Step Back Fishing

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16/02/2016

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16/02/2016

The desire of Step Back Fishing is to bring a unique hosted blue water fishing experience to the sportsman who wants to step away from the pack. The fisherman who is unsatisfied with the catered to resort trips where everything is laid out like a canned fishing trip. Part of the experience is the beautiful village of Barra de Navidad. Barra is quaint Seaside village, just 30 min from Manzanillo Airport, they are Pesos only and does not accept credit cards. We will have great meals under umbrellas on the beach or in the plaza. Our package our inclusive so you do not have to deal with the exchange rates.
Here at Step Back Fishing our focus is to give the sportsman a productive, safe trip yet an adventure that will be memorable. We will go up 20 miles offshore in search of game fish. We use 28’ Pangas with twin outboard as our fish platform. Because of the confined space, you will be involved in every aspect of the day's fishing. At times, you may be asked to help with the gaffing and hauling fish aboard. If we are fortunate to catch Yellowfin Tuna, we may cut one up to enjoy on our way back to Barra. We keep soy and wasabi on board for such occasions.

15/02/2016

We moved to Padre Island in 2012. One day, I was working on the front of our house when I noticed my neighbor, Martin Harris, was checking his mail with a cigar in his hand. I walked over to introduce myself. The next evening we were sitting on my deck having an adult beverage and smoking ci**rs. Of course, the conversation turned to fishing. When Martin was in his early twenties, he and three high school buddies spent the summer surfing in Mexico and ended up in Barra de Navidad. There Martin met a very young Canela, and started fishing out of Pangas. This relationship has lasted for over thirty years.

I joined Martin on one of his fishing trips to Barra de Navidad. I just fell in love with the village; it is what I remember of old Mexico. They do not take US Dollars or accept credit cards. We have been conditioned to think of Mexico as a resort hotel and having a beer at Señor Frogs. Barra de Navidad is old Mexico, not Baja or Cancun, and definitely not a border town. Barra is where the families of Guadalajara come to have a family vacation. The fishing is also old-school; we fish on 28’ Pangas with twin outboards. We will leave the harbor with the commercial fisherman, also in Pangas. This is not the sanitized hotel fishing that has become commonplace were you are lucky to touch a rod and reel. You may very well get bloody.

I was so overwhelmed by my Barra de Navidad experience that I wanted to make it available to the special group of sportsmen who desire a unique offshore fishing adventure, and most importantly those who can appreciate the beauty of a way of life of a small Mexican village.