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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 17, 2025
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Apr 3, 2004; 09:54AM - More than Less East Cape – Guatemala
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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
Fri., April 02, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (3/26-4/01)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Inshore action was definitely the winner this week, just ask businessman Rocky Dixon and his college-age son Strawn, who made the trip all the way from Portland, Ore., to fish with us this week. They both landed jacks – Rocky’s weighing 18 and Strawn’s edging it out by 2 pounds. Throw in a few nice sized pargo, skipjack, sierra and even a few smaller roosters and you can understand why they were saying, “See you soon,” not goodbye. Pudge Kleinkauf’s last group of the season also got in on the great inshore action with lots of doubles and triples on skipjack, several nice-sized pargo, one dorado and a few more missed.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66-57
Air temperature 69-77
Humidity about 66%
Wind: Some in the PM
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:10 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:34 p.m. MST
April 5, Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New, April 27 First Quarter,
o OFFSHORE: It was a hit and miss proposition this week, with a few boats scoring on dorado while others did without.
o INSHORE: Fair to good action all week within a few miles of shore.
o BEACH: Big jacks and roosters have already begun to show from Spa to the lighthouse.
BILLFISH – A few, but hardly worth the effort for the fly.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Long ways and a crap shoot at best.
DORADO – No bonanza, just enough to peak everyone’s interest.
ROOSTERFISH – Plenty of smaller ones and every once and while Bubba rolls through.
JACK CREVALLE – Beach and inshore producing plenty of opportunity.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – A few miles out in front of La Ribera is good to WOW.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Punta Colorada and the sticks both producing some nice ones.
SIERRA – Early or late, plenty to play with, best in several years.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: Early in the week the wind continued, but by midweek had died out. Out at the entrada near Santa Margarita Island there was a fair catch of grouper, corvina and of course, plenty of cabrilla.
Water Temperature 64-70
Air Temperature 62-69
Humidity 75%
Wind 17 mph
Conditions Haze
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:17 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:43 p.m. MST
April 5, Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New, April 27 First Quarter,
YELLOWTAIL – Among the missing this week.
CORVINA – A few larger ones at Santa Margarita island.
SNOOK – Slim pickings this week.
HALIBUT – A few throughout the bay on the sandy beaches.
SIERRA – Sun-up or sun-down for best results.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Late March and on into the end of April is historically a slow time of the year for us because we get a cold green water current in here for about 6 weeks. But, the cold water is gone and the color is blue. With the 78º blue water only a few miles off the beach, we are all wondering why the fishing is so slow. It was slow for all species this last week.
Santiago, on the panga, “Gitana” is releasing a couple of sailfish a day, but he is traveling 22- to 25-miles out to find them. Only a few other boats are even making a one fish a day average.
Even though a couple of blue marlin were taken earlier in the week, the big fish, like the marlin and 200 pound plus tuna have all but disappeared.
Water Temperature 72-78
Air Temperature 75-89
Humidity 74%
Wind Calm
Conditions Overcast (OVC) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:40 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:59 p.m. CST
April 5, Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New, April 27 First Quarter,
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: Last week was sleepy after the excitement of the tournament the prior week. Few boats were out, but the stats were in line with prior weeks and the high boat released 24 of 36 on sails. This week has had a lot more excitement. More marlin than usual have shown up, and one boat had one on the fly that ran into the side of the boat with the bill going through the hull. From what I have heard, just about everybody had shots at marlin this week. Large dorado have also reappeared on the scene.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 79-84
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 69 %
Wind SW at 11 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 8,000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 5:58 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:15 p.m. CST
April 5, Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New, April 27 First Quarter,
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Mar 28, 2004; 06:36AM - Promises, Promises
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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
Fri, March 26, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (3/18-3/25)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Early in the week produced great catches of yellowfin tuna, though it was a long run below Las Frailes. Tues. (3/23), a rough south wind struck. It was Victory at Sea and the tuna did a vanishing act. For the rest of the week, most of the action was inshore with sierra, pargo and one of the best roosterfish shows in recent memory. Roosters from 20-50 pounds were chasing baitfish to the surface and the frigates were swooping down from above. For the flyrodder, the sierra and skipjack provided fair to good action.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66 - 75
Air temperature 71-77
Humidity about 44%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:17 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:32 p.m. MST
Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New
o OFFSHORE: After the south wind it has taken a few days for things to settle back down. We’re encountering some tuna and dorado, but the marlin are few and far between.
o INSHORE: Sierra, skipjack and – closer to the beach – a few smaller roosters and jacks were to be found.
o BEACH: A great sign of things to come: Sardina are beginning to show along the beaches near La Ribera and Punta Colorado.
BILLFISH – The few found were a lo-o-o-ong way out.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Not wide open like it was, but a few showing up a long way off.
DORADO – More wishful thinking than fact. A few boats are coming up with some of the larger variety.
ROOSTERFISH – The larger variety are showing early afternoon about a half-mile offshore under the frigates. Tough to get on a feather, but fun to try.
JACK CREVALLE – Found a few good-sized schools with mostly fish less than 10 pounds. Vickie Vaughn, visiting all the way up the coast from Anchorage, Alaska, landed an eight-pounder from the beach on Thurs. (3/25).
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Quiet.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Rocky points the best bet.
SIERRA – Be out early or you will miss the grab.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: Wind continued to hamper fishing most of the week. There were a few yellows out at the entrada, but most of them a chock full of red crab and not very hungry. One may still find a few halibut on the sandy beaches, fair corvina and plenty of cabrilla up in the esteros. Rumor has it that there is a good show of tuna in the 50-80 pound class 35 miles NW of the Pinnacle, but with all the wind no one has been able to get there.
Lopez Mateos: Diana Hoyt, MagBay Outfitters reports:
Windy outside for weather with few fish caught. Inside the bay there’s a wide-open bass bite with limits of cabrilla for Christopher and Michael Schwab of Valley Center, Calif. Chris also caught one six-pound snook and a saltwater catfish at Boca de Soledad.
Water Temperature 64 -70
Air Temperature 69-81
Humidity 36%
Wind NW at 4 mph
Conditions Haze
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:24 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:40 p.m. MST
Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New
YELLOWTAIL – Try a red Clouser at the entrada and see if you can fool ‘em into thinking it is a red crab!
CORVINA – Slowed down a tad, but a few to be had if you work at it.
SNOOK – One at Lopez Mateos was all I heard of this week.
HALIBUT – A few throughout the bay on the sandy beaches
SIERRA – Try the pier early morning
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 78º blue water is still holding at 6 to 8 miles, and the overall fishing is picking up. Several boats caught more than three sailfish each day, with Captain Pepino, on the “Whisky II,” releasing five for his best day.
The tuna are out near the 1,000-fathom curve (32 miles), but the action is fantastic when you get there. The fish are ranging in size from 30-pound schoolies, to 250 pounds-plus gorillas. It all just depends on what school of fish you come across.
Anybody who is seriously chasing blue marlin, once they get out to the 1,000 fathom curve, their chance for a big blue is almost a sure thing.
Roosterfish are picking up also. Several have been taken and they are averaging between 30- and 40-pounds.
Water Temperature 72-78
Air Temperature 77-93
Humidity 62%
Wind WSW at 12 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:45 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:57 p.m. CST
Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The weather once again has not been very co-operative, but the fishing has been good. The high boat for the week released 40 of 60 sails and there was also a marlin released on light tackle. Overall there were several days where boats were releasing 20 to 40 sails.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 79-84
Air Temperature 82-90
Humidity 59 %
Wind SW at 9 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 20,000 ft
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:03 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. CST
Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Mar 19, 2004; 05:02PM - Spring Continues its Tease
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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
Fri., March 19, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (3/12-3/18)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Offshore the boats were traveling long distances to find action. Inshore, a few sierra and a couple of large roosters were found in front of La Ribera. Pudge Kleinkauf's Baja Samplers begin this week and if history repeats itself, the fishing should pick up.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66-70
Air temperature 71-77
Humidity about 38%
Wind Calm
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 23,900 ft
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:23 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:29 p.m. MST
Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter
o OFFSHORE: Tuna have been found down toward Cabo and a few boats have been making the long run to intercept them. They have found them closer to home each day.
o INSHORE: A few sierra and an occasional quality rooster are showing up.
o BEACH: La Ribera and the lighthouse seem to be the best bet.
BILLFISH – The few found were a long way out.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Moving closer each day
DORADO – Not much to talk about.
ROOSTERFISH – La Ribera produced a few nice ones.
JACK CREVALLE – A few smaller ones near the hotels.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Quiet.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Rocky points the best bet.
SIERRA – Be out early or you will miss the snap.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: Windy conditions restricted most of the activity to the esteros. There are plenty of corvina, cabrilla, and pompano with an occasional snook if you are lucky.
Water Temperature 66-74
Air Temperature 68-77
Humidity 78%
Wind WNW 13 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:38 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:34 p.m. MST
Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter
YELLOWTAIL – Entrada is the best bet.
CORVINA – Poppers worked well this week.
SNOOK – Lots of effort for few fish.
HALIBUT – A few throughout the bay on the sandy beaches
SIERRA – Look for bird schools in the open part of the bay or at the pier.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 78º blue water is only 6 miles off the beach, but the game fish do not seem to be here. Very few dorado and sailfish are being taken by the fleet each day.
The one exception is the blue marlin and the occasional large tuna. They both prefer the same water temperatures, eat the same sized bait, and the black skipjack tuna seem to be the targeted bait. The skippies are here in abundance. There was one day this week with four blue marlin being taken, and every day is accounting for at least 1. Most are being caught by slow trolling one of the large live baits.
Roosterfish action is also very slow in the surf lines, but this is normal for this time of the year.
Water Temperature 72-78
Air Temperature 77-93
Humidity 77%
Wind SW at 7 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:50 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:56 p.m. CST
Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: Talk about the eye of the beholder. Depending on who you talked to, the fishing was great to just OK. High boat for the week checked in with an impressive 36 sailfish released compared to the fleet average of 10 a day. Either way, not shabby.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 79-84
Air Temperature 82-86
Humidity 94 %
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear.
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:07 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. CST
Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Mar 15, 2004; 11:15AM - Winter Winding Down
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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
Fri., March 12, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (3/5-3/11)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Twenty-five knot weekend winds hampered both the beach and boat fishing. The only shelter from the wind was up toward Punta Pescadero, unfortunately, the fish in the neighborhood had lockjaw. The few that ventured out were greeted with rock and roll seas and only a few sierra to show for their efforts. Further out, 10 miles off of La Ribera there were a few larger dorado to be had for the tenacious. As the wind subsided the last few days, conditions seemed to be on the upswing. I guess it is all relative, Yvonne and I arrived in Salt Lake for the ISE Expo and the locals were telling us the evening temps in the mid-40’s were almost balmy. Great turnout the first day and we are expecting a busy weekend.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66-70
Air temperature 64 - 73
Humidity about 59%
Wind NNW at 7 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:30 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:27 p.m. MST
Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter
o OFFSHORE: Reports of bigger dorado and a few marlin are sucking out a few cabin fever-afflicted anglers
o INSHORE: Pick a calm day and it is sierra for sure, plus a few jacks and roosters out toward the lighthouse.
o BEACH: Big school of roosters spotted out toward the lighthouse this week that weren’t buying into the fly thing at all.
BILLFISH – Hope springs eternal for the early billfish seekers who can’t be held back on the calm days.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – So far only a memory.
DORADO – Ten miles straight out of La Ribera is the rumored hot spot.
ROOSTERFISH – Lighthouse sound like the place to be, at least if the wind blows, you can find some shelter around the corner at Rincon.
JACK CREVALLE – They are here, just need a calm day to find them.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – A few.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Rocky points the best bet.
SIERRA – Sunrise or nothing.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: Early in the week the entrada produced an impressive 10 different species ranging from an 8-pound pargo to triggerfish for our group. Shooting heads were a must, as many of the fish were found further down in the water column. If the barracuda and bonito didn’t get the fly, there were plenty of cabrilla as well as one pez fuerte (amberjack) which lived up to its name and gave the angler a respectable tug of war. The esteros continued to produce plenty of pompano and corvina, but few snook were to be found.
Water Temperature 66-74
Air Temperature 60 - 71
Humidity 78%
Wind NW at 4 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:38 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:34 p.m. MST
Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter
YELLOWTAIL – A few under the bird schools outside the entrada.
CORVINA – Chartreuse was the color.
SNOOK – Few and far between
HALIBUT – A few at estero “Currie.”
SIERRA – Look for bird schools in the open part of the bay or at the pier.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: A few porpoise schools were found straight out in front about 8 miles. Bird school on the leading edge had everyone thinking tuna as the teasers were dragged through the melee. When the multiple sails appeared in the wake behind the teasers everyone had to scramble, changing over from tuna to billfish flies in a hurry. Back on the beach, clouds of birds crashing on baitfish fleeing from hungry jacks proved that the beach fishing was another Zihuatanejo option.
Water Temperature 72 - 78
Air Temperature 78 - 84
Humidity 78%
Wind South 6 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 6:12 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:13 p.m. CST
Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: During the last week we hosted a party of four from Texas. The fishing was slower than normal due to a weather pattern pushing through. They were still able to release 24 sails in 3 days, and the guys all had a great time even with the bad weather. This group typically goes to Costa Rica each year, but remarked that overall, Guatemala was better and they are looking forward to a return trip. They loved the crew, boat, accommodations and food, with one guy remarking that he thought he gained 8 pounds while there. Inshore, there was no one out, so we don’t have a report.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 79-84
Air Temperature 77-84
Humidity 94 %
Wind SSE 4 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 8,000 ft.
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:21 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:11 p.m. CST
Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Mar 5, 2004; 09:53PM - Hot, Cold and Impressive
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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
Fri., March 05, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (2/28 - 3/4)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Fair to good fishing greeted those willing to brave the unusually cool weather that most of Baja experienced this week. Offshore, a few billfish and dorado could be found. Back closer to shore, the sierra, jacks and a few skipjack were the catch of the day.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66-70
Air temperature 50 - 68
Humidity about 46%
Wind WSW at 9 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 23,900 ft
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:36 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:24 p.m. MST
Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter
o OFFSHORE: More billfish than one would expect for this time year are
they early-coming or late-leaving? Quien Sabe?
o INSHORE: Cool or not, the sierra continue to bite along with a few jacks and skipjack.
o BEACH: Be there early or not at all
BILLFISH - Not too bad for early March.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Still no Charley sightings.
DORADO - Punta Pescadero shark buoys are a good place to start.
ROOSTERFISH - They seem to be a bit early, too!
JACK CREVALLE - Find the sardina and you will be in the right spot.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Tin boat guys are finding a few off of La Ribera.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Poppers and floating line may do the trick.
SIERRA - Early, early, early is the ticket.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: Rain on Wed., with cool temps had the group bundled up like they were fishing the Oregon coast. A few leopard grouper, fair sized corvina, pompano on surface poppers gave everyone a few giggles. The snook continued their illusive ways with only a few bites and no successes. One great note: a pod of five whales posed for a photo op on our way back to the launch ramp.
Water Temperature 66-74
Air Temperature 50 - 69
Humidity 94%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:45 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:31 p.m. MST
Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter,
YELLOWTAIL - Entrada is the best bet.
CORVINA – Devil’s Curve produced fair to good action both early morning and later in the day.
SNOOK - This group found out they were as tough as they had heard.
HALIBUT - Shallow sandy beach and a slow-retrieved Clouser should do the trick.
SIERRA - Belcher's or entrada the best bet.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 80º blue water has moved back in, and we found some decent sailfish action at the18 mile mark. Baja on the Fly client Doug Boutilier, with Captain Martin on the panga “Isamar,” raised five. He was able to tag and release two sailfish using my 14-weight and dorado pattern fly.
The overall sailfish action has definitely picked up, especially when compared to the last three weeks. Arturo, on the panga “Whisky III,” took a very nice dorado of about 55-pounds. Also, a blue marlin or two are being hooked by the fleet every day.
For inshore action, Martin went about 26 miles up the coast and got 10 jack crevalle on spin cast gear and poppers for his client. Roosterfish are still hiding, or simply are just not here.
Water Temperature 72 - 78
Air Temperature 73 - 87
Humidity 55%
Wind SW 7 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:01 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:53 p.m. CST
Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: This week we have a couple of new things to report – A party tried the inshore activity early in the morning and they picked up a few wahoo right off the surf line. Wahoo catches are typically very rare in Guatemala. The second item that is a first for me to report is that the flyrodders who were out this week were able to have the same rough average of releases on sails as the conventional guys. In addition to the always great action on sails, three marlin were released. The dorado, which have been scarce this year, have started showing up, and if you are interested you can find them. The run to the sails continues to fluctuate daily. Some days they are in close, at about 15 miles, and the next day you have to run 30 miles to find the fish, but the fishing has been productive.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 79-84
Air Temperature 80-95
Humidity 53 %
Wind SSE at 9 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 1,800 ft
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:17 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:12 p.m. CST
Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New, Mar. 28 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Feb 27, 2004; 12:55PM - Dorado, Sailfish and a Hint of Spring
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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
Fri., Feb. 27, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (2/20 – 2/26)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Transition time has started! Early in the week, spirits buoyed with a decent dorado pop, a few marlin and enough early morning sierra to make the rods go bendo. Alas, the north wind stopped those smiles three days ago. However, fewer windy days and more nice days seem to confirm the locals’ belief that spring may be coming early. Everyone sure hopes so!
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66-70
Air temperature 64 - 71
Humidity about 59%
Wind West at 7 mph
Conditions Partly Cloudy
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:42 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:20 p.m. MST
Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New
o OFFSHORE: Pick the right day and there may be a few dorado and possibly a pointy-nosed one as well.
o INSHORE: Sierra for sure, plus a few jacks and roosters out toward the lighthouse.
o BEACH: Early morning sierra and even a few roosters beginning to make an appearance.
BILLFISH – Early or late, not sure; but there are a few around.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Not yet, but soon.
DORADO – Close in near the pyramids (slides) produced the best results.
ROOSTERFISH – Heard of one sluggo at the lighthouse this week.
JACK CREVALLE – In spite of cooler water there are a few around.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Tin boat guys are finding a few off of La Ribera.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Poppers and floating line may do the trick.
SIERRA – Early, early, early is the ticket.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: Rainy earlier in the week, sunny days now after the fog burns off. A couple of the esteros south of San Carlos produced some good leopard grouper action with several larger snook reported hooked and lost. Out at the entrada it was yellowtail, a few smaller grouper and one quality white sea bass (40-pounds). Whales continue to provide some spectacular photo ops.
Water Temperature 66-74
Air Temperature 62 - 69
Humidity 90%
Wind NNW at 2 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:51 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:27 p.m. MST
Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New
YELLOWTAIL – Firecrackers at the entrada.
CORVINA – Good action throughout the bay.
SNOOK – Some found, none caught.
HALIBUT – Shallow sandy beach and a slow-retrieved Clouser should do the trick.
SIERRA – Belcher’s or entrada the best bet.
Lopez Mateos:
IN GENERAL: There’s a wide-open corvina bite in the esteros, but big swells prevented any of the boats from venturing offshore this week. Biggest news is probably the numbers of gray whales cavorting and yes, you can even watch the babies from shore.
Lopez Mateos report by Diana Hoyt
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: A few porpoise schools were found straight out in front about 8 miles. Bird school on the leading edge had everyone thinking tuna as the teasers were dragged through the melee. When the multiple sails appeared in the wake behind the teasers everyone had to scramble, changing over from tuna to billfish flies in a hurry. Back on the beach, clouds of birds crashing on baitfish fleeing from hungry jacks proved that the beach fishing was another Zihuatanejo option.
Water Temperature 72 - 78
Air Temperature 69 - 86
Humidity 83%
Wind SW 6 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:05 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:51 p.m. CST
Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: Over the past week, the fishing action has moved inshore with most boats 12-17 miles out. The local fleet averaged 18 of 33 releases on sails. The dorado also made a strong showing this week after being spotty the over the past several weeks. Inshore, once again no one tried the excellent opportunities over the last week. One client was scheduled to fish inshore in the late afternoon, but by 2 he was back at the dock after being worn out from the nonstop sailfish action in the morning. For his next trip down he indicated he was definitely bringing a friend along so he could get a few breaks from the constant action.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 79-84
Air Temperature 77-84
Humidity 94 %
Wind SSE 4 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 8,000 ft.
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:21 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:11 p.m. CST
Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter, Mar. 20 New
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Feb 21, 2004; 08:04AM - Dorado, Whales and Sails
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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
Fri., Feb. 20, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (2/14 – 2/20)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: A few dorado were found from the slide up to the Punta Pescadero shark buoys. Other than that, it was a long boat ride. This week finally brought some respite from the relentless North wind and raised the locals’ spirits.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66-68
Air temperature 62 - 71
Humidity about 46%
Wind Calm
Conditions Partly Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:48 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:17 p.m. MST
Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter
o OFFSHORE: With the exception of a few dorado, it was pretty slow going this week in spite of improved weather.
o INSHORE: A few jacks and the usual early morning sierra.
o BEACH: Get out early and use wire for the sierra.
BILLFISH – A few boats went a looking with no luck.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Need the water to warm up a tad.
DORADO – Close in near the pyramids (slides) produced the best results.
ROOSTERFISH – Even the small ones were hiding this week.
JACK CREVALLE – Only few found inshore early morning.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – A few bonito was about it.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – A few around the rocky points.
SIERRA - Gray light just at dawn is best before the sun gets too high.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: More whale watching than fishing this week. Nice weather brought out the whale watchers big time. There was one report of several nice grouper at Devil’s Curve earlier in the week. I will be heading down mid-week to spend a few days exploring the esteros. I can’t wait.
Water Temperature 66-74
Air Temperature 60 - 71
Humidity 100%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:23 p.m. MST
Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter
YELLOWTAIL – Entrada is still the best bet.
CORVINA – Devil’s Curve or the pier still producing.
SNOOK – None to be found this week.
HALIBUT – The bite continues on almost any sandy beach.
SIERRA – Bird schools, but remember wire.
Lopez Mateos:
IN GENERAL: There’s a wide-open corvina bite in the esteros, but big swells prevented any of the boats from venturing offshore this week. Biggest news is probably the numbers of gray whales cavorting and yes, you can even watch the babies from shore.
Lopez Mateos report by Diana Hoyt
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The fishing has been in a holding pattern this last week. Everything is fairly slow.
The 78º blue water is still at 12 miles, but the fleet is averaging only 1 or 2 sailfish per day per boat. The tuna have also disappeared. A few dorado are being taken as an incidental catch while trolling for the sailfish. They are mature fish of 25- to 35-pounds and not schooled up.
The roosterfish bite has picked up. Several nice fish between 30- and 45-pounds are being taken about 25 miles south, in an area called “the antennas.”
Water Temperature 72 - 78
Air Temperature 71 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind WSW 8 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 15,000 ft
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:10 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:49 p.m. CST
Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: A balky communications system out of San Jose and a cell phone that sounds like it’s under water make things difficult. To the best of our knowledge, things are about the same as last week when we encountered a sailfish blitz, raising multiple pez vela behind the boat 142 times or 38 times a day, 91 fish were hooked and 36 released. No matter how you spell it, it still comes out wow.
I am already looking forward to my Flyrod Sailfish 101 Series in April. We have a few slots left if you want to crank up your 12-weight to cash in on the Sailfish Bonanza in Guatemala.
Air and water temperatures remain the same /- a degree or two either way.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 80-83
Air Temperature 78-82
Humidity 94 %
Wind Wind South 4 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:24 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:09 p.m. CST
Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full, Mar. 13 Last Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report (such as it is) by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Feb 13, 2004; 11:50AM - Bonanza to Bluster
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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 IN BAJA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@bajafly.com; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Fri., February 13, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (2/6 – 2/13)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND IZTAPA, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Cold and cloudy conditions put a damper on last weeks beach and inshore bite, even the water has cooled down to a chilly 68°. Sierra early in the morning at gray light are still the best bet. Before it cooled down the skipjack bite was sizzling.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66-68
Air temperature 62 - 69
Humidity about 45%
Wind West at 9 mph
Conditions Partly Cloudy (FEW) : 5000 ft
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:52 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:13 p.m. MST
Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full
o OFFSHORE: Not many players this week with most hotels hosting just a few clients, who seem to prefer the pool to getting beat up on a boat.
o INSHORE: Cold and windy conditions aren’t helping.
o BEACH: Get out early and use wire for the sierra.
BILLFISH – Not much to talk about this week
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Nope.
DORADO – Shark buoys have a few beneath them if you can find the right one.
ROOSTERFISH – Roosters in fur coats don’t look like roosters.
JACK CREVALLE –Wind shut them down as well.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Should pick back up when the wind backs off.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Quiet
SIERRA - Gray light just at dawn is best before the sun gets too high.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: With the continued influx of whales at Magdalena Bay most of the fleet’s focus is on whale watching trips. The fishing at the Entrada has been fair to good for some firecracker yellowtail. Rumors of large tuna at Tasco sucked a few down there to check it out. Turned out to be a long ride for very little. Devils curve provided steady action for corvina and pompano and few small snook for the ones willing to put in their time. For the boatless, under the bridge at the entrance to Puerto San Carlos provided a mixed bag of action early morning.
Water Temperature 66-74
Air Temperature 59- 69
Humidity 36%
Wind North at 2 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:07 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. MST
Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full,
YELLOWTAIL – A few smaller fish at the Entrada.
CORVINA – Devils Curve or the Pier was the best bet.
SNOOK – Found a few smaller ones but no grandes.
HALIBUT – Try the sandy beach across from Puerto San Carlos to the West.
SIERRA – Bird schools but remember wire.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The sailfish bite has been steady, but not up to expected standards for this time of the year. The 78º blue water is still about 12 miles, but we are only averaging a couple of sailfish per day for each boat. A few blue marlin are being caught also.
George Thomas of Chicago got a 50 pound bull dorado while fishing on the cruiser Yellowfin II with Captain Ruben.
Fly fishing has been slow in the blue water, but the beach fishing has been exciting and a lot of fun. In my Suburban, I have been taking my clients about 45 minutes North of Zihuatanejo to a 2-mile long beach called Saladitas. There are at least a thousand birds, plus another 500 pelicans working the huge concentrations on sardines there. We have been getting sierras, jack crevalle, black skipjack tuna to 6 pounds, and green jacks. The beach has only about 2 foot waves and reminds me of the East Cape of Baja. It is an ideal situation for an 8 or 9wt rod. If you are interested in booking one of the Beach Trips give Yvonne a call at 877 772 2252 for more details.
Ed Kunze
Water Temperature 73-86
Air Temperature 73 - 86
Humidity 83%
Wind Calm
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 2 miles
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:46 p.m. CST
Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The exploratory trip is completed and I can only say that I am overwhelmed by the volume of fish that we saw during the trip. Our old time client Ray Barker Smith and Marlene Whitehead joined me for the trip and their reaction was similar to mine. “I have fished around the world and Guatemala is the best sail fishing grounds I have ever fished” Ray enthused. Our stats for the trip were remarkable, in four days of fishing we raised multiple fish behind the boat 142 times or 38 times a day, 91 fish were hooked and 36 released. It is easy to understand Ray’s excitement. I am already looking forward to my Flyrod Sailfish 101 Series in April. We have a few slots left if you want to cash in on the Sailfish Bonanza in Guatemala.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 80-83
Air Temperature 78-82
Humidity 78 %
Wind SSE 13 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:27 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:07 p.m. CST
Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter, Mar. 6 Full
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Feb 8, 2004; 11:27AM - The Sounds of an Early Spring
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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 IN BAJA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@bajafly.com; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Fri., Feb 6, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (1/21 - 1/28)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND IZTAPA, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Ladyfish, roosters (small), sierra (early morning) and jacks up to 20-pounds had our guide Tim Stelzer smiling as he got in some R&R time between the north winds. There were even a few dorado and marlin caught further offshore this week. But the winds . . . ah, the winds!
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66-73
Air temperature 60 - 66
Humidity about 52%
Wind North at 7 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 4,000 ft
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:08 p.m. MST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter
o OFFSHORE: Shark buoys to the north near Punta Pescadero seemed to be one of the better places to start this week. Even if the north wind blows you still have a decent ride home.
o INSHORE: Began to pick up noticeably as the wind subsided.
o BEACH: Early morning sierra for the effort.
BILLFISH - A few stragglers or early arrivals, who knows?
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Charlie's missing.
DORADO - Not a barnburner, but a few here and there.
ROOSTERFISH - Smaller variety began to show this week.
JACK CREVALLE -Toro, toro, toro and big ones at that.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few bonito.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Floating lines and poppers over the rocks can be
productive . . . and lots of fun.
SIERRA - Gray light just at dawn is best before the sun gets too high.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: The whale population continues to grow and everyone, it seems, is out looking for the giants. There are many calves to ooh and aah over.
Water Temperature 66-74
Air Temperature 59- 69
Humidity 36%
Wind North at 2 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:07 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. MST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter
YELLOWTAIL - Several larger fish caught at the entrada this week.
CORVINA - Slowed down a tad this week.
SNOOK - Disappeared completely this week.
HALIBUT - Punta Belcher produced a few.
SIERRA - Look for the bird schools.
Puerto Lopez Mateos:
IN GENERAL: We've been fishing out of Lopez Mateos for the last 10 days and the fishing has been good. Our four trips to the Boca Santa Domingo produced 25-40 fish per day: corvina from 2.5- to 12.5-pounds as well as pargo up to 12-pounds and up to six
species of various grunts and small pargo (up to 3 pounds); also botete and midshipmen all on live bait or pieces of shrimp.
We would purchase the shrimp from fishermen as they were coming in from a night of fishing, usually $100 pesos per kilo. Many times all you need are the heads and bodies of the little ones, which leaves lots of big tails for supper. Captain Ruben Duran put us on to some excellent fishing areas and techniques.
We used small lead head jigs with scampi tails as well as live bait shrimp rigs. We also spent one day at Devil's Curve south of Lopez Mateos, fishing only jigs and crocs. We caught many small to medium cabrilla and leatherjackets, and we also hooked, but sadly lost, a trophy golden jack (palometta) on a 1.5 oz. chrome croc. My friend would have had this jack replica mounted if he had landed it.
One trip outside for giant black sea bass produced nothing, but this was not for lack of trying. Sea conditions were horrible and we are looking forward to next year and trying again.
Baja on the Fly’s Lopez Mateos report by Brad Murakami, bajasurbrad@hotmail.com
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Early this last week a 74 cold water current moved in and pushed the blue water way out. The fishing was severely affected, and most notable, was the three day International Sailfish Tournament. Of 100 boats in the event, only about 150 sailfish were caught.
Later in the week, the blue water came back in to about 22 miles, and the next day it was at 8 miles. The fishing has definitely improved. Most boats are now averaging a couple of sailfish, with a few dorado showing up. Captain Calli, on the “Vamonos II” managed 4 sailfish and two dorado for his clients on his best day.
The cooler water has been beneficial for the yellowfin tuna fishing, however. Every day at least one 200-pound tuna is hitting the docks. The tuna are holding under the porpoise and anywhere from 3 miles off the beach to 30 miles.
Few roosterfish are being caught, however, Captain Seis, on the panga “Moramy,” managed a 35 pound fish, on a slow trolled live bait, at the entrance to Marina Ixtapa.
A couple of other pangas reported huge areas of large jack crevalle near the airport and White Rocks.
Water Temperature 73-86
Air Temperature 71 - 86
Humidity 70%
Wind West at 12 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:17 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:42 p.m. CST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The action the last week has been steady. There were quite a few anglers out sampling the Guatemalan action on the fly, and they were able to average an excellent 6 releases on sails per day out of 14 shots in 8 trips out. On the conventional side, the average was somewhat better, 16 of 25 on sails. The high boat for the week had an exceptional hookup ratio, going 28 of 30. That is what we like to see. There were once again dorado and tuna present if you were looking for them. Inshore, we had no one out.
Gary Graham came down this week to start a 10 day hosted set of trips and on the first day out they had over 40 sails in the pattern behind the boat, so the bite, I am happy to report, is picking up again. Full stats on this week’s action will follow in next week’s report. Once again I would like to remind everyone that Gary is having a billfish clinic in early April, so if you want to hone your billfish skills or would like to try it for the first time, this would be a great opportunity for some intensive instruction . . . casting, hooking, playing and landing sailfish and potentially marlin on a fly.
Water Temperature 80-85
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 70 %
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:30 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:04 p.m. CST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Jan 30, 2004; 10:22AM - Wind, Waves, Whales and Even a Fish or Two
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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 IN BAJA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@bajafly.com; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Fri., Jan. 29, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (1/21 - 1/28)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND IZTAPA, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: A few dorado and some sierra close to shore were the best anyone could come up with this week. Wind was up and down and caused enough wind waves to make it tough to fish the beach. Olive-backed See Thru Deceivers will do the trick for the sierra, but don't forget the wire.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66°-73°
Air temperature 62° - 68°
Humidity about 73%
Wind WNW at 7 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:59 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:04 p.m. MST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Jan. 27 First Quarter
o OFFSHORE: Still a few dorado to be found scattered through out La Palmas
bay with the shark buoys to the North near Punta Pescadero.
o INSHORE: Sierra seemed to be the best bet this week.
o BEACH: Wind waves continue to pound the beach causing difficult conditions.
BILLFISH - No action to speak of this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Slim and none.
DORADO - Fair at best.
ROOSTERFISH - Few to be found.
JACK CREVALLE -More wind than fish.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Only an occasional bonito school to be found.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Floating lines and poppers over the rocks can be
productive . . . and lots of fun.
SIERRA - Gray light just at dawn is best before the sun gets too high.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The biggest news in more ways than one is the whale and calf population continues to grow by leaps and bounds. There’s fair action for yellows at the entrada and a few leopard grouper as well. The numerous esteros continued their slow but steady pace with corvina being the top catch.
Water Temperature 66°-74°
Air Temperature 60°- 69°
Humidity 90%
Wind NW at 4 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:10 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:09 p.m. MST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Jan. 27 First Quarter
YELLOWTAIL - Mostly small firecrackers.
CORVINA - No end in sight.
SNOOK - A few smaller ones at Devil’s Curve.
HALIBUT - Punta Belcher produced a few.
SIERRA - Look for the bird schools.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Our blue water current has cooled down a bit. Depending on the area, it has dropped from a consistent 80º to 83º to about 76º to 80º. This has slowed the sailfish action some, but the giant yellowfin tuna prefer the cooler water and have shown up in large numbers.
We are finding the tuna anywhere from 3 miles to 30 miles. Most boats are scoring on the large fish by trolling a live black skipjack tuna through a school of porpoise. At least 10 fish over 200 pounds have hit the dock in the last few days.
Boats searching for sailfish are raising between 5 to10 fish a day, and hooking an average of about 3 to 4.
A lot of dorado have also shown up. Most boats, when fishing within 3 miles of the beach, are getting 3 to 4 dorado between 15 and 25 pounds. Luis Marciel, on the panga “Gringo Loco,” found a 62 pound dorado for his client.
The inshore action is steady with sierras and a few large jack crevalle, but the roosterfish are scarce.
Water Temperature 73º-86º
Air Temperature 73° - 83º
Humidity 74%
Wind Calm
Conditions Partly Cloudy (FEW) : 25000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:39 p.m. CST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Jan. 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: Where have all the fish gone? The last week has been a tough one by
Guatemalan standards. The local fleet was only able to average 5 releases for 10 bites. The high boat for the week went 14 of 21, and one boat was able to release 9 of 17 on the fly. The action on dorado was steady. One marlin was hooked and lost. The tuna action is spotty. Inshore, there was no one out, so we have no report. Next week Gary Graham will be joining us in Guatemala for 10 days. We have some openings if you would like to come along. If you would like some intensive instruction to improve your skills, Gary
will also be conducting a billfish clinic in April.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 78°-84º
Humidity 94%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:02 p.m. CST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Jan. 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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