For the outdoorsman and adventurer, Sinaloa, Mexico, has a lot to offer. Lakes filled with copious 10-pound and over hungry bass. The Sea of Cortez brimming with gamefish such as marlin, dorado, wahoo and a myriad of other hard fighting gamefish. There is hunting, beautiful beaches, the Copper Canyon, brilliant Sinoloan sunsets and some of the finest most delectable seafood to be found anywhere on the planet.
While all of this would be more than enough to attract visitors to this hidden paradise, upon arriving to Sinaloa, you’ll discover perhaps the best reason to visit here; the people. Smiles are everywhere. Courteous, outgoing, fun residents are eager to greet you and even more eager to share with you all the great things there are to do here.
Getting to Sinaloa was a breeze. Our group from Phil Friedman Outdoors elected to drive to Tijuana International Airport where we caught a Volaris fight to the capital of Culiacan. It’s best to cross the border into Mexico at Otay Mesa. The drive to the airport from here is about 10 minutes with great signage to the airport where there is also long term parking available for about $10 a day.
Our guide Emmanuel Pacheco from info@MexicanLandTours.com couldn’t wait to show us photos of the pargo he had taken the day before fishing around the mangroves near the town of Los Mochis. Pacheco had used swimbaits to catch a boatful of colorful and delicious pargo along with some snook and cabrilla. Before making the approximately 2 ½ hour drive to Los Mochis, we stopped at a Restaurant in Culiacan called Panama. The popular eatery was filled with families enjoying time together and a bite to eat. Carne asada, chilie rellenos and seafood to die for while waitresses pushed elegant carts with delicious Mexican pasties, cakes and fresh baked pies by to add to the culinary temptation.
Sinaloa is known as the “Bread Basket” of Mexico. Over ¾ of the Sinaloan landmass is dedicated to agriculture. It is Mexico’s leading producer of rice and vegetables and exports enormous quantities of tomatoes and other agricultural products to the good old USA. As we made the drive to Los Mochis, we passed by vast fields of corn, tomatoes, oranges and other crops. For miles upon miles and as far as the eye could see, migrant workers worked the land until the sun set leaving behind a brilliantly colored and dramatic sunset.
Upon arriving to Los Mochis, we were greeted by Jose Caldareon form Mexico Land Tours who took us out for another culinary food feast at Bachoao’s. This time we dined on carne asada, homemade tortillas and guacamole, over 5 fresh homemade salsas along with freshly squeezed lemonade. Calderon laid out our week ahead. Freshwater bass fishing in lakes stuffed with giant largemouths, mangrove fishing for pargo and snook, a trip by train to the spectacular Copper Canyon, and of course dining all along the way on fresh shrimp, delicious ceviche and our own fresh catch of the day.
Meeting so many wonderful Sinaloans and seeing so many spectacular sights on our first day has us all looking forward to the days ahead. It also has me pondering how so many of my fellow countrymen have bought into to the myth that Mexico is so dangerous for them. Buying into that myth has robbed so many of the privilege and great opportunity to meet some of the best people in the world in a land that has so much to offer.
While all of this would be more than enough to attract visitors to this hidden paradise, upon arriving to Sinaloa, you’ll discover perhaps the best reason to visit here; the people. Smiles are everywhere. Courteous, outgoing, fun residents are eager to greet you and even more eager to share with you all the great things there are to do here.
Getting to Sinaloa was a breeze. Our group from Phil Friedman Outdoors elected to drive to Tijuana International Airport where we caught a Volaris fight to the capital of Culiacan. It’s best to cross the border into Mexico at Otay Mesa. The drive to the airport from here is about 10 minutes with great signage to the airport where there is also long term parking available for about $10 a day.
Our guide Emmanuel Pacheco from info@MexicanLandTours.com couldn’t wait to show us photos of the pargo he had taken the day before fishing around the mangroves near the town of Los Mochis. Pacheco had used swimbaits to catch a boatful of colorful and delicious pargo along with some snook and cabrilla. Before making the approximately 2 ½ hour drive to Los Mochis, we stopped at a Restaurant in Culiacan called Panama. The popular eatery was filled with families enjoying time together and a bite to eat. Carne asada, chilie rellenos and seafood to die for while waitresses pushed elegant carts with delicious Mexican pasties, cakes and fresh baked pies by to add to the culinary temptation.
Sinaloa is known as the “Bread Basket” of Mexico. Over ¾ of the Sinaloan landmass is dedicated to agriculture. It is Mexico’s leading producer of rice and vegetables and exports enormous quantities of tomatoes and other agricultural products to the good old USA. As we made the drive to Los Mochis, we passed by vast fields of corn, tomatoes, oranges and other crops. For miles upon miles and as far as the eye could see, migrant workers worked the land until the sun set leaving behind a brilliantly colored and dramatic sunset.
Upon arriving to Los Mochis, we were greeted by Jose Caldareon form Mexico Land Tours who took us out for another culinary food feast at Bachoao’s. This time we dined on carne asada, homemade tortillas and guacamole, over 5 fresh homemade salsas along with freshly squeezed lemonade. Calderon laid out our week ahead. Freshwater bass fishing in lakes stuffed with giant largemouths, mangrove fishing for pargo and snook, a trip by train to the spectacular Copper Canyon, and of course dining all along the way on fresh shrimp, delicious ceviche and our own fresh catch of the day.
Meeting so many wonderful Sinaloans and seeing so many spectacular sights on our first day has us all looking forward to the days ahead. It also has me pondering how so many of my fellow countrymen have bought into to the myth that Mexico is so dangerous for them. Buying into that myth has robbed so many of the privilege and great opportunity to meet some of the best people in the world in a land that has so much to offer.
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