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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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| 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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| 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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| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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Aug 21, 2006; 12:34PM - 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
August 14-20, 2006
WEATHER: We started this week with hot conditions and ended it with hot conditions. On Monday we registered 106 degrees on the wall here at the house, of course that was in the sun but still, it was very warm. Our average temps dropped in the middle of the week and then they were up again this weekend, I saw our home station register 104 at noon on Sunday. Combine the high temps with high humidity and you have the normal Cabo conditions for this time of year. We had partly cloudy conditions for most of the week and there was some rain up in the mountains but not here in Cabo. Average daytime highs were in the high 90’s and nighttime lows were in the low 80’s.
WATER: The passing of tropical storm Hector well to the south of us brought in some swells, but nothing that really affected the fishing, they just made the surfers happy! On the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape we have had swells to 3 feet and winds from the southeast at 5-10 knots, resulting in just a very light rifling on the water, or at worst, a light chop. On the Pacific side the swells were larger since there was better exposure to the effects of Hector, but still there was nothing larger than 6 feet this week. On the Pacific the winds were prevailing from the northwest at 10-20 knots and for the most part were on the low side of that. I had several days of fishing out around the Golden Gate Banks that were amazing, water clarity blue with just a very slight tinge of green and temperatures in the 84-degree range. On the Cortez side of the Cape the water was between 85-88 degrees with an occasional hot spot well out of range of our boats where we saw 91-degree water. Off shore there was blue water and in close to the beach it had a slight green tinge.
BAIT: Bait for the most part here in Cabo consisted of Caballito with a few miscellaneous species in the mix such as Slip-mouths and Ladyfish. Up off of Palmilla and La Playita there were Sardinas available at $20 per scoop, and these were some decent sized baits.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: I am having a hard time believing that we are still catching Striped Marlin here since our surface temperatures are so high, but there has been a Striped Marlin strike on every trip I have made this past week. We found a concentration of these billfish on the Golden Gate Bank at the beginning of the week and went 2/5 in an hour on lures. This bank as well as the area on the Sea of Cortez around the Vinorama and Inman Banks has had fairly consistent action on the Stripers. Blue Marlin action was fairly consistent early in the week in an area 20 miles out at 160 degrees and there was a decent bite as well around the 95 Spot. Almost all the Blue Marlin action was on lures with Petrelero and blue/black being the most bit. The Blues were averaging #200-#250 with a few fish caught and released in the #350-400 pound range and there were two fish in excess of #600 brought in. Just a quick reminder, you don’t need to kill the fish to have a mount made! Also, any Blue Marlin over #400 is a female and is the basis of the brood-stock out there, so unless you catch the fish in the Bisbee tournament and it is worth a whole lot of $’s, let them go after taking a picture or two!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were school fish and football fish caught amongst the Porpoise on the pacific side around the Golden Gate and San Jaime Banks this week and the bite was fairly consistent. To the south there was some action on football fish out at 20 miles, and the best, most consistent action on good Yellowfin Tuna was at the Inman Bank area and Punta Gorda. Up there the action was a live bait thing with Sardines required and an early start an absolute necessity. Fish to 100 pounds were hooked and caught while fishing Sardines on small hooks tied directly to #40 line. Steady chumming with live sardines brought the fish up from 100-150 feet of water and once you got past the Bonita bite the chances of hooking up one of the nice fish (not the chances of landing one!) went way up.
DORADO: For some reason the Dorado action has remained slow and sporadic with most of the fish in the sub-10 pound range. A few larger fish have been caught but almost all the action has been on fish around 10 pounds. Fishing within 300 feet of water on the Pacific side resulted in quite a few boats getting multiples on Dorado and the action seemed to be a bit better off of the rocky points. Feathers in bright colors and slow trolled cut bait did the trick.
WAHOO: I didn’t see very many Wahoo flags this week but that may have been because almost all the boats were focused on Blue Marlin or Yellowfin Tuna. While fishing the Inman Banks on Friday we were working to get a Yellowfin Tuna, catching lots of Bonita instead. Twice we had Wahoo strikes on live Sardinas and once we had a Wahoo come up to the boat, following a hooked Skipjack. The Wahoo (estimated at 30 pounds) took three bites on the Skip Jack and left full.
INSHORE: There has been no inshore change for the past two weeks. Inshore on the Pacific has still been an iffy thing except for boats working right in the rocks for Snapper. Most of the inshore action took place on the Cortez side and there were some decent Roosterfish as well as Pargo and Grouper. The majority of the Pangas were working a bit farther out for Dorado.
NOTES: Repeating the fisherman’s mantra “Patience, Patience, Patience” can drive you crazy but that is the way it works. This past week was a perfect example and I was lucky to have patience and a lot of luck! The bite is slowly improving in all aspects and I am really hoping for the fishing on the Pacific side of the Cape to bust wide open in a week or so. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Aug 11, 2006; 01:00PM - Sailfish Action Improves
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The 82º blue water is only 2 miles off the beach, and the fishing has improved. Sailfish are being taken at the rate of 2 to 3 per boat per day. The 20 pound yellowfin tuna are still lingering at the 5 to 7 mile mark, and several 20 to 30 pound dorado are showing up in the count. Some boats are getting three dorado a day, and at least 2 sailfish.
The fishing pressure is very low, with only about 7 to 10 boats a day consisting of the entire fleet. A few of these boats are concentrating on the inshore action. It has been outstanding. The average is still 4 roosterfish from 25 to 45 pounds, and about 6 large jack crevalle from 14 to 25 pounds.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind Calm
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 7:27 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:14 p.m. CDT
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Aug 11, 2006; 12:59PM - Baja Surprises……..
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1023. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 08/12/06
East Cape
Woody Spruance, Salt Lake City, emailed me the following about his trip he took last week with his son Peter: “So we are back from East Cape. Good trip. Caught an unusual fish on a fly which the guide said was a ' leasone' It was a tarpon-like fish in a large school off the lighthouse near Cabo Pulmo. We were told it is rarely caught on any tackle, so my son and I are feeling smug. Great on the fly, jumps like tarpon. Also, good fishing at night on the beach just north of Rancho Leonero, from 8-9 pm, just at dusk. First two nights of ladyfish chasing ballyhoo, then the next night they were gone and replaced by snapper chasing sardina.”
Catching a new species on the fly is always a thrill. The fish is the same milkfish that you have been reading all the stories about in the other parts of the world. It is the first confirmed catch on the fly at East Cape that I am aware of. We occasionally see large schools of them on the surface but never could get them to bite the fly or anything else for that matter. Pretty exciting stuff!
The schoolie dorado have moved in closer to the shore but are mostly singles not the larger fish in schools that deliver arm numbing action. The tuna bite continues with multiple choice of either football size or even some forty pounders further down the beach outside of Las Frailes. Not quite as good as last week, but the billfish show continues with few Fly-Rodders to take advantage of the action.
Water temperature 74-87
Air temperature 78-90
Humidity 66%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:53 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:54 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
We have had some interesting reports coming out of Lopez Mateos this week: Wahoo out toward the Thetis Bank, a few dorado here and there and all the tuna you can handle. Weather has settled down with eighty degree temps during the day with westerly winds in the afternoon to cool things down.
Speaking of surprises……after hearing rumors for years about big roosters at Magdalena, I finally received a confirmed report of a thirty-seven pound fish caught in surf on Magdalena Island. Yvonne and I are beginning our drive down to Lopez Mateos today. I will be fishing offshore for the week so we should have lots to talk about next week. There is a digital photo of the rooster waiting for me at Lopez that I will post next week.
Still not much to talk about in the Esteros, although with the water temps climbing I look for that to change soon.
Water temperature 64 - 74
Air temperature 72-80
Humidity 62%
Wind: NW 15 mph.
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:58 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:04 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 82º blue water is only 2 miles off the beach, and the fishing has improved. Sailfish are being taken at the rate of 2 to 3 per boat per day. The 20 pound yellowfin tuna are still lingering at the 5 to 7 mile mark, and several 20 to 30 pound dorado are showing up in the count. Some boats are getting three dorado a day, and at least 2 sailfish.
The fishing pressure is very low, with only about 7 to 10 boats a day consisting of the entire fleet. A few of these boats are concentrating on the inshore action. It has been outstanding. The average is still 4 roosterfish from 25 to 45 pounds, and about 6 large jack crevalle from 14 to 25 pounds.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind Calm
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 7:27 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:14 p.m. CDT
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Aug 7, 2006; 01:16PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
July 31-August 6, 2006
WEATHER: We had partly cloudy skies most of the week with mostly cloudy skies ending the week on Sunday. Thank goodness there were no storms in our area this week. Our daytime highs were an average of 94 degrees with our nighttime lows in the mid 70’s. Most of the week we had at least a slight breeze that kept things from getting too muggy, but when the wind did die down, the humidity really made you sweat.
WATER: Water conditions were great this week with no storms on the horizon. Swells on the Pacific side remained at 3-5 feet and on the Cortez side were averaging 1-2 feet in our area. The Sea of Cortez had the warmer water with most of the areas fished (95 Spot, 1150, Gorda Banks) averaging 85 degrees. On the Pacific side of the Cape there was an area of cold, green water than ran from the Lighthouse out to the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks. This water was in the mid 70’s and at the 1,000-fathom line it warmed to 80-82 degrees and really cleared up.
BAIT: There were a couple of days this week when bait was not readily available unless you were one of the first boats out, and it seemed to be mostly Caballito and Mullet when you could get them. The price remained steady at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: We are still catching the Striped Marlin, Blue Marlin and Black Marlin here in Cabo. The most action seems to be on the Striped Marlin with Blues taking second place. Almost every boat that has gone out has had a shot at a Billfish this week, and a few lucky boats have released multiple fish. Most of the action has taken place along the normal areas on the Cortez side, the 95 Spot, the 1150 and the Gorda Banks and on the Pacific side out around the 1,000-fathom line. That makes sense, as that is where the water is the right color and temperature. Up on the East Cape this week the East Cape Bisbee Tournament was held. I believe there were around 36 teams entered for three days of fishing, but there were only 2 qualifying fish (over #300) weighed in. There were plenty of smaller Billfish offering action though with almost every team releasing Marlin.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin were once more the fish of the week as almost every boat that went the right direction was able to get into the fish. Once again they were associated with the Porpoise and almost all the action was out around the 1,000-fathom line. Small feathers in dark colors and small hootchies in red were the most productive lures this week. Most of the fish were footballs but a few schools of larger fish to 50 pounds were found as well. I heard reports of some nice fish coming in from the Gorda Banks area but you had to be there early and the better fish were caught on Sardines.
DORADO: The Dorado remained small at an average of 10 pounds but there were enough of the 30-pound fish around to make it interesting. Once again most of the action was closer to shore, within 5 miles of the beach on the Cortez side. The greener water on the Pacific seemed to have pushed the fish back. Hopefully in this next week some floating debris kicked up by last weeks storm swells will come in from the north and bring some fish with it!
WAHOO: I saw a few Wahoo flags this week and discovered that they were all caught very early in the morning by boats running the 50-100 fathom line on the Cortez side of the Cape. A couple of the fish were very nice at 60 pounds while the rest were around 20-30 pounds. Larger lures in dark colors got hit the most. These boats were fishing for Black Marlin and just happened into the Wahoo. After asking, I found that none of the angers reported multiple strikes.
INSHORE: Inshore on the Pacific was still an iffy thing except for boats working right in the rocks for Snapper. Most of the inshore action took place on the Cortez side and there were some decent Roosterfish as well as Pargo and Grouper. The majority of the Pangas were working a bit farther out for Dorado.
NOTES: Patience is the key as things slowly improve. The fishing is getting better week-by-week. The Tuna and Dorado action is not quite up to what we were hoping for, but the Marlin fishing has definitely exceeded expectations. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Aug 6, 2006; 11:40PM - August WEEK 1 reports
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt Scott Avanzino
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Pretty much resigned myself to a weekly reports on the action..so here it is for those 1 or 2 that have been wondering..it gets a little blurry but I do remember the hgihlights..Got back from vacation last week fishing Monday with the Bell family; everyone got to catch a yellowfin even the boys - Max age 9 and Josh age 5 both handled the rod and Max all by himself..pretty cool moment..thats the nice thing about the fighting chair! we had 8 yellowfin before 10am leaving early to go get a limit of snapper and 3 grouper..Tuesday I had Tom Harmon Jr and his daughter MD and her two friends Annie and Alex all age 13..we stopped at 4 yellowfin since the goal of the trip was to put the girls on dolphin..in hindsight we should have probably stayed on the tuna..not one bite on the troll..nice bluewater and the current was ripping to the east..ended up again with 12 red snapper on the way home..Wednesday was a great overnight trip with my good pal John Hunsucker and Jack Dulaney and Jim and James and Don..very hot day today..nothing would go right at the start..plan was to marlin fish and bottom fish with the possibility of drifting for swordfish..I arrived at the marina well before our scheduled 10am departure to add provisions this all after getting the boat ready the night before..half the party showed up on time but it didnt matter..there was no fuel availbale since some nice guy had pulled in before me and taken the last 2000 gallons in the tank..well the commercial dock was overloaded with boats waiting on the pump so I ran further down the jump to the Asco fuel dock..it too with a wait for fuel..and to make along story short..when I did get fuel it came rushing out of the hole after the dock hand had switched tanks; this spraying just about everywhere and worse into the live well, cockpit, and all over my marlin baits I had set out..what a mini-catastrophy...I kept it cool though - no putter throw today.. Now its 10:15 and I still have to idle all the way through the jump and get back to the marina to pick and come right back..I ended up changing the skirts on 3 of the baits and soaked the other two in pogey oil and soap..(none would catch a fish so you can rule out deisel as a fish attractant)..got out offshore about 1pm and put out the billfish spread in open bluegreen water..did alot of open water trolling as in the days before and sadly with the same result ...big zero...pulled on a good color change for a while 12 miles out and didnt get one bite..and I had almost given the D-TODD gauarantee too..oh well cant always be right..about 6pm we decided we would try the 'hot tuna bite' I had told them about..well guess what..it was cold to luke warm..managed one good yellowfin, pulled the hook on another and boated two small ones (which we use as bait late the next morning) just before we packed up two of the fattest blackfin I have ever seen inhaled as we were picking up..about 30 to dark I gave the order..no more tuna fishing..we headed up on the shelf for a try at swordfish..got set up about 8:45 in 200 fathom line and set about to wait..we would get a double strike 15 minutes later..just as everyone was settling in to sleep..fish number one took the shallow tip rod and as I was setting him fish number two grabbed the deep tip..doubled up..Jack was sure he had a shark and I thought otherwise when I saw both lights up on the surface..two jumps from the larger fish would cancel out the shark idea..Jack fought his sword about 15 minutes while John hauled him aboard for the Balancing Act's first swrodfish catch ever a small keeper by inches..fish number two would prove to be a handfull..took 2 anglers 45 more minutes to bring it to gaff..103 overall and 62 inch fork..very thick..fish cleaner estimated the fish at 130-140#..we got set up about 45 minutes later and after an hour's soak and building seas it was decided we would try bottom fishing....bottom fishing was a little slow as compared to recent trips (commercial snapper season opened 2 days before)..not counting amberjacks we had a tough time with big fish..only caught one big mama snapper about 25 pounds..the rest 18-24 inch fish..not sure where the jacks showed up from but they managed to chase away all the grouper..not one..ended up with a limit of jacks 12 snapper 5 tuna and 2 swords. Lance and Leger ran an overnighter out on the other pole finding cooperative fish..they ended with 12 yellowfin, 2 dolphin a wahoo and a handfull of blacks..Eric Capetta the customer called to tell me that Lance was frustrated that it took more than 3 hours to get the boat limit..they repeated this performance the next night in kless time allowing them plenty of time to try for thier first swordfish..and sadly missing a sword just beofe ewsun-up..My friday trip cancelled but Sonny went out ahead..he had a mixed catch of tuna and bottom fish..Everyone cancelled yesterday myself having driven back down ariving at 530am to wait a few hours and drive back home..Sonny had the Big Fish TV crew today for a quick and dirty tuna show..they had 8 yellowfins stopping for a jack on the way home..we have boats available just about any weekday between now and Christmas should anyone want to get ut on the bite and avoid the weekend crowds..Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006 or 1-888-347-4987
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Aug 5, 2006; 01:16PM - Few Anglers...More Fish
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The 82º blue water is only 2 miles off the beach, and the fishing has improved. Sailfish are being taken at the rate of 2 to 3 per boat, per day. The 20 pound yellowfin tuna are still lingering at the 5 to 7 mile mark, and several 20 to 30 pound dorado are showing up in the count. Some boats are getting three dorado a day, and at least 2 sailfish.
The fishing pressure is very low, with only about 7 to 10 boats a day consisting of the entire fleet. A few of these boats are concentrating on the inshore action. It has been outstanding. The average is still 4 roosterfish from 25 to 45 pounds, and about 6 large jack crevalle from 14 to 25 pounds.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 82
Humidity 83%
Wind Calm
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:26 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:17 p.m. CDT
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Aug 5, 2006; 01:15PM - Few Blues…Stripey’s Thick…East Cape
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1022. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 08/05/06
East Cape
After the poor weather and fishing left in the wake of Emilla, there was a collective sigh of relief this week. Nice weather greeted the participants of the Bisbee Tournament which dominated most of the attention. Unfortunately the blues missed the invitation and only two qualifying fish came to the scales at 418# and 350#. Andrew Hughes, out for the first time on his new boat, “Mi Corazon”, landed the 418# blue that won the big money. Andrew should sell the boat today; his average will never be any better. In the tuna department, another local, Bob Hardesty, “Makaria”, brought in a fat 132# tuna to win that division. In the dorado category, a 54# bull took all the marbles.
Talk about good news…bad news, everyone was complaining about how thick the stripers were and that they were shaking them off in hopes of a blue. That, my friend is good news for the fly flingers. Mark Rayor reported eight stripey bites in a couple of hours. So if you have a hankering for a marlin on the fly, now might be a good time to be in East Cape.
Inshore the water has cleaned up after the storm and the roosters are showing again. Take your pick either inshore on a panga at Punta Colorada or try Bartle Beach on foot at gray light where they are netting the bait. See through deceivers or Chivo Lisa’s should do the trick for you.
Water temperature 74-87
Air temperature 82-90
Humidity 72%
Wind: NNW 7 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:51 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:58 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
The seas offshore calmed down this week allowing a few boats to go outside. Decent tuna showing with a few dorado mixed in half the distance to Thetis bank from Lopez Mateos. Also some small yellows at the Entrada. In the esteros a few corvina seemed to be the best that anyone could come up with.
Water temperature 61 - 66
Air temperature 72-82
Humidity 62%
Wind: WNW 15 mph.
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:56 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:08 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 82º blue water is only 2 miles off the beach, and the fishing has improved. Sailfish are being taken at the rate of 2 to 3 per boat, per day. The 20 pound yellowfin tuna are still lingering at the 5 to 7 mile mark, and several 20 to 30 pound dorado are showing up in the count. Some boats are getting three dorado a day, and at least 2 sailfish.
The fishing pressure is very low, with only about 7 to 10 boats a day consisting of the entire fleet. A few of these boats are concentrating on the inshore action. It has been outstanding. The average is still 4 roosterfish from 25 to 45 pounds, and about 6 large jack crevalle from 14 to 25 pounds.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 82
Humidity 83%
Wind Calm
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:26 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:17 p.m. CDT
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Aug 3, 2006; 05:37PM - Big Numbers in Las Vegas
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Category: Fly Fishing
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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If catching large numbers of fish is important to you , then Las Vegas is the place to go.
I figured that since the fish would be running between 1 and 5 pounds, a light 5 wt fly rod with floating line would be fun. I caught fish, lots of fish, but those stripers really put up a struggle, wore me out. Next trip I'll take Capt. Marks advice and bring my 8 wt rods with sinking tip and full sinking line. The locally made white streamer fly that imitates the shad stripers feed on was just too big and bulky for a 5 wt outfit. ( He only provides spinning and baitcasting gear, so if your a fly fisherman you need to bring your own tackle. Capt. Mark will be more than happy to provide a list of recommended flys and tackle.)
We met Capt. Mark (Adventure In Angling) at 4:45 AM on a 'cool' 105 degree July morning , jumped in the boat, and headed out for some stripe bass action. Lake Mead has hundreds of small coves. In the first light of dawn we could hear, then see, the stripers chasing shad on the glassy surface. The water boiled with fish all around the boat. We each grabbed a rod and cast to the feeding fish. Hookup. A triple. Over the next two hours it was non stop action. We lost count of the triple hookups. It was common for at least two of us to be fighting fish at the same time.
How many fish did we catch? I have no idea. The limit on Lake Mead is 20 stripers per person per day. We caught more than that in the first two hours. Cleaning and packaging your fish is included. Since we were staying in a hotel we released all our fish. We also stopped to take pictures, rest, and drink lots of water. With all the hot fishing action, we hardly noticed the hot weather. LOL
Capt. Mark suggested I return when the weather is a little cooler and the schooling fish are in the 6 to 12 pound range. Can you imagine catching over 100 fish that big? No wonder Capt. Mark says if you don't catch....you don't pay.
Aloha,
Stan
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Jul 31, 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
July 24-30, 2006
WEATHER: Well, Tropical Storm Emilia did have an effect on us since she passed just 70 miles to the west on her way up the Pacific coast. She brought some large swells with her and some much needed rain. Unfortunately the swells and wind caused the Port Captain to close the port on Tuesday and it did not re-open until after 9 in the morning on Wednesday, by then a lot of the boats had already cancelled their trips. Monday was the big surprise though as the morning started out nice, and everyone knew that there was a storm in the area. Around 10 in the morning the clouds started moving faster and the wind picked up, by noon we had 35-knot winds with a lot of rain blowing around. She lowered the air temperatures but after she passed we went right back to hot and humid. Now at the end of the week we are seeing daytime temperatures in the high 90’s and humidity at 65% and better. Our nighttime lows have been in the low 80’s but with a bit of a breeze that makes it bearable.
WATER: Storm Swells, a major noun this week as Emilia kicked the waters up and brought big seas along with rain to our coastal areas. Late in the week the effects of Emilia could still be seen with the erosion of a lot of the beaches, the off-colored water close to the beach and some scattered debris washed out form the arroyos. Water temperatures at the end of the week had changed from the beginning, as there was a hot spot off of the Gorda banks and a cold spot just around the arch on the Pacific side. The Gorda Banks had water temperatures of 88 degrees, the tail end of a band of warm water running 10 miles offshore down around the East Cape. Just off the lighthouse we had an upwelling of deep, cold water out to a distance of about 8 miles with the coldest areas only showing 74 degrees and green. Out farther on the Pacific the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks are showing temperatures of 81-83 degrees and with a bit bluer water. At the end of the week the swells from Tropical Storm Emilia had died down and the water was almost like a lake out there.
BAIT: There were some Sardinas available up to the north around the Palmilla area at $20 a scoop and locally there were Caballito and Mullet available every day at the normal $2 per bait. A few trips of the Francesca (the big net boat) resulted in Mackerel being available for about three days. The live bait remained at an average of $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, Striped Marlin and a few Sailfish, what more could you want? There are almost as many Blue Marlin being found as Striped Marlin, and there have been some big ones hooked up. It has been almost all lure action as the live baiters are waiting for tournament time before devoting an entire day to soaking a bug Tuna for bait. There have been a few scattered Black Marlin found as well as a few Sailfish. Most of the Black Marlin have been found within the 100 fathom line as expected, most of the larger Blue Marlin have been found off of the ridge and Banks on the Pacific side and around the 1,000 fathom line around the Cape. With the football and slightly larger Yellowfin Tuna showing up, the big girls are starting to get hungry!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin were the fish of the week this past week. There were no big fish reported that I heard of but there were plenty of fish ranging in size from 8 pounds to 30 pounds with the average somewhere around 20 pounds. Most boats were able to return to port with limits if the angers were willing to stay out and fish, those boats that were not able to get into the Tuna either left late or made the wrong guess about where the fish were (or were just going for a boat ride to begin with!). Most of the fish were found with the Porpoise and the first boats to the fish always did better than the later boats. A good catch was 10 fish of 15-25 pounds along with a shot at a Marlin. The best areas seemed to be directly south along the warm water-cold water boundary formed by the upwelling.
DORADO: There were a lot of Dorado to be found close to shore on both the Pacific and the Cortez side of the Cape. Most of the fish were small at 8-10 pounds but there were the larger groups arriving occasionally, and enough of them to make it interesting. Finding the first fish was the key to Dorado as there was almost always some friend swimming around in the same area. Artificial lures connected up the first fish but live bait and cut bait got most of the fish into the boats.
WAHOO: What Hoo?
INSHORE: The upwelling of cold water along the Pacific side of the Cape really put the inshore fishing off and the few boats that did try and target the traditional species such as Roosterfish and Trevally had a much better time of it when they concentrated on the Cortez side of the Cape. Most of the Pangas were going offshore to try for the Yellow Fin Tuna.
NOTES: The fishing continues to improve on a daily basis. Hopefully the passing of Emilia will break loose some kelp fronds from up north and give us some structure to work. Meanwhile, the East Cape Bisbee tournament will be taking place this coming week. I have a couple of good buddies fishing in it and my fingers are crossed for them. Unfortunately I am not fishing it, I thought that I was going to be fishing all the tournaments this year but things just did not work out that way, sigh. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Jul 31, 2006; 10:44AM - Guatemala Fishing week end 7/30
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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 07-30-06 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 35 miles to as far as 50 miles. Seas started out fairly high ranging between 3 to 4ft at the start of the week caused by several storms that hit the coast. However, clam seas were enjoyed by the weekend.This week skies ranged from cloudy/rain at the beginning of the week with overcast/cloudy days at weeks end. Most nights saw heavy downpours. Most days started with light breezes in the mornings which picked up in the afternoons.
This week saw fair results with boats reporting raises in the low to mid teens with releases in the single digits. The good news is that there were lots of Dorado and yellowfin tuna to be had. At the start of the week few sportfishing boats ventured out,with most of the bill-fishing on the weekend. Our boat the Joint Venture hosted a group along with our partners Jim Phillips and Kevin Styles. They reported 14 raises on Sunday which resulted in 2 sails released on the fly and two on conventionial along with 8 yellowfin tuna. Kevin explained that they could have caught a lot more tuna but stopped after 8 in search of the sails. On Saturday the Stragos came upon some floating structures which resulted in boating 75 Dorado.
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