Judging by the amount of snow that we got here in Leavenworth this past week, I picked a great time to be away. My wife and I spent the past week in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, enjoying the sunshine and mid 80s temperatures. One of the first things we did, after getting settled in, was to arrange a fishing trip with Victor Vargas Valle, who we met on the La Ropa Beach in front of our hotel. He picked us up early in the morning and delivered us to the marina, where we were met by his cousins Carlos and Jair aboard their super panga. We headed out of the bay into the open ocean, with “the White Rocks” as our destination fishing grounds. Soon after the rods were run out, we hooked a nice bonito, the first of six I would land that day. The first baited hook on an outrigger got a savage strike, but either a big Sierra or shark had cleanly cut the line. Although we didn’t get another strike on our bait rod, we did see three leatherback turtles and a pod of dolphins. It was a great day on the water.