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Nov 20, 2004; 02:01PM - Zihuatanejo Sailfish Close and Hungry
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:
PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@bajafly.com
USA toll-free (800) 919-2252 or 760/746-7260; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Sat., Nov. 20, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Fri. (11/14-11/20)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE
IN GENERAL: When we returned from Magdalena Bay on Tuesday the North winds were still around. This weekend however, is beautiful and expected to stay that way through Tuesday. Still a few left over tuna and dorado offshore and inshore the skipjack, roosters and jacks seem to be the best bet. With the nice weather I would expect to see a few smiling faces in the bar tonight even though the season is pretty much over.
AIR & SEA –
Water temperature 75-80
Air temperature 71-77
Humidity about 51%
Wind: SSE 8 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:36 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:32 p.m. MST
Nov. 26, Full; Dec. 4, Last Quarter; Dec. 11, New, Dec. 18, First Quarter;
OFFSHORE: Tuna and dorado best bet.
INSHORE: Get out early in case the wind blows.
BEACH: Sticks to La Ribera the best bet for jacks and a few roosters.
BILLFISH – Only a few stragglers.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Porpoise and birds will be the best clue.
DORADO – Look under anything floating.
ROOSTERFISH\\JACK CREVALLE – Plenty of small jacks and a few good sized roosters up and down the beach from Rancho Buena Vista to La Ribera.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Breezing schools in front of La Ribera.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Rocky points and pinnacles in front of La Ribera best bet.
SIERRA – Bring wire or lots of flies!
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Jamie Pierre, Seattle, WA, along with his band of brothers headed over to Lopez Mateos to fish offshore with Mag Bay Outfitters using their 26-foot catamaran, “Mar Gato”, skippered by Ruben Duran and an offshore panga with local pangero, Sergio, they headed out the Boca to see what was shaking. Turned out to be a wide open Yellowfin bite only 12 miles off the beach. Limits all around for both days. Unfortunately, with the Pacific cooling off quickly, the dorado, wahoo and billfish seem to have headed further down the coast ending what many consider a lackluster season. In the Esteros up at Boca Santo Domingo on the last day the group found a few sierra, pargo, grouper and lost one large corvina.
On another subject, Don Juan, a 72’ Elliott owned by John Lyddon from Southern California was anchored just off the pier in town. This is the first time in a number of years that a Sportfishing yacht has managed to come in through the Boca. Bob Hoyt of Mag Bay Outfitters had provided a guide to lead them in.
I met Don Juan’s Captain, Billy Callinan, while I was there last week and he told me about the wide open pompano bite at Santo Domingo. With the Don Juan backed up to the mangroves they landed three pompanos up to thirty-two pounds. The last time I can remember hearing stories like this was when the legendary Captain Gene Grimes use to make forays up into the mangroves with the 90’ Legend.
Water Temperature 69-75
Air Temperature 68-73
Humidity 100%
Wind WSW 11 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:37 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:37 p.m. MST
Nov. 26, Full; Dec. 4, Last Quarter; Dec. 11, New, Dec. 18, First Quarter;
YELLOWTAIL – Entrada holding mostly smaller fish.
CORVINA – Even these guys have been tough to come by this week.
SNOOK – Not one snook bite for the entire week.
HALIBUT – Very good if you’re interested.
SIERRA – Plenty of very small ones.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Ed Kunze reported in by telephone this morning since his computer crashed. Here is his abbreviated report; as predicted, this week produced some excellent sailfish opportunities and the good news is they are very close to the beach. Only a short two miles and you are in the thick of things. Boats are averaging half-dozen shots a day.
Water Temperature 80-83
Air Temperature 77-87
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW 6 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:59 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:09 p.m. CST
Nov. 26, Full; Dec. 4, Last Quarter; Dec. 11, New, Dec. 18, First Quarter;
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: With the weather beginning to settle down this week we are looking forward to an increase in the sailfish action offshore. Be sure to pick up the December issue of Pacific Coast Sportfishing for an in-depth feature “Vela! Vela! Vela!” by Ray Rychnovsky on Guatemala fishing that talks about the double digit days in the World’s best sailfish hole. If you want to get up to speed on teasing techniques, check Gary’s column, “How to be a Tease”, in the same issue.
Water Temperature 78-82
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 62 %
Wind Calm
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:05 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:32 p.m. CST
Nov. 26, Full; Dec. 4, Last Quarter; Dec. 11, New, Dec. 18, First Quarter;
San Jose, Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa McFarland
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Nov 19, 2004; 06:49PM - TV fishing show
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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It seems strange being on TV again. I left the Let's Go Fishing show in 1988. It's now called Hawaii Goes Fishing with Ben Wong. The water in Lake Wilson was super high from the rains and the temp. was 76 degrees. But we were still able to catch enough peacock bass for a small segment.
Man, I forgot how much work it is to do a fishing show....... But we had a great time. Thanks guys.
Aloha,
Stan
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Nov 15, 2004; 10:32AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NOVEMBER8-14, 2004
WEATHER: The first part of the week had us experiencing mostly sunny skies and cool (for Cabo) fall temperatures. We did not have any evenings where we dropped to 60 degrees (like last week) but our night time lows stayed down around the low 70’s and high 60’s. Day time highs were in the high 80’s on land with a cooling effect when you were on the water. Toward the end of the week clouds moved in and while we still had plenty of sun, the sunsets became even more spectacular.
WATER: Our off shore water continues to cool and while we still have a warm water band wrapping around the Cape we have had the average temperature drop by three degrees. Within 15 miles of the shore on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez the water has remained 79-80 degrees. Immediately to the south out about 10 miles there is a pocket of warmer water at 82 degrees and on the Cortez side up past the Gorda Banks it starts to cool off to the 78 degree level. Surface conditions on the Pacific have been great all week for morning fishing but the wind has been starting to kick up a bit in the early afternoon giving us a bit of wind chop on top of the 2-4 foot swells. The Sea of Cortez has remained fairly calm as far as surface conditions go.
BAIT: Caballito are still the most available bait this week but I did see a few Mackerel showing up in a few bait tanks. The normal $2 per bait remains except for Sardinas, and if they are available they have been going for the usual $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: While the Blue and Black Marlin bite has dropped off the Striped Marlin have started to return and take up their rightful place as our most common Billfish. There are still some Sailfish being caught, but not in the same numbers as they were being found the last two weeks. The Striped Marlin are being found in small groups, with three areas holding fish for a few days this week. Early in the week there was a group just off the lighthouse on the Pacific side of the Cape, about 5 miles off shore. At the end of the week there was another group about 12 miles out at 160 degrees. Smaller groups of fish were found just offshore, about three miles, on the Cortez side both during the middle and the end of the week. Luck always takes a part in fishing for Billfish and those anglers that had it this week were able to catch and release as many as three Striped Marlin per trip. Live bait worked the best, both tossed at tailing fish and slow trolled through the areas that had the concentrations.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Well, the Yellowfin Tuna finally showed up close to home! There were not any giants caught this week but there were nice fish in the 40-80 pound class brought in the boats, and plenty of fish in the 10-20 pound range as well. The fish were found from the Golden Gate Banks to just off of the Arches as the end of the week and they were associated with the Porpoise. Cedar plugs were the ticket for the football fish and live bait dropped deep appeared to account for most of the larger ones. A number of fish were caught on hootchies in dark colors as well, but the cedar plugs seemed to out catch them. Spotting Frigate birds working was the key to finding the Porpoise, and they were the key to finding the Tuna.
DORADO: There were scattered fish found close to shore on both the Cortez and Pacific side of the Cape, but there seemed to be more fish on the Pacific side. There was no need to go offshore as most of the fish were found within two miles of the beach, and a lot of them considerably less. The fish averaged 12 pounds with a few of them in the 20 pound range. Farther off shore there were scattered Dorado and if you were able to find something floating in the water there were nice fish in the 25-40 pound class around it. A friend was the first to a small piece of wood that he was able to get limits of Dorado in the 30 pound range from, and then a Striped Marlin as well. Later boats had no luck, but there were other floating objects found during the week by other boats as well.
WAHOO: There was no real Wahoo bite this wee, sad to say, but it appears that as the week progressed things started to pick up a bit, so perhaps this coming week will start producing more of these sought after fish. The Wahoo that did hit the decks this week were found fairly near shore, mostly in water around 50 fathoms deep. The sizes ranged from 20 to 40 pounds.
INSHORE: Dorado and Tuna were the target of the Panga fishermen this week. Most of the action was concentrated just off of the beach down past Gray Rock, out in about 30 fathoms of water. Chumming with Sardinas brought in football Yellowfin, Skipjack and Bonita as well as lots of needlefish. Small Dorado shoed up after a while and there was an occasional Wahoo appearing and cutting off hooks. Late in the week as the Porpoise came closer to the Cape there were Panga fishermen out working the Yellowfin and doing well. The traditional inshore fish such as Sierra, Roosterfish, Jacks and Snapper have bee shy this week.
NOTES: I know that the Tuna are appearing in numbers because on Saturday a Super Seiner appeared in front of Cabo and just drifted around for the day. When you have a mile of net stacked on the deck and a helicopter for spotting fish on the bow, you are not here for fun and partying. We just have to keep our fingers crossed that they leave the fish alone close to us and that no more of them show up for a while. The weather is getting nice, football season is progressing well, I have television at home now, my golf game is improving and my starboard engine is being re-built and should be back in the boat on Wednesday. Life is good and just keeps getting better! For those of you going fishing this week, tight lines! Try playing a little bit of Jimmy Buffet from his 1990 MCA release “Feeding Frenzy” and get in the mood, it works for me!
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Nov 11, 2004; 03:41PM - Tuna, mako sharks and grouper in Venice
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Lots of surprises this week or short week as it
turned out..really had hoped to run the entire week
with our scheduled trips before the next front but
it came early...after hearing stories of acres and
acres of huge yellowfin from Sonny and Darryl on
Sunday (They had 2 fish on 6 bites - 140# and 120#
yelowfins), I had Kevin Ford of Geaux Fish TV
accompany me with Mike and William Miller, and
David Montz on the Cabo. After reaching the grounds
we didn't see any sign of life..decided to put out
a four line trolling spread to cover some water
..it never happened for us (or anyone else that
day).., but while we making bait, we saw a big mako
at the transom of the Balancing Act - we sped over
to capture the memory on film..the fight lasted 45
minutes after which Jeremiah Sablatura's 250 pound
mako was secured to the transom..we stuck around
for another hour with no bites before we left to go
pursue some grouper..David really wanted grouper
before we left the dock and I was looking at
another shot at beating the world record for
yellowedge grouper since the big fish I caugh on
Oct 30th did not count for either state or world
record consideration as I handed the rod off to
gaff my own fish while it was floating on the
surface..rules are rules..anyway..the grouper bite
was wide open for the 90 minutes we tried..we had
12 good bites and landed 7 groupers and one red
snapper..we were using 16/0 circle hooks to cut
down on red snapper bycatch and it worked..the
final tally was 6 yellowedges 10-15 pounds and one
60 pound warsaw..I went 2 for 4, David went 4-4 and
Mike Miller went 1 for 4..William went 0-0 - and I
let him hear about it too! We figured out that
David has the proper build for a successful grouper
fisheman..tremendous upper body strength with a low
center of gravity from all the junk in his
trunk..anyway he caught the big warsaw Monday..it
had 3 sets of hooks in it's mouth...Tuesday I had
Judge and Chad Edwards, Bart Belaire and Mark
Piazza of Abbeville..I tried to cancel on Chad but
he informed me that the wind would be light enough
to make the trip and he came anyway..he was right
and I was wrong..don't think it blew over 12 knots
until the afternoon..we stayed close just to play
it safe..never more than 10 miles out..slow roll
out of the east..conditions looked great..tons of
mullet, bluegreen water within 5 miles of the
pass..worked one school of blackfin picking up one
on a jumbo mullet..not sure how he swallowed
it..tons of sharks too..not the good kind..never
saw any yellowfin and by 2pm we decided we would go
look for jacks or better..the amberjack were thick
and hungry for mullet..picked up the limit rather
quickly, playing with the rest of them until we ran
out of live bait..fished bonita slabs on bottom and
picked up a 65 pound warsaw and 3 nice gags..Mark's
grouper put the trip over the top for me, although
a 150 pound class yellow is something I haven't
seen since the summer and really had my heart set
on..according to reports from Darryl and Sonny who
found the schools Sunday; the big fish have been
balling up mullet in open water..find the bait
balls and you find the fish..of course it helps
when it's flat calm..not sure when we'll see that
again..Plenty of great pictures to share from the
last 3 days, should have them posted on my website
tonight.. Paradise OUtfitters - 985-845-8006
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Nov 8, 2004; 10:15AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NOVEMBER 1-7, 2004
WEATHER: Every week it seems to get a bit cooler and this week we had night time lows in the mid to low 60’s, really good evening temperatures. Our day time highs ranged from the mid to high 80’s with one day in there where it hit 90. Very little cloud cover, light breezes and no rain at all pretty much cover the conditions we experienced this week.
WATER: A band of water in the 82-83 degree range wrapped around the Cape this week and extended up the Pacific 15 miles north of the Golden Gate Banks. The closest cooler water was 35 miles to the south-west where it dropped to 80 degrees. Surface conditions were great all week with very light surface chop and swells in the 2-3 foot range with an occasional 4 foot one on the Pacific side.
BAIT: The usual $2 per bait and almost all of it was Caballito. There were Sardinas available as well at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Most of the Billfish this week were Striped Marlin and Sailfish and they were found on the Pacific side of the Cape. Slow trolled live bait at the Banks hooked up quite a few of both species as anglers looked for Yellowfin Tuna. There were reports of a stray Blue Marlin or two but there was no consistency to them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin received a lot of pressure this week as 179 teams were entered in the Tuna tournament. Quite a few of the teams’ pre fished the tournament on Wednesday and they all fished on Thursday and Friday. The fishing was not very good as there were only 9 fish weighed that were over 50 pounds. The minimum qualifying weight for Yellowfin Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo was 40 pounds. There was one big fish at #206, three fish over 100 pounds and three fish over 70 pounds as well as one fish that weighed 50 pounds. There were no qualifying Dorado weighed and only two Wahoo over 40 pounds, one at 55 pounds and my teams fish at 40 pounds, one ounce. Almost all of the Tuna were found on the Pacific side, both around the Golden Gate Banks, west of the San Jaime Banks and north of the Golden Gate.
DORADO: There were not as many Dorado caught this week as there were last week but there were still fish out there. Not many over 40 pounds as the results from the Tuna tournament can attest to, but there were still fish to be found. It seemed that they moved a bit farther to the north and a bit off shore this week. The Pacific side held the bulk of the fish and spotting Frigate birds working as well as finding floating objects
WAHOO: Let’s see, two fish over #40 for a total of 350 man days on the water during the Tuna tournament. I guess we can say that the bite was not on this week and leave it at that.
INSHORE: Slow inshore fishing with small Dorado here and there since the bulk of the fish have moved off shore and to the north. There were reports of a few small Sierra and the action on Skipjack and Bonita has been very good early in the morning for boats using Sardinas as chum and bait.
NOTES: The last tournament of the year is over, the weather is cooling down and the bite has dropped off a bit. Our next big fish influx will probably be Yellowfin Tuna since the tournament is over! Our fingers are crossed that things improve and we hope you get a chance to come yourself and find out! Until next week, tight lines!
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Nov 8, 2004; 10:14AM - Fly Hooker Daily Catch Reports
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: 2 fish tagged and released (#120, #140)
Sailfish: 2 fish released (#70, #90)
Dorado: 24 fish kept, 7 released (#10-#45)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2004
Today we had returning client Steven and local friends Tim and Jose on the boat. Tim brought along his own spinning rod hoping to get a chance at some of the Dorado. Steven really wanted to get a shot at a Marlin. Juan and Manuel received a call from another boat about a coil of rope found floating out by the Golden Gate Banks and joined them there. It had Dorado all around and the guys were able to do a little pick and choose as they proceeded to bring an even dozen fish to the boat, releasing about 6 more. The largest fish may have been around 40-45 pounds and Steven fought that one for quite a while. Tim caught three Dorado on his spinning rod. After that action the box was full and it was time to look for Marlin. They did have one fish eat a bait and Steve fought it for around 5 minutes, but the hook had become turned back into the boat and the fish was able to shake loose. The water was good, but just a little bumpy and everyone had a great time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2, 2004
Terry Matheson booked the “Fly Hooker” for today as he does every year on this date and his buddies were with him as well, a group of seven total. It took two boats to handle them all and Terry was fishing with Juan and Manuel. Off to the coastal area on the Pacific side for Dorado and they did manage to get into the fish, bringing back an even dozen ranging between 10 and 35 pounds. If you keep seeing 12 fish listed as the catch in the reports it’s because that is about all that the cooler on the boat can handle without having fish spoil, we sure would hate to waste fish! They had a great time finding fish through out the day, a few here, a few there and a couple of times with multiple hook ups. Thanks Terry, we hope to see you again next year!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 4, 2004
Today we had four guys from Louisiana fishing the “Fly Hooker” for the Tuna Tournament, both today and tomorrow. Juan and Manuel went toward and past the 95 spot trying to find Porpoise so they could get a shot at some big Tuna, but all they were able to come up with was one Striped Marlin tagged and released and two Sailfish. Not a bad day on the water but they needed Tuna, not Billfish! We hope they get into some tomorrow. The boat that I captained had a great group also but all we were able to come up with was one Dorado. The big Tuna of the day was #206 and there were three fish over #100 and three fish in the #70 class, pretty slow compared to most years. And it was really slow when you consider that there were 179 teams entered! We sure hope things improve tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2004
The same group was out on the “Fly Hooker” again, but the action was even slower today. Yesterday most of the Tuna that were found were on the Pacific side, up around the Golden Gate Bank area so that is where Juan and Manuel went. They had no Tuna at all but were able to land and release one Striped Marlin. Lines out was at 4PM and then they cruised back toward the marina. As the “Fly Hooker” was rounding the point out at the arch Juan heard a funny noise and checked the Starboard engine. It looks like we are going to have to re-build as a piston knocked a hole in the block. They came into the slip on one engine, I sure am glad it did not happen during the fishing time! We will be down for a few days but up and running by the middle of next week! Until then, tight lines!
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Nov 6, 2004; 01:00PM - Everything But Clients
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
The weather has been great, but the anglers have all but disappeared! Maybe now that the U.S. election is behind us, our fishing friends will “come on down.” There was very little activity this past week with only two boats going out. They reported slower action than the previous week, but were still able to get double digit action. The dorado and roosters are still around, and in 3 hours of inshore fishing one little girl managed a rooster that was about her size (40-pounds). All of the conditions continue to improve each week and reservations are still available for the 2004/05 campaign.
Water Temperature 78-82
Air Temperature 80-86
Humidity 100 %
Wind NE 17 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:59 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:33 p.m. CST
Nov. 12, New; Nov. 18, First Quarter; Nov. 26, Full; Dec. 4, Last Quarter.
San Jose, Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa McFarland
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Nov 6, 2004; 12:57PM - B;uewater at 18 miles
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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IN GENERAL: The 82ş blue water has moved out this week and slowed the offshore fishing considerably. Yesterday (Fri.), fishing with Martin on the panga “Isamar,” Andrew Veit and his wife from Denver and I found the blue water at 18 miles. At 21 miles, we only raised two fish all day, but I got one to come to the boat. It was Andrew's first time for sailfish on the fly, and even though he had to make two tries for the sail, he was able to get a hookup. The sailfish did a few spectacular leaps, and was on for almost two minutes before it threw the hook for a long release.
Talking to Captain Margarito on the radio through the course of the day, he picked up two sails at the 18 miles mark and very late in the day, another two at 26 miles. He told me the 26 mile area was holding a tremendous amount of fish, but he had to head back before he had a chance to fish it well. His fish were taken on conventional gear, but I am heading directly to the 26 mile mark today with Baja on the Fly fly-fishing client Jimmy Evans and Captain Chiquis on the “Intrza.”
The great roosterfish action and inshore for jack crevalle and sierras is still holding up.
Water Temperature 80-83
Air Temperature 77-89
Humidity 89%
Wind WSW 4 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:46 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:11 p.m. CST
Nov. 12, New; Nov. 18, First Quarter; Nov. 26, Full; Dec. 4, Last Quarter.
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Nov 6, 2004; 12:53PM - Sailfish, Dorado and a Big Snook Highlight Week
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:
PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@bajafly.com
USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Sat., Nov. 06, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Fri. (10/29-11/05)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE
IN GENERAL: Unwelcome north winds early in the week greeted Pudge Kleinkauf’s Alaska group when they arrived on Tues. By Wed. afternoon, the winds had begun to subside; and on Thurs. morning three boats headed out in search of action. Fortunately, there were plenty of sardina for chum and the day yielded a few dorado and skipjack. Brian and Brent Layng, owners of the International Sportsmen’s Expo shows, managed to land four nice-sized dorado and had chances for more. Fri. was even better, with both of Pudge’s boats reporting good catches of skipjack, dorado and a half-dozen yellowfin tuna at the 20 mile mark. Captain Chayo on the “Nueva Era” even found the group several sailfish on the trip back to the hotel, one of which put on a great show for Larry Pemberton of Tacoma, Wash., before he released it.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 78-83
Air temperature 66-85
Humidity about 57%
Wind: North 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:27 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:37 p.m. MST
Nov. 12, New; Nov. 18, First Quarter; Nov. 26, Full; Dec. 4, Last Quarter.
OFFSHORE: Tuna at 20 miles; leave early and look for bird schools.
INSHORE: Dorado inside of four miles and plenty of skipjack to fill in the gaps.
BEACH: Wind waves and off-color water didn’t prevent Josh Dickinson from landing a few jacks on his hike back from the hotel.
BILLFISH – Sailfish seem to be the best bet this week, I suspect that will slow down over the next few weeks as the sea temps begin to drop.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Under the porpoise, looks for the birds and try to get there early.
DORADO – Strung out from inshore to offshore.
ROOSTERFISH\\JACK CREVALLE – Plenty of small jacks up and down the beach from Rancho Buena Vista to La Ribera.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Breezing schools in front of La Ribera.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Rocky points and pinnacles in front of La Ribera best bet.
SIERRA – Bring wire or lots of flies!
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Bob and Diana Hoyt, Mag Bay Outfitters, reported great action both in the esteros and out at the Thetis Bank. John Sullivan, Encinitas, Calif., finally broke the ice, catching a quality snook weighing in at just under 20 pounds as well a gaggle of leopard groupers earlier this week while waiting for the winds and sea to subside. When the winds quit, they headed out to the Thetis Bank for some wide open action on tuna and dorado. In the wahoo department, the wahoo won, biting them off several times. Only a few marlin were seen and none caught. The bait balls that Magdalena Bay is famous for were among the missing. It sounds like my timing is pretty good as I will be heading down for three days of fishing in the esteros and three days offshore mid-week.
Water Temperature 72-79
Air Temperature 60-76
Humidity 100%
Wind NW 13 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:37 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:42 p.m. MST
Nov. 12, New; Nov. 18, First Quarter; Nov. 26, Full; Dec. 4, Last Quarter.
YELLOWTAIL – Search the entrada (entrance) and under the bird schools just outside all the way up to Santa Maria Bay.
CORVINA – Still plenty around.
SNOOK – Finally, a fat one.
HALIBUT – Not targeted this week.
SIERRA – Under the bird schools all the way out to the entrada.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 82ş blue water has moved out this week and slowed the offshore fishing considerably. Yesterday (Fri.), fishing with Martin on the panga “Isamar,” Andrew Veit and his wife from Denver and I found the blue water at 18 miles. At 21 miles, we only raised two fish all day, but I got one to come to the boat. It was Andrew's first time for sailfish on the fly, and even though he had to make two tries for the sail, he was able to get a hookup. The sailfish did a few spectacular leaps, and was on for almost two minutes before it threw the hook for a long release.
Talking to Captain Margarito on the radio through the course of the day, he picked up two sails at the 18 miles mark and very late in the day, another two at 26 miles. He told me the 26 mile area was holding a tremendous amount of fish, but he had to head back before he had a chance to fish it well. His fish were taken on conventional gear, but I am heading directly to the 26 mile mark today with Baja on the Fly fly-fishing client Jimmy Evans and Captain Chiquis on the “Intrza.”
The great roosterfish action and inshore for jack crevalle and sierras is still holding up.
Water Temperature 80-83
Air Temperature 77-89
Humidity 89%
Wind WSW 4 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:46 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:11 p.m. CST
Nov. 12, New; Nov. 18, First Quarter; Nov. 26, Full; Dec. 4, Last Quarter.
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
The weather has been great, but the anglers have all but disappeared! Maybe now that the U.S. election is behind us, our fishing friends will “come on down.” There was very little activity this past week with only two boats going out. They reported slower action than the previous week, but were still able to get double digit action. The dorado and roosters are still around, and in 3 hours of inshore fishing one little girl managed a rooster that was about her size (40-pounds). All of the conditions continue to improve each week and reservations are still available for the 2004/05 campaign.
Water Temperature 78-82
Air Temperature 80-86
Humidity 100 %
Wind NE 17 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:59 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:33 p.m. CST
Nov. 12, New; Nov. 18, First Quarter; Nov. 26, Full; Dec. 4, Last Quarter.
San Jose, Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa McFarland
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Nov 1, 2004; 03:37PM - Ixtapa ZIhuatanejo Sportfishing Report 10/22/04 to 10/28/04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Susan Richards/Stan Lushinsky
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A solid week of good weather and a slight upswing in angling activity set the stage for a good start to this year's fall fishing season. Most of the boats have gone through their annual maintenance schedules and are ready to go. Newest addition to our fleet, The Sirena with captain Alex posted some very good numbers for this week. Alaska angler Larry Bravo who was a die-hard Cabo fan, Landed 2 big SAILFISH 1 DORADO, 5 BONITOS and a monster WAHOO in day offshore aboard the SIRENA. Mexico City anglers Ruben and Arturo Meneses also fishing aboard the Sirena landed 4 SAILFISH,
(2 released ) and 1 big DORADO in 5 hours of fishing. Sandy Thompson from London England also fishing with Captain Alex 4 SAILFISH ( 2 released ) 1 DORADO, 2 BINOTOS and 2 YELLOWTAIL Jacks in on 5 hour period and still had time left in her day to enjoy some great snorkeling and a fresh fish barbque at Ixtapa Island. Returning anglers Vernon Tull fishing aboard the Janeth landed 2 SAILFISH, 1 WAHOO, 4 BONITOS and 5 BIG EYE JACKS in three days of fishing. Captain Adolofo Espinosa
Found a nice school of Roosterfish near Petitland and landed 6 ROOSTERS in one inshore day. Captain Ruben on the Vamonos 1 reports a 2 SAILFISH, 1 DORADO Day and the crew aboard the Vamonos 2 reports 7 SAILFISH and 2 DORADOS in 4 days of fishing. The fishing has certainly picked-up over the past few weeks and barring any unforeseen weather occurrences this year's Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Total Tag & Release tournament should be action packed. Interested anglers are encouraged to contact our office for last minute availability and details. Finally, our ground contact, Able Cortez reported a very special visitor to Zihuataenjo Bay this week - A very friendly Sea Lion which was the attraction for Many locals as well as tourists. The Sea Lion found many people willing to pass out free meals throughout the week and stayed around to enjoy the feast.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Gentle breezes temps in the high 80's
Sea Condition: Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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