I booked a trip late feb we are going to be at Sandos Finnesterra! Harbor on one side Pacific on the other walking distance from Lovers beach! I fished the beach above the resort 20 some odd years back with Jeff Claussen who at the time was the 'Guy' in cabo to fish the beach with. He was using some bluefish/striper plugs called Rangers a lot and was making his own plugs from wood dowel in pvc material and wiring the hooks in then painting them up for Pargo roosters toro and sierra from the beach.
Leave the rubber at home the triggers kill them... bring some frozen squid if you can to fish strips on leadheads if you want to bang out a bunch of species and singlestrand wire on everything at least a foot of 40-50ish lb and black swivels or rings.
In that area you should get Giant Needlefish Trumpetfish a few croakers asst cabrilla puffers different wrasses grunts and jacks along with scorpionfish and LIZARDFISH!
You should be able to bang out 20 new species easy if you try from the beach and harbor.
I've never really tried doing the shark thing at night from the beach down there but plan on giving it a go this time around.
Hope this helps you out some and I'll dig that DIY Claussen jig out for pics so you can make some if you want.
Thanks Don. The two pack rods I have are both MH rated 10-20 (one 7'2" casting and one 7'6" spinning) rated to 1.5 and 2oz lures. I'm using a Calcutta 201B loaded with 50# pp and the spinner has 20# pp.
I talked to Phong about what he was using when they killed the roosters from the beach a few years ago. I'm armed with bigger cast masters, spoons, poppers, hard baits and a few plastics just in case. I also have an array of hooks and egg sinkers in case I want to load up on species. I do not have any wire, but I will pick some up just in case.
I leave on Monday morning and get back on Saturday, so it should give me ample time to figure the beach out. Unfortunately, I'll be light on funds, so I may be limited to the beach only, but may get out in a Panga if I get a chance.
Thanks for the intel, Don.