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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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| Starfish don't have brains. Special cells on their skin gather information about their surroundings |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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| In three decades, the world's oceans will contain more discarded plastic than fish when measured by weight, researchers say. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Just how man species of fish are there? |
| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Even Catfish are finicky |
| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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May 1, 2006; 02:35PM - Head Shots
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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Head Shots.
It's a photographers term for a picture of the head and shoulders. A close up.
Lure makers like it because it shows their product in action. Nothing sells a lure like seeing it hanging out of the corner of the mouth of a big fish.
As the water temperature got up around 79/80 degree mark, the peacock bass and the red devils became more aggressive. Nothing big, everything was in the 1 to 2 pound range, (the largest was just a little over 3 1/2 pounds) but we had lots of fun and lots of action. As I said, the fish were not trophy size, but there were more than enough smaller ones to get some great pictures. (remember, what ever is closest to the camera looks the biggest) LOL
Aloha,
Stan
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May 1, 2006; 01:25PM - 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
April 24-30, 2006
WEATHER: We continued this week with partly cloudy skies and our daytime highs in the low 90’s. In the evenings we saw lows in the mid 60’s and a slight increase in wind although the wind died down later in the middle of the week, then picked up again over the weekend. No rain of course.
WATER: The wind and currents kept the Pacific side cold for the first part of the week, and the water green, but by the end of the week the wind had died down and the warm water had pushed across the Cape and encroached to the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks. At the end of the week this warm water was evenly spread across the Cortex side of the Cape and up to the two Pacific banks and it was a uniform 73-74 degrees up to 15 miles to the south of us and there it dropped to 69-70 degrees. Just a mile or two past the San Jaime and the Golden Gate, the water dropped in temperature from 73 degrees to 65 degrees.
BAIT: There was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel this week at the usual $2 per bait, and there were reports of some Sardinas as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin bite really fell off this week for most of the fleet. I did see a few boats flying multiple Marlin flags but that was definitely not the norm. If I had to guess, it would be that 30-40% of the boats were able to get a Marlin to the boat for a release. The fish appeared to have moved a bit at the weekend with boats reporting good action on Striped Marlin on deep dropped live bait at the lighthouse on the Pacific side. The water was a bit bumpy but the action was worth it if you were there on the tide change. While the bite on Striped Marlin fell off, the warming water did bring us our first flurry of Blue Marlin, if only for a short while. The water just past the 95 Spot produced a few Striped Marlin on Friday and there were also reports of several Blue Marlin in the #250 range caught. The big fuss was over the reported #820 Blue caught by one of the boats in the same area. #820? Guess they killed it, and not even for money in a tournament, sigh. Anyway, hopefully a sign of things to come, maybe it’s time to break out the big gear!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I think the Long-liners and Purse Seiners ended up with all the Tuna, there were very few footballs reported this week. Perhaps this coming week will have the Tuna show up at the Pacific banks.
DORADO: There were still a few Dorado out there but not in the numbers we had last week. All in all it seems as if the bite slowed way down for everything this week.
WAHOO: There were a couple of early morning fish reported from the Gorda Banks and the 1,000 fathom line south-east of the 95 Spot, but that was about it for Wahoo.
INSHORE: Inshore seemed to be the place to go this week as almost all the action was within 100 yards of the beach. Offshore it was slow fishing but the action just off the beach was red-hot on occasion with roving schools of Sierra tearing up the surface and Roosterfish to 25 pounds chasing finger Mullet onto the beach. The majority of the action described took place on the Pacific side this week; you just had to time it right as there were some very big swells early in the week. A few Yellowtail continued to be found off of the rocky points and bottom fishing resulted in some nice Snapper, Grouper and Amberjack, all to 15 pounds with the exception of a few Jacks to 40 pounds.
NOTES: This weeks short report was written to the music of Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan on the 1989 double CD “Fire and the Fury”. Live from the L.A. Sports Arena. Rock on!
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Apr 30, 2006; 11:36PM - Vancouver Island Spring Chinook and Halibut Tofino B.C.
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Clayoquot Ventures Guide Team
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Tofino, B.C. Vancouver Island Spring Chinook and Halibut
After an ongoing series of relentless foul weather systems that continually battered the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Tofino and Ucluelet areas are now seeing some fantastic spring-like conditions. Last weekend was a prime example of what we have been waiting for on the B.C. coast, with no winds, no rain, very little offshore swell, and the best Chinook Salmon and Halibut fishing so far for the 2006 season.
The offshore waters from Tofino and Ucluelet B.C. were as nice as it gets for a three to four day stretch. The rugged snow capped mountains on Vancouver Island’s west coast created an amazing backdrop for fishing and photos during this great stretch of springtime conditions in late April.
The fishing technique used by most anglers who were fortunate to experience these great offshore conditions, was trolling a variety of artificial or natural baits near the ocean floor, just a short distance from our local lighthouse, Lennard Island.
Anglers were able to compound their success by trolling deep with Salmon gear, producing a great mix of Chinook salmon, Halibut and various Bottom fish. Most of the days showed and even catch of Chinook salmon and Halibut, using a method that is usually specific to Salmon fishing around Vancouver Island.
Some vessels that ventured out a little further to the 10 mile bank didn’t fair any better for the extra travel and fuel, and enjoyed good action upon returning back to the 5 mile bank near the “Three Humps”.
Some of the larger Chinook salmon for the weekend’s efforts were in the 20 – 25 lb class, and numerous Halibut tested the Salmon fishing tackle at over 40 lbs.
With a mix of Orca Whales passing through, flotillas of colourful Portuguese “Man-o-War” Jellyfish covering the tidal slicks, and the snow covered mountains enhancing the scenery even more, the conditions and catches combined for many happy anglers.
Many anglers that fish the waters around the Tofino and Ucluelet B.C. areas are excited when they consider that this past weekend is only an example of what is to come for the remainder of the season, as the size and numbers of Chinook Salmon will only increase as Spring progresses. Halibut fishing opportunities near Tofino will also provide increased successes over the next 4 months, coinciding with the smaller tide cycles of each month.
For locals with their own vessels, or guests to the area who are interested to experience the great Saltwater fishing opportunities available in Tofino B.C., Clayoquot Ventures can outfit all. For Tackle, Charters and updated information, stop in at Jay’s Fly and Tackle in Tofino, or hook up with all these great options online at www.tofinofishing.com Call Toll Free 1-888-5FISHBC
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Apr 30, 2006; 12:32PM - Inshore fishing heats up - 62lb.Wahoo
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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 04-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which
operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina,Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this week has ranged from 20 to as
far as 40 miles. Seas have ranged between 1 to 3ft.with overcast days and some rain. The fishing has been
fair to good as Guatemala standards go with fly anglers averaging in the low to mid single digits.Those fishing conventional were releasing between 10
to 15 per day. In shore fishing has been good.On Wednesday John Dobson from Yellowdog Fishing Adventures went inshore fishing,he was rewarded by
catching this years largest Wahoo that weighed in at 62lbs.Along with the Wahoo John aboard our Joint Venture (35ft.Bertram) caught 6 nice Cero Macheral and one jack.For more info. contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com or visit our website at www.greatsailfishing.com and check out our free fly-fishing special for April and May.
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Apr 29, 2006; 01:13PM - White Fly Works!
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 82° clean water is out about eight to nine miles, with the deep blue water at 20 miles. Most of the boats working the 18 to 20 mile mark are getting one or two sailfish a day.
Santiago, on the panga “Gitana,” along with his brother Adan on the “Gitana II,” are working the 25 mile area and averaging three sailfish a day on conventional gear. Plus, Santiago told me the schools of yellowfin tuna are out around the 1,000 fathom curve (30 miles), and are about ready to move in closer for our annual May run.
Santiago fished with clients Chris and Tom Topher of California, releasing three sails and took two smaller tuna of about 20 pounds. Yesterday (Friday) he fished with Dwight Holly of Seattle, releasing three sails. Adan also got a small 150 pound blue marlin fishing with Danny Burns of Oregon.
Martin, on the panga “Isamar,” sampled the inshore fly-fishing and his client had some fantastic action on fish perfect for the 7- to 9-weight rods. Yesterday they got approximately 30 green jacks, about 15 jack crevalle, and 20 black skipjack tuna on a very small white fly. All the fish were in the 2- to 5-pound class.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 80 - 86
Humidity 83%
Wind NW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CST
Sunset 8:05 p.m. CST
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Apr 29, 2006; 01:12PM - East Cape Inshore Heats Up
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1008. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 04/29/06
East Cape
Late April on the East Cape saw continuing improvement for inshore fishermen. Brett Phillips of Oregon in particular saw the Sea of Cortez at its finest. Brett fished from a panga, never getting more than a few hundred yards from shore and for two days hooked good numbers of fish, including pargo, grouper, jack crevalle, needlefish, black skipjack, roosterfish, and the largest gaff topsail pompano any of us has ever seen. He is submitting it to IGFA for a possible new All-Tackle World Record. Decent amounts of bait including mullet and sardina are beginning to show, making for some exciting inshore days.
The bait seems somewhat condensed in the Punta Pescadero and Punta Colorada areas however, keeping many of the predatory schools condensed as well. These concentrations are making locating roosters and jacks from the beach a little more difficult. Hopefully, in the coming days these fish will disperse and beach sightings of big roosters will improve.
Offshore action remains good for striped marlin, but they're feeding aggressively on small squid and not coming into the lures very often, despite being present in great numbers. Ray Rickard of Grand Junction, Colo. recently enjoyed a classic mixed bag of East Cape fishing, hitting the inshore for good snapper and grouper action with small chartreuse Clousers. Then, in the p.m., we headed out about 2 miles where we found a good school of bait, and Ray battled a nice 180-pound striper. As reported, the stripers haven't been suckers for the tease, so we caught some “liveys” with a Lucky Joe and pitched to a feeder. It's that time of year again here on the Cape. The inshore and offshore bite can be only a few minutes boat ride apart.
Tim Harris, Redmond, Wash. followed up a slow offshore day on Monday with a good inshore trip on Wednesday with an action packed day catching sierra and black skipjack near Punta Arena.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 68-77
Air temperature 62-91
Humidity 58%
Wind: WNW 15 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:46 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:45 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
It was another week of windy cold conditions with the sun finally making an appearance today. Seem to be plenty of fish at the entrada, but they are plugged with langoustes (red crab) and have a serious case of lockjaw. Up in the mangroves, there were a few snook caught at Los Barrilles and I understand it is wall-to-wall nets up at Devil’s Curve again! Up at Lopez Mateos, the grouper and corvina provide the best action for the few who cared this week. Offshore, it continued to grumpy and kept most of the panga fishermen close to the beach.
Water temperature 60 - 66
Air temperature 66-78
Humidity 59%
Wind: NNW 11 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:52 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:55 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 82° clean water is out about eight to nine miles, with the deep blue water at 20 miles. Most of the boats working the 18 to 20 mile mark are getting one or two sailfish a day.
Santiago, on the panga “Gitana,” along with his brother Adan on the “Gitana II,” are working the 25 mile area and averaging three sailfish a day on conventional gear. Plus, Santiago told me the schools of yellowfin tuna are out around the 1,000 fathom curve (30 miles), and are about ready to move in closer for our annual May run.
Santiago fished with clients Chris and Tom Topher of California, releasing three sails and took two smaller tuna of about 20 pounds. Yesterday (Friday) he fished with Dwight Holly of Seattle, releasing three sails. Adan also got a small 150 pound blue marlin fishing with Danny Burns of Oregon.
Martin, on the panga “Isamar,” sampled the inshore fly-fishing and his client had some fantastic action on fish perfect for the 7- to 9-weight rods. Yesterday they got approximately 30 green jacks, about 15 jack crevalle, and 20 black skipjack tuna on a very small white fly. All the fish were in the 2- to 5-pound class.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 80 - 86
Humidity 83%
Wind NW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CST
Sunset 8:05 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
As the season winds down, the few boats going out are still finding decent action. Everyone one agrees that 2006 will go down in history as an extraordinary season even by Guatemala standards.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 79- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:42 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:19 p.m. CST
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Apr 26, 2006; 09:49PM - Snapper opener and more
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Sorry for lacking in the reports department..here is a lumped together report for the last few days.. I will try and post individual reports with pics in a few days on my homesite...Man what can I say..between the yard and fishing there hasnt been any time to make any reports,,by the way, it feels fantastic to be out of the shipyard..at this point I would rather break rocks in jail than turn any more wrenchs or squeeze tubes of 5200..
We made the escape in time for the red snapper season opener Friday the 21st, but just in time..with that behind us, it has been nothing but great weather and fishing all week aside from the band of wet and wind that passed through Friday night; but during the day its been dead calm..made the ride down to Venice Thursday from Seabrook..Capt. Sonny had a trip on the Twin vee that day and while bending flyrods with small tuna and bonita for Terry Thrash et al, a monster 192# yellowfin showed up in the slick..it was agreed to bait him on commie tackle and 2 1/2 hours later the group had him boated..that was the only trip we had scheduled last week that made it out..
The snapper opener was great and everything we expected..wide open bites for both Sonny, Lance and I on day one; Lance ran a trip out of Fourchon where he will likely stay for the next few months..he wants to chase tuna in Green Canyon this year..any way he has been filling my overnight box on day trips with wahoo, snapper, amberjacks, grouper and cobia..he has outfished us too..Sonny and I made 2 stops Friday finding easy limits on big and small fish Sonny had the Line Avenue Pharmacy gang and I had the Lvcoste bachelor party..Plenty boats out there trying too..Sonny had a mixed size limit with one red snapper over 30 pounds and I had a string of 10-20 pounders..he also had a warsaw and 4 gags using dead pogeys and I was using live and dead pogeys getting only one grouper..odd thing was no jacks at all on live baits for either of us..hard to find them on the east side I guess..intersting story for those that like to mooch off shrimpers..I passed 200 feet astern of a trawler picking up his nets about 2 miles out of Baptist Collete..he had his trawl nets up by the time I got to him but I got hung up in a 300 ft length of poly rope he had snagged during his drag..took about 1 minute to get him to stop dragging us astern and 20 minutes to get it all cut out..needless to say it was a freak occurence that could have proven disasterous..Lance had a limit of snapper and jacks along with 4 wahoo a warsaw and 1 cobia and it would only get better for him each successive day..
At the Saturday morning dock conference we figured it would be mobbed bottom fishing but I was going anyway..I didnt see but one other boat all day..Both Leon and Sonny took off for blue water in search of wahoo..Snapper bite was pretty steady for the Arkansa boys but we decided to leave two limits open for bigger fish..it would prove tricky to find them so we ended up amberjack and grouper fishing finding a 43 20 and 15 pound gag and a limit of jacks along with a few scamps..we made a stop on the ride home and hit paydirt on the big snappers getting our last 8 fish in 3 drifts..Sonny found 8 wahoo on the troll, Leon had 4 wahoo and a dolphin before heading in early to get his limit of jacks and snapper..There was a nice rip south of the river..Lance absolutely murdered them to the west..his take Saturday was 12 wahoo, 6 jacks 5 cobia 3 gags, a 70 pound warsaw, and 10 snapper..this ought to make a fine picture! Both Sonny and Lance wacked the snappers and groupers today and Sonny also had 3 wahoo..Lance was bragging about having big fish today ..cant wait to see the pics myself..we have run 3 bluewater trip in a row..its been a wahoo slaughter as well..I had 6 Monday before going bottom foshing and picking up red snapper limit, a cbia, jack and a grouper for my 2 man crew and Sonny and Leon whammed then again yesterday in a head to head competition..The field was the ripline and it was the battle of the wahoo baits today; after the final bell rang; Leon and Scott out did Capt Sonny and Britton.. J hooks were the difference..Sonny now believes that treble hooks baits are junk and it was a tough lesson one to two fish and that is it for those things and you are lucky if they stay hooked up...Poor Sonny lost all 4 of his Braid murauders this morning in the first 30 minutes of his trip when other fish hit the swivels..About a month ago I had given him a 5 gallon bucket full of brand new diving baits still in the box (wont say which brands) these were given to me by Steve Hedrick after he sold his bertram.. I kept the gaffs Steve so thanks and by the way the kids have a ball catching each other in the yard with the oversized landing net you also gave me..anyway..the bite was on the line today..Leon and Scott went 10 for 13 on wahoo and Sonny 3-13 but came home with the pot winner an estimated 75 pound wahoo..Leon also won the head to head tuna competition by outfishing the same team with 2 yellowfin and 6 blackfin to Sonny's 2 blackfin..Sonny claims the day to be a huge success since he only had two anglers aboard..he did win the amberjack competition in part because he was uncontested..funny thing happened to Leon the other day..he was travelling home from Venice on HWY 23 when somewhere between the marina and the checkpoint the drag lever on one of his trolling rods got disengaged allowing 600 yards of line to run off his trolling rod..an odd look from the attending officer tipped him off and he quickly pulled over and reeled the line back in before hooking any passing cars..we cancelled tomorrow's trip due to the thunderstorms and wind but plan to be back on Thursday and Friday before the next front..still have alot of days to fill in the coming weeks..we also look for our second marlin soon..some have been sighted already..outriggers are going back on the boats tomorrow....PICTURED ARE THE RESPECTIVE CATCHES AND HAPPY CUSTOMERS..
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Apr 24, 2006; 03:14PM - IXTAPA / ZIHUATANEJO SPORTFISHING REPORT 4/15/06 TO 4/20/06
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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Despite light fishing activity and light angler turnout, the week produced some better than average catches. The fleet were averaging more than 1 BILLFISH per day and there has been a mix of SAILFISH and BLUE MARLIN.
Capt. Adolofo Espinosa of the Dos Hermanos 1 fishing with French angler, Mr. Lemonnon took the first 2 ROOSTERFISH of the season as well as 5 JACKS, and 38 BONITO in 5 days of fishing. Capt. Luis of the Gran Jefe total catch for 3 days of fishing was 4 SAILFISH, 8 JACKS, 2 SPANISH MACKEREL, and 17 BONITO.
Capt. Temo Verboonen of the Securestro de Amor reports 1 JACK and several BONITO for 1 fishing day.
The captains report that the warmer currents are moving into the area which will much improve the SAILFISH and DORADO action.
I/Z Climate: Temps in the high 80’s with low humidity
Sea Conditions: Calm
Best Fishing Area: 10 - 15 miles offshore
Susan Richards
Stan Lushinsky
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters
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Apr 24, 2006; 10:55AM - 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
April 17-23, 2006
WEATHER: Once again most of the week it was partly cloudy skies. We had plenty of sun, just not all the time. Our daytime highs were in the low 90’s and our nighttime lows in the low 60’s. Light winds most of the week from the NW early in the mornings and picking up a bit in the afternoon.
WATER: If you swept across the map from east to west you would see the Cortez side of the cape with water in the mid 70’s, the water from the south of us and out to the San Jaime Banks in the high 60’s to low 70’s and the water to the west and north of there in the mid 60’s. There was no strongly defined temperature break in any of the areas and no strongly defined color break either. The water closer to shore on the Cortez side and off-shore on the Pacific tended to be a bit greener than off shore on the Cortez side. Out around the 1150 spot, the Cabrillo Seamount and to the west of the Outer Gorda Banks the water was occasionally found to 77 degrees.
BAIT: There was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel this week at the usual $2 per bait, and there were reports of some Sardinas as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The fish of the week this week was definitely Striped Marlin. You did not have to go very far either in order to get hooked up. Early in the week the fish were showing very close to shore on the Cortez side, within 2 miles of the beach. Later in the week they moved off a bit and the biggest concentration was found at the 95 spot. On Saturday I went out and there were plenty of fish to be found just 3 miles off of Gray Rock and the Santa Maria Bay area. We went one for one for 45 minutes of trolling (lures only as it was a late trip) and saw at least a dozen tailing Marlin in the area. Most of the boats were still concentrated on the 95 spot, on the radar it looked like an armada coming in from the east at 2 PM. A dark colored lure (green/black) at 9 knots worked for us but we were one of the few boats that had any luck on lures, almost everyone was getting bit only on live bait or rigged dead bait. It seems from what I was hearing and was told that the key to getting a lot of action was rigging dead bait and trolling it way back in the spread. Tossing live bait at tailing fish was not working very well, but stunning bait and then tossing it out was better. Almost every fish caught was stuffed full of squid.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were still a few Tuna to be found this week, we are hoping that concentrations begin showing up soon. The fish that were caught were in the 10-15 pound class with a few to 30 pounds, and they were almost all found in the porpoise on the Cortez side, and in the blind on the Pacific side. On the Pacific side they were just 2-4 miles offshore from the arch to the lighthouse. On the Cortez side they were within the boundaries of the 95 spot, the 1150 and the Gorda Banks.
DORADO: The Dorado bite continued to improve this week with a lot more boats finding multiple fish. Most of the action has been in the warmer water on the Cortez side of the Cape. The fish have been ranging in size from 8 to 20 pounds with most of them around 15. The Dorado have been in closer to shore than the Marlin, most of them found just 2 miles form the beach. Bright colored lures have always worked well on them and they continued to do so this week.
WAHOO: There were still some Wahoo caught this week but not the numbers we had last week. Action on these speedsters was found around the inner and outer Gorda Banks as well as on the ledge at Red Hill. Average size was 30 pounds with an occasional fish to 60 pounds. Not only were a few found on the structure, there were also some open-ocean fish found out in the deeps, and these were the larger fish. The 1,000-fathom line to the southeast kicked out at least a couple of fish a day.
INSHORE: The Sierra bit went wide open on the Pacific side up around Punta Cota, even the surf casters were catching until their arms got tired! The fish averaged 7 pounds and were down at 10 feet or more and bright colors or live bait worked great. There were still some Yellowtail being caught just off the arch and yo-yo’s in scrambled egg as well as live bait worked better than other offerings. A few of the fish kicked the scales up to 40 pounds, but the average was more in the line of 12 pounds. Action on other species was off and on with a fair showing of Bonita and Skipjack, a few Amberjack but lots of Jack Crevalle and quite a few Pompano.
NOTES: Good fishing and writing music this week with a Mark Knopfler soundtrack from the 2000 movie, “Shot at Glory”. I just love this one! Until next week, tight lines!
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Apr 23, 2006; 08:05AM - East Cape Spring . . . Mixed Bag
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Category: Fly Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1007. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 04/22/06
East Cape
Warmer air and warmer water resulted in improved inshore fishing conditions this week. The presence of long-lost sardina in the bait tank only helped matters. Early in the week, large roosterfish put on a great show tearing up bait at El Cardonal north of Pescadero.
The offshore anglers found reduced catches of yellowfin tuna, but a few white flags were still flying. Striped marlin consistently took pitched bait but refused to appear in the pattern making fly-fishing difficult.
Perfect weather, calm seas greeted participants that traveled from all over the US to participate in Pudge Kleinkauf’s, Women’s Flyfishing® annual “Baja Spring Special” this week.
While the quantity was less than hoped for, there was plenty of variety. The group’s species list was impressive. Catches including marlin, yellowfin tuna, dorado, amberjack, bonito, white bonito, sierra, jack crevalle, needlefish, roosterfish, gaff topsail pompano, pargo, and cabrilla.
The beach fishing in front of the hotel late in the afternoon produced a few small roosters, pompano and a few mystery bites for the group.
Western Outdoor News, holding their East Cape Fiesta de Pesca April 8-30, awarded two of the group with the largest fish-of-the-day prizes. Dan Jansen, Anchorage for the largest YFT on Easter Sunday and Jim Hunter, Albuquerque managed to land the largest dorado on Wednesday. They both received enough goodies to fill their already stuffed suitcases.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 68-77
Air temperature 62-91
Humidity 58%
Wind: NW 4 mph
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:52 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:42 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
There were reports of a few grouper, pargo and corvina up in the mangroves both at Puerto San Carlos and Lopez Mateos. There were a few snook outside the bocas with pompano mixed in. Enrique Soto reports that the yellows are still out at the entrada. Offshore the wind persists keeping almost all the boats close to home.
Water temperature 60 - 66
Air temperature 66-81
Humidity 79%
Wind: WNW 15 mph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:58 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:52 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
No Report This Week . . . Here’s last week’s:
The Terrafin satellite surface temperature charts show 78° water out six miles to the 100 fathom line, and 82° water beyond that. This combination has been great for jack crevalle inshore, and sailfish offshore.
Few people are fishing the inshore, but when they do, they are catching 12 to 15 of the 14- to 20-pound jacks a day. Most of the fish are taken on slowed trolled live bait, but the fly fishers are also getting several.
Two to three sailfish a day is the average per boat. Scott Anderson from Minn. caught four sailfish while fishing with Ruben on the “Vamonos III.”
The conditions are almost perfect and we are expecting the big yellowfin tuna and marlin almost any day now.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 75 - 86
Humidity 83%
Wind NW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:25 a.m. CST
Sunset 8:03 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
Sketchy reports seem to indicate that the season seems to be winding down from a client perspective. Most of the action is outside of 18 miles with double digit action for the few boats making the run.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 75- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: NW 8 mph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:45 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:17 p.m. CST
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