This is a little out of chronological order, but it’s the first time I’ve had decent wi-fi to post the pictures.  So here’s the pictoral version of the trip.  As noted in a previous post, we wanted to stay at Los Muertos a little longer, but a 20-25 knot Norther was forecast to blow for a few days from the direction we wanted to go.  So, to be able to stay an extra day and still get North, we decided to stay during the day, but go to sleep early and leave at 3AM so as to get into La Paz by around Noon, before the Norther started cranking up.  The strategy worked well.  Got up at 0300 and anchor up by 0330.  A warm moonlit night with stunning stars and few clouds escorted us North followed by a showy sunrise and soon thereafter, a Dorado on the line.

Ann on the helm just before sunrise.

Get ready for it...

Good morning (literally!)

...and the fish were biting...

...just...a little...closer...

Got him!

Post Script:  Should read; “Got him, almost”.  Turned out my knot around his tail slipped when I lowered him over the side to wash him off and he slipped away into the depths.  Hard lesson, but resulted in my using a new, improved slip knot.  You’d think I’d know better!  No fish tacos this evening.