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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 23, 2025
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Feb 8, 2004; 11:27AM - The Sounds of an Early Spring
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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 IN BAJA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@bajafly.com; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Fri., Feb 6, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (1/21 - 1/28)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND IZTAPA, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Ladyfish, roosters (small), sierra (early morning) and jacks up to 20-pounds had our guide Tim Stelzer smiling as he got in some R&R time between the north winds. There were even a few dorado and marlin caught further offshore this week. But the winds . . . ah, the winds!
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66-73
Air temperature 60 - 66
Humidity about 52%
Wind North at 7 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 4,000 ft
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:08 p.m. MST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter
o OFFSHORE: Shark buoys to the north near Punta Pescadero seemed to be one of the better places to start this week. Even if the north wind blows you still have a decent ride home.
o INSHORE: Began to pick up noticeably as the wind subsided.
o BEACH: Early morning sierra for the effort.
BILLFISH - A few stragglers or early arrivals, who knows?
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Charlie's missing.
DORADO - Not a barnburner, but a few here and there.
ROOSTERFISH - Smaller variety began to show this week.
JACK CREVALLE -Toro, toro, toro and big ones at that.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few bonito.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Floating lines and poppers over the rocks can be
productive . . . and lots of fun.
SIERRA - Gray light just at dawn is best before the sun gets too high.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Puerto San Carlos:
IN GENERAL: The whale population continues to grow and everyone, it seems, is out looking for the giants. There are many calves to ooh and aah over.
Water Temperature 66-74
Air Temperature 59- 69
Humidity 36%
Wind North at 2 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:07 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:14 p.m. MST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter
YELLOWTAIL - Several larger fish caught at the entrada this week.
CORVINA - Slowed down a tad this week.
SNOOK - Disappeared completely this week.
HALIBUT - Punta Belcher produced a few.
SIERRA - Look for the bird schools.
Puerto Lopez Mateos:
IN GENERAL: We've been fishing out of Lopez Mateos for the last 10 days and the fishing has been good. Our four trips to the Boca Santa Domingo produced 25-40 fish per day: corvina from 2.5- to 12.5-pounds as well as pargo up to 12-pounds and up to six
species of various grunts and small pargo (up to 3 pounds); also botete and midshipmen all on live bait or pieces of shrimp.
We would purchase the shrimp from fishermen as they were coming in from a night of fishing, usually $100 pesos per kilo. Many times all you need are the heads and bodies of the little ones, which leaves lots of big tails for supper. Captain Ruben Duran put us on to some excellent fishing areas and techniques.
We used small lead head jigs with scampi tails as well as live bait shrimp rigs. We also spent one day at Devil's Curve south of Lopez Mateos, fishing only jigs and crocs. We caught many small to medium cabrilla and leatherjackets, and we also hooked, but sadly lost, a trophy golden jack (palometta) on a 1.5 oz. chrome croc. My friend would have had this jack replica mounted if he had landed it.
One trip outside for giant black sea bass produced nothing, but this was not for lack of trying. Sea conditions were horrible and we are looking forward to next year and trying again.
Baja on the Fly’s Lopez Mateos report by Brad Murakami, bajasurbrad@hotmail.com
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Early this last week a 74 cold water current moved in and pushed the blue water way out. The fishing was severely affected, and most notable, was the three day International Sailfish Tournament. Of 100 boats in the event, only about 150 sailfish were caught.
Later in the week, the blue water came back in to about 22 miles, and the next day it was at 8 miles. The fishing has definitely improved. Most boats are now averaging a couple of sailfish, with a few dorado showing up. Captain Calli, on the “Vamonos II” managed 4 sailfish and two dorado for his clients on his best day.
The cooler water has been beneficial for the yellowfin tuna fishing, however. Every day at least one 200-pound tuna is hitting the docks. The tuna are holding under the porpoise and anywhere from 3 miles off the beach to 30 miles.
Few roosterfish are being caught, however, Captain Seis, on the panga “Moramy,” managed a 35 pound fish, on a slow trolled live bait, at the entrance to Marina Ixtapa.
A couple of other pangas reported huge areas of large jack crevalle near the airport and White Rocks.
Water Temperature 73-86
Air Temperature 71 - 86
Humidity 70%
Wind West at 12 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:17 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:42 p.m. CST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The action the last week has been steady. There were quite a few anglers out sampling the Guatemalan action on the fly, and they were able to average an excellent 6 releases on sails per day out of 14 shots in 8 trips out. On the conventional side, the average was somewhat better, 16 of 25 on sails. The high boat for the week had an exceptional hookup ratio, going 28 of 30. That is what we like to see. There were once again dorado and tuna present if you were looking for them. Inshore, we had no one out.
Gary Graham came down this week to start a 10 day hosted set of trips and on the first day out they had over 40 sails in the pattern behind the boat, so the bite, I am happy to report, is picking up again. Full stats on this week’s action will follow in next week’s report. Once again I would like to remind everyone that Gary is having a billfish clinic in early April, so if you want to hone your billfish skills or would like to try it for the first time, this would be a great opportunity for some intensive instruction . . . casting, hooking, playing and landing sailfish and potentially marlin on a fly.
Water Temperature 80-85
Air Temperature 80-84
Humidity 70 %
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:30 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:04 p.m. CST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Feb. 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Feb 5, 2004; 12:17PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing report 2-5-04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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With the oncoming full moon and hard month of fishing pressure, the fishing last week marked a bit of a slowdown as compared to the wide open offshore bite in January. A decrease in the schools of bait was also noticed this past week. Boats on average raised 2 - 3 Sailfish per day with some ' 0' strike days thrown in as well. Captains reported good action on one day followed by a complete shutdown on the next. Still some anglers return with respectable catches. Returning New Hampshire angler, Doug Clark, fishing aboard the Moramay landed 5 SAILFISH, 1 DORADO, 1 ROOSTERFISH 1 YELLOWTAIL JACK and several BONITOS in 6 days of fishing. Captain Adolofo along with angler Mr. Panix landed 4 SAILFISH, YELLOWTAIL JACKS and 1 ROOSTERFISH in 3 days of fishing and additional 20 JYELLOWTAIL JACKS 1 ROOSTER FISH, 9 RAINBOW RUNNERS, and 22 BONITOS while fishing 2 other inshore days. Mr. Nichols group fishing aboard the La Bamba and The Marlin Azul managed 7 SAILFISH in 5 DAYS of fishing. French Angler Mr Soussaol finished his final two days aboard the Super panga Leydy, landing 4 SAILFISH . Illinois angler Randy Cottrell also fishing aboard the Leydy landed 1 SAILFISH on his first day offshore. Flyfishing angler John Vangheem fishing aboard the Monica had several shots at SAILFISH on a fly in One day. Returning SCI member Mr. Gary Christensen fishing aboard the Janeth landed 4 JACKS and 3 BONITOS on one inshore day and 1 SAILFISH on one offshore day. Overall the captains reported working very hard for a few strikes. The inshore appears to by picking up a bit with better numbers of Roosterfish being raised. Late February, March and April are BIG FISH months for Marlin and Tuna and interested angler are encouraged to contact our office for boat availability.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Uncommonly windy for this time of year. Temps in the 90's
Sea Conditions: Moderate
Bait Supply: Fair to Good.
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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Feb 4, 2004; 01:32PM - Louisiana Wahoo fishing - Venice, LA
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Been a bad weather week down here..we got out three times since our last report..wahoo was the target species with most fish being caught on rigged ballyhoo on downriggers and Braid murauders in purple and black colors run close to the boat.. I think the tally on wahoo was 15 in three trips with sizes from 35-80 pounds. This next cold snap should drive them crazy and when the seas calm down, we'll be back after them... Paradise Outfitters - Website 985-845-8006
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Feb 2, 2004; 12:17PM - 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 FOR JANUARY 25-31, 2003-04
WEATHER: No rain this week! If it had rained I felt it was cold enough to have snowed, but
then I have become acclimated to the warm weather here. When it gets below 70 degrees I feel
the need for a sweater. I really needed a sweater on Tuesday as we had the coldest day of the
year so far with my driveway thermometer showing a chilly 52 degrees at 5 in the morning. Our
average cold temperature was 58 degrees and our days heated up to around the high 70’s to low
80’s. Cloudy early in the week but blue skies the later half of the week. We have had a bit of
wind this week as well and the wind chill has me almost convinced to move somewhere warm!
WATER: Inshore on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez we had cold water, not getting any
signs of temperatures over 69 degrees. The water has cleared up though, and the greenish stuff
has gone away. The water is still not a clear, deep blue in shore, but it is much better. Off shore
it is a long way to warm water again, this week it is almost 30 miles to the south before you get
temperatures as high as 75 degrees. There is 72 degree water only 20 miles out and that is where
a lot of the boats have been concentrating their efforts. The windy weather we have had has made
for some short trips this week as the water gets pretty choppy around 10 am.
BAIT: The usual $2 per bait for Pacific Mackerel, very few Caballito and very few Mullet. No
reports to me of any Sardinas, but there may be some available.
FISHING
BILLFISH: Most boats have been going 15 miles out to the south for the Striped Marlin and
there have not been a lot of them around, but most boats are seeing at least a few. Live bait has
been the best producer with the bait being tossed at tailing fish. There are still some Blues being
reported, but they have been almost 30 miles out in the warmer water. Marlin are definitely not
the fish of the week this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Yellowfin were the fish of the week without a doubt. Most boats that got
into the fish were able to get plenty of them in the 10-25 pound range. You had to put in the
time, and there were not a lot of multiple hookups, but it was steady once you got into them. All
the action was either in Porpoise out to the area of the San Jaime or 95 spot, or in the blind while
working 2-3 miles offshore. Small dark colored feathers were the lure of choice.
DORADO: Slow action on the Dorado this week as the water continues to cool down, but there
were some nice fish caught out in the 72 degree water. A few boats were able to get into the
fish and returned to the marina flying three or four yellow flags. The anglers I spoke to said that
they were looking for Frigate birds and when they saw one hanging around in the same area they
put out live bait and slow trolled it. Guess that was the way to go if you wanted fish that were in
the 20-40 pound range.
WAHOO: Only a few Wahoo were reported this week and they were found out in the warmer
water.
IN SHORE: The Sierra bite that happened the last week is still going on, but the concentration
of fish has moved up the coast and is no longer supplying hot action just off the arch. The choppy
water has kept a lot of the boats from working in real close to the shore up the coast, but there
have been reports of pretty good Roosterfish action at the lighthouse. That is surprising to me
since the water is so cold, but hey, if there is bait around (finger mullet) then I guess there will be
the predators also! Bottom fishing was very poor due to the wind this week.
NOTES: As the water stays cold near home the trips to the warm water take longer. It looks as
if we are going to be doing a lot of fishing for Yellowfin Tuna and Striped Marlin soon, and
Dorado and Wahoo will become more difficult to get. Stay warm where ever you are, I am going
to sign off now and go eat a pre-Super Bowl breakfast with friends the go and cheer on the
Panthers! This weeks report was written to the great music of Joe Cocker on the 1999 Sony
Music release, “Organic”. Go for the emotion!
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Jan 30, 2004; 03:01PM - The Tampa Bay Area Fishing Report
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt. Marc Noe
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Tampa Bay Area Fishing Report:
The Apollo Beach power plant has been a busy place lately. My last two trips to fish the warm water outflow have produced some nice bonnethead sharks, black tips, and some really big Jacks. The cobia have been hard to spot on the surface due to the moderate chop we have had on the bay from all the wind. We managed to hook up with one real nice one though while tossing a gold spoon next to the channel marker at the entrance into the channel that runs back into the warm water outflow. Overall, the fishing at the plant has been okay. I think that as we head into February if we get some more cold snaps that the fishing at the plant will just get better. Over by the Gandy bridge on the Tampa side and the surrounding rip rap the sheepshead and mangrove snapper have provided some nice light tackle fun. Small fiddler crabs and shrimp have been successful in getting them to bite. On the St. Pete side of the bay around Weedon Island some nice trout have been caught in the pot holes on live shrimp and jerk baits. The shipping channel is still holding some nice grouper for those that spend the time to troll the edges of the channel. Up around the Anclote power plant loads of lady fish have been providing some nice acrobatic fights on light tackle. Some bluefish showed up as well but the trout were not to be seen that day. A couple nice snook were caught and fought well. For those of you who happen to catch snook in the winter be sure you spend the extra time needed to fully revive these beautiful fish. Snook are under enough pressure during the winter to survive with out us catching an fighting them. So, extra care with the snook is a good angling practice and not targeting them at all during the winter is even better. We are in for a windy week coming up so fishing the power plants, canals, rivers and backcountry will be the place to go to find shelter and some good winter fishing.
That is all that I have for now, so until next time be safe, have fun, and catch some fish.
Capt. Marc E. Noe
Florida Fishing Charters
Cell - (813)363-1743
E-Mail - mnoe@tampabay.rr.com
Website:www.floridafishingchartersonline.com
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Jan 30, 2004; 10:26AM - Where Did They Go?
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: Where have all the fish gone? The last week has been a tough one by
Guatemalan standards. The local fleet was only able to average 5 releases for 10 bites. The high boat for the week went 14 of 21, and one boat was able to release 9 of 17 on the fly. The action on dorado was steady. One marlin was hooked and lost. The tuna action is spotty. Inshore, there was no one out, so we have no report. Next week Gary Graham will be joining us in Guatemala for 10 days. We have some openings if you would like to come along. If you would like some intensive instruction to improve your skills, Gary
will also be conducting a billfish clinic in April.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 78°-84º
Humidity 94%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:02 p.m. CST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Jan. 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Jan 30, 2004; 10:22AM - Wind, Waves, Whales and Even a Fish or Two
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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 IN BAJA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@bajafly.com; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Fri., Jan. 29, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (1/21 - 1/28)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND IZTAPA, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: A few dorado and some sierra close to shore were the best anyone could come up with this week. Wind was up and down and caused enough wind waves to make it tough to fish the beach. Olive-backed See Thru Deceivers will do the trick for the sierra, but don't forget the wire.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 66°-73°
Air temperature 62° - 68°
Humidity about 73%
Wind WNW at 7 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:59 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:04 p.m. MST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Jan. 27 First Quarter
o OFFSHORE: Still a few dorado to be found scattered through out La Palmas
bay with the shark buoys to the North near Punta Pescadero.
o INSHORE: Sierra seemed to be the best bet this week.
o BEACH: Wind waves continue to pound the beach causing difficult conditions.
BILLFISH - No action to speak of this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Slim and none.
DORADO - Fair at best.
ROOSTERFISH - Few to be found.
JACK CREVALLE -More wind than fish.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Only an occasional bonito school to be found.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Floating lines and poppers over the rocks can be
productive . . . and lots of fun.
SIERRA - Gray light just at dawn is best before the sun gets too high.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The biggest news in more ways than one is the whale and calf population continues to grow by leaps and bounds. There’s fair action for yellows at the entrada and a few leopard grouper as well. The numerous esteros continued their slow but steady pace with corvina being the top catch.
Water Temperature 66°-74°
Air Temperature 60°- 69°
Humidity 90%
Wind NW at 4 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:10 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:09 p.m. MST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Jan. 27 First Quarter
YELLOWTAIL - Mostly small firecrackers.
CORVINA - No end in sight.
SNOOK - A few smaller ones at Devil’s Curve.
HALIBUT - Punta Belcher produced a few.
SIERRA - Look for the bird schools.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Our blue water current has cooled down a bit. Depending on the area, it has dropped from a consistent 80º to 83º to about 76º to 80º. This has slowed the sailfish action some, but the giant yellowfin tuna prefer the cooler water and have shown up in large numbers.
We are finding the tuna anywhere from 3 miles to 30 miles. Most boats are scoring on the large fish by trolling a live black skipjack tuna through a school of porpoise. At least 10 fish over 200 pounds have hit the dock in the last few days.
Boats searching for sailfish are raising between 5 to10 fish a day, and hooking an average of about 3 to 4.
A lot of dorado have also shown up. Most boats, when fishing within 3 miles of the beach, are getting 3 to 4 dorado between 15 and 25 pounds. Luis Marciel, on the panga “Gringo Loco,” found a 62 pound dorado for his client.
The inshore action is steady with sierras and a few large jack crevalle, but the roosterfish are scarce.
Water Temperature 73º-86º
Air Temperature 73° - 83º
Humidity 74%
Wind Calm
Conditions Partly Cloudy (FEW) : 25000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:39 p.m. CST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Jan. 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: Where have all the fish gone? The last week has been a tough one by
Guatemalan standards. The local fleet was only able to average 5 releases for 10 bites. The high boat for the week went 14 of 21, and one boat was able to release 9 of 17 on the fly. The action on dorado was steady. One marlin was hooked and lost. The tuna action is spotty. Inshore, there was no one out, so we have no report. Next week Gary Graham will be joining us in Guatemala for 10 days. We have some openings if you would like to come along. If you would like some intensive instruction to improve your skills, Gary
will also be conducting a billfish clinic in April.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 78°-84º
Humidity 94%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:02 p.m. CST
Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New, Jan. 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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Jan 26, 2004; 12:19PM - 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 FOR JANUARY 18-24, 2003-04
WEATHER: Remember when I said we had two days of rain the week before last? Well, it is
starting to seem like September as we received another heavy rainfall Friday night this week.
Downtown streets flooded as we received about 1 1/2 to 2 inches of rain overnight. We had
overcast skies starting on Wednesday but by the 24th the skies had cleared and we were back to
sunshine. The wind was blowing pretty good during the cloudy days and the temperature never
got above 75, but at the end of the week our night time lows were in the 60 degree area and the
daytime highs had risen to around the low 80’s.
WATER: The Pacific inshore remained cool and green this week and the inshore on the Sea of
Cortez became that way as the California Current pushed the cool water around the tip of the
Cape and up the coast. This water was 67 to 69 degrees and formed a large loop or eddy on the
Sea of Cortez side that covered the area between the coast and out to the 1150 spot on a west to
east run and from the 95 spot to the Gorda Banks on a south to north run. Off shore on the
Pacific side the water remained in the 70-72 degree range with slightly warmer water 40 miles
offshore. To the south of the Cape we had water 73 and 74 degrees only 15 miles out. The
offshore warmer water was nice and blue.
BAIT: Bait was easier to get this week than the past two week as almost all the bait boats had
Mackerel available at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING
BILLFISH: The Marlin bite started off slow this week as it ended slow last week, but the bite
sure started to pickup during the middle of the week and then died again with the rain seeming to
have had an effect on the fishing. The best Marlin action for the week was up the Sea of Cortez
around the outside of the Gorda Banks. Boats were spotting as many as 20 Striped Marlin a day
and getting the chance to toss bait at as many as 75% of the fish spotted. Most of the bites were
on live bait. The fish were averaging 110 pounds but a few boats actually found fish as small as
25 pounds. There were also some late Blue Marlin in the area as many were spotted coming into
the lure patterns and a few were hooked on live bait, mostly Skipjack Tuna and small Yellowfin.
Some of the Blues were reported to be in the 500 pound class.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Some of the long range boats out of San Diego continued to work the
San Jaime Banks this week but their results were not as good as the week before. For the local
boats looking for Yellowfin Tuna, the best bet seemed to be to the south of the Jaime looking for
the Porpoise. The fish that were found were not large ones, most of them averaged just 12
pounds, but they were there in quantity and there was always the chance for a big one to come
busting in on the pattern. The largest fish I heard of this week from a local charter boat was only
80 pounds, but that is still a nice fish! Dark colored lures, small feathers and live bait dropped
back on the first jig strike seemed to work very well this week. For some reason, cedar plugs
were not the happening item. The action on Tuna on the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape was much
slower. Some decent fish were caught off the Gorda Banks by boats working chunk lines and
drifting live bait deep, but the action was very sketchy, at best.
DORADO: I think that I am going to be repeating myself a lot in the coming week on the status
of the Dorado bite. There are still fish out there, and the best results have been either on the
Pacific side at least three miles off shore where the water starts to warm up, or up the Sea of
Cortez around and just outside of the Gorda Banks. Frigate bird action was one of the keys, as
was being able to find floating debris. Most of the fish found close to shore were in the 12-15
pound class and the fish found a lot further out were larger, with some of them in the 60 pound
range. Bright colored lures and live bait were the key. A lot of the fishermen were reporting that
many of the Dorado were stuffed with squid, most of it about 12-16 inches long.
WAHOO: There were Wahoo caught this week but the action was slow. There were fish
caught on both the Pacific side of the Cape as well as the Cortez side and the action seemed to be
best just outside the cool water line. There were quite a few bite-offs on slow trolled live bait and
most of the fish that managed to get boated were caught on dark colored Marlin lures. Average
size was around 40 pounds, with fish caught to 85 .
IN SHORE: Once again Sierra were the fish of the week! Lots of them showing up and the
Pangas as well as cruisers working inshore had a blast. If you were in the right place at the right
time there were more than enough fish to keep everyone busy, but the bite pretty much stopped
by 8:30 or 9 am. Best lures were small Rapallas 3” to 4” long in bright colors. Live bait worked
even better but unless you had a stinger hooked in the tail you went through a lot of bait for very
few hook-ups! There were a few Roosters caught as well, but I did not hear of any large ones.
The bite was fair on Jack Crevalle and it is starting to get better on Snapper. Best action on the
Sierra came from the Pacific side starting right at the arch.
NOTES: We are still seeing whales out there, as well as lots of porpoise. The water has started
to calm down at the end of the week, hopefully the good fishing action will return closer to Cabo.
We don’t mind making 20 mile runs to the fish, but it sure burns the fuel! We just checked with
Dan Jacobs at World Publications and he says they have confirmed permits to hold the Los Cabos
Billfish Tournament on October 19-23 with the fishing days being the 20-22. Guess the Bisbee
Black and Blue is going to have to change their published dates? There is still a lot of time so
don’t worry yet, just don’t make any final plans on boat reservations or hotel bookings for the
tournaments without contacting the sponsors first. This weeks report was written to the music of
my favorite guitarist, Ottmar Leibert with Luna Negra on the 1990 Higher Octave release
“Nouveau Flamenco”. Get a copy, listen and enjoy! Until next week, tight lines!
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Jan 26, 2004; 12:16PM - Fly Hooker Daily Fishing 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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: THREE FISH TAGGED AND RELEASED (#110-#135)
DORADO: NINE FISH KEPT (#12-#35)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: FIVE FISH KEPT (#10-#25)
WAHOO: ONE FISH KEPT (#60)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 JANUARY, 2004
Larry and Mary Heim along with a couple of friend fished with us several years ago
and the day before yesterday we met them again while watching the conference play
offs at Tanga-Tanga. They wanted to go fishing for a day and today was the day
decided upon. Juan is on vacation so Manuel is fishing with Capt. Philipe Almanza
working the deck. They headed out towards the south side of the San Jaime banks and
worked the area pretty good. Larry really wanted to get some Dorado for dinner and he
was first on the rotation as an angler. After reaching the area to be fished, the lines
went in and less than 10 minutes later there was a strike! Larry was in the chair and it
did not take him long to get the #15 Dorado to the boat where Philipe gaffed it and put
it in the box. Success right off the bat. Things got a little slow then as everyone waited
and hoped for more Dorado. It was not until around 9 am when a Striped Marlin was
spotted, a bait was tossed and the fish hooked up. After a successful tag and release
things were quiet again for the next 45 minutes. Then Manuel spotted Porpoise
working and after a short fast run they were working the edge of the school. They
managed to pick up three or four Yellowfin Tuna in the 10-15 pound class and several
Bonita as well. That was all the action for the day but they returned with flags flying!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 22 JANUARY, 2004
Larry Heim talked things over with his buddies and they decided to go fishing for one
more day! This morning Larry, Thom, Steve, Steve and R.J. left the marina on the “Fly
Hooker” with Manuel and Philipe. The wind had started blowing last night as clouds
started to move in and Manuel decided the fishing would be better up the Sea of Cortez
towards the Gorda Banks area, and that was the right choice! They got into Porpoise
and worked them hard, but were only able to get one Yellowfin out of them. The same
area also gave up three nice Dorado. One more Dorado was lost. The exciting action
was the hook-up of a Blue Marlin! The fish struck the lure run on the bridge rod and
made a good run before jumping and coming down on the leader. The bill had chaffed
the leader pretty good and the weight of the fish coming down on it finished the job.
Tow of the guys, along with Manuel and Philipe saw the fish strike and jump and
everyone swears the fish was over #500! Oh well, that happens with big fish
sometimes! I said earlier the they had made the right choice in where to fish, the boats
that went to the Pacific side or the area south of the Cape got beaten up by the wind
and choppy water. Where the guys fished today the water was great!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 23 JANUARY, 2004
John Kelly and his friend Luke fished with us today. John also owns a 31 Bertram
that he fishes out of Indian River, Maryland and found us through other 31 owners that
have fished with us, on the 31bertram.com website. This was the first time he has
fished for Striped Marlin and he was surprised at how we go about it. Manuel and
Philipe went back to the area off the Gorda Banks that they had worked yesterday and
this time they spotted over 11 Striped Marlin, getting a chance to toss bait at eight of
them. John was amazed that the Marlin were just swimming along on top of the water
like Sailfish! Out of the eight fish they tossed bait to, four of them bit and two of them
hooked up solid. Both John and Luke were able to bring their fish to the boat within 30
minutes on #40 line, and both fish were tagged and released. When they tossed bait at
one of the other Striped Marlin, the fish swam away but the bait was eaten by a Wahoo
right away! Lucky for the guys, the Wahoo was hooked in the corner of the jaw and
was not able to bite through the line. It took only 5 or 8 minutes to bring the #60 fish to
the boat, where Philipe was able to get a gaff in it. A little later they were able to get a
fair sized Dorado as well. John said that when the Blue Marlin showed up in the
pattern and started knocking around lures, that was the kind of fishing he was used too,
except that back home they have to run out 70 miles, leaving at three in the morning to
get into the action! Here, they left at 6:30 and were back at 2:30 and had a blast! Of
course, it was cloudy and there was a little bit of rain spitting now and then, and they
did get drenched during one downpour, but they still had a good time. They are here
on a company thing, and one of the options offered to them as an activity was fishing,
so they have the boat booked for tomorrow as well! Check back and I will let you know
how things went for them.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 24 JANUARY, 2004
This was the second day for Jon and Larry and they had a late start. It rained
heavily last night and the wind blew hard. Someone at the resort they were staying at
told everyone that fishing for the day was cancelled so they slept in. Hey, if we call you
and say it is cancelled, it is cancelled, but not until we say so, or the Port Captain
closes the Port. The wind had died down this morning and the rain had stopped, the
sun came out and it was beautiful! At 7 am Mary called John and roused him out of
bed. At 7:30 he and Luke were at the boat and on their way. Once again Manuel and
Philipe went to the area outside the Gorda Banks but the fishing was slower than that
of yesterday, perhaps because of the rain, or maybe because the sun was out. They
did get into the Dorado and managed to get four of them into the boat, with the largest
fish being a Bull of about #40, a very nice fish. There was no action on the Marlin for
them at all today. It is amazing how things can change day to day. Manuel had them
back at the dock around 4pm and they enjoyed the trip, even though it was a choppy
ride back! Thanks John, we are glad you had a chance to experience fishing in Cabo
with us!
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Jan 26, 2004; 11:02AM - Still Double Digit Releases
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The bite appeared to have slowed over the past week, but the totals don't really show that. There are a lot more boats out recently, which might have impacted the “averages,” but the total count was as good as or better than ever. During the week boats released 356 sailfish out of 617 bites. It worked out to an average of 19 releases per boat per day. The high boat for the week released 44 sails out of 80 bites. There were also a couple of blue marlin thrown in during the week. The weather has been spotty, but not unbearable, and on the 'bad' weather days boats still seem to be averaging double digits. The run to fish is averaging about 15 miles. There was nobody we could find who was fishing inshore during the last week.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 78°-82º
Humidity 100%
Wind South at 7 mph
Conditions Partly Cloudy
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:57 p.m. CST
Jan. 28 First Quarter, Feb. 6 Full Feb. 13 Last Quarter Feb. 20 New
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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