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Dec 5, 2005; 10:33AM - 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
Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2005
WEATHER: Daytime highs in the low 80’s with night time lows in the high 50’s or low 60’s, cold enough for jackets in the evenings and warm enough to play at the beach in the daytime! We have had a bit of cloud cover move in on us since the beginning of the month, but it looks as if it will move away over the next few days. We have had no rain with it, but it has made for very poor sea surface temperature shots.
WATER: It has been as little bit choppy on the Pacific side, but not bad. The water has been smooth enough to allow you to go wherever you want, but with a slight chop sometimes. On the Cortez side the surface conditions have been great up until you try and get past the Frailles area, then the winds kick in and it becomes victory at sea. That wind line has moved around a bit as well, sometimes getting as close to us as the Gorda Banks. The area of water between Gorda Banks, the 1150 and the 95 Sport has been in the 76-degree range, farther up the coast ad offshore it drops to about 70 degrees. If you took an image of the Cape and moved it down 40 miles, the resulting overlay on our offshore water would be where you could find temperatures in the mid to high 70’s elsewhere (farther to the west) the California current has a finger of cool 70 degree water going due south.
BAIT: It was pretty much Mackerel this week, 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, things can change in an instant when you are talking about fishing, and they sure changed this week. Last week I heard of no Blues having been caught, this week I heard of three. One was estimated at #300 and was released after three hours, found just off the temperature break to the southwest of the Cape early in the week, only about 11 miles out. Two others were reported released in the area between the 1150 and the Cabrillo Seamount. Other action on the Cortez side consisted of a few scattered Striped Marlin and Sailfish, with most of that bite happening fairly close to the Punta Gorda area. On the Pacific the bite is still going on close to shore around the Punta San Cristobal and at the Golden Gate Bank, and for those willing to put up the money required for extra fuel, the Finger Bank continues to be the place to go for the Striped Marlin. Expectations run high when making a long trip like that, but the results can vary. I had friends go up there early in the week and they came back with 4 Stripers released. I had another friend go up there on Saturday and they released 26 Stripers. Go figure, but if you do go, have plenty of bait just in case!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was consistent action on Yellowfin this week with football size fish being caught everyday just off the beach on the Cortex side. This was a Sardine fishery, you had to find the fish on the depth sounder then chum them up. Most mornings there were 30 boats working the area. Larger fish were reported offshore past the 95 Spot and out to the Cabrillo Seamount, according to one captains report “as many as you could want” with sizes ranging from 10 to 30 pounds. All the Tuna this week with the exception of the footballs just off shore were found associated with Dolphin, but not every pod of Dolphin held fish. On the Pacific side there was some great action on Friday just to the north and inside of the Golden Gate banks, with fish to 80 pounds being caught within sight of the fleet soaking bait for Marlin.
DORADO: The Dorado found this week were scattered fish, there was nothing floating found by the fleet to really get the flags flying. There was decent Dorado action up around the Finger Bank, but there was little pressure on them as the main focus was Striped Marlin.
WAHOO: Repeat: Looking at all the red flags flying at the marina this week you would think that the Wahoo action has just busted wide open. That is not the case however because the flags are being flown for that they call “shallow water Wahoo”, or in other words, Sierra.
INSHORE: The inshore Sierra bite continues to improve and they are being caught from the beach as well. There are still some Roosterfish in the area, the Jack Crevalle are still around and just off the beach is where you will find a fairly consistent Dorado Bite and football Yellowfin. I have not heard much more about the Yellowtail, but a few friends have told me they are still getting an occasional fish and that the water temperature is getting right for them to start appearing in numbers.
NOTES: I have not had a chance to get out on the water much this week as I have been working on a couple of boats getting stuff fixed and repaired. Maybe someday I will get a position on a private boat with an owner who likes to do a lot of fishing and can pay a salary! It sure would be easier on me and the older I get the more my body would appreciate it! Anyway, hopefully I will be fishing this coming week and check out the report next week, weather I go or not, all my friends fish and I can fill you in. Meanwhile, this report was written to the fiddle music of Vassar Clements on the 1986 Flying Fish Records release “Hillbilly Jazz Rides Again”. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to e-mail me at gmlandrum@hotmail.com or give me a call at 044-624-122-0304 if you are in Cabo or 206-658-5158 if you are calling from the states. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Dec 4, 2005; 11:27PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing report 11-23-05 to 12-1-05
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Calmer water conditions and a rise in the ocean temps caused a spike in both inshore and offshore activity last week. Captain Jose Vargas on the La Bamba continues to be red hot as his clients landed 9 SAILFISH and 2 BLUE MARLIN in 5 days of fishing . The Biggest Marlin Scaled over 500 Lbs.. Angler Dennis Paul fishing aboard the Intruzza landed 3 SAILFISH on his first day offshore. Angler Tami Weisboro fishing aboard the Vamonos 3 took top single day honors by landing 7 SAILFISH in one day. Not far behind was Dennis Schoonover fishing aboard the Janeth, landing 6 SAILFISH in one day. Returning angler Vernon Tull also fishing aboard the Janeth landed 17 Jacks. 1 Spanish Mackerl and 5 Bonitos on his first day inshore. Eurpoean Angler Mr. Courte fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 finished up his week of fishing by landing 2 SAILFISH on his last day. Mr. Tarpin also fishing inshore with Captain Adolofo landed 2 ROOSTERIFSH, 39 YELLOWTAIL JACKS, 3 NEEDLEFSIH and 15 BONITOS in 6 days of fishing. Mr. Guardia fishing 5 days on Dos Hermanos 2 with Captain Cheva landed 6 SAILFISH, 9 YELLOWTAIL JACKS, 2 ROOSTERFISH 3 NEEDLEFISH and 2 SPANISH MACKEREL. Mr. Guardia’s second boat, the Gran Jefe also fishing 5 days landed 11 SAILFSIH, 1 DORADO, 16 YELLOWTAIL JACKS, 1 ROOSTERFISH, 20 BIG NEEDLEFISH, 70 BONITOS on light tackle, 1 GROUPER , 28 Spanish Mackerel and 1 Amberjack. Captain Martine on the Marfel fishing with French angler Mr. Sallat landed 5 SAILFISH, 10 YELLOWTAIL JACKS and 20 BONITOS in 5 days of fishing.
Captain Temo on the Secuestro fishing inshore with Angler Dennis Paul landed 6 YELLOWTAIL JACKS ands a handful of Bonitos. Captain Angleo on the Auga Azul posted 5 SAILFISH and 1 BLUE MALRIN in 4 days and Fernando on the Michelle posted 8 SAILFISH in 3 days of offshore fishing. Captain Chico on the Llamarada reported 4 SAILFISH in 2 days offshore. The blue water is at the 8 mile mark. Our captains are reporting just a few roosterfish inshore but the action on big Jacks and bonitos is red hot.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Sunny with temps in the 90’s
Water Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Stan Lushinsky
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Dec 4, 2005; 09:24AM - Slow Week
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The blue water is out between 15 and 30 miles and fishing this week has slowed noticeably compared to last week. Boats averaged high single digit releases along with a fair dorado bite throughout the week.
Les Kagel
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 78- 84
Humidity 46%
Wind: SSE 7 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:12 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:33 p.m. CST
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Dec 4, 2005; 09:22AM - Sails and Tales Begins
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Yesterday (12/2) was the pre-fish day for our “Sails and Tales” tournament and Joe Dowdell, Marathon, Fla., was the first one back to the dock with bragging rights with his sail caught on the fly. The rest of contestants seemed to fall in the into the “Tales” category and could be heard over their margaritas last night saying today (Sat.) would be different on the first tournament day. Weather has been great all week and the number of shots has been increasing daily.
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Angler - Joe Dowdell (Marathon, Florida)
Captain - Felipe on the panga Yellowfin
Location - Zihuatanejo, Mex
Fight time - 5 minutes (fish was tagged and released in excellent shape)
Guide and photo by Ed Kunze
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 86
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:01 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:09 p.m. CST
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Dec 4, 2005; 09:21AM - Baja Slows . . . Z-What Goes
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #987. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 12/3/05
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Yesterday (12/2) was the pre-fish day for our “Sails and Tales” tournament and Joe Dowdell, Marathon, Fla., was the first one back to the dock with bragging rights with his sail caught on the fly. The rest of contestants seemed to fall in the into the “Tales” category and could be heard over their margaritas last night saying today (Sat.) would be different on the first tournament day. Weather has been great all week and the number of shots has been increasing daily.
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Angler - Joe Dowdell (Marathon, Florida)
Captain - Felipe on the panga Yellowfin
Location - Zihuatanejo, Mex
Fight time - 5 minutes (fish was tagged and released in excellent shape)
Guide and photo by Ed Kunze
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 86
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW 6 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:01 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:09 p.m. CST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Mangrove action topped the list this week with several boats choosing to sneak into Lopez Mateos through Boca de Soledad. John Lyddon’s “Don Juan” reported a wide-open snook bite with fish from 10 pounds and up along with some fat palmetto amarillo (golden jacks).
Outside, the water temperatures are down to 72 degrees and the striper bite has fallen off significantly with only a handful of bites for the boats fishing at the Thetis and up the bank. Did hear some rumors of larger dorado up toward the Uncle Sam Bank earlier in the week.
Check out my column in December issue of Pacific Coast Sportfishing for more information about fishing the beach on Magdalena Island.
Water temperature 68-75
Air temperature 71-79
Humidity 23%
Wind: WNW 8 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:55 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:36 p.m. MST
East Cape
North winds have begun their winter routine of on-again, off-again. There’s still a decent offshore bite on the good (read windless days) and tough on the others. Still a few dorado to be found if your are lucky and the sierra bite has been good for the tin boat fleet.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 79-84
Air temperature 70-8o
Humidity 72%
Wind: W 10 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:44 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:32 p.m. MST
San Jose, Guatemala
The blue water is out between 15 and 30 miles and fishing this week has slowed noticeably compared to last week. Boats averaged high single digit releases along with a fair dorado bite throughout the week.
Les Kagel
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 78- 84
Humidity 46%
Wind: SSE 7 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:12 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:33 p.m. CST
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Nov 28, 2005; 11:14AM - 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
Nov. 21-27, 2005
WEATHER: I just love Cabo when the weather is like this, if only it stayed this way all year! We have had sunny days with the highs in the low 80’s. Clear nights and the lows have been in the mid to low 60’s, cool enough that we have started to use the light blanket on the bed and carry light jackets in the van for staying out in the evening.
WATER: The wind did pickup just a bit this week as compared to last week, but it was not bad. The water o the Pacific side did chop up just a little bit, but there were no swells to go with it and it did not happen until later in the day. The temperature on the Pacific side stayed pretty much around 74-76-degree range while on the Cortez side of the Cape they were quite a bit higher. Up around Punta Gorda we had water around 80 degrees while out around the 1150 and Cabrillo Seamount it was around 77 degrees. There was a strong temperature break visible on the charts that ran from just off the lighthouse on the Pacific side to the south for ten miles then curved off to the southwest for another 25 miles.
BAIT: It was an even mix between Caballito and Mackerel this week at the normal $2 per bait. If you left the marina early you had no problem making plenty of bait (mackerel) just north of the lighthouse on the Pacific side or up on Golden Gate Bank. I had no word this week in Sardinas.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin are still out there but they seem to have started disappearing from the Golden Gate Bank. There were 42 boats soaking bait on the bank when I was out there on Wednesday. We picked up two Striped Marlin around 80 pounds each on Tuesday but only had one hook-up on Wednesday. Reports from other boats that have been there since midweek are that the bite has dropped off quite a bit. On the up side, there have been more fish reported along the shore, with many boats finding tailing fish between Punta San Cristobal and the lighthouse from 1 to 5 miles off shore. The bite up at the Finger Bank is still taking place, but fewer boats were going there this week since the wind did start picking up. The bite there was also reported to have dropped off a bit, but who can really complain about 10 fish days instead of 15 fish days! They are still mostly feeding on Sardinas up there so it is very important to have the bait wells filled with small Mackerel before getting to the Finger Bank. On the Cortez side of the Cape there have been a few Sailfish and a few Striped Marlin reported from up around the Gorda Bank area and just to the north, but no wide-open action. I did not hear of any reports of other billfish this week, no Blues or Blacks, but that does not mean there were none hooked up.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It was hit and miss on almost every species of fish this week, but if you were one of the boats that “hit” the Tuna, you had a great time. I know of one boat that was the only one on a Porpoise school and they reported catching 32 fish between 12 and 25 pounds. I saw a few boats come in with multiple flags for Tuna and saw fish ranging from 25 to 50 pounds being unloaded. The fish were reported all over the place, but during the middle of the week there seemed to be a decent concentration of them just off the coast on the Cortez side of the Cape. This concentration was within 2 miles of the shore and slowly moved to the south over several days. There were other reports of fish 25 miles to the south and reports of fish off to the west of the San Jaime Bank area.
DORADO: There were a few boats that really got into the Dorado this week and the fish they found were under floating Kelp. Once in a while we get a patch come through that has broken off from up north and by the time it arrives in our area it is normally holding quite a concentration of fish. For the first few boats there, the fishing can be unbelievable for Dorado, Wahoo and sometimes Tuna. A nice patch was found off the beach inside the Golden Gate on Wednesday and there were a lot of Dorado flags flying at the end of the day. There has also been good Dorado reported from the Finger Banks area as well.
WAHOO: Looking at all the red flags flying at the marina this week you would think that the Wahoo action has just busted wide open. That is not the case however because the flags are being flown for that they call “shallow water Wahoo”, or in other words, Sierra.
INSHORE: It appears that the Sierra bite has started with quite a few small ones in the 3-5 pound range being caught this week. There have also been reports of a few Roosterfish still around as well as some Yellowtail beginning to show up. Combine those with Pargo and some Grouper, as well as a few Dorado and small Yellowfin close to the beach and the inshore action is pretty good right now.
NOTES: I have been seeing whales on almost every trip this past week, and saw my first Gray Whales on Wednesday, really close to the beach off of Punta San Cristobal. With the weather getting really nice and the fishing starting to pick up it is a good beginning to the holiday season! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and that if you get a chance to come to Cabo you have great fishing as well! This weeks report was written to the music of my friend, Daniel Tuchmann - musician, producer, songwriter, and composer for motion picture and video. His career also includes being back up musician and soloist for some of the Latin America's top vocal artists such as Oscar Chavez and Amparo Ochoa. This music was from his first CD, the self titled “Daniel Tuchmann”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Nov 26, 2005; 12:28PM - Action Picks Up as Season Gets Underway
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The 2005 Presidential Challenge starting 11-19-05 and ending on the 21st.
For complete results click on the link; http://www.preschallenge.com/News/index.asp
The action ranged between 20 to 40 miles with a couple of boats going as far as 50 miles on the last day. Alex McCleod, out of London, fly-fished four days. He had been fly-fishing in the past for sails, and had yet to boat one. After reading that Guatemala is one of the world’s hottest spots for sailfish, both with conventional tackle and on the fly, Alex booked his first trip to Guatemala. After boating 12 sails in four days (and with a few that got away) Alex said “Guatemala is all that I have read about and it sure feels great when those dreams come true.” Not only was Alex rewarded with 12 sails, but several dorado on the fly as well. Alex fished on-board “The Stragos,” a 31-foot Bertram and fished between 20 to 25 miles.
Les Kagel
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 78- 82
Humidity 46%
Wind: SSE 9 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:08 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:32 p.m. CST
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Nov 26, 2005; 12:26PM - Sails and Tales Begins
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Surface Satellite Temperatures show the water averaging about 82º. We are now primed for the Baja on the Fly Sails and Tales Fly Fishing Tournament Dec. 1 through the 6.
Earlier this week, and under a full moon, we had 78º water. This was consistent with the cooler night time and morning temperatures we would not normally have this time of the year. Plus, being that sailfish prefer the warmer 80º-84º range, it was consistent. We were only averaging one or two sailfish a day per boat. However, the 78º water was perfect for blue marlin, explaining why one out of every three boats a day were getting a shot at a marlin, and one out of every five are actually getting the hooked fish to the boat.
Today, at six miles off the beach, the blue water is just a short ride, with lines in the water only 30 minutes after leaving the municipal pier in Zihuatanejo Bay.
Each day has been improving as we are almost out of the effects of the full moon. This next week should see a major improvement in the sailfish action due to the new moon phase.
Inshore, the sierra action continues on its limits all around pace up near Ixtapa Island and it is the same for the jack crevalle near Pantla Beach. The roosterfish action, with the cooler water, had also cooled. The boats are averaging about one fish a day.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 75 - 84
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW 12 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:56 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:08 p.m. CST
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Nov 26, 2005; 12:25PM - Dorado Turn-on as the Turkey Bakes
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #986. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 11/26/05
East Cape
Can’t count out East Cape just yet. In spite of windy conditions early in the week, the billfish just didn’t want to quit. Jim Easterling, Houston, and his family found the action to his liking with plenty of marlin and sails on Monday. Making the trek up from Cabo again on Wednesday, he found an instant replay of the first day, sans wind. Still a few tuna and even a few late-blooming dorado are to be found when the wind takes a breather. Lane Garrett reported the weather for the past few days was perfect and wonder of wonders, the dorado finally decided to bite. The shark buoys produced great action yielding some quality dorado from 15 to 30 pounds. Lane even caught one in the 10 pound range from his kayak just south of Palmas de Cortez Hotel. The only thing I can figure is the smell of turkey woke them up!
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Be sure to pick up a copy of the Autumn Issue of Fish&Fly
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 79-84
Air temperature 70-81
Humidity 19%
Wind: N 12 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:39 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:32 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
The best action continues to be at the “Finger Bank” below Pt. Tasco towards Cabo. Reports from the boats traveling up the line are that once they leave the bank, the action drops off pretty fast. Wind increased for the past few days and kept most of the boats close to the anchorage. While the reports are not wide open, it sounds like there is still some billfish and wahoo action to be found around the Thetis for the persistent. Back closer to the beach toward Lopez Mateos, the dorado and tuna don’t want to quit.
Back inside, several boats including John Lyddon’s “Don Juan,” have found some fair action on smaller snook and grouper.
Check out my column in December issue of Pacific Coast Sportfishing for more information about fishing the beach on Magdalena Island.
Water temperature 68-75
Air temperature 71-79
Humidity 23%
Wind: WNW 11mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:50 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:36 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Surface Satellite Temperatures show the water averaging about 82º. We are now primed for the Baja on the Fly Sails and Tales Fly Fishing Tournament Dec. 1 through the 6.
Earlier this week, and under a full moon, we had 78º water. This was consistent with the cooler night time and morning temperatures we would not normally have this time of the year. Plus, being that sailfish prefer the warmer 80º-84º range, it was consistent. We were only averaging one or two sailfish a day per boat. However, the 78º water was perfect for blue marlin, explaining why one out of every three boats a day were getting a shot at a marlin, and one out of every five are actually getting the hooked fish to the boat.
Today, at six miles off the beach, the blue water is just a short ride, with lines in the water only 30 minutes after leaving the municipal pier in Zihuatanejo Bay.
Each day has been improving as we are almost out of the effects of the full moon. This next week should see a major improvement in the sailfish action due to the new moon phase.
Inshore, the sierra action continues on its limits all around pace up near Ixtapa Island and it is the same for the jack crevalle near Pantla Beach. The roosterfish action, with the cooler water, had also cooled. The boats are averaging about one fish a day.
Ed Kunze, Zihuatanejo
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 75 - 84
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW 12 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:56 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:08 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
The 2005 Presidential Challenge starting 11-19-05 and ending on the 21st.
For complete results click on the link; http://www.preschallenge.com/News/index.asp
The action ranged between 20 to 40 miles with a couple of boats going as far as 50 miles on the last day. Alex McCleod, out of London, fly-fished four days. He had been fly-fishing in the past for sails, and had yet to boat one. After reading that Guatemala is one of the world’s hottest spots for sailfish, both with conventional tackle and on the fly, Alex booked his first trip to Guatemala. After boating 12 sails in four days (and with a few that got away) Alex said “Guatemala is all that I have read about and it sure feels great when those dreams come true.” Not only was Alex rewarded with 12 sails, but several dorado on the fly as well. Alex fished on-board “The Stragos,” a 31-foot Bertram and fished between 20 to 25 miles.
Les Kagel
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 78- 82
Humidity 46%
Wind: SSE 9 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:08 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:32 p.m. CST[b][/b]
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Nov 21, 2005; 11:34AM - 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
Nov. 14-20, 2005
WEATHER: There was no change in the weather this week as our day time highs were in the high 80’s and our nighttime lows were in the mid 60’s. We had a few high clouds late in the week but there was no rain.
WATER: Surface conditions were great no matter which way you went this week, on the Pacific side seas were slight at 1-3 feet and only slight breezes from the NW and on the Sea of Cortez the conditions were the same, with slight breezes from the north. Up past the Gorda Bank on the Sea of Cortez the water became pretty green, but the temperature remained at 79-81 degrees. On the Pacific side the water was the same out to the San Jaime and then to the south, but farther west and north it dropped into the mid 70’s with the area around Golden Gate Bank a cool 72 degrees. The temperature break on the Pacific side is still there and I tried to work it several times last week, but without much in the way of luck, it was holding bait but I found no big fish marks and there was little surface activity.
BAIT: There were plenty of Mackerel available at the normal $2 per bait early in the week and there were also a few Caballito as well but at the end of the week bait became hard to come by. A lot of boats were making their own bait instead of buying it. I have not heard anything on the Sardinas.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The only billfish activity I have heard about this week has been about Striped Marlin, I have heard of no Blues or Blacks caught this week, and only a couple of Sailfish. There are fish on the Pacific side of the cape from right in front of the light house on up the coast but the concentrations seem to be on the Golden Gate Bank and they are getting hit hard by the fleet boats without the range to get to the Finger Bank. There are immense concentrations of Mackerel on the Golden Gate and most of the boats are catching them on Sabiki rigs then dropping them back down on weighted lines to hook up to Marlin and an occasional Dorado, Tuna and Wahoo. The Golden Gate has also become an important stop for the faster boats that are continuing on up the line to the Finger Bank. Stopping at the Golden and fishing bait for an hour has almost become a necessity as the bait the Marlin are feeding on at the Finger Bank are Sardines and almost impossible to catch. Filling up the bait tanks then continuing on can put you in the middle of some of the most fantastic Marlin action available, and we can only hope the action continues as the fish start to move closer. It is not uncommon to hear of boats getting 30 bites, but far fewer hook-ups of course. At least the mackerel are the right size, close to the 5”-6”Sardinas. A dozen releases on a day trip to the Finger Bank was common this week, and what kept a lot of the boats from getting more than that was the lack of enough bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I was hearing about some decent Yellowfin showing up to the north, most of it information from boats working the area of the Finger Bank. There was some mid-week action to the south about 20 miles, but the fish moved through pretty quickly. Most of the fish caught mid-week were in the football to 30 pound class, the fish to the north are reported to be a bit larger, 40-50 pounds, but they are moving around a lot.
DORADO: As the water has cooled down close to home so has the Dorado bite. There are still boats getting one or two fish per trip, but only a few have been doing better than that. A couple of boats that have gone a little farther up the line past the finger banks have reported good Dorado catches, probably because of all the bait in the area. Their fish were averaging 25 pounds and many of them were larger. 5-8 fish per boat was not unexpected once the fish were found, and most of them were caught by dropping back a live bait after the first one hooked on the troll was brought behind the boat.
WAHOO: There were a few scattered fish reported but no great action on these speedsters this week.
INSHORE: I had reports of some Roosterfish, decent Pargo, a few early, small sierra and reports of a few Yellowtail beginning to show up. Live bait and vertical jigging were the way to go fir the inshore species this week.
NOTES: It’s not too late to get in on the hot Striped Marlin action. It is still going off but who knows how long it can last. I just hope the fish continue to move in our direction so everyone can get in on the bite. For this past week I would have to say the action was a bit slower than normal with the exception of the Golden Gate and Finger Banks, and a lot of people may have been a bit disappointed in the local catch rates, but at least the water was great! My fingers are crossed that the close to home activity will pick up and we will not have to be making 2 ½ hour runs to get to the fish. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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