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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Jan 12, 2009; 10:05AM - 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
January 5-11, 2009
WEATHER: This week saw partly to mostly cloudy skies in the Cape areas. Daytime temperatures were in the high 70’s to low 80’s and the nighttime lows were as low as 58 degrees early in the week, raising to the low 60’s near the end of the week. Winds were light for the most part with a slight kick up in speed later in the afternoons.
WATER: Water conditions remained much the same as last week with only a degree drop across the area. This means that on the Pacific side of the Cape most of the water was around 72-73 degrees with a few spots of 70 degree water, while on the Cortez side the water was 73-75 degrees up to Punta Gorda, and later in the week it dropped to 70 degrees past there..
BAIT: A repeat of last week, Caballito and Mackerel were available at the normal $3 per bait, most of the Caballito were small ones, the mackerel were larger. You could still catch plenty of Mackerel at the Golden Gate Bank if you ran out. Sardinas were available at Palmilla for an average of $25 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There was no change from last weeks situation for the Striped marlin, still the fish of the week, they continued to bite at the Golden Gate Bank. Catch rates varied from between 10 fish to two fish per day, depending on the length of time spent there and the experience of the anglers. Running to the diving Pelicans and Frigates and throwing a couple of live baits in among the feeding seals and Marlin resulted in many hook-ups, both on Marlin and on Pelicans. We had clients on Saturday release 6 nice fish. Slow trolling live bait also worked very well. Drifting with live bait set deep did not seem to do as well at the Gate this week. Another area where the Striped Marlin began to show was just off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. Along the flats at the point the bait has begun to stack up and many boats have been saving time by fishing there instead of making the run to the Golden Gate Bank. The fishing has not been quite as good, but that should change soon. Elsewhere, there have been a few fish caught on the Cortez side of the Cape, but most of the fish seen in that area have been sleepers.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Yellowfin remained scarce this past week. A few football-sized fish are beginning to show up off of the Westin area on the Cortez side of the Cape, the same area where we had such a good time catching them on light tackle last year, just a few miles off shore. Using live Sardinas as chum and bait resulted in catches of up to 6 fish per boat. There were also a few fish 15-20 pounds found among Porpoise off of Gray Rock late in the week, and the same type of action was occasionally found 8-10 miles off the beach on the way to the San Jaime Bank on the Pacific side.
DORADO: There were decent catches of Dorado this week from the Pacific side of the Cape just a few miles off the beach. For some reason these seemed to be fish that averaged 12 pounds. Farther off shore at 10 or more miles the fish seemed to be bigger, one boat came in with three Dorado, all of them over 35 pounds. Slow trolling live bait seemed to work best on the Pacific side. On the Cortez side there was fair action up around Punta Gorda about two miles off the beach. Again, slow trolling live bait worked best, but pulling lures at 8 knots or more also resulted in fish being brought in.
WAHOO: What Hoo?
INSHORE: The Sierra bite is picking up and the fish are very nice size, between 8 and 10 pounds when you find the right areas. There are a few nice Yellowtail starting to pop up occasionally off of the Rocky points as well as some Pargo to 25 pounds right in the rocks. Many of the Pangas have been working just offshore for Dorado and Striped marlin and doing fairly well.
NOTES: As you can see from the report, there was very little change this week from last week as far as the fishing went. One change that happened was the rise in price of fishing licenses. A daily license now costs 140 pesos, a rise of 10 pesos, a weekly is now 290 pesos compared to 260 pesos and a yearly costs 540 pesos as opposed to 500 pesos. The whales are still out there and are a lot of fun to watch. I spent a total of 5 days visiting family this week, vacationing in sub-freezing conditions, now I know why I have spent the past 23 years in the tropics! Have fun everyone, and tight lines until next week!
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Jan 11, 2009; 09:30AM - Good-to-Great Greets 2009
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 01/07/2009
REPORT #1148 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Winter conditions persist with sporadic north winds dictating the quality of fishing each day. There are still reasonable quantities of fish to be found on the good (no wind) days.
Though none of the hotels have more than a few guests and the number of boats going out is light, when they do go out, it is more often than not for half a day until the wind gets them.
In spite of the fact that most of the boats are fishing within 5 miles of shore, the catches have been remarkably good. Plenty of marlin are found tailing down-swell with an occasional bite yielding a fish per day for those targeting them.
Dorado in January? You bet…a few fish are being caught from 5 to 35 pounds, mostly free swimmers in open water.
Sierra continues to be the go to’ fish when nothing else wants to bite or the boats are forced to remain near the shore.
Water temperature 71-76
Air temperature 57-81
Humidity 76%
Wind: NNW 10 to 13 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:03 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:48 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
As usual, sportfishing has taken a backseat to Magdalena Bay’s other cash crop…whale watching.
With a few whales beginning to arrive and the promise of more to follow, everyone is focused on preparations for the visitors wanting to get up ‘close and personal’ with these friendly giants of the sea and their newborn.
Bob Hoyt
Water temperature 67 - 73
Air temperature 52 -79
Humidity 44 %
Wind: W 9 to 12 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:53 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Our fantastic sailfish action has not let up, plus we are seeing more 20 pound dorado each day. The 82º blue water is just 8 miles off the beach, with almost all the fishing action taking place between the 10 and 15 mile areas.
Jaime Morales, the owner of the Vamonos fleet, told me the Vamonos I fished three days, accounting for nineteen sailfish, four dorado, and one small blue marlin. The Vamonos II had five sails and two dorado for one day, and the Vamonos III had seven sails and one dorado for one day.
Martin on the Nautilus, and Margarito on the Gaby, both told me they are getting an average of five to seven sailfish and two dorado a day.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 80
Air temperature 71-91
Humidity 77%
Wind: SW at 2 mph
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:19 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:26 p.m. CST
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Jan 8, 2009; 03:01PM - Orlando Bass Fishing
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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December has seen some great bass fishing action on Johns Lake, Butler Chain and the private waters we have been fishing.
Private waters have mainly been for crappie fishing the past month, and it has been producing some very nice slabs. Bait we have been using have been the SteelShad and jigs tipped with crappie nibbles.
Most trips have been 4 hour trips with us boating between 20 and 30 per trip and they have been running from 1 ½ pounds to 2 pound slabs!
Johns Lake we have spotted bass beds all over the place! Its that time of year for the big gals to show their faces and make clients very happy, as was the case with a father and son trip of Bruce and young Dave. Bruce had been tossing Gitem Warlocks and getting bass here and there, very scattered around the lake and towards the end of the trip, young Dave working a wild shiner got the wake up call of a lifetime! A beautiful and very solid 10.14 pound largemouth bass, let me tell you, this youngster handled this hawg of a bass like a pro! Our main areas of concentration on Johns Lake has been scattered and isolated grass patches, docks and a few areas of open water holding some good hydrilla.
Butler Chain has also had some good action going on, Bass beds have been spotted all over the chain. Altho the beds we have spotted have been for the most part empty right now, we have caught some very good bass in the general areas that the beds are. Areas we have concentrated on have been grass beds very close to drop offs, as the bass have been staging to hit the beds. Butler itself has been the main producer for numbers and size with several 6 pounders being caught on anything from steelshad, gitem warlocks and spinner baits.
Please remember to catch and release, and this time of year, be especially gentle with the big gals, afterall they are what make fishing in florida awesome!
Capt Tim Fey
http://www.bassfishingfl.com
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Jan 5, 2009; 12:58PM - 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
December 29, 2008 -January 4, 2009
WEATHER: Our new year started out with partly cloudy skies and nighttime lows in the mid to low 60’s. As we approached the end of the week things warmed up a bit and the lows were in the high 60’s while the daytime highs remained in the high 70’s and low 80’s.
WATER: The was no change in the water conditions from what we had during Christmas. The water on the Pacific side remained in the low 70’s almost all week and became a little choppy in the afternoons when the winds picked up. The swells increased in size later in the week, or the direction they came form changed, either way, on the Pacific side we had swells at 3-5 feet. On the Cortez side the water has remained in the high 70’s and the swells have been small and there has been no wind chop.
BAIT: Caballito and Mackerel were available at the normal $3 per bait, most of the Caballito were small ones, the mackerel were larger. You could still catch plenty of Mackerel at the Golden Gate Bank if you ran out. Sardinas were available at Palmilla for an average of $25 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Still the fish of the week, Striped Marlin continued to bite week at the Golden Gate Bank. Catch rates varied from between 17 fish to two fish per day, depending on the length of time spent there and the experience of the anglers. Running to the diving Pelicans and Frigates and throwing a couple of live baits in among the feeding seals and Marlin resulted in many hook-ups, both on Marlin and on Pelicans. The other day we released three Marlin and three Pelicans in an hour. Slow trolling live bait also worked very well. Drifting with live bait set deep did not seem to do as well at the Gate this week. Another area where the Striped Marlin began to show was just off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. Along the flats at the point the bait has begun to stack up and many boats have been saving time by fishing there instead of making the run to the Golden Gate Bank. The fishing has not been quite as good, but that should change soon. Elsewhere, there have been a few fish caught on the Cortez side of the Cape, but most of the fish seen in that area have been sleepers.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Yellowfin remained scarce this past week. A few football-sized fish are beginning to show up off of the Westin area on the Cortez side of the Cape, the same area where we had such a good time catching them on light tackle last year, just a few miles off shore. Using live Sardinas as chum and bait resulted in catches of up to 6 fish per boat. There were also a few fish 15-20 pounds found among Porpoise off of Gray Rock late in the week, and the same type of action was occasionally found 8-10 miles off the beach on the way to the San Jaime Bank on the Pacific side.
DORADO: There were decent catches of Dorado this week from the Pacific side of the Cape just a few miles off the beach. For some reason these seemed to be fish that averaged 12 pounds. Farther off shore at 10 or more miles the fish seemed to be bigger, one boat came in with three Dorado, all of them over 35 pounds. Slow trolling live bait seemed to work best on the Pacific side. On the Cortez side there was fair action up around Punta Gorda about two miles off the beach. Again, slow trolling live bait worked best, but pulling lures at 8 knots or more also resulted in fish being brought in.
WAHOO: I heard of a few Wahoo being hooked up but none being brought in.
INSHORE: Near the beach things have been very good. Friends of mine managed to catch and release a Roosterfish of 50 pounds just to the east of the lighthouse one day, and clients of ours have had a blast on small Roosterfish ranging from 5 pounds to 15 pounds. The Sierra bite is getting better with some very nice fish to 8 pounds being caught. I saw one fish caught from a commercial Panga that may have been 12 pounds. A few nice sized Pargo have been found among the rocks on the Pacific side and I have seen some good grouper to 30 pounds being brought in as well.
NOTES: Happy New Year everyone! As a side note, there have been quite a few Mako sharks, small ones, being caught up at the Golden Gate Bank. That has been a prelude to the southern movement of the Striped Marlin in the past, so it is very possible that the Marlin action will move closer to us pretty soon. Also, there have been plenty of Humpback Whales out there and watching them for a little bit has really been a treat. Until next week, tight lines!
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Jan 3, 2009; 08:08AM - Recollections, Anticipations and Updates
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 12/31/2008
REPORT #1147 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
2008 Looking back, our fishing season was largely spent on the beach in pursuit of roosterfish on the fly. So, as to be expected, it was wind and waves that determined when the ingredients for successful fishing would come together.
As the winter months faded into spring, the opportunities on the beach increased as the North wind subsided. Early season found the usual ‘fast movers’ (jack crevalle and roosterfish) within range of a fly from shore. But it was a few big yellowtail in March that made for the most noteworthy targets from shore.
While the roosterfish are not often big early in the year, the potential for a grande pez gallo is always there, and by spring the reality of roosters pushing the 50 pound mark (and beyond) made every day on the beach interesting to say the least.
Good numbers of big roosterfish made an appearance at the East Cape in 2008 but finding yourself on the right beach, at the right time, with fish ready to eat a fly was critical. When it all came together, countless hours on the hunt paid off in memorable action and a few amazing fish. Beyond playing the rooster game there were ample opportunities for several other species including sierra, pompano and pargo. Lance Peterson, BOF Guide
2009 The last days of 2008 have provided some great weather and calm seas. The early morning bite has been consistent, providing action on a mixed bag of fish. Most of the roosterfish are under 5 pounds as is usually the case in the winter, but there are some bigger fish around also. I have spotted two roosters in the 30 pound class recently, giving hope to the idea of hooking big fish from shore in the winter months.
Of course, I can't help but look ahead to spring, the last of the North winds, and the best months for hunting roosterfish with a fly. The sardina have been concentrating quite well along the shoreline. If that trend continues, I'm optimistic that we will see great fishing at East Cape in the coming year...it's all a matter of being there when the bite is on! Lance Peterson, BOF Guide
Water temperature 71-76
Air temperature 60-80
Humidity 55%
Wind: NNW 10 to 13 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 11 miles
Sunrise 7:01 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:43 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Dropping sea temps have slowed the offshore fishing. However, one boat fishing the Thetis reported good catches of yellowtail. There are also some smaller yellowtail, as well as sierra, at the Entrada.
Estero action provided some grouper under ten pounds along with some good surface action for corvina.
Bob Hoyt
Water temperature 67 - 73
Air temperature 58 -79
Humidity 44 %
Wind: WNW 8 to 11 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 13 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:48 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Fly angler: Chris Sovak, New York
Location: Mahuja, North of Zihuatanejo about 30 miles
Guide and photo by Ed Kunze
2008 This last year was really kind of a disappointment for fishing here on the West Coast of Mexico. During the peak of the high season, we had unusual cold water currents move in, which caused our warm water game fish to leave for parts unknown. We look at this as not being a long term affect, rather a short term 10-year cycle about to repeat itself.
2009 This coming year should prove this out as our blue 80º water is currently just off the beach, and the fishing is outstanding. Sailfish action will peak during the dark of the moon periods for January and February, with another mini-migration occurring in July. Roosterfish action will heat up in May, and peak at the end of July, but we will still be getting decent fishing into late December. Blue marlin and yellowfin tuna will be best in May and June.
Our fishing is continuing its excellent action on sailfish. The 82º blue water is just off the beach, with most of the fish being taken between 7 and 10 miles.
The yellowfin tuna are still a ‘no show’, but a few blue marlin and dorado are being taken.
Mecate, on the boat Aqua Azul, is averaging 7 sailfish a day released. He has a total of 34 releases in 5 days, but many other boats are doing almost as well.
Plus, the fly fishermen are finally getting a number of shots at sailfish and a decent chance for a hookup. Fishing with Andre Padovanti, of British Columbia, we teased four fish to the boat and he got the hook into two. We were up at Mahuaja fishing with Ramon on his open panga, and launched off the beach.
A couple of days later I went back to Mahauja with Chris Sovak of New York. The fish had apparently moved out of the area, because we raised only one fish all day. At 11:00 a.m., we got the strike, teased it to the boat, and Chris got a good hook set, with the fly firmly in the corner of its mouth. It was Chris's first ever billfish, either on the fly or conventional gear, so it turned out to be a decent day after all.
The next day (yesterday), I went down to Puerto Vicente Guerrero with Joe and Denette Romano. Joe is a hunting/fishing guide out of Anchorage and an avid fly fisher. We raised six sails, and had four come to the boat. He hooked two, and she hooked one.
Inshore action is still holding steady with lots of sierra and smaller sized jack crevalle.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 80
Air temperature 71-88
Humidity 65%
Wind: SW at 12mph
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 11 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:23 p.m. CST
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Dec 29, 2008; 06:18PM - Winter Steelhead
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows Brendan Morrison (on the left) and his friend posing a nice wild Steelhead they landed while being guided by Gill McKean of Westcoast Fishing Adventures last fall. Brendan, a pro NHL hockey player played for the Vancouver Canucks but now plays for the Anaheim Ducks.
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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated December 21 – December 28, 2008
(Number 103)
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: Happy New Year everyone! The extreme cold weather has gone away but it is still very cold and we have had a good dump of snow. The “determined” fishermen are still getting out there. Some would say they’re “crazy”! The Zymoetz (Copper) River closes to angling above the sign at the transmission line crossing (below Zymoetz Canyon) at the end of the month (January 1 to June 15). So get out and enjoy before the closure. To be clear just the upper reaches of the river are closed one still may angle on the very low end, just make sure you fish below the boundary at the first canyon. The Kalum River is open to angling all winter although access to some pools is difficult as to the extreme low water and snow. The Kitimat River is open all winter also and if we get some warmer weather fishing for Trout should be OK.
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CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Steelhead and Trout for river. Salmon, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness Crab for ocean.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK:
POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: Angler: Where: (none reported this week)
WEATHER: Flurries. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Temperature steady near minus 5. Max. Temp -1 degrees C. Min. Temp. -6 degrees C. Sunrise 8:57 AM Sunset 4:16 PM
WEATHER REPORTS VIA TELEPHONE: Environment Canada taped messages constantly updated, giving current conditions and three-day forecasts. Terrace 250-635-4192 Kitimat 250-632-7864 Prince Rupert 250-627-1155 Smithers 250-847-1958.
SKEENA RIVER: The water is in good shape, low and clean. Frozen over in spots. And the spots that are open can be full of drifting ice. Should be a few Steelhead and Trout one can catch if you can “brave” the weather.
KALUM RIVER: is in good shape. Good numbers of Steelhead are in the river now. Fishing for them with fly or spin tackle works well…but too cold to fish right now.
This is a Classified River year round and can be guided from March 15 through October 15 only. The Steelhead record is 32-pounds. To see a photo of this fish cast to: http://noelgyger.ca/records/Record003.jpg The angler is Dennis Therrien.
ZYMOETZ (COPPER) RIVER: The water is in poor shape today, with moderate to heavy ice flows and fishing for Steelhead is poor. Just a little too cold. The upper section closes at the end of the month (December 31) but the lower section below the first canyon will stay open for the winter Steelheaders to enjoy.
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:
2007-2009 BC tidal waters and freshwater Salmon fishing information:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish
Effective April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2009
2008-2009 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis:
www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish
Effective April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009
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*** If any of you have special fishing photos, testimonials, scenic river photos, wildlife photos or articles I would love to see them.
Hello Noel,
I've been meaning to send this to you for over a month, hear is one of the largest if not the largest beautiful Steelhead I've ever landed. It saved the trip for me due to the fact that the first five or six fish I hooked throughout the trip either became unbuttoned or my line broke trying to us a ferruled leader. Without my fishing buddies Mike & Brad along that day this might have become a distant memory of what might have been. Fish like this will keep me coming back until my knees won't hold me stable in that glorious natal waters of the greatest fish that swims. Take care Noel and I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy Birthday to you my friend with many more to follow. .
Your friend Bill Johnson
Catch & Release formula:
- Chinook: girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by 1000 (inches)
- Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)
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Dec 29, 2008; 11:22AM - 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
December 22-28, 2008
WEATHER: Our coldest night this week was last night as the reading on the meter showed 65 degrees. All the other days it has been in the high 60’s. Our daytime highs have been in the high 70’s to low 80’s and we had a clear Christmas day, but clouds have moved into the area since then.
WATER: The water on the Pacific side has been in the low 70’s almost all week and there were a few days at the end of the week where it got a little choppy as the clouds moved in, but it was not bad. On the Cortez side the water has remained in the high 70’s and the swells have been small and there has been no wind chop.
BAIT: Caballito were available at the normal $3 per bait, most of them were small ones, Mackerel were”catch your own at Golden Gate Bank' bait and Sardinas were available up at San Jose for around $25 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin bite remained the same but the fish have moved off the Golden Gate Bank a bit. There are still plenty of fish there, but with the number of boats working the area causing traffic problems at times, some of the guys have been working to the south toward the San Jaime Bank and have been finding the Striped Marlin there as well. Not the same numbers as at the Golden Gate, but the pressure is less. The same methods have been working, drifting with live bait set deep, slow trolling live bait on the surface and casting bait at fish seen in bait balls. This week the plastics have been working fairly well also with the best colors being the Petrelero.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna were scarce once again, but a few fish were showing up mixed in with the porpoise around the San Jaime Bank. These fish ranged in size from 10 to 40 pounds with an occasional larger fish to 80 pounds hooked up. The larger fish were caught on live bait sunk to 50 feet in front of the moving pods of porpoise.
DORADO: The Dorado bite was decent this week with fish coming from close to the beach on the Pacific side, most of them within a mile or so, but a few were in the deeper water as well. The warmer water on the Cortez side of the Cape started to produce as we expected and there were good catches of fish to 35 pounds around the Red Hill area and off of Grey Rock. Slow trolled live bait worked well once you found the area where the fish were concentrated. Average catch on Dorado for boats focusing on them was about 6 fish per boat.
WAHOO: Once again I didn’t hear of any Wahoo being caught this week.
INSHORE: Panga fishing this week has produced good numbers of small Roosterfish, some nice Sierra and Yellowtail along with a few good-sized Pargo. Fly fishermen have been having a blast with the occasional Dorado and good numbers of Bonita, chumming them up with live Sardinas.
NOTES: This has been a very interesting and productive year for us, the fish have been biting well and while the economy has had an effect on bookings the fish don’t seem to care! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and that you celebrate the New Year in style! Until next week, tight lines!
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Dec 26, 2008; 07:20PM - Merry Christmas to All
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 12/2t/2008
REPORT #1146 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
You gotta’ love Christmas in Baja…perfect weather with the sierra snapping at anything thrown at them. Then just a few miles farther offshore, the dorado are still mingling about. Offshore who knows? Everyone was scurrying about doing last minute Christmas shopping or toasting the holidays with a margarita or two. Which reminds us, MERRY CHRISTMAS and we hope to see you here in Baja in 2009!
Water temperature 76-80
Air temperature 61-80
Humidity 77%
Wind: NNE 5 to 6 knots
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:58 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:38 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
There are still some dorado and tuna about ten miles out but there are few takers on the angling side. There are only a few visitors and even less who are interested in going offshore.
Even the inshore took a back seat to the Christmas festivities.
Bob Hoyt
Water temperature 72 - 76
Air temperature 58 -77
Humidity 88 %
Wind: E 14 to 19 knots
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:09 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:43 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Fishing certainly has picked up. The blue water is close, and the boats are getting most of their fish around the 11 mile mark. Each boat in the fleet is getting an average of three to four sailfish a day. three days, with each successive day getting better and better. They totaled 18 sailfish released and they also took three nice dorado. They started on Saturday, with yesterday (Tuesday) being their best day, with 9 sailfish and 1 dorado.
Inshore, there have been a lot of jack crevalle and sierra around, giving the light line angler a great day on the water.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 80
Air temperature 68-86
Humidity 72%
Wind: NE at 3
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:14 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:18 p.m. CST
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Dec 22, 2008; 10:34AM - 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
December 15-21, 2008
WEATHER: We continued with the cool, overcast conditions for most of last week. We did see a couple of days with plenty of sun, but for the most part it was partly to mostly cloudy. Our daytime highs were in the mid 80’s and our nighttime lows remained in the mid to high 60’s.
WATER: With light winds most of the week the only rough times at sea were early in the morning between the lighthouse and the Arch, past there things calmed down, the swells were at 3-6 feet but there was plenty of space between them and not too much wind. On the Cortez side of the cape things were much smoother with swells at 1-3 feet between Cabo and Punta Gorda, and almost glass-like conditions. Water temperatures remained in the mid to high 70’s throughout the area except for early in the week when 80 degree water showed on the San Jaime Bank and right next to shore past the arch we had 74 degree water. At the end of the week there was a pretty strong demarcation at the 1,000-fathom line directly south of the Cape where 80-degree water on the outside met 78-degree water on the inside.
BAIT: Caballito were available at the normal $3 per bait, most of them were small ones, Mackerel were”catch your own at Golden Gate Bank' bait and conditions and water temperatures have not been good for Sardinas.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite dropped off just a bit at the Golden Gate Bank but boats were still piling up the numbers with several methods. Drifting with live Mackerel both on the surface and dropped down to 100 feet or so worked well, as did slow trolling live Mackerel through the area. Probably the most exciting and frustrating method was to wait until the fish could be seen feeding on the surface, indicated by birds diving, running to the fish and then throwing live bait into the area. Combat fishing at it’s finest; many fish were cut off by other boats trying to do the same thing. Elsewhere there were a few Striped Marlin caught along the beach on the Pacific side and up around the San Jose area.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: An occasional school showed up around the San Jaime Bank this week and fish to 60-80 pounds were caught, but they did not stay in the area for long. Boats fishing live bait deep for Marlin at the Golden Gate Bank also caught a few nice fish to 150 pounds. I heard reports that boats fishing from the Puerto Los Cabos Marinas in San Jose were getting fish to 80 pounds on a fairly regular basis but have no other information on that.
DORADO: The Dorado bite was a repeat of last weeks and I don’t know if it will last much longer as the water continues to cool down. The only place that I heard of having a decent Dorado bite was just off the beach between the lighthouse on the Pacific side and the beach to the inside of the Golden Gate Bank. Within a mile of the shore boats were picking up between one and five Dorado, some of them very nice fish around 25 pounds, but most of them around 15 pounds. There were some fish up around the Punta Gorda area from what I overheard, but I could not get any information on numbers or sizes.
WAHOO: I didn’t hear of any Wahoo being caught this week.
INSHORE: The cooler water has brought the beginning of the Yellowtail and Sierra fishing with it. Pangas working off of the rocky points on both the Pacific and the Cortez side were able to get into some decent fishing for both these species as well as some nice Pargo right in amongst the rocks.
NOTES: Just a reminder of how important communication is. I had a client this week that I thought had told me that he and his buddy wanted “lots of action, plenty of fish, and a Marlin would be ok”. This is what I told the captain so they went looking for Dorado and Tuna. I received a note from him later that after having caught only two Dorado on the boat we had booked for them, they had booked another boat and that based on the results and what they had observed, our crew had “not really been trying for Marlin, which is what we had wanted to target”. Please be sure you clarify things with the captain when you get on the boat. Have a Very Merry Christmas! Or Happy Hanukah Until next week, tight lines.
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Dec 15, 2008; 10:54AM - Guided Steelhead Fly Fishing at its BEST
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noe Gyger
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The photo of the week shows angling guide Andrew Rushton of Kalum River Lodge holding his clients, David Leland’s bright, hard fighting Steelhead. They were fishing in August on the Skeena River and caught some Sockeye and Coho also.
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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated December 7 – December 14, 2008
(Number 101)
Dear Fishing Friends:
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FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:
Ron Wakita
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Steelhead and Trout for river. Salmon, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness Crab for ocean.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK: POOR
WEATHER: Sunny. Windy. High minus 9. Wind chill minus 23. Max. Temp. 0 degree C. Min. Temp. -4 degrees C. Sunrise 8:50 AM Sunset 4:09 PM
WEATHER REPORTS VIA TELEPHONE: Environment Canada taped messages constantly updated, giving current conditions and three-day forecasts. Terrace 250-635-4192 Kitimat 250-632-7864 Prince Rupert 250-627-1155 Smithers 250-847-1958.
For current Terrace weather information please cast on:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/can/pages/CABC0292.htm?ref=wxbtnold
WATER CONDITIONS: Skeena is in good shape. The Zymoetz (Copper) River is in good shape. The Kalum, Kitimat and smaller coastal streams are all in good shape.
CURRENT WATER HEIGHTS FOR:
SKEENA RIVER:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08EF001
KITIMAT RIVER:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08FF002
SKEENA RIVER: is in good shape. Fishing for Steelhead and Salmon may be slow as most runs have gone through although some Steelhead winter over in the main stem. Most of these good runs are found upstream from Terrace in the Skeena 4 section. Some sections have chunks of floating ice and snow.
KALUM RIVER: is in good shape. Good numbers of Steelhead are in the river now. Fishing for them with fly or spin tackle works well.
This is a Classified River year round and can be guided from March 15 through October 15 only. The Steelhead record is 32-pounds. To see a photo of this fish cast to: http://noelgyger.ca/records/Record003.jpg The angler is Dennis Therrien.
ZYMOETZ (COPPER) RIVER: is clean now but it is too cold to fish.
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.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Northern Coastal Rivers:
Fishing Report from: Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters
KITIMAT RIVER: We have received some clear sunny days with blue skies this week. Jody Dennill, a long time Kitimat resident, had a couple of really good days of trout fishing during the good weather. Jody was using both worms and roe.
Fly fishing has also been productive as trout have migrated into most of the tributaries and creeks of the Kitimat system. Hirsh and Humphry's creek have been the most productive. Egg and minnow patterns continue to be the more productive fly patterns.
DOUGLAS CHANNEL: There have been a few boats fishing the Kitimat Harbour this week but we did not receive any reports of any fish caught. We did hear that crabbing was very good and 'all the shells were very full', said Alain.
This weekend is forecasting calm waters and blue skies so hopefully more boaters will get out and find the winter springs. Good luck to all. Ron Wakita
Cast to this link for Kitimat tide tables http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/cgi-bin/tide-shc.cgi?queryType=showRegion&language=english®ion=1
FISHING REGULATIONS WEBSITES:
2007-2009 BC tidal waters and freshwater Salmon fishing information:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish
Effective April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2009
2008-2009 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis:
www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish
Effective April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009
NOTE: For In-season Regulation Changes posted on the web check the above URL’s
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- Chinook: girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by 1000 (inches)
- Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)
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