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Jul 13, 2009; 02:37PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
July 6-12, 2009
WEATHER: Well, now we know for sure that summer is full on us as our daytime temperatures this week have been consistently above 100 degrees, in a few cases getting higher than 103 degrees at my house. Our nighttime range has been in the mid to high 80’s early in the morning, I have yet to see anything lower than 80 degrees on the chart. We did have a couple of days when the wind blew a little from the east and brought some cooling to town, and on Sunday morning it felt for abut an hour that we might have a bit of fog move in and cool things down, but that never happened and things have stayed warm. No clouds, no rain and sunny skies, if you are coming in the next few months, leave the long pants and sweater at home, just bring swim suits and sunblock!
WATER: The strength of the California current died off and the warm water that was stacked up past the Punta Gorda area worked its way quickly across the Cape. At the end of the week we had surface temperatures in the high 80’s across the Sea of Cortez and up into the Pacific as far as 10 miles northwest of the Golden Gate Banks, a big difference from what we were seeing last week. From the San Jaime Banks and the 1,000 fathom line all the way across the Cape into the sea of Cortez the water was 85 degrees or higher. On the Pacific side up above the Golden Gate Bank half way to the Finger Bank it began to cool a bit and at the Finger Bank itself it was 77 degrees. Even thought the water was warm above the San Jaime Bank, it was still a little off color, but everywhere else it was a deep blue. Sea swells were a little larger than normal due to the passing far to the south of Hurricanes Blanca and Carlos, but there was very little to no wind on top of the swells so conditions were great for fishing.
BAIT: Caballito and Mackerel at the normal $3 per bait as well as Mullet at the same price.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The numbers of Striped Marlin that have been seen this week are down, but that is considered normal for this time of year as the water warms past their comfort zone. A few are still being seen out there and a few are caught every day, but as the water stays warm the numbers will continue to drop off. There have been a lot more Sailfish showing up in the catch reports this week, once again due to the warmer water. They are being caught on smaller lures being pulled for Dorado and a few boats have had instances where all the lures have been attacked at once. There are also reports every day of Blue Marlin, and occasionally a Black Marlin appearing in the pattern and engulfing a lure. Not a lot of them are being brought to the boat yet, but that will change soon as the fleet boats start gearing up for these larger fish.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again we were seeing small football fish in and around some of the porpoise pods that were found. Not all pods had tuna with them, often a large pod would be found with plenty of feeding activity and bird action, yet not one fish would be caught or show up on the fish finders. On about half the occasions that the porpoise were found there would be fish with them. In the middle of the week there was decent action for one day with a nice pod of porpoise holding fish averaging 30 pounds between the San Jaime Bank and the Golden Gate Bank, but the fish did not stay around long enough for more that a couple of boats to get in on the action. Other than that one day, a good bite on football fish would be between 10 and 20 fish a trip, but you had to be in the right place at the right time for that to happen. Most boats looking for Tuna were lucky to get a couple of them in the box.
DORADO: Still averaging 2 fish per boat, Dorado remained the fish of the week this week. While not everyone got into one of the nice 50-pound fish, there were enough of them in the 15-pound class to get a nice dinner for everyone aboard. Most of the action shifted to the Pacific side of the Cape as the warm water pushed its way up the coast. Closer to shore, mostly within five miles was where the majority of the action took place and small brightly colored feathers or plastic lures worked the best. Dropping back a live bait behind a fish that was already hooked up sometimes gave anglers a chance at a second, larger fish.
WAHOO: With this week having the full moon I did hear of a few nice Wahoo in the 40-pound class being caught offshore. These were fish that were incidental catches caught while fishing for Marlin or Dorado.
INSHORE: It was a pick this week with steady action on small Roosterfish averaging 10 pounds and an occasional fish to 40 pounds, a couple of Sierra and small Yellowtail found on the Pacific side and a scattering of Pargo in the mix. There were two days in the middle of the week when the grouper action was decent, but then the fish moved to deeper water. Most of the Pangas were working just offshore looking for Dorado and Tuna action.
Notes: While the fishing was not red hot by any means, it was not dead either. The action was a steady pick all day for most of the boats, just enough action to keep anglers from getting bored. As the water remains warm the action for Blue and Black Marlin, Sailfish and Dorado should heat up. If there were more anglers in town perhaps the action would be better, but as so many have said recently, it is almost like a new day every day out there. Until next week, tight lines!
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Jul 11, 2009; 08:59PM - Reading Between The Lines
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 07/09/2009
REPORT #1174 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
This season the East Cape reports seem to contain more hyperbole than usual. I suppose that it’s a sign of economic times. Reports of wide open action are more common than the 4 hour warnings for Viagra. Reports that begin with, “It’s a scratch bite,” have become much more credible.
The truth is business is slow so there are fewer boats out there looking for the hot spots. As an example, there was a video published on the web this week that promised great rooster action. In the video, the most prominent noise was the wind ripping while some guy fought his fish. Judging by the bend in the rod, it wasn’t exactly a whopper. So these days it is all in the eye of the beholder.
Few were skunked this week but only a few limited out on anything. Dorado were fewer but bigger; marlin were few and far between. The touted tuna bite is mostly football sized
The inshore and beach action still seem to be the best that East Cape has to offer currently with lots of smaller roosters and jacks and a few bigger ones for the lucky few who end up in the right place at the right time.
Father John 'J.D.' Davis and his son Scott, fishing on Mark Rayor’s Jen Wren, were examples that being in the right place at the right time was the key and had some nice dorado to prove it.
Over the course of the last week I saw beach fishing action ranging from excellent to slow depending on conditions and location. When I found the bait and had good light for sight casting there were some excellent opportunities for roosterfish, jacks, and even a few barred pargo.
Most of the roosterfish were ranging from 5 to 15lb's but there were a number in the grande class to be found. However, the larger fish are now frequently spotted in pairs or three's. These fish are exhibiting their spawning behavior so it can be very difficult to get them to chase the fly rather than chase each other. That said, there is enough good bait along the shore to attract other gamers that are ready to play. The pargo in the photo this week was spotted in the mullet schools along side both roosters and jacks. It was a pleasant surprise that he beat the other fish to the fly. It's been a while since I've caught a barred pargo on the fly from shore.
Lane Peterson
Current East Cape Weather http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
The offshore summer pattern has begun with limits of small yellowtail and tuna beginning just four miles outside the Boca. The commercial shark fishermen continue to report marlin and dorado sightings out twenty miles or so.
The catch in the Esteros continues to be decent, but not wide open. Leopard grouper can be found up to the north from Lopez Mateos…all the way up to Boca de Soledad. Tides were ripping with the recent full moon, so fishing time was cut short. There were a few corvina to be had under the bird schools in the middle of the bay but tough to get on quick enough before they went down.
Current Magdalena Bay Weather http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 85º blue water is just off the beach, with most of the action taking place between one and two miles off shore. The fleet is averaging one to two sailfish per day per boat, and between two to four dorado per boat.
Adan, on the panga Gitana, fished only one day this last week but released a sailfish and got two dorado. His only complaint is that there are not enough clients here fishing to keep the boats on the water daily to locate and follow the concentrations of fish. He said it is almost like going out blind every time they fish.
Martin, on the Nautilius, appears to have had the best day on the water for the fleet this week. Fishing with Page Bristol of San Antonio, TX they released three sailfish and took four dorado.
All up and down the coast, the roosterfish action is still excellent. They are being taken from as far as 25 miles south at La Barrita, to 25 miles north up at the river bar of Union.
Ed Kunze
Current Zihuatanejo Weather http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582
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Jul 6, 2009; 10:54AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
June 29- July 5, 2009
WEATHER: There were cool temperatures at the start of the week compared to what we had at the end of the week. Early on the highs were in the low 90’s but as the 4th drew closer things started to heat up. On the 4th we showed 101 degrees on my home gauge. There were mostly sunny skies early in the week and some scattered clouds on the 4th, enough of them that we actually got a little spit of rain, enough to spot up the cars in town. Nighttime lows were in the mid 80’s to low 80’s, we were using the air conditioner when we returned from Oregon.
WATER: There was a strong push from the California current this week and the cool water from the Pacific side wrapped around the Cape bringing water as cool as 72 degrees up to Los Frailles and 67 degrees just off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. This cool water extended out 25 miles from the beach on the Pacific side and 10-15 miles from the beach on the Cortez side of the Cape. This cooler water was also green, and the closer to the beach you got the greener it was. Outside of the cool water the clarity improved and the water warmed up with a nice band of water between 79-82 degrees and 20 miles wide, then the temperature dropped a couple of degrees. Surface conditions were reported as variable this week as the wind would blow for one or two days hard from the northwest then die down for a day or two. This wind really brought up the chop and made things uncomfortable. At the end of the week the wind had dome very little and things were nice and smooth out on the water.
BAIT: Caballito and Mackerel at the normal $3 per bait as well as some Mullet at the same price.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It was reported to me that almost every day boats had been hooking up to Blue Marlin but since most of them are not prepared yet for these larger fish, most of them were getting away. There are still Striped Marlin out there but they have not been very hungry this week, there has been so much squid around that the fish are very lethargic and not willing to expend very much energy chasing lures or live baits. A few have been caught on lures and dead bait though, and the success rate has been about 40% for boats looking to hook up to a Marlin. Late in the week there was a decent bite reported just two miles from the beach up around La Laguna, between San Jose and Punta Gorda, right in the dirty green water, and several boats that fished there were able to get the fish to bite and managed to release several fish each. There have been Sailfish around as well and they have been found on the Cortex side of the Cape where the water has been warmer.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were scattered spots of small football fish found in the blind this week and boats that stayed and worked an area after hooking one usually were able to put a half dozen in the box. A few fish were found among porpoise but it was not common to find these guys, those that were able managed to pick up between two and four fish averaging 25 pounds. A dead whale was found early in the week not too far from shore and there were plenty of football sized fish found around it, but the whale disappeared for a day, showed again for a day and then was gone.
DORADO: Once again Dorado were the fish of the week, but mostly because of the dead whale that was found. A few greedy boats caught well over double their limits off of the whale but most boats kept things reasonable and left after getting two fish per client, the legal limit. The Dorado averaged 15 pounds and there were a few that approached 30 pounds. In other areas there were Dorado as well, mostly in the warm band of water 10-15 miles offshore, but also occasionally in close in the green water. Some of these fish were very nice sized, in the 40 pound class and larger. Even with the action around the dead whale things were still slow overall, when the whale was not around boats were lucky to get one or two Dorado per trip.
WAHOO: The only Wahoo I heard of this week were caught from around the dead whale and were caught on lures being trolled for Dorado. A few boats put out Rapalla style lures and managed to get a few as well, but no one tried dropping iron deep for these fish that I heard of.
INSHORE: Roosterfish were the inshore fish of the week, but even then things were slow due to the colder, greener water. A few Pangas were able to do well on Jack Crevalle averaging 25 pounds about a mile off of the beach to the north on the Sea of Cortez, but for the most part that was about the extent of the action.
Notes: We had a great time in Oregon this past week, perhaps next time we will be able to stay longer. It was nice to wade in an icy cold stream flowing over clean rocks and smell the pine trees surrounding me! As the fishing here was slow overall with the exception of the two days the dead whale was around, it was a good time to get away. If this Pacific cold water current weakens and the water warms and clears again we should start to get more action in our area. Until next week, tight lines!
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Jul 6, 2009; 10:15AM - PRIME TIME Chinook (King) Salmon
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows Derek Isfeld and Mike Poco with a beautiful, fresh Kitimat River Chinook (King) Salmon estimated to weigh 33-pounds. The photo was taken by Marc Girard who is an associate guide for Reliable Guide and Charters.
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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated June 28 – July 5, 2009
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: Daytime temperatures have been hotter than normal. The Skeena mid week was in excellent shape and more and more anglers were trying their luck. There are many anglers still out this weekend but the water has come up due to the recent hot spell. See graph below. Right now is “prime time” for Sockeye (Red) and Chinook (King) Salmon. The Kalum River is high and clean and fishing for Chinook continues. I noticed many jet boat trailers at the boat ramps this morning and many people fishing their favorite holes. The Zymoetz (Copper) River is borderline fishable. Fishing for Chinook in the Kitimat River is fair but the Douglas Channel harbour fishery is excellent! In addition to Chinook, Chum and Pink are showing up. For all the fine details please check out the Ron Wakita report below. This rising water should bring in a more Salmon and Steelhead.
I normally do not comment on the News Bulletin items I post during the week but I thought this time I would like to point out the alarming number of conservation issues. Please check them out when you have a chance and do what you can to help. A wild Salmon and Steelhead will thank you for it.
June 29, 2009 One 'New' podcast number 0015 is posted on Podcast http://www.noelgyger.ca/podcast.htm
Category: Mid Week fishing updates. Rob Vodola, a very good friend and fishing guide for Minette Bay Lodge invited John Kennedy and me to fish with him for Chinook on the Kitimat River Monday, June 29, 2009. We decided to pull some plugs from Rob's Hyde Drift Boat. Rob has all the 'best' equipment including Ambassadeur 7000 reels filled with 25-pound test Maxima fishing line, Berkley fishing rods and a huge selection of Lure Jensen Kwikfish plugs. If we caught a nice fresh Chinook it was heading for the Bradley Smoker. Podcast (4:01 minutes) includes photos, audio and video clip.
LIST OF “New” ITEMS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK:
- One New item posted on 'Conservation' July 5/09
- One New item posted on 'Conservation' July 4/09
- One New item posted on 'Conservation' July 3/09
- One New item posted on 'Conservation' July 2/09
- One New fishing update 'Podcast' June 29/09
NOW BOOKING: Let me know if I can be of service to book you with the 'best' fishing guide and/or fishing lodges for both river and ocean. There are NO extra charges to book through me, just a lot of free information and advice from a person with years and years of fishing and fish guiding experience. It is like hiring two guides for the price of one. I will promptly answer your questions and concerns. Cast here http://noelgyger.ca/special-guided.htm to read more of what I have to offer.
Many people book three trips per year to our area; one trip in the spring (March-April-May), one trip in the summer (June-July-August) and one trip in the fall (September-October-November). They love having the same guide but fishing for different fish in different areas.
Be sure to check out my website at www.noelgyger.ca for news bulletins, mid week fishing updates, conservation, my history, quality waters strategy, special guided fishing trips, video clips, podcasts, scenic river photos, wildlife photos and others, comments from past guests, informational articles, archived fishing reports from 1996 through 2002 and a sportfishing market place. I hope it meets with your entire satisfaction. I am at your service.
FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:
Ron Wakita, Mike Herzberg, Ariel Kuppers, Andreas Handl, Todd Haynes, Wes Owens and Gill McKean.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Chinook (King) Salmon, Chum, Pink, Steelhead and Trout for river. Salmon, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness Crab for ocean.
Thank you for using barbless hooks! (this is actually a regulation)
FISHING THIS WEEK: Excellent
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: 54-pound fly caught Chinook (King) Salmon Where: Kitimat River Angler: Client of Gord McKean of Westcoast Fishing Adventures.
WEATHER: Sunny with cloudy periods. 30 percent chance of showers late this afternoon with the risk of a thundershower. High 26. UV index 6 or high. Sunrise 5:07 AM Sunset 10:11 PM. Today’s yearly average temperatures: Maximum 22 degrees. Minimum 11 degrees.
WEATHER REPORTS VIA TELEPHONE: Terrace 250-635-4192 Kitimat 250-632-7864 Prince Rupert 250-627-1155 Smithers 250-847-1958.
SKEENA RIVER: Is fishable although the water is coming up due to the recent hot spell. Both Chinook and Sockeye are being caught. Fishing the clean seams of the tributary rivers is a good idea.
Skeena River height: http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp
KALUM RIVER: Is high but clean. One may try and fish the edges and slow moving corners for Chinook (King) Salmon. Both boat ramps are open and there are lots of jet boats fishing today.
KASIKS RIVER: It is now possible to fish for Chinook at the mouth, in the clean seam, where it joins the Skeena. Sometimes the Chinook come out of the Skeena and into the clean water in search for scent of their home river.
EXCHAMSIKS RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
EXSTEW RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
Note: the above three rivers are closed to angling for Chinook except at the very low end. Please check 2009 – 2011 BC Freshwater Salmon Supplement (fancy name for regulations) at: www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish for details.
ZYMOETZ (COPPER) RIVER: Is borderline fishable.
Fishing Report from: Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters
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KITIMAT RIVER: The Kitimat River above the tide line is still producing Chinook but the Tidal portion has been the hottest section. With the river level dropping, the Chinook are stacking up in the tidal portion. Chinook have been caught throughout the Kitimat River and our Mobile Tackle van has been logging fish but mostly on the rising tides.
June 28th. Derek Wakita fishing with his father Rick and friend Daniel Meyer drifted the lower Kitimat River. They landed a 20 and 35lb Chinook. Well done guys!
June 29 and 30th. Kurt Anderson landed a 12lb Chinook on a Fly July 29, landed a 25lb Chinook on a Fly July 30. Kurk Anderson is with a group of Fly anglers from Quesnel. The group consists if Ed Pinette, Greg Laberge and his son Chris. Kurt, Ed and Greg are accomplished Fly anglers and have been coming to the Kitimat River for as long as I can remember. Greg's son Chris is on a mission to land a Kitimat River Chinook. Under the tutelage of Kurt, Ed and his father, I am sure Chris will accomplish his mission shortly. I look forward to posting his picture in this report.
June 30th. Andrew and Shaydee fishing with their father Mark Zeilinski landed a 20lb Chinook drifting with their good friend Mike Herzberg. It is always nice to see a father fishing with his kids although Andrew and Shaydee are hardly kids any more. Mike was able to create a special fish picture for the Zeilinski family album.
June 30th. Ariel Kuppers fishing with his friends Derek Downey and Parick Dufrene landed a 31lb, 14lb, and 16lb Chinook. They also landed a Pink. (bottom photo)
July 1st. Mark Girard guiding clients Mike Porco and Derek Isfeld hooked two Chinook and landed a 33lb beauty. The fishing was a little slower than we had hoped but Marc managed to put Mike and Derek onto two Chinook. Derek landed this very nice Kitimat River Chinook just below the Haisla Bridge. Please see Photo of the Week above. Mike and Derek are anglers from Kamloops BC who come to North West B.C to fish Chinook every year. Congratulations Derek. Well done Marc. As you may note in the photo Marc is equipped with G Loomis rods and Ambassadeur reels. Ambassadeur 7000 reels are the #1 level wind reel fished in the North West for Chinook. The Ambassadeur 7000 has risen to the standard required to land big Chinook. The line capacity and quality drag assembly of the 7000 series are key ingredients to hook, fight and land big fish. Pure Fishing (the parent company) has refined some components over the years but the Ambassadeur reel has been the 'Reel of choice for Chinook for over thirty years'.
The G Loomis Hot Shot Rod (HSR 1025C) also displayed in the photo is the perfect rod for the 'Hot Shotting' technique that we use in our Driftboats on the Kitimat River. Steve Rajeff, G. Loomis's rod designer has perfectly crafted the HSR series with tip action to read the twitch of the Hot Shots and 'backbone' in the rod to enable instant hook set yet allow enough flex in the rod to keep barbless hooks tight. The Loomis HSR GL2 rod and the Ambassadeur 7000 series reel are the 'dynamic duo' best suited to fight Big Chinook in the North West particularly on the Kitimat River.
The lure also shown in the photo is Luhr Jensen's colour #938 Bubble Gum Pink 3/4 SE Mag Hot Shot. These Hot Shots were first introduced by our illustrious Mr. Noel Gyger probably 30 years ago. They have been the most productive diving plugs for 'Hot Shotting” ever since. A few years ago Mike Herzberg evolved a technique we fondly refer to as 'Scar Face'. This technique utilizes a K13X Kwikfish which are also made by Luhr Jensen. Luhr Jensen rocks! Especially for Chinook! The proof is in the pictures.
June 30th. Bonnie Girard drifting with her favorite guide and husband landed a14lb Chinook on a morning drift. Well done Bonnie and good work Marc producing a Chinook for your favorite client and wife, Bonnie.
July 1st. My Twin brother Rick drifted with his son Derick and our nephew Micheal. Derek landed a 25lb Chinook and Micheal landed a 35lb. They also landed a Chum. It's truly wonderfull to hear the fishing results and see the pictures of Uncle Rick, Derick and Micheal. Some of the fondest memories that we all share in the Wakita family are Hockey and Fishing related. Grandpa Wakita would be proud! Well Done guys!
July 2nd. Terence Reynolds an Associate guide for Reliable Guide and Charters fishing with our clients Peter Castlellanos and Danyel Dean. Peter hooked three Chinook on his spey rod and landed one. Peter said to Terrence, 'he had a great time fishing with Wes and Terrence'. Thank you for the kind words Peter and congratulations on your and Danyel's fish.
DOUGLAS CHANNEL:
June 27th. Frank Trenaman with a 65 lb Halibut caught last weekend in the Douglas Channel. Photo provide by Terry Gould
June 30th. Captain Bill Panton landed a 28lb Chinook and his Vancouver guest caught a 12 and 13lb Chinook
July 1st. Wes Owens landed three Chinook 11lb,16lb and a 17lb with his clients Peter Castlellanos and Danyel Dean. Wes said that Peter and Danyel were wonderful folks to fish with. It was a beautiful day and the water was like glass all day and the fishing was pretty good. The group hooked six and boated four Chinook. They released another small Chinook. Well done.
July 1st. Fred Bouzane fishing with his friends Don, Paul and Kyle Harding. They were fishing at Money Point down the Douglas Channel. They landed three Chum, one Coho and a Pink but we 'could not land a Chinook or Coho to save our lives'. 'Everyone else caught lots of Chinook and Coho all around us but we only got the Coho', said Fred. These moments will happen sooner or later in every angler's life. All a guy can do is stay focused, do all the right things and wait for 'Lady Luck' or the 'Fish Gods' to swing in his favour.
July 1st. Todd Haynes of Nautical West Adventures reports catching his limit of Chinook down the Douglas Channel. 'We were hitting one every fifteen minutes'. Well done Todd, I look forward to seeing the pictures.
July 2nd. Wes Owens fishing with his clients Natalaya and Giorgio boated a 19lb and 18lb Chinook in the Kitimat Harbour fishery. Also along on the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Dalmonte. It was a beautiful day to be on the water of the Douglas Channel. Congratulations everyone!
July 2 & 3rd. Dave Payjack hooked 7 Chinook and landed 5 with his clients on his last trip. They also landed a Chum, 2 Halibut, a bunch of Rock Cod and their limit of Crab. Well Done Skipper! Sorry, no pics.
KITIMAT TIDAL FISHERY: (new category while it lasts)
Brad Wickman caught two Chinook.
Tim, Lynn and Richard hooked 10 Chinook and landed five on July 3rd. Tim said that Andreas Handl of Kingfish Westcoast Adventure reports landing 15 Chinook in the last two days. Andreas does Jet boat trips for Reliable and has dates available. Please contact Noel noel@noelgyger.ca as the fishing in the Tidal portion is RED HOT!
Brad Wickman and his buddy 'Dumo' boated 14 Chinook July 4th. Wow! They reported hooking over twenty to land 14. Fourteen Chinook in one day! Wow! Brad is going to email me the pictures. Congratulations Brad and Dumo! This was a fishing day of a life time!
Thank You to everyone for providing their catch results to be enjoyed by the readers of this report.
Good Luck! Tight Lines
Sincerely, Ron Wakita
Fishing Report from: Gill McKean of Westcoast Fishing Adventures
Hello Noel, thought I would get my report out a little early I am so proud of my brother!
We are seeing monster numbers of fish in the Skeena and the water is in great shape I have attached a photo of my little brother with a very happy guest from Colorado. These are fly caught fish. The larger of the fish was weighed in a cradle, it was 54 pounds Yeehaaa! Great job Grass Hopper AKA splash GORDON. Some of you will recognize Gordon as he is a 'wanted' man by most of the area guides as he lives to fish giving him an edge that most wish they had!
The Kitimat is seeing great numbers of Chinook and the Pinks and Chum are starting to show here and there. We still have a few openings at the end of September as well as October if any of you wish to have a fishing trip to remember give Noel a call noel@noelgyger.ca and he will hook you up with one of the BEST!!
Good luck and good fishing to all.
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AREA RIVER RECORDS: Chinook Salmon: Skeena River, 92.5-pounds; Kalum River, 85-pounds; Kitimat River, 74-pounds; Steelhead: Skeena River, 45-pounds; Coho Salmon: Skeena River, 27-pounds.
FISHING REGULATIONS WEBSITES:
2009-2011 BC tidal waters and non-tidal (Federal) Salmon fishing information:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish
Effective April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2011
2009-2011 Freshwater (Provincial) Fishing Regulations Synopsis:
www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish
Effective April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2011 (Note regs good for two years)
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Jul 4, 2009; 08:43AM - Summer Schools are in Session
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 07/02/2009
REPORT #1173 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
CAPTION Kurt Ransohoff, Tom Lorish, and I had a really fun time over in Vicente Guerrero, south of Zihuatanejo. Even with the poor conditions, courtesy of Tropical Storm Andres, we managed to see some good fishing and certainly saw the potential for some really amazing action. Yesterday we fished out of Zihuatanejo and found some good sized roosters willing to chase the teaser. Kurt landed the attached fish. Tom had two great shots at fish to 40 pounds but didn't connect. There was only one other boat fishing near us and the fly angler in that boat landed two, the largest weighing about 35 pounds. The bite was on! There were even dorado showing up on the teaser right along the surf line. Pretty cool fishery. Lance Peterson
Blue marlin and yellowfin tuna have finally made it to the area with most boats reaching their daily limits. Blue marlin from 350 pounds to 600 pounds have been reported. Tuna schools are scattered and those caught have been from football size to ‘oh my God’ range. Resort boats are still not going out as much as in past summer fishing seasons, but tourists/fishermen are gradually showing up again to enjoy the great weather and fishing.
Dorado continue to be strong with many boats reaching their limits early; roosterfish are being targeted by most boats early in the morning along the beaches south of La Ribera to north of Los Barriles. Red snapper are being caught off rocks by Punta Colorada and the bank a few miles off La Ribera.
Current East Cape Weather http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Good News…they’re back! It seems longer but it has only been since last December that marlin have been seen at Magdalena. According to Captain Sergio there are a few out in front of Lopez at about 24 miles. Since the yellowfin tuna have been in that area for a while along with a wad of dorado in the 10-20 pound range, it makes for some good fishing!.
Small yellowtail dominated the action at the Entrada under the bird schools, along with grouper and mangrove snapper…along with the cabrilla which are a nuisance. However, don’t make the mistake of moving to get away from them. You just have to pick through them until you get that quality bite, you know a snook or something.
Current Magdalena Bay Weather http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
CAPTION Uffe Moerk – Denmark, Puerto Vicente Guerrero, Panga - Angela II with Captain Jose Pino, Guide and photo -Ed Kunze Fly - pink and white. We were trolling a red and white hookless Ranger lure. When the school-sized dorado started crashing on the lure, we threw the boat into neutral and made the cast...instant hook up! We took seven dorado on the fly that day, plus a rooster.
After tropical storm Andres left here last week, things calmed down enough for us to get some fishing in. The sailfish action is still on the slow side, with only a one-fish average per boat per day. However, this is being made up by a lot of smaller dorado being taken by each boat. The roosterfish and jack crevalle action has been excellent.
With good clean water only six miles from the beach, and an average surface temperature of 87º, it may be a bit too warm for the sailfish. However, the roosters and dorado sure like it, with most of the dorado action being only less than a mile off the beach.
Arturo, on the panga Janeth, fished with Richard Anbers of Danville, Illinois. Using conventional gear he caught two nice roosters to 32 pounds, 12 jack crevalle and a dorado. Arturo told me they saw many more roosters but were not able to get a hook set. They were fishing the Valentin area south of Zihuatanejo Bay.
The biggest news of the week was by George Brown of Lodi. He was fishing with Cheva, on the panga Dos Hermanos II in the Valentin area and caught a 54 pound rooster on the fly. It was probably a world record, as the cast was made with an approved leader, but the fish was not weighed until 10 hours later. George always releases his roosters, but his double hook rig got in the gills, and killed this fish. By the time Cheva and Adolfo decided they had a possible record and called me, it was too late. The fish had dehydrated too much.
Henning and Uffe Moerk from Denmark fished with me at Puerto Vicente Guerrero using gear. Henning caught and released an estimated 55 pound rooster. Then Uffe took a nice rooster and seven dorado on the fly.
Santiago on the panga Gitana is vacationing in Minnesota right now and his brother, Adan, is taking care of the charters. This is what Santiago emailed me: Joe Luciano with his boys, Peter and Mark From Oklahoma, caught two rooster fish (15 Pounds) also many dorados and bonitos (little ones). The two others days we fished offshore with no luck.
Ed Kunze
Current Zihuatanejo Weather http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582
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Jul 3, 2009; 02:11PM - Blackwater Lodge Salmon Fishery (Ireland). May/June Report
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Category: Ireland
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Author Name: Ian Powell
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Excellent Early Season Fishing on Ireland’s Cork Blackwater.
The total catch on the Blackwater Lodge Salmon Fishery for May was 53 salmon to 13lb. averaging 8.1lb for only 182 rod days. This was the third best ever recorded, & the best since 1996. Last year we had only 22 for May averaging 7.3lb for 132 rod days.
Our total catch for June was 51 salmon to 16lb. averaging 8.2lb for only 171 rod days
Last year for June we had only 21 salmon averaging 8.0lb for 271 rod days.
Not only is the average size of the fish increasing, but the catch/rod day has shown a huge increase.
Catch per Rod Day
Year May June
2008 0.17 0.08
2009 0.29 0.30
The average number of rods fishing per beat each day for May & June 2009 was 0.36 compared to 0.41 for the same period last year - a reduction of 12% in fishing effort but which yielded a 142% increase in the number of fish caught. One can only conjecture what the catch would be if more rods were fishing.
Prospects
The grilse run is picking up with more & more being seen running each day as we go into July. This also coincides with reports of large numbers of grilse off the West Coast which are moving in towards the coast to run the rivers. The grilse normally don't need high water levels to encourage them to run.
Where to meet us
Glenda is once again demonstrating fly-casting at the Irish Game & Country Fair at Birr Castle in Co. Offaly on August 22/23. We will also have a stand at the Fair.
She has a special show planned featuring a team selected from some of the 10-12 year old girls who have been on her Fishstart programme this year in the Blackwater Valley. Country Channel TV filmed at Shanes Castle fair last weekend & will also film at Birr so watch out for Glenda on http://www.countrychannel.tv/
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Jul 1, 2009; 05:02PM - Butler Chain/ Johns Lake
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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The month of June has seen some good bass fishing action on both Butler Chain and Johns Lake.
Johns Lake has been good in the early morning with some good schooling action in the cut, as well as some in mid lake areas where hydrilla is present. Water levels are great out here with all the rains we have been getting, which in turn has made one of my favorite patterns very successful, and the is dock fishing! Skipping Gitem K.O’s under docks, as well as Bitsy Jigs have produced some good action as well as some good bass. As the heat of the day comes down on us, 10 inch worms worked in deeper waters, where grass and or hydrilla are present have kept the action steady.
Butler Chain has held pretty steady for us for the month of June. Again dock fishing has been a strong pattern for us, with a few days where the bass have seemed to disappear on us, we have found them deep in the slop. Under docks has been the Gitem K.O’s and Warlocks, when the bass have moved off the docks on us, we have tossed the Gitem Shad or Curly 7’s to the back of the grass or lily pads, and slowly swam it back out to get some good blow-ups and some solid hook ups.
We have had some days with a very light bite, you had to really keep an eye on your line and watch it, as some bass were just picking up our baits and slowly swimming them right back to us, we have made a slight adjustment to this, we added JJs Dippin Dye to our boat, and let me tell you, we had a day where the bite was soft, and we dipped the baits and got slammed!! This stuff really worked great for us, you can find a link for them on my home page in the Bass Fishing News box.
July we are expecting more of the same, early morning bite should still be productive with live bait or artificial bait. Even though we are in full swing of summer, with it getting pretty hot, the bass have still been playing pretty good for us, and once again as in years past, it seems the bigger bass have still wanted to show their faces in the heat of the day, all this requires is placing the bait in the right spot, which is generally tight to the cover, under the docks, or in the slop!
Capt Tim Fey
Bassfishingfl.com
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Jun 26, 2009; 02:32PM - Andres is History…Bite Resumes
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 06/24/2009
REPORT #1172 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Fishing was great until Andres stirred things up down by Zihuatanejo this past week, resulting in unseasonal north winds bringing rough conditions and plenty of white caps to the area. Whether the fish quit biting or everyone just elected to stay in is debatable.
When Andres faded into obscurity and the north wind went with it. Both the billfish and dorado picked up where they had left off before the storm. It has taken a few days for the inshore water to clean up, but there are still lots of jacks and enough roosters to keep everyone pumped up.
Current East Cape Weather
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
With the lighter winds and calmer seas this week, the few boats heading out found plenty of dorado and small tuna ten miles outside the Boca. The entrada produced good catches of small yellows. Deeper down in the water column, there were some smaller leopard grouper.
Estero action above Lopez Mateos seemed to be the most productive with grouper and spotted bay bass dominating the catch.
Current Magdalena Bay Weather
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Tropical storm Andres hurt the fishing this week. We had two days of port closure, and nobody went out fishing.
The aftermath, caused from high winds and a high tide caused by the storm surge, along with the rain, made it very difficult to fish for the roosters, and the blue water bite slowed way down also.
Baja On The Fly client, Kurt Ransohoff of Santa Barbara and Tom Lorish of Portland fly fished with fly fishing guide Lance Peterson down at Puerto Vicente Guerrero on Wednesday and only raised one rooster. However, the day was salvaged by moving off the beach about a mile and fishing the weed lines caused by the storm runoff out of the rivers. They took 13 nice dorado. Lance was casting a hookless surface popper teaser and the dorado were readily eating the fly.
Tomorrow, they have relocated to Zihuatanejo and will be fishing with Arturo on the panga, Janeth. I will be guiding fly fishing client Mark Hennig of Denmark tomorrow down at Vicente Guerrero. We are all hoping the 24 hours will give the ocean enough time to calm down and bring back the roosterfish bite.
Ed Kunze
Current Zihuatanejo Weather
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Jun 22, 2009; 09:59AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
June 15-21, 2009
WEATHER: Thank goodness we had a bit of a break in the heat this week. We still started the week with daytime highs in the high 90’s but ended up with mid 80’s at the end of the week. The nighttime lows went down as well with the week ending in the low 70’s, we did not need to use the air conditioning this week! While the start of the week was hot and had little wind movement on shore, we did have the first tropical depression of the year develop to the southeast, and it brought overcast skies on Thursday and Friday, which resulted in the lower temperatures, and also increased winds.
WATER: The surface temperatures in the Sea of Cortez at the end of the week were between 77 and 82 degrees with the cooler water being toward the west and south. Directly south of us we had 71-degree water and at the end of the week we had cold water push across the Cape and bring the Pacific side down to the 65-66 degree range. There was a very cold area between the beach and about 5 miles out from just up around the Golden Gate Bank to the lighthouse that was between 56 and 60 degrees, and very green as well. At the start of the week we were still seeing the large swells from the west that were a result of that dissipated storm during the middle of last week to the southwest. During the middle of the week the swells shrunk to the usual 2-4 feet and then at the end of the week the tropical depression southeast of us brought in larger, slightly confused swells from that direction, but at the end of the week they had already started to shrink as well.
BAIT: Large Caballito at the normal $3 per bait, small and large Mackerel at $3 per bait and plenty of mullet at $3 per bait. The large swells at the beginning and end of the week resulted in no Sardines being available then, but there were some during the middle of the week at the normal $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Boats that targeted Striped Marlin this week were having very mixed results. One day the fish would bite and the next they all had their mouths closed no matter what you put in front of them. When they were on the bite, getting three of four strikes on a mix of lures and bait was normal and the majority of the boats were able to release one or two fish. When the bite was off, no one was getting anything going. There were a few Blue Marlin caught this week as well as a couple of Black Marlin reported, and the size of the fish was decent at an average of 250 pounds. They were all found on the Sea of Cortez, and they struck on lures.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: For most of the week the action continued to be slow with a few fish being found among Dolphin, and most of the fish were footballs between 5 and 12 pounds. A good catch would be 4 fish. At the end of the week there were a few very nice fish between 100 and 150 pounds brought in, caught among the big black porpoise in the Sea of Cortez. Hopefully they will remain in our area for a few days longer.
DORADO: Dorado were the fish of the week for offshore anglers as they were almost everywhere on the Cortez side of the Cape. Along with numbers that averaged between three to six fish per boat came a very nice average size at between 15-20 pounds. A few small fish in the 10-pound class balanced out the few caught that were over 50 pounds, and there were quite a few in the 30-40 pound category. Trolling lures along the current lines and under frigate birds worked very well and then once hooking up, dropping back a live bait for following fish had good results.
WAHOO: I did hear of a few Wahoo caught this week but did not see them, they were reported from up around Punta Gorda as well as in open water where the surface temperatures were higher than 80 degrees.
INSHORE: Fish of the week for inshore anglers was the Roosterfish. Although they were not everywhere, when you did find them they were there in good numbers. The high swells at the start of the week and at the end of the week put them off their feed for a while, but they did bite well once they got going. This week end I had a report of one boat fishing live bait catching two fish over 60 pounds, one of just under 40 pounds and quite a few in the 15-25 pound class. Up around San Jose there were good numbers of small fish in the 5-10 pound class.
Notes: There will be no report next week, I hope the weather in Sun River, Oregon is good as I am looking forward to some golf and fly fishing there! Until next month, tight lines!
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Jun 19, 2009; 04:45PM - First TD and Lance Needs Your Vote!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 06/17/2009
REPORT #1171 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Tropical Depression One E is moving northeast at 7 knots toward the mainland (at this report it is located 335 miles below the tip of Baja) and conditions have turned windy. There were even a few sprinkles Wednesday night.
More importantly, though, offshore action is kinda’ all happening according to an IM received from Mark Rayor, Vista Sea Sport, today. Marlin and good sized dorado are biting and from twenty-five to fifty miles the porpoise are holding schools of yellowfin tuna to 30 pounds with a few fatties above 50 pounds mixed in.
Inshore beach fishing is going strong but the wind is making fishing a little tougher. Lots of roosters and jack crevalle are still keeping the beach fishing exciting. Roosters in the 25 to 30 pound range are close to shore with lots of juvenile roosters just off sandy beach areas. Some of the rocky points are producing some quality pargo and the larger pompano bite at the lighthouse has been extreme.
Our guide and friend of many years, Lance Peterson, has been nominated in the “Who are the faces of fly fishing’s future?” in the American Angler Magazine. Those of you who have fished with Lance know that he is one of the best! If you would like to vote for him in the categories of Fly Fisherman and Fly Fishing Guide here is the link: http://americanangler.com/index.php?option=com_forme&fid=31
Water temperature 72-82
Air temperature 67-97
Humidity 45%
Wind: SSE 10 to 14 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:32 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:08 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
While the winds continue to rip on the outside preventing anyone from fishing the dorado or small tuna that have shown up, the grouper remain ‘on the chew’…still nothing gigantic but fun fishing anyway. A snook here and there can be found and the halibut are off the sand beaches at Belchers.
The small yellows are having a field day under the bird schools at the Entrada, but the afternoon winds make for a wet bumpy ride home.
Water temperature 69 - 77
Air temperature 65 -91
Humidity 48 %
Wind: WNW 14 to 19 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:37 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:18 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 84º blue water is just a couple of miles off the beach. The big surprise this week is most of the sailfish being caught are in the is not so clean water, only about one mile off the beach. The fish counts are reflecting only a 1 or 2 sailfish per boat per day average, but the numbers are misleading. Within the first few minutes after leaving Zihuatanejo Bay, most of the boats have passed right by the fish.
Ben and Austin Gaffney of NC fished with Santiago on the panga, Gitana, releasing three sailfish and three small dorado.
Roosterfish action is still very good. Jay Eshbach, fishing with Adolfo on the panga, Dos Hermanos, took three roosters and a couple of dorado.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 83
Air temperature 79-93
Humidity 66 %
Wind: W at 17mph
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. DST
Sunset 8:23 p.m. DST
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