Day 1
The drive into Baja
We leave San Diego and drive down together, about eight to nine hours through some of the best scenery in Baja. Our first family-style dinner is waiting when we arrive.
The Rodfather Experience
Here is exactly what happens.
No vague promises. This is the trip from the moment we pick you up in San Diego to the moment we drop you back off with your fish packed.
Three nights
Hotel stay
Two full days
On the water
San Diego
Departure point
Start to finish
The Baja trip without the Baja planning.
Transportation, lodging, boats, captains, permits, fish processing and the details in between are brought together for you. Your job is to show up in San Diego and enjoy the experience.
Where we're going
From San Diego to Bahía de Los Ángeles.
Bahía de Los Ángeles sits along the Sea of Cortez on the Baja California peninsula. It is the destination at the heart of every Rodfather trip—and getting there is part of the experience.
We start together in San Diego, handle the drive south and take care of the travel details along the way. You can see the journey here before you ever step aboard a panga.
Start
San Diego, California
Destination
Bahía de Los Ángeles, Baja
Day by day
Four days. One trip you will talk about for years.
From the drive into Baja to the ride home with your fish packed, here is the current shape of a Rodfather trip.
Day 2
FIRST FULL DAY ON THE WATER
This is what we came for.
We’re up before sunrise and headed to the boats, where our captains will have everything ready for a full day on the Sea of Cortez. As the sun comes up over Bahía de Los Ángeles, we’ll be chasing yellowtail, grouper, cabrilla, and whatever else these incredible waters decide to give us.
Expect bent rods, friendly competition between boats, plenty of laughs, and stories that will probably get a little better every time they’re told.
Fish hard. Have fun. Make memories. This is Rodfather fishing.
Day 3
Back on the Water & Final-Night Awards Banquet
By now, everyone knows the drill—and the friendly competition is officially on.
We’ll head out before sunrise for another full day fishing the waters of Bahía de Los Ángeles. Whether we’re chasing hard-fighting yellowtail, working the bottom for grouper and cabrilla, or following wherever the Sea of Cortez takes us, this is our chance to finish strong.
After the boats return, we’ll clean up and come together for our Final-Night Awards Banquet—great food, plenty of laughs, stories from the past two days, and a few well-earned awards and bragging rights.
It’s our chance to celebrate the fish we caught, the friendships we made, and the memories we’re taking home.
Because at The Rodfather Tours, the best catch of the trip might just be the stories you bring back with you.
Day 4
The Ride Home
After three unforgettable nights in Bahía, it’s time to load up and head north.
We’ll make an early departure from the hotel, pick up everyone’s professionally processed and frozen catch, pack the coolers, and begin our journey back to San Diego.
The ride home is part of the experience—time to relax, relive the best moments of the trip, settle a few remaining arguments about who caught the biggest fish, and start sharing the photos and stories that will be told long after we get home.
Once we arrive back in San Diego, we’ll transfer your processed fish from our Rodfather coolers into yours and send you home with a cooler full of Baja and a trip full of memories.
The fishing trip may be over, but something tells us you’ll already be thinking about the next one.
Until next time, amigos.
Trip schedule:
Final departure time, San Diego pickup point and return timing
are confirmed with guests before the trip.
The boats
Traditional Baja pangas. Four anglers per boat.
Our fishing is done aboard traditional Baja pangas—proven, capable boats perfectly suited for the waters of Bahía de Los Ángeles.
We intentionally limit each panga to just four anglers, giving everyone plenty of room to fish comfortably, work a hooked fish, and enjoy the day without feeling crowded.
Each boat is operated by an experienced local captain who knows these waters—the structure, currents, seasonal patterns, and where the fish have been biting.
The number of pangas varies based on the size of our group, but one thing doesn't change:
Four anglers per boat. More room to fish. More personal attention. A better day on the water.
4
Anglers per boat
More
Room to fish
Local
Experienced captains
Four anglers per boat.
More room to fish. More personal attention.
The fishing
Find the fish. Bend some rods. Have a hell of a good time.
This is Baja fishing—where the plan is simple: find the fish, bend some rods, and have a hell of a good time doing it.
One minute you’re enjoying the sunrise and talking a little trash with your buddies. The next, somebody’s reel is screaming, the captain is yelling “¡Vámonos!”, and four grown adults are suddenly scrambling around the panga trying not to step on each other.
Fish on!
We’ll spend two full days fishing the incredible waters around Bahía de Los Ángeles, chasing hard-fighting yellowtail, dropping deep for grouper and cabrilla, and going after whatever else the Sea of Cortez decides to put in front of us.
And make no mistake—the competition starts the second the first fish hits the deck.
Every panga wants bragging rights. Everyone thinks their fish is bigger. Somebody will blame the captain. Somebody will blame their knot. And there's always one guy who swears the fish he lost was “at least 50 pounds.”
We know. They’re always 50 pounds when they get away.
When someone hooks a good one, the whole boat gets involved. Rods come up, people move out of the way, advice starts flying from guys who suddenly think they're professional fishing guides, and your buddies will offer exactly the kind of encouragement you'd expect:
“DON’T LOSE IT!”
Very helpful.
Then that fish finally hits the deck, the high-fives start, the pictures get taken, and five minutes later everybody is dropping back down trying to catch one bigger.
That’s a day on the water with The Rodfather Tours.
We fish hard. We laugh harder. And by the time the boats hit the beach, the stories have already started getting better.
Bent rods. Screaming reels. Bad advice. Big laughs. And hopefully even bigger fish.
Welcome to Rodfather fishing.
Between the fishing
There is more down there than the water.
And the hours after dinner when somebody tells the same story for the fourth time and it is still funny.
Awards and the coin
Nobody goes home empty-handed.
- An awards banquet on the final night, everybody together
- Awards for biggest fish and captain's choice
- The Rodfather Tours mementos
- Your Rodfather coin, and another one every time you come back
One trip. One coin.
Come back next year and earn another.
Your trip starts here
That is the whole trip. Now pick your dates.
Tell us who is coming and when your group can get away. We will help you take the next step.
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