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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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Feb 3, 2007; 01:12PM - Now, That’s a WSB!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1048 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 02/03/07
TELL THE PACIFIC COUNCIL --NO LONGLINES http://www.savethefish.org/action_items_Pacific_LL.htm
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Whale watching continues to dominate the activity at both Lopez Mateo and San Carlos. Enrique reported sighting over 40 whales near the Entrada. Between whales he also managed to find the firecracker yellows under the bird schools. Here’s proof that they eventually grow up! This is a second hand report I received this week:
”Thank you for your info on white sea bass in Mag bay last week. We didn’t fish the location you sent, but found another one outside the bay after looking for an anchor spot after running from bad weather off shore.”
“The spot produced white seabass and yellow tail in the 45-52 lb range. They bit all night the evening of January 23/24, it was absolutely freezing cold with 40 knot winds. These were particularly aggressive fish that required 80-100 lb test to successfully land them. Even with International 50s and 100 lb test, we still only managed to land 8 out of 20 hook ups. The preferred technique was 16oz dropper loops and a live mackerel. Several yellowtail that were brought within site were estimated to be over 60 lbs before breaking off on 100 lb and in one case, 130 lb test.”
“The catch include personal best fish for the Captain (Mike Pritchard – 52 lb yellow tail), the deckhand/cook Dusty (45lb WSB and 50lb YT), and myself (42LB WSB).”
Mike Reader
Lance Peterson while on a recent whale watching trip at Lopez also found some time to fish (go figure) and reported that the Spotted Bay Bass bite was all you wanted.
Water temperature 65 - 72
Air temperature 46 -80
Humidity 81%
Wind: NE 6 - 8 kts
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:09 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:13 p.m. MST
East Cape
Some of that cold snap to the north seems to have found its way all the way down the Baja Peninsula. In “shorts only” country, that is big news as everyone is digging out their one pair of long pants and jackets.
Before breakfast and before the wind gets going, sierra are the best bet. For a few lucky anglers, a small rooster now and then along with an occasional ladyfish can be added to the catch.
Not far offshore, some small dorado are still hanging around along with a sprinkling of billfish that should be wearing fur coats.
Water temperature 65-70
Air temperature 47-75
Humidity 86%
Wind: NNW at 13 - 18 knts.
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 4 miles
Sunrise 6:59 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:09 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The fishing has been very poor this last week. And, with the full moon phase coming up, I do not see an improvement. This certainly is a dilemma. For sailfish, we should have been having one of the best weeks of the year. It is possible the El Niño affect has delayed the main body of fish getting here, or maybe they are going to by-pass us completely on their way down to Guatemala and Costa Rica.
This last week saw almost as many dorado taken as sailfish, and that was less than a one per boat average. Yesterday (Friday), Efra on the panga Tequila, was high boat in the fleet with three sailfish raised, and they hooked all three. He fished an area at 14 miles on a 180° heading out of Zihuatanejo Bay.
Mike O'Keefe of England, fished with Martin on the panga “Isamar” for 4 days. To find the fish, and to cover more water, they fast trolled marlin lures. They did manage to hook three sails on the fly.
Cali made the 35 mile run down to Vicente Gro. on the panga “Zapatito Gordo”. Three days in the blue water only yielded 1 sailfish, a dorado, and a nice blue marlin. Two days inshore yielded 2 small roosters (5 to 7 pounds), and about 20 small jacks (2 to 5 pounds).
About the only decent bite going on right now are the large jack crevalle (10 to 15 pounds) hitting in the early morning inside Zihuatanejo Bay.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 70-93
Humidity 82%
Wind: Calm.
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:42 p.m. CST
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Jan 30, 2007; 11:24PM - Ixtapa/Zihuataneo Sportfishing Report
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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January 26, 2007
Our rollercoaster year continues as the water temperature and currents continue to move dramatically each day. Last week again saw some great fishing along with some days that can best described as too slow for comfort. Returning anglers to the CASA LAS BRISAS at thePuerto Vincentee Area, Mr. Ray Raychowski’s group, Fishing 5 days aboard the Super pangas, Janeth, Adrenalina, and Grand Jefe 2, landed 13 SAILFISH and 6 DORADO. One of the highlights of the trip was landed by one of the group fishing aboard the Janeth with an estimated 40 lb SNOOK. Captain Artuo came back to Zihuatanejo and fished 2 days with French angler Mr. Soulasoul who landed 4 SAILFISH and 2 DORADO and also landed 1 SAILFISH fishing aboard the Zapatito Gordo.. Returning angler Mr. David Horn fishing 3 days with Captain Adolofo raised 7 SAILFISH and 1 Striped Marlin to the fly landing and releasing 3 SAILFISH and 1 Dorado. Also fishing with Captain Adolofo was angler Bob Simon who posted the single best day of the week with 6 SAILFISH and followed that day with a 1 SAILFISH performance aboard the Dos Hermanos 2. New Jersey angler and inshore specialist, Ron Reinhardt fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 2 landed 4 Jacks, 2 Spanish Mackerel and 7 Bonitos while only raising 1 Roosterfish to the plug. Fly fishing angler Kirk Eberhard fishing 4 days aboard the Marfel raised 5 SAILFISH. Mr. Lloyd Mcevers fishing 2 days aboard the Marlin Azul landed 6 SAILFISH and 1 Dorado. Charlie Barrows fishing 1 day aboard the super panga Michelle landed and released 2 SAILFISH and 1 Dorado. Captain Chiro on the Bloody Hook reported a 2 SAILFISH day for angler Randy Stevens and 2 SILFISH for Mr. Craig Miller who fished 2 DAYS. Captain Jose Vargas on the L:a Bamba reported 6 SAILFISH and 2 DORADO in 7 days of fishing. Captain Ruben on the Auga Azul reported 11 SAILFISH and 1 Dorado in 7 days. Captain Varga on the Estruion landed 1 Blue Marlin of 170 lb. along with several SAILFISH. The Beginning part of the week of the saw some very good action but rapidly changing ocean temps near the middle of the week slowed the fishing down considerably. At last report the action was once again picking up nicely.
Sea Conditions: Calm
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Weather: Nice with some cloud cover.
Bait Supply: Good
Stan Lushinsky
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Jan 30, 2007; 11:22PM - 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
January 28, 2007
Anglers –
The skies cleared after last weeks rain, recently there were scattered clouds and moderate winds from the north, but temperatures continued to be a bit cooler than normal. Mid-week there were a couple of early morning that dipped down to 45 degrees and the daytime highs were maybe reaching the lower 70s. Ocean conditions varied from location, the water temperature continued on a cooling trend and ranged from 67 to 71 degrees throughout the region. The clarity of the water was cleaner in the direction of Cabo San Lucas, though sportfishing operations were fishing in the direction of the Sea of Cortez, as well as the Pacific where the billfish action was still concentrated. Schools of mackerel were found in various locations, anglers were able to jig for them in the mornings or purchase them from the local pangueros. Supplies of sardinas were very limited and spread out, though on most days they were available.
Crowds of anglers were light, perhaps a combination of factors contributed to this. First being the new United States passport regulations, also the recent increase of Mexican fishing licenses could be discouraging, which now cost a steep $ 13 for a one-day license and then we have the wintry weather.
The panga fleets launching from La Playita found the most consistent action in the vicinity of the Gordo Banks and anglers found that there were not many other options since no consistent production was found either off the bottom or along the shoreline. Yellowfin tuna dominated the bite on the Gordo Bank, the fish seemed to be picky at times, but then again at times would go on a frenzy. The quality was very impressive, as the average tuna encountered was in the 25 to 50 pound class. Catches per boat ranged from one or two fish, up to a dozen. Anglers had success with live and dead sardinas, as well as mackerel, but overall more fish were hooked while using chunk bait from freshly caught skipjack, which were on the same fishing grounds.
Dorado were caught in good numbers earlier in the week, most them medium sized fish, with some exceptions, but as the water cooled off, these fish became less active over the weekend and most likely are migrating further south. The majority of the dorado caught hit on trolled or drifted bait, but schools of fish also found by trolling lures.
Billfish action was best on the Pacific side of Cabo, but the striped marlin are also being found off of Chileno and towards the Gordo Banks, following their bait supply. We look for larger concentrations or marlin to move in the direction of the Sea of Cortez in the coming weeks.
Whales are now in their peak migrations, with high numbers of both Grey and Humpbacks being seen throughout the area. Giant squid are being found outside of Cabo San Lucas, to over 40 pounds and quite a few mako sharks are being hooked into as well, they also show up when the mackerel are plentiful.
So far this season has proved disappointing for inshore action, there have been surprisingly low numbers of sierra being found along the beach stretches of San Jose del Cabo, we can just hope that these popular gamefish are behind schedule and will show up in force soon.
The combined panga fleet from La Playita sent out approximately 49 charters for the week, with anglers catching a total of: 1 sailfish, 11 striped marlin, 12 mako shark, 135 skipjack, 115 yellowfin tuna, 42 dorado, 52 pargo, 9 cabrilla, 15 sierra and 6 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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Jan 29, 2007; 10:19AM - 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
January 22-28, 2007
WEATHER: We started the week with clouds on Monday and Tuesday and ended the week with clouds on Sunday, but in between the skis were blue and clear! Our nighttime low was 50 degrees and our daytime high was 82 in the sun with no wind. The daytime average was around 76 degrees. Even with the clouds there was no rain to speak of, we did get a little spit on Monday night, just enough to dot the dust on the window of the truck. I know I have lived in the tropics for the last 25 years and my blood is thin, but even friends from the cold climes were wearing sweatshirts in the evenings during the middle of the week.
WATER: Our highs on the water temps were in the 74 degree range while the lows were around 67 degrees, not a lot of difference and there were no really strong temperature changes, no breaks to speak of. The cooler water was closer to the beach on both the Pacific sand the Sea of Cortez, on the Pacific the warmer water was on top of the San Jaime Bank while the Cortez side had the warm water around the 1150 and Cabrillo Seamount. The winds were mainly from the north and northwest so the calmer water was this side of the lighthouse on the Pacific side and this side of the Punta Gorda area on the Cortez side of the cape.
BAIT: Mackerel at $2 per bait and there were occasional Sardinas available up at San Jose if you were there early and they were the normal $20 per scoop. There were a few Caballito in with the mackerel but there were no large numbers of them.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: You had no need to travel very far this week for Striped Marlin as they seemed to be heavily concentrated between the Punta Cristobal area and the Arches, down to Punta Ballena. Almost all the fish were within three miles of the shore and anglers drifting live bait had the best action. Second best was trolling lures and a surprising third best was slow trolling dead bait. Most boats were able to entice at least a few Marlin into eating their offerings and the better boats (or those with better luck) were able to get releases in the range of one per hour. I loved it, close, steady action on fish averaging 120 pounds and since you did not have to run for an hour each way there was more time with bait or lures in the water which translates into more chances to hook up!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin were scarce this week once again although I did hear of a few boats getting into a bit of action drifting live sardines or cut bait up at the Gorda Banks. There was a bit of action there a few weeks ago and it appears that a few of those fish decided to stick around, but not in any numbers. For the most part, as I walked around the Marina and asked the anglers and Captains about the tuna flags I saw flying, the answer would come back that they were flown for Skipjack and Bonita.
DORADO: Dorado were kicked down to the number two fish of the week, just behind the Striped Marlin. While there are still fish out there, they are not being found in the numbers were seeing a few weeks ago. There were still steady numbers being caught, and the best results seemed to come from the Pangas as they were fishing slow trolled live bait close to the beach and the Dorado seemed to be in there looking for food. The average size was up just a bit at 15 pounds and there seemed to be about two to three fish per boat for those that tried to target them.
WAHOO: What Hoo? Every Wahoo flag that I saw and enquired about this week ended up being flown for a Sierra. Hew, cool water and the wrong moon phase means that the bite is off, what can I say. It’s not like we get large numbers of these fish all the time anyway.
INSHORE: I had a few inshore groups this week and as an average, there were a couple of Dorado, some decent Sierra, a few Snapper and the occasional decent Roosterfish action to be had. The Sierra bite is very iffy, if you find the schools you can do well, but the schools are pretty scattered. The Dorado are close to the beach and that makes them a good target. There are enough Marlin in close that a lot of the Pangas that would normally target the standard inshore species are going for the Billfish instead.
NOTES: No football this weekend so I am sort of at loose ends. I golfed this morning; I think that I am going to have a few words with my friends that told me this was a fun game. Maybe I just need to spend MORE money on lessons, sigh. We are going to the beach this afternoon so the dog gets some exercise and then it is time to be lazy. Grill the ribs, drink a couple of cocktails and sit back with a good book and nice music in the background. Maybe some Pink Floyd? Until next week, tight lines!
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Jan 27, 2007; 01:43PM - Windy early in the week
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The fishing and water conditions have changed a bit this week. Late last week we had a low pressure move in on us, creating a strong afternoon wind which moved the blue water out to the 20 mile mark. Fishing was very slow.
But since Wednesday, conditions have stabilized and we are getting decent fishing again. Each boat is averaging two to three sailfish a day. Plus, Santiago, on the panga, Gitana, took a nice 230 pound blue marlin.
Adolpho, on the panga, Dos Hermanos, told me the inshore waters are so slow he is not even trying to fish for the jacks or roosters. The only thing going on with the inshore is a very abundant black skipjack tuna bite.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 82 - 84
Air temperature 73-94
Humidity 82%
Wind: ESE 3 knt.
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:38 p.m. CST
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Jan 27, 2007; 01:41PM - Whale Ho!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1047 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 01/27/07
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
The whale and tourist migration seemed to have peaked simultaneously this week. More visitors continue to flock into both Puerto San Carlos and Lopez Mateos to take advantage of the opportunity to pet, kiss or just get up close and personal with some of the largest sea creatures in the world’s oceans.
The few boats that fished outside this week found the same kind of action that Captain Peter Groesbeck on the Stealing Time reported last week. However, better weather allowed the Southern Comfort and the other few boats around to cash in on the consistent marlin action under the bird schools - mostly multiples strung along the 100 fathom curve from Santa Maria to the Entrada. The action seems to be slowly sliding south following the warm water currents that compress down toward the tip of Baja. Though there were fewer than last week, the dorado bite remained decent.
Back inside, the best inshore action is the firecracker yellows mixed in with the bonito under the bird schools at the Entrada. With most of the boats whale watching this week, the Estero had little if any fishing pressure this week.
Water temperature 69 - 72
Air temperature 57 -75
Humidity 74%
Wind: WNW 7 - 9 kts
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:11 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:08 p.m. MST
East Cape
Winter reports on fishing at East Cape can differ, depending on who you ask; if you ask a local, the answer this week would be, “We had a few nice days.” Most hotel visitors would answer, “It blew most of the week with only a few decent days.” So there you have it!
Here at East Cape this time of the year (winter), the good days are the exception, not the normal. But during spring, summer and fall, you’ll find that almost every day is a great day. This week, on the good days, there were a few marlin to be found, as well as some dorado and some football sized tuna under the porpoise. Inshore, the early morning sierra action was enough to get a few of the locals out early.
Water temperature 69-73
Air temperature 42-75
Humidity 84%
Wind: NNW at 8 - 11 knts.
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 4 miles
Sunrise 7:01 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:02 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The fishing and water conditions have changed a bit this week. Late last week we had a low pressure move in on us, creating a strong afternoon wind which moved the blue water out to the 20 mile mark. Fishing was very slow.
But since Wednesday, conditions have stabilized and we are getting decent fishing again. Each boat is averaging two to three sailfish a day. Plus, Santiago, on the panga, Gitana, took a nice 230 pound blue marlin.
Adolpho, on the panga, Dos Hermanos, told me the inshore waters are so slow he is not even trying to fish for the jacks or roosters. The only thing going on with the inshore is a very abundant black skipjack tuna bite.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 82 - 84
Air temperature 73-94
Humidity 82%
Wind: ESE 3 knt.
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:38 p.m. CST
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Jan 25, 2007; 06:56PM - Butler Chain
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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This report is for Wednesday the 24th, today I once again had the great pleasure of having Rod and his son Shawn back out on the Butler Chain, and once again the Chain did not let us down. This time we worked Lakes Chase and Lake Blanche and once again the bass did not let us down. Altho with a different weather pattern at hand, colder in the morning and much less sun than the previous day, we still got our catch, and almost got another 10 pounder.
Rod had a hook up with one that would have been bigger than the 10 pounder from the previous day, hooking up with her 4 times, first time she took him into the grasses and broke off, second time she got into the structure and worked loose, 3rd and 4th time she managed to shake off before getting to the boat, the back on this gal was huge as we watched her surface after his shiner 3 different times and the wake she kicked out had the guys excited for hours.
This is the time of year to catch some serious bass on Butler, and as Rod knows, not having caught a 10 pound bass until yesterday, and having a shot at 3 of them in 2 days, this chain does hold some very good action, as he said “ that was exciting seeing her do all that” as the big gal attacked his bait. Its always great to have a father and son on the water, catching quality bass and enjoying eachother, that, in itself made the day complete.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Jan 23, 2007; 05:13PM - Butler Chain 10 pounder
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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Today I had the great pleasure of having a great father and son trip on the Butler Chain.
Rod and his son Shawn wanted to get in on some great bass fishing action, and believe me, the bass did not let them down. The guys had opted for shiners and the bass agreed with their choice of baits, 2 minutes in to the trip, Shawn hooks up a beautiful 4 pound bass as she was cruising by one of many beds we spotted today. The guys were hooking bass here and there throughout the chain as we moved from Little Lake Down to Wauseon Bay, and over to Lake Chase. Every area we hit we had some action, and believe me folks, this was one of those days that dreams were made of, the guys caught one bass that was around 1 ½ pounds, and all the others were 4 pounds or better, with their best 5 bass coming in at just over 30 pounds.
The highlite of the days was when Rod had tossed his bait out, and in a matter of minutes the fight was on, this bass hosed his bait and ran all over the place, almost getting hung in the big motor, then making a move and almost tagging the trolling motor before Rod got her under control, and catching his first ever 10 pound bass, as this gal weighed in at a nice 10.25 pounds on the digital scale. Second biggest bass was caught by his son Shawn, which came in at just over 6 ½ pounds.
They did have another big gal hooked up but with a few shakes of the head, she found her way to freedom, close to having 2 bass over 10 pounds, but it just wasn’t in the cards for today.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!!
Capt Tim Fey
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Jan 22, 2007; 11:51AM - 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
January 15-21, 2007
WEATHER: If you remember, we ended last week with clouds moving into our area. Well, the jet stream that brought them to us stayed overhead almost the whole week. People who were looking forward to sunny skies and a chance to lay out on the beach and get a tan were disappointed as the only sunny day we had all week was Saturday after 2 pm and Sunday. It looks as if the jet stream will move back over us in another day or so. With the clouds came wet weather. Not enough rain fell to make the streets run with small rivers, but there was enough to get everything wet and it really had a chance to soak in. Of course this means that in a few weeks the desert will be blooming and everything will be green! Because of the clouds our temperatures did not change much, our daytime highs were in the mid 70’s while the night time lows were around the mid to low 60’s.
WATER: With the jet stream and clouds came the wind. It was more northerly than usual so if you were on the water this side of Punta Cristobal on the Pacific side of the Cape the surface conditions were not bad. Past there it got choppy and sloppy. The same held true for surface conditions on the Cortez side once you got up to the Punta Gorda area. Water temperatures were a fairly steady 71-72 degrees everywhere with the exception of a warm eddy just to the south and west of the San Jaime Bank, there the water warmed up to 74 degrees. Just to the north of there, to the west of the Golden Gate Bank, it cooled off to 68-69 degrees. As is normal, the cool water was off color while the warmer water had a nice blue to it.
BAIT: Bait this week was 75% Mackerel, as the water continues to cool off there will be a change to almost all Mackerel. There were Sardinas available off of Palmilla at the usual $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite has remained excellent, as the fish have moved closer to us. The bite is still happening at the Golden Gate Bank and boats drifting bait on the top are still hooking up, but the choppy conditions have brought a lot of fish to the surface and now there are tailing fish everywhere. Reports from a few private boats that have been spending the entire day out on the water are that the fish are very active just to the inside (shoreward) of the Golden Gate. I sent a half-day on the water Friday and had tailing fish all over the place at the Punta Cristobal area and they were being very active and hungry as well. There are still fish being found at the ledge at the lighthouse, but there is very little bait stacked up there at the moment. There are some good balls of bait off the edge about a half-mile, and boats with good sonar have been doing well staying on top of the bait. For anglers with less seaworthy constitutions, the calmer waters just to the south of the Cape have also provided plenty of action with catches of two to four Marlin a day and they have been less than four miles offshore. There were reports of one small Blue Marlin of about 200 pounds being caught this week and it was from the Punta Cristobal area.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were a few Yellowfin caught this week but they were far from shore, almost 35 miles to the west in the warm water edge off of the San Jaime. A few football fish were found closer to home but that was about it for the Tuna this week.
DORADO: The Dorado bite continued this week; boats working close to the beach on the Pacific side had the best results. Bright colored lures run at 8-8 ½ knots worked well as did slow trolling live bait in areas where fish were seen. Most of the Dorado were in the 15-pound class but there was an occasional boat that hit a pocket of bigger fish in the 40-pound class. With the choppy conditions it was more difficult to spot floating debris so there were not quite the number of fish found that there were last week, but the numbers were still very good.
WAHOO: We have just come to the new moon phase so the Wahoo bite has been slow. There were a couple of fish caught this week, but most of the red flags that I saw as Wahoo flags turned out to be for Sierra.
INSHORE: The Sierra bite has started to turn on finally as the water has continued to cool. There has also been a fair bite on Pargo in close at the rocky points. Getting right up in the rocks and tossing out live bait has resulted in hookups for almost everyone, but the choppy conditions have made it a thrill ride as well.
NOTES: The poor Seahawks couldn’t get it done, sigh. It was a hell of a game though, and fun to watch. I had no voice left on Monday morning! Today will be a great one as well with the two games going on. I’ll watch them after golf this morning. I still have my fingers crossed that some day I’ll break 100. On the f9ishing side of the notes, there are Whales everywhere out there right now, we are seeing both Gray and Humpbacks every trip. A sight I will never forget is coming up on what appeared to be a floating mass of kelp, only to find that it was a vast school of Humboldt Squid, all of them at least three feet long. They were on the surface and what I thought was kelp were their tentacles and fins breaking the water as they fed on pelagic red crab. We slowed the boat to see them better and got bit on both the short corner lures! Not a great fight on #50 tackle, but it was a lot of fun when we went to smaller gear. Until next week, tight lines!
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Jan 21, 2007; 10:47PM - Ixtapa/ Zihuatanejo Sportfishing report 1/11 - 1/17
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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Ixtapa/ Zihuatanejo Sportfishing report 1/11 - 1/17
After a late and rather slow start to this season, action finally picked up and stayed more consistent than we have seen at any time during this season. Captain Annabel on the Grand Jefe 1 reported 16 Sailfish, 8 Dorado, 13 Yellowtail Jacks,9 Needlefish, 3 Spanish Mackerel and 60 Bonitos in 7 days of fishing. Returning Angler Kirk Eberhard fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 for 2 days with Captain Adolofo landed 37 Yellowtail Jacks 2 Rainbow Runners and 5 Big Roosterfish to 65 Lbs. Atlanta angler Dan Walden fishing 3 days with Captain Cheva Aboard the Dos Hermanos 2 landed 9 Sailfish and 3 Dorado. Captain Chiro of the Bloody Hook fishing with angler J.D. Edwards landed 6 Sailfish, 5 Dorado and 2 YellowTail Jacks in 2 days of fishing. Our newest super panga the Adrenalina fishing out of Puerto Vincentee Guerrero landed 3 Sailfish and 1 Dorado in 2 days of fishing.
No Marlin or Tuna have been reported.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Beautiful weather with temps in the high 80’s gentle breezes
Sea Conditions: Calm
Best Fishing area: 12 - 15 Miles offshore
Bait Supply: Good
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