Bass Fishing in Mexico

© 2003 Teresa A. Kendrick
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When a certain 17-year-old Bronco gave up the ghost in Dallas last September, every mechanic in the garage it was towed to wiped their tools, shook their heads, and talked about one thing. Bass fishing. Bass fishing? While I was grieving in the ashtray-strewn waiting room where several old naugahyde recliners had gathered to die, I wrestled with the impropriety of their remarks in the face of my loss. My grief remained invisible, however, to the men who continued to argue in their earnest way about the really big questions of the Universe. "Who was pulling what out where?" "Who had the best deals?" "Is it better to drive and tow or fly and rent?" As I watched the post mortem wind up I heard one of the men describe his new bass boat in such intimate terms that at first I thought he was talking about a lover.

Later that night as I was working my way through the combination plate at Rodrick's Ribs, I heard another set of men in the kitchen arguing over the best place to pull out bass. Something was said about someone's momma and I'm pretty sure I heard one smite the other. It wasn't over momma, though, it was over his absolute conviction that the best place to go bass fishing was somewhere in Mexico, dammit. After suffering through scores of cable fishing programs over the years during flu-induced semi-comas, all of them hosted by someone named either Ray or Bubba, I finally felt the true fervor that bass fishing evokes. Apparently, few sports inspire more single minded devotion.

In Mexico, saltwater fishing gets top billing because of the bounty off the country's coasts; a pursuit made more alluring by the overblown tales of a sweat-stained, cigar-chewing writer of that well-known terse verse. But serious bass fishing is less well known. As I drove south to Mexico a week later in my new "now I have a car payment" Jeep Cherokee, I hoped with the fervor of the newly baptized that my entry into the high church of bass fishing would be rewarded by a revelation. I needed to hear the true gospel.

Where is Lake El Salto?

About the Lake

About the Fishing Packages

About the Accommodations

Emergencies

Who to Contact

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