Everything for Fishing

by Margaret Fleming

Redes y Equipos Marinos de Peņasco is a new business situated in Plaza Kino. It's been open less than 6 months. The owners are Rafael Hernandez Hernandez and his wife Patricia (Patty) Quintana de Hernandez. They have a charming 8-year old daughter nameed Natziely. Patty told me it is an Aztec name.

The shop has all kinds of equipment for boats and fishing. Along the walls coils of yellow nylon rope are piled up with blue fishnets, tarps, gloves, weights, and fishing tackle. Rubber fishing boots are lined up on a shelf above the counter along with an assortment of life jackets. Glass cabinets hold knives, wrenches, and other tools. A row of large shovels attached to one wall intrigued me, and I asked what they were used for. Rafael told me they were to shovel ice onto the shrimp. It's hard to think of anything used for fishing that isn't here.

Rafael also sells boats. He showed us a picture of a 23' fiberglass panga, his first sale. The boats are made in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. Rafael can take an order and have delivery of the boat in 15 days. And he sells a range of engines with recognizable (even by me) names such as Johnson, Yamaha, and Evinrude. They can be ordered and delivered in just a few days.

Rafael and Patty are both from Puerto Peņasco. Rafael used to work for his father, who had a welding shop and boat workshop. There he became skilled at repair and maintenance of boats. Patty's father has been a fisherman for years, #1 for jumbo blue shrimp in Guaymas, San Felipe, and Puerto Peņasco.

Redes y Equipos Marinos has it all: equipment, a good location, contacts--both business and personal, experience in the industry, and good personalities in its owners.

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