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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
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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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| 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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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Jan 8, 2007; 11:23AM - 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 1-7, 2007
WEATHER: The New Year started out a little bit cool with a fairly stiff northwest breeze pushing around the high 50’s nighttime temperatures. During the daytime we had warmer weather, most days reaching the low 80’s. At the end of the week we had some strong cloud cover move in and on Friday night the wind that brought it in our area really blew.
WATER: The Pacific side of the Cape remained warmer than the Cortez side for the second straight week with the Pacific being in the mid 70’s almost everywhere and the Cortez in the low 70’s. The Pacific side was choppy on Friday and the area in front of the arch had some very confused water on Saturday as winds up at the East Cape pushed up some swells from the northeast.
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: There was a little bit of slack in the bite at the start of the year on the Striped Marlin, but by the 7th it had reverted to what we were experiencing at Christmas. The Striped Marlin have been concentrated off of the Cabo Falso ledge and this has resulted in the majority of the fleet boats working within sight of the Arch. A few of the fish have come while bottom fishing live bait on the drift and quite a few more have come while slow trolling live or dead baits. The most exciting fishing has been the action under the Frigate piles. Suddenly the Frigates dive on the feeding Marlin as they chase the bait to the surface and the boats run to the spot and throw out live bait. When there are a lot of boats out, like in the middle of the day, this can be a tough way to get a fish and the traffic is pretty dense, but in the afternoons when things clear out a bit it can be a real blast! The fishing has been good enough on the Marlin that many of the boats have been releasing double digit numbers right here close to home. During the middle of the week the bite here died off a bit and the 95 spot went off, but that bite was short lived as the fish moved back to the lighthouse.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Strangely enough, the Yellowfin Bite has still not really taken off like it usually does this time of year. I went out on Wednesday and found a couple of pods of white bellied dolphin at 26 and 32 miles to the west and managed to get a couple of football fish out of them. With the dolphin sleeping and the bite a slow pick, we reeled the line in and continued cruising to the west. At a distance of 41 miles from Cabo we found a big pod of spinner dolphin and then had a blast on Yellowfin between 15 and 45 pounds. Being the only boat there helped as we could use lighter line and not worry about it. With a few frigates and lots of gannets on the fish it was no problem getting back to them after landing one. Other boats stayed with the first group we found and continued the slow pick. I heard that the same thing had happened with the 30-mile fish over the past several days and there had been nothing large found. A few decent fish are continuing to be caught at the inner Gorda, but the action there is very slow.
DORADO: The bite picked up for the New Year with most boats finding fish just off the beach on the Pacific side where the warmer water is. Best results were had by slow trolling live bait. Jeff DeBrown, a professional fly fishing guide from the “Reel Baja” on the East Cape had four Dorado on the fly yesterday for his clients and our buddy Lance from “Baja Anglers” put his client on a 40 pound fish the day before. The boat next to us found a pallet floating about 30 miles up the Pacific yesterday and caught limits of fish in the #30 range as well as some Yellowfin while fishing live baits and dropping jigs deep into the water.
WAHOO: The full moon we have just had resulted in more Wahoo than we have seen in quite a while, but none of them were very large. The average size was 30 pounds with some as small as 10 pounds. The banks and ledges on the Pacific side were where the fish were found.
INSHORE: My friend Jeff was able to pit his clients on 6 different species of fish the other day. Sierra, Dorado, Pompano, Skipjack, Ladyfish and Jacks all came to the fly for them. Normal tackle produced the same results for others and there were a few snapper and grouper as well as small roosterfish in the mix. Most of the action, if not all of it, happened on the Pacific side of the Cape.
NOTES: This weeks report was written to the music of CCR on a three CD set titled “36 All-Time Greatest Hits” from Fantasy Music, 2000. Thanks for the great Christmas present sis! To everyone, I hope missing one week was all right; I had a lot of things happening at the end of the year! Until next week, tight lines and “Go Seahawks”!
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Jan 6, 2007; 01:33PM - 10 Miles to Sailfish
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The 82° blue water is still only 5 miles off the beach. At 10 miles, and on out, the water is 84°. The fishing for sailfish, including during this full moon period, is very good. Most boats in the fleet are averaging about 4 sailfish a day, with counts as high as 7 and 8 fish a day for some.
Steve King and a friend from Maryland fished with Santiago on the panga Gitana for three days. They tagged and released 15 sails. Santiago also told me the yellowfin tuna were at 25-30 miles, but moving fast, and difficult to catch.
A few 20 to 30 pound dorado are still around, but not showing up in the counts as well as last week.
Inshore, the jack crevalle action is picking up, and the roosterfish has just about wound down. We now have to wait for May for any decent roosterfish action.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 82 - 84
Air temperature 60-91
Humidity 82%
Wind: N 3 knt.
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:26 p.m. CST
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Jan 6, 2007; 01:31PM - Whale of a Snook Snap
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1044 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 01/06/07
East Cape
Winter and 2007 have both arrived. This means that the good days will be the exception for the next few months with north winds always a threat and just a few puffs away. This time of year, early mornings can be the best opportunity as they sometime offer flat, calm conditions. However, more often than not, early morning anglers are greeted with some wind waves and the ominous telltale wind line on the horizon.
On the good days, the sierra, jacks, ladyfish and even a few small roosters can be found feeding along the beaches. Offshore, small dorado, skipjack, yellowfin tuna and even a few marlin can be found within twenty miles and the giant squid are still within a few miles of Palmas de Cortez .
Another option for the angler is to travel down to Cabo San Lucas to take advantage of the better inshore\\offshore action that can be found off the tip of Baja. Sam Adams, from Weston, CT, was thrilled with the results, landing a forty pound dorado on the fly. Other action during the Cabo trips included billfish, sierra and even a few hefty pargo.
Water temperature 70-76
Air temperature 64-80
Humidity 82%
Wind: N at 16 knts
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:02 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:47 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Still a pretty good lump on the outside as the moderate to strong winds continued most of the week. There was an excellent tuna bite earlier in the week for some brutes up to 300 lbs. - not exactly the kind we are looking for on the flyrod. The phenomenal dorado bite didn't let the new year slow it down at all. I suspect the billfish are still around but few if any boats have been out looking for them this week.
Last week produced the best snook action in several years at Devil’s Curve. Unfortunately, with nary a fly rodder in site, the action was all on live shrimp for those lucky enough to be in neighborhood. Enrique Soto, Puerto San Carlos, reported some as large as twenty-five pounds. He also found decent action for yellowtail on the surface and down deeper enough leopard grouper to keep things interesting.
All of this as most of the focus of the locals turns to the beginning of whale watching season which attracts visitors from around the world. Getting up close and personal with a gray whale in Baja is high on many folks’ personal “to do” list.
Water temperature 72 - 74
Air temperature 55 -75
Humidity 62%
Wind: WNW 11 - 14 kts
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:52 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 82° blue water is still only 5 miles off the beach. At 10 miles, and on out, the water is 84°. The fishing for sailfish, including during this full moon period, is very good. Most boats in the fleet are averaging about 4 sailfish a day, with counts as high as 7 and 8 fish a day for some.
Steve King and a friend from Maryland fished with Santiago on the panga Gitana for three days. They tagged and released 15 sails. Santiago also told me the yellowfin tuna were at 25-30 miles, but moving fast, and difficult to catch.
A few 20 to 30 pound dorado are still around, but not showing up in the counts as well as last week.
Inshore, the jack crevalle action is picking up, and the roosterfish has just about wound down. We now have to wait for May for any decent roosterfish action.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 82 - 84
Air temperature 60-91
Humidity 82%
Wind: N 3 knt.
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:26 p.m. CST
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Jan 5, 2007; 01:29PM - Johns Lake
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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The past week I have had several days out on Johns Lake, some scouting trips and some with clients. The waters have held a fairly steady temperature in the mid to upper 60’s. Bass overall have been hitting good, with one day of having to plug away hard for our catch, as the front rolled thru. Errol from LA worked long and hard for his catch, with a few bass coming on shiners and a few coming on Gitem Shads. The father son Trio of Kevin, Matt and Mark caught bass a Cotton Cordell Super Spots and Gitem Shad. Both of those trips showed very limited to no schooling action at all.
Today I hit Johns Lake again, in search of more bass for future trips next week. With perfect weather conditions and heavy clouds to start the morning out, the bass were schooling in mass once again. Bass were caught on a wide range of lures. Long A’s caught a couple, Gitem Shads caught a few, with the Gitem Toad and High Roller Chug Roller in fire tiger color getting the most action. A lot of shoreline and flooded timber was covered with spinner baits and Super Spots to end the day around 10:00 with a total for the day at 18 bass. I did spot several bass beds in different areas with no bass on them, just a lot of cruising, other than the early morning bite, most of the fish were caught in less than 3 feet of water, with most following the baits from very shallow water before hammering the bait.
The bite was definitely good and aggressive, once the winds starting blowing, the bite died off, so instead of flipping the grass beds, I headed for the ramp and called it a day, and a very productive day at that.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!!
Capt Tim Fey
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Jan 3, 2007; 08:22PM - First Fish of 2007
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Category: Fly Fishing
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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Just wanted to share couple pictures of fishing in the new year. Kyle's bone was 27 inches and mine was 29 inches. Hopefully fishing stays this good the whole year.
dean
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Jan 3, 2007; 07:44AM - Holiday Cheers from Guatemala
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: The Great Sailfishing Company
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This Guatemala fishing report is for the week ending December 30th 2006 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing
Company operating out of the new Pez Vela Marina.
Well we allowed the fish a break to enjoy their Christmas – but started back straight away fishing on the 26th. They did seem a little sluggish after the festivities, but the sight of fresh ballyhoo just proved too much ……….and the bite showed as
soon as we hit Bluewater at 12-15 miles from the dock. We welcomed the Lundgren party, and they started their trip with 9 nice Sailfish in the boat on “Boxing Day” as it is known in the
UK . The weather was perfect with a light wind and enough of a chop on the water to make the teasers jump and hop in an animated way.
You can see more pix from last weeks fishing here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/weeklyfishing.htm
The weather and the bite improved as the Lundgrens continued their trip – bringing 10 to the boat on their second day………and then really heating up with 16 caught on their third and final day. There has been more and more bait showing in recent days, and we are hopeful of a run of Blue Marlin as we progress through the full moon………….watch this space and we will report if/when it happens !
We wish all our clients, past, present and future a Happy New Year
Our very Best wishes : Les, Carlos, Kevin & Jim
Contact us at : greatsailfishing@yahoo.com
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Jan 2, 2007; 02:59PM - Lake Toho
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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Today I had a 6 hour run on Lake Toho, with the front upon us, and rains expected, we knew it was going to be a tough bite, and the bass agreed, it was a tough bite. Phil and his girlfriend came up from Clearwater for some relaxing time on the water and to catch some bass, even though the bite was tough, they did land a few decent bass and missed a few good bass as well. This was a shiner trip, so that should tell you hw tough the fishing was out there, key to getting the bass was slow trolling the shiners, set a foot to 2 feet below a float and work slowly along the grass lines. We had several bass that seemed to just play with the baits and never committed to it, and when they did take the shiners, you had to let them have it anywhere from instant hook set to waiting 20 seconds. Despite the breezy conditions and all, the day turned out pretty good.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Dec 31, 2006; 01:27PM - 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
Happy New Year’s !
December 31, 2006
Anglers –
The southern Baja California peninsula is now busy with large crowds of tourists that are visiting for the holiday season and trying to escape the chilly weather that has been sweeping across the United States. Days were mostly sunny with highs of about 75 degrees, as usual for this time of year there was wind on and off from both the north and south. Water temperatures were ranging from 73 to 76 degrees, with the warmest areas now being found off of Cabo San Lucas and around the corner on the Pacific. Water clarity was clean and blue on the Pacific and outside of Cabo San Lucas, but further into the Sea of Cortez conditions were green and murky from the cooler currents being blown in from the north. Sportfishing fleets were not all that busy, despite the crowds, there were not that many anglers in town. Fleets searched for the most productive fishing grounds and were scattered off of the Pacific and into the Sea of Cortez. Schools of mackerel continued to attract big numbers of striped marlin on the Pacific side of Cabo and the baitfish schools are now starting to move off of San Jose del Cabo as well. Sardinas were the most common bait being used for medium sized gamefish and were available on most mornings, though supplies were not as plentiful as they had been during the past week.
The most common species found on the Pacific were striped marlin, concentrated from El Faro to Golden Gate Bank. The areas from the Gordo Banks to Iman saw yellowfin tuna and dorado dominating the action, some days it seemed the tuna were more active while on others it was the dorado that provided more action. Windy conditions limited where fleets could comfortably fish on certain days. Anglers had best success by slow trolling or drift fishing with bait. The dorado were averaging 8 to 20 pounds, but there were some larger fish mixed in, some panga charters landed as many as 5 or 6 which is very respectable for this time of year. Though the average catch was more like one or two dorado, with approximately the same number of tuna. The average size of the yellowfin tuna being landed was 15 to 50 pounds.
Other action included a mix of bottomfish and inshore species, though none of these were very numerous. It is now the time of year where larger schools of sierra should be arriving along local beaches. With the offshore fishing remaining fairly productive and relatively close to shore more anglers are targeting these species rather than going after inshore or bottomfish that have not been prevalent.
The La Playita panga fleets sent out approximately 76 charters during the past week with anglers accounting for a fish count of: 4 striped marlin, 90 yellowfin tuna, 98 dorado, 92 sierra, 62 pargo, 12 cabrilla and 8 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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Dec 30, 2006; 01:51PM - Twenty-Five Miles Close
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The 82° blue water is still close, but most of the best fishing is taking place at about the 25 mile mark. And, the fishing for sailfish has been good, with most boats averaging two or three fish a day. Plus, each day yields one or two 20-pound class dorado for each boat.
Ludo, from Belgium, finished up his week of fishing with Martin on the panga “Isamar” with a bang. On Ludo's last day, they released 7 sails, and took 2 nice dorado.
Fly fishing client, John Wexler, fished with guide Paul Phillips and Martin on the “Isamar” one day. They raised 5 sails and hooked two.
Dan Britt, of North Carolina, fished one day with me down at Puerto Vicente Gro. We were targeting roosters on the flyrod. Dan hooked two roosters, and one large jack crevalle. But, he was snake bit, and lost all three
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 82 - 84
Air temperature 73-92
Humidity 83%
Wind: Light
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:15 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:20 p.m. CST
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Dec 30, 2006; 01:50PM - Bowl Games . . . Plus a Fish or Two
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1043 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 12/30/06
East Cape
Looks like New Year’s at East Cape may be more Bowl games, parades and partying than fishing unless the wind cooperates.
The past few days have been pleasant with light winds. With the leftover surf from the wind, the beach and inshore has been tough. If there is going to be any action it is early . . . early and the bite only lasts a short time after sunrise. Sierra, ladyfish, small jacks and an occasional rooster make up the catch list if you are lucky. On the other hand, being able to walk a beach in late December with flyrod in hand beats cold, rainy weather any day!
On the flat days a few marlin and dorado are still being found a few miles off of Punta Pescadero.
Water temperature 70-76
Air temperature 45-82
Humidity 79%
Wind: N at 8 - 16 knts
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:00 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:31 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Diana Hoyt reported that the extraordinary offshore action for both dorado and striped marlin remained consistent until the weather went sideways. The “Raptor’s” Captain Rueben Duran found good fly rod action outside the entrada for wahoo and further out the dorado continued to be thick. Even with the cooler water temperatures there were ample marlin found under the bird schools. As they worked their way up to the Thetis they had double digit shots on the fly. Strong wind and high seas later in the week forced boats back inside. Can’t wait to see what happens next week after the front passes by.
With the poor weather on the outside The esteros offered a fall-back, providing good action for pargo, grouper and lots of small sierra.
Water temperature 72 - 74
Air temperature 52 -66
Humidity 79%
Wind: WSW 10 - 27 kts
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:10 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:46 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 82° blue water is still close, but most of the best fishing is taking place at about the 25 mile mark. And, the fishing for sailfish has been good, with most boats averaging two or three fish a day. Plus, each day yields one or two 20-pound class dorado for each boat.
Ludo, from Belgium, finished up his week of fishing with Martin on the panga “Isamar” with a bang. On Ludo's last day, they released 7 sails, and took 2 nice dorado.
Fly fishing client, John Wexler, fished with guide Paul Phillips and Martin on the “Isamar” one day. They raised 5 sails and hooked two.
Dan Britt, of North Carolina, fished one day with me down at Puerto Vicente Gro. We were targeting roosters on the flyrod. Dan hooked two roosters, and one large jack crevalle. But, he was snake bit, and lost all three
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 82 - 84
Air temperature 73-92
Humidity 83%
Wind: Light
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:15 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:20 p.m. CST
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