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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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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Apr 24, 2005; 08:14AM - Signs of Improvement
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 80-degree blue water is only about 6 to 7 miles off the beach and fishing is definitely showing an improvement over the last couple of weeks. The blue marlin bite is continuing on a strong note, sailfish are steady, and the yellowfin tuna are finally making a strong showing.
This week, Ruben on the 31-foot Bertram Vamonos caught two marlin of about 250 pounds each. He had several other opportunities, but was not able to get a decent hook set.
Adolpho on the panga Dos Hermanos, fishing with clients from France, had a great day yesterday (Fri.) On conventional gear, they lost a large marlin, but caught a 100 pound yellowfin tuna. They also picked up several other 30- to 40-pound yellowfin and a couple of sailfish. On the pier early this morning, Adolpho told me the overall fishing is very good, especially with several schools of tuna out around the 16 to 20 mile mark.
The inshore action on the big jack crevalle and roosters has pretty much been blown out all this last week with a very high surf. The jacks are feeding about a mile off the beach however, and action on these hard fighting fish has been very good when trolling a live bait, Rapala, or casting a surface popper. Teasing them in with a hookless popper has been the ticket for the flyrod anglers.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 89
Humidity 78%
Wind: WSW 8 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:04 p.m. CDT
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Apr 24, 2005; 08:13AM - We Need Those Stinking Sardina
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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For additional information: bajafly@bajafly.com
USA toll-free (800) 919-2252 or 760/746-7260; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
East Cape
Wind continues to be a factor in the overall fishing, however, the marlin show has been extraordinary for this early in the year. It is unusual to have enough fish at this time to actually get enough shots to merit attempting the flyrod. The yellowfin tuna have appeared and the catch numbers are climbing every week. What is missing is the sardina and mullet usually found along the beaches. Of course, that not only makes the beach fishing tough, with no bait for chum on the boats, it changes the strategy dramatically for the fly-rodder.
Here is Lance's latest report of a beach day that he and co-Baja on the Fly guide Josh had this week:
“We fished the beach hard today. We came in from the backside using my truck. We walked miles and blind cast diligently. There was not one fish to cast to in all the water we fished. There was very little if any bait. We only saw a few scattered ballyhoo, no mullet and no sardina. The beach was about as lifeless as we have yet seen it.”
So, for now we, play a waiting game. Waiting for the wind to quit . . . sardina and mullet to arrive . . . I am sure in a few weeks (if we can wait that long) we will all be saying 'It was worth the wait.'
Report by Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 69-76
Air temperature 62-88
Humidity 45%
Wind: NNW 15 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:51 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:43 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Finally, a few yellows showed under the bird schools at the entrada; there were also a few sierra mixed in. If you ventured outside the entrada, the bird schools showed the way to some decent bonito and skipjack action. Water temperature is beginning to slowly creep up, which should bring in some of the exotics. Los Barriles produced non-stop action for cabrilla with an occasional snook grabbing the fly catching the unsuspecting angler off guard. Also a few corvina and grouper could be found up at Devil’s Curve.
Same action for skipjack and bonito could be found outside the boca up at Lopez Mateos. The esteros up there also produced a few decent shook and enough corvina to keep the anglers interested.
Water temperature 62-71
Air temperature 68-75
Humidity 64%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:53 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 80-degree blue water is only about 6 to 7 miles off the beach and fishing is definitely showing an improvement over the last couple of weeks. The blue marlin bite is continuing on a strong note, sailfish are steady, and the yellowfin tuna are finally making a strong showing.
This week, Ruben on the 31-foot Bertram Vamonos caught two marlin of about 250 pounds each. He had several other opportunities, but was not able to get a decent hook set.
Adolpho on the panga Dos Hermanos, fishing with clients from France, had a great day yesterday (Fri.) On conventional gear, they lost a large marlin, but caught a 100 pound yellowfin tuna. They also picked up several other 30- to 40-pound yellowfin and a couple of sailfish. On the pier early this morning, Adolpho told me the overall fishing is very good, especially with several schools of tuna out around the 16 to 20 mile mark.
The inshore action on the big jack crevalle and roosters has pretty much been blown out all this last week with a very high surf. The jacks are feeding about a mile off the beach however, and action on these hard fighting fish has been very good when trolling a live bait, Rapala, or casting a surface popper. Teasing them in with a hookless popper has been the ticket for the flyrod anglers.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 89
Humidity 78%
Wind: WSW 8 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:04 p.m. CDT
San Jose , Guatemala
The action has picked up, and the weather was great for the first part of the week. We had the pleasure of hosting return client Burt Turner and first-timer Matt Johnson for three days of fly-fishing. Burt is an experienced fly angler who has made at least one trip to Guatemala each year for the past several years, and Matt was there to experience the action for the first time after hearing Burt recount the great action over the years. Over the three days, the fishing action increased each day along with the duo's skills and they quickly built up to double digit releases and even enjoyed some dorado and tuna action. On the final day, Mother Nature kicked the seas up, but at the same time exponentially increased the sailfish action. They enjoyed a morning of non-stop action on the fly that surpassed the prior two days. As they headed out to Antigua, Matt indicated that his time in Guatemala was the best trip he had taken in 15 years, and would definitely be back.
San Jose, Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa McFarlin
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 82- 86
Humidity 94%
Wind: West 8 mph
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 5:45 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:17 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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Apr 18, 2005; 12:20PM - 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 APRIL 11-17, 2005
WEATHER: The wind died early in the week and our weather started to improve right away. At the end of the week the wind was blowing just a little at night and that kept the bugs down. Our night time lows were in the mid to high 60’s and our day time highs were in the mid to high 80’s.
WATER: On the Pacific side of the Cape the water continued to remain a little on the cool side with temperatures in the high 60’s. The warmer water was on the Sea of Cortez with water staying in the low 70’s. 30 miles to the south the water warmed then the edge ran past the 95 spot as the warm water approached the Cape. Surface conditions on both sides of the Cape were good this week with calmer water on the Cortez side.
BAIT: Mostly Caballito this week with a few Mackerel at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Strange to say, I have to pick Striped Marlin as the fish of the week. The bite did not turn on until Friday, but then you did not have to travel far to find the fish. Most of the action was within 7 miles of the shore on the Cortez side of the Cape from Gray Rock to Gorda Banks. Almost every boat came in flying at least one Marlin flag and those that were not flying one had plain bad luck, most likely hooking their fish and then losing it. I fished on Sunday and went four for five on the Stripers, with the fish averaging right around 110 pounds. Catch results on artificial lures and live bait was mixed an almost even 50/50. There was little action early in the week unless you were very lucky. Our fingers are crossed that the action continues this week!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Very few fish were to be found and those that were found were football size mixed in with Porpoise, and most of the action was either to the south or close to shore on the Pacific side of the Cape.
DORADO: This is a repeat of last week! The few Dorado found this week were almost all associated with floating debris or small kelp fronds. The fish ranged from 10 pounds (and a few even smaller) to 25-30 pounds, but they were scarce. My guesstimate is there may have been one Dorado caught for every 15 boats. Naturally a few boats caught multiple fish, but they were the exception and very lucky.
WAHOO: There were a few fish caught, but with all the boats that were working for Marlin close to shore that was no surprise. The fish that were caught were in the 30-40 pound range.
INSHORE: The Sierra action moved back to the Pacific side of the Cape this week but it was not easy, most of the Pangas were scratching to get a half dozen of the good eating fish in the boat. There was action on Jack Crevalle and small Roosterfish as well as some decent Pargo, but no wide open bite on any one species. With the Marlin moving in close to the beach at the end of the week, many of the Pangs were focusing on them.
NOTES: Once again it was a mostly “miss” kind of week for the fishing here. Thank goodness that the Marlin showed at the end of the week or there would have been nothing to write about! As it is, this is probably the shortest fish report I have done since Hurricane Juliet! I hope things improve in the coming week, but even if it does not, I’d rather be on the water than on the beach! This weeks report was written to the 1991 Warner Bros. release of their self-titled album, “Fourplay”.
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Apr 16, 2005; 01:10PM - Ladies Day!
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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San Jose, Guatemala
Sat. night (4/9) brought a tropical thunderstorm leaving a soggy San Jose that greeted Lori-Ann Murphy, Reel-Women Angling and her group of five women flyfishers who had come in search sailfish action on the fly. While long boat rides were the norm, the women weren’t disappointed; flat seas and sunny skies made the traveling easy as they searched for their first opportunity to face a sailfish with only a fly-fishing outfit between them and the fish. The entire group with the exception of one met their goal during the four exciting days of Guatemala bluewater fishing.
Those who achieved their goal of a sail-on-the-fly for the trip were Lori-Ann Murphy, Victor, Idaho; Bobbie Armor, Fremont, Calif.; Diana Rudolph, Islamorada, Fla.; Nancy Keilty, Cedar Mich.; and Jodie Reece, Florida, releasing their first sailfish on the fly and in some cases more than one. In addition to the sailfish, JoAnn “Bo” Ribaudo, Destin, Fla., found enough tuna and dorado for dinner several days to earn the title “Provider” from the group. As they toasted each other’s accomplishments with 23 year old Guatemalan rum at their awards ceremony on the final night at Villas Pacifico Hotel, they all agreed that it had been as fantastic an adventure as they had hoped for and would continue next year.
Water temperature
78 - 82
Air temperature 82- 89
Humidity 94%
Wind: NE 11 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 5:49 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:16 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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Apr 16, 2005; 01:09PM - A Few Blues Showing
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Conditions are getting more favorable every day. The blue water is moving back in to just a few miles off the beach and the water temperature is edging into the 80-degree mark. The best results have been the blue marlin this last week. We have now had 11 days in a row where at least 1 nice blue has been boated.
Plus, the inshore fishing for jack crevalle is still holding up and has provided us a lot of action for both the anglers using light line conventional gear or the flyrod enthusiasts. Jim Kelsey of the San Francisco Bay area fished with Felipe and me on the panga Yellowfin and took 6 jacks to 25 pounds near the Valentine area.
Chase Smith of New Braunfels, Tex., fished with Ruben on the Vamonos I and got a very nice blue marlin. But, they missed a much larger one.
Santiago got another blue this week for his clients on the panga Gitana, plus 4 sailfish the next day. However, most of the boats are only getting between 1 and 2 sails a day.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 91
Humidity 78%
Wind:
Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:28 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:02 p.m. CDT
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Apr 16, 2005; 01:07PM - East Cape Winds.....Guatemala Sails
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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For additional information: bajafly@bajafly.com
USA toll-free (800) 919-2252 or 760/746-7260; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
East Cape
Early in the week again saw more wind that the kept most of our clients hunkered around the pool until Thurs. (4/14), when we welcomed our first flat calm morning in some time. Of course, there had to be a catch . . . there was little if any bait to be found for purchase. Both [Baja on the Fly guide] Josh and I had to search far and wide for some, but came up empty. I opted to go out and try and troll up a bonito or two. We hooked only one and I headed inshore to tease roosters. The bonito was a good teasing bait, very lively and durable, but we found no roosters to tease in the early morning. We eventually found a few ladyfish for our casts. There were even a few pompano early, but they proved difficult to hook. Large schools of jacks were seen, but they were once again milling in circles and very boat-shy. The sea lions were attacking them – which did not help their mood. Josh found some feeding jacks Wed. for his clients and brought some big ones to the boat.
Report by Baja on the Fly Guide Lance Peterson.
Water temperature
66-74
Air temperature 69-82
Humidity 39%
Wind: 5 mph from the WNW
Conditions: Scattered Clouds 25000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:40 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Not much to report this week as most of the attention was directed toward the unusual run of Humboldt squid outside the entrada. Reports of squid to 30 pounds were the talk of San Carlos. With perfect weather, the action both inside and outside should begin to pick up in the next few weeks. There are still a couple of whales hanging around, delaying their long migration North until the very last minute.
Water temperature 69-75
Air temperature 66-71
Humidity 6%
Wind:
West 13 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:03 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:49 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Conditions are getting more favorable every day. The blue water is moving back in to just a few miles off the beach and the water temperature is edging into the 80-degree mark. The best results have been the blue marlin this last week. We have now had 11 days in a row where at least 1 nice blue has been boated.
Plus, the inshore fishing for jack crevalle is still holding up and has provided us a lot of action for both the anglers using light line conventional gear or the flyrod enthusiasts. Jim Kelsey of the San Francisco Bay area fished with Felipe and me on the panga Yellowfin and took 6 jacks to 25 pounds near the Valentine area.
Chase Smith of New Braunfels, Tex., fished with Ruben on the Vamonos I and got a very nice blue marlin. But, they missed a much larger one.
Santiago got another blue this week for his clients on the panga Gitana, plus 4 sailfish the next day. However, most of the boats are only getting between 1 and 2 sails a day.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 91
Humidity 78%
Wind:
Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:28 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:02 p.m. CDT
San Jose, Guatemala
Sat. night (4/9) brought a tropical thunderstorm leaving a soggy San Jose that greeted Lori-Ann Murphy, Reel-Women Angling and her group of five women flyfishers who had come in search sailfish action on the fly. While long boat rides were the norm, the women weren’t disappointed; flat seas and sunny skies made the traveling easy as they searched for their first opportunity to face a sailfish with only a fly-fishing outfit between them and the fish. The entire group with the exception of one met their goal during the four exciting days of Guatemala bluewater fishing.
Those who achieved their goal of a sail-on-the-fly for the trip were Lori-Ann Murphy, Victor, Idaho; Bobbie Armor, Fremont, Calif.; Diana Rudolph, Islamorada, Fla.; Nancy Keilty, Cedar Mich.; and Jodie Reece, Florida, releasing their first sailfish on the fly and in some cases more than one. In addition to the sailfish, JoAnn “Bo” Ribaudo, Destin, Fla., found enough tuna and dorado for dinner several days to earn the title “Provider” from the group. As they toasted each other’s accomplishments with 23 year old Guatemalan rum at their awards ceremony on the final night at Villas Pacifico Hotel, they all agreed that it had been as fantastic an adventure as they had hoped for and would continue next year.
Water temperature
78 - 82
Air temperature 82- 89
Humidity 94%
Wind: NE 11 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 5:49 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:16 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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Apr 11, 2005; 03:07PM - Bluewater is close to Venice
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Man has it been a month since the last report? Been busy retooling boats for the warm and busy season and enjoying a few good weather trips in between the fronts..we have been all over doing all kinds of fishing when we can get out..big story has been the consistent tuna bite..we have had great success with 80-120 pound yellowfins on our day and night trips as well as an occasional wahoo. I have been doing a good bit of grouper fishing the last few trips and have found a few decent snapper as well..looks to be a great season..we fished some live bottom this week that kept the trip ion constant bites..Also just fished the leading edge of an eddy off the Gulf stream Loop Current..we had been waiting for it to get close enough to Louisiana and last week the 80 degree blue water was withing 40 miles of the pass..tons of trash floating wads of bait but not alot of action..saw plenty of flying fish and have hooked and boated a few tuna and small wahoo on the line..we will be going back this week and hope for a better catch..we just ordered a 36 ft Twin Vee catamaran and expect a mid May delivery..it will be our new boat for day tuna trips to the deepwater platforms well offshore..Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006
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Apr 11, 2005; 12:32PM - 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 APRIL 4-10, 2005
WEATHER: This week started out just great as far as weather went, but it sure ended up on a windy note. In a continuation of last weeks weather, every day through Thursday was just fine with light breezes in the afternoons and daytime highs in the mid 80’s with night time lows in the high 60’s. On Friday the wind began and it blew all the way through Sunday morning. Coming from the north-west, it was a steady 12-15 knots and dropped the temperature about 10 degrees at night. On Sunday morning I registered 60 degrees at my house! Heck, I was just thinking about hooking up the air conditioner on Wednesday! No rain of course, we don’t expect to get any this time of year.
WATER: The week ended with rough water on the Pacific side all the way to the south, due to the wind. Even in front of Cabo it was rough and didn’t calm down until you were a little way up the Sea of Cortez. Once past the 95 spot outside or Punta Ballena on the inside the water mellowed out quite a bit. The Pacific side was cold with water ranging from the mid 60’s to high 60’s. On the Cortez side it was a bit warmer up to the 1150 and Gorda Banks areas, and then it jumped to 75 degrees.
BAIT: There was no problem getting bait this week, only it was mostly Mackerel, with a few Caballito, and they were the usual $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: What Marlin action we had this week was all Striped Marlin. I was fishing last Sunday and another Captain had a Blue Marlin he estimated at #400 nail a lure and they were able to get several jumps out of him, but that was the only non-Striper I heard of. The few Marlin that were found were either fairly close to Cabo, and I mean within three miles of the shore on the Cortez side, or way up north on the Cortez, up in the East Cape area, 60 miles away. Those fish (the East Cape ones) were just a rumor, I know a couple of boats that went up there looking for them, but have not heard back from them yet. Supposedly the action up there was as good as we had it here two months ago! Close to home there were fish sighted, but they were not in a very hungry mood for the most part.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I find it almost unbelievable that for the third week in a row I could almost repeat word for word the Yellowfin section. Find the Porpoise and you had a shot at Yellowfin. The fish were not large, mostly in the 10-15 pound range with a few smaller and a few larger ones. It took small lures to get them; most of the boats that were successful were jigging hootchies in pink or root beer colors, three inches long. Maybe they were matching the small squid in the area or perhaps there were red crab, but that was almost the only thing that worked. If you did find the Porpoise that were holding fish, you had to work them hard! There were larger fish spotted on the Gorda Banks, Tuna in the 80 pound class, but no one I am aware of had any luck with them except a few of the Pangas from La Playita in San Jose. Those Pangas were able to get Sardinas for bait and were n the banks at gray light in the morning.
DORADO: The few Dorado found this week were almost all associated with floating debris or small kelp fronds. The fish ranged from 10 pounds (and a few even smaller) to 25-30 pounds, but they were scarce. My guesstimate is there may have been one Dorado caught for every 15 boats. Naturally a few boats caught multiple fish, but they were the exception and very lucky.
WAHOO: A few boats had luck on Wahoo, and it was luck, not skill since they were not targeting the fish. The best catch I heard of this week was three fish on one trip, tow of them at #30 and one at #70. For the rest of the boats, there was maybe one Wahoo strike per 20 boats, and one fish caught for 50 boats. Gives you an idea, huh?
INSHORE: There were scattered Sierra schools this week, most of them found on the Cortez side of the Cape but there was decent action as well on the Pacific early in the week before the wind blew up. The fish were averaging 4 pounds with a few to 8 pounds. Good colors were yellow and chartreuse. Some great Pargo action happened around the rocky points for the boats willing to get right in there, and there was good Snapper action as well in water from 150 to 250 feet deep. Some small Roosterfish action happened also, nothing great but there were scattered fish in the 5-15 pound range.
NOTES: Last week I said it was a hit or miss kind of week for fishing, this week I would have to say it was mostly miss. If I could only predict what the fishing would be like I might be rich, as it is I just report how it was. With hindsight I would have to say that I personally would have stayed home the last three days of the week rather than go fishing, but hey, some boats did all right. Our fingers and toes are crossed that the fishing improves soon, and hopefully the wind will die down as well, it is Sunday morning now and it looks like it is starting to slacken off a bit! This weeks report was written to the music of Van Morrison on his 1990 Polydor release “The Best of Van Morrison”. Thanks folks, and until next week, Tight Lines!
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Apr 11, 2005; 02:16AM - big bear lake FISH REPORT April 10, 2005
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: ALAN SHARP
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BIG BEAR LAKE FISH REPORT April 10, 2005
ALAN SHARP
909-866-3218
www.bigbearmarina.com
bbm@bigbearlake.net
Apparently, Mother Nature does not want to let go of winter yet. Any semblance of spring weather has been just a tease as snow and strong cold winds came back to Big Bear Valley this past week. Again the weather forecast for the coming week looks good, but they have been wrong before. Lets hope for the best!
The anglers that have braved the cold have been rewarded with limits of holdovers up to three pounds. Trollers’ using leadcore have been fishing deep at 3 to 5 colors with Needlefish, Rapalas, and Dick Nite Spoons. Drift fishing from a boat using a slip bobber and night crawlers or dough baits work well too. The most productive areas are Trout Alley between Metcalf Bay and Boulder Bay, and between Big Bear Marina and the Solar Observatory.
Bait fishing from shore using night crawlers, Nitro or Powerbait on a sliding egg sinker rig off the bottom will get the job done. Try the North Shore near the Dam east to North Shore Landing and around Windy Point.
If the weather forecast is correct, these Rainbows will just go off this coming week.
Tight Lines and Good Fishing!
Big Bear Lake Events 2005
Jim Hall Memorial May Trout Classic-- May 14 and 15 2005 info 909-866-6260
Carp Round-up—June 4, 2005 info 909-866-5796
Troutfest—October 8 and 9 2005 info 909-866-5796
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Apr 9, 2005; 02:03PM - Long Ride Good Return
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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San Jose, Guatemala
Forty mile runs were the norm for the week. Once the fish were located, the action heated up allowing most of the fleet to maintain a decent 70% hook-to-release rate. To add to the excitement, a few marlin showed up in the pattern along with an occasional dorado. Internationally known fly-fishing guide Lori Ann Murphy and her Reel Women group will be arriving tomorrow (4/10) looking to get into the billfish-on-a-fly action. Hopefully, we will be able to deliver the same kind of trip Lori Ann’s friend Paul Bruun and Terry Shade had a few weeks ago. Sailfish, marlin, dorado and maybe a roosterfish or two inshore should be enough to keep them smiling. We know the women will be ready, so it should be a fun party if the fish cooperate!
And finally, inshore there were several roosterfish released in one afternoon of fishing.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 82- 84
Humidity 74%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 5:53 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:16 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa McFarlin
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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