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| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Jul 31, 2007; 05:06PM - Gordo Banks Pangas San Jose Del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Brictson
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
July 29, 2007
Anglers –
Southern Baja saw the affects of the seasons first tropical storm, as Dalila passed within two hundreds of Cabo San Lucas as it followed a track into the cooler Pacific waters, where it quickly weaken. On Wednesday there were heavy isolated thunderstorms combined with wind that were enough to cause minor flooding in certain areas, also high surf conditions creating choppy seas that all but shut down sportfishing operations for the day. Swells up to ten feet pounded the shoreline and were perhaps just a prelim of what might develop as we enter the warmest part of summer.
Heavy surf once again tested the new Puerto Los Cabos jetty, it held up fine, though storm waves were crashing over the top of the northern jetty and surf was closing out through the jetty entrance. It will be interesting to watch and see what happens when a real hurricane strikes this area, it is only a matter of time and we will find out. The Navy Corp of Engineers found out the hard way that local surf can be treacherous, as they were using their wooden panga style skiff to gather some loosened floats they became sideways in the surf zone and flipped the boat over with four of their personnel aboard, one of which was taken away by ambulance with undisclosed injuries.
The week started off with the fishing action improving before the storm, there were good numbers of striped marlin, dorado to 35 pounds, yellowfin tuna offshore with porpoise and even a handful of wahoo, as well as an assortment of snappers and amberjack. Since the storm water conditions became cooler and stirred up closer to shore, but 15 to 20 miles offshore the water was clean and 80 degrees. Lots of baitfish were seen on the surface, including bolito and particularly flying fish, by the dozens. Fleets were able to purchase mackerel, but sardinas became very scarce and were only available some of the time, this limited what options were open for anglers, the best bet was going further offshore, looking for the warmer blue water.
Dorado were not numerous, but most of the fish encountered were in the 15 to 30 pound class, striking on lures and trolled baits. Everyday there were scattered reports of yellowfin tuna being found traveling with porpoise, 15 to 25 miles offshore, anywhere from off Cabo San Lucas to Vinorama, most of the tuna were averaging in the 15 to 20 pound range. Though a few larger fish were also reported, including a couple reportedly weighing over 150 pounds, taken outside of the San Luis Banks by a boat based out of Palmilla.
The combined La Playita panga fleet sent out 33 charters in the weather shortened week and anglers accounted for a fish count of: 1 wahoo, 11 striped marlin, 2 sailfish, 15 yellowfin tuna, 22 dorado, 9 hammerhead sharks, 26 bonito, 55 various pargo, 18 jack crevalle, 9 cabrilla and 7 amberjack.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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Jul 31, 2007; 05:05PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo fish Report
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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JULY 20, 2007
A storm riddled week hampered fishing in the Ixtapa Zihuatanejo area last week. High winds along with torrential rains made inshore fishing as difficult as one can imagine. Claudio Tagini and film crew of American Western Adventures fishing out of the Casa Las Brisas in Puerto Vincentee Guerrero for 4 days aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 landed 8 ROOSTERFISH to 50 lbs along with a handful a nice sized Yellowtail Jacks and Spanish Mackerel. The fishing was extremely difficult as the large surf coupled with muddy water made for a challenging mix. The weather forced an end to fishing on most day by mid to late morning. Offshore our captains are reporting more marlin than Sailfish. Some school Yellowfin tuna to 30 lb are also being reported. The blue water is beyond the 20 mile mark.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weater: Rain, Wind and nasty days
Sea Conditions: Rough
Bait Supply: Fair
Sincerley,
Stan Lushinsky
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Jul 31, 2007; 05:04PM - Gordo Banks Pangas San Jose Del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
July 22, 2007
Anglers –
We thought the summer season had finally arrived last week when the weather had become hot and humid, more tropical, but once again this last week conditions cooled due to persistent south winds pushing in Pacific currents. Water temperatures were up to 80 degrees at the start of the week before dipping back down to a chilly 70 degrees and turning a murky green color throughout the inshore areas. By the weekend the conditions began to improve some and cleaner blue 73 degree water was reported found within eight miles of shore. Although the climate has been very mild and comfortable for this late in the month of July, the constantly changing ocean conditions have scattered the baitfish and gamefish as well. Just as we thought the cold currents are finally over with, we are set back once again with cooler off colored conditions, as we near the month of August we are optimistic that warm blue water will prevail and the offshore fishing action will get back on track.
Last year at this time there was wide open action for yellowfin tuna found around the Iman Bank, so far that has not happened yet this season, only a scattering of tuna were reported, most recently from the area of the 1150 off of Chileno. Dorado continued to be scarce as well, the few that are being found were in the warmer blue water and ranged in sizes from 10 to 30 pounds, striking on lures and trolled baits. Live bait supplies were limited, mainly just mullet and mackerel now available, sardinas have become very scattered off of the Puerto Los Cabos jetties where they had been congregating for so many months, all of the dredging activity and the higher surf conditions undoubtedly attributing to this situation. The recently opening of the channel of the new marina has also caused many of the schools of baitfish to move inside where they are not schooling on the surface and hard to be captured by throw nets.
There had been consistently good numbers of several species of pargo being found closer to shore, but now with the lack of their preferred baitfish (sardinas) the fleets have had one less option. Choppy ocean conditions also made it difficult for anglers to concentrate on the rock piles with yo-yo jigs, which had been producing amberjack and cabrilla, just too much current in recent days. The majority of charters are now trying their luck offshore, looking for the cleaner water and trolling a combination of lures and bait. There have been more striped marlin than any other species, often seen riding the swells on the surface, but at times they were not easy to entice into striking, a percentage were hitting on lures, but live mackerel proved to be the best bet, the stripers that were landed were ranging in size from juvenile 50 pound fish to hefty adult 150 pound plus specimens.
Quite a few large sized jack crevalle were found closer to shore while trolling with baits, but roosterfish were few and far between. Have not heard much from surf fishermen, this is normally the time when the season’s first snook are reported.
The combined panga fleet from La Playita sent out approximately 52 charters for the week and anglers accounted for a fish count of: 24 striped marlin, 28 skipjack, 34 bonito,13 dorado, 3 yellowfin tuna, 76 various snapper species, 12 amberjack, 62 jack crevalle, 4 hammerhead shark, 4 roosterfish and 17 cabrilla.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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Jul 31, 2007; 09:54AM - Butler Chain/Orlando Lakes
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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The past two weeks have seen some good bass fishing action on the Butler Chain, as well as a few other Central Florida Lakes. Butler Chain, the artificial bite has been holding pretty steady, with wacky rigged Gitem KO’s and Gitem Shads catching some good numbers as well as quality. Little Lake down has seen the best action, with Mike and his son getting a nice double, with Mike having his bass follow his shiner all the way to the boat as we were going to make a move. This bass struck at his bait twice, before finally getting hooked up, and his son immediately getting his hook up, had these two fighting side by side.
Lake Down itself, seen some good action in the north east corner, with some scattered schooling action, small Storm swim baits catching some good numbers in the deeper drop offs. Lakes Sheen and Tibet have held the same pattern now for several weeks, whacky rigged and T-rigged Gitem KO’s catching bass in and around scattered grass beds.
Most of the bass being caught are currently in the 8 to 18 foot depth range, with a good majority of them suspended right along the drop offs in 10 foot of water. There has been some schooling action on lakes Tibet, Sheen and Lake Down, but for the most part, this action has been limited and usually early on in the day. Watch your electronics, as we have come across some big bait fish pods on lake down, with some good quality bass being caught in those areas.
I have also been scouting an old lake I used to fish years ago, a small Orlando lake, this lake is only 205 acres in size, but has some good bass in it. Early morning top water bite has been with the Secret Weapon Lures BuzzrBait and the Original High Roller 3.25 inch. Top water bite has been around the coontail in deeper waters with some very aggressive hits, with the top water bite dropping off by 8am. From there, moving into deeper waters and working the Storm swim baits have been the ticket to catching some good bass.
Scattered grass beds have been a good ticket also, catching several schoolie sized bass through out the day with Gitem KO’s and Shads, deeper water coontail beds have been good with 10 inch worms with Ľ ounce weight pegged for the quality bass. Being a line watcher is a big key, as the bass have just been picking up the baits and swimming off slowly, usually heading to the deep water drop offs.
Capt Tim Fey
Bassfishingfl.com
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Jul 30, 2007; 12:13PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
July 23-29, 2007
WEATHER: I love it when we have daytime temps in the mid 90’s, we get to sweat and clean out our systems. When we add a light breeze in the evenings as the temperature drops to the mid and low 80’s it means that things are just about perfect here in Cabo. I know that these temperatures a too hot for a lot of people, and we did have the humidity raise up a bit this week, but it sure beats 112 degrees, and I don’t care it that is a “dry” heat or not, that is just too damn hot for me. I guess what I am trying to say is that things were just about perfect this week considering that we are in a summer weather pattern. We did have Tropical Storm Delilah pass to the southwest mid-week and she brought a scattering of rain to us on Wednesday along with some winds that decreased the temperatures but for the most part she was a “non-event”, but a warning of what might happen during the next several months.
WATER: As far as the basics are concerned we had storm swells at the middle and end of the week from Tropical Storm Delilah, large enough that there were high surf warnings out at all the hotels and resorts on both sides of the Cape. The wind combined with the swells were enough to convince the Port Captains office to close the Marina to departures after 7:30 AM on Wednesday, a lot of boats returned very early due to seasick clients. The storm came up from the south and pushed warm water with it. Early in the week prior to the storms arrival we were seeing offshore temperatures in the low 70’s, on Thursday we has a steady 79 and over across the board. At the end of the week the California current re-asserted itself and we had temperatures in the mid 70’s along the Pacific coast and as far up the Sea Of Cortez as Punta Gorda, and extending up to 10 miles off the beach on the Pacific side and 3 miles on the Cortez side.
BAIT: There were plenty of Mackerel and Caballito available this week as well as Mullet and Sardinas. The Mullet and Sardinas were difficult to get at the beginning for the week and of course on Wednesday there was no bait available, at least fresh caught bait, the water was just too rough for the guys to catch bat. At the end of the week there were bait balls all over the place, both up close to the beach and far offshore. Prices were the normal $2 per large baits and $25 per scoop of Sardinas.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Striped Marlin action was close to the beach on the Cortez side for moat of the week with most of the action happening place in the cool water within three miles of the coast. There were groups of fish tailing on the surface, occasionally as many as 7 or 8 fish together, and there were also lots of sleepers on the surface. Farther offshore the water was warmer and there were not the numbers of fish to be found. There were a few Blue Marlin reported and this was expected as the offshore water warmed up. Hopefully we will start seeing some good numbers of these fish as the warming continues and spreads. Also, there were Sailfish reported. These are not as common in our area as they are in many parts of Mexico, but here they are also an indication of warming water and a precursor to good Dorado fishing!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I keep hoping for the Tuna fishing to improve and this week there were a few days when almost every boat that went out returned with Tuna flags flying. Unfortunately most of these fish were only footballs in the 6-12 pound class, very few larger fish were found. Most of the action occurred wither 5 miles off of Chileno beach early in the week, 12 to 18 miles south of the Cape during mid week or at the San Jaime bank at the end of the week. Sounds like they are traveling, yes? As is often the case with the football fish, the best results were had with small re hootchies or dark colored feathers, slow trolled while being “jigged” among the porpoise.
DORADO: A few boats really did well on Dorado this week but most of the guys were lucky to get a fish or two. The clue was to find something floating on the surface or slow troll live bait in the area where Frigate birds were seen to be working. Most of the fish were in the 12-20 pound class with a few stretching the springs on the scales to 45 pounds. The best action was prior to the storm, early in the week, on the Cortez side of the Cape, but I believe that things will pick up really fast now that there is more warm water in the area.
WAHOO: We are just coming up on the full moon on the 29th and I am surprised that I have not heard of more Wahoo being caught. There were a few fish reported, but not in any numbers or from one particular area.
INSHORE: Inshore action was good for Roosterfish early in the week but the rough conditions as a result of Tropical Storm Delilah really had the inshore bite drop off. While it has been a few days since the storm passed, it nor until just now that the swells have died down enough to make the fishing comfortable close to the beach again.
NOTES: I am going to be very busy the next few weeks so I will have more “hands-on” report information in the next couple of reports. I really like that, it makes for better first hand information and also allows me to do an informal check on the “b.s.” factor of information I receive. Until next week, please take a few minutes to check out the following link, especially if you like fishing here!
http://www.billfish.org/new/NewsArticle.asp?ArticleID=60
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Jul 28, 2007; 01:39PM - Improved Conditions
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Conditions have improved this week, with the inshore action for roosters being phenomenal. The boats are each averaging between 7 and 8 roosters a day! Plus, that does not count an almost equal number of the hard fighting jack crevalle. The jacks are averaging between 12 and 16 pounds, with the roosters averaging a whopping 30 to 40 pounds.
It really does not matter if you go North or South out of Zihuatanejo Bay, all the beaches are producing jacks and roosters. Also, with most of the fish being taken on surface poppers, it is an ideal situation for the fly caster. The same popper, with the hooks taken off, makes an excellent teaser to bring the rooster to the boat, and well within fly casting distance.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77-95
Humidity 73%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Thundershowers
Visibility 2 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:22 p.m. CDT
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Jul 28, 2007; 01:38PM - Delila Fades…Tournament Looms
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1073 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update July 28, 2007
East Cape
This week brought the first Tropical Storm of the season; Delila popped up out of nowhere and things went from flat calm to grumpy in the space of an afternoon. Fortunately, sea conditions were only messed up for a few days and then it was back to normal.
Delila departed just in time for the “East Cape Bisbee” which begins next week (Aug. 1-3). This year’s purse is expected to be around $300k so it’s no surprise that everyone has become tight-lipped about the current billfish action. Striper action continues to improve and rumors of a few blues are flying. The rumors claim that several have been caught weighing over 300 lb. and one purportedly in the high 4’s, which is all the encouragement needed to justify lots of pre-fishing.
Good news for the fly fisher’s; there were more and more instances of multiple fish showing up behind the teasers.
Tuna action slowed for weather related reasons. However a 145 lb. gorilla-class yellowfin made it to the scales… the largest of the 2007 season so far…stay tuned. For the football sized tuna we are having great success with our Baja Wasabi fly.
Dorado action continued to be less than wonderful, partly because of the weather; we are just not seeing the schools that provide the best action for the fly rod.
Lance Peterson reported; “Plenty of small jacks up to 5 lbs. to take shots at, along with breezing schools of small pompano that can be sucker-punched with small Clousers or even smaller ‘Crazy Charlies’. Roosterfish have been hit or miss. Most fish are seen in pairs or daisy chains of up to 6 fish. Mostly very tough to move them but I had some good reactions from them several days ago and landed one in the 30's. The weather has changed. Lots of clouds, some rain, very warm SE wind.”
On the bait front, live sardina are tough to come by unless you are willing to make the thirty mile run up to Bahia de Los Suenos. The good news is that there were some live mackerel being offered by the bait guys locally.
Water temperature 68-85
Air temperature 75-96
Humidity 73%
Wind: S 4 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 4 miles
Sunrise 6:47 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:04 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Tropical Storm Delila also dumped some rain here along with stronger winds. Tuna action resumed as soon as the seas settled down. Most of the action has been inside of thirty miles from Boca de Soledad. Closer to shore, inside of ten miles the dorado action broke wide open according to Bob Hoyt, Mag Bay Outfitters. It was so good that they were headed out today with a couple of kayaks loaded on Mar Gato. Hopefully he will have photos to share next week.
Because of the unsettled weather no one made the twenty mile run out to the Entrada this week. Up at Devil’s Curve, grouper and pargo provided the best action. Still a decent bite on the surface for corvina up to ten lbs.
Water temperature 64 - 76
Air temperature 70 -84
Humidity 73 %
Wind: WNW 9 – 13 knots
Conditions: Fog in morning
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:52 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:14 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Conditions have improved this week, with the inshore action for roosters being phenomenal. The boats are each averaging between 7 and 8 roosters a day! Plus, that does not count an almost equal number of the hard fighting jack crevalle. The jacks are averaging between 12 and 16 pounds, with the roosters averaging a whopping 30 to 40 pounds.
It really does not matter if you go North or South out of Zihuatanejo Bay, all the beaches are producing jacks and roosters. Also, with most of the fish being taken on surface poppers, it is an ideal situation for the fly caster. The same popper, with the hooks taken off, makes an excellent teaser to bring the rooster to the boat, and well within fly casting distance.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77-95
Humidity 73%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Thundershowers
Visibility 2 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:22 p.m. CDT
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Jul 23, 2007; 01:44PM - Guided fishing in British Columbia Canada (is HOT)
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows me with a nice big doe Chinook (King) Salmon landed this time of year last season. I was fishing on the lower Kalum River (one of my secret holes).
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Noel Gyger – Guided Fishing Adventures and Weekly Fishing Report
4012 Best Street, Terrace BC V8G 5R8, Canada
Tel/Fax: (250) 635-2568
Cell: (250) 631-2678
E-mail: noel@noelgyger.ca
Home Page: www.noelgyger.ca
Fishing Reports: www.noelgyger.ca/past-fishing-reports.htm
RECORD SALMON & STEELHEAD Spin or fly-fishing
RIVER, LAKE, STREAM or OCEAN!!!
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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated July 15 – July 22, 2007
Dear Fishing Friends:
I have received a few calls and e-mails from folks who are concerned with the shape of the Skeena River. I basically told them the Skeena River has been mostly borderline fishable and times NOT fishable. Check out the photos below which I snapped a few hours ago. Top left are a few fly fishermen trying for Sockeye at Ferry Island. Top right more fishermen on the main stem Skeena at the mouth of the Copper trying for Sockeye, Chinook and Steelhead. Bottom left is shot of the parking lot at Fishermen’s park boat launch. There are not a lot of boats out. Bottom right is a graph taken off of the govt website re water heights at noon today. You can see the trend is mostly on the down. The rain we had last night did not help matters, it colored up the Copper river which flows into the Skeena. Once again all I can say is that the Skeena is borderline fishable now. The lower Skeena has been fishing well with quite a few Chinook, Coho and Sockeye landed. The lower down the Skeena you go the cleaner the water usually is. The Kalum is high but fishable. Maybe everyone has gone over to the Kitimat River?
The Kitimat River has been red hot. Check out Ron Wakita’s report below. Still lots of Chinook available and now I have reports of the odd Coho being caught also…plus Chum and Pink. I even have a report of a Sockeye caught.
If I can be of service to find you the “best” guided fishing adventure let me know. Cast here to check out more of what I have to offer and review the latest updates regarding last minute openings at: http://noelgyger.ca/special-guided.htm Please note many of these trips are now being offered at a discount price. Contact me for all the details and to book. These dates are updated on my website whenever there is a change.
Be sure to check out my website at www.noelgyger.ca for more info on my history, Quality Waters Strategy, special guided fishing trips, video clips, scenic river photos, wildlife photos and others, comments from past guests, informational articles and archived fishing reports from 1996 through 2002. I hope it meets with your entire satisfaction.
FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:
Ron Wakita
Chad Black
Craig Murray
Randy Janzen (photo only)
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Salmon forecast for 2007: Chinook look very good for the Skeena and Kitimat systems; Coho are good to excellent; Pink expect a reasonably good run; Sockeye returns to the Skeena are expected to be good this year; Chum average return.
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Chinook, Coho, Chum, Sockeye and Pink in the river.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK: GOOD
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: 289 -pound Halibut (estimate) Where: Douglas Channel Angler: Sorry, missed the name
WEATHER: Rain. Highs to 16 degrees C. Region normal: Max. Temp. 23 degrees C. Min. Temp. 11 degrees C. Sunrise 5:28 am Sunset 9:53 pm
WEATHER REPORTS VIA TELEPHONE: Environment Canada taped messages constantly updated, giving current conditions and three day forecasts. Terrace 250-635-4192 Kitimat 250-632-7864 Prince Rupert 250-627-1155 Smithers 250-847-1958.
For current Terrace weather information please cast on:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/can/pages/CABC0292.htm?ref=wxbtnold
WATER CONDITIONS: The Skeena River is borderline fishable. The Kitimat River is up and down but is fishable on most days. The Kalum River is high but fishable. Zymoetz (Copper) River is dirty. Other Skeena tribs towards Prince Rupert are clean.
CURRENT WATER HEIGHTS FOR:
SKEENA RIVER: RIVER AT USK (08EF001 RIVER AT USK (08EF0
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08EF001
KITIMAT RIVER:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08FF002
SKEENA RIVER: is on the drop again and is borderline fishable. The main stem is the “highway” for Salmon heading to their many different tributary rivers.
KALUM RIVER: Chinook (King) Salmon are available in the lower five mile section. The water is high from the heavy rain we’ve had and is borderline fishable today.
This is a Classified River year round and can be guided from March 15 through October 15 only. The Steelhead record is 32-pounds. To see a photo of this fish cast to: http://noelgyger.ca/records/Record003.jpg The angler is Dennis Therrien.
KASIKS RIVER: It is now possible to fish for Chinook at the mouth, in the clean seam, where it joins the Skeena. Sometimes the Chinook come out of the Skeena and into the clean water in search for scent of their home river.
EXCHAMSIKS RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
EXTEW RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
GITNADOIX RIVER: The Chinook are entering the river now. You are limited to fishing for them downstream of the powerline crossing near river mouth.
Note: sadly, the above three rivers are closed to angling for Chinook except at the very lower end. Please check 2005 – 2007 BC Freshwater Salmon Supplement (fancy name for regulations) at: www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish for details.
ZYMOETZ (COPPER) RIVER: Like other Skeena tributaries, the Chinook (King) Salmon will start coming in now. You may fish the whole river for Chinook until July 23rd, then it closes upstream of the Highway 16 bridge. Due to a heavy rain last night the river is dirty now.
CRANBERRY RIVER: Chinook (King) Salmon are entering the river now. It may be fished for Chinook to July 31. Limits 4 per day, only 1 of 65 cm. Monthly quota = 1 over 65 CM
KINCOLITH RIVER: The BIG fresh, silver, Chinook (King) Salmon are coming into the river in the high tides. One may angle for Chinook downstream of white triangle boundary signs located at the Kincolith River Bridge. You would be fishing in the river but it is actually tidal water, so please remember you must have a salt water license to angle here. Cast here to buy them on line:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish/Licensing/online_e.htm
TSEAX RIVER: This is a Nass River tributary. Chinook (King) Salmon fishing begins around July 1st. You may retain one big fish per month.
KWINIMASS RIVER: Chinook will be coming in soon with the high tides. You may fish for them until July 9. You must release the BIG ones. You may retain “Jacks” DFO describes limits as 4 per day, none of 65 cm.
ECSTALL RIVER: The main Chinook (King) Salmon runs start into this river around July 15. You may retain one BIG fish up until July 31 after that the big ones must be released but you still may retain a “Jack” under 50 cm.
OCEAN FISHING PRINCE RUPERT:
A summary of what is available year round can be read in the Archived Fishing Report dated April 13, 1997. For a direct link cast here: http://noelgyger.ca/archived-fishing-reports/Old Fishing Reports 1997.doc
Cast to this link for Prince Rupert tide tables http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/cgi-bin/tide-shc.cgi?queryType=showRegion&language=english®ion=1
AREA RIVER RECORDS: Chinook Salmon: Skeena River, 92.5-pounds; Kalum River, 85-pounds; Kitimat River, 74-pounds; Steelhead: Skeena River, 45-pounds; Coho Salmon: Skeena River, 27-pounds.
Fishing Report from: Nicholas Dean Lodge Fishing Report for the Week of July 15 to 21, 2007
The Skeena River is still quite high near Terrace, but it has dropped and cleaned enough to be fishable for Chinook Salmon with the best locations being situated where cleaner waters enter the Skeena. Dustin recently returned from a trip to Rainbow Alley on Babine Lake, and mentioned that the Bulkley River had cleaned up quite a lot, so we expect that as the Bulkley continues to drop, the Skeena should get in better shape.
Guests at the lodge have caught some great fish here during the past week on the Skeena River, as well as the Kitimat. An average day on the Kitimat last week casting spoons and back trolling plugs yielded about 8-12 hookups, but a few of our guests had the good fortune of having over 20 hookups on one particular day. The fish averaged 25 to 30 lbs, and a few 40 lb fish were also caught.
Best of luck fishing, and if you want to join us for a week of trophy Chinook fishing in combination with excellent fly fishing for other Salmon and the first runs of Summer Steelhead, don’t hesitate to contact Noel…
Until next week, tight lines and screaming reels…
Chad Black
Operations Manager
Nicholas Dean Lodge…where every cast is an adventure!
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Northern Coastal Rivers:
Fishing Report from: Reliable Guide and Charters
This is our Derby Weekend that our store co-sponsors with The Ol' Keg. Labatt’s is our beverage of sponsor for adults and Coca Cola is the sponsor for the kid’s portion of the derby. The largest chinook in the Kitimat River or Douglas Channel would win $500.00. The largest Chum will win $500.00. The largest halibut would win $500.00 and the second largest would win $500.00.
The4 largest kids Chinook prize is a rod and reel. The largest kids Chum is also a rod and reel. The kids can and have won the $500.00 cash prize as well.
The derby starts today, Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and 22.
KITIMAT RIVER:
High Tides, higher water levels and Killer Whales is a recipe for a ton of fish in the Kitimat River this week.
All five species of salmon were caught in the Kitimat this week. Dave Bergeron caught a Sockeye at Coho Flats on Wednesday. There were two Coho caught under the Haisla Bridge on Thursday. There are a pile of pinks in the lower Kitimat holes and Chum are finally starting to run.
The highlight of the week was definitely the numbers of Chinook caught throughout the Kitimat River system. Our mobile tackle van logged chinook at the Lower Dike, Pump House and under the Haisla bridge all week. Alex Nemeth (alias 'Alexander the Great' this week ) of our guiding company ; Reliable Guide and Charters had an outstanding day on Wednesday hooking 16 chinook for clients and landing six.
Mark Girard and Gord McKean also had outstanding results in the drift boats this week. Most of our success is using the Scar Face technique developed by Mike Herzberg. I had the pleasure of guiding Dora and Bruno Spechner and friend Tommy from Switzerland. We landed two Chinook, a 30lb and a jack using the Scar Face technique and hooked seven pinks on fly.
Other drift boats also had success drifting the Kitimat. There were a pile of fresh Chinook in the Kitimat this week and even higher numbers of happy anglers. 'Fisherman (Fishers) are in a lot better mood when they are catching fish. This was an outstanding week for anglers.
Stay tuned as there looks like there is more to come.
DOUGLAS CHANNEL:
Dan Dumont and his fishing partner Brad 'Shithead' Wickman of Edmonton fishing the outer waters of the Douglas landed a 72' Halibut which according to the halibut chart I have calculated his halibut to be 196lb. Congratulations to Brad and Dan. What is even more amazing is at the dock was another halibut which was 82' which on this chart would weigh 289lbs. I am anxiously waiting for pictures of either halibut. Stay tuned.
Tight Lines to all!
Report and photos from Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters
Cast to this link for Kitimat tide tables http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/cgi-bin/tide-shc.cgi?queryType=showRegion&language=english®ion=1
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Central Coast/North Van Island Wilderness Rivers:
DFO Salmon forecast for 2007: Coho return is expected to be normal; Chinook were at or above average, so good fishing is anticipated; Chum are always strong; Pink returns are expected to be normal, which means very plentiful; Sockeye is not expected to be high.
A Fish Tale:
After a full day of catching fish, this Nimmo Bay guest has decided to let his rod do the work. When you're on the upside 0f 70, sometimes it is necessary to take a break from the strenuous job of fishing. This chair, carried in the helicopter, was a great way to relax and just let the rest of the afternoon slip by.
Many of our anglers are upwards of 70, both male and female. No one is retired from fishing when you put the helicopter on line. All those magical, dreamed about places of fish filled pools become suddenly accessible. You are born again as an angler, who can access the most difficult spots, where you can fish alone among the wilderness forests while standing or sitting beside a sparkling pool filled with Pacific Salmon and trout.
Our salmon season is upon us now and we will fish with guests until the end of October. Vancouver Island and the Mainland will supply the venue's and the helicopter is our magic carpet. To Fly is Human ... To Hover, Divine finally has meaning once you soar like an eagle and hover above those fish filled rivers and get up close and personal with waterfalls, mountain lakes and glaciers. This is a true Angling Odyssey.
If you would like to participate and you feel it is your turn to experience paradise, call Noel to reserve your place at Nimmo Bay. We look forward to seeing you.
Nimmo Bay Resort
Craig Murray, Owner
FISHING REGULATION WEBSITES:
2005/2007 BC tidal waters and freshwater Salmon fishing information:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish
Effective April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2007
2006/2007 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/intro.html
Effective April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007
NOTE: For In-season Regulation Changes posted on the web check the above URL’s
2007 TV SHOW SCHEDULE FOR SPORTFISHING BC with host Mark Pendlington
CHANNEL Friday Saturday Sunday
Sportsnet Pacific 6:30 AM PST
(9:30 AM EST)
Knowledge Network 1:30 PM PST
(4:30 PM EST) 1:30 PM PST
(4:30 PM EST) 11:30 PM PST
(2:30 PM EST)
A Channel 7:00 AM PST
(10:00 AM EST)
World Fishing Network Check local listings
CATCH & RELEASE FORMULA: Chinook: girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by 1000 (inches) Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)
MARKETPLACE (Sportfishing related items only please) Contact me anytime to list your items.
Help Wanted: Nicholas Dean Lodge would like to hire a fishing guide. Please e-mail or fax your resume. Fax: (250) 635-7971 or E-mail: dustinko@nicholasdean.com
For Sale: 12 foot Port-a-bote folding boat. $1000. Terrace BC Phone 250-631-3161
For Sale: 16 foot Aluminum boat with a 40hp Evinrude. Boat, trailer and motor $1500. Complete with Hummingbird sounder, VHF marine radio, downriggers $2000. Kitimat BC E-mail wakita@telus.net
For Sale: Three 20 foot Custom Flat Bottom Jet Sleds (build by Dennis Farnsworth) with Mercury 90hp/65 Jet and trailers. $8000 each OBO Houston BC E-mail James Britton moriceriver@mac.com
Cast to http://www.noelgyger.ca/market-place.htm to view the items.
To receive my WEEKLY FISHING REPORT and PHOTO via e-mail please send your name and e-mail address to: Noel Gyger noel@noelgyger.ca
GOOD LUCK and GOOD FISHING!
Yours sincerely,
Noel F. Gyger
Back to: http://noelgyger.ca/past-fishing-reports.htm
Home page: www.noelgyger.ca
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Jul 23, 2007; 11:07AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
July 16-22, 2007
WEATHER: I just got back from a trip to southern Orange County, California on the 17th as was gone for a week so bear in mind that I missed most of the daily information usually contained in my report. Almost everything in this weeks report is relayed second hand. While I was gone it appears I missed the summertime weather we normally get this time of year. It was reported to me that the temperatures actually got above 100 degrees with 80% humidity for three days. The day I returned (the 17th), things cooled off with breezes from the northwest returning and dropping the daytime temperatures back into the mid 80’s. There was no rain while I was gone and of course there were only a couple of partly cloudy days. Since I have been back we have not had to use the air-conditioner in the evenings in order to sleep, our nights have been in the mid 70’s, very comfortable!
WATER: Surface conditions were reported as being very good all week long with the only problem being some fairly large swells coming from the southwest due to storms in that direction. With winds locally mostly light and variable, there was no chop on the water on either side of the Cape. The water temperatures have changed almost daily however as the California current continues to have a great effect on the water temperatures. At the beginning of the week the Pacific side was very cool and the Cortez side of the Cape had water in the high 70’s and occasionally into the low 80’s all the way to the beach. The California current brought cool water close to shore and it wrapped around the Cape so that water within 20 miles of the coast line on the Pacific side and as far up the Sea of Cortez as Punta Gorda was in the low 70’s and slightly off color. At the end of the week we had an intrusion of warm water from the south and the southeast, water on Saturday at the Cabrillo Seamount was 85 degrees! Basically anything outside the 1,000-fathom curve on the Cortez side and immediately south was warm, everything else was cool.
BAIT: Caballito with some Mullet in the mix were the larger baits available this week, a few boats were able to score on Mackerel but they were not available in large numbers. The normal $2 per bait prevailed. I don’t know if there were any Sardinas available or not.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: At the end of the week there were Striped Marlin to be found in the cool green water close to the beach on the Sea of Cortez side between the Chileno beach area and the Palmilla area. Most of these fish were between 4 and 6 miles of the beach. A few boats did well with release counts of up to five fish per boat, most boats were happy to get one or two hook-ups per trip. The water was still too cool for there to be many Blue Marlin, but on Thursday there was one of #350 caught at the Cabrilla Seamount in the warmer water.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again there were scattered schools of football fish to 15 pounds found in with the white-bellied dolphin on the Cortez side of the Cape. I heard word of better quality fish being found 15 miles off the coast up at the East Cape and hopefully these fish will make their way down to us soon. The negative on this is that I have also seen a lot of purse Seiners, including several super-Seiners (with helicopters on the deck) crossing the Cape heading up in that direction.
DORADO: As the water warms up the Dorado catch continues to improve. This is one of the basics we can count on in sport fishing, warm water equals Dorado. I was out on Thursday and while fishing the Seamount we caught on bull that weighed between 50 and 60 pounds and also a cow that was about 25 pounds. It seemed that that was about par for most boats that were able to get into the Dorado, two or three fish per boat. There were also fish found in the cooler water closer to shore, but they were smaller on average, with fish in the 12-pound class being the norm. Best baits for these fish were feathers in bright colors; the larger fish fell for live bait.
WAHOO: I did hear of a few decent Wahoo being caught while I was gone but other than that I have absolutely no information.
INSHORE: The cool water inshore continues to produce a few Sierra, but not in any great numbers. The talk of the week was nice sized Roosterfish to 50 pounds being found in fair numbers up in the San Jose-Punta Gorda area. The best bait there was slow trolled live mullet with most of the action coming in less than 25 feet of water.
NOTES: It’s nice to be back home, and also nice to know that my timing was right to miss the three hot days. It appears that our water is late in warming up this year and that has its positive side as well as the negative. On the minus side, everything we expect to appear this time of year is late; the water is not warm enough for the Blues and Blacks to appear in any numbers. On the positive side, the cooler water keeps any storms from coming out way! Speaking of witch, there is one developing well to the southeast of us but it is projected to pass well to the southwest so the only effects we might receive would be a slight chance of feeder band cloud cover and some larger swells. I have my Jeep here finally and if you are interested I will post a picture of it next week, or maybe not, we’ll see. Until then, tight lines!
http://www.billfish.org/new/NewsArticle.asp?ArticleID=60
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Jul 21, 2007; 09:02PM - Rain Begins
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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We had a lot of rain for a couple of days this last week. On Wednesday, I recorded 12 inches of rain between 5:00 in the afternoon to 7:00 the next morning. This pushed a lot of weeds, trees, and debris out of the rivers, and it also pushed the blue water out to at least the 20 mile mark.
Most of the captains are reporting averaging between 1 and 2 sailfish a day per boat. And all of them are complaining that the weed lines are in such abundance, it is making trolling difficult. A trolled bait, with three feet of weeds trailing behind it, will not catch any fish.
However, a lot of the captains are also reporting several schools of peanut sized dorado among the weeds. Hopefully these fast growing fish will stick around for a while.
The inshore fishing was great early in the week. Santiago, on the panga, Gitana, did get 7 roosters, up to 40 pounds, in one day for his clients. And Adolpho, on the panga, Dos Hermanos, spent several days with an ESPN2 TV crew in Puerto Vicente Gro. They got a bunch of roosters and plenty of footage for their show.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 71-93
Humidity 92%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Mostly Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:21 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
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