Hunting Washington Forum

Thanks everyone. Got a lot more responses than I was expecting!

Reached out to Brad to see about doing a beach trip if he’s down there that time of year—as someone who gets seasick, the idea of catching big fish off the beach sounds awesome.

Also got lined up with panga captain out of La Ribera whose English is much better than my Spanish. Pretty excited to fish, and I hope the weather cooperates.

Will be taking a surf rod with a bunch of crazy looking poppers and crank baits. Planning on having something ready to cast if I see something cruise by while the kids are playing in the sand on the beach.

In the future, I’m pretty interested in doing a trip with the bros to Van Wormers. Looks like a perfect spot to hang out and fish hard. In the past I’ve loved going to Alaska and BC for guys trips, but a trip to Baja pencils out at about half the price…so I hope I like it down there. This trip is going to be more family focused for me, though.

This may be a bit of a long shot, but has anyone fished fished around La Ribera or Los Barriles in Baja?

I'll be down there later this month with the family, but was hoping to sneak out and fish for a day. Looking for a panga or something like that but am not really sure where to start. I'll also bring some surf gear.

If anyone has fished down there recently, any advice would be appreciated!

I hired a guide and panga out of Rancho Leonero a few years back. It was awesome!

Have a buddy that guides out of La Ribera. He has guided on the Columbia for years, and is first class.

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My brother and I heard a gunshot and saw a nice injured buck crest over the plateau into a drainage. He had a dangling front leg and no kneecap.. A survivable injury ultimately.

The hunters who shot him appeared at the top of the plateau 15 minutes later and clearly didn't see that the area the buck went into was a mere 100 yards away from them. They gave a feeble attempt at trying to locate the deer and turned around and walked away.
We ended up shooting the deer who had by now dropped a few hundred feet in elevation and was sitting under a cliff. My brother snuck  up to him and put him out of his misery.

I called WDFW to get an actual legal opinion on this and they said what I though: If everything else was legal, which it was, (tag, 3 point min, shooting hours, public land etc.) We were fine from a legal standpoint.

I think I know the answer that most of you will give, which is yeah, go put meat in your freezer because the first shooter was done looking for it, but I just want to see of anyone had any other opinion on this from an etiquette perspective or if anyone has a story of something like this happening to you. I'm curious to hear them. Thanks

That looks terrific.