Jigging in Playa del Carmen Mexico

[CFScheer]

The girlfriend and I flew down to Playa del Carmen, Mexico where my dad has a condo for a extended weekend getaway. She is a good sport about my fishing addiction, so I was able to get out for a couple hours in the morning and afternoon yesterday.

For those of you that don't know, the waters in the strait between the yucatan and cozumal drop off rapidly less than a kilometer off shore. The drop holds big schools of AJs in the 30-60 lb. range as well as a mix of pelagics in about 300-400 feet of water. Some of the panga fleet started jigging for AJ's a year or so ago and it has since become the choice fishing method for a good portion of the commercial and sport boats....granted no one has a depth finder, and the common jigging set-up consists of penn senators spooled with mono attached to a trolling rod...seriously!

My dad and I have brought our own gear down, and fish with a guy who at least has a GPS with some proven numbers on it. It's frustrating to not know if you are actually dropping into fish or not, but for $125 for a half days fishing you can't really expect too much.

I caught my first ever king mackeral on a williamson abyss in the morning


We estimated it at 30-35#. Does that make it a "smoker"?


Went back out in the windy afternoon and caught two AJs 40 and 50 lbs. Regretfully, I forgot to bring my camera. The fish were nothing to take note of, but the whole scene of jigging in a tiny panga in 10-12 foot swells while parasailers are flying overhead would've been nice to capture on film.

I've got a newfound respect for those of you that regularly have to use 300+ gram jigs to hook-up and land fish in 300+ feet of rough water with heavy current. That 50 lb. AJ was more work than the 100 lbers. I've caught in Costa Rica.

- Cassidy
www.sierpedelpacifico.com
Costa Rican Riverfront, Ocean Access Homesites From $40,000

[FLATLINER]

Cassidy,
Sweet Pics Bro!! Looks like you are having a great time! Bring some warmth back home with you!!!!!!

Kevin

[Sea Draggin]

Your living the dream Bro. Pretty fish.

[shoefish]

Very cool. I don't think that there's anything better to get the fishing instincts going than fishing off of a panga for a day or two. Awesome report, thanks for sharing!

[EDWIN]

Good report PDC & cancun have many experienced people in jigging.

In recent days took place the second tournament jigging


http://foros.pesca.org.mx/cgi-bin/Blah.pl?m-1267572325/

jigging in playa del carmen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAj9q...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUm57zCSzSo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs3EHWbktFo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KGTHN9IxWI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pin7-TMsw3s


grettings from cancun!!!

[CFScheer]

Nice videos...you guys definitely know what you're doing!

Who do you fish with in PDC? Does the boat have fish finding equipment?

Have you caught many fish jigging besides Amberjack? My dad has caught a few blackfin tuna and some barracuda, and I caught a king mackeral...that has been it though....mostly amberjack. Does anyone ever catch big grouper, pargo, or wahoo on jigs?

How is the jigging up by cancun?

When are the jigging tournaments? Maybe my father and I can take part in the next ones.

[EDWIN]

Nice videos...you guys definitely know what you're doing!

thanks friend, we like jigging its crazy!
Who do you fish with in PDC? Does the boat have fish finding equipment?

we fish whit roberto navarro & gustavo silva (wherever gus is the artistic name ),he have a panga & does not have devices like fishfinder, chartploters, gps, but if the money is not problem, you can get a bigger boat and equipped


Have you caught many fish jigging besides Amberjack? My dad has caught a few blackfin tuna and some barracuda, and I caught a king mackeral...that has been it though....mostly amberjack. Does anyone ever catch big grouper, pargo, or wahoo on jigs?

off course the sea have many surprises, is a matter of applying the technique and appropriate equipment.

I have not yet caught a wahoo but we are finding. the place & the fish are there is matter of time.

this is a litle video of us fishing wahoos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCnluiJLhJo

some friends of cancun have had the luck to catch on jig a wahoo, black fin tuna & dorado in cancun.





How is the jigging up by cancun?

is crazy man!


the last time we caugth 25 fish betwen amberjacks barracudas, groupers & mutton snapper, in 8 hrs charter I finished tired and sore but funny.


these are the guys where we fishing that day

http://www.deepseafishingcancun.com/boat.htm



When are the jigging tournaments? Maybe my father and I can take part in the next ones.

well,last year in november was the first tournament edicion

this year is scheduled on November 27 and would be good to compete with people from other countries and it would be nice to come and participate.

saludos friend!