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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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| 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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| 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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Dec 24, 2005; 03:37PM - Action on the Upswing
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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With just a short seven mile ride to the blue water, the action for sailfish is steadily picking up as we come out of the full moon cycle. Most of the action is straight out of Zihuatanejo Bay on a 200º heading, and at 15 miles.
The fleet is averaging about 3 sailfish a day per boat on conventional gear, and about two very nice dorado. The dorado have been a great late addition to the action this week, and are averaging a respectable 25- to 35-pounds.
Some boats are getting a bit luckier than the average however. Captain Maragarito, on the small cruiser “Gaby,” fished two days and released 10 sailfish. He also got five nice dorado.
Santiago, on the panga “Gitana,” released five sailfish with Philippe of Denmark and averaged three released fish a day the rest of the week.
I guided fly-fishing client Terrence Tucker of New Jersey for some inshore action. The 14- to 18-pound jacks were really slamming the hookless popper teaser, but he was “snake bit” and couldn’t get one on the fly. He ended up hooking two very nice dorado of about 25 pounds, and just 150 yards off the beach. We fished with Arturo on the panga “Janeth.”
On another guided fly-fishing day with Baja on the Fly client John Oberton of Dana Point, Calif., he ended up with one sailfish and one 30 pound dorado. We fished with Captain Cali on the cruiser “Vamonos.”
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 86
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:18 p.m. CST
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Dec 24, 2005; 02:37PM - The Endless Season Continues . . .Guatemala Next!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #990. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 12/24/05
San Jose, Guatemala
As 2005 season winds down, the chatter on the dock is about another great season that once again confirms the fact Guatemala offers some of the finest sail fishing in the world. With most of the action within an hour or so of the dock – and calm seas – it looks like the season will go out with a bang; and, there could even be a few new season-totals records set. The local fleet, along with a few yachts that arrived recently, have reported good to excellent fishing most of the week. With fishing like this, it’s hard to take time to get ready for another great Christmas in Guatemala.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 68- 82
Humidity 94%
Wind: SW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:23 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:42 p.m. CST
East Cape
Summer-like weather last weekend pleased the few visitors looking for a fish fix before Santa showed up. There are billfish up off of Punta Pescadero, and now that the visitors have dwindled down to a trickle, the dorado decide to bite. Closer to shore, the Tin Boat guys were catching plenty of sierra, some of which will probably end up in ceviche be served on Christmas Day. Sporadic north winds during the week helped remind the locals that it is December after all and Santa’s arrival is just around the corner. Merry Christmas!
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 79-84
Air temperature 68-77
Humidity 52%
Wind: NNW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:40 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
With just a short seven mile ride to the blue water, the action for sailfish is steadily picking up as we come out of the full moon cycle. Most of the action is straight out of Zihuatanejo Bay on a 200º heading, and at 15 miles.
The fleet is averaging about 3 sailfish a day per boat on conventional gear, and about two very nice dorado. The dorado have been a great late addition to the action this week, and are averaging a respectable 25- to 35-pounds.
Some boats are getting a bit luckier than the average however. Captain Maragarito, on the small cruiser “Gaby,” fished two days and released 10 sailfish. He also got five nice dorado.
Santiago, on the panga “Gitana,” released five sailfish with Philippe of Denmark and averaged three released fish a day the rest of the week.
I guided fly-fishing client Terrence Tucker of New Jersey for some inshore action. The 14- to 18-pound jacks were really slamming the hookless popper teaser, but he was “snake bit” and couldn’t get one on the fly. He ended up hooking two very nice dorado of about 25 pounds, and just 150 yards off the beach. We fished with Arturo on the panga “Janeth.”
On another guided fly-fishing day with Baja on the Fly client John Oberton of Dana Point, Calif., he ended up with one sailfish and one 30 pound dorado. We fished with Captain Cali on the cruiser “Vamonos.”
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 86
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:18 p.m. CST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Yachts traveling up and down the coast outside have reported cooler temps and spotty action offshore with just an occasional billfish, dorado and tuna to break up the travel routine after they get above the Finger Bank. Inside the esteros, the bite continues; unfortunately there were very few anglers to capitalize on the action. The few here found the snook tough as usual. However, there were enough sierra and pompano action to keep everyone smiling.
Water temperature 68-75
Air temperature 68-73
Humidity 31%
Wind: W 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 7:08 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:44 p.m. MST
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Dec 19, 2005; 11:21AM - 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
Dec. 12-18, 2005
WEATHER: This last week continued mostly cloudy as bands of clouds moved over us from the NW. It felt as though we should have gotten just a little bit of rain, but nope, not yet! Our daytime highs have been right around 80 degrees while the nighttime lows have been right at 60 degrees.
WATER: On the Pacific side we have had mixed conditions with one day being great with small swells and little or no wind and the next there being lumpy conditions with a fair chop on top of it. The water temperature has been warmer on the Pacific with most of the water between the Golden Gate and the Jaime and south at right around 74-75 degrees. There were a few cool spots down to 71, but they were few and far between. Most of the water has been nice and blue. On the Cortez side of the Cape the water has been a bit greener with the area between the 1150 and the Gorda Banks being off color and 72-73 degrees. That water temperature extends out to the area of the Cabrillo Seamount. The surface water conditions on the Cortez side have been good right in front of town but as you traveled up the Cape it got a bit more choppy as there were very windy conditions past the Punta Gorda area.
BAIT: There was no trouble getting bait this week as all the bait boats had plenty of Mackerel, at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The bite at the Lighthouse on the Pacific side has continued to improve as the Striped Marlin move closer. It is still a drift bait fishery for the most part with an occasional bait boil on the surface with Frigates diving to mark the spot. Running to the action and tossing a live Mackerel in the middle usually resulted in a hook-up for the first boat on the scene. In other area, the action at the Finger Bank continued with Striped Marlin balling up Sardinas. I made it up there on Thursday and we released 17 fish ranging from 60 to 130 pounds while fishing with live Mackerel, tossing them to the feeders. There have been a few fish showing off the points on the Pacific side while the action on billfish on the Cortez side has been almost non-existent.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Water conditions farther up on the Pacific side kept the one private boat that was going up to check out the large Tuna action from making the trip, so I don’t know if it is worth an overnight trip to find these reported bruisers, but closer to home there has been good to fair action on football and school size fish. The area around the San Jaime Bank continues to produce fish ranging from 10-40 pounds on lures and boats trying to drop bait deep, around 100 feet, are getting the occasional bite on fish to 100 pounds. These fish are associated with porpoise of course. Even closer to home, we had a fair bite at the end of the week on Tuna to 40 pounds just off the lighthouse on the Pacific side. The Marlin drift fishermen were getting the occasional fish to 40 pounds and then a decent pod of porpoise moved in and the surface action got good for two days. The best lures seemed to be dark colored and between 6 and 8 inches in length.
DORADO: The continued cold water has made the Dorado bite almost a thing of the imagination. This had to have been one of the worst Dorado seasons in quite some time as there was only a short timeframe, maybe one month, when you could be assured of a Dorado.
WAHOO: I did not hear of any Wahoo being caught this week.
INSHORE: Most of the Pangas have been fishing the ledge at the lighthouse and have been catching Marlin and Tuna. For those working the shore, Sierra averaging 5 pounds have continued to provide action, an occasional 8-pound fish keeps the hopes up. There have also been some nice Pargo to 20 pounds being caught out of the rocks along all the points.
NOTES: The focus continues to be on Striped Marlin and Yellowfin Tuna offshore while the inshore prospects are looking good for more and larger Sierra and the occasional Yellowtail as the water temperature continues to drop. The whales are moving into our area in larger numbers as well, and by Christmas you should be guaranteed a sight of one on any trip. This weeks report was written to the rocking guitar and vocals of Johnny Winter on the 1991 Virgin Records release “Let Me In”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Dec 17, 2005; 01:33PM - Action Improves as Week Progresses
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Action early in the week was a couple of clicks slow as boats scoured the waters 20 to 40 miles offshore for the mother lode. By mid-week, the herd was found and the action was cooking again. Mr. Wern Blasaditsch and Rodolf Hotter from Germany fishing on the Tranquility, a 31-foot Bertram, had better action each day as the week progressed. Their best day, they raised plenty of sails, releasing double digits all on the fly. Tom Pero, editor of Fish and Fly magazine and professional photographer Walter Hodges fished aboard the Maverick with Sailfish Bay owner Robert Fallon. Since neither had ever fly-fished for billfish before, there was a steep learning curve to deal with. By the end of the week, however, they both had notches on their flyrods for released sailfish; not to mention, plenty of photos and enough stories to impress their friends for some time to come. It will be interesting to see their take on Guatemala Sailfish on the Fly in Fish and Fly magazine some time next year.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 84
Humidity 79%
Wind: W 9 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:19 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:38 p.m. CST
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Dec 17, 2005; 01:31PM - Fishing Back on Track
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Fishing has picked up considerably this week. I do expect it to slow down a bit with the full moon waning, but as of yesterday (Friday) we have really been enjoying the action.
Conventional gear fisherman Ludo Coenen of Belgium, fished with Martin on the panga Isamar the last six days. They caught, tagged, and released 25 sailfish. Their fish were mostly taken at the 25 mile mark, and a 210º heading.
Another Belgian client, Philippe Collin, fished two days with Santiago on the panga Gitana. They tagged and released five sailfish the first day. Thursday (12/15), because several of us have not had much success on roosters locally, Santiago decided to make the 40 mile run to Papanoa with Philippe. It was a long day, but they released six roosterfish averaging 25- to 35-pounds, a 25-pound jack crevalle, and an 8 pound sierra. All the fish were taken on slow trolled live bait.
I guided Baja n the Fly client, Scott Haynes of Cody, Wyoming, for one day with the flyrod on the Vamonos with Captain Cali. Scott had never used a flyrod in his life, yet alone caught a sailfish. The first fish teased to the boat very well, and within minutes Scott had logged two firsts.
I also guided Baja on Fly client Fred Marx on a beach trip yesterday. We hit the beaches up north near Union and Majahua, and south below the airport at Barra Pototsi. We found sardines and birds crashing on every beach. Unfortunately, the larger 14- to 20-pound jacks were not there. We caught a fair number of fish, but nothing of any size. The black skipjack tuna, green jacks, and sierra were all biting well. The Barra had the most fish and the most promising signs that the big jacks should be moving in there shortly.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 86
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW 12 mph
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:09 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. CST
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Dec 17, 2005; 01:26PM - Snook to Sails in Santa’s Bag
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Category: Saltwater
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #989. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 12/17/05
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Most of the warm water has been pushed down below Pt. Tasco, down around the finger bank, which is just far enough away from anywhere to be considered no man’s land for most boats. Still reports of very LARGE tuna and plenty of bait balls to keep the marlin fishing interesting.
The action in the esteros continues to produce snook, palometa and a few sierra, corvina as well.
Be sure to read Bob Vanian’s report about his recent trip to Magdalena Bay with Bob Woodward, both from San Diego, at http://www.976bite.com/ several weeks ago.
Water temperature 68-75
Air temperature 68-73
Humidity 31%
Wind: NW 7 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 7:04 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:40 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Fishing has picked up considerably this week. I do expect it to slow down a bit with the full moon waning, but as of yesterday (Friday) we have really been enjoying the action.
Conventional gear fisherman Ludo Coenen of Belgium, fished with Martin on the panga Isamar the last six days. They caught, tagged, and released 25 sailfish. Their fish were mostly taken at the 25 mile mark, and a 210º heading.
Another Belgian client, Philippe Collin, fished two days with Santiago on the panga Gitana. They tagged and released five sailfish the first day. Thursday (12/15), because several of us have not had much success on roosters locally, Santiago decided to make the 40 mile run to Papanoa with Philippe. It was a long day, but they released six roosterfish averaging 25- to 35-pounds, a 25-pound jack crevalle, and an 8 pound sierra. All the fish were taken on slow trolled live bait.
I guided Baja n the Fly client, Scott Haynes of Cody, Wyoming, for one day with the flyrod on the Vamonos with Captain Cali. Scott had never used a flyrod in his life, yet alone caught a sailfish. The first fish teased to the boat very well, and within minutes Scott had logged two firsts.
I also guided Baja on Fly client Fred Marx on a beach trip yesterday. We hit the beaches up north near Union and Majahua, and south below the airport at Barra Pototsi. We found sardines and birds crashing on every beach. Unfortunately, the larger 14- to 20-pound jacks were not there. We caught a fair number of fish, but nothing of any size. The black skipjack tuna, green jacks, and sierra were all biting well. The Barra had the most fish and the most promising signs that the big jacks should be moving in there shortly.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 86
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW 12 mph
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:09 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
Action early in the week was a couple of clicks slow as boats scoured the waters 20 to 40 miles offshore for the mother lode. By mid-week, the herd was found and the action was cooking again. Mr. Wern Blasaditsch and Rodolf Hotter from Germany fishing on the Tranquility, a 31-foot Bertram, had better action each day as the week progressed. Their best day, they raised plenty of sails, releasing double digits all on the fly. Tom Pero, editor of Fish and Fly magazine and professional photographer Walter Hodges fished aboard the Maverick with Sailfish Bay owner Robert Fallon. Since neither had ever fly-fished for billfish before, there was a steep learning curve to deal with. By the end of the week, however, they both had notches on their flyrods for released sailfish; not to mention, plenty of photos and enough stories to impress their friends for some time to come. It will be interesting to see their take on Guatemala Sailfish on the Fly in Fish and Fly magazine some time next year.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 84
Humidity 79%
Wind: W 9 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:19 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:38 p.m. CST
East Cape
It was windy and cool all week with not many boats fishing, but the few that ventured out were rewarded with good action for both dorado and stripers.
Lane Garett reported on his trip yesterday: The day began with rough seas and 15kts of wind out of the northwest, but by 8:30 the seas started to settle down and it turned out to be a beautiful day – no wind and light cloud cover.
Because of all the wind earlier in the week, no one had any live bait to sell. We found fair dorado action in the teasers producing moderate action most of the day. There were also a few striped marlin being spotted up toward Punta Pescadero.
While the wind persisted most of the week thrashing the beach, the determined were rewarded with decent action early in the morning for ladyfish, sierra, pompano , lookdowns, jack crevalle and even a few smaller roosterfish. The best action was from Bartle Beach out to the Punta Arena.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 79-84
Air temperature 69-77
Humidity 57%
Wind: NNW 15 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:53 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:36 p.m. MST
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Dec 12, 2005; 12:10PM - 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
Dec. 5-11, 2005
WEATHER: It was mostly cloudy for the mid and end of the week, days with clear skies started us off. Our daytime highs were in the low 80’s while nighttime lows were in the high 50’s. There was no rain, the winds began the week from the NW, shifted to the SE then ended up from the SW, moving to the West.
WATER: Surface conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape continued to be mixed as the wind continued to shift around this week. There were some good swells from the northwest and how choppy it was depended on where the wind was coming from. Warm water at 73 to 74 degrees surrounded us out to 15 miles on both side of the Cape and almost 50 miles to the south at the beginning of the week, but the water has shifted toward the northwest over the course of the week. The water outside the Jaime and up toward the Finger Bank remained green but still held fish. On the Cortez side of the Cape the cool water moved closer as an area of water in the 68-degree range pushed in from the northeast. At the end of the week the boundary laid right across The Gorda Bank and the 1150, running north to south. Surface conditions on the Cortez side were a bit bumpy from wind chop close to home for most of the week and it got a bit confused toward the Punta Gorda and outside as the wind from the northeast and southeast met the swells from the west.
BAIT: Same as last week, and almost every week. It was pretty much Mackerel, very few Caballito were in the bait boats tanks. The price was the usual $2 each. A lot of boats are still making their own bait at the Golden Gate before venturing up the hill to Finger Banks. At $2 per bait, filling with 30 or 40 baits gets expensive!
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, I have no Blue Marlin to report for this week, but there may have been some caught south of us where the water is still a bit warmer. Instead, the action from billfish has consisted almost entirely of Striped Marlin, and they seem to continue to get closer to us. The hot action at the Finger Bank (50 miles to the north on the Pacific) continues to be almost wide open for most boats making the trip. The bite has started late in the morning and has lasted until around 5pm. The catch has varied from 2 fish per boat to as many as 22 fish per boat. Most of these Striped Marlin have been the typical 60-90 pound winter fish, but there have been some of the large 150-pound fish in the mix. Closer to home, the bite has moved off the Golden Gate Bank and has begun at Punta Cristobal and off the Lighthouse. This fishery is mostly a drift fishery with live bait being soaked at 150 feet and some boats have been getting three Marlin a day.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The fish we had just off the beach last week have moved out and now the action seems to be centered on the San Jaime Bank, at least as of the end of the week. Most of the fish have been associated with large pods of Dolphin and the fish size has ranged from 10 to 35 pounds. Dark colored lures of about 6 inches have been working well on these fish. There were larger fish reported, up to 100 pounds, by boats working dolphin a little farther out and dropping live bait in front of the moving pods of mammals. There have been reports from the long range San Diego boats of very large “cow” tuna to 200 pounds up around the Mag. Bay area and at least one local private boat is planning to go up there this week to check it out.
DORADO: The water temperature continues to drop and with it, the Dorado bite. Almost the only fish I heard about this week were found under floating debris, and there was not a lot of that around our area. If you were able to find a piece of wood or a strand of kelp the chance of getting hooked up to dinner were good, and live bait works very well for doing that.
WAHOO: I did hear of several Wahoo being caught this week, but they were scarce. Most of the Wahoo flags flying in the marina continue to be for Sierra.
INSHORE: The majority of Pangas have been fishing close to the lighthouse on the Pacific side for Striped Marlin, but those working the beach have made good catches of both Sierra averaging 4 pounds and Red Snapper to 15 pounds. I caught some live bait at the lighthouse this week and then moved in to 120 feet of water, dropped one to the bottom and caught a nice Sierra of about 8 pounds and had another bait cut in half. The Snapper have been up in the rocks along the points.
NOTES: We are starting the winter season with more Tuna showing up and fewer Dorado, the water cooling down and Striped Marlin moving in off the ledges, feeding deep. This week I have seen my first Gray Whales and Humpbacks of the season, the Grays right on the beach and the Humpbacks about 6 miles off. Hopefully the weather stays good and the bite continues! This week’s report was written to the excellent music of Mark Knopfler on the 2002 Warner Brothers release “Rag Pickers Dream”, thanks for loaning it to me go to my friend Jimmy Ryan!
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Dec 10, 2005; 01:58PM - LGet Ready To Rock
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Recent reports this week are that the weather was absolutely perfect and the sailfish were ready to rock. Boats leaving the dock by 7 and began fishing around 9 a.m. It was teasers in the water and only a few minutes before the action began. A few of the boats reported double digit days with at least one doing it all on the fly.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 84
Humidity 79%
Wind: W 9 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:16 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:35 p.m. CST
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Dec 10, 2005; 01:57PM - Tournament Results
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The good sailfish action of this last week has died off somewhat. For the fleet, we are averaging about two sailfish a day per boat. However, most boats are also getting about one good 20 pound dorado for dinner.
Fly fishermen are not having any luck at all on the roosters, but there are a few large jack crevalle eating the feathered hook. These fish are averaging a respectable16-pounds. Black skipjack tuna and cabrilla are rounding out the inshore action with the long rods.
Our Sales and Tales Tournament was completed on Monday with Cecilia “Pudge” Kleinkauf, visiting all the way from Anchorage, taking first place; with second place going to Joe Dowdell, Marathon, Fla. For all the details and results go to http://www.bajafly.com/sailsandtales/sailsfinal.asp
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 87
Humidity 66%
Wind W 8 mph
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:05 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:11 p.m. CST
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Dec 10, 2005; 01:55PM - Sails and Tales Winners
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #988. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 12/10/05
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The good sailfish action of this last week has died off somewhat. For the fleet, we are averaging about two sailfish a day per boat. However, most boats are also getting about one good 20 pound dorado for dinner.
Fly fishermen are not having any luck at all on the roosters, but there are a few large jack crevalle eating the feathered hook. These fish are averaging a respectable16-pounds. Black skipjack tuna and cabrilla are rounding out the inshore action with the long rods.
Our Sales and Tales Tournament was completed on Monday with Cecilia “Pudge” Kleinkauf, visiting all the way from Anchorage, taking first place; with second place going to Joe Dowdell, Marathon, Fla. For all the details and results go to http://www.bajafly.com/sailsandtales/sailsfinal.asp
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 87
Humidity 66%
Wind W 8 mph
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:05 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:11 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
Recent reports this week are that the weather was absolutely perfect and the sailfish were ready to rock. Boats leaving the dock by 7 and began fishing around 9 a.m. It was teasers in the water and only a few minutes before the action began. A few of the boats reported double digit days with at least one doing it all on the fly.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 84
Humidity 79%
Wind: W 9 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:16 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:35 p.m. CST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Water temperatures continue to slowly cool and the action offshore has begun to creep back down to normal. Still a few stripers to be found, but not a bonanza it was last month. Also still a few dorado and tuna to be found inside the bank.
Last week, Bob Vanian of http://www.976bite.com/ and Bob Woodward fished one day in the Pacific about 40 miles out and in 72 degree water and caught several tuna and a few dorado. They had much better luck inside the bay where they fished three days and caught snook, pargo, corvina and a white sea bass in the 30-pound range. Capt. Hook, a boat out of Dana Point, Calif., with local guide Saul, caught four nice snook.
Water temperature 68-75
Air temperature 70-75
Humidity 64%
Wind: WNW 4 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 7:01 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:38 p.m. MST
East Cape
Computer Generated Forecast
Latest model data for Los Barriles. Saturday, December 10, 2005. (Lat=23.79, Lon=-109.7)
Above is the computer model for the North winds at East Cape. If you have the time to wait out the wind, the fishing is still good on the calm days. Still plenty of billfish, as well as a few dorado and tuna. Sierra are dominating the inshore, so a bit of wire might be in order. The tin boaters try to get out at gray light fish for an hour or two and high tail it back to the beach before the winds kick up.
Lane Garret sent us the following report:
The weather has been cool and windy most days. I have seen a few cruisers returning with what appear to be at least limits of 10- to the occasional 40-pound dorado. There are quite a few stripers still around and a friend of mine had a 250-pound class blue up to leader on Tuesday. The beaches have been hammered by surf and wind.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 79-84
Air temperature 70-77
Humidity 42%
Wind: NNW 14 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:39 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:34 p.m. MST
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