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| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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| In three decades, the world's oceans will contain more discarded plastic than fish when measured by weight, researchers say. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Just how man species of fish are there? |
| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Even Catfish are finicky |
| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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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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Apr 8, 2007; 09:13AM - Butler Chain
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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This past week has been yet another very busy week, with some very good and solid bass being caught on everything from live bait to artificial lures. With the bass spawn all but over, bass have moved for the most part away from shallow waters and have staged more towards deeper waters, close to drop offs. There has on some days been some very good schooling activity going on, some days the schooling bass will just hammer the live bait, while other days they seem to prefer t-rigged worms with a small screw in bullet weight.
Monday started the week off with Ken and Chris hitting Butler Chain with some live bait action. Lake Butler and Lake Chase were the definite lakes for the best bass action as these two guys caught some good quality bass with some very aggressive hits as the bass were doing some good schooling action in the cuts. The better quality bass where caught just off the grass bed edges with Chris getting the big bass of the day just shy of 5 pounds.
Kurt fished on Wednesday working nothing but artificial bait. With a high sun and no cloud cover to speak of, we spent a lot of time pounding grass beds, Kurts first hook up was on Lake Butler, using a High Roller PopRoller in Blue Shad color. From there it was a lot of slow worming using purple and black Christmas colored worms, with one other bass coming on a Yozuri Rattlin Vibe.
Some bass are still being caught in less than 3 foot of water, but main areas of focus have been in the 4 to 6 foot range with deep water drop offs close by. Rob from Fish-Hawk.net came down to fish Thursday with his brother and father to catch some Florida bass and the blue bird skies and minimal breeze did make things pretty tough on the guys, but being very persistent the guys did manage some good bass, with the two biggest looking like twins, one weighing in at 4.14 and the other coming in at 4.13 pounds on the digital scale.
Friday saw Sam and his son out on Butler Chain, this youngster was very impressive with his casting skills, working bait casters like a true pro, starting the day out catching the first bass in the first 10 minutes working a spinner bait thru the grass beds on Lake Butler before switching up to the worms and catching several more. Sam kinda hung out on the back of the boat and had a blast watching his son fish, and even had his son coaching him on where to toss his lures, with his dad getting a good bass on a rattlin vibe out of the deep waters on Butler. Weather was better today, with what should be our last cold front. Very minimal schooling activity was seen on the lakes that we fished today, but it’s only a matter of time before the waters start to really heat up with what will be a great top water bite.
Saturday I ended the week with Alan and his son out on Butler Chain for a 6 hour live bait trip. Alan is a local guy that wanted to hit Butler as he said he had little luck out there. We started out the day VERY cold for this time of year, water temps were down to 71 to start the day, with strong and cold winds. This was the perfect day for lock jaw, and the bass were very tough to catch as expected. Starting out on Butler and working grass line and thru the cut, Alan missed a few hook up, with his son landing 2 nice bass and having a beauty come unbuttoned as she danced on the water. From there we moved over into Lake Chase, I did spot some schooling action but no takers as we slow trolled along the grass beds, when Alan tossed his bait out, the second it hit the water it was hammered and the fight was on, with Alan landing a beauty of a bass coming in at 6.3 pounds on the digital scale. Happy Birthday Alan!!
In all the week saw some very good and solid bass being caught, with this front that is moving thru right now, water should hold to the mid 70’s for the better part of the week and that should help kick in some good top water action. Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Easter.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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Apr 7, 2007; 10:40AM - Easter Week without Wind? Almost!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1057 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update April 7, 2007
Yvonne and I recently acquired a Road Trek, a self-contained van, so that we could spend more time exploring Baja. This week I made my first trip to Baja in the rig and it has been great. Internet access is a must for me and I can’t believe that every RV Park I have stayed in on the trip down had wireless access. Baja is a changing!
East Cape
It has been a while since East Cape had an Easter week with no wind! On Monday, the wind just died and the Sea of Cortez was like grease through Thursday. On Good Friday the wind arrived just in time to greet the Locals celebrating 'Semana Santa' on East Cape Beaches.
Offshore action has included good marlin counts with even a few early sailfish in the mix. If you were up for a long boat ride, you could have found fair numbers of dorado to the north and a smattering of tuna way south.
The sight fishing conditions were near perfect until Thursday when the clouds came rolling in. While you could find action on small roosters and a few ladyfish in the likely spots, the larger variety of roosterfish were among the missing in the shallows. Schools of big jacks are around but are still locked into their milling/daisy chaining behavior, making them tough to catch. Ever so often they cruise close to shore and on occasion will light up and chase a well placed fly. Although there are few sardina to be found along the beach, there are quite a few ballyhoo and pockets of mullet so far.
Water temperature 65-74
Air temperature 60-90
Humidity 47%
Wind: SW 13 knots
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 20 miles
Sunrise 7:05 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:37 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Didn’t hear of much action outside this week. In the Esteros, there was another big tide and fast current. This week yielded so-so action for corvina, spotted bay bass and a few grouper.
Even the Entrada’s yellow action slowed this week and about the only thing biting consistently was the small halibut in the shallows near the sandy beaches at Belchers.
Water temperature 65 - 72
Air temperature 64 -81
Humidity 47 %
Wind: SW 10 knots
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:14 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:45 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Under the full moon period, the fishing has been a bit on the slow side, with most of the action beyond the 20 mile mark.
Sea temperatures have held at 80 degrees plus which is unusual. for this time of the year. Normally early April current, brings a current of cold green water pushing the blue water out beyond the 40 mile areas.
Inshore was lightly fished this week with so-so results.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 76-86
Humidity 65%
Wind: SW 8 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 11 miles
Sunrise 7:46 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:01 p.m. CDT
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Apr 5, 2007; 09:27PM - GULFSTREAM REPORT
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Category: Carolina's
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Author Name: Captain Butch Foster
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TUESDAY 4-3-07
Today we were headed back to the Gulfstream witn Gary Deeck, David Harris, Sam and Zack Lambert. Unlike yesterday, the seas were a little rougher than yesterday, but were supposed to lay out as the day went on, and they did!!!
I had visions of fish boxes overflowing with Wahoo and Tunas. As we got closer to the 100/400 the boats were that already there were reporting trouble finding any fish.
I decided to move a little closer to the Black Jack Hole and a degree or two warmer water. The water color was OK, but not quite what I like!!
We made a few circles around the Black Jack, no action!! I was listening to the other boats on the radio reporting the same results.
With this knowledge, I turned and set a course towards the Steeples. About 1/2 way there, Capt Roger on the Carolina Contender hooked up with a Wahoo. Must have been the only Wahoo there!! We fished the same area (thanks for the #'s Capt Roger), then moved on towards the Steeples.
The bite was real slow today. After yesterday's bite, we had thought that with the calmer conditions we would have to hide in the cabin to bait a hook today. Fishing and fish never do what it's supposed to do, or at least the way we want them to!!!
Arriving at the Steeples, the water was about as Gulfstream Blue as you'll ever see it, I had a better feeling here. Well, it was slow here. I was pulling an assortment of Bluewater Candy Lures and Cape Lookout Lures skirts and heads, and a 'shotgun' rod with a cedar plug on it.
Just as we crossed one of the mountain tops, the cedar plug rod bent over, Someone yelled fish on and 'Private Bodie' the fish dog came un-wound!!!! It was a Blackfin Tuna!!!
I immediately reeled in two more rods and fitted them with cedar plugs. The old standard in bluewater fishing did it again!! Soon, we were loading up one, two, and sometimes three rods on the cedar plugs with Blackfin Tunas. Tunas were flying everywhere in the boat, Bodie was jumping from fish to fish trying to make them hold still, and suddenly the slow bite was forgotten!!
There are some Yellowfins out there, Capt Roger was fishing two hundred yards to our port catching Blackfins also, when his number was called and he hooked up and boated a Yellowfin.
I think we had a couple of Yellowfins hooked up the day before that pulled the hooks on a diving plug, the reel was 'melted down' the hooks pulled and there were no gashes cut in the lure to indicate a wahoo bite, but, we'll never know for sure!!!
The Blackfin bite slowed so we took off to the Tower area to get a mess of bottom fish before heading in. Another good day on the seas with some Great guys!!!
The King Mackeral have finally showed up offshore. From what I hear, they are on the East side. Come on down and let's go fishing, you've waited all winter, and now it's time!!!
I have to keep pinching myself to make sure I am not dreaming. I love what I do and I love to see folks catch fish and have a great time, how could you not love that?????? Check out pic's on my site at www.yeahrightcharters.com
P.S. To all the e-mails I have, I will try to get them answered tonight or tomorrow. Please be patient with me, I am getting older and slower!!! Till next time FISH ON!!! Capt Butch and 'Private Bodie' the fish dog says, finally I can get some rest, the wind blowing is not always a bad thing, at least not for me!!!
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Apr 5, 2007; 01:45PM - Skeena River and tribs for Steelhead
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows a beautiful “wild” doe Steelhead posed by Rob Vodola for Valerie Toupin. This was Valerie’s first Steelhead. She landed it on the Kalum River on March 25th. In addition to this photo I did manage to capture the moment on video. To view the video clip please cast to: http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm it is 2007 Steelhead Video Clip # 0031 and is titled: (Valerie first Steelhead).
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Noel Gyger - Guided Fishing Adventures and Weekly Fishing Report
4012 Best Street, Terrace, B.C. 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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Home Page: www.noelgyger.ca
Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated March 25 – April 1, 2007
(Number 012)
Dear Fishing Friends:
We got “slammed” mid week with a major snow storm that dropped over two feet of the heavy wet stuff. This was a very unusual snow fall for this time of year. Things are looking much better now at weeks end. The upper Kalum is still in excellent shape. The lower Copper and Skeena are coloured up a little bit. In addition to the Kalum River, fishing on the Kitimat River and Douglas Channel has started. See below for more details on the Kalum River and an update for Prince Rupert Ocean fishing and freshwater rivers of the central coast. Fishing there for Steelhead will start soon.
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: http://noelgyger.ca/special-guided.htm
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.
Notice Due to a cancellation the week of April 16 through April 22nd has opened up at Nicholas Dean Lodge for up to 1 person. Let me know ASAP if you want to book this “prime time” week.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
Access to rivers is getting better as the snow melt has begun (again).
Type of fish caught: Steelhead, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden and Bull Trout.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
Fishing this week: POOR ____FAIR_ __GOOD__*__EXCELLENT _____
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: (estimate) 25-pound doe Steelhead Where: Kalum River Angler: Rob Vodola
Weather...Cloudy and mostly sunny with high of -1 degrees Celsius:
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...fair on most rivers
Snow conditions… almost gone…again
For current water heights on the Skeena River please cast on:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/water/StnFrame.asp?stnID=08EF001 Note: this site usually works best in-season.
Report from Nicholas Dean Lodge for the week of March 25 to 31, 2007:
The past week has been a very busy one for the staff and guests at Nicholas Dean Lodge. The first group of the season enjoyed some fantastic fly fishing for Trophy Spring Steelhead, swinging large flies on heavy sink tips through prime runs and tail outs. Early in the week, water conditions were ideal on the Kalum, and Jeff Bright and his group hooked and landed several Steelhead, with the largest around 18 lbs. After this first day, the fishing only continued to get better and nearly all the guests hooked into fish of 15 lbs and over. One lucky angler in particular, while using one of Dustin’s favorite Steelhead patterns, the Hawaiian Punch, hooked a very large fish. Four rod-pumping runs later, and several hundred yards downstream, the angler skillfully angled the fish towards shore, and Dustin triumphantly tailed the bullet-chrome fish. Although Dustin did not have a tape measure with him, he quickly made a length and girth measurement using a piece of fishing line before releasing the powerful fish back into the icy waters. Back at the lodge, the length of the fish was finally determined – a 41 inch Spring buck with a girth of 20.5 inches. By Sturdy’s formula for calculating Steelhead weights, the fish was 22.5 lbs – a great example of the type of fish that are caught by guests at Nicholas Dean Lodge in the Spring on the Skeena. If you like the idea of hooking into the largest, chrome-bright Steelhead in the world, come give us a try and make your reservation today.
Nicholas Dean Lodge…where every cast is an adventure!
Skeena River...is now fishable for early run Steelhead. The water is in fair shape, slightly coloured up.
Kalum River…has an “excellent” run of Steelhead. These fish are wintering over and will spawn in late spring. The water is low and clean, almost too clean. The fish are very spooky. 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.
The Kalum River has “all” four runs of “wild” Steelhead: spring, summer, fall and winter. Other than the spring run, these fish stay in the river all winter and spawn in the late spring around late April, May and June. There is no hatchery Steelhead in the Kalum River.
Both spin and fly fishing work well on this river.
Kasiks River…fishing for Coho will start again next fall. This is the river where a 27-pound record Coho was landed.
Zymoetz (Copper) River…is closed now for angling (as of December 31, 2006 above the lower canyon) to protect the “wintering over” wild Steelhead. Winter fishing is still available on the lower end below the canyon.
Note: additional rivers will be added “in season” when the fishing begins in the spring.
Ocean fishing Prince Rupert...good fishing for winter springs (Chinook) is now happening in 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 Prince Rupert, being a coastal city, is always warmer than Terrace.
(update coming soon) Hello Noel: sorry for not sending regular fishing reports, just have not been out fishing for a while but the last time we were out we boated three beauties!! 15 to 20 lb winter springs, the weather is really starting to shape up and some early run Kitimat springs will be showing up in the next two weeks, also the halibut will be moving in anytime now so fishing will pick up in April! My boat will be ready for charters by April 10, then I will be out more and able to keep you posted.
PS: the ling and snapper fishing are fabulous all the time!!
CALM WATERS...Randy Janzen
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.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Northern Coastal Rivers:
Kitimat River… (update coming soon) Although the grip of winter seems to be still holding on, there have been a few days when a few hard core anglers have been able to venture out and catch some trout. Ariel and Pat (local anglers) drifted in pontoon boats and were able to catch five cutthroat trout. They drifted from the 'Wash Out' to the 'Pump House' (approx. eight miles) and never saw another angler but they spotted six moose. Last weekend Donny Webber while fishing for trout was fortunate to catch a Steelhead. 'It was a 12lb. Wild Steelhead so I released it' says Donny. The Kitimat River has a retention fishery of one Hatchery Steelhead per day. The main Steelhead run usually starts in late March peaking sometime in April and carrying over into May. Report by Ron Wakita
Note: additional rivers will be added “in season” when the fishing begins in the spring.
Ocean fishing Kitimat Douglas Channel…(update coming soon) More schools of herring have been migrating into the Kitimat Harbour with only the Seals, Sea Gulls and undoubtedly feeder Chinook taking advantage of the migration. Rivtow Marine staff (who work right on the water) have reported signs of herring for a few days now but 'No Boats'
The only report of fishing the Salt water is a local Kitimaat Village resident, Crosby Smith who was rewarded with a 28lb. Chinook. 'It was a fat, tasty bugger' says Crosby who dined on his catch the same day that he caught it'. They certainly don't get much fresher than that not to mention the nutritional value of the Omega 3 protein contained in these feeder Chinook. It has been a long winter and it appears to be fish in the Kitimat area we can only hope for better weather to be able to catch some. Report by Ron Wakita
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Central Coast/North Van Island Wilderness Rivers:
March 21, 2007 (update coming soon)
Greetings:
Tight lines, dry waders (they leak from the top), and floating flies:
We are still waiting for the 12th of April for our season to start. From all reports, the Steelhead season this year is better than it has been in the last 12 years in this region.
We are very excited to begin our Angling Odyssey. Heli-Fishing ensures that “No one is retired from fishing”.
Perry Wilson & Dan Cahill will be two of our professional guides at Nimmo this spring, along with our seasonally returning pilots who fly our magic carpets. We can access over 40 rivers for Salmon, Steelhead and Trout.
Our fishery takes place within the southern section of the “Great Bear Rain forest: within the Central Coast of BC. There are no roads or people. To be alone while angling is a wonderful thing and one that is sought after by anglers worldwide.
Our shore lunches at 7000 feet are truly dramatic. We eat daily in a restaurant that is never crowded. Towering spruce, cedars and fir trees are constant observers of How You Cast., not that will ever say anything or comment on your style, but they add a measure of peace that only comes from standing on the shores of a coastal river in an un-logged river valley.
It has been snowing for the past couple of days, off and on. We have fished before in April where there has been snow on the banks of our rivers, but I do not think that will be the case this year. There is a good snow pack on the coast range Mountains, which will allow for a good run off to bring in the spring fish.
This will be our 27th season, fishing on the coast of BC. We know well where the fish are and how to fish these rivers. Our pilots have well over 3500 hours of flying and all have completed a mountain flying course. Weather is our determining factor as to where we go and what we do in any given day. The pilots are the captains of their air ships and will dictate what can be done on a daily basis. There are navigators of the skies and good fishers.
We will have a nice selection of hardy fly fishing gear in our angling academy. This is where flies are tied, stories are told, and beverages are consumed and cigars …..
We look forward to meeting new anglers and introducing them to a truly beautiful part of BC. We travel over 30,000 sq. miles from sea level to seven thousand feet. To boldly go where no one has gone before. It’s your turn.
Craig Murray, Owner
Nimmo Bay Resort
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
Sportsnet Pacific ………Sundays at 6:30 AM PT or 9:30 AM ET
Knowledge Network……Fri/Sat at 1:30 PM PT or 4:30 ET/ Sun at 11:30 PM 2:30 ET
A Channel……………….Sundays at 7:00 AM PT or 10:00 AM ET
World Fishing Network…Check local listings
Catch & Release formula...Chinook: girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by
1000. Steelhead: Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)
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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Apr 2, 2007; 04:52PM - Ixtapa/Zihuataneo Sportfishing Report
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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MARCH 29, 2007
The Marlin bite continues to get better and better along with a stronger showing of Sailfish. Captain Adolofo on the Dos Hermanos 1 reported 2 Blue Marlin and 2 Black Marlin in three days of fishing for returning Angler Harrell Minzenmayer. Captain Adolofo also reported raising 8 Sailfish for Mr. Minzenmayer but the fish were reluctant to bite the lures. Captain Cheva on the Dos Hermanos 2 reported a nice Black Marlin and 9 SAILFISH in 3 days of fishing with Mr. Godsey. Captain Cheva also had two productive Inshore days with fly fishing angler Mr. Rose who landed a mixed bag on Bonitos, Spanish Mackerel and Yellowtail Jacks. Captain Chiro on the Bloody Hook had an outstanding week leading Angler George Jennings to 2 Striped Marlin on his first day offshore and 4 SAILFISH on his second day offshore. First time visitor to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. Mr. McCalum also fishing with Captain Chiro landed and released a Blue and a Black Marlin in one day. The Black Marlin was estimated to be near the 400 Lb mark. Mr. McCalum also landed 3 SAILFISH while fishing 2 other days aboard the Bloody Hook. Captain Adolofo fishing inshore with Travel Writer Mary Peachin landed several Yellowtail Jacks and Spanish Mackerel then fishing offshore and her second day landed 3 SAILFISH and missed 1 other SAILFISH. The Roosterfish continue to be absent as the cold green water is present all along the beaches. The cooler temps are also making it difficult on some days for the skippers to catch live bonitos which has been the favorite bait for the Big Blues and Blacks offshore.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Cool Mornings followed by beautiful days
Sea Conditions: Calm to Moderate
Bait Supply: Good
Stan Lushinsky
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Apr 2, 2007; 04:50PM - 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
April 1, 2007
Anglers –
The official local spring break vacation has now started and vacationing tourists are also arriving in large numbers to the Los Cabos area. As the weather is steadily warming everybody is excited to get involved more in outdoor activities. This coming weekend is when local families traditionally pack up camping provisions and head for the beaches, though access to many of their favorite locations is now limited due to all of the development along the coastal stretches. This past week the weather was not as crazy and unpredictable as it was last week, there was none of the thick marine fog or heavy south winds to deal with, though the north wind did blow at an average of 10 to 15 miles per hour for most of the period. The water conditions are on an improving trend, clearing and averaging 68 to 71 degrees, as the days start to heat up we expect the water temperature to warm accordingly.
The fishing action was not quite as exciting this week for the San Jose del Cabo panga fleets, last week the red crabs attracted huachinango (red snapper) to the surface, but this week the action was more spread out. The most consistent bite was early morning action for yellow snapper close to shore off of Cardon while drifting with sardinas in about fifty feet of water, these fish were particularly aggressive the first couple hours in the mornings, tough fighters on light tackle, averaging 4 to 8 pounds. Mixed in the same area there were also some leopard grouper (cabrilla), barred pargo, flag cabrilla, sierra, roosterfish, surgeon fish and amberjack. On the rock piles a bit further from shore, in 100 to 150 feet of water anglers using yo-yo iron jigs reported mixed success for cabrilla, pargo and amberjack.
Very few dorado encountered in recent days, yellowfin tuna were scattered as well, with some action being found offshore traveling with schooling porpoise, not a consistent bite and the yellowfin that were encountered were mostly in the 10 to 20 pounds range. No tuna were reported closer to shore or on the Gordo Banks. A couple of 20 to 30 pound wahoo were caught off of Punta Gorda on trolled mackerel, but apparently this was just a case of being in the right place at the right time.
Early in the week there were concentrations of mackerel found around the Outer Gordo Bank and this attracted striped marlin, which were encountered feeding on the balled up baitfish. This activity vanished and the billfish action once again became spread out to areas of the Pacific and off of Chileno. With the coming full moon we expect this next week will also prove a bit more difficult for the striped marlin action.
Whales are still providing entertainment, though their numbers have diminished some. Several commercial shrimp trawlers have been in the area and if you were able to make the right connection there were some good deals on freshly caught shrimp available.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita sent out approximately 56 charters for the week, with anglers accounting for a fish count of: 8 striped marlin, 3 mako shark, 11 dorado, 15 amberjack, 14 bonito, 33 cabrilla, 10 pompano, 8 surgeonfish, 14 roosterfish, 86 sierra, 2 wahoo and 295 pargo (various species).
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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Apr 2, 2007; 01:02PM - 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
March 26 to April 1, 2007
WEATHER: This weeks weather was a great prelude to summer as the winds were light, the sun was out and our daytime temperatures were in the mid 80’s. Of course things are going to warm up, but what a great introduction! Nighttime lows were in the high 60’s and the light winds we had were mostly from the east and northeast, a bit unusual but welcome as it made water conditions on the Pacific very nice.
WATER: The Pacific side had a bit of a swell at the beginning of the week with some sets reaching 6 feet, but they were spread apart so it was not too bad. I was able to run to the San Jaime bank in the 58’ at 20 knots without pounding and after you got outside the current line it mellowed out. The Pacific side was 69-71 degrees with a band of warm water running from the coast out to the San Jaime Bank and it looked like a hook running from there to the south, tapering smaller as it bent to the southeast. To the west of this warm band the water averaged 68 degrees. On the Cortez side of the Cape things were warmer as the water from the Cape and up to the Punta Gorda area, and out to a distance of 30 miles was a fairly consistent 71 degrees. To the southeast of the Cape there was an area of cooler, greener water from the 95 Spot and extending south 30 miles and east-west 15 miles.
BAIT: We had a good mix of live bait available this week with Mullet, Caballito and Mackerel all readily available at the normal $2 per bait. There were very few Sardinas and they were $25 a scoop from a few boats up at San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There was no change in the location of the Striped Marlin from last week as they were still holding on the San Jaime Bank on the Pacific side and around the Punta Gorda and Gorda Banks area on the Cortez side. Most of the boats were fishing the San Jaime Bank as it was a shorter run to the fish and there were massive amounts of bait in the area. Trolling lures and drifting live baits both accounted for fish and often there were multiple hook-ups. Boats were averaging two to three Marlin per trip and some of them were decent size fish. I had one release this week on a Striped Marlin of about #180. It was surprising considering how much bait was in the area, but the fish were fairly aggressive when attacking the lures. There were a few Blue Marlin reported from the Punta Gorda area and I did hear of one Blue caught just on the inside of the San Jaime this week. There should be more Blues as well as a few Blacks showing up as the water warms.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna fishing was slow this week but at least we were seeing some of them. At the San Jaime Bank fish from 50 to 80 pounds would pop up every now and then causing a lot of commotion, but no one as far as I heard had any luck getting them to bite. Guys were trying drifting live baits at 300 feet, chunking for them and yo-yoing as well with no luck. In the San Jose area there were smaller fish to 25 pounds reported but the only guys having any luck on them were the ones using Sardinas on #20 flouro-carbon leaders.
DORADO: No change from last week as the lucky boats were catching one fish a day but they were good size, in the 30-40 pound class. There was no concentration of fish and they were scattered.
WAHOO: I did not hear of any Wahoo this week.
INSHORE: Even the inshore fishing was spotty this week. There was some Sierra, a few Yellowtail and a scattering of bottom fish, but no great catches to be had.
NOTES: This makes three weeks in a row with very little change in the fishing. Hopefully things pick up soon! The bright spot for the week was having the Striped Marlin bite turn on and the water being in great condition at the same time. Until next week, tight lines!
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Apr 1, 2007; 08:05PM - Butler Chain
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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This past week on Butler Chain had its ups and downs. Monday and Tuesday saw some good top water action on Lake Butler. During the early morning we saw a good amount of schooling action. Tuesday turned out to be the best day with bass being caught on High Roller ChugRollers in Fire Tiger. Big bass for the day came in at a solid 3.8 pounds, and just slammed the ChugRoller.
Wednesday I had the great pleasure of having Kathy Barker from ProBass Networks out on Butler Chain. Kathy surprised me thou, when we met at McDonalds she had Skip Collins from High Roller Lures there with her. What I thought was going to be a great top water action day on Butler, was anything but that.
The bass did not want to play fairly, as we did see some schooling action going on, but they avoided any and all top water lures thrown at them, Skip did manage 2 bass on his secret lure, while Kathy caught two more bass, with her landing the big bass for the day and the bragging rights. Only 5 bass made it to the boat, as the blue bird skies seemed to have just shut down the artificial bite.
Thursday I had the McClain duo, husband and wife out on Butler. We started out with Margarita working live bait, and Carl with top water baits. There was very limited schooling action once again, but Carl was very determined to nail a nice bass on top water. He started out with an Original High Roller, but then switched to a ChugRoller. A very solid bass, in the 4 pound class came up to slam the bait. Carl said he felt her hit the lure so he set the hook, but she was gone. That, unfortunately was the end of the top water action for the day. Margarita continued to work the live bait, missing her first bass as it chased the shiner to the surface. She got too excited and the hook up was missed. After a few coaching words, Margarita didn’t miss another bass. We actually had to keep an eye on her, as she never said a word, we only knew she had one on when we heard the drag. Her big fish of the day came in at 5.1 pounds.
Mean while Carl was tossing around a Gitem Shad in watermelon red, with a small screw-in bullet weight. Flipping to grass bed edges, Carl managed some good quality bass, with his big bass of the day coming in at 5.2 pounds on the digital scale. These 2 had a great time on the water catching as Carl said “some good quality bass.”
Saturday we ended the week with my son wanting to head out to Butler and do some relaxing fishing using live bait. We hit Lake Butler and right off the bat he had the first bass of the day in less than 5 minutes of us being on the water. We pretty much just slowed trolled the live shiners around the grass beds with deeper water drop offs close by. My son landing 5 good solid bass caught within 2 ½ hours on live bait. A quick switch to a Fat A and he missed what looked to be close to a 4 pounder right by the boat. When he decided he was more than happy with his catch for the day, we headed back in.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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Mar 31, 2007; 04:39PM - Cooler Water This Week!
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Fishing has been a bit slow this week. The blue water moved out to the 15 mile mark, and then back in to 10 miles.
According to the Terrafin Satellite Surface Temperatures, the water within the normal fishing zone of 30 miles is a blustery 84º, with the preferable 80º water about 40 miles. This explains why most sailfish are being taken between 18 and 20 miles, with the tuna and blue marlin coming from the 40 to 45 mile mark.
Adolpho on the panga, Dos Hermanos, told me he did have one decent day on sails, releasing four. He also said the inshore action is very slow. Adolpho is one of our absolute best roosterfish and jack crevalle captains, and if he says it is slow, then do not waste your time trying for them.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 74-86
Humidity 83%
Wind: NNW 4 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:42 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:59 p.m. CDT
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Mar 31, 2007; 03:45PM - Spring Forward…..Wind Back
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1056 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 03/31/07
East Cape
Mexico switched to daylight savings time this week, just as the north wind cranked back up shutting down what had been some good early season beach fishing. Water conditions quickly went from clean and fairly warm, to off color and cooler as the relentless wind waves pounded the beach. Earlier in the week the first pods of larger roosterfish in the 10 to 15 lb range could be seen cruising the beach in groups of a half dozen or so. The smaller juveniles roosters (1 or 2 lbs) are still numerous as well. While not exactly spring-style beach action, it was great to have a few cruisers to cast to. The jack crevalle have been seen schooling near-shore in larger groups. They are still in their milling/spawning behavior and they continue to be tough on the fly. That being said, they will indeed eat a fly if you are persistent and lucky enough to get a few chances. Sea lions have them spooked as well, which doesn't help the bite.
Offshore fishing action prior to the return of the wind included a good showing of striped marlin for those willing to run south...way south. Tuna action was found under the porpoise throughout Las Palmas Bay before the wind stirred things up.
Water temperature 65-78
Air temperature 55-82
Humidity 70%
Wind: NNW 11-15 knots
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:34 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Little action reported by the steady stream of yachts pounding up the coast toward California in less than ideal traveling weather. The best action found was on the finger bank below Tasco.
Whale watching season is over and attention has turned back to fishing by the locals. So far the action has been spotty; the Entrada produced a few small yellows along with a few bonito. With big tides creating ripping currents, the Esteros also performed poorly this week only yielding a few grouper, corvina and spotted bay bass.
Water temperature 65 - 72
Air temperature 55 -86
Humidity 64 %
Wind: WNW 6-9 knots
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:42 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Fishing has been a bit slow this week. The blue water moved out to the 15 mile mark, and then back in to 10 miles.
According to the Terrafin Satellite Surface Temperatures, the water within the normal fishing zone of 30 miles is a blustery 84º, with the preferable 80º water about 40 miles. This explains why most sailfish are being taken between 18 and 20 miles, with the tuna and blue marlin coming from the 40 to 45 mile mark.
Adolpho on the panga, Dos Hermanos, told me he did have one decent day on sails, releasing four. He also said the inshore action is very slow. Adolpho is one of our absolute best roosterfish and jack crevalle captains, and if he says it is slow, then do not waste your time trying for them.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 74-86
Humidity 83%
Wind: NNW 4 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:42 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:59 p.m. CDT
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