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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 23, 2025
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Oct 20, 2003; 11:03AM - '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 RELEASED (#120)
DORADO: 8 KEPT (15-25#)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 14, 2003
We had a young newlywed couple on board the boat today and they just wanted a
chance to get out and catch some fish. It ended up a short day because of a blown
transmission oil seal but they did catch a nice Dorado on the way back in. Juan said
that several more Dorado were lost and the water was really nice out there. The
transmission oil seals were replaced this afternoon and everything is fine now.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 15, 2003
Our friend Joe Baczewski, his son Joey and Joey’s girlfriend Casey are fishing on
the “Fly Hooker” today and tomorrow. Several years ago Joey was fortunate enough to
catch a #450 Blue Marlin while fishing with Juan and Manuel and both him and Joe
have been looking for another large fish since then. This week it was difficult to get any
live bait and today was no exception, no bait available. It was also the first day of the
“Los Cabos Billfish Tournament” so there was a lot of pressure on the billfish with
everyone working for them. With over 60 boats in the tournament plus normal charters
the pressure was fairly intense. Juan and Manuel worked up the Pacific coast and
caught two Dorado but only saw two Striped Marlin. One of these fish they may have
had a shot at with live bait but the other one went down right away. Casey did not feel
well during the trip and slept most of the time. We hope the fishing is better for them
tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 16, 2003
Casey decided not to go today so it was just Joe and Joey Baczewski today. Again,
there was little live bait available and what was there was not good. Juan and Manuel
headed up the Pacific side of the Cape and found Dorado about 15 miles up the coast.
They were able to get 5 fish in the boat, all around 20 pounds, plus they lost several
more. On the way back in they saw two Marlin on the surface out by the lighthouse but
with no live bait to entice them it was a frustrating experience. I surely hope that next
time they come to Cabo the Marlin fishing is better for them.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 17, 2003
Jerry French, his wife and their friends booked the boat for today and any kind of fish
would have been fine for them. Juan had things to take care of at home so it was
Manuel and Mauricio on the boat. The girls got sick almost right away, started to chum
in an attempt to attract fish according to Jerry! It did not work though. Manuel stayed
in the area off the Lighthouse on the Pacific side, mostly within 10 miles while looking
for a Dorado or a Marlin, but they had no luck at all. It was a nice day on the water and
a good boat ride for the guys and the girls were good sports about it. Sorry Jerry, I
hope that your next trip has better results.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 18 OCTOBER, 2003
Our friend Tim and Jill Lawrence from Anchorage are in Cabo again and they will be
spending a few days over the next week on the “Fly Hooker” with Juan and Manuel.
Today they went up the Pacific coast to an area inside the Golden Gate Banks and
finally found a Striped Marlin. Since they were able to get some live bait this morning
Juan was able to cast on the fish and it ate! Jill got to fight the fish and after about 15
minutes Juan was able to grab the leader for a release. That was all the action for the
day, we were surprised that they were not able to get at least one Dorado! Maybe on
Monday.
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Oct 20, 2003; 10:59AM - 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 12 TO OCTOBER 18, 2003
WEATHER: Warm days in the mid 90’s, cool evenings in the mid 70’s and very little
cloud cover made for great weather one again. The only thing I am wishing for is a little
less humidity. Of course, when you are out on the water you don’t notice it!
WATER: This week the water has changed very little except that the green water on
the Pacific side has narrowed and only extends a very short distance off shore. There
is still a significant temperature break on the Pacific side just past the San Jaime Banks
and it is still producing fish at times. On the Cortez side of the Cape the water is very
warm, in places up to 88 degrees. Most of it is a good color, but a bit too warm for
great fishing.
BAIT: Again, just like last week, there was little good bait available at the beginning of
the week. At the end of the week there was some Caballito to be found, but they were
not in good supply and many boats were still unable to get good bait. The normal $2
per bait price has held this week.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Ok, maybe I was premature on the good Blue Marlin showing last week, but
at least there were some caught then. This week things got much slower. To give you
an idea, the “Los Cabos Billfish Tournament” was held this Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, with 59 teams entered. For the three days of fishing there were only three
Qualified fish weighed, all between 300 and 400 pounds. Two more fish that did not
meet the minimum weight were brought in. Almost all these fish hit on lures and the
bite was scattered. The best result on tagged and released Billfish was 2 in one day,
and that was for any species of Billfish. Hope the bite is better next week!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change in the Tuna this week from last
week. The fish were with the porpoise and it was pretty much hit or miss on finding
them, then getting them to bite. We had times where there were Tuna jumping out of
the water and nothing we tried would work. Most of the fish were running 15-30 pounds
with a few larger fish to 50 pounds being hooked up. I think that if we had small
Sardinas that the results may have been a bit better, but the best most of us could do
was to run a hootchie directly off 30 pound test with no leader and hope that we did not
get broken off if we were lucky enough to get bit. The fish were 20 miles out at least,
regardless of the direction you decided to go, and at times they could only be found 40
miles out. Of course, as usual, the first couple of boats to the fish got the action, and
the last ones just got to see the fish jumping. You may have noticed that this little
section is the same this week as last week, that is because things did not change at all.
The Billfish Tournament did have a category for Yellowfin Tuna, and first place this
week was one that weighed almost #150. Second place was one that reached almost
75 pounds.
DORADO: The Dorado bite dropped off as the fish seemed to move further up the
Pacific coast. There were still fish around, but not in the numbers we were seeing last
week. Best action was on the Pacific side, close to the coast, and on bright colored
lures. The fish were averaging 15-20 pounds and they were not thick, mostly scattered
singles and doubles.
WAHOO: Just like last week, I did see a few red flags, so there were fish found, but not
in any numbers or any seeming concentration.
INSHORE: This weeks inshore action was a repeat of last weeks, and the week
before. Jack Crevalle, Roosterfish and a few Sierra were reported by Captains and
anglers fishing the shore breaks, live bait was the key as lures were mostly ignored.
The best action seemed to come from the Pacific side around the lighthouse.
NOTES: Tournament time in Cabo! The Marina is full and there is life in the town.
Now all we need is for the fishing to turn on! This weeks short report was written to the
music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on the 1974 Atlantic release “So Far”.
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Oct 17, 2003; 12:18PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 10/10/03 - 10/17/03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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The lingering effects of last week's storms coupled with little fishing activity made for a slim report last week from Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. The inshore fishing just about shut down from the heavy rain runoff which muddied up the inshore waters. Large swells also prevented anglers from probing the inshore waters. Captain Adolofo Espinosa did mange one nice roosterfish and a few Yellowtail Jacks in one day of inshore fishing. Offshore the blue water has been pushed to beyond the 10 mile mark. Captains reports raising a few Sailfish and Dorado per day but the action was scattered with most occurring around the floating debris. No Marlin or Tuna action was reported
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Humid with highs in the upper 80's
Sea Conditions: Calm to Moderate
Bait Supply: Good
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters
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Oct 15, 2003; 02:00PM - Fall tuna fishing Venice, LA
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Had a decent trip out offshore Monday with Hunter Ledbetter and friends...tuna fishing was a little slow in the early part of the day although I think we were lucky to pick up 3 yellowfin before noon..decided to quit around shortly thereafter amid building seas and limited patience...made 10 or 12 drifts over some productive bottom area picking up 5 red snapper, all studs, the usual jacks, about a dozen two of which kept and a nice yellowedge grouper..lost as many fish to the hangs below...oddly enough it calmed to near flat glass in the afternoon and despite a rippng current we were able to save the day...
Things weren't looking good for Tuesday's overnight tuna trip with a group of charter captains from South Florida so we decided to leave a few hours earlier than usual to take advantage of the good weather we had on the way home..arrived at the spot about 3am where the boys fought about 75 blackfin and 5 yellowfin without any rest for 5 hours..had one decent yellowfin about 70 pounds out of the bunch releasing the large majority of the blackfin..it was glass calm until about 6:30am but the pace slowed and the west wind started blowing hard against the current with the rising sun, so we decided to head in about two hours later...seems like every rig in blue water is holding a healthy supply of hardtails and baby bonita or frigate mackeral, not sure what they are but they make for some nice live decoys....Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006
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Oct 13, 2003; 12:00PM - '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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
BLUE MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#300)
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#120)
PACIFIC SAILFISH: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#90)
WAHOO: ONE KEPT (#70)
DORADO: FIVE KEPT (#15-#35)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: SIX KEPT (#15-#25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 5, 2003
Greg, Vance and Patty were aboard the “Fly Hooker” today and were glad to see
Juan again. I got to go along as it was Manuels day off and we were not sure of being
able to pick up a deck hand this morning. We finally did, on the way out of the Marina
and we did all right as Rigo is a pretty good guy and is normally right on top of things.
Juan decided that our best chance was south of the Arch so off we went. We cruised
for about 45 minutes before Juan started spotting debris in the water, then the dorsal
fin of a Striped Marlin. I pinned on a live Caballito and dropped it back as we drifted to
a stop. After a very long wait with no pick-up I started to reel the bait in and got it half
way to the boat when it got bit. I must not have given the Marlin long enough because
when I set the hook I could feel it pull out of the bait, but not into the Marlin! The leader
was chafed up so we were sure what had taken the bait. We worked the debris line,
lots of small stuff and a few occasional logs, and finally went further south, looking for
action. At a distance of 21 miles we came across another debris line, this one with a lot
of big stuff in it. A few seconds after having the port rigger clip release because of a
branch that was snagged, we had the center, long line go off. This one was no snag!
Vance fought the fish stand-up and after a little while Rigo was able to sink the gaff into
a very nice Bull Dorado of around 35 pounds. We drifted a live bait back as the fish
was being fought but could not get another pick-up. Back to trolling and then we
spotted Porpoise, actually Spinner Dolphin. We could see Tuna breaking water and
tried everything we had and could not get looked at. Really frustrating! We worked
them for quite a while and then started the trip home. At least we had not gotten
skunked, a lot of boats had. Let us hope that the fishing picks up on Tuesday and
Thursday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 6, 2003
Ed and Jennifer Buccigross are fishing with us today and Wednesday. They are
experienced anglers and have fished Cabo before. Unfortunately there was no good
live bait available this morning so the entire days effort was done on lures. Juan said
that Manuel decided to try the San Jaime Banks today and that is where they found the
fish. One nice Dorado and six Yellowfin Tuna were the catch for the day, but Ed said
that there were Porpoise by the thousands and Tuna jumping everywhere, they were
just hard to catch. Not having any live bait also made it hard to get a good shot at the
two Striped Marlin that they spotted on the surface. Hopefully there will be live bait the
rest of the week! Ed and Jennifer had a great time and were nice to say that Juan and
Manuel were without a doubt the best crew they had ever fished with. Lets hope it
stays that way! Thanks guys, and we shall keep our fingers crossed for Wednesdays
fishing!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 07 OCTOBER, 2003
Today we had Don Cartner and his girlfriend June, Vance and Patty on the “Fly
Hooker” with Juan and Manuel. There was a late start due to having a problem with the
transmission coupling for the starboard engine, but they were on their way by 8 AM.
No live bait again and it’s too bad because there was a chance to toss bait to at least
two Striped Marlin during the trip. One of them showed an interest in the lures but
would not bite and the other went down right away. Don did hook up to a very nice
Wahoo late into the trip, the fish was around 70 pounds. Sure did make a nice load of
fillets! They were also able to get two of three Dorado that bit into the boat. That was it
for the day, but at least there were fish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 10 OCTOBER, 2003
Nick and Carol Fedorka were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today and Nick just
celebrated his 50th birthday. His birthday present was supposed to be a Marlin so
Juan and Manuel did their best to make it a good trip. Guess what, sometimes good
things happen to good people! Carol was along for the boat ride and the sun, plus she
was forced into the role of official photographer, getting proof of the fish. Only two
Marlin gave Nick a workout, one of them was an hour and a half fight with a Blue
estimated at #300, tagged and released. The other fish was a Striped Marlin estimated
at #120, also tagged and released. To top it off he caught and kept a nice 25 pound
Dorado, perfect for dinner! It just doesn’t get any better than this folks! Thanks Nick,
we are glad it worked out!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 11 OCTOBER, 2003
Kurt Kennery, Richard Shannon and Mike Sherer were the anglers on the “Fly
Hooker” today, and they really wanted to get something to eat, but more importantly
they wanted some action. Juan and Manual went to the same area they had taken Nick
and Carol yesterday but the action was not as great. The started off the morning with a
Striped Marlin hot on one of the lures, but the fish would not eat it, and when Manual
dropped back a live bait the fish showed no interest in it, who can figure them out? A
little later on they were lucky and hooked up a Pacific Sailfish that they were able to tag
and release after a short fight. Much later on they had another shot at a Striped Marlin,
but this fish was a bit lazy, not hungry, and no action resulted. No strikes from Dorado,
Wahoo or Tuna were to be found on this trip. Sorry about that guys, we hope that next
time the food fish action is red hot!
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Oct 13, 2003; 11:56AM - 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 5 TO OCTOBER 11, 2003
WEATHER: Once again we are blessed with great weather. Now that fall is
approaching (the only way we can tell is the weather!) the nighttime temperatures are
dropping into the low 70’s and the daytime highs are staying in the low 90’s, plus the
humidity is dropping so it is nice to be out and about. We had light breezes from the
northwest and west this week, not a lot in town due to the ridge blocking it, but very
nice on the water.
WATER: A bit of green water was found out about 3 miles on the Pacific side of the
Cape this week and it came on a bit strong at the tail end of the week. Everywhere
else we have had very blue, warm water. The temperatures within 20 miles of the Cape
on the Pacific side have been in the low 80’s while the same distance out on the Sea of
Cortez side has had temperatures in the mid 80’s. This is looking great for the
tournaments coming up this month. The swells have been small and the wind chop
very light for the most part, we did have a few days when the chop picked up quite a bit
in the afternoon. There has been a temperature break on the Pacific side out at 25
miles to the west, just past the San Jaime Banks, and trailing down to the southwest
from there where the break has been two degrees over a very short distance, and at
times the area really produced well.
BAIT: At the beginning of the week it was hit or miss on live bait while at the end of the
week there was no problem getting Mackerel. The normal $2 per bait when you could
find it.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Thank goodness there are some Blue Marlin beginning to show themselves.
We were afraid that after the hurricanes something had changed and forced them away
from the area. There were quite a few of them hooked up this week, and there was a
good showing on the Striped Marlin as well. These fish were not everywhere though,
you had to be in the right areas. One of the biggest concentrations of Striped Marlin
was in the 1150 area, and they were there in packs. One of the best lures at the time
was a small Dorado colored lure, there must be a lot of the small fish swimming around
there. For the Blue Marlin, the Gordo Banks area and off the Punta Gordo were good
spots, but the action there occurred for boats dropping live Skipjack. There were fish
hooked up on lures while trolling the area, but the results were better on the live bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change in the Tuna this week from last
week. The fish were with the porpoise and it was pretty much hit or miss on finding
them, then getting them to bite. We had times where there were Tuna jumping out of
the water and nothing we tried would work. Most of the fish were running 15-30 pounds
with a few larger fish to 50 pounds being hooked up. I think that if we had small
Sardinas that the results may have been a bit better, but the best most of us could do
was to run a hootchie directly off 30 pound test with no leader and hope that we did not
get broken off if we were lucky enough to get bit. The fish were 20 miles out at least,
regardless of the direction you decided to go, and at times they could only be found 40
miles out. Of course, as usual, the first couple of boats to the fish got the action, and
the last ones just got to see the fish jumping.
DORADO: The Dorado bite was better this week than last with fish scattered all over
the area on the Pacific side of the Cape. The Sea of Cortez side was not providing the
same quality of action as the Pacific but there were still a few fish being found. On the
Pacific, ranging from just outside the shore break out tot he Banks, action was
scattered in the open and good when you could find the right floating objects. The
concentration of debris we had last week and the week before has thinned out and now
when you are able to find something floating the chances are good that there are fish
under it. Bright colored lures and live bait accounted for most of the fish, and when the
action died off at the floating debris, often starting a little chunk line brought the action
back to life. Most of the fish were between 15 and 25 pounds around the debris, but
the fish in the open were a bit larger on average, between 25 and 40 pounds.
WAHOO: Very surprisingly there was little Wahoo action this week. I thought that the
full moon would bring us a lot of fish, but they decided to hold back. I did see a few red
flags, so there were fish found, but not in any numbers or any seeming concentration.
INSHORE: This weeks inshore action was a repeat of last weeks. Jack Crevalle,
Roosterfish and a few Sierra were reported by Captains and anglers fishing the shore
breaks, live bait was the key as lures were mostly ignored. The best action seemed to
come from the Pacific side around the lighthouse.
NOTES: With the cooler temperatures and fall approaching, the Cruise Ships are
back. This means that on almost any given day there will be at least one ship out in the
bay, some days we have had three of them anchored. All the rain we received over the
last 60 days has the hills bright green, it doesn’t look like a desert until you get close!
The town has pretty much cleaned up most of the streets after all the sand washed into
them from Hurricane Marty and you would have a hard time being able to tell we had
anything happen here. The Marina is filling back up as all the war wagons arrive for
the tournaments, and all the talk in town is about fishing, where they are, what they are
biting, what kind of new gear folks have and what their plan of attack will be this year!
Good sounds to my ears and I always learn something new from the pros on the docks.
Thanks for checking out this weeks report, I hope it has helped you somewhat, or at
least been informative. It was written to the sound of Roy Buchanan on his CD “Roy
Buchanan” , a 1972 release. Thanks for the sounds Charlie!
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Oct 9, 2003; 05:02PM - Season Just Around The Corner
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
Thurs., October 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/03 - 10/09)
IN GENERAL: The blue water was only 8 miles out at times last week! There were only two boats that went out and stayed out due to spotty weather. They went 6 of 11 on sails, got 4 dorado, 5 tuna and 2 marlin, which is great given the weather. Hopefully, the blue water will stay in close and the weather will improve so more boats can get out in the coming week.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 77°-90º
Humidity 69%
Wind North at 3 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 1,800 ft
Visibility
Sunrise 5:52 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:52 p.m. CST
Oct. 10 Full Oct. 18 Last Quarter Oct 25 New Oct. 31 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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Oct 9, 2003; 04:59PM - Nora and Olaf are Toast
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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10/9/2003 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., October 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/03 - 10/09)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND IZTAPA, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Everyone spent most of the week holding their breath and watching
the Weather Channel as Nora and Olaf meandered outside and below the tip of Baja. By this morning (10/9) Nora and Olaf were both history and aside from consistent thunder showers for the past few days, Baja is no worse for wear. The arroyos still have plenty of water in them, but are passable. As for fishing, there’s plenty of tuna and, on the billfish front, sails to keep the few visitors happy. Dorado are still a disappointment even though there is plenty of debris in the water to provide cover.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 78°-86°
Air temperature 73° - 91°
Humidity about 48%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:13 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:58 p.m. MST
Oct.10 Full Oct. 18 Last Quarter Oct 25 New Oct. 31 First Quarter
o OFFSHORE: Tuna and sailfish dominated the catch with only a few dorado,
blues and stripes.
o INSHORE: With off-color water, most of the boats focused on the offshore.
o BEACH: Best bet is the edges of the arroyos.
BILLFISH - Sailfish are the best bet for now.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Plenty of footballs with a few larger ones mixed in.
DORADO - Just don't want to get with the program
ROOSTERFISH - Only a few smaller ones at the arroyos.
JACK CREVALLE - A few smaller fish.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Mixed in with the porpoise.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Nada.
SIERRA - Haven't heard of any lately.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Thurs., October 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/03 - 10/09)
IN GENERAL: The threat of Nora managed to keep most of the boats inside the bay for most of the week. The threat’s gone just in time as a few trailer boats began to arrive for Fall offshore pileup. Won't be long before the Southern California transiting yachts will begin to arrive. Based on the reports so far, it should be a good season. Back up in the esteros the action has been spotty since few boats have been fishing this week. A few reports of plenty of bait being seen near Devil's Curve. We still have a few slots opened for our Magdalena Bay Estero Sampler call Yvonne for more information 800 919 2252.
http://www.bajafly.com/Pudgemag03/
Water Temperature 60°-78°
Air Temperature 68°- 82°
Humidity 59%
Wind NW at 2 mph
Conditions Haze
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:22 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:05 p.m. MST
Oct.10 Full Oct. 18 Last Quarter Oct. 25 New Oct. 31 First Quarter
YELLOWTAIL - Last report had them under the bird schools outside the entrada.
CORVINA - Both the pier and bridge produced good catches.
SNOOK - They are here, just need a few anglers.
HALIBUT - Still up in the shallows at the sandy beaches.
SIERRA - Also at the pier.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
Thurs., October 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/03 - 10/09)
IN GENERAL: Nothing has changed much at all from this past week or two. The 84º blue water is still out about 10 miles, holding lots of bait.
We did get a little rain and wind, which made for a couple of days nobody wanted to go out, plus one of those days was an actual port closure.
There are very, very few people here and I do not think we had a total of 10 boat days all week.
I assume the rooster bite will still be going strong, if we get somebody to fish for them. And, the sailfish action is still holding at 1 to 2 fish per boat per day. Also, a few very nice dorado are holding in the current lines.
Water Temperature 75º-91º
Air Temperature 77°-90º
Humidity 66%
Wind WSW at 9 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 25,000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:37 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:28 p.m. CST
Oct. 10 Full Oct. 18 Last Quarter Oct 25 New Oct. 31 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
Thurs., October 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/03 - 10/09)
IN GENERAL: The blue water was only 8 miles out at times last week! There were only two boats that went out and stayed out due to spotty weather. They went 6 of 11 on sails, got 4 dorado, 5 tuna and 2 marlin, which is great given the weather. Hopefully, the blue water will stay in close and the weather will improve so more boats can get out in the coming week.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 77°-90º
Humidity 69%
Wind North at 3 mph
Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 1,800 ft
Visibility
Sunrise 5:52 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:52 p.m. CST
Oct. 10 Full Oct. 18 Last Quarter Oct 25 New Oct. 31 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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Oct 8, 2003; 01:38PM - Ealry October Venice Louisiana report
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Man where do I start..what a stretch of great weather and big fish..marlin, tuna, dolphin, snapper, grouper, tripletail, AJ....and it has been flat as glass last 3 days.
After a recent overnight tuna trip we find it strange that the yellowfin are biting better during the day lately..I think we went through 50 blackfin before we decided to drift away from the rig and fish for swords and flying fish..still eluded by the sworded prince of darkness in this the latest attempt - drifted 8 miles in 5 hours along the 2500 foot line toward the Canyon..not even a click...I think we did manage to put 30 flying fish in the livewell as they came to inspect the glow from the fisherman's greenlight..the day broke and we caught 3 decent yellows on flying fish before the Marlin showed up..have to credit Sonny with this fish..he was able to get a blackfin out of the box on on a hook withing 15 seconds. The cool thing about that blue, other than it being the largest one we have ever released from the Albemarle was that it stayed in my sight for most of the 2 hour fight..I got to see it charge the tuna, take the blackfin - and swim off with it sideways before it stopped and gulped it 10 seconds later - tells me I should allow for more time to swallow a natural bait when trolling..we usually give them about 5 seconds..next year we'll give them 10-15..since the fish swam on top of the water 30-50 yards behind the boat most of the fight I got a feel for what these fish do when on the prowl..never seen one swimming free like that for so long..they are almost snakelike. After the leader was touched..(we are out of tags) we tried to break it off by locking the drag all the way down..couldn't break it or pull the 6/0 live bait hook..Sonny had to grab the line and take a suicide wrap to snap it at the leader..it is amazing that it is hard to break them off when you wnat to..have to tip my hat to the folks at Mustad..not only did that tiny hook grab, but it held with 20 pounds of drag for 2 hours..never did see where it stuck but it did the job along with all 5 of the anglers taking a turn..nice going Nathan, Curt, Dave, Craig and Mike
Yesterday we had every intention of fishing Medusa again for day time tuna..we did stop in the 93 block and troll for wahoo for 90 minutes picking up 2 baracuda..but that was OK with JD my junior angler who really wanted barracuda over wahoo..water has been near cobalt blue at Medusa and 93 last 4 days..I was surprised to see that after such a hard northerly blow the 5 previous days..from my observations the whole slug of bluewater is moving from SE to NW making for a nice rip close in..it also explains why the water is better to the west..(we proved it to be green and blue green to the east)...
anyway..the tuna were just not cooperating for Monday's trip although we did catch a 20 pound dolphin and 5 tripletail at Medusa for the extra run..we ended the day stopping at a wreck we had pulled one snapper off on the way in from Sunday's trip..we caught a 40 pound gag, Amberjack and 6 red snapper..most about 8 pounds one 15 and one an easy 20..Allen, Travis, Billy and Judy were able to save the trip in the 90 minutes we had left to fish..
Today we thought we might try the Elf platform since we had busted at Medusa the day before..bad call..green water and no fish..John Morise and I complained about it all day until his fly-boy buddies buzzed the tower..we were able to get a report on a line 3 miles south so off we both went...we pulled a mixed spread of ballyhoo and divers - weren't on it 15 minutes when the first wahoo hit a purple and black Braid murauder bait on the shortline..except this wahoo kept running until he got deep into the backing he went deep..after a 45 minute fight with Neville, Ray and Russel Choina getting a turn we gaffed a est..160 pound yellowfin...Sonny and I had been wondering when we were going to have to use the tuna door..well today was the day...we quickly gutted it and packed it away..oddly enogh the stomach was packed solid with about 30 small blue crabs almost enough to boil...maybe the next new live bait craze..who knows..never seen that before...the fish weighed 138 pound gutted and bled at the marina and I have to say since we have been gutting our bigger tuna's by cutting off the gill plate stuffing the carcass with ice..the meat has been purple and rubbery..we have been making an incision at the anus and pulling all the gut out through the gill plate...we also picked up a 30 pound dolphin on a naked ballyhoo later in the day and a few blackfin at the trawl boats 5 miles out of South Pass...they must have had the entire Bon Secour and Bayou La Batre fleet out there..most of the boats are holding bonita and sharks but the ones closer to the 7 mile rigs have balckfin on them as well....We ran the rip from south of Elf (Matterhorn) to 2 miles inside of little Arco..it has to be the same rip that runs just outside of West Delta 106 and 105 although the water is cleaner to the west...it was likwise loaded with tripletail although we never stopped on it today...
We have some great underwater shots to be developed from the marlin day..my digital broke 3 days ago so I have to wait for the rprint filmm..can't wait to see what we were able to get...
Will try and post them all tomorrow...Paradise Outfitters
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Oct 7, 2003; 08:28PM - El Jefe Sportfishing Los Suenos Costa Rica
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Category: Costa Rica
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Author Name: Steve
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I had the honor of fishing on the El Jefe out of Los Suenos Costa Rica a 38 foot Out Island dayrunner with a top notch crew and the owner of the boat and operation along with his daughter this past weekend. Although 2 days of fishing was hardly enough I managed to catch one billfish each day I went out. We only fished about 6 hours each day as time was an issue with my trip but the time spent was phenomenal and productive. The captain of the boat Victor Julio Lopez is one of the top 5 billfish captains in the world as written in Marlin magazine and is for certain one of the best captains I have ever fished with to date. His tactics enabled me to catch a 130 lb sailfish and a 250 lb black marlin on 20 lb test almost making the task easy. I was amazed at the quality of the crew Daniel Arrieta was the first mate and the owner of the boat was very helpful to me in my excitement. Dr. Decarol Williamson set the patterns for the teaser/ballyhoo combinations in the trolling spread. Once a fish had been raised which we only managed to raise 2 fish on the trip he without panic dropped baits back to both fish. I could see that Dr. Williamson was a very professional angler in his actions setting up the fish on 20 lb test and Penn 20 International reels. The equipment onboard his operation is top notch and I tried to sneak in a photo of his rigging techniques on the ballyhoo but some things are secret and best kept that way. Unfortunately this is not the peak season for fishing in Costa Rica but none the less I had sore arms on the plane ride home. If you ever get a chance to go to Costa Rica make it a point to stay no less than one week. The scenery will amaze you the people are very friendly and the food is out of this world. El Jefe Sportfishing is just getting underway in Costa Rica and only waiting for the season to get started and will become the best package available once they get into full swing. For more information on pricing etc. feel free to send an email to eljefesportfishing@2catchfish.com I will help you where I can or forward any questions you may have regarding this outstanding operation. I hope to return to Costa Rica soon with a friend and spend some real time there to explore this country a bit more. Thanks Dr. Williamson for a great time hope to see you soon..........Steve
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