Went back down to Vallarta last week and brought the rod along, of course. Went out and fished just down from the Grand Mayan in Nuevo Vallarta where we were staying and... well... it kind of rocked. In years past I would catch a couple of fish, miss many more and my largest would be palm sized. This year I caught a lot more of an actual target species (Jack Cravalle) in the 1-2 pound range that put a good bend in my rod. I ended on Friday fishing for 4 hours at the river mouth and managed 24 fish to hand, largest maybe 2.5 pounds. It was fantastic. I got in a little hot water for fishing about twice as long as my wife expected... but the fishing just couldn't be left behind... and when I was just ready to leave a local net fisherman showed up and I wanted to catch him some fish. Managed to give him six. Kind of nice to help some guy support his family.
It was a great, great trip and my little 10 month old daughter loved the lazy river and pool complex at the Grand Mayan. A great, great trip... for the fishing, for the family vacation.
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