Mexico Bass

[1lipripper]

[FONT='Tahoma','sans-serif']As I watch these television shows, I'm just wondering if the Mexico Bass fishing is all they make it out to be. I know they can do some fancy editing to make things look better than they really are.

Have you been to Mexico? How was it? Have you had any difficulties in getting there? Who did you book with? And, why?

Any input would be appreciated as I'm rolling around the idea of maybe taking a trip and I thought I'd look into Mexico.[/FONT][FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/FONT]

[WTL]

While they do edit shows (I know of an instance where Roland Martin wasnt even catching his fish, but rather bass someone else had caught earlier and that had been kept in the livewell), enough people have made the trip and given Mexico high marks for me to beleive it.

[1lipripper]

I'm just wondering. It's expensive.

[Raul]

Expensive it is, worth every penny if you go to the right place on the right time.

[Rebbasser]

Raul ought to know-he lives there.

Hey Raul-I saw an ad the other day in a magazine that referred to the bait monkey!

For those that don't know, Raul is the man who coined the term, "bait monkey".

[Raul]

The Bait Monkey ....... it took a life of it´s own, who would have thought back then it would become so famous ( maybe I should say infamous ).

[1lipripper]

What's A Bait Monkey?

[bamabassman]

aaahhhh grasshopper.....you wil meet the bait monkey. just go to your local tackle store. he is ther....waiting.......hahahahahaha (evil laugh). he makes you buy more fishing stuff than you wanted, and then you are hooked my friend. welcome to the bait monkey's lair. and welcome to the house o nuts friend. we all serve the bait monkey here. hahahahahahaha!!!!

[bamabassman]

and raul.... glad to know who gave him his proper name.

[1lipripper]

I guess that's like "A Swamp Donkey"

[Raul]

Lipripper just look at it this way, back then during the age of the dinosaurs when I began fishing I could fish all day long with a couple of in-line spinners and a couple of cranks, 1 rod and 1 reel, nowdays after the fishing outing is over I look at the boat seat and see what I used to fish all day long: a couple of crankbaits, two maybe three or four hooks and same ammount of sinkers, one or two sipnnerbaits, some soft plastic baits, maybe 4 or 5 baits in case they were torn up........... and the remaining 700+ cranks, 100+ spinnerbaits, 50 jigs and 40 or 50 pounds of soft plastics I had in the boat with me for that trip just came to enjoy the outdoors, not to mention the 10 or 12 rod and reel outfits

Oh well, better having and not needing than needing and not having; who knows, maybe I run out of hooks or sumthin.

[1lipripper]

Generally, I take only Three rods. At times when I experiment with a new bait, it's the ONLY thing I have in the boat. I'll use it all day long, for a couple of trips to build confidence in it.

[Raul]

There´s a difference between building confidence in a bait and another other is finding the bait that will do a better job and that´s why I carry all those baits, it´s a matter of having from where to choose. All baits work, some work better than others in a given day and under a set of circumstances and conditions.

[1lipripper]

I 'm willing to try some different things but I'm of the mind to K.I.S.S. while I'm fishing.

[pignjig]

Raul, that's pretty cool you started the bait monkey phenomenon. That thing is plastered all over the internet. There's a few sites that even have a bait monkey icon in their text menus. Well done!

-Pig

[Raul]

BoatMonkey is a lethal as his twin brother , it wants a 3D side image fishfinder for the tub ..... only problem is that it cost the same as what I paid for the boat, outboard, seats, TM and fish finder all together .

Have you seen those 3Ds ? Friggin´ AWSOM !!!!!!!!

I wanna build me someting like this:

[1lipripper]

You guys are soo funny

[bamabassman]

well..the BOAT monkey hit me 4 times in 2 years. first boat a fish/ski, didn't have evough room for 3 fishing. second was a little stryker...too small. 3rd was a 20' stratos...too many electrical problems. and now i have the cajun. 20' and i love it. oh yea, while all that was goning on i also got a 20' pontoon boat. and NOW we also added a travel trailer. only thing left is the wifes jet ski. hahahahahaha.

[1lipripper]

I'm looking at Lake Bacarrac

[Raul]

Good choice, dunno what´s all the hype about El Salto , there are bigger fish at Bacurato.

[1lipripper]

I hope so. I've been talking with them and I like what I hear

[Raul]

Check the pic gallery at www.lakebaccarclodge.com, if that don´t make your blood boil then nothing else can.

[JRL]

Originally Posted by Raul

That thing is a machine! Nice work to who ever's brain child that thing was.

[1lipripper]

Raul:
I couldn't get to that website

[Raul]

Sorry dude, I missed an "a" when I typed the adress ( duh ! me stoopid ): www.lakebaccaraclodge.com