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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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Oct 9, 2006; 12:13PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Oct. 2-8, 2006
WEATHER: Our daytime highs were in the mid to low 90’s this week while the nighttime lows were in the mid 70’s. Combine that with a slight lowering in the humidity and it was pretty comfortable for us that live here. Of course if you are used to a lot lower temperatures and lower humidity you knew that you were in the tropics and had to carry a sweat rag with you when you walked around town. It was mostly sunny this week and we had the full moon as well.
WATER: I don’t think the water conditions can get much better than we have had for the last few weeks considering the time of year. Both the Pacific side and the Sea of Cortez side of the cape have had smooth conditions on the surface with swells slight at 2-3 feet and very little wind chop. Water temperatures have been between 83 and 86 degrees with an occasional spot hitting lows of 82 degrees and highs of 89 degrees. The only consistent temperature break has been to the southwest at a distance of 15 miles where the warm water is closer to shore and the cooler water just outside. There was only a one-degree change, but that was the extent of any break in the area.
BAIT: Caballito in the larger sizes were readily available this week at the normal $2 per bait, and for boats that went up the Cortez side there were Sardinas available off of La Playita at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: With all the tournaments upcoming in the next few weeks I will put a bit more focus on the billfish action in this report. There were plenty of Blue Marlin and Striped Marlin to be found and I did see quite a few small Black Marlin as well. Most of the blacks were found close to the beach along the points and the Blues were coming off of the current lines or within a mile or two of the banks. Lures were taking most of the blue marlin hook-ups and the favorite colors seemed to be Petrelero and blue/pink/silver. During the tournaments there will likely be a lot more boats working slow trolled live baits around the banks, but no one is really doing that yet. The Cabrillo seamount, the 1150 area as well as the San Jaime and the Golden Gate area have all produced decent Blue Marlin this week. For some reason the 95 Spot has not been quite as productive. The Striped Marlin have been found close to shore and they have been mixed in with the Dorado and a few Sailfish. Striped Marlin have been averaging #120-#130 while the average Blue has been in the #200-#250 class with a few fish in the “qualifying” area of over #300. Keep in mind that even if you are trolling lures to bring one of the mamas up, it pays off to have a bridles Bonita or Yellowfin Tuna in the tubes just in case the big girl decides she is window shopping! Sometimes the free meal is irresistible. Get a load of Sardines first thing in the morning and put a couple of the big baits in the tubes, if you don’t get a chance to use them on a big Blue, they still make for a great “Charlie” while fishing for Dorado.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Find the porpoise and you find the Tuna. This is the time of year when it is true every trip, but not all the porpoise will hold fish. If you get lucky as some people did 25 miles to the south this week, you will get a chance to fight fish to #180, with a lot of them around #70-#80. Closer to home on the Pacific side there were lots of school fish in the 25-40 pound ranges, but once again you had to find the porpoise that held fish. These school fish were between the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks and the coastline. Best lures were Cedar plugs and dark colored feathers for the smaller fish and live bait for the larger ones.
DORADO: The fish of the week with every boat getting at least a couple of fish and a lot of boats limiting out on these great eating fish. There was a concentration of fish off of the ledge at the lighthouse and a decent concentration of fish spread out across the current line up at Los Arcos.
WAHOO: There were a few Wahoo this week and they were mostly caught close to the beach on the Pacific side by anglers targeting Dorado. The smallest I heard of (and got a piece of) was 45 pounds but there were reports of fish to 75 pounds.
INSHORE: There were still a few Roosterfish being reported this week but with there being so many Dorado close in it was hard to get the Captains of the Pangas to target anything else.
NOTES: My friend Dan broke the cherry on his new 63’ Bertram “Sporty Game” yesterday with the release of an estimated #350 Blue. I will be fishing this boat for the Bisbee so it’s nice to know that it can raise fish. Now all I need to do is bring a few C/W CD’s! Until next week, tight lines!
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Oct 9, 2006; 11:35AM - Wide open fishing in October in Vencie, LA - tuna, wahoo, mahi and cobia
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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A bit rough and bumpy today on Wednesday..I started off by taking 3 advils..not much wind about the dock but as soon as we cleard SW Pass it was rolling about 15 knots out of the NE with a large groundswell from the east..the bluewater was close today..8 miles from the pass and moving north into the wind..it was a good 3-5 most of the day..I had Eddy Calycombe and Papa Joe and Phil Bowman..we had tried to switch thier inshore trip from Tuesday but we couldnt work it out..anyway they had a ball catching bull reds on topwaters yesterday with Clint Stewart while we sat around the dock swatting gnats..fishing was good and worth the beating for sure..plan A was to troll for wahoo and then look for trawlboats and lastly fish for cobia if the wind and seas proved to be too much..well they were too much but we stuck it out offshore til about 1:30pm..never saw any trawlboats they must have moved west across the hole..lots of action on the troll..although realistically we could only make downsea passes..bites were regularly spaced..no fish piled up anywhere like in previous trips from last week..although we did have two doubles today and both with a wahoo and 40 pound yellowfin at the same time..reminds me of the old days when this happened alot..when the spray settled we ended up with 5 wahoo, 1 mahi mahi, 1 blackfin and 2 fat yellows and all fish on the troll.. I had used up my entire memory card shooting video and couldnt delete the old pics to make room for a dockshot..Eddy will send me pictures..would have been tough to shoot under the conditions..too much rocking..anyway we tucked into the delta for the afternoon and finally found some decent cobia..we had 3 opportunities landing 2 of 3 bites..a 50 and 60 pounder..fat brown white bellied cobia have finally invaded our area..we will likely go and target them a little more these next few weeks..Not many ups and downs the rest of the week unless you're describing sea conditons; With that said, it's still been worth the beating just about every day..
After taking it on the teeth Wednesday we opted to ride along with Capt Bill Delabar on his 32 twin vee..we knew we were going to get pounded by a long period swell and head chop but we went anyway..We had a bunch of Calgarians and they had travelled too far and heard too much about the tuna bite not to make the run..First time Bill and I have fished together in two years and we had a ball..it wasnt even like work and the tuna bite was consistent making the day a real good one..no fish under 80 pounds today which is exciting in itself and the action was off the charts..its nice being the only boat out somedays..pretty much doubles and singles with little wait in between the bites and no pressureto stay on top of the fish..fight time was about 20-30 minutes except for the 120 pounder landed on the 60 pound outfit which capped off the take..this fish grazed my ankle with its teeth as it was flopping leaving a nice gash..witht that and each angler getting to handle the rod three times it was a wrap..Murray, Eric and Rob from Petrobank kept 6 of 9 fish caught. If the entire crew of 5 had showed up, it would have eased to burden not only on the rod but in carrying the fish home on a 12 hr plane ride..we sent them to Harbor Seafood in Kenner to get the catch ready for the plane ride hope it all worked out for them, the meat looked so good I kept a slab
Friday was the only calm day we had this week and the fishing was off the charts..first time we could really go looking for cobia but not without finding a few wahoo beforehand..I had the Haydels from Score and Stain in Slidell..they fish with me every five years which is an oddball interval and someone in the group commented that I would see them before Jay's 60th birthday after this trip celebrating 55 years..covered alot of ground but in the end found 2 wahoo two forty pound yellowfin, 2 bull dolphin and 18 cobia..kept 11 browns releasing 2 babies and five 1 inch shorties..Bill had Mark Hoyle and his son for the first of two offshore trips..he found 4 yellowfins but it was too rough for them and they came home early..
Tried to cancel Saturday's trip with Alligator Irigation but everyone was too excitied not to come and with the fishing the way it had been I was willing to take them..the weather, though rough wasnt as bad as expected and the fishing as good as it had been wasnt as fast and furious as I had hoped for..found it to be tough most of the morning 3 bites in the morning although it all came together after 12 noon..I had half the crew down on account of the Vencie flu during the trolling portion of the trip but my lone angler Kevin would net 2 wahoo and a blackfin while seeeking out new spots..wahoo's were solid 60 pounders too..we ran off to the cobia spots from the previous day findng 5 short fish; I figured them to be the only ones that made it through the 37' mesh screen just east of Cocodrie but we would find another hole with a school of 40-60 pounders.. I guess that these fish were big enough to jump the fence..we quickly added six of the biggest ones in the school and all but one angler handled the rod..still with a nice box of fish we could have headed in but the guys withnew vigor wanted to make one last stab at wahoo and snapper..we tried for both finding only short snapper at half a dozen stops..final take was 2 wahoo a blackfin and 6 of the fattest cobia yet..Capt Bill went tuna fishing and found 9 yellowfins and a wahoo, Hunter struggled searching for wahoo in a new area and had troubled fndng one jack and a small yellowfin..Capt Kerry Milano who was supposed take Mark Hoyle and his son redfishing but instead found a limit of snapper and a few cobia, dont know the details other than the take.
Capt Scott L. ran yesterday's trip and found two tuna (one barley legal one 80 pounds and a single 40 pound wahoo..
My camera memory card filled up shooting on Wednsday and without the software to unload it installed on the new laptop I have no cool pictures of my own, so I am waiting on some great footage from the customers..off the next few days altough Bill has a crew out today looking for tuna..we plan on possibly going sowrdfishing tomorrow night after Tuesday's scheduled maintenance day..Paradise Outfitters 1-888-FISHWUS (888-347-4987)
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Oct 8, 2006; 01:14PM - 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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October 8, 2006
Anglers –
Just like clockwork crowds of fall anglers are showing
up by the hundreds to take advantage of the excellent
fishing opportunities the Los Cabos area has to offer.
The weather has continued to be ideal, lots of
sunshine, very little wind, cooler mornings and humid
afternoons. Ocean conditions were comfortable, minimal
swells with water temperatures ranging from 86 to 88
degrees. Supplies of sardinas remained plentiful off
of the La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos area. There are
now a couple of low pressure areas off to the west of
the peninsula, but they are too far west to cause any
concern, though with the water temperatures so high
there still is a chance of a late season storm
developing within striking range.
The fishing action continued to be dominated by
yellowfin tuna and dorado. The recent trend has been
that the bite has been more scattered and everyday
action is being found in new locations. Fleets have
been fishing from areas off the Pacific, Chileno, Red
Hill, Palmilla, Gordo Banks, La Fortuna and Iman
Banks. The fishing action has been more consistent
within several miles of shore than it has far
offshore. Trolling or drifting with the smaller baits
has been more productive than dragging lures. The
majority of the tuna being caught have ranged from 10
to 20 pounds, some specimens up to fifty pounds have
been mixed in with the same schools. Other anglers
reported having monster strikes by yellowfin that
could have topped the 200-pound mark, but these fish
came unbuttoned.
Schooling dorado were found spread out throughout the
areas, early in the week was particularly good for
them. Most of the fish were in the 5 to 15 pound
class, with a few bulls over 30 pounds accounted for.
They were striking on trolled lures, but a higher
percentage of strikes came while trolling with bait.
More numbers of sailfish moved onto the local fishing
grounds, apparently attracted by the warmer water and
abundant baitfish schools. Most of the sailfish were
hitting on sardinas that were being used to target
tuna or dorado and they were weighing in the 60 to 90
pound range.
Other billfish action was better off of Cabo San Lucas
area, with a mix of striped and blue marlin being
found. Striped marlin were outnumbering the blues.
A few nice sized yellowtails to 35 pounds were taken
while using chunk bait on the Gordo Banks, also a
handful of dogtooth snapper up to 30 pounds were
hooked into using the same method. A mix of pargo,
cabrilla and rainbow runners rounded out the action on
the offshore banks. Inshore a few of the season’s
first sierra were being found, despite the water still
being in the upper 80s. As the water temperature drop
we anticipate greater numbers of the sierra to move
into inshore waters.
The combined panga fleets from La Playita sent out
approximately 144 charters for the week, with anglers
accounting for: 28 sailfish, 1,296 yellowfin tuna, 288
dorado, 18 dogtooth snapper, 12 amberjack, 18 grouper,
80 miscellaneous pargo, 15 rainbow runners, 36
triggerfish, 7 yellowtail, 5 wahoo, 1,730 skipjack and
75 bonito.
Good Fishing, Eric
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Oct 6, 2006; 07:10PM - East Central Florida Report
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt. Chris Myers
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Wind, wind, and more wind. That was the dominant factor in this weeks fishing adventures.
Visit my website at http://floridafishinglessons.com/FishingReport.html for pictures from this week.
Tuesday, I fished the Mosquito Lagoon hoping to find some hungry fish for my upcoming charters. I found a school of slot sized fish right away and caught one on a gold Capt. Joe's Shredder rigged weedless before moving on to another area. My next stop held a few cruising singles and I caught 2 more slot reds on a gold DOA 4 inch jerk bait. As the wind picked up, I switched over to the gold DOA Baitbuster which has been very productive the past month. I caught one over slot red and lost two more before calling it a day as the cloud cover thickened and the water became choppy.
The next two days, I fished with Marshall and Gary from south Florida. High winds and a white capped Lagoon limited our fishing options. We decided the most comfortable and easiest way to deal with the conditions was to put out some bait and let the fish come to us. Wednesday afternoon, we fished only two spots and caught six reds from 26-32 inches on cut ladyfish. Thursday morning, we managed to get in a half hour of trout fishing
and the guys caught 8-10 trout using a rootbeer DOA Shrimp under a Cajun Thunder float. As the wind increased, we tucked into a lee in the Indian River and caught six more redfish from 25-31 inches. A quick stop in the Mosquito Lagoon yielded two more redfish. Despite the adverse weather, Gary and Marshall landed 14 reds in two days and we had a few more that got away.
Although the water level in both Lagoons is continuing to recede, the winds of the past few days dirtied the water on all but the shallowest flats. As soon as the wind subsides, however, the sight fishing should be outstanding.
Capt. Chris Myers
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com
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Oct 2, 2006; 01:14PM - 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
Sept.25-Oct. 1, 2006
WEATHER: What a nice change this week! We had mostly sunny skies with our daytime temperatures in the mid to high 90’s and the night time lows in the low 80’s to mid 70’s, just about as perfect as you could get. The only downside was that with the slight lowering in temps was an increase in the humidity. This was not unexpected, just unwanted as every little exertion resulted in some sweat.
WATER: Both sides of the Cape had wonderful water conditions this week with surface conditions smooth and comfortable. On the Pacific side we did have late afternoon winds that resulted in occasional choppy conditions, but with the swells at only 2-3 feet there were no safety problems, just an occasional case of seasickness. On the Cortez side of the Cape it was almost glassy for most of the week. On the Cortez side we had a band of very warm water come in and during the middle of the week we saw water temperatures to 90 degrees in a band that ran across the outer Gorda Bank coming from the East and running from there to within 5 miles of the coast toward the Cape. On the Pacific side the water was 85-86 degrees out just past the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks and a few degrees cooler out past both of those. There was 83-degree water 15 miles to the southwest of the cape and there was a defined temperature break, but no color change in the area.
BAIT: Caballito in the larger sizes were readily available this week at the normal $2 per bait, and for boats that went up the Cortez side there were Sardinas available off of La Playita at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: I heard from a few boats that there was a wide open bite on Striped Marlin happening up toward the Mag Bay area this week, but that is unconfirmed by anyone locally, it has all been reported over the radio. Closer to home the bite on Striped Marlin has been good close in to shore on the Pacific side; most of the action has been between the lighthouse and the Pescadaro area within 3 miles of the beach. Farther offshore there has been Blue Marlin and an occasional Black Marlin popping up in the spreads. I had a chance to fish all day on Saturday and we released an estimated #350 Blue several miles to the northwest of the Golden Gate Bank and an estimated #200 Blue just outside of the Margaretville area while working some Porpoise.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It appears that the Yellowfin Tuna that were hanging around the Punta Gorda area have moved on because while boats were still going to the area in hope of great catch’s the bite dropped dramatically. Fish were still caught but the numbers were down by a major amount. There was an occasional good bite amongst the Porpoise on the Pacific side with one notable spot happening just to the east of the San Jaime on Wednesday of this week. Most of the fish were in the 35-pound range but there were fish to 95 pounds caught on the troll. The area between the San Jaime and the Golden Gate had occasional pods of porpoise showing but they only occasional had Tuna with them.
DORADO: Once again Dorado were the fish of the week as almost every boat that went to look for them got into some action. Not all of the fish were large and I did see a lot of “dinks” brought in, some as small as 4 pounds, almost enough to make me cry. Fortunately there were plenty of fish in the 12-30 pound range to keep people happy. Most of this action was taking place just off the beach in less than 200 feet of water on the Pacific side of the Cape. The area off of the ledge at the lighthouse was exceptional last week with the best results being posted by boats drifting with cut bait and smaller live baits. Please try and remember that there is a five fish per person limit per day, and that only two of these fish may be Dorado. Catching and keeping 24 Dorado for two anglers is a violation of the fishing regulations and could result in a hefty fine for the boat owners and the crew on board.
WAHOO: There were a few Wahoo this week and they were mostly caught close to the beach on the Pacific side by anglers targeting Dorado. The smallest I heard of (and got a piece of) was 45 pounds but there were reports of fish to 75 pounds.
INSHORE: There were still a few Roosterfish being reported this week but with there being so many Dorado close in it was hard to get the Captains of the Pangas to target anything else.
NOTES: Tied my own best record on the golf course today and didn’t have to pay for the beer, caught and release two Blue Marlin yesterday and also had a great time at a friends birthday party last night. Yes, it’s been a nice week. With that in mind I just downloaded Carlos Santana on the album “Superstition to my i-pod this morning, I had forgotten how well he rocks on most of the cuts! Until next week, tight lines!
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Oct 2, 2006; 12:02PM - Guatemala Sailfishing
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: The Great Sailfishing Company
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This fishing report is for the week ending 10-01-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week ranged from 30 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been ranging between 1 to 2ft with sunny skies and no wind.
This week saw fair to good results with boats
reporting raises in the high teens to mid twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to mid teens with Wednesday,Thursday and Friday seeing most boats releasing between 10 to 15 sails on conventionial tackle. Once again
there were some Dorado to be taken each day.
For those anglers planning to come down to Guatemala and fish with us, please make your reservations soon as our calendar is filling up fast. We are happy to announce the addition to our fleet of the Island Time (38ft.wide-body Bertram)and the Reel Diver (35ft.Bertram with a full tuna tower and tuna door).Both of these vessels will be arriving in early November.
To register for our weekly fishing report and other information please click here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/register.html or contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com
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Oct 1, 2006; 03:24PM - Gordo Banks Pangas San Jose Del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Brictson
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October 1, 2006
Anglers –
The long hot summer has ended and we are now starting
the busy October fall season, though the weather is
still quite humid and tropical, in another couple of
weeks conditions will be ideal. There are no storms on
the horizon now, though there is still a chance of a
late season tropical system developing, with the
cooler mornings the feeling is that the Los Cabos area
has escaped another hurricane season without any
significant damage. Water temperatures are averaging
80 to 87 degrees throughout most of the region, there
has been minimal swells and slight afternoon breezes,
predominately from the north. Supplies of sardinas
remained plentiful off of La Playita and most of the
action for the panga fleets was while using these
baitfish.
The fishing action changed this past week and became
more spread out, the hot tuna action that had been
going on for the past couple of months in the area of
the Iman Bank slacked up and the numbers of fish
caught dropped significantly, though yellowfin were
still dominating the daily catch, numbers per charters
were down to an average of 3 or 4 fish, instead of
the wide open, as much as you wanted style fish that
had been going on. Cruisers from the East Cape are
still making the long run south to Iman Bank, so that
must mean that not much is going on their local
fishing grounds. There was also tuna action found off
of Palmilla, Red Hill, Santa Marina and the Hyatt
Hotel area close to Cabo San Lucas. The average sized
yellowfin have ranged from 8 to 25 pounds, though
there are many larger tuna reportedly being seen
feeding throughout the area. Most of the big fish were
not interested in striking either lures or bait, just
feeding on the schools of baitfish found on the
fishing grounds. On Saturday there was one huge
275-pound yellowfin tuna landed from the panga
“Gaviota” with skipper Modesto out of La Playita, the
big tuna was supposedly hooked outside of the Iman
Bank, but all of the details have not been reported
yet.
Dorado fishing was best near Cabo San Lucas, where
some wide open action on small to medium sized fish
was reported, do-dos were found in schools and most of
the time not associated with any floating debris. A
few larger bulls were reported, but most of the larger
dorado appear to be further into the Sa of Cortez at
this time, particularly around the La Paz region.
Billfish action was concentrated off Cabo San Lucas
from the 95 spot and towards the Pacific, where there
was a mix of blue and striped marlin being found,
though more stripers than blues were caught, also some
sailfish taken in the same areas. Several of the blue
marlin reported weighed more than 300 pounds. The fish
were coming up to strike on lures, but dropped back
live baits proved to be even more successful.
The combined La Playita panga fleets sent out
approximately 58 charters for the week and anglers
accounted for a fish count of: 3 sailfish, 12
amberjack, 6 dogtooth snapper, 72 dorado, 202
yellowfin tuna, 8 grouper, 16 skipjack, 11 rainbow
runners and 2 hammerhead sharks.
Good fishing, Eric
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Oct 1, 2006; 07:46AM - East Central Florida Report
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt. Chris Myers
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The tarpon have returned! With the cold fronts pushing further and further south, they won't stay around long but it will be fun while it lasts.
You may visit my website at http://www.floridafishinglessons.com/FishingReport.html for pictures of fish from this week.
Sunday, my Indian River charter with John and Jason Brandt began with the beautiful sight of large tarpon rolling all around us. The father and son team were excited, as was I, but the tarpon were not as cooperative as we had hoped they would be. John put a fish of about 70 pounds in the air on a rootbeer DOA TerorEyz and another struck a live bait we were drifting behind the boat while we cast lures. No tarpon were landed but were certainly saw plenty of big fish. We searched around for some reds but only saw a few so we decided to go after some trout. Using a DOA Deadly Combo, they caught at least 30 trout which were holding in 2-4 feet of water around schools of small mullet. Near the end of the day, I spotted a school of larger redfish cruising along the edge of the flat. John was able to get a gold DOA Baitbuster in front of the fish and was hooked up instantly. The 34' fish topped off a good day of fishing.
Monday, I returned to the same area but a stiff breeze was keeping the tarpon down. I saw a few fish rolling and the Terroreyz launched another 70-80 pound fish into the air but the fight was short-lived. I had some rod bending action with ladyfish until the wind died down and the tarpon began to show themselves. During the next several hours, I used the TerrorEyz to get three bites, jumped two fish and landed one around 50 pounds.
Tuesday, Captains Ron Presley and John Kumiski invited me to join them on board Capt. Ron's Pathfinder for a nearshore trip out of Port Canaveral. We hoped to find a feeding frenzy of large fish feasting on mullet. We saw a few mullet schools, a ton of scattered menhaden, but no preadators. We ran almost to Melbourne before giving up without a bite. The following day, Capt. Kumiski travelled to Ponce Inlet where he went 4/5 on tarpon including a fish of over 200 pounds.
Wednesday, George Wessell treated his son Kyle to a fishing trip in Mosquito Lagoon before Kyle is deployed with his Army unit to Iraq. Heavy cloud cover dashed our hopes of sight fishing for redfish. After several hours of blind casting with only one nice trout landed, George and Kyle elected to try their luck with some cut ladyfish. Between catfish bites, they were able to land six nice redfish to 34'.
Thursday, my wife and I planned on paying a visit to some Indian River tarpon. The wind had the river in whitecaps when we arrived and the few tarpon we saw were well out of reach. After several hours with only one redfish and a few ladyfish caught, we gave up on the tarpon and moved over to Mosquito Lagoon. We saw quite a few fish but with the wind and clouds, most of them saw us about the same time we saw them. Julie was able to land one nice redfish before we called it a day.
Friday, I was joined by Frank and Wendy from Boynton Beach. We planned on targeting the tarpon but the wind was still not in our favor. We left the Indian River after having caught only two trout and moved over to the Mosquito Lagoon. We began to see redfish right away but the fish at our first stop proved to be very spooky and only gave us a few shots. We moved around a bit and Frank was able to connect with his first red caught while sight fishing. He fooled that fish and one other with a gold DOA Baitbuster.
Wendy had one fish break off and landed another that proved to be the biggest of the day.The water levels in the Lagoons has been dropping steadily during the past few weeks and should concentrate the fish which have been scattered as of late. The lower water should also improve visibility and the sight fishing.
Capt. Chris Myers
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com
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Sep 30, 2006; 09:23PM - St Johns River
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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This past week we decided to mix things up a little bit and spent some time back out on the St Johns River and Lake Monroe. We had great weather all week long which made for great fishing conditions, water temps starting the day out in the upper 70’s an ending the days in the very low 80’s, what a nice change of pace that has been. Thursday we saw some schooling action, but other than that the waters had been pretty much calm.
Wide range of baits were used, from Sweat Beavers to rattle trap, only thing the traps got, were a few mullet that got snagged. Most action and fish caught were on the Beavers, Senko type baits and Fluke type baits. Lake Monroe itself fished pretty good, working grasses, hydrilla, and reed yielded some descent bass, but no aggressive hit, all the hits we got were very light taps, almost as if it were dinks hitting the bait, these bass were just picking up the bait and holding onto it, only reacting once you set the hook.
St Johns River itself looked pretty good, with a good flow, we were able to set a shoreline drift without having to tap the trolling motor, allowing us to be very stealthy closer to the shoreline, and flipping very tight to cover, again the bass were just very lightly tapping the baits, so you didn’t know if you were setting the hook on fish or weeds, so every tap you felt, you set the hook, although several bass were missed, with most coming unbuttoned close to the boat, they were showing good size, and very scrappy fighters. The big key to fishing the river, was finding submerged trees with scattered grasses around or very close by.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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Sep 25, 2006; 02:47PM - Baja Conditions Falling into Place
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Baja Conditions Falling into Place
REPORT #1029 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 09/23/06
East Cape
As storm season winds down, it was another busy week of clean up and preparation for the flood of visitors who will begin arriving after the 1st of October. Traditionally, Chubasco season officially ends in late October, but with cooler temperatures both on the mainland and Baja, hopes are high that the worst is behind us.
Nice weather with some wind chop in the PM was the report from the anglers who were out on the water.
If tuna are your thing, this was a great week to be at East Cape. Tuna schools were found just a few miles offshore from La Ribera all the way down to below Las Frailes, providing enough action to keep the sashimi flowing at “Happy Hour” back at the hotels.
As the water continued to clear up close to shore, more dorado were found under the floating debris left in the wake of the recent storms. Anglers who failed to have their rods rigged when they left the dock took more than a little heat when the boats skidded to a stop on floating weed patches close to the hotel. Small olive-backed See Through Deceivers or Baja Wasabi’s were the flies of choice.
A few anglers opted to spend their time looking for billfish, but the action included more dorado and tuna than the targeted billfish this week.
Locals predict some extraordinary East Cape action as conditions settle down in the next few weeks.
Water temperature 74-89
Air temperature 74-94
Humidity 89%
Wind: NNE at 9 kph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 7:07 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:14 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Every year, boats seem to be arriving earlier to search for the “holy grail” – the fish build-up that often is found offshore here at Magdalena. This year is no different. I received a call from Nick Smith, Palm Beach, Fla., whose “Old Reliable” is steaming up the West Coast of Mexico to begin fishing for billfish on the fly later this month. From recent reports, his timing may be right on target. A few yachts traveling through the area have reported large schools of billfish, tuna and dorado all the way from Thetis down to the entrada.
Inshore the action at the entrada included a few small yellows, grouper and bonito with skipjack just beyond the entrance. Still a few sierra on the surface at Punta Belcher’s with halibut hugging the sandy bottom.
Up at Lopez Mateos, Diana Hoyt reports that the mangrove action included corvina, grouper and spotted bay bass.
Water temperature 64 - 78
Air temperature 74-83
Humidity 87%
Wind: NE 5 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:15 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:21 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
No report received this week. The following is a repeat of last week’s information with a weather update.
Water temperature 78 - 87
Air temperature 76 - 92
Humidity 86%
Wind E 5 kph
Conditions: T-Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:35 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:42 p.m. CDT
We really do not know how the fishing is right now. Tropical storm Lane formed only 60 miles out in front of us, and the port has been closed for 4 days now.
We do know the blue water has not come in very much from the 20 mile mark where it was pushed out last week by hurricane John.
And, just like Hurricane John, even though the port was closed and we got rain, we did not get any wind at all. However, I have recorded 9.75 inches of rain since this last Monday (the 11th), almost twice the amount of rain we got from John. Things should start clearing up soon, and we can get back to fishing.
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