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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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| Even Catfish are finicky |
| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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| A bit of Humor |
| 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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Jul 30, 2005; 12:05PM - Sails plus Roosters
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 80º deep blue water is only 4 or 5 miles off the beach. We are getting out of the full moon period and the sailfish fishing is improving daily. We are currently getting 2 to 3 fish per boat per day average. There are still not many people fishing, and the fleet is holding fairly steady at about 12 boats a day.
The roosterfish action at times has been fantastic. Capt. Cali, on the panga Zapitito Gordo took fly-fishing client Matt Rice of Colorado out to the Pantla area. They raised 5 roosters, of which all could have been caught on conventional gear, but Murphy's Law, and a rush of adrenalin, made it real tough to even get the fly in the water.
Capt. Felipe on the panga Yellowfin and I had a little better luck in the same area. We were using my kite off the back side of the waves. Kite fishing for roosters and jacks is a very effective method, and probably the best chance to get a rooster on the fly. We were fishing with Californian Dean Gilardi. Dean got a very nice jack crevalle, and missed a couple of nice roosters. His girlfriend also got a nice jack and a small rooster.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 80 - 91
Humidity 62%
Wind: N 4 mph
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:20 p.m. CDT
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Jul 30, 2005; 12:03PM - Tuna Dominate . . . Billfish Follow
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #969. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
The tuna just keep biting, but every day is different. Wed. (7/27), Michael Hibbard, Southbury, Conn., headed out to find grumpy seas pushed by a 20 knot south wind. It was almost two hours before the porpoise school could be located. Once found, it was only a few minutes before the distinctive thwack-thwack of the reel handle hitting Michael’s thumb could be heard. From then till quitting time it was almost constant action for tuna and white bonito. Yesterday (7/29), Michael chose to try the beach and had almost perfect weather for the morning. While he added several new species to his list, we didn’t see Bubba all day.
Next week brings the Bisbee Black and Blue Tournament to East Cape focusing on blue marlin; and while that is probably not real important to the fly angler, the fact that last week produced a 400 , 500 and a whopping 614-pound blue has the town is abuzz with anticipation for what the participants may find during the event
Dr. Manuel Doria, Peoria, Ill., fishing out of Cabo, braving “Victory at Sea” conditions, was looking for a striped marlin on the fly. The shots he had were few and far between and didn’t work out. Accompanied by his friend Helena who was a first-timer to the salt, she had better luck and managing to catch and release her first striped marlin ever.
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Water temperature 73-88
Air temperature 78-102
Humidity 55%
Wind: Calm. PM Breeze
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:48 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:01 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Both the Thetis Bank and shark buoys 230-270˚ 20 miles outside the entrada produced a few dorado this week. A few marlin are beginning to move into the area as the water temps continue to climb offshore. Boats working the entrada reported yellowtail and grouper and schools of breezing skipjack and bonito which were easy to spot with the bird schools chasing them down. Outside of Lopez Mateos, dorado and tuna continued to be found in the 5-10 mile range of the beach. With better action offshore, fewer boats were opting to fish the esteros. The few fishing had good success catching corvina, grouper and a few snapper.
Water temperature 62-73
Air temperature 75-80
Humidity 83%
Wind: WNW 2 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:53 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:12 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 80º deep blue water is only 4 or 5 miles off the beach. We are getting out of the full moon period and the sailfish fishing is improving daily. We are currently getting 2 to 3 fish per boat per day average. There are still not many people fishing, and the fleet is holding fairly steady at about 12 boats a day.
The roosterfish action at times has been fantastic. Capt. Cali, on the panga Zapitito Gordo took fly-fishing client Matt Rice of Colorado out to the Pantla area. They raised 5 roosters, of which all could have been caught on conventional gear, but Murphy's Law, and a rush of adrenalin, made it real tough to even get the fly in the water.
Capt. Felipe on the panga Yellowfin and I had a little better luck in the same area. We were using my kite off the back side of the waves. Kite fishing for roosters and jacks is a very effective method, and probably the best chance to get a rooster on the fly. We were fishing with Californian Dean Gilardi. Dean got a very nice jack crevalle, and missed a couple of nice roosters. His girlfriend also got a nice jack and a small rooster.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 80 - 91
Humidity 62%
Wind: N 4 mph
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:20 p.m. CDT
San Jose, Guatemala
No report received
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 82- 86
Humidity 100%
Wind: NE 13 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:47 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:32 p.m. CST
For additional information: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Jul 26, 2005; 10:44AM - Red Hot Marliln Fishing
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Damon McKnight
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This past week and weekend has certainly had a lot of ups and downs and a lot of head scratching going on. On Friday I took out Bobby Bolton and family. The weather conditions were close to perfect and it couldn't have been any calmer in the Gulf. We caught our bait very easily and went off to our spot. First line out resulted in a 70lb. Yellowfin Tuna, Next Two lines out, double on Bull Dolphin, then the man showed up. About a 350-400lb. Blue Marlin rolled on our bait and missed. I fed the line back and he came back and got it. This time he was on. I knew what it was because I saw him eat, but he didn't jump for almost the entire fight until the last 20 minutes. Billfish are always an awesome fight and can put it to you when they want to. On Saturday we took out G. Mathen. Everything started out right, great weather, plenty of bait, but we couldn't get anything going. We had 100lbers. jumping around the boat and some smaller ones jumping most of the day, but they weren't eating. We did not get a strike all day, unless you count cudas. It was definitely one of those frustrating summer time tuna days for us. Yesterday we took out Tim and Sherry Alexander. We got an early start and took off to the hot spot. First line out, billfish on, then billfish off. He came back again and just plucked the bait off. Gone for good that time. We managed two get two more tuna strikes and we were done. We didn't get any more bites after that. Like I said, the fishing has been up and down. One day good, the next day slow. The fish are moving around a lot. You just have to move with them. We still have some open days in August and September is still wide open. Be looking for plenty of cobia to start showing up and all of the usual.
Capt. Damon McKnight/Super Strike Charters/1 800 318 1720
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Jul 25, 2005; 11:19AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Capt. George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JULY 18-24, 2005
WEATHER: We did have a day of bad weather this week as the feeder bands from Tropical Storm Eugene arrived Tuesday night and brought winds gusting to 40 knots with steady winds at 25 knots. Of course there was cloud cover with it but it was a very dry wind, no rain fell in our area because of it. The feeder bands were gone by Wednesday afternoon and we were back to bright, sunny skies. Our day time highs were in the high 90’s and our night time lows were in the low 80’s. We haven’t gotten the really high humidity yet so it has been very nice!
WATER: Except for Tuesday night and all day Wednesday the water has been great on both the Pacific side of the Cape and the Sea of Cortez side. On Wednesday the Port Captain closed the port to all arrivals and departures due to the large swells and heavy winds brought by the feeder bands, but the water improved dramatically by Thursday morning. We still had some good sized swells out there but there was no chop on top of it and both the Pacific and the Cortez side of the Cape were very comfortable. Early in the week the Pacific was much colder and had green water while the water on the Cortez side was just a bit off color but about three degrees warmer on average. The winds and swells changed things a bit but the current really mad the most drastic change. At the end of the week there was green water, but warm, up around the Punta Gorda area and slightly off color water in the 73 degree range just off shore on the Cortez side. On Thursday I fished the Pacific up to the Golden Gate Banks and while there were Porpoise everywhere and bait everywhere, there were no fish. The water was green and around 71 degrees. Reports from Saturday were that the current had pushed the green water away and the area was no very blue with temperatures in the 77-78 degree range. What we have now is the cold water in front on the Cortez side, warm water up past the Punta Gorda area and warm blue water on the Pacific side of the Cape.
BAIT: Once again it was almost all Caballito this week. The bait has been schooled up very thick and most of the baits we were getting had been snagged. There were some small Mackerel available at times. Both baits were the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: In almost a repeat of last weeks report, this week the Marlin action started off with a bang on the Cortez side up around the Red Hill area on the edge of the San Jose Canyon. The fish were thick and were willing to bite, but they were a little smaller than average with most of them in the 70 pound class. There were reports of a fairly decent pick on Blue Marlin action up around the Punta Gorda area, and then Mother Nature had to step in and change things. When everyone was finally able to get out and fish on Thursday things had changed a lot. There were still a few Stripers found on the Cortez side from 3 to 5 miles off shore, but the water had greened up. The Striper bite moved off shore to around the 1150 area and out, but they were not as thick as before the weather. There was some action reported later in the week from the Pacific side so we are looking at improvement in that area.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Find the right pod of Dolphin and you could get Tuna this week, but you had to move through a few pods to find the right ones. Fish ranging in size from 10 to 60 pounds were found by boats working between the Cabrillo Seamount (40 miles to the east) and the 1150 spot as well as by boats working the Pacific side 20 miles out late in the week. Feathers in bright colors and cedar plugs worked well, as did larger lures in petrelero.
DORADO: Most of the Dorado found later in the week were small fish and were released, but early in the week there were some nice ones in the 40 pound class. Hopefully as the Pacific side warms up and as the Cortez side clears up the fish will move back into the area.
WAHOO: I had no Wahoo strikes this week but heard that there were a few caught. Once in a while you might get lucky, but there was no concentration of fish and everything caught was accidental.
INSHORE: The inshore action was still slow with the exception of some decent Roosterfish up around the El Tule beach area. The swells from Tropical Storm Eugene messed up the near shore fishing a bit with dirty water and big waves.
NOTES: Just when things were starting to get bright, Mother Nature stepped in and set us back a bit. Hopefully next week things will be looking up, and with the movement of currents and improvement on the Pacific side there is reason for optimism. This weeks report was written to the music of Jimmy Buffet on the 1990 MCA release “Feeding Frenzy”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Jul 23, 2005; 12:36PM - Quick Trip . . . Fast Action
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #968. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Jerry Ortner and Randy Twist, from Rancho Murrieta, Calif., finished up their quickie trip last Sun. by going out for the morning in search of billfish. Several shots later, Jerry had his first sailfish ever and they were back at the hotel in time for lunch before their flight home. Several billfish, plenty of tuna and skipjack convinced them that their quickie getaway was well worth the effort. With the exception of a disappointing dorado bite, the tuna and billfish continued to be the crowd pleaser during this week. By Wed. (7/20) tropical storm “Eugene,” which was heading out west below us, caused the wind to kick up then lay back down on Thurs.; only to become overcast and breezy again yesterday. Beach action still has not reached its potential. My granddaughter, Lindsey and I walked the beach from the house to Punta Ignacio finding little bait nor fish at midday with perfect light. A good sign was that the bait guys had a few mackerel to sell and a few small sardina were spotted around the pier at Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort. Boats could be seen heading out in all directions this morning as the Sea of Cortez was flat again with no wind.
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Water temperature 73-86
Air temperature 78-92
Humidity 70%
Wind: Calm. PM Breeze
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:45 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:05 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
This week at the entrada, the yellowtail along with a few grouper further down in the water column decided to bite. Reports of dorado at the shark buoys 230-270˚ 20 miles outside the entrada is an encouraging sign that the water is warming up nicely. Outside of Lopez Mateos, tuna and dorado are both being found 5-10 miles offshore in good numbers. Further out at the Thetis Bank, a few marlin are being seen along with some breezing schools of yellowtail. Esteros (estuaries) are beginning to provide some action as well. Devil’s Curve produced a few grouper, snapper and even a small snook. Further up the panhandle above Lopez Mateos there seemed to be a good concentration of bait on the estero side of the bocas attracting corvina and grouper.
Water temperature 62-73
Air temperature 75-82
Humidity 45%
Wind: SE 11 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:49 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:16 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
No report received.
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 80 - 87
Humidity 62%
Wind: South 6 mph
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:21 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:22 p.m. CDT
San Jose, Guatemala
No report received
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 84
Humidity 100%
Wind: SSE 4 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:35 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:34 p.m. CST
For additional information: bajafly@bajafly.com
USA toll-free (800) 919-2252 or 760/746-7260; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
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Jul 20, 2005; 10:53PM - Insnae yellowfin tuna bite
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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The bite for us has been insane the last 4 days..the average take on tuna for our last 4 days triips has been 10 fish at 40-80 pounds with a 120 pound and 179 pound fish also landed..and this is for day trips!!..goes to prove those that blame a full moon for slack fishing are making excuses..we also live baited a 250 pound blue marlin on Monday that spit the entire bait after a brief run.. we were ready for him after we saw him crashing chicken dolphin nearby//the hook point buried itself in the back of the dolphin so when we came tight on him after a 30 second drop the hook never set..made up for a day of dissapointment by landing a 179.05 pound yellowfin..yesterday's bite was wide open..I am still riding the high of what I was part of today, still in disbelief and from all the cokes I drank today and way too wound up to sleep even at 400am..I finally took my first ride on the twin vee cat under less than ideal conditions and I am a believer now..blew away my wildest expectations....It is true what they say about how this boat..correction, how this floating tank handles the sea..I will never look at waves in the marina again as a indication that the day is unfishable..If the rest of you dont beleive me, charter this thing and see for yourself..rough or calm there will be no dissapointment with the ride alothough there is no cure for the spray except to hide or dress appropriately..me I like the slow and steady and dry boats..
Whether you choose to believe the rest, that is for you to decide but bear in mind John took 200 megs of digital pics today for his Septemeber article on the sublject in the Louisiana Sportsman Magazine; further - there are now 18 ultrasonic tags in eighteen 30 to 80 pound Gulf yellowfin tuna ..On to the fishing for those not yet cryng BS..with a hurricaine in the Gulf, myself, Sonny, Casey Forchag, special guest photographer and master netter John McQueen and a rep from MMS/USGS went out in search of yellowfin tuna to hook, fight, net and tag..covered 148 miles today mostly in a 5-8 ft headsea, consiting of a slow long period roll with a 3-4 ft chop on top..I stood flat footed holding on to the t-top leg awaiting the pounding that never came..rougher than yesterday but not by a whole lot..never blew over 20 today but darn close at times..and no rain bands either..arrived offshore about 9:30am and put out the baits..nothing but rainbow runners for the first hours and a few snip offs before we located the hot spot..then for the next 6 hours we went to work on the yellowfin..by the end of the day we had released 26 yellowfin tuna (sixteen from 30-80 pounds - 3 untagged due to them being gut hooked, five 20 pounders too small for the study and 5 juveniles) we also caught 4 bull dolphin.. a man has to eat..Took a little bit of time to get used to the netting of unruly tuna boatside in sloppy seas and with a 3 ft net instead of a gaff..Failed to net the first tagger fish as we had never tried before but after we got to working together we were unstoppable..I think 3 hours went by where no one said a word..just did thier job of driving or hooking or coaching or fighting or netting, and implanting tags ..I drove most of the day and then bullied my way to the rod when Sonny or Casey hooked a tagger/dragger taker..it was awesome being such a selfish bastard.. it's only fair since I never get to fish I always have to drive them then ofcourse periodically fix and maintain them....
Unreal bite too..seems like all the deepwater rigs are hot right now..for us at Location 2 it was doubles and doubles and doubles and a few singles..made for some difficulty in handling doubles but we managed..fishing from a dead boat was a concern but that cat just layed and very stable all day..I know nothing fell of the console all day.
This project is a year in the making and will be quite a newsworthy deal when it is completed over the next 2 years..our role is to assist the USGS through the MMS to tag for a study centering on the behavior of school yellowfin tuna (40-80 pound class) around the deepwater rigs..MMS want to know how long they hang-around a particular site, if they move from rig to rig..if they are the same fish that head to the secret winter spot come February..the tags last a year and cost 1000$ a peice, so they are surgically implanted and sutured into the belly meat so that they dont slip out..if you clean a yellowfin with a 1' scar on its belly, please look for the tag..it resembles a black lipstick case with a number etched on one end..please notify me if you recover one and tell me where you caught the fish, pretty sure there will be a reward for them..the fish range from 30-80 pounds and 60-115 cm in length..it took a year to get this project going and phase one is now a success..will keep you posted on what happens next..good news for bluewater anglers not wanting to run more than 25 miles..it has moved way in from the last few days..and the coming weather break looks to last through Sunday..Paradise Outfitters..985-845-8006
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Jul 18, 2005; 10:29AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JULY 11-17, 2005
WEATHER: Clear skies with few if any clouds were the norm for this week, and there was enough wind to keep things cool here in town. Of course, if things are cool in town from the breeze, things were bound to be a bit choppy out on the water. Our day time highs were in the mid to high 90’s and our night time lows were in the mid 70’s.
WATER: The consistent wind on the Pacific side kept the water there choppy, but on the Sea of Cortez things were pretty good with just a bit of a ground swell and a bit of a chop in the late afternoon. Water temperatures have been climbing and we were seeing blue water with temperatures in the 82 degree range from just outside of town to up the past the Gorda Banks on the Cortez side of the Cape while the Pacific side the water that was a lot cooler, around the low 70’s for the most part, and very green close to shore. This lasted until the week end, and then the California current re-exerted its self and pushed the warm water back toward the Punta Gorda area. As of this report, the water just outside of town is in the low to mid 70’s.
BAIT: Almost all Caballito this week, but there were a few Mackerel in the mix and they were all at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Most of the Billfish action this week was on Striped Marlin and most of the action happened up around the San Jose Canyon area. There were fish found at the 95 spot and the 1150 as well as just in front of town, but the majority of fish seen and caught were just outside of the red hill area. The bite was pretty evenly mixed between lures and live bait, but trolling at slightly faster than normal speeds, around 9 ½ knots with lures seemed to produce real well for the boats trying it. The average size of the Striped Marlin was small, just around 100 pounds, but there were plenty of them to be found. There were a few nice Blue Marlin found as well, but not in any numbers or consistency. A few Sailfish have begun to appear in the local waters as well.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna were scarce this week and I am not sure why. The fish that were caught were footballs for the most part although there was one day early in the week when boats that braved the ocean conditions on the Pacific side and went out 40 miles got into a decent school of fish in the 60-80 pound range. Boats trying the same area the next day met rough seas and no fish.
DORADO: More Dorado were found this week than were found last week, but the bite is still not wide open. Let the water continue to warm another week and things might begin to happen.
WAHOO: There were some nice Wahoo found this week and most of them came from the edges of the San Jose Canyon by boats working the area for Striped Marlin. I had a trip on Wednesday when we had three lures cut off by the razor gang and had none of them hook up.
INSHORE: Inshore action has been slow with just a few Roosterfish and Pargo, along with a scattering of Amberjack and Jack Crevalle. Most of the action has been on the Pacific side so it has been an early morning bite, before the wind picks up.
NOTES: It was looking good at the middle of the week for fishing to improve, but with the movement of the cool water back toward the Cortez side of the Cape, the good thoughts may have been a bit premature. None of us have experienced the cool water hanging around as long as this season has done and we all hope things get back to normal quickly. No music this week! Until next week, tight lines!
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Jul 16, 2005; 07:16PM - Sailing Time Begins at East Cape
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #967. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
The sailfish began to show in respectable numbers this week; however, some were the smallest I have ever seen. Wed. and Thurs. (7/12 and 13) we had a south wind that stirred things up a bit. The good news was the billfish were tailing within six miles of the beach. Lots of shots, near misses and enough “would of . . . could of . . . should of” to keep the bar busy at happy hour. Tuna were way out early in the week, but moved closer as the week progressed by yesterday (7/14) they were found just a click under 20 miles out. Size ranged from footballs to Oh my God! Baja Wasabi Jr. http://www.bajafly.com/bajawasabi.htm was the hot ticket for our clients and we were forced to tie up a new batch every night. Beach action was still slow most of the week, though by week’s end Thomas Bell was getting plenty of shots at cruising roosters and jacks on La Capilla Beach not far from Buena Vista Beach Resort Hotel.
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Water temperature 73-84
Air temperature 78-97
Humidity 70%
Wind: Calm. PM Breeze
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:42 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:07 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Dorado and tuna offshore in front of both the entrada and Lopez Mateos finally are giving the fly-fishers something to smile about. Warmer sea temps seem to have made the difference. The esteros (estuaries) are also beginning to heat up with enough corvina, pargo and halibut on the sandy beaches to make things interesting. Looks like summer has finally arrived at Magdalena Bay . . . and not a minute too soon.
Water temperature 62-73
Air temperature 75-80
Humidity 45%
Wind: W 15 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:46 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:18 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 80º blue water remains a short 5 or 6 mile run out of Zihuatanejo Bay. The sailfish action has been fairly good. Most boats are each averaging between 2 to 4 sailfish a day. And, there are only about 10 boats in the fleet fishing the blue water every day.
Fly fishing with David Schack, from Long Beach CA, we worked an area 180º and 16 miles from Zihuatanejo Bay. This proved effective allowing Dave to tag and release his first ever fly caught sailfish.
Talking to Cheva on the panga Dos Hermanos II, he told me he spent 4 days down below Papanoa. This roosterfish fishing was absolutely fantastic, catching an average of 15 large roosters a day. The fish were averaging 35 pounds. He said he took most of his fish on surface poppers. They stayed in a hotel down there, rather than make the 40 mile run each day.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 80 - 87
Humidity 62%
Wind: SW 6 mph
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:17 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
San Jose, Guatemala
Report Not Received
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 80- 84
Humidity 66%
Wind: East 8 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:43 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:35 p.m. CST
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Jul 11, 2005; 12:55PM - Hurricaine Dennis report
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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The fishing before the strom was on fire and we expect more of the same afterward..really no damage in Venice following Dennis just a few raindrops and 25mph winds, I spent the night down in Venice Saturday night and when Dennis was even Latitude with us I decided to head home..we never even lost power, although it got pretty windy Saturday night..the boats banging against the pilings kept me awake most of the night..fishing was increadible before the blow, and no storm to date has ever messed up the tuna fishing..I suspect the water will be all messed up due to the north winds..how it affect the trolling for marlin and dolphin in the short term is anyones guess..where there is bait there is poredators...Prior to Dennis, the overnght tuna trips were yeilding double digit catches and we even had some monsters hit the ice..largest tuna the last two weeks were 130 pounds and 145 pounds..mostly school fish of 40-80 pounds but we have been averaging 12 fish per night..a few marln still being seen and released..my 7 year old son got a turn on one on June 20th..the dolphin bite is also still steady...our trolling trips have been averaging 4 bulls and one wahoo..I had a fly fishing group out Thurdsday night before Dennis and they went 4 for 12 on yellowfins..4 were landed according to the rules with 12 and 14 wt rods..the largest were 60 pounds, 57 pounds and 40 and 25 pounds..any yellowfin on fly tackle is an accomplishment..They also released 75 blackfin..The 36 ft Twin Vee catamaran made its first charter last Friday and Capt. Sonny put the boys on 9 yellowfin from 40-70 pounds..hopefully the start of something increadibe and many more successful trips to follow!..what a boat..plenty room and fast and stable in all sea conditions..Last year following Ivan the bottom fishing was on fire for sow red snapper..since this strom took the same track, we'll be looking for sows this week..cant wait to see how it turns out..PARADISE OUTFITTERS - 985-845-8006
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Jul 11, 2005; 10:23AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JULY 4-10, 2005
WEATHER: Clear skies at the end of the week were welcome after expecting cloud cover from the disturbance and tropical storm that had starting developing down around Acapulco. We had expected to get a heavy cloud deck as it worked its way up the west coast. Didn’t happen and we are glad! What did occur was glassy water during the middle of the week and then the winds picked up again on Friday, continuing through out the weekend, but as I said, clear skies. Day time highs were in the mid 90’s and night time lows in the mid 70’s.
WATER: At the beginning of the week the water on the Pacific side turned very choppy, then calmed at the middle of the week. At the end of the week it had chopped up again. It looked as if the California current started to push hard and brought the cool water to wrap around the point again as the water was in the high 60’s to low 70’s on the Pacific side out to the banks, and green as well. This water wrapped around the Cape and continued up to just short of the Gordo banks and out to a distance of 20 miles. Outside of this cold plume the water was 76-78 degrees and blued up again, but was choppy.
BAIT: Caballito and Mackerel at $2 per bait with a few Mullet in the mix.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The cold water on the Pacific side brought in reports of Swordfish and a Panga was reported to have caught one weighing at just around 160 pounds. Striped Marlin were out there but it was 25 miles before you got into any serious action. Fish were found closer to the Cape, as close as 6 miles, but there was nothing steady or consistent about them. I did not hear of any large Blue or Black Marlin in our area this week, but I am going off of reports from other Captains and anglers received over the last 1 ½ days as I just returned from a boat delivery to Puerto Vallarta.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I did not hear of any large Tuna this week, but then again I was gone for most of the week. The fish I did see come in this weekend were all smaller fish in the football and school category. I heard a rumor (that’s all it was!) that there were big fish found at the Gorda Banks, but talked to no one who could give me any solid information on that. The football and school fish were found 25-35 miles to the south-southwest, right around where there was a temperature break from 72 to 74 degrees.
DORADO: Apparently you needed to go up the Sea of Cortez, chasing the warmer water for the Dorado this week. The cold water chased them out and few fish were found close to home.
WAHOO: I can give you very little information on the Wahoo bite. I did see a few flags flying this week end but did not get a chance to talk to the Captains or anglers flying them.
INSHORE: A good solid discussion with a much respected Panga Captain revealed that the bite had been off this week, as well as his bookings. During a trip for food, with a diving friend on board, they were able to get into some very good Pargo action on the Pacific side and catch a few Roosterfish as well. The comment was that most of the boats were not going far enough up the coast, most of the fish were found up around Migrainos.
NOTES: Fingers are crossed that the cold water goes away and the winds die down. It’s not terrible, but who wants to run for 25 miles and get bounced around to get into the fish? We were just getting some great action going when I left for Vallarta and maybe it will turn around quickly! Meanwhile this report was written to the music of “Arcano”, the brother/sister duo of Erika and Vick del Real Alvarado, with violin and viola. I heard them at the square doing a public show in Vallarta and bought one of the three releases they had for sale. Classical and covers of easy listening music, great stuff! By the way, Russ, thanks for the across the board comp at the Four Seasons resort course at Punta Mita, totally awesome experience! Until next week, tight lines!
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