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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Apr 1, 2006; 01:08PM - Wind Shifts . . . Conditions Improve
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1004. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 04/01/06
East Cape
The news this week revolved mainly around the lack of wind. When the slight breeze picked up, it was from the southeast. This trend will bring warmer weather and water. The inshore fishing hasn't quite caught up yet though. We're running into intermittent ladyfish, pompano and jack schools. This time of year it's not unusual to see large Pacific jack crevalle in tight schools, moving slowly and not responding aggressively. Calmer days have permitted some snorkeling which reveals very tight schools of gafftop-sail pompano also. As water temps rise and more bait appears (striped mullet and flatiron herring), these schools will loosen up, providing more shots to the beach angler. The roosterfish catch picks up with the arrival of bait also. Thus far, it's the very lucky boat to run into roosters, but this week's weather is only helping matters.
Most of the boats seeing consistent success are cruisers willing to make fairly long runs to blue water. Some reported being among large schools of sleeping striped marlin with mixed hook-up results. Dorado and yellowfin tuna contributed to some success stories as well.
Josh Dickinson
Baja on the Fly Guide
Water temperature 62-70
Air temperature 67-82
Humidity 52%
Wind: NNW 13 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:11 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:34 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Nice weather throughout the week and then it turned cold and windy today (4/1). There are still a few whales hanging around while they are psych themselves up for the long trip up the coast.
Offshore, the Humboldt squid have been about the only thing reposted of any consequence for the week. The best action in the mangroves was not far from San Carlos at Los Barrlies there were a few snook to be had if you were there at the right time. Still a decent corvina bite either at the pier or under the bridge at the entrance to town.
Water temperature 60 - 66
Air temperature 52-72
Humidity 99%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:18 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:43 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The blue water is only three miles off the beach, yet a cooler water current is moving down from the north and pushing the sailfish further south. The current Terrafin Surface Temperature image shows 78 degree water coming down and displacing the sailfish rich 82 degree water. This will be great for the blue marlin and yellowfin tuna however.
Inshore, the action has been outstanding on large jack crevalle. The fish have been averaging 16- to 18-pounds, with some going 25-pounds. Most are being taken at the white rocks on slow trolled live bait, but many are following a hookless popper to give a fly-caster a decent shot.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind SW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:40 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:59 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
No Report Received this week – Last week’s report repeated
As expected, the WFO action couldn't go on indefinitely. This week, the catches were still in the low double digits as the sailfish scattered in search of bait. The acres of small baitfish that had been reported for the past few weeks seemed to have disappeared leaving no other choice than to resort to more exploring. The fleet did find action anywhere from 15 to as far as 45 miles offshore as the boats spread out in search of herds of sailfish seen in the previous week. You can imagine how many times this week’s visitors heard, “You should have been here last week!”
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 72- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:59 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:15 p.m. CST
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Mar 27, 2006; 09:10PM - Three New State Records
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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Three new state records.
Congratulations to fly fisherman Peter F. Binaski. The International Game Fish Association has just approved his application for three new State Freshwater Fly Rod line class records. Peter now holds the Hawaii peacock bass records for 4, 12, and 20 pound test tippet. All three fish were weighed, photographed and released back into Lake Wilson.
Peter is an excellent angler and it was a pleasure fishing with him.
Aloha,
Chris
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Mar 27, 2006; 11:36AM - 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
March 20-27, 2006
WEATHER: The week started out very windy and then for the past four days it has been great with just light breezes and lots of sun. Our nighttime lows have been in the low 60’s while the daytime highs have been in the mid 80’s, great weather all around! We had only one day with clouds, Friday saw a bit of overcast for most of the day, but no bad stuff with it.
WATER: At the end of the week the water on the Pacific side was 66 degrees out to past the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks, and up to 69 degrees to the West of there. To the immediate South the water was a bit warmer as the warmer water from the Sea of Cortez pushed its way past the Cape with temperatures up to 72 degrees. Out at the 95 Spot and to the South and Northeast of there the water was a warm 74-75 degrees with 76-degree water showing up around the Cabrillo Seamount. Surface conditions were excellent at the end of the week regardless of where you went with a slight 2-4 foot swell on the Pacific and 1-3 foot on the Cortez side and winds at 5-10 knots giving just a few small whitecaps to the water.
BAIT: This past week there were Caballito available at the usual $2 per bait as well as some Sardinas at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite continued to improve but a lot of boats still came in without having gotten a Marlin to the boat. The fish were concentrated between the 95 Spot and the 1150 at the end of the week and while there were a lot of fish out there they weren’t being all that aggressive. A lot of boats were getting strikes but not hooking the fish up, and dropping back the Caballito often only interested the fish for a second. The best results seemed to come for boats trolling dark colored plastic lures at 9-91/2 knots. Lures in black/purple, black/green, black/red received the most attention from the fish. A few boats came in with two or three flags; most boats had either none or one flying from the outriggers. One item of special interest this week was a brief, one day showing of Swordfish on the surface in the same area on Friday. From what I heard there were about seven fish sighted, four hooked and one landed, all from a small 1 square mile area. Hmm, maybe a night trip, follow the temp break and see what happens? There was plenty of bait showing in the area down between 50 and 150 feet.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Still slow for Tuna the past week with some fish showing up 40 miles to the south of us. Nothing big to be reported close to home although I did overhear someone just on the outer range of reception on the radio talk about finding fish over #100 but not getting bit. That’s just a tease, I know, since I have no idea where they were, but at least there are some out there. Hopefully we will see them in our area soon. Several boats made the trip to the San Jaime Banks in the hope of getting lucky but the water was like a desert out there. On Wednesday a boat did get into some 30-40 pound fish in a fast moving school to the south of the bank, but they did not stick around.
DORADO: Early in the week there was decent Dorado action reported from the Punta Gorda-Los Frailles area, but by the end of the week the fish seemed to have disappeared, at least the numbers were gone. Boats in the area were still picking a fish or two but it was not worth the effort to go up there for the few fish that were found. Elsewhere there were occasional fish found close to the beach, within 3 miles, they were not large but at least they were Dorado.
WAHOO: I didn’t get any reports of Wahoo this week but that does not mean there weren’t any caught, just that I have no clue (not the first time!).
INSHORE: There was a good Sierra bite on the Pacific side in water from 50-60 feet in depth at the end of the week, and the bite was in the shallow water just behind the breakers earlier in the week. There were a few small 5-pound class Roosterfish caught as well. Boats fishing live bait deep off the rocky points got into Yellowtail averaging 12 pounds with one fish reported at 42 pounds. Not a wide-open bite but worth the effort with an average of one or two fish per boat. There was a scattering of other inshore species caught, among them Bonita and Skipjack along with Jack Crevalle and Needlefish.
NOTES: Fishing continues to improve, thank goodness! Some anglers are still striking out as far as getting anything to the boat, but most of them are seeing at least some action and it seems to be improving every day. This weeks report was written to the great music of Mark Knopfler on his second solo album, the 2004 Mercury release “Shangri-La”. Thanks Mark for continuing to make my ears happy! Until next week, tight lines!
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Mar 26, 2006; 07:33AM - Still Low Double Digits
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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As expected, the WFO action couldn't go on indefinitely. This week, the catches were still in the low double digits as the sailfish scattered in search of bait. The acres of small baitfish that had been reported for the past few weeks seemed to have disappeared leaving no other choice than to resort to more exploring. The fleet did find action anywhere from 15 to as far as 45 miles offshore as the boats spread out in search of herds of sailfish seen in the previous week. You can imagine how many times this week’s visitors heard, “You should have been here last week!”
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 72- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: ENE 15 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:03 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. CST
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Mar 26, 2006; 07:32AM - Warmer Water...More Action
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The water warming up several degrees did wonders for the fishing this week. Martin, Captain of the “Isamar,” provided three memorable days for Greg Pike, visiting from Great Falls, Mont. By the end of the trip Greg had landed seven sails and a striped marlin on the fly. Santiago, Captain on the “Gitana,” had several busy days with ample action to keep everyone on the boat smiling.
Inshore at Ixtapa Island, jacks in the 15 pound class were feeding on the surface keeping the flyrods bent most of the morning.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind NNE 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:45 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:57 p.m. CST
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Mar 26, 2006; 07:30AM - Baja Transcends . . . Guatemala Peaks
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1003. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 03/25/06
East Cape
As March fades into April, East Cape slips into that transitional mode when the winds begin to lose strength and start to shift from north to east. Then there begins to be more good days than bad. Early this week, it was calm but by mid-week the north winds were churning up the Sea of Cortez leaving murky water and white caps. Then, as quickly as it started, it slacked off.
As expected, locals along with the few visitors staying at the hotels, headed out. With the unsettled conditions it is always like starting at square one after the wind backs off and with few boats looking it is tough to locate any concentrations of any usual suspects.
Oddly enough, striped marlin – along with a few sailfish – seemed to be the most dominate species with a few found scattered throughout Las Palmas Bay. There were also a few dorado (on the smallish side) found outside of Punta Pescadero a few miles as well as further offshore mixed in with the billfish. Several boats gambled that the north wind wouldn't kick up and headed down south. They were rewarded with a few tuna. Inshore, skipjack, white bonito and sierra provided the best action. The beach walkers needed to be out at zero dark hundred and were rewarded with fair sierra action until the sun climbed high enough to shut the bite off. By then, the ladyfish took over and did their baby tarpon-like leaping after being fooled by an array of very small baitfish patterns such as bonefish-sized Clousers.
As reported last week, rumors of swordfish fining attracted some interest including Mark Rayor, of Vista Sea Sports, who spent two full days searching for the illusive swordy before the wind came up and conditions deteriorated. With picture perfect weather, he would have been back out this morning, but his boat was chartered for the day.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 62-70
Air temperature 61-82
Humidity 52%
Wind: NW 6 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:17 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:31 p.m. MST
San Jose, Guatemala
As expected, the WFO action couldn't go on indefinitely. This week, the catches were still in the low double digits as the sailfish scattered in search of bait. The acres of small baitfish that had been reported for the past few weeks seemed to have disappeared leaving no other choice than to resort to more exploring. The fleet did find action anywhere from 15 to as far as 45 miles offshore as the boats spread out in search of herds of sailfish seen in the previous week. You can imagine how many times this week’s visitors heard, “You should have been here last week!”
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 72- 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: ENE 15 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:03 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. CST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
As the number of whales in the bay continues to diminish, more attention is directed toward the mangroves, entrada and offshore. Offshore – out among the shark buoys – there are a few tuna to be found. Nearer the entrada, bonito and skipjack with an occasional yellow can be found under the bird schools.
Up at Devil’s Curve, Enrique Soto reported good catches of palometa in the 10 pound category along with a few smaller snook as well as a decent corvina bite on both streamers and surface poppers. With water temperatures creeping slowly upward, conditions should continue to improve over the next month.
Water temperature 60 - 66
Air temperature 64-72
Humidity 100%
Wind: NNW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:25 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:40 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The water warming up several degrees did wonders for the fishing this week. Martin, Captain of the “Isamar,” provided three memorable days for Greg Pike, visiting from Great Falls, Mont. By the end of the trip Greg had landed seven sails and a striped marlin on the fly. Santiago, Captain on the “Gitana,” had several busy days with ample action to keep everyone on the boat smiling.
Inshore at Ixtapa Island, jacks in the 15 pound class were feeding on the surface keeping the flyrods bent most of the morning.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 87
Humidity 83%
Wind NNE 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:45 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:57 p.m. CST
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Mar 18, 2006; 12:57PM - Wide ********* Open
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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This was the week that was and will be remembered for a long time. Sailfish action exploded, reports of sailfish everywhere was the norm for the past week, allowing fleet records, boat records and personal bests to be smashed during the week. Will it continue, Quien Sabe? It is safe to say this week will be remembered for a long time – maybe forever! – and the bar for high boat counts and personal catch records has been raised significantly. Guatemala continues to demonstrate why it is considered the destination to deliver the highest volume of sailfish.
Catch Details>>
http://guatemalafly.bajafly.com/email.03.16.06.htm
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 82
Humidity 100%
Wind: SW 4 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:08 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:13 p.m. CST
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Mar 18, 2006; 12:55PM - Adios Whales . . . Sailfish Records Smashed
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1002. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 03/18/06
San Jose, Guatemala
This was the week that was and will be remembered for a long time. Sailfish action exploded, reports of sailfish everywhere was the norm for the past week, allowing fleet records, boat records and personal bests to be smashed during the week. Will it continue, Quien Sabe? It is safe to say this week will be remembered for a long time – maybe forever! – and the bar for high boat counts and personal catch records has been raised significantly. Guatemala continues to demonstrate why it is considered the destination to deliver the highest volume of sailfish.
Catch Details>>
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 82
Humidity 100%
Wind: SW 4 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:08 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:13 p.m. CST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Whale watching season has finally wound down and all but a few whales have begun their long journey northward. It has been one of the better whale watching seasons in recent memory.
With the water temperatures beginning to slowly creep up, the locals have high expectations for the fishing inside the bay and are already reporting lots of bait.
Outside, winter conditions persist with rough seas and plenty of wind.
The best action this week was found out at the entrada as the yellowtail could be found chasing bait on the surface. Look for the bird schools, but you have to be quick to get on them before they go back down.
If you are looking for some action a little closer, there have been reports of a decent corvina bite around the pier at Puerto San Carlos.
Up at Lopez Mateos, everyone is recovering from the busy whale watching season and will now begin turning their attention to fishing in the mangroves.
Water temperature 60 - 66
Air temperature 55-70
Humidity 100%
Wind: NW 15 mph
Conditions: Fog
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:32 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:37 p.m. MST
East Cape
Currents bringing warmer water are beginning to work their way up into the Sea of Cortez, bringing with it a few YFT and billfish. Another bonus this week is there has been swordfish showing which has been enough to suck out some of the locals on the calm days. North winds continue to hamper the boats in getting out locating the schools. Still enough dorado to keep things interesting for the persistent. Close to shore the water remains off color and it has been difficult to find much worthwhile action.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 65-73
Air temperature 61-79
Humidity 53%
Wind: NNW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:24 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:29 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
OOPS! Server down . . . No report received this week. The following is last week’s report:
Blue water has moved back from 40 miles to the 23 mile mark, and the fishing has picked up some this last week. But, it is still a bit on the slow side. The Terrafin Satellite Surface Temperatures now show 76° water from the beach, out 10 miles to the 100 fathom curve, and an average of 79° water beyond the 100 fathom curve. This is a substantial raise of at least 5° over earlier in the week.
Lots of sailfish are being seen, with a least four or five fish a day being raised to the spread. There are also plenty of yellowfin tuna, and several blue marlin. But, with an incredible supply of mackerel and black skipjack tuna, keeping the fish's attention long enough to eat a trolled bait has been the downfall. We honestly believe they fish are too full to aggressively charge the trolled baits.
The inshore action should also pick up substantially now the water has warmed up a bit.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 86
Humidity 83%
Wind WSW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:51 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:56 p.m. CST
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Mar 18, 2006; 03:20AM - Waikiki Barracuda
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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I think the reason there are so many barracuda in the Ala Wai Canal is because the water is polluted and everyone is afraid to eat the fish. Most fishermen in Hawaii ask, 'If you can't eat it, why catch it?'
Clayton Yee, (Nervous Water Fly Shop) and I decided to have a little fun testing out some of his new barracuda flys. (with all the recent rain, Lake Wilson is muddy, making the peacock bass fishing very difficult).
We launched my little 15 foot bass boat near the Hawaii Yacht Club and headed to the Diamond Head/Mauka end of the Ala Wai.
The tide was just starting to rise and the barracuda should be aggressive. We could easily see them in the clear water as they waited motionless by the roots of the mangrove trees ready to rush out and ambush their next meal.
Clay chose a chartreuse foam popping bug and I tied on a yellow one. We used 12 pound test mono leaders...... On my last visit I lost several lures and flys to those big sharp teeth. There must be a way to rig a short wire leader to a popping bug.
Sometimes 3 or 4 barracuda would just follow the fly all the way to the boat. At other times they would charge in from 10 feet away and smash the fly. Clay hooked a nice 2 pounder and after a short fight the leader cut. We could see the fish swimming away with the big popping bug hanging from the side of its mouth. Then the popper came free and as it floated to the surface another cuda hit it. That one spit it out and on the surface two more cuda struck at the free floating popping bug..... they were that aggressive.
Needless to say, we had a very exciting, fun filled afternoon. We could have probably landed a lot more fish if we had used streamer flys with the wire leaders, but it is so much more exciting to see a surface strike. And since the barracuda were being so cooperative, why change?
Aloha,
Stan
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Mar 16, 2006; 03:17AM - Tuna & Wahoo
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Category: Diego Garcia
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Author Name: Chris Hart
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Feb 29, 2006
Anglers: Pat Keenan, Darren Gilmor and Chris Hart.
We started out by traveling to the south point of the island aboard Ocean master 1 with Capt.Verde and 1st mate Rudy. The spread consisted of Offshore Specialties skirts in the riggers and and an Orange Rapala CD-26 on the left flat and a Firetiger Bonita on the right. 8:15 first fish was a nice 25 lb wahoo on the OS skirt followed by a 40 lb. Yellowfin Tuna that ate the other Offshore Specialties skirt at 8:20am. We worked the south edge of the reef working the schools of bait and flocks of Boobie birds and Sooty turns the frantic bite was almost immediate as the Rapala and Bonita were hammered as well as one of the OS skirts. We had our hands full as we worked our fish to the boat 3 for 3 on YF tuna weighing 55,56, and 65 lbs later on the scale. Lastly we lost one monster Wahoo that hit the OS skirt and smoked off 200-300 yards of tight drag before shaking off.
Lures used:
-Offshore specialties bullet heads with (1)orange and (1)green skirts.
-Rapala CD-26 Orange
-Yo-Zuri Bonita-Firetiger
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