Comments on: Fish wish list

By: Steve Bodio

Steve Bodio — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:33:48 +0000

I ordered it too!

By: dr.hypercube

dr.hypercube — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:30:06 +0000

Mike was on it quickly! I think my best chance on my little top 3 is the saltwater dorado – you can even find them just south of here when the Gulf Stream peels off some gyres (but I’d much prefer baja).

I did see the new edition – when I looked, it gave Oct. 2009 as an expected arrival – didn’t let that stop me – it’s pre-ordered!

By: Steve Bodio

Steve Bodio — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:55:26 +0000

Damn– Mike beat me to “dorado”.

I want to catch two fish, tarpon and (more– it’s Asian and historical, mentioned by Kipling and James Corbett, lives where I want to go– the mahseer. I have one friend, an old doctor, who has caught one.

I have an 1897 book, The Rod in India, which is quite wonderful. It has a gold illustration on the cover of a man with a turban and a human- sized mahseer hanging beside him, and a chapter called “Circumventing the Mahseer”. (It also has chapters on things like fishing with otters!)

A newer good book is Somewhere Down the Crazy River by Paul Boote and Jeremy WAde– two crazed Brit fishers on expeditions after mahseer and giant tigerfish (in Africa of course). Wouldn’t mind catching one of those either.

Finally– did you see the $44 Pancha Tatra coming out??!!

By: mdmnm

mdmnm — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:45:10 +0000

I’ve been fortunate enough to have one good day catching the saltwater Dorado on a fly rod off San Jose del Cabo. It was too rough to stand in the boat, so we couldn’t cast and it wasn’t really “fly fishing”, but it sure was fun. A twelve pound Dorado can really but a bend in your nine-weight after lots of jumps and runs to get you started. One of these days I hope to make it out to Loretto or somewhere similar when those lovely fish are really in.