I’ve caught a lot of fish while sailing in the Sea of Cortez. However, sailing season in the SOC is generally during the cooler months. I spent the summers working on the boat. Being a warm water fish, I’ve never caught a Dorado until now. I haven’t been fishing much during this trip because the seas have been rough and it’s no fun cleaning a fish on a pitching deck. A week ago, I had a line out, but something bit clean through the steel leader. It was so nice today, I put a line out and caught this perfect-size fish in about 30 minutes. You don’t want to hook a monster that is going to take all your line. Even a medium-sized fish is a hassle because you usually have to stop the boat to land it. However. This little guy was small enough that I just reeled it in. And, it produced two meal-sized fillets … just right for a single-handed sailer because you don’t want to eat the same fish for three weeks (and I have done that in the past.
