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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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Apr 3, 2004; 09:54AM - More than Less East Cape – Guatemala
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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
Fri., April 02, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (3/26-4/01)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Inshore action was definitely the winner this week, just ask businessman Rocky Dixon and his college-age son Strawn, who made the trip all the way from Portland, Ore., to fish with us this week. They both landed jacks – Rocky’s weighing 18 and Strawn’s edging it out by 2 pounds. Throw in a few nice sized pargo, skipjack, sierra and even a few smaller roosters and you can understand why they were saying, “See you soon,” not goodbye. Pudge Kleinkauf’s last group of the season also got in on the great inshore action with lots of doubles and triples on skipjack, several nice-sized pargo, one dorado and a few more missed.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66-57
Air temperature 69-77
Humidity about 66%
Wind: Some in the PM
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:10 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:34 p.m. MST
April 5, Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New, April 27 First Quarter,
o OFFSHORE: It was a hit and miss proposition this week, with a few boats scoring on dorado while others did without.
o INSHORE: Fair to good action all week within a few miles of shore.
o BEACH: Big jacks and roosters have already begun to show from Spa to the lighthouse.
BILLFISH – A few, but hardly worth the effort for the fly.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Long ways and a crap shoot at best.
DORADO – No bonanza, just enough to peak everyone’s interest.
ROOSTERFISH – Plenty of smaller ones and every once and while Bubba rolls through.
JACK CREVALLE – Beach and inshore producing plenty of opportunity.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – A few miles out in front of La Ribera is good to WOW.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Punta Colorada and the sticks both producing some nice ones.
SIERRA – Early or late, plenty to play with, best in several years.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: Early in the week the wind continued, but by midweek had died out. Out at the entrada near Santa Margarita Island there was a fair catch of grouper, corvina and of course, plenty of cabrilla.
Water Temperature 64-70
Air Temperature 62-69
Humidity 75%
Wind 17 mph
Conditions Haze
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:17 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:43 p.m. MST
April 5, Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New, April 27 First Quarter,
YELLOWTAIL – Among the missing this week.
CORVINA – A few larger ones at Santa Margarita island.
SNOOK – Slim pickings this week.
HALIBUT – A few throughout the bay on the sandy beaches.
SIERRA – Sun-up or sun-down for best results.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Late March and on into the end of April is historically a slow time of the year for us because we get a cold green water current in here for about 6 weeks. But, the cold water is gone and the color is blue. With the 78º blue water only a few miles off the beach, we are all wondering why the fishing is so slow. It was slow for all species this last week.
Santiago, on the panga, “Gitana” is releasing a couple of sailfish a day, but he is traveling 22- to 25-miles out to find them. Only a few other boats are even making a one fish a day average.
Even though a couple of blue marlin were taken earlier in the week, the big fish, like the marlin and 200 pound plus tuna have all but disappeared.
Water Temperature 72-78
Air Temperature 75-89
Humidity 74%
Wind Calm
Conditions Overcast (OVC) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:40 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:59 p.m. CST
April 5, Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New, April 27 First Quarter,
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: Last week was sleepy after the excitement of the tournament the prior week. Few boats were out, but the stats were in line with prior weeks and the high boat released 24 of 36 on sails. This week has had a lot more excitement. More marlin than usual have shown up, and one boat had one on the fly that ran into the side of the boat with the bill going through the hull. From what I have heard, just about everybody had shots at marlin this week. Large dorado have also reappeared on the scene.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 79-84
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 69 %
Wind SW at 11 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 8,000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 5:58 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:15 p.m. CST
April 5, Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New, April 27 First Quarter,
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Mar 29, 2004; 10:43AM - 'Fly Hooker Daily 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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE FISH KEPT (#120) TWO FISH RELEASED (#180,#130)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: TWO FISH KEPT (#8’s)
DORADO: FIVE FISH KEPT (#15,#25,#25,#35, #45))
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 21 MARCH, 2004
Straight from Las Vegas, “The Man” in the Jewelry business there, Malachi, his wife,
another couple and a friend were our anglers today. It did not take long for Juan and
Philipe to get out to the fishing area as the wind did not start to blow until this
afternoon. Only 10 miles out and they were seeing Marlin everywhere. The first fish
was Malachi’s and it was a Striped Marlin of about #120 that came in on a petrelero
straight runner then ate a bit dropped back into the pattern. It took Malachi around 35
minutes to land the fish, which was bleeding from the gills pretty good. The next bit of
action was from a Dorado that ate a lure and that fish went into the box for dinner.
Later in the day, around 10 am, the next fish was hooked. It was another Striped
Marlin, and this fish was a bit bigger than the first fish. This fish also took a lot longer
to land! After a fight of 55 minutes the fish was brought along the side of the boat and
was measured for a possible mount. From the tip of the bill to the end of the tail in a
straight line it was 117 inches. The estimated #120 that was caught first was only 95
inches. A nice fish, and a good day on the water.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 22 MARCH, 2004
Dr. Jay Jones is back in Cabo after a five year absence and he will be fishing with us
today and on Wednesday. As has always been the case, the target is Marlin and we
have our fingers crossed after the luck that happened yesterday. The wind was still
blowing this morning and they had to go a little farther offshore today, but they did get
into the Marlin. Unfortunately, they only got one fish to hook up good enough to fight,
and then that one came back down on the line and broke off. Juan said that it looked
like the fish took the bait while coming in on it’s side, then took off jumping the same
way. They saw over twenty Marlin today so hopefully the bite will be better on
Wednesday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 23 MARCH, 2004
The wind never stopped blowing last night, and was still going strong this morning.
The Craig Webster party were on the “Fly Hooker” and while a Marlin would have been
nice, any fish at all was welcome. Unfortunately it looked as if the heavy winds blew in
the cold water and while Juan and Manuel went over 30 miles to the east, they never
were able to get into any fish. I’m sorry about that guys, but we can’t control the
weather or the currents.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 24 MARCH, 2004
Dr. Jay Jones was a little excited this morning and let us know right away that he
wanted tomorrow on the boat as well. His wife was having a fine time with the kids and
without him there, and he had gotten “permission” for another day on the water! The
wind was still howling this morning as the boat took off, and Juan and Manuel decided
that there was a better chance of getting a Marlin on the inside, close to shore on the
Sea of Cortez. A few boats yesterday had found a fish or two in there and the water
was a lot better as well. No Marlin for the day though. They did get two Dorado, one of
them about 15 pounds hit on a lure and after a live bait was dropped back behind it the
larger, #45 fish hit. Not Marlin, but a nice fight anyway. Now our fingers and toes are
crossed for Dr. Jones! Tomorrow could be the day!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 25 MARCH, 2004
This is the last day of fishing for Dr. Jones, and it is Manuel and Phillipe on the boat.
The wind died down last night, the skies cleared yesterday afternoon and I was able to
get a clear sea surface read out for the guys to use. I saw a break out 32 miles to the
east southeast and that is right where Manuel went. They managed to hook one Marlin
that came off and sighted three others out there, but could not get them to bite. Dr.
Jones was able to get two more Dorado though, both of them in the #35-#40 class.
The water was green and cold until they got to this area so they stayed and fished
there until it was time to run in, but there was no more action to be had. I hope that next
time Dr. Jones comes the fishing is better and closer to home!
“FLY HOOKER” FISHING REPORT FOR 26 MARCH, 2004
Our friend Tim McGee is back in town and brought his brother and friends with him.
Tim brought Tim Dungan, Julie Slinger and Gary Huckaby with him today, and he really
wants to get into some eating fish. Just in case they get a chance, he brought along a
pair of #20 outfits. Well, they guys took the boat out to the area where they had been
finding the Dorado and some of the small Tuna’s, but there was not a lot happening.
They did get one Striped Marlin hooked up, and Tim was able to bring it to the boat for
a tag and release. Everyone caught at least one fish today as there was also some
Tuna out there, but they were not biting all that well. A couple of fish in the #8 range
and one Bonita were all that happened for the day. At least the wind had died down
and the water was nice. Well, Julie did not think so as it was a bit rough for her, but the
chumming was appreciated by everyone else! Thanks Tim, perhaps later in the week
you will do better! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Mar 29, 2004; 10:38AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 21-27, 2004
WEATHER: The week started out all right with little wind and the warm waters close to
home, but on Monday it started to blow again. The wind kept up through Wednesday and then
dropped off. It was from the northwest and the west and cooled things off a bit. A little cloud
cover accompanied it, but no rain. Our evening lows were in the high 60’s and daytime highs
were around the mid 90’s. At the end of the week we were again into sunny skies and just a light
breeze.
WATER: We started out the week with warm water close to home, but then the wind started
blowing and the currents kicked in. By Tuesday the warm water had gotten as far as 30 miles to
the east and had taken all the Marlin and Dorado with it. The temperature break there was
strongly defined but the fishing conditions were bad. Of course this meant that the conditions on
the Pacific side of the Cape were also bad. Later in the week the wind died down and so did the
current and the warm water started to get closer. The Pacific side out to the San Jaime remained
in the low to mid 60’s while the warm 73 degree water came back in as close as 18 miles at the
end of the week on the Cortez side. The temp break on the Cortez side was 7 degrees over a 3
mile distance and there was a color break as well. Lets hope it keeps coming in and the wind
stays down!
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was small Caballito and they were the normal $2 per bait.
There were Sardinas at $20 a bucket and some small Mackerel as well at the normal $2 per piece.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, it changes on an almost daily basis! The beginning and the end of the week
saw some Billfish being caught, almost all of them being Striped Marlin. These fish were on the
warm side of the Cape, the Cortez side and the bite was a pretty even mix on bait and lures. The
fish were running between #120 and #180. At the beginning of the week it was not uncommon
for the guys to be spotting a couple dozen or more Striped Marlin a trip. Petrelero color seemed
to work well as almost everything out there was feeding on squid. A couple of boats reported
they tied into Swordfish in the cold water, and there were a few sighted on the surface that would
not bite.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This week the Yellowfin Tuna repeated last weeks size and areas, except
that there were fewer of the large fish caught. Also there seemed to be fewer caught overall.
Most of the fish were small footballs, averaging #6-#8. I did see some fish come in that were in
the #40-#50 range. A lot of the small fish were caught in to blind while the larger fish were
associated with the Porpoise. Due to the strong mid-week winds most of the fishing took place
on the Cortez side of the Cape.
DORADO: Green water close to home for most of the week resulted in a slackening of the
Dorado catch. There were Dorado being caught as long as you were fishing the warm water, but
the heavy wind kept a lot of boats from making the 30 mile trip. Once in the area, lures in
Petrelero color worked well, as they did for the Marlin, since there were large amounts of squid at
the temperature break. The Dorado that were found there were nice ones too, with most of the
fish in the #25-#45 range. A live bait dropped back after a hook-up on a lure sure worked well!
WAHOO: I did not see a real Wahoo flag this week, but that does not mean there were none
caught.
INSHORE: Nice Sierra were still available on the Cortez side of the Cape with the best action
taking place around the El Tule area. Some small Roosterfish are showing as well with most of
the fish in the 5 pound range. With the influx of cold water at the Cape, we had a return on the
Yellowtail bite also. Most of the fish were small, from #5 to #15, and dropping down small live
Mackerel seemed to be the key to getting a few of them in the boat.
NOTES: Sure am glad I am not a weather forecaster, I would never be right! Most of the time
we just have to hope that things are going to be good when people make their reservations! This
week the wind really hurt us, but there was some decent action at the beginning and end of the
week Our fingers are crossed that the warm water comes in close and fishing improves quickly!
This weeks report was written to the music of Roger Waters on the Sony DVD “In the Flesh”,
recorded live in Portland, Oregon in 2000. I grew up on this music, so why is he looking so old
while I feel so young? Until next week, good luck and tight lines!
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Mar 28, 2004; 06:39AM - Weather Wierd
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The weather once again has not been very co-operative, but the fishing has been good. The high boat for the week released 40 of 60 sails and there was also a marlin released on light tackle. Overall there were several days where boats were releasing 20 to 40 sails.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 79-84
Air Temperature 82-90
Humidity 59 %
Wind SW at 9 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 20,000 ft
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:03 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. CST
Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Mar 28, 2004; 06:38AM - Promises, Promises Zihuatanejo
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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 78º blue water is still holding at 6 to 8 miles, and the overall fishing is picking up. Several boats caught more than three sailfish each day, with Captain Pepino, on the “Whisky II,” releasing five for his best day.
The tuna are out near the 1,000-fathom curve (32 miles), but the action is fantastic when you get there. The fish are ranging in size from 30-pound schoolies, to 250 pounds-plus gorillas. It all just depends on what school of fish you come across.
Anybody who is seriously chasing blue marlin, once they get out to the 1,000 fathom curve, their chance for a big blue is almost a sure thing.
Roosterfish are picking up also. Several have been taken and they are averaging between 30- and 40-pounds.
Water Temperature 72-78
Air Temperature 77-93
Humidity 62%
Wind WSW at 12 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:45 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:57 p.m. CST
Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Mar 28, 2004; 06:36AM - Promises, Promises
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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
Fri, March 26, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (3/18-3/25)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Early in the week produced great catches of yellowfin tuna, though it was a long run below Las Frailes. Tues. (3/23), a rough south wind struck. It was Victory at Sea and the tuna did a vanishing act. For the rest of the week, most of the action was inshore with sierra, pargo and one of the best roosterfish shows in recent memory. Roosters from 20-50 pounds were chasing baitfish to the surface and the frigates were swooping down from above. For the flyrodder, the sierra and skipjack provided fair to good action.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66 - 75
Air temperature 71-77
Humidity about 44%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:17 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:32 p.m. MST
Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New
o OFFSHORE: After the south wind it has taken a few days for things to settle back down. We’re encountering some tuna and dorado, but the marlin are few and far between.
o INSHORE: Sierra, skipjack and – closer to the beach – a few smaller roosters and jacks were to be found.
o BEACH: A great sign of things to come: Sardina are beginning to show along the beaches near La Ribera and Punta Colorado.
BILLFISH – The few found were a lo-o-o-ong way out.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – Not wide open like it was, but a few showing up a long way off.
DORADO – More wishful thinking than fact. A few boats are coming up with some of the larger variety.
ROOSTERFISH – The larger variety are showing early afternoon about a half-mile offshore under the frigates. Tough to get on a feather, but fun to try.
JACK CREVALLE – Found a few good-sized schools with mostly fish less than 10 pounds. Vickie Vaughn, visiting all the way up the coast from Anchorage, Alaska, landed an eight-pounder from the beach on Thurs. (3/25).
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Quiet.
PARGO AND CABRILLA – Rocky points the best bet.
SIERRA – Be out early or you will miss the grab.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: Wind continued to hamper fishing most of the week. There were a few yellows out at the entrada, but most of them a chock full of red crab and not very hungry. One may still find a few halibut on the sandy beaches, fair corvina and plenty of cabrilla up in the esteros. Rumor has it that there is a good show of tuna in the 50-80 pound class 35 miles NW of the Pinnacle, but with all the wind no one has been able to get there.
Lopez Mateos: Diana Hoyt, MagBay Outfitters reports:
Windy outside for weather with few fish caught. Inside the bay there’s a wide-open bass bite with limits of cabrilla for Christopher and Michael Schwab of Valley Center, Calif. Chris also caught one six-pound snook and a saltwater catfish at Boca de Soledad.
Water Temperature 64 -70
Air Temperature 69-81
Humidity 36%
Wind NW at 4 mph
Conditions Haze
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:24 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:40 p.m. MST
Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New
YELLOWTAIL – Try a red Clouser at the entrada and see if you can fool ‘em into thinking it is a red crab!
CORVINA – Slowed down a tad, but a few to be had if you work at it.
SNOOK – One at Lopez Mateos was all I heard of this week.
HALIBUT – A few throughout the bay on the sandy beaches
SIERRA – Try the pier early morning
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 78º blue water is still holding at 6 to 8 miles, and the overall fishing is picking up. Several boats caught more than three sailfish each day, with Captain Pepino, on the “Whisky II,” releasing five for his best day.
The tuna are out near the 1,000-fathom curve (32 miles), but the action is fantastic when you get there. The fish are ranging in size from 30-pound schoolies, to 250 pounds-plus gorillas. It all just depends on what school of fish you come across.
Anybody who is seriously chasing blue marlin, once they get out to the 1,000 fathom curve, their chance for a big blue is almost a sure thing.
Roosterfish are picking up also. Several have been taken and they are averaging between 30- and 40-pounds.
Water Temperature 72-78
Air Temperature 77-93
Humidity 62%
Wind WSW at 12 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:45 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:57 p.m. CST
Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The weather once again has not been very co-operative, but the fishing has been good. The high boat for the week released 40 of 60 sails and there was also a marlin released on light tackle. Overall there were several days where boats were releasing 20 to 40 sails.
http://www.guatemalaflyfishing.com/sailfish101.htm
Water Temperature 79-84
Air Temperature 82-90
Humidity 59 %
Wind SW at 9 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 20,000 ft
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:03 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. CST
Mar. 28 First Quarter, April Full, April 11 Last Quarter, April 19 New
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Mar 26, 2004; 01:09AM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 3-19-04 to 3-25-04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Conditions continue to improve last week with more and more Sailfish activity being reported by our captains. Although the fish counts and the consistency are still not up to Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo standards , nevertheless there were some good days reports. Leading the pack for the week was returning angler John Bauman who landed 4 SAILFISH with Captain Adolofo on the Dos Hermanos 1 in one day of offshore fishing .
Also posting a very respectable offshore day was Colorado angler Randia Morrow, landing 3 SAILFISH and a handful of Bonitos while fishing with Captain Cheva on the Dos Hermanos 2. Debbie Pavon finished up her week of fishing with Captain Javier on the Marlin Azul by posting a 2 SAILFISH day. Mr. Ray Dennis's group fishing aboard the Marea Azul and Illusion landed 1 DORADO. Angler Barry Scott fishing 2 days aboard the Illusion landed 3 SAILFISH on one day but lost only a single fish on the second. The Tuna bite has moved to within 20 miles of shore and several marlin were also reported last week. The inshore fishery has remains slow last week just a few Yellowtail Jacks being reported.
SPECIAL NOTE: Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters was one of the feature stories in the APRIL edition of the popular magazine SALTWATER SPORTSMAN. For some excellent reading about our fleet of captain please pick up your copy today.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Seasonably beautiful with cool mornings followed by picture perfect days
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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Mar 23, 2004; 10:12PM - Big Peacock Bass
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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The big peacock bass, the 6 to 8 pounders have moved into the shallow waters of Lake Wilson. The males have a big hump on their head and bright orange fins. Makes them easy to spot. Problem is the cold fronts comming through the islands about every 10 days has kept the water temp around 69 degrees. Not exactly what these 'tropical' fish enjoy. It's so bad you have to poke the red devils with your rod tip to get them to move. If this rain would stop and the sun would get the water temp up to the magic 78 degrees. Look out!
We are catching some large mouth on spinner baits and deep diving crank baits. But the rain, cold water, and 25 mph north wind makes for some hard fishing conditions..... Come on sunshine!!!
Aloha,
Stan
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Mar 22, 2004; 03:53PM - Spring Grouper, Wahoo and Tuna Venice, LA
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Pretty fine week for Paradise Outfitters boats in Venice, Louisiana..weather was perfect and the fish were plentiful, dumb and hungry..Started off the week with a 166 pound yellowfin after a 3 hour fight..had missed 5 other larger fish before we got the solid hook-up on him. Next day was spent bottom fishing where we caught 5 gag grouper 10-20 pounds, 2 scamps and all the amberjack we could stand. Next day Capt Sonny took the same crew tuna fishing and I entertained another party..after making bait we set up side by side chumming and live baiting on the rip..the blackfin were thick as theives and we each boated a dozen in less than 2 hours. I also had one decent yellowfin about 75 pounds and Sonny's crew boated two yellows. Tried trolling for wahoo but with no luck. Saturday I had a group that entered the winter tournamnet an good thing they did..ended up wining in the wahoo (71.9#), grouper(10#) and placing in the shark (11#) and wahoo(50.5#) categories..we had a limit of amberjack, a few blackfin, one blacktip shark, 3 wahoo from 72-40 pounds and a 10 pound scamp on the day...Took Sunday off and Darryl and Sonny came in with 10 blackfin tuna..all 20 pounds or more...Paradise Oufitters - 985-845-8006 Click Here for more information.
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Mar 22, 2004; 03:04PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 3-12-04 to 3/18/04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Cold water temps were present once again last week in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo making for another week of big fish or nothing scenarios. The captains reported working very hard for every strike. Angler Debbie Pavon fishing aboard the Marlin Azul landed the largest fish of the week, A 370 lb blue marlin along with 2 sailfish, 2 DORADOS and a handful of small game in three days of fishing. Mr. Wes Jahns fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 had the most productive billfish day of the week, landing 3 SAILFISH on his only day offshore. Returning angler Wayne Obetz fishing aboard the Vamonos 3 landed a SAILFISH on his first day offshore as did angler Lance Roberts who fished aboard the Vamonos 1. Angler Tom Ridge fishing aboard the La Bamba had a 2 SAILFISH day as did Minnesota angler Larry Martin who fished with captain Adolofo on the Dos Hermanos 1. Captain Adolofo also guided angler Tim Vesperman to 2 ROOSTERFISH and 5 Yellowtail Jacks in one day of inshore fishing. Fly fishing angler, Zach Taylor fishing aboard the Secuestro De Amor with Captain Temo landed 1 AMBERJACK,1 YELLOWTAIL JACK, 1 RAINBOW RUNNER, 5 BONITOS and 7 SPANISH MACKEREL in two days of fishing. Near Week's end our captain reported a noticeable difference in water quality with the Blue water moving to within 12 miles of the bay. Several other Marlin were reported landed this week and there continues to be good tuna action for those who are willing to make the 40 mile run to the best tuna areas.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Cool mornings with some fog followed by beautiful days
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Good
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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