| The Los Angeles Times reported a successful | | | | to jump overboard and catch a Baja sleigh ride. |
| conclusion to the Fiesta de 976tuna tournament in | | | | Concluding the Tournament was the partying, |
| Baja California's East Cape region. Sea of Cortez | | | | required of any Baja fiesta, at the Palmas de |
| marlin and dorado are stuffed with squid, so it has | | | | Cortez hotel bar. |
| been tricky to get them to bite. | | | | Cabo nightmare continues |
| However, Mary and Kenny Cochran of Torrance | | | | East Cape fishing is unseasonably poor, and a |
| caught and released their first marlin, and Mary | | | | chief factor might be unrelenting fishing by |
| won the dorado contest with a 47-pound | | | | large-scale commercial purse-seiners. |
| mahi-mahi. | | | | "Bad news was the seiners showed up again and |
| Also releasing their first marlin were Lamar Lee | | | | wrapped all the fish," Fly Hooker Sportfishing Capt. |
| and Emmett Olvera of Costa Mesa. | | | | George Landrum glumly reports. "The |
| Winning the Bass Pro Shops/976tuna surf fishing | | | | government allows it and now we don't have |
| portion of the contest - by landing a multitude of | | | | anything to fish for." |
| species from the beach - was Steve Kechichian, a | | | | It makes no sense to allow such a large |
| 13-year-old taking a break from his far more | | | | commercial fishing operation so close to - even |
| significant battle against leukemia. | | | | within sight of - tourists who contribute millions |
| One of the greatest moments was when Paul | | | | annually to the economy. |
| Harris of Agoura Hills and his brother, Jeff, were | | | | But when have Cabo San Lucas Mexican fisheries |
| greeted by a 23-foot whale shark that swam | | | | laws, and the means by which they're enforced, |
| alongside their boat long enough to tempt them | | | | made sense? |