Boating & Fishing in Kino Bay.

Nearby Islands    Game Fish   Using the VHF radio

This page is still under construction:  We are still looking for people who are active in boating/fishing here in the Kino area to help us with the content of this page. If you have anything to add that will be of interest to others in the community, pleas email it to me, Anne DeFrance defrance@cs.montana.edu and I will format it and get it up.

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Sport Fishing the Islands and Reefs near Kino Bay

• One of the most significant land / sea features for sport fishing in this area are the " Madriff " islands.
• Almost 50 islands of various size make up the "Midriff".
• Another sea feature in this area is the colder water (colder than the waters found to the north or south in the "Sea of Cortez").
• Colder water provides a large natural food factory and habitat for sea life.
• Some of the deepest water in the "Sea of Cortez" is to be found in the "Midriff" area.
• 3,000 foot depths are located just west of San Pedro Matir.

The following are a few of the favorite fishing locations for Kino Bay. The distances are in nautical miles (as the crow flies) from the North Ramp. If you have the lat/long any of these points, please email them to me, as well as additions or corrections.

Place Name Distance Latitude/Longitude Barrel point. 23   Battleship rock 25   Crossroads 14   Colorado point 19   Deadman rock 18   Deep Reef 19   Dog Bay 15   Eagle Nest 23   Fourteen mile reef 10  N28 41.667 W111 54.881

Place Name Distance Latitude/Longitude Monument point 17   Narrows / Christmas tree 12   Patos Island 40   Queens rock 30   Red rock point 1.5   San Esteban Island 30   San Pedro Martir 40   Turner / Cactus islands 17   Willard point 32

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A few of the more popular game fish found in the area and the water temperature ranges for some of them:

Radio procedures and Etiquette
This information complements of Don Webb

PROCEDURES

1. Use channel 24 as a contact channel, and then change to another channel for your conversation. Channel 24 is a repeater channel located at Club Deportivo, and can be accessed by any hand held radio in the community.
   • You can go to any other channels that works for you except Channels 16 ( an international emergency channel ) or other channels in the 20`s, ( repeater channels ).
   • The only exception to this is when dealing with Rescue One, Calling for the "First Responders","the boat launchers, or making community announcements with "Rescue Ones permission. Then you stay on Ch. 24.
2. " Clear Text " is used by most all emergency service organizations and is used by "Rescue one".
   • "Clear Text" eliminates the old 10 code and other numbered codes that were used years ago.
   • "Clear Text" simply means that you speak the English language in a short and concise manor. The same is true when speaking Spanish.
3. Always give the name of who you are calling first, then give your name.
   example: If the "Red Rover" boat was calling "Rescue One", He would say " Rescue One this is Red Rover
4. Never use extra words. Use only the words you need to clearly state your message.
5. Never use " truck driver " type language. This is very unprofessional.
   • examples of what not to say: " You got your ears on"-" come on back"- "Hey good buddy"- "over and out"- "roger dodger "etc,etc.
6. Always hold the transmiter button down for a second or two before you start to speak.
7. When you have a particularly long transmition, take a short break by simply saying "break" then let off the transmit button for one or two seconds, and then continue. This will save you the possibility of burning up your transmiter, and would allow for other emergency traffic to get through.
8. Place the mike close to your mouth and then speak in a normal, calm voice.
9. Always check your volume and squelch buttons before using a radio.
   • The volume needs to turned up so that you can hear it.
   • The squelch button needs to be set to the point that the squelch noise just barely quits making noise.
10. Sign off by simply giving your name. You do not have to say "over" or " clear", etc.

ETIQUETTE

• It is very rude to call someone, and give your message without waiting for them to respond.
  • You should always wait for them to respond.
  • To do otherwise is suggesting that you feel the party your calling has nothing else to do but sit next to the radio and wait for your call.
  • This is not the case, and in addition to being rude, you often have to repeat your entire message.
• It is considered rude to call someone and not give your name.
• It is in poor taste to use profanity on the radio.

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  Other possible topics might include:

• Boating safty in the Gulf of California
  • wind, water conditions to be aware of, checking in and out with Rescue One, etc.
• Pictures and comments on great catches.

I'm sure you can think of others. All suggestions are welcome.
Anything you type up, you can just email to me, defrance@cs.montana.edu

 

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