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Jul 5, 2004; 11:59AM - 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 JUNE 29 to July 4, 2004
WEATHER: Last week I said that the humidity was starting to get up there, right? Well, it’s here! But we also have this wonderful warmth to go with it as our night time lows have been in the low 70’s and the day time highs in the mid to high 90’s. You get to sweat when you are walking but it makes sitting in the shade with a cool one all the better. Of course, it is a lot more comfortable out fishing! We have had a little bit of cloud cover, no rain and slight winds in the late afternoon.
WATER: Warmer! The coolest water we were finding at the end of the week was out in the area of the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks where the surface temperature was in the 77-78 degree range. Everywhere else, both to the south and up the Sea of Cortez we had water in the 80 to 85 degree range. Good surface conditions everywhere at the end of the week with slight swells and just a light wind riffle. The water was a great blue color except near home, near shore on the Pacific side where it greened up a little, but it was still not too bad.
BAIT: The usual Caballito at $2 each, some Lisa, a few small Mackerel and no Sardinas
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FISHING:
BILLFISH: And things just keep getting better! I saw most boats that were flying Billfish flags flying at least two, often four to six flags each as they came in. The fish, at least the Striped Marlin, were close to home, it was not necessary to get more than ½ mile offshore to get into the action. The really good action early in the week started up around San Jose and moved our way as the week went along. As of the end of the week, right out in front of Punta Ballena and the 95 spot there were Striped Marlin everywhere. The Blues are starting to show up as well and there were some nice fish reported from the area of the Gorda Banks. Hopefully they will be coming closer as well as the weeks go on. Almost all the action this week was on live bait. There were fish coming into the patterns but they were not very aggressive, live bait dropped back seemed to do the trick though.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin bite this week picked up as well, and it is a good thing! We still are not having great numbers or really large fish, but a lot of footballs, sometimes enough of them to seem a nuisance if you were running lures that were too small, but quite a few of them were fish in the 20-25 pound range, with fish to 50 pounds showing as well. Most of the bigger fish were a little farther off shore than everything else, and the south side of the San Jaime Banks was a good place to find them, often pin-pointed by the feeding porpoise. Small feathers in dark colors were needed for the footballs if you wanted to catch a lot of them, medium sized lures in almost any color for the bigger fish.
DORADO: It is summertime and that means Dorado time. I have seen a lot of Dorado flags this week and while there have been some small fish in the catch; I have once again seen quite a few fish in that 50 pound range. Of course most of them are around 20 pounds, but that is nothing to sneeze at! Right out in front of town, within a mile of the arch and slow trolling live bait seems to be an almost sure bet for the Dorado, but most of the boats are covering more ground by pulling lures until they hook up, then dropping back live bait.
WAHOO: Once again it was not a red hot Wahoo bite, but there were fish being caught. Enough red flags were flying that we knew there were fish out there, and I did talk to a few people that hooked up to the toothy speedsters. Most of the fish this week were in the 30-40 pound class, and caught close to shore. I went out with a couple of friends on the 30th, just for fun as it was my birthday, and we tagged and released two Striped Marlin and had hard strikes from two Wahoo as well. All this action happened between 9 am and 11 am on the Sea of Cortez side between Punta Ballena and the Westin.
INSHORE: This week was a repeat of last week’s inshore report with the exception that more Roosterfish are showing up. Most of the inshore fishing was on hold this week as the Pelagics showed up so close to the beach that no one wanted to go for Roosterfish and Jacks when there were Dorado, Marlin and Tuna right there! For the few boats that did try, the bite on Roosterfish was on the Pacific up past the lighthouse as the Mullet followed the water change.
NOTES: I don’t know if I am going to be able to supply much of a report for next week, but I will try and get some information out to you. I will be away until Wednesday afternoon on a boat delivery, and Mary is meeting me on Wednesday for a visit to Disneyland! This weeks report was written to that nagging, obnoxious little tune, “It’s A Small, Small World”, that keeps running through my head! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Jul 3, 2004; 07:22PM - Rainy Season Arrives
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: For the last couple of weeks there have been very few boats out. The weather the last week has been nice with no rain during the day, and good overall conditions. The water condition close to shore has not been cooperating, so the runs to the fish have been long. The big news for the week is that 4 boats went out 45-50 miles and got into the tuna in a big way, reporting more than 220 hook-ups that were larger than the average the football-size tuna we normally see.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 89 %
Wind 12 mph from the North
Scattered Clouds
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:39 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:35 p.m. CST
July 9 Last Quarter, July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter, July 31, Full
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Jul 3, 2004; 07:21PM - Good Action Continues
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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There is very little change from the last several weeks. The 80º blue water is holding a mile off the beach and we are averaging about 2 to 3 sailfish per day per boat.
The roosterfish action is still the best, with 5 fish a day per boat being the average. These are not small fish, either. The average size is running between 30 and 42 pounds.
Yellowfin tuna and marlin are no-shows, but the dorado action is starting to pick up.
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 78-91
Humidity 66%
Wind 5 mph from the West
Conditions Thunder Storms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:15 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
July 9 Last Quarter, July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter, July 31, Full
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Jul 3, 2004; 07:20PM - Knuckle-Busters at the Cape; Roosters, Tuna and Billfish all Over
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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., July 3, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Fri. (6/27-7/02)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Aside from a windy day here and there (Mon. and yesterday) it was another spectacular week. Dave Kuykendall of Mill Creek, Wash., along with Linda Patterson found out why they needed to have their tackle rigged when they boarded the boat. In the first 10 minutes Linda had her first yellowfin tuna and a dorado. Dave was right behind with one dorado. Even though the wind came up in mid-morning, their incredible score included dorado, tuna, jacks and skipjack for a double digit total between them. They finished up the day in front of the hotel trying to sucker one of the roosters streaking about grabbing every sardina that hit the water as the boats emptied their bait tanks into taking a fly. Tomorrow is ATV day and they are both hoping for a Bubba event. We will see.
Kris Kapinski, a school teacher from Aspen, Colo., along his girlfriend Heather on his second-ever saltwater trip took to the salt like an ice cold margarita and had a flat calm day mid-week landing jacks, dorado and skipjack on the fly. His smile was brighter that the Baja sun as he came off the “Mosca 3.”
My week had its highs and lows. The 30-pound rooster in front of hotel Rancho Leonero first thing in the morning was definitely an exciting 45 minutes. Losing my digital camera on the beach was not quite as much fun.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 74-84
Air temperature 80-93
Humidity about 45%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:37 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:08 p.m. MDT
July 9 Last Quarter, July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter, July 31, Full
OFFSHORE: Blue marlin, striped marlin and a few sailfish as the water heats up, tuna under the porpoise are tough to find.
INSHORE: lots of jack crevalle and green jacks at Punta Colorado hanging around the sardina schools that have taken up residence there for the summer.
BEACH: It has been good for over a month and seems to be getting better as the schools of sardina settle in.
BILLFISH – The blue count continues to climb so it is a good time for a shot with the fly if you are patient. A good stripey bite along with a few sails kept the bill-seekers happy.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Found a few footballs under the shark buoys within a few miles of the hotel.
DORADO – Same shark buoys also holding lots of the smaller variety dorado, still a kick on the fly.
ROOSTERFISH\\JACK CREVALLE – Roosters showed in front of the hotel as the boats came in. Discarded chum got them all excited and I did see a couple of near misses on the fly.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Mixed in with the dorado between the lighthouse and Punta Colorado.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Rock reefs holding plenty of critters. We found a few amberjack this week in front of the sticks.
SIERRA –Every once and a while a few come slashing through.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The entrada (entrance to the ocean) produced a few yellowtail earlier this week along with some quality leopard grouper to 15 pounds. Windy conditions prevailed late this week preventing the boats to return to see if the bite held up. Devil’s Curve produced a few corvina, pompano and cabrilla for the few using chartreuse Clousers and Baja Deep Divers deep in the channel.
Water Temperature 60-65
Air Temperature 75-84
Humidity 25%
Wind 10 mph from the NW
Conditions Scattered Clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:41 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:20 p.m. MDT
July 9 Last Quarter, July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter, July 31, Full
YELLOWTAIL – Good catches early in the week.
CORVINA – Devil’s Curve and the pier produced a few.
SNOOK – It has been a slow start this season
HALIBUT – Sandy beaches always will produce a few.
SIERRA – Quiet.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: There is very little change from the last several weeks. The 80º blue water is holding a mile off the beach and we are averaging about 2 to 3 sailfish per day per boat.
The roosterfish action is still the best, with 5 fish a day per boat being the average. These are not small fish, either. The average size is running between 30 and 42 pounds.
Yellowfin tuna and marlin are no-shows, but the dorado action is starting to pick up.
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 78-91
Humidity 66%
Wind 5 mph from the West
Conditions Thunder Storms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:15 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
July 9 Last Quarter, July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter, July 31, Full
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: For the last couple of weeks there have been very few boats out. The weather the last week has been nice with no rain during the day, and good overall conditions. The water condition close to shore has not been cooperating, so the runs to the fish have been long. The big news for the week is that 4 boats went out 45-50 miles and got into the tuna in a big way, reporting more than 220 hook-ups that were larger than the average the football-size tuna we normally see.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 89 %
Wind 12 mph from the North
Scattered Clouds
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:39 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:35 p.m. CST
July 9 Last Quarter, July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter, July 31, Full
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Jul 3, 2004; 03:54PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 7/2/04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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The oncoming full moon brought a slow down in the offshore activity for last week but the inshore action stayed strong. Alabama Anglers, Vernon and Rachel Tull fishing aboard the Janeth landed the first Pacific Sailfish along with 2 others in 4 days of fishing. Connis Graham's group finished up their week by landing 1 SAILFISH, 5 ROOSTERFISH and 4 NEEDLEFISH while fishing their final day aboard the Tarpon and Dos Hermanos 1. French angler Mr. Ploquin fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 started his week of fishing by landing 2 SAILFISH and loosing two others on his first day offshore. Angler Michael Scott fishing aboard the Janeth landed 7 ROOSTERFISH, 36 RED SNAPPER and a handful of CABRILLA in two days of fishing and 3 ROOSTERFISH, 1 PAMPANO and 4 NEEDLEFISH aboard the DOS HERMANOS 1 all in one day of fishing. Jeff Burnham's group from Colorado fishing a combination of inshore and offshore day landed 1 SAILFISH aboard the VAMONOS 1 and 1 DORADO aboard the LA Bamba. Turing their attention to inshore the group landed 4 ROOSTERFISH aboard the Janeth and 7 ROOSTERFISH, 2 YELLOWTAIL JACKS and 2 BONITOS aboard the Dos Hermanos 1. One of Mr. Burnham's Roosterfish scaled in at 73 lbs and was found to be carrying a Billfish foundation Tag # 244214. To Our Knowledge this is the first ever ROOSTERFISH tag recapture in Zihuatanejo. The Big fish took 1 hour and 11 minute to land. The blue water is at the 10 Mile mark.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Passing showers at night with beautiful days in between.
Sea Condition: Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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Jul 1, 2004; 01:07PM - Guatemala Current Conditions
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: The Great Sailfishing Company
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Current Guatemala Fishing Conditions
Pacific Coast sport-fishing report
eek ending June 27th
The start of the rainy season as been severe and has caused green water out to 35 miles; however, conditions are improving with boats returning with 5
to 7 sails and 15 to 30 dorado. Also, the boats are coming in with 15 to 25, 12lb class yellow-fin tunas.
Captains are reporting clear days with mild seas.Tropical climate (warm – continued into the evenings).
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-85
Humidity 85-90%
Wind Calm.
Conditions Chance of T-storms
Visibility 14 miles
Sunrise 5:34 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:27 p.m. CST
June 9 Last Quarter, June 17 New, June 27 First Quarter July 2, Full,
The Boat of the Month
Tranquility, 31' Bertram
Updated: November 27, 2003
Crew:
Captain: José Mauricio Serrano with 6 years
experience.
Mates:
Awards: This boat has been out of the water for the last 2 years. A few months ago it was returned to the
water and its crew has already begun winning dates of local and national championships.
Standard fishing equipment:
For Sail fishing: 4 Shimano rods mated to Shimano two speed TLD # 20 reels with 20 lb line.
For Marlin: 1 Tournament Graphite rod mated to a Penn International II # 80 reel with 80 lb line.
Spinning reels: None.
Fly-fishing equipment: None.
Outriggers: 2 outriggers mated to Penn International # 50TW reel with 200 lb line.
Fighting chair: No
The bait for Sailfish and Marlin is Ballyhoo (sometimes mackerel for marlin) and the hooks used are
# 7 circle hooks.
Engines: Twin 330 hp. Cummings Marine turbo-diesels.
It is equipped with: 1 fish finder, 1 GPS, 2 VHF radios, 1 compass, CD player, and head with freshwater shower.
Food and drinks on board:
Drinks: Beer, soft drinks (assortment) and bottled water (one case each). Will supply wine upon request.
An icebox is included with: fresh fruit (papaya, pineapple, watermelon, melon, etc., depending on the
season), lunch and snack items (for making sandwiches, ceviche and sashimi).
Snacks: An assortment of chips.
Check out our new Sailfish Villa Pacifico offerings with the Tranquility. Guatemala Sportfishing at it's best!
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Jun 30, 2004; 05:26PM - Red Hot for Yellow-fin Tuna
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: The Great Sailfishing Company
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Flash, today June 30th, Red hot for Yellow-fin Tuna.
Boats coming in early with between 40 to 80 yellow-fin
tuna. The high boat was the boat of marina owner
Fernando Aguilar 35 Cabo with 120 tuna, that's right
120!!!
Current Guatemala Pacific Coast Fishing Conditions
Pacific Coast sport-fishing report
Week ending June 27th
The start of the rainy season as been severe and has
caused green water out to 35 miles;however,
conditions are improving with boats returning with 3
to 5 sails and 10 to 20 dorado plus about 20
yellow-fin tuna. Captains are reporting clear days
with choppy seas. Tropical climate (warm – continued
into the evenings).
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-85
Humidity 85-90%
Wind Calm.
Conditions Chance of T-storms
Visibility 14 miles
Sunrise 5:34 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:27 p.m. CST
June 9 Last Quarter, June 17 New, June 27 First
Quarter July 2, Full,
The Boat of the Month
Tranquility, 31' Bertram
Updated: November 27, 2003
Crew:
Captain: José Mauricio Serrano with 6 years
experience.
Mates:
Awards: This boat has been out of the water for the
last 2 years. A few months ago it was returned to the
water and its crew has already begun winning dates of
local and national championships.
Standard fishing equipment:
For Sail fishing: 4 Shimano rods mated to Shimano two
speed TLD # 20 reels with 20 lb line.
For Marlin: 1 Tournament Graphite rod mated to a Penn
International II # 80 reel with 80 lb line.
Spinning reels: None.
Fly-fishing equipment: None.
Outriggers: 2 outriggers mated to Penn International
# 50TW reel with 200 lb line.
Fighting chair: No
The bait for Sailfish and Marlin is Ballyhoo
(sometimes mackerel for marlin) and the hooks used are
# 7 circle hooks.
Engines: Twin 330 hp. Cummings Marine turbo-diesels.
It is equipped with: 1 fish finder, 1 GPS, 2 VHF
radios, 1 compass, CD player, and head with freshwater
shower.
Food and drinks on board:
Drinks: Beer, soft drinks (assortment) and bottled
water (one case each). Will supply wine upon request.
An icebox is included with: fresh fruit (papaya,
pineapple, watermelon, melon, etc., depending on the
season), lunch and snack items (for making sandwiches,
ceviche and sashimi).
Snacks: An assortment of chips.
Check out our new Sailfish Villas offerings with the
Tranquility. Guatemala Sportfishing at it's best!
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Jun 28, 2004; 11:43AM - Fly Hooker Daily Catch 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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE FISH TAGGED AND RELEASED (#120), ONE FISH
KEPT (#100, BLEEDING BADLY FROM THE GILLS)
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#12)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 23, 2004
Today was supposed to be another share trip on the “Fly Hooker”, but one side of the share failed to show up this morning. That meant that Jody Dean got the boat to himself for the day! Lucky him, as he had a great time fishing with Juan and Manuel. Lots and lots of Marlin were seen all over the place, and the farthest they got from the Marina was about 10 miles, and most of the fish were closer than that. Jody did very well on the fish and managed to get one to the boat for a successful tag and release, and another fish to the boat that was bleeding badly from the gills. There were five other fish that tried to eat either the bait of the lures, plus all the fish they saw that were not interested. Jody said after the trip that he had better work out before trying this again next year!. I hope you do as well next time you come down, and hope that Juan and Manuel get a chance to show you one more time why this is such a favorite fishing destination! Until then, Tight Lines!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 26 JUNE, 2004
We were part of an eight boat arrangement today. A corporate group booked these boats to have a little tournament, they had a golf thing the other day. This is the second year that we have been involved, and the teams of three persons each fish for points, with different species having limits on numbers and each fish being worth so many points. The team on our boat decided that Roosterfish were the highest points per fish and that they should go for them. Well, Juan and Manuel worked the coast between the Chileno area up to La Laguna at Punta Gorda and had not even one strike. Trolling back, running just a little offshore, they were lucky enough to get one Dorado of around 12 pounds. Teams that went for what was out there did much better, and most of the fish were on the Pacific side. Top boat took the winnings with three Marlin, a Sailfish, two Dorado and a Yellowfin. One boat got skunked, the others had varied results but got a few fish each.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 JUNE, 2004
We had two couples on the “Fly Hooker” today who booked yesterday from their hotel. We were off at 6:45 this morning and Juan headed out and put the lines in the water at 6 miles. We caught three football Yellowfin Tuna before reaching a pod of Porpoise that already had 10 boats on it. Apparently the first two boats there caught fish to #60. We hooked up two that were a little bigger than footballs, around #20, but I managed to farm them both at the back of the boat. We turned in towards the Punta Ballena and about 5 miles out caught another Yellowfin about #10 then spotted a Marlin on the Surface. The Marlin went down right away. An hour later we had a Dorado try and eat an outrigger lure but it came off as soon as the rod was pulled from the rod holder. As we were pulling lines right in front of the arch, not even 100 yards off it, another Yellowfin hit, the biggest of the day and it was about 15 pounds. We ended up with 6 Yellowfin and Me farming two nicer ones, one Dorado coming off and tossing bait at one Marlin. The water was very nice and the weather was great! Now, next trip we will stay close to shore and go for the Dorado and Marlin!
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Jun 28, 2004; 11:42AM - 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 JUNE 21 TO JUNE 27, 2004
WEATHER: Wonderful summertime weather and the days just don’t seem to end. Our night time lows have been in the mid 70’s while the day time highs have been in the high 90’s and the humidity is starting to get up there. Last night we ran the air conditioner in our bedroom for the first time this year, but only for a couple of hours. We had warm, still days and a slight breeze pick up every day in the late afternoon.
WATER: It keeps getting warmer! We were seeing water temperatures in the 85 degree range up around Punta Gorda and the Pacific around the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks has warmed up to 77-78 degrees. This band of warmer water has wrapped around the Cape and the fish are following it! Our surface conditions this week were great as we had very little daytime wind, for the most part just a bit of swell and chop.
BAIT: Caballito at $2 per bait, some Mullet at $2 per bait and some Sardinas at $20 per bucket. There were small Mackerel available at the bait receiver but they were very small.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The hot area this week was just outside the Cape, up to 10 miles out but for the most part mostly within 6 miles. There were Striped Marlin everywhere, along with an occasional Sailfish and Blue Marlin. This week almost every boat that came in was flying at least one Marlin flag, and if they weren’t, it was because they were focused on another species. Many boats were returning with multiple flags, the most I saw on one boat this week was six! They were biting well on live bait this week, at least compared to the number of strikes to be had on lures.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: More Tuna this week, and again most of them wee football size fish. Blind strikes were the normal method of finding them, but Ion Sunday I was out when a pod of porpoise were found. Of course we were not the ones to find them but the first two boats in the area hooked up to some nice Yellowfin in the 40-60 pound class. The football fish have been scattered from just off the beach to 15 miles out, so they have been easy to catch.
DORADO: The bite is still on for Dorado this week, and it keeps getting better. One of the signs of a good summer is the number of Flying Fish around, and right now they are everywhere to the south and the Sea of Cortez. Most of the Dorado being caught are around 15 pounds but there have been quite a few both larger and smaller. I saw some fish brought in the weighed an easy 50 pounds. The bite has seemed to be best about 1 ½ to 2 miles off the beach on the Sea of Cortez and the best method was slow trolling live Caballito.
WAHOO: It was not a red hot Wahoo bite this week but I did see some nice fish brought in. Two days in a row a boat on our dock brought in a Wahoo, and one of them was a very easy #100 fish! Another friend of mine got two Wahoo of about 40 pounds each on Sunday, along with three Dorado of #15-20, four football Yellowfin and a Striped Marlin released, all in 6 hours on live bait! All these fish were found close to shore, not out at the banks.
INSHORE: Most of the inshore fishing was on hold this week as the Pelagics showed up so close to the beach that no one wanted to go for Roosterfish and Jacks when there were Dorado, Marlin and Tuna right there! For the few boats that did try, the bite on Roosterfish was on the Pacific up past the lighthouse as the Mullet followed the water change.
NOTES: Kudos to both Marco Ehrenberg and Tony Berkowitz this week for their actions in having a long-liner apprehended in the act of fishing on top of the Outer Gordo Bank. Briefly, one of Marcos boats observed the long-liner in action. Marco called the Navy and was told they did not have a boat available to enforce the law, and had no fuel for a private boat. All Marcos boats were fishing or being worked on. He called Tony who said that he knew of a boat available and ended up getting two. They loaded on the Marines and a guy from the fisheries department went out to Gorda Banks and found the boat pulling in one line, filleting a Striped Marlin on the deck, two more Marlin jumping on the line still in the water and their small boat setting another five mile long-line at the same time. The boat was confiscated and there is legal action ensuing. Thanks to everyone involved. So why is the high speed Navy boat anchored off of Medano beach in front of the beach bars every day? This weeks report was written to the music of Fleetwood Mac on their 1990 Warner release “Behind the Mask”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Jun 26, 2004; 02:09PM - Pretty Quiet This Week
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: With few boats venturing out this week because of a lack of clients it is hard to access conditions. The locals reported good action for sails less than an hour from the marina.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-86
Humidity 89 %
Wind Calm
Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:37 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:34 p.m. CST
July 2, Full, July 9 Last Quarter, July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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