Lets Have Tea For Tuna In Cabo

The Baja Peninsula stretches southward from the border of California for approximately 800 miles before culminating at Cabo San Lucas and is separated from the rest of Mexico by the Sea of Cortez. Despite its reputation as a parched, barren desert, it is really a very diverse territory with several different ecosystems ranging from Mediterranean to moderate woodlands in the mountain ranges.

It is also near to a number of the most recognized Saltwater Fishing on the Pacific coast. The kind of fishing existing from one of the peninsula's Mexico beach rental facilities is virtually as varied as the terrain. To be sure, there are many Deep Sea charter trips with knowledgeable guides who will be happy to take you out into the Pacific or the Gulf in search of marlin, mahi-mahi or dolphin, but it's just as possible to take a more passive approach.  Some fishermen who camp out along one of Baja's white beaches find it just as productive to set up a Fishing Pole, a line and some bait and let the fish come to them.

When it comes to low Tech Fishing, the natives will definitely often teach tourists a thing or two. Using nothing more than glass bottle as a float, a lead weight and most any kind of economical hook, area fisherman are able to cast a line a substantial distance into the water from the beach and wind up with some amazing catches.

If you wind up camping out beside the Sea of Cortez, you may do this type of fishing out of necessity since markets are far apart and driving over the areas primitive roads can be a bone jarring experience to say the least. Beach vacations with a sizeable refrigerator and kitchen is quite convenient so you can stock up and not have to make too many trips into town for groceries. 

There is an additional side to Baja fishing and that is the competitive deep Sea Fishing tournaments that are regularly held out of San Cabo. There are three of these held each year, one of which is near the end of July and the others which take place about the middle of October. These are serious contests with equally significant prizes.  In the 2010 East Cape Tournament, fifty six teams walked away with a sum of over $304,000 in prize money, with one top prize of $64,515 going to a fisherman who reeled in a nearly 600 pound marlin.

Baja is more than fishing.  With some of the most beautiful, undeveloped beaches on North America's Pacific Coast, surfing is a common activity with tourists and the waves compare quite well with those off the coast of Hawaii. Baja ecotourism also embrace whale watching tours during the migration season as the California gray whales make their way to and from Alaska. The tour boats get close enough to these massive, but friendly denizens of the deep for the public to actually stroke them. Baja Ecotours also offers scuba diving tours and photo excursions as well as eco friendly romantic getaways that are solar and wind powered.