Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
2022 has been a busy year for the wildly popular IGFA Passport to Fishing program in Baja, Baja Sur, and Sinaloa in mainland Mexico.
IGFA Representative Clicerio Mercado and his assistants, Gonzalo Alamea and Antonio Aripez, have recruited local teams to assist them in hosting six clinics with over 400 kids participating, as well as many of their parents in Baja Sur and Sinaloa on mainland Mexico. They have scheduled at least that same number of events in different communities in both Baja Sur and Sinaloa for the future.
One of the newest IGFA Representatives in Mexico, Victor Mendez from Ensenada, has already hosted several IGFA Passports to Fishing clinics that were well attended by over 100 kids plus their families. He also has several more events planned throughout his state of Baja.
In addition, FONMAR (think “Fish and Game” in the US) has offered to include the IGFA Passport to Fishing clinics in some of the ten sportfishing tournaments remaining on their 2022 schedule.
The captains of local boats are enthusiastic instructors, eagerly teaching the next generation, so they are involved in the conservation and sportfishing that has been part of their heritage.
The four individuals, named above, making this all come together are tirelessly working and feel rewarded by the number of children and youth eagerly responding.
2022 has been a busy year for the wildly popular IGFA Passport to Fishing program in Baja, Baja Sur, and Sinaloa in mainland Mexico.
IGFA Representative Clicerio Mercado and his assistants, Gonzalo Alamea and Antonio Aripez, have recruited local teams to assist them in hosting six clinics with over 400 kids participating, as well as many of their parents in Baja Sur and Sinaloa on mainland Mexico. They have scheduled at least that same number of events in different communities in both Baja Sur and Sinaloa for the future.
One of the newest IGFA Representatives in Mexico, Victor Mendez from Ensenada, has already hosted several IGFA Passports to Fishing clinics that were well attended by over 100 kids plus their families. He also has several more events planned throughout his state of Baja.
In addition, FONMAR (think “Fish and Game” in the US) has offered to include the IGFA Passport to Fishing clinics in some of the ten sportfishing tournaments remaining on their 2022 schedule.
The captains of local boats are enthusiastic instructors, eagerly teaching the next generation, so they are involved in the conservation and sportfishing that has been part of their heritage.
The four individuals, named above, making this all come together are tirelessly working and feel rewarded by the number of children and youth eagerly responding.
