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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
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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 23, 2025
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Aug 30, 2004; 12:34PM - Fly Hooker Daily Catch Reports
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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
Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: 9 fish released
Sailfish: 1 fish released
Dorado: I fish kept
Yellowfin Tuna: 12 fish kept
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 23, 2004
Greg and his wife Chris are back in Cabo this week. Greg says he really needed this trip, he was starting to stress out at work and relaxation was in order. He is fishing today, tomorrow and Thursday with us and the goals for this trip are to catch a Sailfish and a Blue Marlin. This is the best time of year to try and accomplish both goals and today he was able to get half of them taken care of. Chris stayed at the resort and Greg took of out of the marina at about 6:30. Juan and Manuel headed toward the 95 Spot as there had been a lot of action in the area over the past few days. There were still fish there today and it did not take long before they hooked into a Sailfish! Andy Cline got Juan to start using his secret method several years ago, and now when things are right Juan does well with it, today things were right. They were able to get several other Sailfish into the spread but could not get a solid hook up, but they were able to get one Striped Marlin to the boat for a release. Other fish were seen but were not interested. Greg has invited me to go with him tomorrow as he like some company. I’ll let you know how we do!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 24, 2004
Today Greg W and I went fishing. Juan and Manuel headed out to the 95 Spot again, this time to search for a Blue Marlin for Greg to put on his “caught” list. We started to cruise out and around 6 miles out started to see lots of current rips. Manuel spotted a sleeping fish and we slowed to throw bait. Of course the sleepers don’t bite very often and this one stayed true to form, going down as we arrived. With one fish spotted on the surface and all the rips in the area, we decided to start trolling. This was at 6:50. At 7:00 we had a small Striped Marlin hit on the stinger (bridge rod). The fish kept coming back on the lure (Andy Cline special) until finally Greg was able to get a good hook set on it. The fish did not take long to get to the boat as it was a little overpowered by the heavy gear and it only weighed around 70 pounds. A quick release and it was 7:15 with the possibility of getting skunked put away for the day. Our next action came at 8:00 when again the stinger got hit, but this was a bigger fish and hooked up right away. Greg is a good angler so this Striped Marlin that we estimated at #120 only took him about 15 minutes and after a couple of good pictures along the side of the boat it was released. Amazingly enough, our next strike was almost exactly one hour later as the stinger was again struck and the fish hooked up after a few attempts. This time the Striped Marlin put up quite a show on the surface with lots of jumping and running. Greg kept the pressure up and had the fish to the side of the boat in about 25 minutes. I joked with him that either the fish were getting bigger or he was getting tired, but it was the fish getting bigger! The Striped Marlin that we released was around #140! 30 minutes later we had a bull Dorado of about 30 pounds hit on the stinger (what was wrong with the rest of our lures?) but after about 10 minutes and getting him half way to the boat he was able to throw the hook on one of his jumps. Shoot, that was dinner swimming away! We continued trolling and we were getting real close to the 1150 area when Manuel spotted birds and Dolphin in the distance. As we got closer we were able to see the action as well and discussed changing out one lure just in case there were Tuna in there and they were willing to bite. Greg decided to put out his Dixie Dancer (a High-5 special) and leave the rest of the big stuff out there. We finally got into the Dolphin, they were the large gray ones with the big spots, and there were no other boats there! All right, first boat on the scene, and as we made our pass where the birds were, both outriggers and the flat line got slammed! Nice sized swirls on the lures showed that these were not football fish, except for the one that I fought and then lost! Juan and Greg continued to fight their fish and shortly I was able to gaff Juan’s fish, about 25 pounds, then Greg’s fish, about 30 pounds. Sashimi in the boat! The lures were put back in the water as the fish were bled and Manuel called a few boats to let them know where the action was. In the distance you could see the diesel smoke as boats came running in. We were able to get one more pass on the fish before the other boats got there, and this time it was a double strike. Bigger swirls than last time and the fish were a bit larger also. Both of the fish that came to the boat were around #40 and again they were bled and the lures placed back out. By then there were around 7 or 8 other boats working the fish, and at least five of them were hooked up. Right after getting the lures back in the water the right rigger lure got slammed. Manuel kept the boat going, hoping for a multiple hook up, but then we saw the silver flashing and knew that it was not a Tuna, instead we had hooked the fourth Marlin of the day! Another boat just a short distance away watched as we fought the fish and had lots of surface action while they fought the Tuna they had hooked up. Oh what a day! Several more passes on the Tuna resulted in two more for the box, one of them around #40 and one around #25, plus Greg lost one quite a bit larger when the hook pulled half way to the boat. One time during the action while Greg was fighting fish I put out a live bait. It was taken almost right away but I didn’t get a good hook up. I put another bait on and hooked it by the tail so it would go down and it ended up getting mauled, but again, I did not get a solid hook up. By now it was noon and we were 28 miles out, had caught and released four Striped Marlin (four for four!), lost a Dorado and three Tuna and had six nice Tuna in the box. We changed to all bigger Marlin lures and started the troll home. As we came top about 15 miles out we had one more Striped Marlin come in on the left rigger and pop the line from the clip. The fish then went to the stinger lure and tried that several times. Juan dropped back a live bait and about two minutes later we were hooked up to the fifth Striped Marlin of the day! It was a fairly quick fight because even though it was light line (#40), the fish weighed about the same! Juan held it up for a quick photo and then we released it and watched it swim away. It was time to pull in the lures and run in. Maybe Greg will get his Blue Marlin on Thursday; he sure had the practice today! Oh, and did I mention that all this was done stand-up style? Scroll on down and on Thursday I’ll let you know how Greg did on his last day.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 25, 2004
Michael Jackson (no, not him) and friends were our anglers on the Fly Hooker today. Michael last fished with us 5 years ago, right after we had bought the boat. The goal for the day was to get a fish and have a good time on the water. Juan and Manuel went looking in the same area where they have been having such great success the last few days, out around the 95 Spot and the 1150. I received a call from Juan around 10:30 that they had just lost the lure we had been running in the stinger position, the one we had been getting so many fish on. He said (Michael confirmed it) that a very large Wahoo, estimated at #100, had made one jump on the lure and cut it off. At that time they had already released one Marlin and lost another one. As of the end of the day they lost another Wahoo due to the fish severing the leader. Michael and friends were happy with the released fish, they had good action and the water was nice. All in all a good day! We hope to see Michael again soon!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 26, 2004
Today was Greg’s last day of fishing aboard the Fly Hooker and his last shot this trip for a Blue Marlin. Juan and Manuel went a little to the south of the 95 Spot hoping to find one there but on the way out they came across a wooden pallet floating on top of the water. There was another boat there already but Juan noticed that the other boat was only trolling, not using live bait. Manuel pulled up to the pallet and Juan tossed out a live bait and it was soon eaten by a Dorado about 15 pounds in size. Another bait was put out and a larger fish estimated at 40 pounds was hooked up. Unfortunately that fish came off after a few jumps and that was the end of the Dorado action. Later in the morning the came across a school of Yellowfin Tuna and caught six fish from the school, ranging in size from #8 to #40. That looked like all the action for the day as they turned toward home, but on the way in a Striped Marlin tried to eat the stinger lure. Greg pinned a live bait on and dropped it back. When the bait was in position Manuel slowed the boat. The Marlin made one attempt to eat the bait and Greg tried to set the hook. No luck, but the bait was still on. The fish came back again and this time Juan told Greg to wait about 6 seconds before setting the hook. Greg did that and was hooked up! The fight was about 15 minutes on a #120 Striped Marlin. That makes 7 Striped Marlin and one Sailfish for Greg, along with a dozen Tuna and a Dorado in three days of fishing, not a bad count at all! Thanks Greg, we hope we get to see you again next year, and of course it will be time for that Blue Marlin!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 27, 2004
Today we were part of a larger group, totaling three boats and we had four anglers aboard. Juan and Manuel headed out to the same area they had found the Tuna yesterday but were not able to get to the fish in time to get bit. As normal, the first few boats there caught the fish and later boats just got to watch porpoise! They caught no Tuna, but they were able to catch, tag and release a Striped Marlin for the day’s effort. Our next scheduled trip is on Sunday, I’ll let you know if things change out there then!
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Aug 29, 2004; 08:25AM - Season Soon Coming
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
Unsettled weather conditions kept the locals closer to home this week.
There are definitely more sails than clients this time of year. Inshore,
the roosters are laying in wait until someone shows up to play.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 94 %
Wind ESE 13 mph
Conditions T-Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:51 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:17 p.m. CST
August 29, Full; Sept. 6 Last Quarter; Sep. 14 New; Sept. 21, First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Aug 29, 2004; 08:24AM - Action Close To Home
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 82º blue water is only a half mile off the beach. The
sailfish action picked up this last week, from only 1 to 2 fish average
to boat, to a fairly solid 3 fish per boat per day. The incredible
roosterfish action is definitely holding up with the fish still
averaging between 35 and 40 pounds.
I saw Adolpho leaving the municipal pier area yesterday in his panga
“Dos Hermanos.” When I called out to him as to how he was doing on
roosters he opened the palms of both hands and yelled back 'muchos.”
Asking about the sailfish, he just gave me the two thumbs up sign.
Baja on the Fly’s, 'Jacks or Better Fly Fishing Tournament' Oct. 6-10
still has a few openings.
http://www.bajafly.com/jacksorbetter.htm
Water Temperature 80-84
Air Temperature 78-87
Humidity 71%
Wind West 8 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:31 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:02 p.m. CDT
August 29, Full; Sept. 6 Last Quarter; Sep. 14 New; Sept. 21, First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Aug 29, 2004; 08:22AM - Tuna and Dorado Crash East Cape Party
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:
PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
bajafly@bajafly.com
USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Aug. 28, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Fri. (8/21-8/27)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
CONDITIONS EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
EAST CAPE
IN GENERAL: With tropical storms swirling out to the west several
hundred miles to the south, the dorado and tuna just kept on coming.
Both are spread up and down the coast close enough to allow for a second
cup of coffee before heading out. It is that time of year when part of
the locals’ morning routine is to check their favorite internet weather
site to make sure everything is copasetic. There was a little rain and
some wind in the PM, but not enough to put a damper on the continuing
tuna/dorado snap.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 81-88
Air temperature 82-94
Humidity about 71%
Wind: SSE 6 mph
Conditions: T Storms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:59 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:39 p.m. MDT
August 29, Full; Sept. 6 Last Quarter; Sep. 14 New; Sept. 21, First Quarter
OFFSHORE: Mid-morning after a romp with the tuna and dorado, you can
produce some exciting action for sails.
INSHORE: The only thing that has changed this week is that the tuna
and dorado are a bit fatter. Still close to shore and spread out enough
to give the flyrodder a chance.
BEACH: Lots of variety this week: jacks, lookdowns, ladyfish, pompano
and small roosters with an occasional Bubba showing up
BILLFISH – Nothing like what looks like a jailbreak of sails chasing
every teaser behind the boat to have anglers bumping into each other
trying to get to their 12-weight.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Fatter fish this week, with lots of 10-weight
candidates and a few 12-weights as well.
DORADO – Same deal with the dorado, bigger; someone must be spiking the
sardina.
ROOSTERFISH\\JACK CREVALLE – Olive Clousers are working for us with a
slow, abrupt, retrieve.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Plenty of schools feeding on the surface
from Rancho Leonero to Punta Colorada.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Look for the dark shadows on open sand beaches.
Bounce that Clouser along the bottom and you may get lucky.
SIERRA – Pretty far down on the target list right now.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: According to the Terrifin SST, most of the warmer water is
down toward Tasco. The shark buoys in that neighborhood are providing
some fair dorado action with a few marlin spotted as well. Esteros are
providing consistent action for corvina, grouper and pompano.
Water Temperature 67-78
Air Temperature 75-86
Humidity 33%
Wind SSW 8 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:06 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:48 p.m. MDT
August 29, Full; Sept. 6 Last Quarter; Sep. 14 New; Sept. 21, First Quarter
YELLOWTAIL – Watch for the bird schools near the entrada They are up
and down so you have to be quick.
CORVINA – Some action on poppers this week. Several in the 5 pound class
SNOOK – A few in the 3-6 pound class on an incoming tide at Los Barriles
estero.
HALIBUT – Mostly smaller ones.
SIERRA – Nope.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 82º blue water is only a half mile off the beach. The
sailfish action picked up this last week, from only 1 to 2 fish average
to boat, to a fairly solid 3 fish per boat per day. The incredible
roosterfish action is definitely holding up with the fish still
averaging between 35 and 40 pounds.
I saw Adolpho leaving the municipal pier area yesterday in his panga
“Dos Hermanos.” When I called out to him as to how he was doing on
roosters he opened the palms of both hands and yelled back 'muchos.”
Asking about the sailfish, he just gave me the two thumbs up sign.
Baja on the Fly’s, 'Jacks or Better Fly Fishing Tournament' Oct. 6-10
still has a few openings.
http://www.bajafly.com/jacksorbetter.htm
Water Temperature 80-84
Air Temperature 78-87
Humidity 71%
Wind West 8 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:31 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:02 p.m. CDT
August 29, Full; Sept. 6 Last Quarter; Sep. 14 New; Sept. 21, First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
Unsettled weather conditions kept the locals closer to home this week.
There are definitely more sails than clients this time of year. Inshore,
the roosters are laying in wait until someone shows up to play.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 94 %
Wind ESE 13 mph
Conditions T-Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:51 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:17 p.m. CST
August 29, Full; Sept. 6 Last Quarter; Sep. 14 New; Sept. 21, First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Aug 27, 2004; 01:31PM - more marlin, tuna, wahoo and dolphin in Venice!
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Just got off the phone with Capt. Sonny who fished on the Albemarle today with Willie 'one jump' Miller. Old one jump was on his game today and they were able to T/R a white marlin on a rip 20 miles out..turned out the marlin was never actually hooked but tangled in the leader..whatever it takes..shows you why you miss a few of them..anyway after a short fight the fish was photographed and tagged and sent packing..the bite was hot on ballyhoo for the fish that actually found the hooks today..with 1 yellowfin, 2 blackfin, 2 bull dolphin and a wahoo making thier way into the box..they will be out again tomorrow..Darryl and Chris went further on the Finatic with Shane and Buddy. They were gone long the last few days picking up 2 blue marlin and 17 yellowfin..they even bagged a 35# wahoo while high speed trolling at 17 knots on the way out...sadly one of the blues expired and they had to handline it in..it weighed 418 pounds 18 hours AD..if there is a bright side; it is that the reel was spooled with 100 pound line and it was the smaller of the two they caught..they also had two run-offs swordfishing by MC 486 last night but pulled hooks on the hook-set..no telling what it was on the other end but the strikes were very close together and the leader was chaffed well past the hook..they were using live bridled hardtails one above the themo at 175' and one below at 250'..we had marked the break at 200 ft the last few tries..should have more to report tomorrow..Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006 Check out additional pictures and info ONLINE!
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Aug 25, 2004; 12:33PM - late August fishing out of Venice Louisiana
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Man its officially a blurr for me..been gone 8 straight days and some nights on the water..did not miss the computer which along with the digital camera are broken anyway ..maybe the cell phone will croak too....on to the fishing..the blue marlin bite was wide open early last week as expected with the influx of fresh blue water and bait..I said to the guys that I was expecting good things out of the trip but never expected so much action in 12 hours..had 6 billfish bites last Tuesday and tagged 2 blues one of which came off a double on each rigger bait..even released a 200 pound Mako shark which hit a marlin bait off the transom..had him on the leader twice but couldn't get the flyer throught the leather before he cut through the mono..not sure where we would have put him anyway..the rest of the time was pretty much business as usual..long runs, floaters, live bait and chum..all in all 32 yellowfin tuna, 1 rainbow runner and 5 bull dolphin made it to the cleaning table between Darryl, Chris and myself..could barely stand yesterday or remember all the names except for yesterday's group with Albert Holeman, who is one of those guys who has to catch a Marlin..tried taking the day off but Albert got wind of the wide open bite on bills last week and drove all the way down from Tuscaloosa to cash in..as it would be the beautiful rip that he and I had heard of was reduced to scattered grass in bluewater 35 miles offshore..set a 7 line spread in open water with only a barracuda to show by noon..about that time Albert retired to the AC for a nap..not 2 minutes later the right rigger exploded with what looked to be a small blue or large white.. Darryl did the best he could to clear lines and keep the fish on while Albert made his way into the chair..missing all the acrobatics in the 45 seconds it took for him to respond to the excitement..settled in for a short fight on heavy tackle just as we got control of the fish it came up greyhounding straight toward the boat (with no sight of the leader in tow)..fish on fish off..finished the day with our limit of jacks on the way in..next time..Darryl is out today and Sonny the next few days..I am catching up on sleep and bills..posted a few pictures from customer cameras that were waiting in my inbox..Paradise Outfitters..985-845-8006 or check us out ONLINE!
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Aug 23, 2004; 08:19PM - Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 8/9/04 to 8/18/04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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A good mixed bag of inshore and offshore action was experienced last week in Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo as favorable sea and weather conditions continue. Arizona angler, Doug Finney, fishing aboard the Super Panga, 'Dos Hermanos I' with Capt. Adolpho landed 3 ROOSTERFISH, 7 NEEDLEFISH, and 3 BONITOS in two days of fishing. Mr. Israel Sanchez of Mexico City landed 15 JACKS and Robert White of Chicago, IL, landed 7 JACKS, 1 ROOSTERFISH and 4 BONITOS. French angler, Mr. Vilmart, fishing aboard the Super Panga, 'Leydy' with Capt. Canderliero, landed 4 SAILFISH, 2 JACKS, 12 BONITOS, and 1 NEEDLEFISH in 4 days of fishing. California angler, John Laplante, fishing 1 inshore day with Capt. Adolpho landed 4 ROOSTERS and 3 NEDDLEFISH. New Jersey angler, Leonard Zima, fishing with Capt. Chiro aboard the Vamonso III, landed 2 SAILFISH in one offshore day and 2 ROOSTERFISH on 1 inshore day. Jack Johns of Houston, TX landed 2 SAILFISH and 4 BONITOS and Federico Armenta of Mexico City landed 3 JACKS, 1 ROOSTERFISH, 3 RAINBOW RUNNERS, and 4 BONITOS aboard the Sirena.
Sea Conditions: Calm
I/Z Climate: Hot Hazy Humid Temps in the 90's
Bait Supply: Good
Susan Richards
Stan Lushinsky
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters
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Aug 23, 2004; 11:05AM - Fly Hooker Daily Catch Reports
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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
Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: Four fish, two released, two taken (#70,#140,#180,#210)
Sailfish: Four fish, three released, one taken (#70,#70,#70,#90)
Yellowfin Tuna: 16 fish taken (#10-#35)
Dorado: Two taken (#15,#20)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 16, 2004
The Getty parties of three fished aboard the “Fly Hooker” today and were referred to us by our friend from New Jersey, Joe Baczuski. A Marlin was the ultimate goal, but they did not want to focus solely on that and have a chance of missing out on taking home some fillets, so Juan and Manuel decided to take off up the Pacific side and find some Tuna or Dorado, with a chance of getting a Striped Marlin as well. The Tuna were there, and they ended up with 16 of them, ranging in size from 10 to 35 pounds. Juan said that they lost one fish that was well over 60 pounds. All this action was not too far from shore and after they had enough they went out to the Golden Gate banks to check it out. They got one Dorado on the way out there but there was no action for them on the bank itself. Not one Marlin was sighted by then today, but everyone had a fairly good time anyway (except for one very seasick angler). Thanks guys, and don’t forget to share the fish when you get home!
“FLY HOOLER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 17, 2004
Liam Ruddy and his new wife Rachel were our anglers today. They just got married this weekend in Palm Beach, and Hurricane Charley did not interfere with their plans! They have a 31’ Contender at home and do a lot of fishing there, so they did not have a lot of interest in any Tuna or Dorado, Liam wanted Billfish, Marlin preferred! Juan and Manuel took off and headed out to the 95 spot where they put in lines. I got a phone call about 10:30 from Juan and he told me that they had just taken a Striped Marlin that had been bleeding from the gills. Later on in the morning Liam got hooked up to a Sailfish and got it to the boat for a successful tag and release. Rachel fought a #20 Dorado up to the boat and then the guys saw a big #50 bull Dorado following so they left Rachel’s fish out and tried to hook the big guy on live bait. Eventually they were able to get a hook in him, but then both fish came off! Oh well, that’s fishing! Things apparently slowed down after that and with the Marlin caught and fishing slow, they decided to come in a bit early. Congratulations Liam and Rachel, I hope your life has many more days like this one!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 AUGUST 2004
Steve Henline, his son Jack and friends Max and Scott are fishing aboard the “Fly Hooker” for the next three days. Today was a great day on the water for them as the target for the day was Billfish and everyone except Steve got one to the boat. Steve is waiting for the big boy, the Blue Marlin! Max caught the smallest fish of the day, and unfortunately it was also bleeding heavily when they got it to the boat. His Sailfish weighed approximately #90 and ate a live Caballito tossed to it. Jack’s fish was the first one hooked up and it was hooked on a lure. The #140 Striped Marlin was fought for about 20 minutes before coming to the boat for a tag, photos and then a good release. The last fish of the day was Scotts, and it was also the largest one! Caught on live bait, his Striped Marlin was estimated to weigh #180 and it took him around 30 minutes to get it to the boat. Again there was a good tag and release. Steve got some great video and says that of 50 days on the water this trip today was the best he has ever had. Thanks Steve, we have our fingers crossed that the big Blue shows up for you tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 20 AUGUST, 2004
For the second day of video shooting and Billfish hunting Steve, Jack, Max and Scott had a good time. Juan and Manuel worked the same area as yesterday, out around the 95 Spot, and there were still fish in the area. They had a lot of fish come into the pattern but were only able to go two for four on Sailfish, and blanked out on two Striped Marlin and one Blue that made attempts at eating lures. Not a lot of fish to the boat, but there was a lot of action! Maybe Steve will get his shot at a Blue tomorrow.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 21 AUGUST, 2004
Today was the last of three days fishing for Steve, Jack, Scott and Max. It was supposed to be Steve’s day for a Blue Marlin, but it turned out to be a day for Scott, but not on a Blue! Starting in the same area around the 95 Spot early in the morning, Juan and Manuel started the search for a Blue. Of course the guys were not going to turn any fish down, but a big Blue was the target for the day. With nothing showing on the surface, and no reports of action in the area, they worked their way farther north, to outside of Cabo Real about 12 miles. Still nothing happening and they decided to get farther offshore. Out to 22 miles they went and finally had a solid strike. No one really saw the fish, and while it was a strike, it did not hook up. Juan dropped back a live bait, the bait got bit, the hook was set and then the water exploded! Both Juan and Manuel thought it was a Blue of a bit over 200 pounds. Now, a Blue was supposed to be Steve’s fish, right? Well, Scott happened to be closest to the rod when the fish was struck so he became the angler. There was a lot of jumping, and some great video of the action, then about 30 minutes into the fight the fish became tail wrapped during one of the jumps and died shortly after that. It ended up taking Scott over an hour to get the fish to the boat. At the dock, the fish weighed #210 pounds, an extremely nice Striped Marlin! They did have a few fish that they tossed bait to later on in the day, but no more hook-ups. Three days of fishing, three Striped Marlin, three sailfish and shots at others. Scott was the big fish guy for the trip with one Striped at #210 and another estimated at #180. Thanks guys, we enjoyed your company and are glad you had a great time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 22, 2004
Todd, his father Max and his wife Cheryl went fishing on the Fly Hooker today and wanted to catch the biggest of their lives. That was not to be too hard an assignment as the biggest fish they had caught before was about the size of our bait! Well, that’s assuming that they were able to get anything to the boat. For the longest time on this trip it looked like they were going to get skunked, then around 10:30, when they were 22 miles to the east, a nice Striped Marlin of about #140 hit on one of the lures. One jump that everybody got to see and the fish came back down on the line and broke off. Juan said that a little later on a Sailfish came into the lures but did not hook up. Cheryl said that since the Marlin got away they would probably get a fish on the way in. She called that one right, because around 10 miles form the Marina they had a Dorado hook up on a lure and finally got a fish in the boat! The Dorado was about #20 and filleted out real nice! Thanks guys, we enjoyed having a beer after the trip and talking with you!
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Aug 23, 2004; 11:03AM - 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 AUGUST 16-22, 2004
WEATHER: It was a warm week here in Cabo but at least the afternoon breezes kept us from sweating like we did last week! Our night time lows were in the 80 degree range while our day time highs ranged from 93 to 100 degrees. Very little cloud cover in our area this week and of course, no rain at all. It looks like we have had a slight shift in our weather patterns and we may have a bit of a cooling trend coming, at least that is what some people have been saying to me. I am not a meteorologist so heck, I just keep my fingers crossed!
WATER: At the end of our week we had a band of warm 85 degree water running out to 15 miles off shore on the Cortez side of the Cape and it wrapped around and extended out to the San Jaime Bank. Just up the coast on the Pacific side it dropped to 81-82 degrees and that cooler water extended off shore for 5-8 miles. That cooler water was also green earlier in the week and extended quite a bit farther off shore. Both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez had very nice water in the mornings but as noon approached every day the wind started to pick up and the Pacific became choppy. Not uncomfortable, just lots of whitecaps.
BAIT: Pretty much the same as last week with almost the only bait available being Caballito at the usual $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: With the moon phase at the first quarter at the end of the week and the water temperatures the way they are, it was no surprise that the action on Billfish picked up this week. The hot area was around the 95 Spot and in toward Gray Rock and from the 95 Spot out to the 1150. There were plenty of Striped Marlin and Sailfish in the area and most boats had at least a dozen shots a day at one or the other. There were lots of Blue Marlin showing up in the patterns (a relative term as I feel that one or two shots a day is a lot), but they were hard to get hooked up well. The Striped Marlin were of varied size, with our boat catching them from #70 to #210. The Sailfish were of decent size with most around #70, and the Blue Marlin that showed up looked to be between #250 and #350. The Striped Marlin showed a preference for lighter colored lures with Bleeding Mackerel doing very well. The Blues liked the darker lures run short while the Sailfish preferred small, light colored lures. Live bait accounted for about 50% of the catch this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin were not that hard to find at the beginning of the week and at the end of the week, but when that cold green water moved in off the coast on the Pacific side at the middle of the week things just shut off. Early and late, the bite seemed to be about 5 miles off the beach on the Pacific for football size fish, but I did hear eyewitness accounts of schools of Tuna as large as #200 busting baitfish as close as ½ mile off the beach early in the week. There were good catches of Tuna made at the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks as well with fish averaging 20-30 pounds. Dark colored feathers and cedar plugs were the ticket, but when the bite got finicky those who did well put out very small hootchies and down-sized the leader, or went directly to the main line with no leader at all.
DORADO: The Main Dorado action this week was on the Pacific side with some large fish being found on the Cortez side by boats fishing bigger lures for Marlin. Most of the fish on the Pacific side were between 15 and 20 pounds, and a few boats were able to limit out for their anglers. Live bait was the key, with a Caballito being dropped back as soon as a troll caught fish approached the boat. A few boats were lucky enough to find a piece of kelp holding fish, and every day or so one of them came in with lots of yellow flags flying.
WAHOO: I heard of one boat getting 8 Wahoo in one day, but that was second hand information. I was told it was two miles north of the 1150. Most of the Wahoo I heard of were caught off of Gray Rock and the lighthouse on the Pacific as well as some at the San Jaime Banks. Most of the fish were between 20 and 30 pounds. Bright colored lures worked for the sharp toothed guys, and bright Marauders in bleeding Mackerel and Dorado colors worked well.
INSHORE: Inshore action this week was almost a repeat of last week with a few Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle making up most of the catch, at least according to the Panga captains I talked to. Most of them preferred to work the Dorado and football Yellowfin off the Pacific side this week, as the action was more consistent than the inshore fishing.
NOTES: The Billfish bite is picking up and everyone is walking around town with smiles on their faces! Combine that with the eating fish that are being caught and everyone is happy. Let’s hope it stays that way for a while! I haven’t had a music choice listed in a while so this week I went back to a recent favorite to listen to while writing this weeks report. Oscar Lopez’s 2000 Narada release “Armando’s Fire” kept me on the edge of my seat while typing away on the computer. Give it a listen and let me know what you think! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Aug 21, 2004; 01:18PM - Locals Have it All to Themselves
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
With few clients around, the locals have the action all to themself and are finding good sailfish action within an hour of the harbor. Add a few tuna and dorado to the count and there are plenty of smiles all around. Inshore, the roosterfish are ready and waiting though few boats are targeting them.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 82-87
Humidity 79 %
Wind SE 11 mph
Conditions T-Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:50 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:21 p.m. CST
August 23, First Quarter; August 29, Full; Sept. 6, Last Quarter; Sept. 14, New
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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