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| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| 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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Oct 3, 2005; 12:50PM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2005
WEATHER: Well, we did have a change in weather this week! We started off with highs in the 100-degree range, little wind and high humidity but ended up with highs in the mid 90’s, heavy wind and high humidity! That happens when a Hurricane brushes us. Hurricane Otis passed to the west of us bringing heavy cloud cover, some rain (a reported inch in Cabo, higher elsewhere) and strong winds. While conditions were good on Thursday, the Port Captain closed the port on Friday and it has been closed for Saturday and Sunday as well. Hopefully he will re-open it on Monday.
WATER: I can only describe what we had on hand at the beginning of the week as the cloud cover from the hurricane has blocked any signals from being received from the satellites, and of course with the hurricane the water has been un-fished for the past three days. Prior to the weather turning bad the water temperatures on the Sea of Cortez were right around the 86-87 degree mark while on the Pacific side the warm water had pushed up past the Golden Gate Bank with temperatures in the 86 range. The swells had been 4-5 feet and the surface conditions very good with only a slight chop. Right now we have swells at 8-10 feet and winds from 20-30 mph from the SSE and they expect the wind to change and come from due south by tonight.
BAIT: Bait was readily available at the beginning of the week, who knows what it will be like if they re-open the port tomorrow. Normal price of $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The hotspot for the final day of fishing this week was on the Pacific side, up on the inside of the Golden Gate Bank and beyond. The water temperature was right and there were Striped Marlin all over the place. Most of the fish came on live bait thrown to tailing fish but there were almost as many caught by dropping back a live bait to fish appearing in the lure pattern. There was a Blue Marlin caught reported to be in the 400# category as well, and there were scattered fish elsewhere. My friend Jeff DeBrown of “Reel Baja” was guiding a group of fly fishermen on Wednesday and they caught what Jeff called “maybe a #25 on a good day” Striped Marlin on the fly and had shots a couple of others. They also had on of around #140 on for several minutes on Thursday when 4 of them appeared in the teaser pattern at the same time.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I got lucky last week and while fishing on the Pacific side on the south end of the San Jaime I found a pod of Pacific Spotted Dolphin that had a nice school of Tuna associated with it. There were more birds with these fish than I have seen in a long time and we were the only boat there. We ended up with 7 fish between #40 and #90, and then came in. Other than that, there were almost no Tuna reported except for some footballs close to shore on the Cortez side.
DORADO: Dorado were probably the fish of the week last week as almost every boat out caught at least on. Of course most of them were small fish, but there were some nice ones scattered around. Most of the action came from 25-28 miles to the south where there was a small color change and plenty of bait. This area is also well known for converging currents so there is often floating debris to be found. Wonder what it will be like this time next week as the debris washed out from the arroyos via the hurricane rains start to form and hold fish?
WAHOO: The inshore fishery for the Striped Marlin also had quite a few Wahoo as many boats reported loosing up to three Marlin jigs due to Wahoo teeth on mono leader. Since the activity was primarily aimed at Marlin, few Wahoo were actually landed, but those that did hit the decks were nice fish in the 40-50 pound class.
INSHORE: Most of the Pangas were again fishing slightly offshore for pelagics at the beginning of the week, and of course the inshore shut down with the hurricane. It may take a week or so before it gets any good again as all the storm swells make getting close to the beach tricky and the runoff from the arroyos makes things a bit murky.
NOTES: Three days of no fishing due to the approach and passing of Otis gave me a bit of time to do some boat work, and of course to check out some music. One of my favorite websites is www.guitarnoise.com and they had a review of a new album titled “Sixty Six Steps” by Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon. Now that is some great music! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Oct 1, 2005; 01:28PM - Dorado Outscore Sailfish?????
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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With nice weather and blue water less than an hour away, a few boats headed out last weekend. While there were a few sails to be found the dorado fishing was very good. It is not often that the sailfish take a backseat to the dorado.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 77- 84
Humidity 79%
Wind: SSE 7 mph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:52 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:31 p.m. CST
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Oct 1, 2005; 01:27PM - Jacks or Better Begins This Week!
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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With reports of good inshore action for both roosters and jacks reported, we are all looking forward to the “Jacks or Better” roosterfish tournament that will begin mid-week. Anglers from as far away as Florida will begin arriving early in the week to get in some practice. Our sponsors have outdone themselves. The prize list is impressive including Abel 10-weight rods and reels, Scientific Anglers flylines, boxes and tippets, a killer selection of Rainy’s inshore flies, Kaenon Eyewear, Dr. Slick pliers, special tournament shirts provided by Newport Blue. As an IGFA Rolex qualifying tournament, everyone is hoping to win big and participate in the Florida event in 2006.
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Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 84
Humidity 66%
Wind: W 13 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
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Oct 1, 2005; 01:25PM - Has Anybody Seen Otis?
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #978. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
As we have been saying for the past few weeks, the locals have been reporting increasing numbers of marlin and well as dorado and wahoo. Larry and Martha Warlaumont, Newport Beach, Calif., heading up the line aboard their 61-foot Viking “Retriever,” reported excellent fishing 15 miles outside of Santa Maria Bay including double digit marlin plus dorado and wahoo. Capt. Ruben Duran, skipper of Mag Bay Outfitters’ 26-foot go-fast catamaran, found plenty of YFT’s in the 30-40 pound class between the Boca and Thetis Bank. Looks like Magdalena Bay is lighting up early this year. Both boats reported finding 81 degree water. As of this morning, tropical storm Otis is slowly making its way up the West Coast of Baja and is expected to arrive sometime tonight. There has already been some rain, wind and the conditions on the outside have turned pretty grumpy. If Otis doesn’t turn everything upside down, October could be a hoot.
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Water temperature 70-81
Air temperature 71-86
Humidity 46%
Wind: NE 9
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:14 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
With reports of good inshore action for both roosters and jacks reported, we are all looking forward to the “Jacks or Better” roosterfish tournament that will begin mid-week. Anglers from as far away as Florida will begin arriving early in the week to get in some practice. Our sponsors have outdone themselves. The prize list is impressive including Abel 10-weight rods and reels, Scientific Anglers flylines, boxes and tippets, a killer selection of Rainy’s inshore flies, Kaenon Eyewear, Dr. Slick pliers, special tournament shirts provided by Newport Blue. As an IGFA Rolex qualifying tournament, everyone is hoping to win big and participate in the Florida event in 2006.
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Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 84
Humidity 66%
Wind: W 13 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:36 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:35 p.m. CDT
East Cape
Squid continued to be found a few miles offshore and the small tuna were still out in front of La Ribera. The billfish bite including sailfish, stripes and blues turned tougher this week. By week’s end, tropical storm Otis was heading by outside of Cabo and caused some rain but little wind. This morning (10/1) only a few hotel boats headed out. Judging by the white caps on the horizon, it may be a short day for everyone.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 80-88
Air temperature 78-99
Humidity 84%
Wind: SE 17 mph
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 4 miles
Sunrise 7:10 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:06 p.m. MDT
San Jose, Guatemala
With nice weather and blue water less than an hour away, a few boats headed out last weekend. While there were a few sails to be found the dorado fishing was very good. It is not often that the sailfish take a backseat to the dorado.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 77- 84
Humidity 79%
Wind: SSE 7 mph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:52 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:31 p.m. CST
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Sep 26, 2005; 11:52AM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
Sept. 19-25, 2005
WEATHER: There was no change in our weather this week, it’s still hot and humid. Our day time highs have been in the 100 degree range while the night time lows have been right around 80 degrees. No rain this week even though we did have a bit of cloud cover early.
WATER: The Sea of Cortez was pretty much a solid 85-88 degrees no matter where you went this week, the only difference anyone could find was there were current lines of green water out there and the fish seemed to be up along the edges. On the Pacific side we had a small upwelling of cold 82-83 degree water right along the edge of the Cape early in the week and that has held together and moved offshore. At the end of the week the cool green water is sitting right on top of the San Jaime Bank while the warm water has worked it’s way back around and now lies between the San Jaime and the shore almost all the way up to the Golden Gate Banks.
BAIT: Almost everyone had a difficult time getting bait at the beginning of the week and there were a lot of grunts and ladyfish showing up in bait tanks. They are not the best baits in the world, but are better than nothing I guess. We were able to get Caballito and Mullet at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It seemed that the bite on the Pacific side died down for Billfish this week but it stayed pretty good just past the 95 spot and up between the 1150 and the Gorda Banks. Most of this was due to the green water forming a barrier and holding the fish. It was an even mix of Striped and Blue Marlin with most of the Blues being in the 200-250 pound range and the Stripers in the 120 pound class.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This week was almost a repeat of last week, so here it is. I didn’t hear of may large Tuna this week, in fact almost the only action on Yellowfin I heard of was on football and slightly larger fish up at Punta Gorda, caught by using Sardinas, and a pod of Porpoise holding school fish in the 25-35 pound range up to the north of the 1150, between there and the 1,000 fathom line at Punta Gorda. Like I said Sardinas for the footballs, and the school fish were biting dark colored feathers and live bait dropped to 50 feet.
DORADO: Bigger fish have begun showing up, and of course it helps if you can find something floating in the water. I know of two boats that were able to get into some very hot action this week, one at a dead seal and another at a dead turtle. The seal held a large school of fish averaging 20 pounds while the turtle had fish averaging twice that. Other than floating objects, the action was on smaller fish in the 8-15 pound class just offshore in water between ˝ mile and 5 miles out, both on the Pacific side and on the Sea of Cortez side.
WAHOO: There were still Wahoo being caught this week and they were spread out. I had one do a rocket on me and just cut the skirt on a lure. Most of the fish were found along the 50-100 fathom area along both coasts, but there were not as many found as there were last week.
INSHORE: Most of the normal inshore fisheries were on hold as the Panga fishermen attacked the Dorado just off of the beach. There were a few Roosterfish reported, but most of the Pangas were getting Dorado, small Yellowfin and Bonito.
NOTES: Keeping busy, again I have to take off as I have a charter. Have fun this week and I hope you get a big one! Tournament season is only a few weeks away and already the big boats are showing back up! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Sep 24, 2005; 01:43PM - Can't Wait
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Most of the annual boat maintenance is complete and the countdown has begun for the season to get underway. By mid-October, the much-awaited season will have begun. If you haven’t made your reservations for the upcoming season yet, you better do so soon before all the best dates and boats are taken.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 77- 82
Humidity 94%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:52 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:57 p.m. CST
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Sep 24, 2005; 01:42PM - Roosters Arrive For Jacks or Better
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
While the offshore continues to be on the slow side, with most boats only averaging one sail a day, our focus has been on the inshore getting ready for the only catch and release roosterfish on the fly tournament in Mexico. “Jacks or Better” is scheduled for October 5-10.
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All signs indicate that we should have an action-packed event. Good-sized roosters along with some jacks have been found cruising the backside of the swells close to shore. Felipe, on the panga, “Yellowfin,” fished two days, taking seven roosters and several big jacks. The roosters were between 30 and 40 pounds, with the jacks going about 18 pounds . . . encouraging news for our contestants who are arriving for the event in a few weeks.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 84
Humidity 89%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: T-Storms
Visibility 4 miles
Sunrise 7:35 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:40 p.m. CDT
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Sep 24, 2005; 01:40PM - Roosters a Go Go in Zihuatanejo
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #977. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
While the offshore continues to be on the slow side, with most boats only averaging one sail a day, our focus has been on the inshore getting ready for the only catch and release roosterfish on the fly tournament in Mexico. “Jacks or Better” is scheduled for October 5-10.
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All signs indicate that we should have an action-packed event. Good-sized roosters along with some jacks have been found cruising the backside of the swells close to shore. Felipe, on the panga, “Yellowfin,” fished two days, taking seven roosters and several big jacks. The roosters were between 30 and 40 pounds, with the jacks going about 18 pounds . . . encouraging news for our contestants who are arriving for the event in a few weeks.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 84
Humidity 89%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: T-Storms
Visibility 4 miles
Sunrise 7:35 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:40 p.m. CDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Locals reported marlin, dorado and a few wahoo near the Thetis Bank; and closer to shore there were plenty of small tuna and dorado. Along the shore, a few yellows and sierra were found under the bird schools. On a recent Magdalena Island trip, Diana Hoyt, of MagBay Outfitters reported that their clients landed several small snook. They were fishing from the rocks just below the lighthouse at Cabo San Lazaro.
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The esteros produced fair to good action for sierra, corvina and a few leopard grouper early in the week.
Water temperature 70-82
Air temperature 71-86
Humidity 78%
Wind: WSW 11
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:16 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:20 p.m. MDT
East Cape
Things I thought I would never report in September: Giant squid within a few miles of the hotel, dorado fishing slim and almost none.
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Billfish including sailfish, striped marlin and blues are still around, but with all the squid in the water are not as aggressive as usual. There were some smaller YFT near La Ribera, but most of the fish were caught deep, which is not ideal for the flyrodder. One trick that has worked for us is to use a shooting head with either a heavy Clouser or Baja Deep Diver (chartreuse or olive work well) and let the fly sink until your flyline is almost straight down. Then retrieve with long, abrupt, pulls. If you don’t get a take in 5-7 pulls, let the fly sink and repeat the process. Inshore, roosters and jacks can be found along the beaches from Bartle Beach to the lighthouse feeding mostly on mullet.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 80-88
Air temperature 78-99
Humidity 55%
Wind: S 4 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:08 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:12 p.m. MDT
San Jose, Guatemala
Most of the annual boat maintenance is complete and the countdown has begun for the season to get underway. By mid-October, the much-awaited season will have begun. If you haven’t made your reservations for the upcoming season yet, you better do so soon before all the best dates and boats are taken.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 77- 82
Humidity 94%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:52 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:57 p.m. CST
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Sep 19, 2005; 12:19PM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
Sept. 12-18, 2005
WEATHER: Speaking of the weather this week, one word will pretty well paint the picture for you. Hot. Our daytime highs have been hovering right around 100 degrees and with the humidity it sometimes feels like 110. Thank goodness things were dropping off at night, at least down to the low 80’s! We are still using the air conditioner at night; there has not been enough wind in town to keep us cool with the windows open. We had very little cloud cover this week, it was mostly clear skies.
WATER: The water continues to warm up as our summer advances. At the end of the week we had water as warm as 90 degrees in our area. Water between 86 and 89 degrees extended 30 miles to the southwest and on the Sea of Cortez it was hard to find water cooler than 86 degrees, most of what we fished was in the 88-89 degree range. At the start of the week there was a very defined temperature break that ran north-south just along the outside of the San Jaime Bank and up to the Golden Gate, that has since been pushed out of our range, and has dissipated as well. The warm water has pushed it’s way up into the Pacific, as far as 20 miles north of the Golden Gate.
BAIT: Most of what we saw this week was Caballito at the normal $2 per bait. Up toward San Jose you could get Sardinas early in the week, but large swells made the capture of these little guys a bit more difficult than usual, so late in the week they were hard to find, if you could they were the normal $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It was quite the week for billfish as almost every boat that wanted to catch either a Striped Marlin, Sailfish or Blue Marlin had action. Not so hot and heavy on Black Marlin, but there were a few found. Most of the action was concentrated, both as far as a general area and time. Good fishing for all species except Black Marlin was found in the area of the 1150, and some boats were getting sweeps, catch multiples of several species. My best day was Friday when we released two Blue Marlin estimated at 250 pounds and one Sailfish. Another boat released two Blues, two Stripers and a Sailfish. Outstanding fishing! There were almost no fish on the Pacific side at the beginning of the week. The concentration of Striped Marlin that had been on the Golden Gate banks seemed to have moved on, perhaps following the water edge as it moved north. At the end of the week there were fish beginning to show to the south and on the San Jaime Banks. Live baits were working well for the Sailfish; lures in almost any color for the Blue Marlin and the striped Marlin were a pretty even mix between the two.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I didn’t hear of may large Tuna this week, in fact almost the only action on Yellowfin I heard of was on football and slightly larger fish up at Punta Gorda, caught by using Sardinas, and a pod of Porpoise holding school fish in the 25-35 pound range up to the north of the 1150, between there and the 1,000 fathom line at Punta Gorda. Like I said Sardinas for the footballs, and the school fish were biting dark colored feathers and live bait dropped to 50 feet.
DORADO: As an almost repeat of last weeks action, there were plenty of small fish in the 7-10 pound size just off the beach to 8 miles out if you were fishing the Sea of Cortez side this week. Small feathers and small straight running splashers in bright colors worked well on these fish and it was not difficult to get a half-dozen in the boat. Out on the Pacific side later in the week there were fish a bit larger, some to 50 pounds but most of them in the 20-30 pound class. These were not running in schools like the smaller fish, but in pairs. Dropping back a live bait after getting one close to the boat often resulted in a double.
WAHOO: The full moon resulted in a fairly decent bit for Wahoo this week. There may have been a decent concentration somewhere, but for the boats getting these great tasting fish, two of them between 30 and 50 pounds were about the top catch. Of course many more were lost due to mono leaders getting bitten through! The majority of the action took place along the 50-100 fathom marks just off the beach and there was a bit of action at the San Jaime and the Iman Banks. Blue water fish were caught as well, real surprises to anglers looking for Blue Marlin and having a 30-pound Wahoo cut up their lures instead.
INSHORE: Just like last week, most of the normal inshore fisheries were on hold as the Panga fishermen attacked the Dorado just off of the beach. There were a few Roosterfish reported, but most of the Pangas were getting Dorado, small Yellowfin and Bonito.
NOTES: I have been busy this week; the number of charters has increased, as the fishing has gotten better. Muchos Gracias to Linda Wilson of the IGFA for the great Certified Observers course put on in Newport Beach several weeks ago. Also a big thank you to Beth at the Outdoor Channel for sending copies of the 2005 IGFA/Rolex Offshore Championship Tournament program, all the Captains and deckhands are going to enjoy it! Until next week, Tight Lines! I have to go, got a charter this morning!
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Sep 17, 2005; 01:18PM - Season About to Begin
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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San Jose, Guatemala
Still a month to go before the sailfish action begins to heat up. While the sailfish seem to be here year round, the clients don’t begin to arrive in numbers until mid October at the earliest. Most of the crews are just finishing up their maintenance and clean up and hopping from one foot to the other waiting for the season to get underway.
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Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 73- 86
Humidity 100%
Wind: WNE 7 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:52 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:02 p.m. CST
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