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Nov 10, 2003; 10:27AM - Cabo Fishing 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 FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2 TO NOVEMBER 8, 2003
WEATHER: Our evening lows have been in the high 60’s to low 70’s while the day
time highs have been in the mid to high 80’s. Great weather and the fact that the winds
have been light all week just added to the comfort level while on the water. We had a
slight overcast during the first half of the week with clearing skies at the end but
received no rain.
WATER: At the end of the week we had warm water in the 81-82 degree range up to
three miles off shore on the Pacific side while the temperature farther off shore were in
the 80-81 degrees. The Sea of Cortez had 82 degree water and this trend continued
around the Cape until you reached an area 30 miles to the south. In this area the water
temperatures boomed and over a very short distance went from 81 degrees to 84
degrees. Surface conditions were great all week long with just a bit of wind kicking up
some chop in the late afternoons. There was a slight swell of 2-4 feet from the north
west.
BAIT: It was a very tough week to get bait for almost all the boats, at least the normal
Caballito and Mackerel. The full moon made it difficult for the bait boats to catch the
Caballito and the water is a little too warm for the Mackerel. There were plenty of
Sardinas available at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Once again action was slow on the Billfish this week, perhaps due to the
coming full moon. There were Striped Marlin, Blue Marlin and Sailfish caught, but not
in any great numbers. Almost all of the action seemed to be either just off the
lighthouse on the Pacific side, at the 95 spot or up the Pacific coast past the Golden
Gate Banks. Lures in darker colors for the Blue Marlin and Dorado colors seemed to
work well for almost everything.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Tuna fishing sure was not as good this week as we had been
hoping. Last year when the tournament was held there were a lot of fish found that
were over #100, this year there was just one and it weighed #176. There were fish out
there and some of the boats reported getting into schools where you cold see the big
fish jumping, but they would not eat. Most of the fish were found more than 15 miles
out and some boats reported traveling as far as 70 miles from the Cape in search of the
winning fish. As is normal, the first boat to a school had the best chance of getting bit,
but even then the bites were slow to come. With few Caballito and Mackerel for bait
most of the boats had to make do with catching small Skipjack for baits, or else just go
with the Sardinas. Even boats using frozen baits such as squid and ballyhoo, brought
in from the states, had a very hard time getting bit. Most of the fish were slightly larger
than footballs, the 19th largest fish weighed in at just over 40 pounds. The Sardinas
worked well on the fish in the football size up to about 35 pounds but most of the larger
fish were caught on lures, and it seemed that as is normal, the darker colored feathers
did well.
DORADO: As was the case last week, the key to a good catch of Dorado was finding a
piece of floating debris that held fish. Once you had that, then you needed to have live
bait. Thank goodness that Dorado like Sardinas! Most of the Dorado action was on
the Pacific side up in the warmer water towards Golden Gate banks and at the San
Jaime. There were fish scattered around that were picked up as incidentals and there
seemed to be more of them close in to the shore than there were off shore.
WAHOO: There were some nice Wahoo caught this week and it was probably because
there were a lot of boats working the areas where they like to feed, such as the edge of
the banks! That is also a good area to concentrate for Yellowfin Tuna, so it is no
surprise that there were Wahoo caught as well. I saw quite a few fish in the 40# and
over category brought in by the boats in the Tournament and that is the where they
were found. Many fish were lost due to cut off on mono leader.
INSHORE: No change from last week. There was really not a lot happening inshore
this week with the exception of the Dorado on live bait. I talked with a lot of people who
had gone out on Pangas and who had gotten no fish, and talked to a few Captains who
said that they were still catching the occasional Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle, but that
yes, the inshore was slow.
NOTES: Tuna Tournament week and things were a bit hectic in town! There were
over 180 teams entered in the tournament and about half of them decided to pre-fish on
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday were the big days and they were eventful. On day
one, one team had a member have a heart attack and they got him picked up by
helicopter, the report was that he was in good condition at the hospital. There was also
a boat collision during the shotgun start and the report was a Glacier Bay catamaran
went down, but the team members were all right and were picked up by another boat.
The fishing was slow and the fish were far out. Some boats working way up on the
Pacific side reported getting into fish in the #200 to #300 range, but there was no way
anyone was getting bit by them. Most of the fish brought in were in the #30 and under
class, the largest fish of the day was #86. Day two saw the fishing get even slower but
it did produce the tournament winner of #176! Most of the boats entered in the
tournament found fish, but the majority of them had no luck getting them to eat. Now
that the tournaments are all over, maybe we can get back to some normal fishing!
Thanks for reading the report, and see you next week!
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Nov 8, 2003; 11:17AM - Novemeber Blue Marlin in Louisiana
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Glad we held out for the weather today as we awoke to light winds...in fact Sonny had planned to take the Albemarle today but with the conditions and the fact he had only a one man charter and no deckswab he borrowed Kerry Milano's rice rocket and off he and Terry Dyer went...My crew wanted to play it easy..leave the dock at 9am and spend a few hours sight seeing and maybe catching a couple fish to release..they had already fished two days with Bobby and Shane and tore them up inside...anyway good day all around..Sonny and Terry boated 2 yellowfins early actually as fast as Terry could put them in the boat; one 70 pounder and one 100 pounder and the miracle blue marlin came calling..what do you expect when you leave the dock shorthanded...the fish hit a weighted line and with a 12 oz weight sliding halfway up the line it made for an interesting fight...when they went to remove the hook they couldn't find it..turned out the marlin had hog tied itself with the leader lassoed around his gill plates with the hook doubled over the line behind the dorsal fin...classic...about the time they were heading in, we were making our way to 93..trolled plugs around all 7 structres making 3 laps at each twice with not so much as a srike..goes to show you how much differnce 20 miles or 1 day makes... though yesterdays catch was far better than today's we made up for it with a few jacks and all the release reds they could stand in 1 hour at the Jetty's..fish were coming up in pairs and we were doubled and tripled the whole time..I even got to break out my 10 wt fly rod..it was a great day to be out there today..glad we stayed...Yesterday we had a great catch early..the table slam in Novemeber..only in Venice..started the day out with a triple..about the time the 70 pound yellowfin was about to be gaffed 3 bull dolphin came out of nowhere to slam the teasers..a quick shuffle with casting rods produced 2 nice 15 pound mahi..then it was steady action..about every half hour we pick up a fish..added two more 70 pound yellowfins and a 20 pound bull dolphin and a wahoo to complete the slam...headed in early.. Heard the best fish story yet..two Grouper were talking one day...the bigger one was telling the little one..'You should have seen this one..6 feet long well over two hundred pounds and I almost pulled him out of the boat but the line broke'. Not holding out for tomorrow, just glad I'm not a low flying duck...Paradise Outfitters 985-845-8006
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Nov 6, 2003; 06:08PM - The Fly Guys awhack Em!
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: In the last week, only two of the local fleet ventured out. One fly party went out for four days fishing, and one group of local anglers fished for a day. The fly
party experienced three really good days fishing, and had one day called due to bad weather. In the three days they had 37 sails come up to teasers and they caught and released 20 of them; they also caught seven dorado. The party of local anglers went three-for-three on sails and also caught a couple dorado. Inshore, there was no one out, but the fish are present.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 73°-91º
Humidity 66%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility
Sunrise 5:59 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:34 p.m. CST
Nov.8 Full, Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Guatemala trips, go to:
http://www.guatemalafly.com
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy
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Nov 6, 2003; 06:05PM - Season Heating Up
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Conditions are definitely improving as we head into our winter
'high season.' Unlike the Baja Peninsula, this southern part of the Mexican
mainland is basically known as a winter fishery. Nov. is usually the first
month to give it a kick start.
The 84º clean water is only 5 to 6 miles out and the game fish are starting to respond. The sailfish action is improving, with at least two to three releases per boat. Whenever we get to talking, all the captains are very optimistic about the upcoming weeks of fishing.
Nine longtime friends from the Seattle area are here on their annual sailfish fly fishing trip. They are fishing five days on pangas, with fishermen rotating to a different panga each day. Currently, at the end of their second day of fishing, Martin on the “Isamar”and Calli on the “Zapatita” each have three sailfish caught and released.
Arturo on the panga “Janeth” and Adolpho on the panga “Dos Hermanos” are both
fishing with clients from France and averaging about 3 roosterfish a day. The fish are running 30 to 40 pounds.
Water Temperature 75º-86º
Air Temperature 79°-90º
Humidity 66%
Wind SW at 7 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 6:46 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:12 p.m. CST
Nov.8 Full, Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to:
http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm
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Nov 6, 2003; 06:03PM - Grumpy Waters and November Winds
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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@usa.net; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Thursday, November 06, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/31 - 11/06)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND IZTAPA, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The dreaded North winds have begun and between that and the big tuna
tournament in Cabo, few were fishing locally. Howard Tuthill and Cliff Thompson,
visiting from Denver, put together four solid days of fishing with a species-laden list including yellowfin tuna, skipjack, bonito, dorado, small jack crevalle and sierra before the wind began to howl. Good news is the dorado were under a buoy in front of Palmas, the sierra were in front of La Ribera and the jacks were both at Palmas and in front of Punta Colorada.
I drove back to the States on Tues. (11/4) and the wind was blowing all the way up to Santa Rosalia.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 78°-84°
Air temperature 68° - 88°
Humidity about 51%
Wind From the North at 12 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 21,900 ft
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:26 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:37 p.m. MST
Nov.8 Full, Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter
o OFFSHORE: Beginning to sound redundant as the tuna and sails continue
to be the best bet.
o INSHORE: The mooring buoys in front of the hotels, receivers at La
Ribera are all yielding a mixed bag including a few dorado, jacks and even sierra.
o BEACH: Those not deterred by all the wood and debris strewn along the
beach are finding fair action for ladyfish, small jacks and roosters.
BILLFISH - Fair on sailfish but only a few stripes and blues.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Good if the wind isn't blowing.
DORADO - Finally a few under the mooring buoys.
ROOSTERFISH - Pretty tough except for a few small guys.
JACK CREVALLE - La Ribera and Punta Colorada the best bet.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Same as the tuna, stop the wind and they
bite.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Good if you have the chum. Some of the boats are
catching large (read 20-35 pound squid) and saving some to use as chum for the pargo.
SIERRA - They're back.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Pudge Klienkauf's Women's Flyfishing® group finished up their first
estero expedition and she is already back in Alaska telling everyone what a great trip
it was. The gals had lots of new species to play with including snook, corvina, cabrilla, pompano, grouper and even a linga. Several members of the group spent most of the trip
experimenting with floating lines and surface poppers and the results were encouraging. Weather and conditions were as good as it gets in the mangrove-lined esteros.
Meanwhile, on the outside the Pacific was showing her cranky side and it was pretty much victory at sea for the few yachts venturing out. More yachts are heading down the coast so the action should heat back up this week as the winds and high seas subside.
Water Temperature 67°-78°
Air Temperature 58°- 80°
Humidity 62%
Wind NW at 2 mph
Conditions Haze
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:37 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:43 p.m. MST
Nov.8 Full, Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter
YELLOWTAIL - Entrada and Punta Hughes producing a few.
CORVINA - You gotta love the take on the poppers. Pompano loved them too!
SNOOK - Caught the smaller ones and lost the big uns. Sound familiar?
HALIBUT - Chartreuse Clousers and sandy beach, slow retrieve along the bottom
equals action.
SIERRA - Under the bird schools in the open water of the bay if you care.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Conditions are definitely improving as we head into our winter
'high season.' Unlike the Baja Peninsula, this southern part of the Mexican
mainland is basically known as a winter fishery. Nov. is usually the first
month to give it a kick start.
The 84º clean water is only 5 to 6 miles out and the game fish are starting to respond. The sailfish action is improving, with at least two to three releases per boat. Whenever we get to talking, all the captains are very optimistic about the upcoming weeks of fishing.
Nine longtime friends from the Seattle area are here on their annual sailfish fly fishing trip. They are fishing five days on pangas, with fishermen rotating to a different panga each day. Currently, at the end of their second day of fishing, Martin on the “Isamar”and Calli on the “Zapatita” each have three sailfish caught and released.
Arturo on the panga “Janeth” and Adolpho on the panga “Dos Hermanos” are both
fishing with clients from France and averaging about 3 roosterfish a day. The fish are running 30 to 40 pounds.
Water Temperature 75º-86º
Air Temperature 79°-90º
Humidity 66%
Wind SW at 7 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 6:46 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:12 p.m. CST
Nov.8 Full, Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to:
http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: In the last week, only two of the local fleet ventured out. One fly party went out for four days fishing, and one group of local anglers fished for a day. The fly
party experienced three really good days fishing, and had one day called due to bad weather. In the three days they had 37 sails come up to teasers and they caught and released 20 of them; they also caught seven dorado. The party of local anglers went three-for-three on sails and also caught a couple dorado. Inshore, there was no one out, but the fish are present.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 73°-91º
Humidity 66%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility
Sunrise 5:59 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:34 p.m. CST
Nov.8 Full, Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Guatemala trips, go to:
http://www.guatemalafly.com
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy
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CHECKLIST OF THINGS TO BRING TO THE EAST CAPE
(We’ll continue to publish this every month or so for new recipients of our report, but we suggest you print it out and keep it handy.)
• _______ FISHING CLOTHING - Lightweight, fast-drying technical clothing.
Long sleeve shirts and long pants if you burn easily.
• _______ TENNIS SHOES, BOAT SHOES OR RUBBER SOLED SANDALS.
. _______ HAT - For protection from the sun.
• _______ POLARIZED SUN GLASSES. (All dark glasses are not polarized. Be sure yours are.)
• _______ WINDBREAKER OR SWEATSHIRT.
• _______ SHORTS.
• _______ SWIMSUIT.
• _______ COSMETICS OR SHAVING GEAR.
• _______ SUN PROTECTION (lotion or block.)
• _______ LIP BALM.
• _______ SEASICKNESS MEDICATION.
• _______ TYLENOL OR ASPIRIN.
• _______ BENEDRYL SPRAY OR OINTMENT.
• _______ FLASHLIGHT (For walking on the beach at night.)
• _______ CAMERA, EXTRA FILM.
• _______ VIDEO CAMERA AND TAPES (Optional.)
. _______ EXTRA BATTERIES.
. _______ SNORKEL EQUIPMENT (Optional. Can be rented there.)
. _______ U.S. $1 DOLLAR BILLS (For tips.)
SHIRTS AND SHOES ARE REQUIRED IN THE DINING ROOM
FISHING GEAR YOU MAY NEED:
See Gary Graham’s “No Nonsense Guide to Fly Fishing Southern Baja” or his website: www.bajafly.com.
• ________8-, 9-, or 10-weight rod for surf fishing and casting. A 9-weight is ideal if you are bringing only one rod. Add a 12-weight if you are fishing from a boat. Rental tackle is available, but must be reserved.
• ________Reel(s) direct or anti-reverse, anodized. Good disc drag and plenty of backing. Reels with a quick take-apart feature are ideal for cleaning.
• ________Lines - Beach and Inshore: Intermediate or sink-tip for rocky areas. Full line (350 grain) or shooting head for sandy areas. Offshore: 10- or 12-weight rod. Full flyline (650 grain) shooting head/intermediate. For marlin and big tuna: 14-weight, quality reel, lots of backing 125#, and 36-inch bite tippet. Extra fly lines and shooting heads -- better safe than sorry.
• ________Leaders and Tippet.
• ________Stripping Basket.
• ________Flies. Contact your fly shop for the most current flies in use.
• ________Hook sharpener.
• ________Foot protection for the rocks.
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Nov 3, 2003; 11:00AM - 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: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#120)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: NINE FISH KEPT (1@#65, 2@#50, 4@#45, 2@#25)
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#12)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 26, 2003
I had a chance to fish with Bob Deeter today, his second of three days on the “Fly
Hooker”. Some people say it is bad luck for the owner of a charter boat to be on board
with clients and maybe they are right. We ended up the day with no flags on the
outriggers. Juan and his brother Juan started us out fishing just outside the lighthouse
on the Pacific side and a little while later, maybe a half hour, we spotted a Marlin on
the surface. We ran up to it and as we approached the fish, it went down. A bait was
cast anyway and left to soak for a while with no action happening. The same thing
happened a short time later as we worked our way up the Pacific coast, looking for
Dorado and Tuna. About mid morning a Striped Marlin came in on the long rigger, hot
on the lure. As normal, Juan gunned the boat to keep the fish off of the lure as a live
bait was dropped back. I think the fish was so focused on the lure that it never even
saw the bait, and the fish left when the lure lost it’s action. We kept hunting and
worked a fishy looking area off of the Los Arcos for quite a while before starting back.
At 1:40, just outside the Pedregal, where we had seen Marlin this morning, we had a
strike on the bridge rod. Bob was watching the lures and he saw the fish come up on
the lure. At first he thought it was a Striped Marlin but then realized how large the bill
was and yelled “big fish on the stinger!”. We all looked and sure enough, there she
was! The fish bit and Juan set the hook and passed the rod down. As Bob took the rod
into the chair the fish began a great series of jumps, both vertical and grey-hounding
ones. The fish would jump towards the boat and Juan would gun the engines, then the
fish would jump away. Bob worked on the fish for about 5 minutes when all of a sudden
the rod tip came up abruptly and the fish was gone. The hook had pulled out! Oh well,
it was a nice way to end the day, hooked up to a Blue Marlin that we all estimated at
between #250 and #300. Maybe tomorrow without me on board they will do better and
get Bob into some meat fish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 OCTOBER, 2003
Juan and Manuel took Bob Deeter to the same place off of the Pedregal/lighthouse
area that we had lost the Blue Marlin at on yesterdays trip and started there. The plan
was to work as far to the south-east as needed to find some Tuna. The lures had been
set out no longer than 5 minutes when a large Marlin that everyone estimated at
between #400 and #500 came up on the bridge rod and struck. From the look of the
leader, it was a large fish. No hook-up happened, just a bill swipe and they brought the
lure in to check it out. The #300 leader was chafed almost 3/4 of the way through, just
on the strike! As they were looking at the leader, the short rigger went down on a hard
strike. The hook was set and the fight was on for a whole three pumps when the hook
pulled. The fish never jumped so there was no way to tell if it had been the same fish,
but everyone agreed that it had been a large one. The trolling continued, searching for
Dorado or Tuna. It was not until they got 27 miles out that the Porpoise were found,
and there were Tuna jumping among them. After 10 minutes of working the fish with
lures and no results, Juan changed to slow trolling live bait with no leader, the hook
tied directly to the line. It worked and Bob fought two #50 Yellowfin to the boat and into
the box! Finally some meat fish in the boat! Bob is taking tomorrow off but will go
fishing again on Wednesday on another boat. We were already booked for that day
but arranged a good boat for him to fish on. We hope he has a lot of luck and finishes
filling that cooler with fillets! P.S.- Talked with Bob and Paula on the 31st, and they
are going to try and get away again around Thanksgiving and come to Cabo again! He
did get to fill the cooler!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 29, 2003
Ron and Jo Flora are fishing with us for the next three days. Ron is 72 years young
and he really wants to get a chance to tie in to a Yellowfin Tuna of over 100 pounds.
Now you know he is not a novice at the sport, he brought new reels and rods with him
in order to be sure the equipment he used was up to the task. Jo is a wonderful wife
and they get along great, she loves to fish as much as Ron does. Ron used to run
marathons, and was an Olympic runner in the 60’s. His knees are shot now and he
says that had he known what was going to happen to them, he would have taken us
swimming instead! Anyway, Juan and Manuel took them out this morning and put the
lines in the water about 5 miles out from the Lighthouse on the Pacific side and things
were real slow until they got out 27 miles. Then they had a strike! The first fish was a
Marlin and Jo fought it for just a few seconds before it came off, then another fish struck
a purple/black straight runner on the long rigger. That was about 11:30, and Ron
settled in for the fight. It took almost an hour, and it was on his gear. After the fish
finally was in the boat, Ron swore it had to be #80, but Juan said that it was more in the
#60-#65 range. Not a problem at the time, as Ron was pretty wore out on the fish.
Now the reason he wants a big Cow Tuna is that it had always been his fathers dream
to get a chance at a big fish like that, but he never had the money or the time to give it
a try. In his place, Ron wants to catch one for him! Nice, huh? All right, we will keep
our fingers crossed that in the next two days it happens!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 30, 2003
Juan and Manuel took Ron and Jo back to the same area that they had found the
Tuna yesterday but there were no large fish for them today. Juan told me that they
could see the bigger fish in the school but they just would not bite anything they tried.
They did manage to hook up to two Yellowfin in the 25 pound class, but no big fish
today. The wind picked up a little bit and they have decided that because of Ron’s
knees they will probably try the Cortez side of the Cape tomorrow, the water should be
a bit smoother over there, and there have been some fish reported from the area
around the 1150.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 31, 2003
The water was nicer on the Cortez side of the Cape than on the Pacific side, but
again, there were no really large fish. Right after they had started out, Manuel received
a call from a friend that he had found a pod of porpoise and gave Manuel directions.
They ran all the way out there and ended up about 17 miles out from Palmilla. There
were Porpoise everywhere, and since they were one of the first boats to the spot, the
action happened quickly. Four nice Yellowfin of about #45 were caught, then the other
boats started showing up, putting the scare into the Tuna. Jo brought in a small
Dorado of about 12 pounds that they caught on live bait tossed at a small piece of
wood, and that was the end of the action for the day. The rest of the day was spent
looking for a Marlin for Jo to fight, but they saw not one fin nor did they have a fish
come up on the lures. They did have a good time however, and after returning to port
we spent a couple of hours at Tanga-Tanga sipping Pacificos and talking about all
kinds of stuff. Thanks Ron and Jo, we really enjoyed your company and are looking
forward to seeing you when you get a chance to come down again, hopefully and catch
the #100 Yellowfin!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2003
Russ Colby fished with us back on January 12th, and then he was on a Marlin
search. We did not have any luck with the Billfish, but did get into the action on small
football Yellowfin on light tackle (finally!) and lost a nice Dorado. Well, once again he
is looking for a Marlin, but would not turn down a fish for the table as well! Juan and
Manuel went out looking for Tuna for the table to start off with, but instead the almost
blanked out on any fish at all, The only fish they did find was a Striped Marlin, and he
struck on a lure! Finally Russ got his Marlin, a Striper estimated at #120 that they
tagged and released. Congratulations Russ, nice to see that Blue flag flying with a
release flag below it!
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Nov 3, 2003; 10:56AM - 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 FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 2, 2003
WEATHER: Great weather here in Cabo as Fall settles in. Our evening lows are in
the high 60’s and the day has highs in the mid 80’s to low 90’s. Mostly sunny all week
with only a few days of slight overcast. No rain of course! The winds have been mostly
light with an occasional pick up in strength in the early afternoon with wind from the
northwest kicking up to maybe 12 knots.
WATER: The temperature break we have been observing just to the outside of the San
Jaime Banks is spreading the boundary out a bit more and moving in closer to land as
it cools down across the board as well. The water on the Jaime now is mostly in the 82
degree range while water closer in is 85. On the Sea of Cortez side the same thing is
happening with the warmer water closer to land and everything cooling off a bit as well.
That is good for the fishing as those high temperature we had been seeing were not
carrying a lot of fish with them. Surface conditions have been excellent as well, with
just a slight chop and swell on the Pacific in the morning and kicking up to quite a few
whitecaps later on in the day. on the Cortez side the conditions have been just
beautiful with blue, calm water!
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was Caballito, and if you were late leaving the
Marina you might have had a hard time getting it. The price remains unchanged at the
usual $2 per bait. The Sardinas were very scarce again but a few bait boats had some
early in the week, they sold out quickly at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The action this week almost all seemed to be located on the Pacific side of
the Cape with the concentration of Striped Marlin between the Lighthouse and Golden
Gate Banks. Blue action was happening a lot closer to home with many boat getting
strikes from nice sized fish as close as two miles from the Cape and as far out as the
Jaime Banks. There were boats flying as many as three blue flags this week and I
heard of a couple that released 6 or seven fish in one day. The Blues have been
averaging between #250 and #300 and have been striking on lures in the Dorado color
as well as Petrelero. The Striped Marlin have been a mix of bait and lure fish with the
average weight at #110 and an occasional #160 to #180 being hooked. Boy, at that
size they almost look like small Blue Marlin when they open their mouth behind a lure!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: For those of you checking out my report in the hope of finding a
secret that will assist you in winning the up coming Tuna Tournament, good luck! My
boat is fishing as well and we want to win! Anyway, its great fun and the fish move
around a lot, lets just hope that by this time next week there will have been some big
ones weighed. From the way things are going so far, it does not look like we will be
seeing as many large fish (over #100) coming to the scales as we had last year. We
are seeing some fish that size in the Porpoise pods, mixed in with smaller school fish,
but they have not been biting all that well. The area around the 1150 spot and the area
just to the south side of the Jaime Banks were holding fish this week, but who knows if
they will still be there next week. The larger fish this week were taken on live bait slow
trolled along the leading edge of the Porpoise pods, using feathers and cedar plugs
resulted in smaller fish, at least for most boats. Lets keep our fingers crossed that the
secret weapons we bring (and we all have some!) work on the winning fish this year!
Good luck!
DORADO: The key to getting Dorado this week was finding floating debris. There was
enough of it out there last week that you really had to work hard to find something that
was holding fish, but this week there was not as much around and most of it had at
least one fish associated. The best results on Dorado were had up around and past
the Golden Gate Banks and some boats were able to really limit out with fish to #40.
Closer to home, slow trolling live bait arround 1/2 to 1 mile off the beach on the Pacific
side resulted in a few fish that averaged 15 pounds. Live bait was the key to Dorado
this week.
WAHOO: To use a favorite expression of mine, “What Hoo?”. There were very few
caught this week and they were incidental catches of fish averaging #35.
INSHORE: There was really not a lot happening inshore this week with the exception
of the Dorado on live bait. I talked with a lot of people who had gone out on Pangas
and who had gotten no fish, and talked to a few Captains who said that they were still
catching the occasional Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle, but that yes, the inshore was
slow.
NOTES: This coming week is going to be a barn burner with the Tuna Tournament
having over 200 teams entered. Pre fishing is on Wednesday and the Tournament is
on Thursday and Friday. I think that every Charter boat I know is booked for the game
and most of them have been for a few months. I know that we have a waiting list of
people who want to know if someone drops out and a boat opens up. There are a few
boats available, but they are the ones who are trying to make a killing. One owner of a
#1 and @8 foot boat was asked by a friend of mine if he was available for the
tournament. The guys said yes and when my friend asked him how much he wanted
per day, the owner told him “$1,000”! Guess he won’t be fishing the tournament.
Anyway, I am going to be very busy this week and will try to give a good report on the
fishing action in next weeks report. Until then, Tight Lines (and keep your fingers
crossed for me, huh?)!
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Nov 2, 2003; 09:12AM - Sails and Roosters Set The Pace
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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 84º cobalt blue water is still at 19 miles, and there is a
very clean water from the beach to about 3 miles. Between the two has been a
daily guess as to where the green water was and/or clean water.
Santiago, on the panga “Gitana” found the clean water at 12 miles two days ago
for his client Kenneth Hill of Clinton, Utah. They tagged and released 3 sailfish, with one of them estimated at a huge 120 pounds. Santiago told me if he had not seen the fish take the trolled cut bait, from the way it fought he would have sworn it was a blue marlin.
The roosterfish action is remaining steady, with about 3 fish per day per boat being released.
Not much word on the tuna or dorado however.
Water Temperature 75º-86º
Air Temperature 79°-91º
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW at 9 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds 2000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:43 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:16 p.m. CST
Oct. 31 First Quarter Nov.8 Full Nov. 16 Last Quarter Nov 23 New
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to:
http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Nov 2, 2003; 09:09AM - Long Ride But Worth It
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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 weather has been beautiful, very calm in the mornings with the seas building slightly all day. The blue water is about 17 miles offshore, but the water temp is off until you get about 45-50 miles out. This is where the action on sails, marlin, and dorado kicks in. Very few of the local fleet were out, but those that made the run had great action averaging double digit releases. One boat was able to connect with a blue marlin, and one boat barely missed a small but very active blue marlin when some 40-pound class dorado stole all the baits from under its nose. Inshore, we ran one trip in the last week and connected with 2 of 5 roosters in the 30-40lb class in addition to some
mackerel and jacks in a short 3.5 hour trip.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 80°-88º
Humidity 66%
Wind East 11 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility
Sunrise 5:56 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:37 p.m. CST
Oct. 31 First Quarter Nov.8 Full Nov. 16 Last Quarter Nov 23 New
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Guatemala trips, go to:
http://www.guatemalafly.com
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy
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Nov 2, 2003; 09:06AM - Turn Back the Clocks, Here Come the Tuna
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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@usa.net; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Thurs., Oct. 30, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/23 - 10/30)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND IZTAPA, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Plenty of yellowfin tuna and skipjack actions to keep the rods bent. A few dorado and the sailfish continue to lead the way in the billfish department. Weather has been great with the exception of some north wind on Mon. A few jacks can be found at both La Ribera and Punta Colorada.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 81°-86°
Air temperature 72° - 90°
Humidity about 31%
Wind NW at 3 mph
Conditions Partly Cloudy (FEW) : 5,000 ft
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:21 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:43 p.m. MST
Oct. 31 First Quarter Nov.8 Full Nov. 16 Last Quarter Nov 23 New
o OFFSHORE: Tuna flags seemed to flying from the riggers of almost every
boat heading back in. For the hardcore billfish types, there’s sailfish in good numbers
with a smattering of blues and stripes.
o INSHORE: Water clarity continues to improve and along with that the jacks and roosters have begun to show again.
o BEACH: Flotsam, trash and arroyos still running still make the beach a tough proposition.
BILLFISH - Sailfish the best bet at the moment.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Back up to speed this week.
DORADO - A few here and there.
ROOSTERFISH - Smaller fish only.
JACK CREVALLE - La Ribera and Punta Colorada the best bet.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Good size and plenty.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Slow.
SIERRA - A few here and there.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Fast-paced action from the Thetis Bank down toward Santa Maria Bay continues its red hot pace. Lots of fish in the teasers and plenty of double digit counts reported by the few boats in the area. Wahoo also showing up in the pattern enough to play havoc with the teasers. Plenty of action for estero (estuary) aficionados with plenty of corvina hitting everything from poppers to sub-surface flies. A few snook hooked, but lost. Rounding out the species list were pompano, jacks and lots of cabrilla to keep Pudge Kleinkauf's group smiling and raring to go in the morning.
Water Temperature 67°-79°
Air Temperature 60°- 82°
Humidity 35%
Wind WSW 11 mph
Conditions Haze
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:49 p.m. MST
Oct. 31 First Quarter Nov.8 Full Nov. 16 Last Quarter Nov 23 New
YELLOWTAIL - Still around.
CORVINA - Pop, Pop, Slam. What a kick
SNOOK - They are biting, we are just not catching.
HALIBUT - Chartreuse Clousers and sandy beach, slow retrieve along the bottom
equals action.
SIERRA - Everyone forgot to look.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 84º cobalt blue water is still at 19 miles, and there is a
very clean water from the beach to about 3 miles. Between the two has been a
daily guess as to where the green water was and/or clean water.
Santiago, on the panga “Gitana” found the clean water at 12 miles two days ago
for his client Kenneth Hill of Clinton, Utah. They tagged and released 3 sailfish, with one of them estimated at a huge 120 pounds. Santiago told me if he had not seen the fish take the trolled cut bait, from the way it fought he would have sworn it was a blue marlin.
The roosterfish action is remaining steady, with about 3 fish per day per boat being released.
Not much word on the tuna or dorado however.
Water Temperature 75º-86º
Air Temperature 79°-91º
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW at 9 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds 2000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:43 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:16 p.m. CST
Oct. 31 First Quarter Nov.8 Full Nov. 16 Last Quarter Nov 23 New
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to:
http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The weather has been beautiful, very calm in the mornings with the seas building slightly all day. The blue water is about 17 miles offshore, but the water temp is off until you get about 45-50 miles out. This is where the action on sails, marlin, and dorado kicks in. Very few of the local fleet were out, but those that made the run had great action averaging double digit releases. One boat was able to connect with a blue marlin, and one boat barely missed a small but very active blue marlin when some 40-pound class dorado stole all the baits from under its nose. Inshore, we ran one trip in the last week and connected with 2 of 5 roosters in the 30-40lb class in addition to some
mackerel and jacks in a short 3.5 hour trip.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 80°-88º
Humidity 66%
Wind East 11 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility
Sunrise 5:56 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:37 p.m. CST
Oct. 31 First Quarter Nov.8 Full Nov. 16 Last Quarter Nov 23 New
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Guatemala trips, go to:
http://www.guatemalafly.com
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy
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