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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 23, 2025
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Aug 2, 2004; 11:52AM - 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 JULY 26-AUGUST 1, 2004
WEATHER: Hot and humid again with light winds in the afternoons keeping us from baking. Our night time lows have been in the mid to high 70’s while the daytime highs have been averaging around 93 degrees, and once in a while hitting 107 in the direct sun. No rain this week and none expected for the next week either.
WATER: We had warm water across the area at the beginning of the week but around Wednesday night there was a cold water upwelling at the Cape. The cold water was around 73 degrees and forced many of the fish away from the immediate area. As of now there is a band of cold water running down the Pacific coast and out to the south 20 miles, but there is a band of warm water about 83 degrees coming back across the front of the Cape from the Sea of Cortez. All the banks have pretty much remained their same temperatures this week with the Gorda, 1150 and 95 Spot staying 83 to 84 degrees and the San Jaime staying about 80-81 degrees. Surface conditions have been very good close to shore and there have been some fair sized swells farther out, along with a bit of wind chop in the afternoons.
BAIT: No change on bait availability, the normal summer selection with Caballito and Mullet at $2 per bait and occasionally Sardinas available at around $25 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Perhaps our Blue Moon this week was a bad omen, but the Marlin bite dropped off once again as the week came to an end. Most boats were seeing one or two Striped Marlin on the surface and if they were lucky they were getting a bite from one of them, but it was not a consistent thing, for sure. There were still Blue Marlin making their presence known, but again, they were not plentiful. The best areas this week seemed to be around the Cortez banks, with the better luck being had at the Gorda, 1150 and 95 Spot. Live bait was the key to success for the boats that found Striped Marlin and lures brought up the Blue and Black guys.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: We still had action on the Football fish this week but there were also a couple of flurries of action on the bigger fish as well. For the boats that were able to be at the right place at the right time, Tuesday at the San Jaime kicked out some nice Yellowfin in the 80-100 pound class with the best results being had by the early boats in the area and using large dark colored lures. These fish were associated with a large school of Porpoise, and as the week continued there were more Porpoise seen and more large fish seen, but bite dropped off. Friday saw some of those #100 fish caught at the Gorda banks by boats working live Sardinas on light lines, but that was almost the only thing that worked on them. There were plenty of Porpoise and Tuna seen on the other high spots on the Cortez, but the Yellowfin bite was very sporadic and the bigger fish were very line shy. Most boats were lucky to get a fish or two in the box.
DORADO: Fishing is all about being in the right place at the right time, and the Dorado bite this week was a perfect example. I know of many boats that never even saw a Dorado this week and others that caught as many as a dozen in one trip. The area off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side was a great area before the cold water flared up, and then the fish seemed to go away. Boats that worked the banks on the Pacific side had a few bites on nice fish to 60 pounds, but there was no wide open action found. Close to shore on the Cortez side there were a few more fish later in the week and they were averaging 15 pounds, but there were not the large schools we have been hoping for. Getting a fish or two was as much as most boats could hope for this week. Best action was had by slow trolling live Caballito.
WAHOO: Still little action on the Wahoo, but I expect the action to pick up this week with us going past the full moon.
INSHORE: Some action was had on Amberjack and Grouper, but the Roosterfish near Cabo seemed to be off the bite. The Pez Gallo action seemed to be happening a little further up the coat on the Cortez side, and the key to getting a good bite going was the use of live Mullet as bait. Inshore Dorado to 15 pounds provided a surprise now and then as well.
NOTES: This weeks fishing remained slow, and I am not going to predict what nest week will bring, but my fingers are crossed and if I don’t have a charter I will be out there scoping it out on my own! This weeks report was written to the silence of my speakers as I needed an aural break. Construction going on across the street from the house and a race week has cars and bikes screaming up and down the road. I sure am glad our street was paved last year! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Aug 1, 2004; 09:19AM - Slow Summer
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
Talk about summer doldrums, the only boats getting out this week were the locals that seemed more interested in cooling of than fishing. Tuna and dorado produced the best action with a sailfish only showing up in the pattern occasionally.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-82
Humidity 79 %
Wind 7 mph from the WSW
Conditions T Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:47 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:31 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 1, 2004; 09:18AM - Roosters in the Coop
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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: Sailfish action continued at a respectable pace with most boats reporting several shots a day. Inshore more and more grande roosters keep showing up in the Chicken Coop. By the time that Jacks or Better rolls around in October there should be some serious tugs to be had.
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 80-90
Humidity 62%
Wind 12 mph from the WSW
Conditions Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:19 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 1, 2004; 09:15AM - Walk Across the East Cape Dorado
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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., July 31, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Fri. (7/24-7/30)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Dorado are thick and within spitting distance of the hotels, roosters and jacks cruising close to shore and ready to rumble . . . plenty of ladyfish and small jacks to put a bend in your 8-weight as well. Some wind in the afternoon that just cools things off a tad.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 75-88
Air temperature 80-93
Humidity about 52%
Wind: 16 from the SSE
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:49 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:00 p.m. MDT
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15 New, August 23 First Quarter, August 29, Full,
OFFSHORE: Looks like the blues will be around for the tournaments scheduled for the first week of Aug. and if you find the right porpoise school you are in for a tussle with the YFTs.
INSHORE: Dorado action continues to please in front of La Ribera with mostly smaller fish.
BEACH: We are finding plenty of roosters cruising, but they are not very aggressive, still fun to pursue.
BILLFISH – Blues, blacks, stripes, sails for the persistent.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Better use a 12-weight and a Baja Wasabi
DORADO – Still the smaller variety inside with an occasional 15-pounder. Bigger fish cruising in open blue water
ROOSTERFISH\\JACK CREVALLE – Olive Clousers continue to work well, try Rooster Alley.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Occasional schools spotted on the surface, position the boat down swell and start flinging when they get in range.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Rocky points and pargo seem to go together like chips and salsa.
SIERRA – Hard take, quick run and no fly, they must still be here
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Well, for the most part, the snook continued their wily ways with the exception of a few small ones in four days. The species count for the just completed six angler Michael Williams group – from the Sacramento, Calif., area – was impressive, Steve Fargo, El Dorado Hills, landed the group’s best: a chunky 12-pound leopard grouper, that nearly railed him on an 8-weight. Bill Bergan, Sacramento, came in second on practically the last cast of the trip followed closely by Charley Sumner II, Roseville, and Randy McBain, who also landed a few of the salty version of a peacock bass. John Fitzpatrick, and Michael lead the pack in the corvina department, landing double digits during the trip. All in all the species list included, yellowtail, leopard grouper, broomtail grouper, mojarra, cabrilla, pargo, spotted rose snapper, snook, halibut, lingua and several other undefined reef fish.
Water Temperature 60-65
Air Temperature 75-84
Humidity 28%
Wind WNW 15 in the afternoon
Conditions Scattered clouds
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:49 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:16 p.m. MDT
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15 New, August 23 First Quarter, August 29, Full,
YELLOWTAIL – Plenty of firecracker variety eating chartreuse Clousers on anything else that got in their way.
CORVINA – White fly, red eye did the trick.
SNOOK – Saw a few grandes, but no takers.
HALIBUT – Belchers had some 10 pound ones that could be sight-cast to.
SIERRA – Nope
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Sailfish action continued at a respectable pace with most boats reporting several shots a day. Inshore more and more grande roosters keep showing up in the Chicken Coop. By the time that Jacks or Better rolls around in October there should be some serious tugs to be had.
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 80-90
Humidity 62%
Wind 12 mph from the WSW
Conditions Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:19 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
Talk about summer doldrums, the only boats getting out this week were the locals that seemed more interested in cooling of than fishing. Tuna and dorado produced the best action with a sailfish only showing up in the pattern occasionally.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-82
Humidity 79 %
Wind 7 mph from the WSW
Conditions T Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:47 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:31 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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Jul 26, 2004; 11:35AM - 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 JULY 19-25, 2004
WEATHER: The week was mostly cloudy every day and windy as well. That was not a bad thing as it kept us cool, and we did without the air conditioner this week. Our daytime highs were in the mid to high 90’s while our night time lows were in the mid to high 70’s. With all the clouds we thought that there was going to be a bit of rain here, but it looked as if it all dumped up in the mountains.
WATER: The week started with Warm water in the 84 degree range right in front of town, but as the week went on this water disappeared and as of now the warmest we have within 20 miles is 80 degrees. Up the coast on the Cortez side it gets to 85 degrees, up around Punta Gorda, and there are a couple of small spot where it reaches 82 degrees on the Gorda Banks, but other than that almost everything is in the 79-80 degree range. The water is nice and blue though! Surface conditions on the Pacific and offshore on the Cortez side have been a bit choppy in the afternoons as the wind picks up, but it has been fishable.
BAIT: Plenty of Caballito available at the normal $2, some Mullet at the same price and I heard that one of the bait boats had some Sardinas as well, and that they were pretty proud of them.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Last weeks fishing was great for Billfish, but this weeks fishing definitely dropped off. Maybe it is the moon phase (the new moon was the 17th), maybe it is the water (temps dropped), but there were a lot of boats disappointed in the action this week. Of course there are always exceptions, and I did see a few boats come in with two or three Marlin flags flying. The fish that were found were in the warm water and that meant going at least 25 miles out and up on the Cortez side. Live bait worked well on the Striped Marlin that were found, with lures coming in a decidedly second place. Due to the water temps changing, the Blue Marlin were scarce unless you had the time and range to get up around the East Cape.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Footballs and small school fish were the catch this week for most of the boats. The best action was out around the 1150 spot in Porpoise schools and those fish were also the slightly larger ones, with most of the in the 25 pound class. Closer to home there were footballs found while trolling blind and the action could be fairly steady on them if you used small hootchies. Almost all of this action was on the Cortez side of the Cape.
DORADO: This week was almost a repeat of last week as far as action on the Dorado go. There was good fishing to be found not far from shore up around the Westin and Punta Gorda areas. The fish were averaging 15 pounds with a few big ones and a few small ones in there, and the boats that worked it were getting 3-6 fish per trip. Offshore there were larger fish, but fewer of them. Bright colored feathers and small Marlin lures worked well on the Dorado this week (as they do almost every week!).
WAHOO: I saw almost no Wahoo flags this week, and did not talk to anyone who had Wahoo strikes.
INSHORE: Dorado and small Tuna seemed to be the targeted species for the Pangas this week, but there was still some decent inshore action taking place for the boats targeting Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle. Roosterfish were averaging 15 pounds with a few really nice ones in the 30 pound class being caught as well, but there were more Jacks being found than Roosters, and they were a bit bigger on average as well! The bottom fishing was pretty much “pick here, pick there” kind of thing, with a little of everything and not a lot of any one species being caught.
NOTES: The fishing was a lot slower this week than last week, but the weather is starting to clear up so maybe the fishing will get better as well. Thanks to all of you who wrote to me about my music pick last week! I did not realize that so many of you read the notes section! The information I received helped me a lot as I learned that Harlow Wilcox from the album is not the same guy as the announcer from the late 30’s and the “Fibber and Molly McGee” show. Not even related as far as I found out. Plus, the song “Groovy Grubworm” hit number 6 on the Cashbox top 40 in 1969. Thank you to all of you who helped me on this. This weeks report was written to the music of Phillip Glass on the 1986 release “Songs from Liquid Days”. Now you know I have an eclectic taste in music! Until next week, tight lines!
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Jul 26, 2004; 11:31AM - Fly Hooker 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
1 Striped Marlin tagged and released (#120)
7 Dorado kept (#10 - #35)
1Yellowfin kept (#10)
1 Hammerhead Shark released (7 feet)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 21, 2004
The Hasko group is fishing with us today and they will be fishing again on the 23. Marlin is the target for both days, but of course no fish will be refused! Juan and Manuel went offshore today, straying as far out as 18 miles in search of fish willing to bite. Slightly choppy conditions and some nice swells, combined with a fairly good overcast slowed down the ability to sight Marlin tailing on the surface, and the water was just a bit cooler out there as well. The only action of the day was sighting one fish tailing and that one refused to eat. We sure hope things are better on Friday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 22, 2004
Mark Bailey and his wife Sue are our anglers for the day and Mark sure would like to tangle with a Marlin! They were supposed to fish on another boat today, but the Captain was a no-show and they went with us instead. It was Juan’s day off so Manuel had to get a replacement marinero and came up with Estephan (“Tebby”). Mark was impressed with him and so was Manuel. With those recommendations we were able to hook him up with a full-time job on a friend’s boat. Back to the Bailey’s trip though, Manuel and Tebby went north on the Sea of Cortez and worked the area off of Palmilla. Not getting out until 7:30 was odd, but things worked out all right. There were plenty of Dorado in the area and Mark got two fish in the 20-25 pound class in the boat, had two more around 12-15 pounds and then several “peanuts” of about 6-8 pounds. One small Yellowfin Tuna chewed on a lure and managed to get himself hooked and then Manuel saw a Hammerhead shark. The guys asked Mark if he wanted to try and catch it so he gave it a shot. Not very impressed with the fight of a Hammerhead, Mark said “It was like fighting a bucket”. Maybe if it had been a Mako things would have been different! Anyway, they go the Shark to the side of the boat for a couple of pictures then released it. Mark said they had seen one Marlin all day and it would not eat, but he and Sue had fun. Thanks guys, we are glad things worked out for you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 23 JULY, 2004
This was the Hasko groups second day of fishing and now the pressure was on. All four guys wanted a shot at a Marlin but the bite had been off. This was surprising because on Sunday it had been going off strong! Juan and Manuel talked to a few of the other Captains on the radio and headed offshore again, this time 25 miles to the east, out around the 1150 spot. Juan said there was a lot of Marlin in the area and they had two on at one time, both hooked on live bait. One of the fish was fought to the boat for a successful tag and release. Unfortunately the dog gear on the other TLD 25 stripped and they were not able to get any line on the reel. Juan had to try and hand line the fish and the line ended up breaking. There were other fish in the area but they would not eat. They guys were also able to get one nice Dorado that Juan said would have been around 25 pounds, and lost one other “Big” one that hit a large Marlin lure but did not hook up well. At least the guys were able to get some action on the Billfish today, much better than on Wednesday. And now there is a new TLD 25 on the boat. Until next week, tight lines!
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Jul 23, 2004; 03:18PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 7-15-04 - 7-22-04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Exceptional weather, Calm seas and Hungry gamefish offshore and inshore was the order of the day last week in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. French Angler Mr. Devocelle, fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 finished his week by landing 10 ROOSTERFISH and 1 YELLOWTAIL JACK on his last inshore day and 4 SAILFISH, 2 YELLOWFIN TUNA and 1 JACK on his last offshore day. Returning New Jersey Angler and co-champion of last year's Ixtapa Zihuatanejo total Tag & Release tournament, Jerry Dailey along with Wife Mary Ann fishing with Captain Adolofo landed 3 SAILFISH and 1 BONITO on their first day offshore and 6 ROOSTERFISH, 2 YELLOWTAIL JACKS ands 1 big NEEDLEFISH on the first day inshore. Also from New Jersey, Mr. John Dolan fishing with Captain Cheva landed 3 ROOSTERFISH and 8 YELLOWTAIL JACKS in one inshore day. Turning his attention to offshore Mr. Dolan hooked up with Captain Candelerio on the super panga 'Leydy ' and landed 7 SAILFISH and lost an estimated 400 LB. BLUE MARLIN at boatside after a long battle. Mr Donal fished 2 days with Captain Candelerio. Returning California Angler Mr. Ted Scott fishing with Fly fishing expert Captain Chico aboard the Llamarada hooked and lost 4 SAILFISH on a fly in two offshore days. L.A. angler, Mr. Frank Sette fishing a half day aboard our newest super panga ' Sirena ' Landed 1 nice ROOSTERFISH and 3 YELLOWTAIL JACKS. The blue water is within 8 miles of shore and conditions are near perfect.
We still have a few openings left for this year's Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Total Tag & release Tournament to be held November 14 - 17, 2004. Interested anglers are encouraged to contact us as soon as possible for hotel details as well as boat availability.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Seasonably beautiful with temps in the 90's, a touch of humidity but no rain.
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Sincerely,
Stan Lushisnky
Susan Richards
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Jul 21, 2004; 05:36PM - Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 7-09-04 to 7-15-04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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This week began with some rough sea conditions and high tides which hampered the fishing efforts. Once things calmed down both the offshore and inshore action continued to improve. French angler Mr Devocelle, fishing with Captain Adolofo on the Dos Hermanos 1 landed 4 SAILFISH, 2 DORADO, 18 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 1 SKIPJACK and 32 BONITOS in three offshore days. Turning his attention to Inshore, Captain Adolofo put Mr. Devocelle on to 8 YELLOWTAIL JACKS, 17 ROOSTERFISH, many of which scaled in at better than 50 lbs, 7 NEEDLEFISH and 3 BONITOS in two days of inshore angling. Most of the ROOSTERFISH were taken on Cotton Cordell red and white pencil poppers although a few of the bigger fish took live bait presented off Z-wing downrigger planers. ( www.zwingdownrigger.com ) The Petra Family from Mexico city, fishing aboard the super panga ' Sirena ' landed 2 SAILFISH and 14 BINITOS in one offshore day. The Blue water is within 12 miles and the sea conditions ended the week very favorably.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Mixture of Clouds and Sun with no rain.
Sea Conditions: Moderate to rough
Bait Supply: Excellent!
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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Jul 19, 2004; 11:26PM - Venice summer offshore fishing
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Increadible summer..it's been 3 months since I have had the time to report! Been killing the tuna at night and the wahoo dolphin and billfish during the day...we have had everything but a spearfish this summer..attached picture is from 2 weeks ago when we T/R a 375 pound blue..we also released a grander a few trips back after a 5 hour fight..there are more pictures and detailed reports of each week's adventures on our
WEBSITE!
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Jul 19, 2004; 01:46PM - 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
6 Striped Marlin tagged and released (#80, #100, #120, #120, #130, #140)
2 Dorado released (#10, #18)
2 Dorado kept (#25, #35)
1 Wahoo kept (#60)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 12, 2004
Mark Theissen, Mitch, Stephanie, Nathan and one more person went fishing today on the “Fly Hooker” with Juan and Manuel. The water was getting a bit choppy with the approach of a tropical depression but they still had a good time. There were plenty of Marlin to throw baits but they were not in the feeding mood. They were able to get a couple of nice Dorado to the boat and took one of them, around #25 home for dinner. A good day on the water and no one got sick!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 15, 2004
Gerald Jacobs was supposed to go fishing by himself on the 13th and with his kids today, but the weather had other plans for us! Since we had tomorrow open we postponed the kid’s trip until then and he went out himself today. Juan and Manuel worked the area from the 95 spot and east of there looking for a Marlin. They found lots of Striped Marlin on the surface, but very few of them were hungry. Eventually they did find one that ate the live bait tossed in front of it, but the fish did not hook up! Later on in the day they had a blind strike and Gerald fought a Blue Marlin that Juan estimated at an easy #300 for almost 20 minutes before it shook loose of the hook. That was it for the day, but no Gerald thinks that they just might stay out all day with the kids tomorrow so he can have a better chance at a Marlin! Our fingers are crossed for you Gerald!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 16 JULY, 2004
Today is Gerald’s second day with us and he thought that he might be out all day trying to get his Marlin. He took his three oldest kids with him today and they were looking forward to seeing Porpoise and maybe a Turtle or Whale. What they had instead was a copy of “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” as the swells from the tropical depression gave them some excitement! None of them got sick, and they were back in at noon. Thank goodness they were all right with watching Dad catch fish. And catch fish he did! The first fish of the day was a very nice Wahoo that Juan estimated at #60, but we will never know for sure because it was filleted before getting a chance to be weighed! As far as Marlin went, well, not just one, but two tagged and released fish for Gerald! Both of them were Striped Marlin and Juan says they were on live bait. I am not real sure of that since I am hearing all this reporting from him on Sunday morning (just got back from CA last night) and sometimes he looses track, but we know for sure that there were two Striped Marlin! Gerald had a blast and has decided that this might be a good thing to do every year. The kids had fun too and the boat was back in the slip at noon. Thanks Gerald, we are glad you had a great time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 17 JULY, 2004
Jeff Jenkins and his buddy Keith came down to Cabo a few days before everyone else in the bachelor party because they wanted to do some fishing before they partied. Well, mom Nature had something else in mind for them and instead of fishing on the 14th they fished today. All the other guys arrived last night and they tried talking some of them into going out with them today, but there as no way that going to work! Hangover city! Jeff and Keith had the boat to themselves and it was just as well. Juan and Manuel worked the same area that they have been working the past few days and were able to put the guys on a Dorado the weighed an estimated #35 that the kept for dinner, and they also were able to hook up to a Striped Marlin. After a good fight they got the Marlin to the side of the boat for pictures, a tag placement and a good release. Good going guys, glad you finally got out to fish!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 18 JULY, 2004
Our good friend Tim Magee is back in town and decided to take some friends of his fishing today. Manuel was supposed to work today but never showed or called, so it was up to Juan to try and get a deckhand for the day, and he was lucky to come up with Estaphan (Steven) who normally works on another boat. Tim showed up at the dock at the arranged time of 6:30 and shortly thereafter his guests arrived. Lucy lives here and works at the offices at the Pedregal, her mother Maria and niece Pamela live in Mexico City and are here on vacation. Lucy has fished before but it was the first time for Maria and Pamela. Juan and Estephan set out to find some fish and they had a lot of luck today! Tim brought along a new lure he had bought a few days ago, he had fished it several days ago and had a lot of luck, catching three of four Dorado that came in on it, and the lure attracted the fish again today! I won’t tell you the brand, but it had a fairly steep cut on a tube body and was set with black/silver over purple skirts. Now, this lure did not bring any fish to the boat, but it sure got hit! Tim said that they had a Striped Marlin whack at it; hooked up an estimated #300 Black Marlin for about 5 jumps, a Blue Marlin estimated at #250 for a minute and a few jumps and had a big Dorado come in to it as well. But, like I said, it did not hook anything up for very long. The only thing that got a good hook-set was live bait! Lucy was first up and shortly after starting, and only two or three miles off of Gray Rock, a tailing Striped Marlin was sighted and Estephan tossed a bait in front of it. This fish was hungry and quickly inhaled the live Caballito. After a lot of jumps and 25 minutes of fighting the fish on #40 line, Lucy brought the fish to the side of the boat for a successful release! Not a bad fish at all and it was estimated to be right around #120. Not long after that another tailing fish was sighted, then another, then another………well, there were a lot of them out there! Somewhere on down the line they found another hungry fish and it was Maria’s turn, but she said no, there was no way she was going to fight the fish. Pamela refused as well so Tim got on the rod and brought the fish, estimated at #140, to the boat for a quick picture alongside and a release. One more Striped Marlin? Sure enough, there were one more of them out there that was hungry and this time Pamela said she was willing to give it a go. Lucy gave her a bit of a hand on holding the rod (Pamela is only 8 years old!) but she did all the reeling herself! After about 25 minutes and a lot of coaching she finally go the fish to the side of the boat for a successful release! Pamela, you have my total admiration, I don’t know of many anglers your age that would be able to do what you did! If all that was not enough, they hooked up a small Dorado on the way in and Tim reeled it in and released it. Oh yeah, they were back at the dock at 12:30! A great day on the water with some great fishing to go along with it. Perfect memories for a first time saltwater angler as well, what is she going to do to top that catch? Thanks Tim, I only wish I had been there myself! So folks, until next weeks report, Tight lines and great tunes!
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