fisherman had a good fight but a disappointing catch. I guess you can't always have a perfect day in paradise.🤣

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