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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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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 23, 2025
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Aug 21, 2004; 01:17PM - Jacks A Plenty
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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: Conditions remain fairly unchanged for the last two weeks. The dorado are still a no show, but we are finally getting some of overdue rains to wash material out of the rivers to help hold the dorado. The added benefit of our late evening rains is it really cools things down a bit.
We are still getting an average of 2 to 3 sailfish a day per boat, and the 25-pound class tuna are at the 15 mile mark.
The big action is still with the roosterfish and jack crevalle. The roosters are 4 to 6 fish a day, averaging 35 to 45 pounds.
What the smaller jacks lose in size (averaging about 10- to 12-pounds), they make up for in quantity. Fifty fish days are not uncommon if you want to target them.
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 80-87
Humidity 79%
Wind SE 8 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:30 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:07 p.m. CDT
August 23 First Quarter; August 29, Full; Sept. 6 Last Quarter; Sep. 14, New
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Aug 21, 2004; 01:15PM - East Cape Bonanza; Others Merely Great
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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.21, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Fri. (8/14-8/20)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Wham! Bam! The early bird gets the tuna and dorado. With the action so close to the hotels (15 minutes at the most) it is essential to have a quick breakfast and be on your boat early. Have those rods locked and loaded when you get on the boat or you will be watching your buddy getting yanked while you are desperately trying to get rigged. See-Through Deceivers and Sea Habits with olive backs are doing the trick. If the tuna aren’t visible on the surface, use Clousers and let it sink further down in the water column. Sardina for chum has been tough to come by this week so that is another reason to push away from the breakfast table early.
I can’t say enough good things about Sea Watch that has spearheaded a massive letter writing campaign, (link included), that helped convince Mexican officials to hold off long lining while they examine effects on the fragile Sea of Cortez. Like no one knows the damage it does.
Sea of Cortez and letter links
For all our friends in Phoenix, Arizona, Gary and Yvonne will be on of the presenters at the “Outdoors Arizona” Outdoor Recreation Expo, Aug. 27-29 at the Phoenix Civic Plaza. Check your local newspaper for Gary’s schedule.
FRI.: Aug. 27
2:00 p.m.
Baja on the Fly/Gary Graham-Sportsmen’s Warehouse Stage
Baja on the Fly/Gary Graham-Outdoors Arizona Stage
5:30 p.m.
SAT., Aug. 27
Baja on the Fly/Gary Graham-Sportsman’s Warehouse Stage
11:00am
3:00 p.m.
Baja on the Fly/Gary Graham-Outdoors Arizona Stage
SUN.: Aug. 28
10:00 a.m.
Baja on the Fly/Gary Graham-Sportsman’s Warehouse Stage
3:00 p.m.
Baja on the Fly/Gary Graham-Outdoors Arizona Stage
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 81-88
Air temperature 82-94
Humidity about 69%
Wind: SE 2 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:45 p.m. MDT
August 23 First Quarter; August 29, Full; Sept. 6 Last Quarter. Sep. 14 New
OFFSHORE: It that time of year that a flyrodder can expect a decent number of shots at the sails.
INSHORE: From La Ribera to Punta Colorada is producing excellent catches for tuna, fat skipjack and a good mix of small- to medium-sized dorado.
BEACH: Had a Bubba class rooster, 50 chase a mullet practically to my feet, didn’t know if I should cast or run. Plenty of lookdowns, pompano and small jacks to keep you busy between Bubbas.
BILLFISH – Grab your 12-weight and come on down.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – The spot looks like a parking lot for boats. but the tuna don’t seem to mind.
DORADO – Not wide open, but close. Had a couple of clients the other day that were worn out before the dorado quit.
ROOSTERFISH\\JACK CREVALLE – Olive Clousers worked for most using a short, abrupt retrieve.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Want an IGFA record? There are some potential ones swimming around right now.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Sight casting to pargo? It happened this week along the sandy beach at Rooster Alley.
SIERRA – A few around, but wire not practical with so many other exotics. If you see them use flies tied on long shanks and you may get lucky and not lose the fly when they bite.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: It is that time of year when everyone begins to look to the outside for any signs that offer a clue about what kind of action will be seen in the fall. A few reports of dorado and striped marlin have begun to crop up. There are reports of a few below Tasco, more 20 miles west of the entrada around the shark buoys. Small yellows, a few decent-sized groupers provided fair action earlier this week. Corvina continue to dominate the estero scene with a few pompano, pargo, leopard grouper and only a few smaller snook.
Water Temperature 67-78
Air Temperature 75-84
Humidity 23%
Wind West 17 mph
Conditions Scattered clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:03 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:55 p.m. MDT
August 23 First Quarter; August 29, Full; Sept. 6 Last Quarter. Sep. 14 New,
YELLOWTAIL – Can be found breezing under the bird schools or hanging around the pinnacles at the entrada.
CORVINA – Pier, bridge at the entrance to San Carlos or Devils Curve all producing some action.
SNOOK – Just a few smaller variety.
HALIBUT – Cruise the shallows near a sandy beach with your Polaroid’s and you can sight cast to the flat rascals.
SIERRA – Only a rumor or an excuse for every fly lost.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Conditions remain fairly unchanged for the last two weeks. The dorado are still a no show, but we are finally getting some of overdue rains to wash material out of the rivers to help hold the dorado. The added benefit of our late evening rains is it really cools things down a bit.
We are still getting an average of 2 to 3 sailfish a day per boat, and the 25-pound class tuna are at the 15 mile mark.
The big action is still with the roosterfish and jack crevalle. The roosters are 4 to 6 fish a day, averaging 35 to 45 pounds.
What the smaller jacks lose in size (averaging about 10- to 12-pounds), they make up for in quantity. Fifty fish days are not uncommon if you want to target them.
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 80-87
Humidity 79%
Wind SE 8 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:30 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:07 p.m. CDT
August 23 First Quarter; August 29, Full; Sept. 6 Last Quarter; Sep. 14, New
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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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Aug 16, 2004; 11:17AM - 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 9-15, 2004
WEATHER: Tropical weather is the norm this time of year and we are in the midst of it for sure as our day time highs have touched above the three digit level a few times this week, at least here on shore, and the humidity has been high. Our night time lows have been 80 degrees and there has not been much breeze at night so having air conditioning has been a good thing (even though the electric bills are outrageous!). We have had no rain but there has been some cloud cover.
WATER: Summertime warm water conditions continued this week as the water on the Cortez side of the Cape reached temperatures as high as 88 degrees off of Punta Gorda. As you went south toward the Cape the temperatures started to drop, and at the tip it was about 85 degrees. On the Pacific side our cold water was 80-82 degrees and on Saturday this covered a band of water that ran 15 miles up the Pacific coast and went out to the San Jaime Banks. The surface conditions were good all week with little morning wind except for Tuesday, and just light winds in the afternoons.
BAIT: $2 a piece for Caballito and not much else easily available this week.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin bite continues to improve as we get to the new moon phase. There have been some nice Blue and Black Marlin caught on the Cortez side and there seems to be a few Sailfish out there as well. The hot areas this past week were the 95 spot for Striped Marlin and the 1150 for Blue Marlin and Sailfish. Out toward the Seamount there were a mixed bag to be found and at the Gorda Banks you had a chance at both Blue and Black guys. A few fish were found on the Pacific side but they were mostly Striped Marlin. The Striped Marlin were best hooked on live bait while fast trolled lures worked on the Blues. Slow trolled live bait around the Banks and drop offs was the most successful method for Black Marlin.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This weeks Tuna section should be run just as a copy of last weeks! There were football fish to be found with Dolphin and in the blind on the Pacific side, and fairly close to shore at that. These fish ran from 6 to 15 pounds. A few pods of Dolphin held slightly larger fish to 30 pounds, but the real bruisers were farther off shore. I heard one account of nice fish to #200 being hooked up out at the Seamount in the Dolphin, but while they were hooked, none were landed. The area to the south of the San Jaime kicked out a few nice fish as well, but they were mixed in with a lot of the smaller fish. Best results were on small feathers and cedar plugs for the footballs and larger, Marlin sized lures for the larger fish.
DORADO: This week is a repeat of last week Dorado action. The Dorado bite was all about being out there. That was all you had to do, and the earlier the better. Most of the fish were found on the Pacific side, and the sizes were not large, averaging perhaps 12 pounds. Not big fish, but a good catch on light tackle and great as fillets. Best results were had by boats spotting Frigate birds working then running under them and tossing out live bait. There were larger fish found, but not in any quantities, by boats working the banks and off shore current breaks. These fish went upwards of 35 pounds, but they were few and far between.
WAHOO: There were some Wahoo caught this week, but none of them I heard about were very large fish. Most of them were in the 20-30 pound range and were found on the edges of the Banks or around the drop-offs. Regular Marlin lures seemed to attract them just as well as the normal Wahoo lures such as Marauders.
INSHORE: Scattered Roosterfish close to the beach, with some of the fish reported as large as #50 provided a bit of inshore action, but there were not a lot of them found. Most of the Pangas focused on the Dorado and Yellowfin found within three miles of the beach on the Pacific side.
NOTES: Fishing is picking up again as we get to the new moon! Thank goodness for that, because we are going to be busy this week! I played the “El Dorado” course last week. Well, I guess if you were really kind you could say I played it. Today I go to the driving range and try to see if I can drive a ball far enough to get out of the tee box area. Maybe I should stick to fishing, buy a new boat with a fuel sucking engine and all new gear, it might save me some money! Until next week, tight lines!
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Aug 16, 2004; 11:15AM - Fly Hooker Daily Catch 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
1Yellowfin kept (#25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 10, 2004
Bill and his wife Peg had this trip arranged for them by one of my best friends. Bill is Tom’s accountant and Tom was going to pay for the fishing while on a cruise ship stopover here in Cabo. Well, Juan and Manuel got them out at 10 am but about 30 minutes into the trip noticed that the oil pressure on the Starboard. Engine had dropped. Juan went and checked it out and found that we had engine oil in the fresh water so they shut the engine down and came back. The mechanic was called and that afternoon we determined that we had an oil cooler failure. The cooler was removed and taken to a local welding shop, repaired and replaced on the engine. Oil was replaced, the fresh water system flushed many times and everything worked fine. No charge to Tom, and Mary got to spend the rest of the day with Bill and Peg, showing them around the town.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 11, 2004
Today’s three anglers were from another Sportfishing outfit that needed another boat for the day and they were really looking forward to the trip. Imagine my feelings when I received a call from Juan at 9 am saying that the oil cooler had failed and they were working their way back. I told him to stay in the area they were at since they had already boated a 25 pound Yellowfin and that I would contact another boat to come and get the anglers to finish their trip. I found someone else and they went on to catch 4 Dorado so they had a good day and were happy that it did not have to finish early. Meanwhile, the mechanic was not in town so Juan and I removed the oil cooler ourselves. Luckily there was one available at Diesel Professionals, but it hurt, to the tune of $500. But we did not have to pay a Mechanic this time. Getting the job done at 4:30 in the afternoon we proceeded out to test it for an hour, discovered one little other problem, got it fixed and were done and cleaned up by 6:30. Maybe I should take up golf?
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 14, 2004
A split trip with another boat arranged through another agent was scheduled for today. We had four guys on our boat and there were four on the other boat. All these guys had fished together on a larger boat yesterday and had caught a couple of football Yellowfin. The other boat caught one Dorado today. Juan and Manuel worked the 95 spot since our guys wanted Marlin. Juan said they spotted 5 fish on the surface but could get only one of them to bite, and that fish did not hook up well. That was all the action for the day for us. Sorry guys, but that is the way fishing goes sometimes!
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Aug 9, 2004; 08:09PM - Summer fishing in Venice Louisiana
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Had another bang up trip to the deep blue aboard the 93'Finatic this weekend. Roger Swims and the rest of Atlanta's captain's of industry came down to try thier luck amid a questionable forecast. Left Cypress Cove on Thursday afternoon arriving too late to make bait, but it didn't matter..we caught 8 yellowfin on glow braid slammer jigs and blackfin chunks the first evening amid a surprising 2-3 ft sea. At daybreak the boys picked up 6 more schoolsized yellowfin on poppers releasing 5 of them. Darkness gave way to light around 5:45am and out went the 8 line trolling spread..first strike came around 9am yielding a 110 pound yellowfin..then the front hit with 20 knot winds which soon delivered 6-8 ft seas..spent the remainder of the day bouncing between platforms with only one other 100 pound tuna to show by 4pm..As the bodies began to disapear below, we explained to the last few hold-outs, that the action could pick up in one second, one minute, one hour or not at all..as it turned out it would only take ten minutes to restore the excitement to the usual fever pitch..the next hour yielded 4 bull dolphin another 80 pound yellowfin and one white marlin T/R..by dark everyman on board was again pacing the cockpit deck awaiting his turn..Not exactly sure what happened after fresh grilled tuna dinner because I went to bed but I know 5 more yellowfin went into the box with the rest released..the pilot wasn't sure if he could get the King ir 200 off the ground if anymore fish were brought to the dock so we headed in early..final tally was 17 yellowfin from 50-110 pounds, 4 bull dolphin - 20-30 pounds and a 60 pound white marlin...have two more trips scheduled for next week to complete this year's season...the 32 Albemarle and 35 Cabo have been fishing mixed trips between the tuna and bottom fishing..not limits of either but quality fish..the tuna have been running 60-120 pounds and the snapper and grouper between 15-20 pounds..hope to have the website photo's to reflect the last few weeks..Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006
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Aug 7, 2004; 10:07PM - Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 7-30-04 to 8-6-04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Steady rains opened up the rivers this past week which muddied up the Inshore waters. Coupled with light angling activity, little was reported for last week. Captain Adolofo Espinosa on the Dos Hermanos reported good inshore activity on a host of different fish. Captain Adolofo fishing with Arizona Angler, Doug Finney, landed
2 ROOSTERFISH, 2 YELLOWTAIL JACKS, 10 NEEDLEFISH and 2 BONITOS in two days of inshore fishing. Angler Mr. Lindberg also fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 landed 1 ROOSTERFISH, 1 YELLOWTAIL JACK 5 NEEDLEFISH, 9 BONITOS and 7 TIGER GROUPER in one inshore day. Mr Lindberg's group also fished aboard the La Bamba and Marlin Azul, loosing 1 SAILFISH and landing 2 SAILFISH in one offshore day. The blue water moved out to beyond the 10 mile mark.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Weather: Rainy, Hot and Humid
Sea Conditions, Moderate to rough
Bait Supply: Fair
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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Aug 7, 2004; 02:45PM - Maintenance Time!!
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
Aug. is traditionally maintenance time, time to get boats, motors, radios, trolling gear and everything else ready for another whiz bang season beginning in early Oct. Still some good dates left for the upcoming season and now is the time to arrange your sailfish trip of a lifetime.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 79 %
Wind SSE 8 mph
Conditions T Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:48 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:28 p.m. CST
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15 New, August 23 First Quarter, August 29, Full,
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Aug 7, 2004; 02:44PM - Z-What Roosters Swarm
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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 80º plus blue water is still holding only a mile off the beach. Most species are biting, with the exception of the blue marlin (the water is too warm), and dorado. The dorado are missing because the rainfall this last few weeks has been below normal and we have not had much debris washed out of the rivers to hold them.
Most every boat fishing the blue water is averaging between 2 and 3 sailfish per day. Plus, the added bonus of school-sized yellowfin tuna that are only out 10 miles, and are biting.
Inshore, there are a lot of jack crevalle; and light line anglers have been scoring up to 50 a day on these hard fighting fish.
The big news is still just off the surf line with the roosterfish action. The bite is fantastic, and has been holding up for several weeks now. We expect this action to continue on into Dec. It should really make for a great 'Jacks or Better Fly Fishing Tournament' Oct. 7-10 for Baja on the Fly. Contact Gary or Yvonne if you want to know more about this first ever (and IGFA approved) tournament. http://www.bajafly.com/jacksorbetter.htm
Adolpho, on the panga “Dos Hermanos” caught 6 roosters for his clients yesterday, between 35 and 45 pounds. But the one they did not get was the real story. They were using a surface popper on spinning gear, casting into breaking bait, with birds diving and roosters crashing the surface. One cast was laid over the wing of a pelican. Naturally, the pelican was startled and flew off, but he wrapped the line by making a turn and heading in another direction. What happened was incredible! The pelican flew a few feet off the water and was 'trolling' the popper. Up to 5 different roosters grabbed the popper, dragged the pelican back down to the water, and then came unbuttoned . . . to just start the process all over again. That was one very confused bird!
It must have been a hell of a sight, and where is a video camera when you need it?
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 80-87
Humidity 62%
Wind WSW 6 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:26 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:16 p.m. CDT
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15 New, August 23 First Quarter, August 29, Full,
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Aug 7, 2004; 02:42PM - East Cape Billfish Split; Z-What Roosters Swarm
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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
Sat., Aug. 07, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Fri. (8/1-8/6)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Small dorado continue to be the crowd pleaser for the flyrodders. Bubba-class roosterfish cruising close to shore have everyone’s flyrods waving like corn stalks in the wind as they try to make that perfect presentation. Only a few sardina schools spotted along the beach. Best action is near La Ribera and Punta Colorada.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 75-88
Air temperature 80-91
Humidity about 69%
Wind: NW 4 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:52 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:56 p.m. MDT
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15 New, August 23 First Quarter, August 29, Full,
OFFSHORE: It seems like every time there is a tournament at East Cape, things get weird - weather great – but the billfish seem to take a powder. Forty two boats accounted for only a dozen released and two that qualified at the scale, a 386 and 304. Even the big dorado took a hike with the best for the event a 44-pound fish. The big tuna were even a long way off – 40 to 50 miles out. The big fish for the event were the 386 pound blue, 44 pound dorado and 192 pound tuna. Those are pretty slim pickings for the 44 boat fleet.
INSHORE: Dorado action continues to please in front of La Ribera with mostly smaller fish.
BEACH: Plenty to look at, few takes on the larger roosters.
BILLFISH – Only so-so for the week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Long boat ride for some fatties.
DORADO – Still the smaller variety inside, with a few bigger fish cruising in open blue water
ROOSTERFISH\\JACK CREVALLE – Olive Clousers still the best bet this week, try Rooster Alley near the arroyo.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – A few schools on the surface between La Ribera and Punta Colorada.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Fair on the rocky points between La Ribera and Punta Colorada
SIERRA – Hard take, quick run and no fly, they must still be here.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Few anglers this week to take advantage of the entrada’s continued good fly-fishing with leopard grouper, firecracker yellowtail and other rock-dwelling critters whacking a well presented Baja Deep Diver almost every time it shows up in the neighborhood. Water temperatures are creeping upward and a few reports of dorado and marlin at 20 miles west are beginning to filter in. Look for things to really get going in mid-Sept..
Water Temperature 67-78
Air Temperature 77-84
Humidity 45%
Wind Calm
Conditions Scattered clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:07 p.m. MDT
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15 New, August 23 First Quarter, August 29, Full,
YELLOWTAIL – Small fish, big attitude
CORVINA – A few fatties sucking up a white fly adorned with a couple of red eyes.
SNOOK – It is only a matter of time before someone connects with one of the grandes.
HALIBUT – Sight casting to halibut, that’s different.
SIERRA – A few down at the south end of the bay
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 80º plus blue water is still holding only a mile off the beach. Most species are biting, with the exception of the blue marlin (the water is too warm), and dorado. The dorado are missing because the rainfall this last few weeks has been below normal and we have not had much debris washed out of the rivers to hold them.
Most every boat fishing the blue water is averaging between 2 and 3 sailfish per day. Plus, the added bonus of school-sized yellowfin tuna that are only out 10 miles, and are biting.
Inshore, there are a lot of jack crevalle; and light line anglers have been scoring up to 50 a day on these hard fighting fish.
The big news is still just off the surf line with the roosterfish action. The bite is fantastic, and has been holding up for several weeks now. We expect this action to continue on into Dec. It should really make for a great 'Jacks or Better Fly Fishing Tournament' Oct. 7-10 for Baja on the Fly. Contact Gary or Yvonne if you want to know more about this first ever (and IGFA approved) tournament. http://www.bajafly.com/jacksorbetter.htm
Adolpho, on the panga “Dos Hermanos” caught 6 roosters for his clients yesterday, between 35 and 45 pounds. But the one they did not get was the real story. They were using a surface popper on spinning gear, casting into breaking bait, with birds diving and roosters crashing the surface. One cast was laid over the wing of a pelican. Naturally, the pelican was startled and flew off, but he wrapped the line by making a turn and heading in another direction. What happened was incredible! The pelican flew a few feet off the water and was 'trolling' the popper. Up to 5 different roosters grabbed the popper, dragged the pelican back down to the water, and then came unbuttoned . . . to just start the process all over again. That was one very confused bird!
It must have been a hell of a sight, and where is a video camera when you need it?
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 80-87
Humidity 62%
Wind WSW 6 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:26 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:16 p.m. CDT
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15 New, August 23 First Quarter, August 29, Full,
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
Aug. is traditionally maintenance time, time to get boats, motors, radios, trolling gear and everything else ready for another whiz bang season beginning in early Oct. Still some good dates left for the upcoming season and now is the time to arrange your sailfish trip of a lifetime.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 79 %
Wind SSE 8 mph
Conditions T Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:48 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:28 p.m. CST
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15 New, August 23 First Quarter, August 29, Full,
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Aug 5, 2004; 05:19PM - Hawaii Freshwater
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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Peacock bass action has slowed a little. We're still seeing some big spawners, but not like a few months ago. When the big tukes are guarding their schools of babies, they are hard to trick into biting. Action on the one and two pounders and some schooling fish chasing shad is picking up.
Lots of Red Devils. They can be very aggressive and will take small lures and nympth & streamer flies. Really fun on light tackle. The other day we stopped counting at 100. The kids had a ball.
Lots of summer rain in Hawaii, and the water level is up and down from week to week making the fish move all around. But when you finally find them it's worth the effort.
Aloha,
Stan
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