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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Mar 21, 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
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 14-20, 2005
WEATHER: The winds that we started the week with disappeared mid-week and as of now the weather is great! No clouds to speak of, daytime in the high 70’s and night time in the low 60’s, just about perfect. No rain this week, wow, two weeks in a row, maybe we are getting back to normal?
WATER: As the wind disappeared so did the choppy conditions that we began the week with. There are still some decent swells on the Pacific side, and occasionally a wind line, but there is almost pool-table like conditions on the Cortez side of the Cape. Green water close to shore and extending out 15 miles in places on the Pacific side, almost to the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks and it was in the 66-67 degree range, warmer at the end of the week. Once past the cool green water the temperature rose to hit 72 degrees and the water became blue. The cool water wrapped around the Cape in a band that extended north up the Sea of Cortez almost all the way up the East Cape, getting warmer as it went. This band was 15 miles wide as well, with the warmer waters well past the 95 spot and the 1150. At the end of the week the cool water band was getting pinched off at the tip of the Cape as an eddy of warm water pushed our way.
BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for the bait of the month, Pacific Mackerel, and there were some small Caballito in the mix. The bait guys were saying that it has been hard to get any good bait this week.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin continue to be shy and most seem to have taken a vacation. There were a few caught this week but I would have to say that the success rate was around 20-25 percent. Most of the fish caught were on live bait dropped back to Marlin appearing in the lure pattern, but the fish that did come in were often hungry enough that they got hooked on the lure before a bait reached them. Quite a few of the Marlin have been found mixed in with the Porpoise and Tuna and most of the action was due south or on the Cortez side of the Cape.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again the fish of the week, there still have not been a lot of big ones caught. Watching the fish landed and listening to the reports on the radio it seems that the larger fish are pushing 40 pounds while the averages are around 10-15 pounds. They have been found with Porpoise and without Porpoise. Around the San Jaime Banks there were fish caught on blind strikes right along the edges of the drops, elsewhere Porpoise were the key. We metered good fish almost every day when we found the Porpoise, but they have been shy and have been staying 150 feet down. Dropping live bait on them worked if you were able to get the line of travel guessed correctly.
DORADO: What a change from last week! I almost decided to call the Dorado the fish of the week, but while the action was hot, it died off a bit at the tail end. The thing that changed so much from last week was the appearance of scattered clumps of kelp brought to us on the currents from the northern Baja. Anything larger than a single strand seemed to hold fish and the first boats to the kelp really loaded up. Live bait worked well and after the fish became scattered, tossing chunks out brought them together again. The fish ranged from 6-20 pounds.
WAHOO: There were a few Wahoo caught this week, and they were associated with the kelp as well. Most of the fish were 20-25 pounds and there were not very many of them.
INSHORE: Inshore fishing continues to be a bit confusing. There are still plenty of Sierra around but the schools have been moving around a lot. The Yellowtail bite that we expected to have started by now just hasn’t happened yet. With the calming of the seas the chance to bottom fish has improved and that has shown in the inshore catches as more Pargo and Grouper, as well as Amberjack and Jack Crevalle were landed.
NOTES: The Whales are beginning to move back north and we are seeing fewer every trip. It is spring break and the town and beaches are filled with students. I was feeling a bit funky today and listened to a bit of jazz while writing this report. I was tapping my toes instead of my fingers on the keyboard, maybe that is one of the reasons this report is a bit brief! Check out (if you can find it) the 1963 Polygram release called “Jazz Samba” with Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Mar 21, 2005; 09:30AM - Nice and Consistent
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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San Jose, Guatemala
The conditions have been nice and consistent, but the run to the fish has varied this week with some fishing in as close as 25 miles and out as far as 40 miles. On the conventional side, there were 967 released sailfish out of 1347 hooked for an average of 21 per boat day. On the fly side there were 45 released sailfish out of 108 hooked for an average of 6 per boat day. Marlin made a strong showing this week with 5 released. Inshore, there was no one out.
Kim Kutsch, Jefferson, Ore., spent several days touring the countryside along with a group of his friends from all across the U.S. before going toe-to-toe with the notorious Guatemala sailfish.
This is what he had to say about the trip: “The fishing was spectacular and everything you made it out to be. I'll be looking at these pictures for a very long time. I think that was the most fun I've ever had with a flyrod. Thank you very much. After seeing the pictures and hearing the stories, Ryan is pretty certain I am bringing him to Guatemala next year in March during his spring break. The rest of the boys will feel the same way I am sure. I will get those dates from him and we will plan a trip.”
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 82- 86
Humidity 100%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:08 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:13 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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Mar 21, 2005; 09:29AM - Cold Water Current
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The cold water current still has the sailfish bite turned off. The blue water is beyond the 30 mile mark. The few boats venturing out that far are only raising one or two fish a day, and not seeing any signs of the tuna or marlin either.
Inshore, the birds are crashing on bait on the beach at Buena Vista and Barra Pototsi. There is still a very good jack crevalle bite going on. Today, (Friday) Martin on the panga Isamar, with client Andrew Vigil of Albuquerque, caught 12 of the big jacks averaging between 14 and 22 pounds. The jacks were taken on light line outfits using live bait and slowed trolled Rapalas.
Yesterday, Felipe on the panga Yellowfin, caught 6 pompano from 12 to 15 pounds for his client. They also got 2 amberjack of 8 and 10 pounds, and 6 chulas. All the fish came from drifting a live bait at the white rocks.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 73 - 86
Humidity 78%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:51 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:56 p.m. CST
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Mar 21, 2005; 09:27AM - Guatemala Action Dominates the Scene Below the Border
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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
The fishing here is definitely slow. We had South wind for three days, but it didn't seem to help. There are lots of boats coming back with nothing. A few big dorado were caught, but no concentrations of any fish. The sierra bite has been good at La Ribera, but is over by 7 a.m. I went out a few days ago and landed one small dorado and a few skipjack; all on red and white. The shore fishing has slowed down a lot. I have been catching a few ladyfish, but not near the numbers I was. Haven't caught a rooster or jack in days. The North wind picked up yesterday (3/17). Everyone here hopes it is the last blow of the season.
Report by Baja on the Fly guide Tim Selzer.
Water temperature 67-74
Air temperature 64-71
Humidity 58%
Wind: NW 11 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:42 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:29 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Conventional fishermen were at the entrada three days ago and got one good-size halibut, a big grouper, yellowtail and lots of barracuda.
Shark fishermen have run into lots of squid a couple of miles outside the entrance. There is also loads of squid inside the bay and lots of whales – but definitely not good fishing inside.
Weather is absolutely beautiful. Very calm in the mornings with a slight wind after 12 noon.
Inside the estero (estuary) they have been catching corbina.
Water temperature 69-75
Air temperature 62-71
Humidity 95%
Wind: West 15 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:32 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:47 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The cold water current still has the sailfish bite turned off. The blue water is beyond the 30 mile mark. The few boats venturing out that far are only raising one or two fish a day, and not seeing any signs of the tuna or marlin either.
Inshore, the birds are crashing on bait on the beach at Buena Vista and Barra Pototsi. There is still a very good jack crevalle bite going on. Today, (Friday) Martin on the panga Isamar, with client Andrew Vigil of Albuquerque, caught 12 of the big jacks averaging between 14 and 22 pounds. The jacks were taken on light line outfits using live bait and slowed trolled Rapalas.
Yesterday, Felipe on the panga Yellowfin, caught 6 pompano from 12 to 15 pounds for his client. They also got 2 amberjack of 8 and 10 pounds, and 6 chulas. All the fish came from drifting a live bait at the white rocks.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 73 - 86
Humidity 78%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:51 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:56 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
The conditions have been nice and consistent, but the run to the fish has varied this week with some fishing in as close as 25 miles and out as far as 40 miles. On the conventional side, there were 967 released sailfish out of 1347 hooked for an average of 21 per boat day. On the fly side there were 45 released sailfish out of 108 hooked for an average of 6 per boat day. Marlin made a strong showing this week with 5 released. Inshore, there was no one out.
Kim Kutsch, Jefferson, Ore., spent several days touring the countryside along with a group of his friends from all across the U.S. before going toe-to-toe with the notorious Guatemala sailfish.
This is what he had to say about the trip: “The fishing was spectacular and everything you made it out to be. I'll be looking at these pictures for a very long time. I think that was the most fun I've ever had with a flyrod. Thank you very much. After seeing the pictures and hearing the stories, Ryan is pretty certain I am bringing him to Guatemala next year in March during his spring break. The rest of the boys will feel the same way I am sure. I will get those dates from him and we will plan a trip.”
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 82- 86
Humidity 100%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:08 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:13 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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Mar 20, 2005; 12:00PM - los suenos billfish tournament 2005
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Category: Costa Rica
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Author Name: webmaster
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I fished the Los Suenos billfish classic in Costa Rica with Dr Decarrol Williamson and Mike Latham of Latham Cams a unique waterproof digital camera system he designed for use both on the boat and an underwater stick cam available to view under the boat. We fished aboard the El Jeffe a 38 ft Out Islander a boat that has no problem raising the sailfish. On the 3 days we fished the boat released 48 sails bringing the team to 3rd place overall for both legs of the tournament. My first tournament ever for billfish and there is a lot of action in the cockpit I can tell you that in a tournament. Thanks for the lessons guys good luck next year I have a feeling this boat may win the tournament next year as they were only out of first by a few sailfish. Go El Jeffe!!
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Mar 14, 2005; 11:31AM - 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 MARCH 7-13, 2005
WEATHER: We had a week with no rain! At least here in Cabo that is. I saw some dark clouds in the middle of the week and it looked as if they may have been dropping rain in the mountains. Our local weather was fairly normal for March with the week starting out windy and ending windy but with some beautiful warm summer-like day between. Night time lows were in the high 50’s and daytime highs came up to the high 70’s
WATER: The water temperatures on the Pacific side of the Cape were cooler this week with water out to 15 miles in the 67-68 degree range. Once past that it warmed up a few degrees. This stream of cool water wrapped around the Cape and extended out to near the 1150 and Cabrillo Seamount, warming slightly as it went. The cool water was slightly green in color and there was a fairly well defined color break during the middle of the week. Along with the cool water there were some pretty good sized swells as a result of the wind that started blowing from the NW. The conditions were choppy enough that a few boats returned early with seasick clients. On the Cortez side of the Cape things were a bit different as the Cape protected the water from the Pacific swell. Things did get choppy in the afternoon though as the wind kicked into high gear around noon every day. There was a lot of warm water at the end of the week between San Jose and Cabo that extended out to almost the 1150 spot, this water was in the 71-72 degree range.
BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for the bait of the month, Pacific Mackerel.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Hmm, it was a confusing week for Billfish. The Striped Marlin seemed to have taken a vacation as few boats were able to find fish willing to bite, or any fish at all for that matter. A few were found on the Pacific side at the color break, about 15-18 miles south of the lighthouse. I heard that one boat caught a Black Marlin of around #700, but I had no confirmation of that or any other information. A few of the Captains I have spoken to have told me that this cool water coming in close to shore on the Pacific should bring in some Swordfish so I am looking forward to that possibility.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change this week from last week on the location and sizes of Yellowfin Tuna. They were definitely the fish of the week, or at least the Pelagic fish of the week, as if a boat was flying a flag the chances were almost 90% that it was a white one. The Tuna were found both on the Pacific side of the Cape and also due south. All the fish were associated with Porpoise and while most of them were 10-15 pound footballs there were fish to #80 caught. Feathers in dark colors worked for the football fish and the school fish, most of the larger Tuna were caught by boats dropping live bait ahead of the moving schools, waiting for the fish to pass under them.
DORADO: Cool water moving in on the beach on the Pacific has chased almost all the Dorado away from the area; the few fish that were caught this week were from the warm water between San Jose and Cabo. There were not many of them, and they were not large, but at least they were hungry!
WAHOO: ?
INSHORE: The co-fish of the week are the Sierra. The schools keep moving around but the action this week was happening on the Pacific side up around Migraino. Of course there were the wind and swells to contend with, but the action was steady on fish averaging 5 pounds but with a few going to 10 pounds. There was little if any bottom fish action on the Pacific this week but the bite was fair on the Cortez side for Snapper, Grouper and Amberjack. There were a few Yellowtail reported from the Arch and Gray Rock as well.
NOTES: The Marines have been stopping every boat leaving the Marina in the morning, checking that all papers are in order. The fishery guys are there as well as the Port Captain and all boats, charter as well as private, are being checked to ensure that the temporary importation papers, insurance papers, Captains license, mates license, boats fishing license and individual fishing licenses are on board. If you were missing any of them you were turned around and sent back. They have been checking the boats almost every day for the past few weeks, ever since the federal government decided that the fishing license revenue would stay in the state of origin. With that said, it was a perfect time to move the fishing license office. Originally at the Marina near the main dock they had moved to the middle of town in the same building as the museum. That was convenient as the Papalaria (to buy the needed Form-5’s at and make copies) was just 100 feet away and there were two banks (where you needed to go and pay for the licenses) within two blocks. Just when it seemed they had everything dialed in they decided to move the office, and of course there was no notice, no message on the door of the old office and no sign on the new one! The new office is across the street from the hotel “Mar de Cortez” on the second floor, above the internet place. Oh, and now you can’t pay at the bank, you have to go to the state office of finance at the other end of town. Sigh. This weeks report was written to the music of the Doobies on the 1976 Warner release “Best of the Doobies”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Mar 12, 2005; 11:23AM - Guatemala is Hot, Hot, Hot; Others Not
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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
NOTE: This report is on Fri. instead of Sat. because of local logistics and communications coming out of Guatemala.
East Cape
We’ve had North wind for the last three days with fishing definitely on the slow side. We did land three baby roosterfish at the lighthouse on a white and olive Clouser. The boats are going south and coming back with some dorado and marlin. The day before the wind started, the marlin fishing was great. All the boats came back with at least one. I was out with a friend and we saw six boats hooked up with marlin at one time. One boat had two on. They were only about three miles out from La Ribera. The same day, we caught small dorado a half mile from the Spa. The wind came up and the fish left. Fly-fishers are finding a few sierra early in the morning at La Ribera. Skipjack bite has been good just a few miles from shore with red the best color. Still no sardines available for chum.
Report by Baja on the Fly guide Tim Selzer.
Water temperature 67-74
Air temperature 66-73
Humidity 58%
Wind: WNW 11 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:26 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
It’s been very windy afternoons for the past several days. You need to get out early to take advantage of the first few hours before the wind picks up. Several day ago, a few large grouper or maybe a white sea bass were broken off at the entrada, the resident small yellowtail continued to provide fair action on a See Through Deceiver with an olive-colored back. Early as it is we are already receiving some vague reports of yellowfin tuna out to the west near the shark buoys. With only a few anglers fishing the esteros, it is hard to gauge the bite. The corvina have begun to bite and there were several snook landed and – of course – more of them lost. The whale watching season is beginning to wind down with only about 20 whales with their calves still in the harbor to be seen.
Water temperature 69-75
Air temperature 64-71
Humidity 58%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:46 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:30 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
A cool water current has moved in, essentially sending the sailfish South. Fishing for all species, except for some very good action on large jack crevelle, has been slow all this last week.
This annual cool water current brings in the big yellowfin tuna and marlin, but it is still a little too early to target them with consistent results. Cheva, on the panga Dos Hermanos II did catch one nice black marlin of about 250 pounds this week, as well as Pepino on the Whisky II with a smaller blue. A few other marlin were hooked, but lost.
Steve Talbot has been targeting the big jacks most of the week with Martin on the panga Isamar and, releasing about 10 fish a day. The big jacks are averaging between 15 and 20 pounds, with an occasional 25 pounder. Their fish have been caught using a red and white surface popper, live bait, and trolled Rapalas.
Baja On The Fly client Matt Herman of Los Angeles fished the inshore one day with Cheva, releasing 5 of the big jacks, several black skipjack tuna, and one chula.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 73 - 89
Humidity 78%
Wind: West 11 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:56 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:54 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
The weather has been very pleasant with overall calm seas and bright skies. During the past week on the conventional side there were 847 sails released out of 1268 hooked for an overall average of 16 per boat-day with the high boat going 34 of 44. On the fly side, there were 127 released sails out of 306 hooked for an overall average of four per boat-day with the high boat going 12 for 14. There were also several marlin that showed up and a couple were released on light conventional tackle. Dorado were encountered by every boat, and made a nice addition to many dinner tables. Inshore, there were a couple of roosterfish also released.
Jack Balch, from Fremont, Calif., finished up his trip last Sun. and here is his take on the trip:
“Thank you for a fantastic trip. I don't believe you can find a greater concentration of sailfish then I saw in Guatemala. One day we raised fish 22 different times. Often multiple fish were raised at the same time. I actually had two fish fighting to try and get my fly at the same time. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone who wants to catch a sailfish on the fly.”
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 82 - 84
Humidity 94%
Wind: SE 13 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:13 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:13 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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Mar 11, 2005; 06:25PM - March wahoo, tuna and grouper
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Got out Monday and Wednesday this week and the weather and fishing conditions were much better than expected...water temp was 75 degrees and cobalt blue on the Lump Monday and even after a hard north wind all Tuesday, it remained 71 and blue green by Wednesday..the fish were hungry too..both days..Monday we had tuna in the slick and two on the line for the first drift..its been a while since I had to walk a big tuna around the anchor line, and it was a problem I welcomed..I finally figured out how to catch fish on the Lump..Let Capt. Sonny go hog wild in the cockpit doing everything while I go up on the fordeck and get a suntan..anyway, by 11am we had 2 nice yellows and 6 blacks..I had been wanting to drag for wahoo since arrival and by 11:30 after losing a nice wahoo boatside on chum and mono leader, I was able to make the sale..unfortunately, it failed to work despite all the goodies in the trick bag and after several strikeless laps we decided to call it early; and with the impending rain and weather it was the right call....Wednesday promised 1-3 ft seas and overcast..they were 50% right although it was pefect glass by afternoon..fishing was a litlle tougher..had action right away, but not for long, as not 1 but 2 boats motored right across the strike zone and the bite stopped completely even bonita scattered..current was running 2.5 knots and all the hits came 50-80 yards behind the boat..we had 4 blacks and 1 yellow in 30 minutes and then nothing for 2 hours, not even a bonita..decided we would try our luck at dragging since we rifled through the chum trying to get in the groove again..put out the usual spread of meat on the downrigger and hard plastic on top..and it didnt take long before we had a 60 pound wahoo flopping on the deck...after a quick pic out went the spread again..and another wahoo found itself at the end of the downrigger rod..it made for quite a shock to see a wahoo get airborne after taking the bait which was somewhere about 40-50 feet down..gives you insight as to how hard these guys hit the bait from underneath..would hate to be a small fish with a soft belly..anyway, we went 3 for 3 on wahoo before heading home..Looks like we will get a much needed break to wind down..prior to this week we had an unbelievable grouper catch over last weekend..all three of outr boats brought in great catches of all species..scamps, gags, yellowedges and warsaws..After mid weeks lack of tuna and abundance of sharks and kings bypassing the Lump was the right call..I had Mark Lurie, Sonny with Barrett Ceiutat and Lance had a father son crew with Steve and Boyd Esala all three boats did very well with grouper and Lance had a monster 94.9 pound wahoo on top of Jacks and 5 grouper, we had numbers with 18 yellowedge groupers but Sonny's crew had a 90 pound warsaw a limit fo jacks and 5 scamps...One of the yellowedges went 35 pounds 14.5 ounces missing the state record top spot by 2 ounces.spent the weekdays chasing bull reds and small bottom fish waiting for the weather to pass with the boys from NJ..We are gearing up for a long range trip later this month..it ought to be a hoot.. Check us out online or call us at 985-845-8006 to book any one of our four 30-35 ft boats.. www.paradise-outfitters.com
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Mar 7, 2005; 11:59AM - 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 FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6, 2005
WEATHER: Once again we are in the zone, the weather zone that is! I don’t really know what to think about the weather we have been having since the beginning of the year. Almost every week but one so far we have had some kind of rain. This week it was just a sprinkle on Friday, but we have been overcast almost all week long. This is not a bad thing as it has been very good for the plants, but for everyone visiting it has been somewhat of a bummer. No sun? Why did we come here if there is no sun? I have heard that a few times this week. About the best I can say is that it sure beats snow and 5 degrees! Our night time lows have been in the high 50’s and the day time highs in the high 70’s. As you can tell from above, most of the week it has been either overcast or mostly cloudy. At the end of the week we had some strong winds blow from the NNW, then it switched just a bit and came from the West.
WATER: As strange as it may seem, things actually changed quite a bit this week, at least as far as the water temperatures were concerned. On the Pacific side of the Cape we had cool water close in to shore, and the temperature there was mostly in the 67-68 degree range. Once you got out to 15 miles the surface temperature picked up to 70 degrees, but the change was over a few miles distance and there was no really defined break. The surface conditions were about what we experienced last week with winds from the northwest causing a swell that was mostly in the 3-5 foot range. At the end of the week, during the weekend, the strong wind caused the surface conditions to be pretty choppy and there were quite a few boats that returned early. On the Sea of Cortez we had surface conditions that were much better with some swell from the Pacific reaching around the Cape but no wind really affecting it. From 10 to 25 miles out there was almost mirror conditions, farther than that the wind went into effect and closer in the currents really changed things around. Out to 10 miles for most of the week there was a fairly strong current causing mixed seas, we saw the same thing last week at the tail end, and thankfully it died off during the middle of this last week.
BAIT: Mackerel, Mackerel, Mackerel, and at the normal $2 per bait. Sometime soon I hope there will be some Sardinas showing up!
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were a few Striped Marlin caught at the beginning of the week and they started biting again at the end of the week, but the three days during the middle of the week were like a holiday for the billfish! I have no idea what was going on, but even if you saw the Marlin on the surface getting them to eat was a case of “mission impossible” for almost everyone. Even the high liner boats were lucky to get a Striped Marlin this week, and of course that made no one happy. As the week came to a close the Marlin were appearing close to shore and tossing a live bait to five fish would result in an average of one getting a mouth around the bait. Most of the action that took place happened within five miles of the beach on the Pacific side and live bait was the key.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change on the Yellowfin Tuna from last week to this week with the exception that they were getting a little bit closer every day. At the end of the week you still had to travel a while, and for most of the boat getting out 25 miles on the Pacific side with the swell out there made for almost a two hour trip. But hey, if Tuna were what you wanted, that is where you needed to be. The fish were not large, most of the fish were in the 10-15 pound range, but fish in the 30-40 pound class were common enough that if you got into them everyone was happy. Of course the fish were associated with the Dolphin and that was the clue to getting Tuna in the boat, be one of the first five boats to the Dolphin and you had a chance. I did talk with a number of anglers whose boats were flying white flags and found that there are a pretty large number of Captains who are flying white flags for Bonita and Skipjack.
DORADO: There were scattered Dorado fairly close to the beach on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. The fish have not been big with the average around 10 pounds, but slow trolling live bait in 100 feet of water ensures a catch. For most of the anglers that is better than coming in skunked.
WAHOO: ?
INSHORE: Sierra action picked back up this week and we are sure happy that it did. If you were fortunate enough to fish with a Captain that knew what was happening there were lots of fish available, and they were decent size with fish ranging from 4 to 10 pounds. Not only Sierra, but the Pargo bite has remained fair and there were decent Grouper and Amberjack being found as well. Most of the bottom fish were being found on the Cortez side of the Cape while the Sierra and Yellowtail (yes, Yellowtail) action was on the Pacific. Yellowtail were not plentiful but there were fish found to 15 pounds by anglers dropping live bait around 60 feet deep off of the rocky points on the Pacific side, or working iron in glow colors in the same areas.
NOTES: I took a lot of heat this week for the report I posted last week, but all I can say if “Bite my %$#!” I report on what happened during the previous week, I don’t try and predict what is going to happen. If the fishing sucked, well, that’s the way it is (or actually, the way it was”. Fishing changes week to week and as a fisherman I have learned to be optimistic. If I offended a few people who say that I am discouraging people from fishing on their vacation. “Mea culpa”. Get over it! I have found that most fishermen appreciate honesty in regards to how things have been, and if you have people contacting you and you are promising them great fishing, I want your crystal ball!! Folks, fishing changes day to day, the Marlin fishing has started to pickup once again, the Tuna are getting closer and if you want to give it a chance don’t let what happened last week make you shy off. That said and done, I have been busy doing work on the “Senor Moment” and have not had a chance to get any driving range practice in. I did get a chance to drive to La Paz on Friday for materials that were not available in Cabo and spent a total of four hours on the road listening to Chet Atkins “The Master and His Music” and Joe Cocker on the CD “Organic”! Great music and I didn’t hit any of the horses, cows or goats along the side and in the middle of the road! My best to all of you and until next week, Tight Lines!
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Feb 28, 2005; 06:45PM - Hawaii Report
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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The peacock bass are starting to pair up and look for spawning sights. There has been lots of rain and overcast skis have kept the water temperature in the 71 to 74 degree range. Not warm enough to get these 'tropical' Peacock Bass active and moving around much. We're seeing a lot more, but they don't seem interested in any thing live bait, flys, or lures.
Last week Friday the water temp hit 76 in the late afternoon and the action heated up. The largest that day was a 4 1/2 pounder. The red devils also got pretty aggressive. Good fun on the light fly rods we were using. All and all it's been some tough fishing, but next week....................
Largemouth action has been nice. Fish are averaging 2 to 3 pounds. Haven't seen any of those 5000 little 8 inch bass we stocked last spring. They are up around 12 inches now and usually all over the place and very aggressive. You don't suppose those big peacock bass.......... naw!
Hope this finds all you and yours healthy and happy. If you have any questions or anything, just ask.
Aloha,
Stan
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