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| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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| In three decades, the world's oceans will contain more discarded plastic than fish when measured by weight, researchers say. |
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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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| Just how man species of fish are there? |
| 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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| Even Catfish are finicky |
| 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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| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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Apr 17, 2008; 12:53PM - Squid Float…Stops the Boat
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 04/16/2008
REPORT #1110 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
The week began with 12” squid floating about eighteen miles offshore. That was enough to get some fatty skipjack all worked up. There were multiple spots making it tough to choose which one to run for. Pick the right one and some ‘sluggo’ dorado were the prize. Another one might be mixed dorado and toad skipjack and farther outside, there were a few marlin to spice things up.
Meanwhile back at the beach: The small roosters and jacks put on a show snapping at “this and that” fly.
Just when we thought we were on a roll, a humbling bout of north wind rolled everything over- slowing the action down to a much slower pace.
Monday, eighty-six year old R.E. (Togo) Hazard, well known San Diego businessman, hopped on Dottie B with some friends from La Jolla to give them a lesson in marlin fishing. When the bell rang, Lamar Major, Kevin Kelly, Don McReynolds and Togo had racked up the highest single day’s count in this early season. ..an impressive eleven fish!
In the meantime part of the fleet found some tuna schools up toward Cerralvo that has yielded good catches for the past two days.
Warmer weather, hotter bite! Maybe spring is coming early.
Tip: Change flies often until you find the right combination of color and size for the day.
Water temperature 66-73
Air temperature 66-93
Humidity 45 %
Wind: ENE 5 knts
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 14 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:02 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
With a break from the wind, the yellowtail action for small to medium fish returned both at the Entrada and a few miles above Cabo San Lazzero.
In the Esteros, sierra and corvina provided the best surface action and down deeper there were a few grouper (to ten pounds) with an occasional snapper.
Along the sandy beaches the small halibut snapped up any chartreuse Clouser that came near them.
Water temperature 62 - 70
Air temperature 63 -93
Humidity 37%
Wind: NNW 17 to 23 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 4 miles
Sunrise 7:03 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:50 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The action has been holding at about 1 or 2 sailfish per boat per day average, however there are lots of fish seen every day. They just do not seem to be hungry. The tuna are still off the charts and out of range. A few blue marlin are also still showing up in the weekly counts.
This last Sunday, while talking with Captain Mecate of the cruiser Aqua Azul, we felt the slow fishing must be attributed to squid having moved in. The game fish are gorging on them down deep, which will definitely hurt the surface action.
The very next day I fished down at Puerto Vicente Guerrero with fly fishing clients Warren and Maureen Bates of Toronto Canada, and confirmed it. Warren caught a black skipjack tuna, which disgorged squid when I held the fish to remove the fly. What was incredible is the fish was caught only a couple of hundred yards off the beach and in water less than 200 feet deep. There must be tonnage of squid out there if they are that close to the beach.
Warren and Maureen had a great day on the water. They got a total of 6 species, and hooked three roosters. The roosters sure were a pleasant surprise. They must be making their annual migration back, and the fishing will only improve in the following weeks.
Maureen's rooster would have been the women's world record for the line class (16 pound) for a fly caught rooster, but the engine was in gear and the rooster hit before the cast was made. This is essentially trolling, so we just took photos and made the release.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 69-101
Humidity 79%
Wind: NNE 3mph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:39 a.m. CST
Sunset 8:00 p.m. CST
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Apr 15, 2008; 10:48PM - OFFSHORE BITE IS ON!!!!!!
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Category: Georgia
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Author Name: Captain Butch Foster
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4-14-08
Let's try this again!!! I typed it in once today and just as I went to publish it to the website the internet lost connection and I lost it all, so here we go again!!!
Yes, believe it or not the winds did let up enough to get offshore today although I was a bit paranoid to the point where we cancelled first thing but an hour later the seas were getting better so we gave it a shot.
As the day progressed we were rewarded with a beautiful day offshore with hungry fish and great fellowship from Jeff Russell, Tom Gardner,Charles Matthews, Melvin Wilcox, Mark Bishop, and Kris Churchill from Oxford,NC.
Once we made it to our first stop we got the 'Yeah Right' in position on the structure and the 'games began'.
The bottom bite was hot with Black bass, Grey Snapper, Silver Snapper, Vermillion Snapper, Triggerfish, and sharks.
There were some big fish hooked up today, the first big shark was hooked up by Mark Bishop and for a while there we all thought that the shark was going to win this fight, but Mark finally landed the knock out punch and was rewarded with a nice Black Tip for a photo shoot!!
Everyone got their limit of one Atlantic Sharpnose Shark for the grill and all the rest (that we got in the boat) were photographed and then released alive to fight again another day!!!
Tom Gardner had something happen to him twice today that hardly ever happens, especially twice in the same day.
He hooked up on two big fish and both times the hook broke. Usually it's the line that breaks or the fish justs gets off, not the hook breaks!!
The king mackeral bite that had been happening in the Tower area must have slacked off. We never trolled for any Kings but the lite line never produced a king all day.
But what it did produce was sharks!!! I don't ever recall seeing as many atlantic sharpnose sharks, Blacktips, and Bull sharks as we had around the boat all day. It reminded me of the way the Spiney dogfish sharks are in the early spring.
I mean it was nothing to have a whole heard circling the boat, 50, 60, possibly 100 sharks in a school, it was awesome.
Had a big schol of AJ's to come under the boat as well, but none were interested in eating our baits, and that's sorta unusual, but that's fishing!!
But nothing seemed to bother the bottom fish though!! I bet I know a few guys that hit the 'Ben Gay' hard last night!!!
It was great to fish with these guys, and it was great to finally get some calmer winds so we could go fishing!!
Sometimes I ask myself why I do what I do, and today I was reminded why I do it. As I have said before, Fisherpeople are the greatest people in the world, and spending a day fishing with people like these guys is surely my 'Heaven on earth'!!! Till next time, FISH ON and GOD BLESS!!!! Capt Butch.
www.yeahrightcharters.com
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Apr 14, 2008; 01:56PM - Terrace BC Fly Fishing Guide Reporting
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows repeat guest Yvonne Williams and her guide, Greg Buck, pose with one of many Steelhead that she landed during the last 3 days while fishing at the lodge. She caught the majority of her fish on 'the Heather,' an intruder-like fly fashioned with black and blue feathers. Photo by: Mike Kenyon
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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated April 6 – April 13, 2008
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: It has been mostly cool, cloudy with scattered rain all week. I never thought I would say I hope it rains but we really do need something to get the water levels up. I had a good look at the rivers and it appears they have started to come up. The Zymoetz (Copper) actually got dirty, not surprising for this river. I guess if we had a streak of hot weather that would do it and down will come the snow pack from the mountains. Savvy fishermen and fishing guides have figured out how to keep the bite going for Steelhead despite the low water conditions.
Speaking of savvy guides check out a report from host Jeff Bright and guide Dustin Kovacvich below:
Jeff says, “I'm happy to come to you with a glowing report from my first visit to the Skeena and Nicholas Dean Lodge this year. Guest Martin Walker and I found near-perfect conditions and good numbers of willing fish, including one heavy buck that taped out to 22-23 pounds. Also, encouraging was the number of large, bright female fish. Hopefully, this will translate into a productive spawn and forecasts strong runs this summer and fall.” Photo credits: Jeff Bright. Check out the full trip report at http://www.jeffbright.com/travel/tripreports/08_mar.html
BOAT RAMP Fishermen’s Park boat ramp on the lower Kalum River is now open. The parking lot has been graded. Everything is in good shape.
LIST OF “New” ITEMS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK:
- Apr 3/08 one item posted on “Conservation” http://www.noelgyger.ca/conservation.htm
- Apr 8/08 one video clip posted on “Video Clips” http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm
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NOW BOOKING FOR 2008 Let me know if I can be of service to book you with the 'best' fishing guide and/or fishing lodges. 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, 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.
FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:
Chad Black
Ron Wakita
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Steelhead and Trout
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK: GOOD
WEATHER: Showers. Windy. High plus 6. Region normal: Max. Temp. 12 degrees C. Min. Temp. 3.7 degrees C. Sunrise 6:36 AM Sunset 8:33 AM
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: The Skeena is very low and in good shape although a little colored up from the dirty Zymoetz (Copper) River but still very fishable. The Kalum (upper and lower) River is in good shape and starting to come up a little bit. Kitimat River is very low and clean and is starting to come up a bit also.
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: The water is in good shape, low and clean although a little colored from the Zymoetz (Copper River). Fishing for Steelhead is good if you know where to go and what to do.
KALUM RIVER: The water, both upper and lower sections are in excellent shape and fishing for Steelhead is good. The water is very low, so one must be very careful if using a boat. I have heard of one jet-boat smashing the bottom pretty good in a shallow rocky tail-out.
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 upper section is closed to fishing as of December 31 but the lower section below the first canyon will stay open for Steelheaders to enjoy. Water is dirty.
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 Report from: Nicholas Dean Lodge for the Week of April 6 to April 12/08
Hello Anglers,
It seems as though we’re finally starting to receive some of the rains more commonly associated with the early Spring season. Though it might make the fishing experience a little wetter and colder, the change in conditions is a positive one for waking up lethargic fish and bringing in fresh “chromers” from the large waters of the Skeena. The fishing for the guests at our lodge during the past week has also reflected this. On their first day of fishing, Mike Kenyon and Yvonne Williams had a fantastic outing – all in all, hooking several Steelhead on the fly. See Photo of the Week. Perhaps even more significant, the last pool of the day actually surrendered two Steelhead – at the same time! Double headers are one of those rare feats in Steelhead fly fishing that simply don’t happen very often, and I’m sure that Mike and Yvonne will remember this day for a long time to come.
For those of you who might remember, Yvonne was the lucky angler to have hooked and landed the largest Steelhead seen at the lodge last year. The fish was conservatively estimated at 27-28 lbs, a monstrous fish. For Yvonne, there was another fish that “got away” this year, having wrapped her line and leader around a large midstream log, a fish so large she figured it was similar in size to last year’s fish. Paying your dues in Steelhead fishing is sometimes a lesson that needs to be learned, albeit the hard way, but the rewards are almost always worth the effort…
Until next week, tight lines and screaming reels…
Chad Black
Operations manager
Nicholas Dean Lodge…where every cast is an adventure!
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Northern Coastal Rivers:
Fishing Report from: Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters
KITIMAT RIVER: With the weather staying colder the Kitimat River remained very low. Some anglers commented that we needed a little rain to bump the river level up to encourage more Steelhead into the river. We received snow Friday morning and it changed to rain and has rained well into Saturday. The river is looking good with the higher water and more Steelhead should be migrating up the river. Al Skender and his fishing partner hooked three Steelhead Thursday morning landing two. Ariel Kuppers landed a 16lb. Steelhead Saturday morning. He also landed a pretty nice Dolly Varden. Many other steelhead have been reported.
Driftboaters are cautioned about the log jam above Powerlines. Mike Herzberz who took the picture of the log jam (included with this report) comments that 'it would be very difficult to portage around the log jam'. Thanks Mike. Good Luck! Tight Lines!
DOUGLAS CHANNEL: Not a lot to report from the Douglas Channel which is typical for this time of year. Most boaters are de-winterizing their boats in preparation for the upcoming season. The boaters that are venturing are mostly crabbing and doing a little bottom fishing.
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 REGULATION 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
GUEST FISHING PHOTOS:
*** If any of you have special fishing photos, scenic river photos, wildlife photos or articles I would love to see them.
2008 TV SHOW SCHEDULE FOR SPORTFISHING BC with host Mark Pendlington
CHANNEL Friday Saturday Sunday
Sportsnet Pacific 6:30 AM PST
(9:30 AM EST)
Knowledge Network 1:30 PM PST
(4:30 PM EST) 1:30 PM PST
(4:30 PM EST) 11:30 PM PST
(2:30 PM EST)
A Channel 7:00 AM PST
(10:00 AM EST)
World Fishing Network Check local listings
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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GOOD LUCK and GOOD FISHING!
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Apr 14, 2008; 12:33PM - Gordo Banks Panga report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: eric
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
April 13, 2008
Anglers -
We are now officially into the spring season, clocks have been sprung forward one hour, days are becoming increasing longer and ocean water temperatures are on a warming trend. Offshore fishing action moved closer to shore in recent days, as the gamefish were following the bait supply and cleaner currents that moved within only a couple of miles of the shoreline. Moderate crowds of vacationers are enjoying sunny days, with high temperatures reaching the mid to upper 80s. All around local tourism is substantially lower than normal for this time of year, all we can do is hope the economy improves soon.
Just a few days ago fleets were traveling some 20 miles offshore to find striped marlin and yellowfin tuna action. Early this week conditions rapidly changed, clean blue water moved close to shore in the areas from Cabo San Lucas to Chileno and both yellowfin tuna and marlin were found in substantial numbers. Concentrations of mackerel were schooling in this same region, striped marlin were found as close as one mile to shore in some instances, feeding on the balled up bait schools, charter boats were reporting multiple landings of stripers in the 100 to 150 pound class on a regular basis. Anglers had best success casting baits into the feeding marlin, but also there was a fair percentage of marlin being hooked into on trolled lures. Wednesday was particular wide open, every boat in the vicinity was telling stories of all the marlin they either seen feeding or were hooked up with. Tuna were striking on trolled lures, medium sized feathers, cedar plugs and rapalas, blind strikes, not associated with porpoise, once the schools were encountered, typically 3 to 4 miles from shore, multiple strikes were common. Mid week there were some high wind swells to deal with and this did slow down the tuna action. Marlin were actually found closer to the shore in more protected waters. Most of the yellowfin landed were weighing 10 to 16 pounds, though some fish to 40 or 50 pounds were reported, particularly on larger lures that were being trolled for marlin. A handful of scattered reports of dorado were reported, fish ranging up to 30 pounds, striking on the same marlin or tuna type lures. Water temperatures have varied from 64 degrees on the Pacific to as high as 72 to 74 degrees in the direction of the Sea of Cortez.
Other action included sierra and roosterfish along the shoreline, trolling various baits worked best for this action, the majority of these fish were in the 2 to 7 pound range.
A few of the juvenile sized yellowtail were still taken off the shallow rock piles and to the north of Punta Gorda there were hungry schools of Mexican bonito providing fast and furious action. Limited reports for amberjack, cabrilla and huachinago (red snapper), though some quality fish were accounted for on yo-yo jigs, the key was finding an area that was not dominated by the bonito.
The combined panga fleet launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos area reported sending out approximately 55 charters for the week, with anglers having a fish count of:
7 dorado, 74 yellowfin tuna, 34 striped marlin, 17 yellowtail, 13 amberjack, 34 red snapper, 164 sierra, 15 roosterfish and 266 Mexican bonito.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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Apr 14, 2008; 12:10PM - 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
April 7-13, 2008
WEATHER: The weather continues to slowly warm up as our nighttime lows have been in the high 60’s and our daytime highs have been in the high 80’s. There have been very few clouds in the skies this past week, just scattered around here and there for the most part. No rain has been seen to fall anywhere near us. Sun block of at least SPF-35 has been a necessity.
WATER: It appears that the California current has become weaker as the warm water on the Cortez side of the Cape has started to come across into the Pacific side over the week. The cooler water in the current has been forced offshore, outside the San Jaime Bank it is a cool 68-69 degrees while on the bank and up to the shoreline it is a warmer 73-74 degrees. On the Cortez side of the Cape we have mostly warm water in the 74-75 degree range. Surface conditions have been great this past week with small swells and very little wind.
BAIT: Mackerel was easily available at the usual $2 per bait and there were also Caballito at the same price.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin are re-appearing in large numbers now as the water has warmed up to their preferred 74 degree range, but they are not biting all that well. That is not to say there are no fish being caught; it just means that as far as the percentage of fish caught to fish seen, well, that is a low number. The positive side of this is that there are large numbers of fish being seen on the surface, small groups of three or four and larger groups that number up to fifteen fish. Most boats have been releasing two or three Marlin per trip, but throwing bait to forty or so fish in order to get those numbers. The area around the 95 spot has been holding large numbers of Striped Marlin, as has the area around the 1150.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: We had a wide-open bite on the football size fish this week as a large school moved to within 4 miles of the bay early in the week. Boats were getting 20-30 fish each before tiring and going on to fish for Marlin. These fish were averaging 8-10 pounds each with a few in the 20-pound class. They were biting anything you put in the water, but the larger fish were eating live bait dropped in front of the moving schools. Any boats that went out at 150 degrees ran into these fish on Monday and Tuesday, as the week went on the fish moved to the west. There were other scattered schools found, but with the bite so good close to home not many boats went much farther to look for larger ones.
DORADO: There continued to be a few fish caught this week and as the water warms up more we should expect to be seeing more Dorado. I had a report of a boat up at Los Barillas catching 27 Dorado after finding a dead seal and that is the type of thing that may begin to happen here. Not that we kill seals, but this time of year we begin to find kelp fronds and trash in the water that hold large numbers of Dorado.
WAHOO: What Hoo once again.
INSHORE: The numbers of small Yellowtail being caught has lowered this week, weather because they have moved on to water more in keeping with their preferred temperature or because they became fished out, I don’t know. But instead of filling coolers with these small 5-8 pound fish, boats are getting just three or four per trip. What has a lot of anglers excited is the number of Roosterfish that have been showing up just outside of the arch. There have been mornings when 20 fish have been caught and released by one boat, but the fish have been small with an average size of 5 pounds. Little guys, but when you use light tackle they are a blast to catch! The Sierra bite has fallen off a bit as well and with the smooth water conditions and the Yellowfin Tuna being close, a lot of the Panga fishermen have been going out for the Tuna.
NOTES: Maybe I’ll try this thing I’ve been trying to get to use next year, it does not look like I will get to use this technique anytime soon, sigh. Anyway, we had great fishing this week and I hope it continues, with the numbers of Striped Marlin we are seeing if they start biting it will be awesome. This weeks report was written to the music of John Lee Hooker on the 2006 Virgin Records release “Best Of Friends”. Until next week, tight lines!
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Apr 13, 2008; 12:25AM - Costa Rica Fishing Report...Los Suenos Marina
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Category: Los Suenos Marina
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Author Name: Jerry 'bubba' Hallstrom
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Hola,
The bite out of the Los Suenos Marina has slowed to some average numbers. A week ago the bite was out west and then a few days ago it moved to the south and now it seems to be scattered. For the past two days most of the boats have been running 30 and 40 miles but not pulling the huge Sailfish numbers that we have had the past month. Most of the boats today seemed to run hard and slug it out for 2 or 3 fish.
Yesterday Captain Carlos on the “R&J” took Brain and his buddy offshore and caught 3 Sailfish, a Mahi Mahi and a Marlin.
Yesterday Captain Tim on the “Tres Amigos” pulled 3 deuces with 2 Sailfish, 2 Mahi Mahi and 2 Striped Marlin over 200 pounds. Today they took Steve and his buddies out and went 1 for 7 on Sailfish. The Captain went 42 miles and fished hard for those fish…sometimes they bite aggressively and sometimes they don’t.
Yesterday Captain Bill on the “Sailfish” released 8 Sailfish and kept a 45 pound Dorado for the grill. Today Captain Bill went 5 for 8 on Sailfish…he was out about 40 miles.
When the bite is 40 miles out the half day charters are forced to fish inshore. The Inshore Fishing has been good the past week…with everyone catching some Roosterfish mixed in with some Amber Jacks, Cubera Snapper and Grouper.
Thanks for your time,
Bubba
1-800-9SAILFISH
www.CostaRicaFishingReport.com
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Apr 11, 2008; 02:39PM - Time Changes…Bite Begins
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 04/09/2008
REPORT #1109 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
After a two day ‘blow’ late last week, the weather and the time changed and the fish bit like gang busters! On the outside, skipjack, marlin, and dorado were feeding on bite sized squid or anything else that came their way---even flies. Plenty of marlin, dorado and skipjack multiples.
Inshore, ‘same story-different chapter’ as one of our boats had a nice mix of jacks, roosters, bonito and sierra. Two anglers racked up an impressive total of 31 fish for the day.
Tip: Don’t forget the wire! There are still a good number of sierra close to shore.
Water temperature 66-73
Air temperature 62-91
Humidity 55 %
Wind: NNW 13 to 17 knots
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:09 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:36 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Windy conditions kept most of the boats close to home this week so there was nothing to report
Water temperature 62 - 70
Air temperature 53 -88
Humidity 89%
Wind: NNW 17 to 23 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:16 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:44 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
No report
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 69-101
Humidity 79%
Wind: NNE 3mph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:39 a.m. CST
Sunset 8:00 p.m. CST
Cabo San Lucas
WEATHER: The weather has continued to make a believer of me in Cabo being the perfect place to live this time of year. Our daytime highs have been in the low 90’s and our nighttime lows in the mid to low 60’s. We had mostly sunny skies this week and for the most part, light winds. There were a couple of days in the middle of the week where the wind blew strongly from the west, but it was for only a day or two.
WATER: Water temperatures on the Cortez side of the Cape have continued to rise slowly; we had as warm as 75 degrees at the end of the week across the 95 spot. There is still a plume of cool 67-degree water coming across the tip of the Cape from the Pacific side. Both sides of the Cape experienced bouncy conditions on Friday and Saturday when the wind shifted and came from the west, but it settled right down. Water clarity had been an issue on the Pacific side close to shore but that has cleared up a bit, however the farther to the north you went the greener the water became. The blue water has remained south of us at a distance of at least 25 miles. Even the warm water across the 95 spot has been slightly green in color.
BAIT: Mackerel was easily available at the usual $2 per bait and there were also Caballito at the same price.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The good news is that the Striped Marlin bite has continued to improve; it was better this week than last week. That may be due to the warmer water we are experiencing, but for whatever the reason, we are happy. Along with the improved bite is the fact that the fish have moved closer to us, in the warmer water across the 95 spot, which translates into shorter runs to the Marlin. They seem to be a bit larger on average than we have seen lately as well. I did not hear of any other species of billfish this week, but I am sure there were some strikes on larger ones.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The football size Yellowfin continue to provide action but they have been a little harder to find for many of the boats. 25 to 30 miles to the south has continued to be the most prolific area for these fish and the first boats to the schools are doing well with an average catch rate of 10-12 fish per boat. Anglers arriving a little late have not been shut out, but it has been a slow pick for them with an average of four or five fish per boat. There were rumors floating around in the middle of the week of a private boat finding a school of fish averaging 80 pounds, but I was not able to confirm any information on that.
DORADO: The warm water continued to produce fish that averaged 12 pounds with a few in the 20-30 pound class, but there were no large numbers from that area. Almost everyone got a fish or two though. There was one day when a couple of boats found a patch of kelp to the inside of the San Jaime bank and loaded up on Dorado that averaged 15 pounds, they worked it hard with cut bait and kept radio silence until they were done. They looked for it again the next day but it had drifted off and could not be found again.
WAHOO: What Hoo?
INSHORE: Firecracker Yellowtail continued to provide plenty of action for inshore anglers this week with the fish averaging 5 pounds. Sierra were in the same areas and while the fishing was not red-hot for them, the bite was still decent with anglers catching as many as they wanted. Roosterfish were also mixed in with the Yellowtail and Sierra. They were small ones at an average of 5 pounds, but provided good action on light tackle, and a variety in the catch. White Bonita rounded out the inshore action with fish from 5 to 12 pounds. All of these fish were found in water less than 100 feet deep, close to the shoreline on the Pacific side.
NOTES: I did not manage to get out and try the thing I mentioned last week, perhaps I will get a chance this week. If I do, I’ll fill you in on the results. The bite continues to improve in our area and our hope is that the trend continues. Whale sightings are down as the migration is almost over. On Saturday we saw only two, a mother and baby Humpback headed north on the Pacific side. Let me take a second here for some blatant advertising. The Shrimp House is back!! Shrimp and bulldogs! On Hidalgo Street. Right now the sign says El Patio, but Maro is getting that changed This weeks report was written to the sounds of U2 on their 1987 Island Records release “The Joshua Tree”. Until next week,
Tight Lines!
George & Mary Landrum
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Apr 9, 2008; 06:46PM - Costa Rica Fishing Report...Good Sailfish numbers for most
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Category: Los Suenos Marina
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Author Name: Jerry 'bubba' Hallstrom
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Howdy,
The Sailfish bite out of Los Suenos Marina was good
to some and hard work for others the past few days.
Everyone is still catching Sailfish, most of the
boats are picking up a Dorado or two and some of
the lucky ones are getting a shot at a Marlin�no
reports of the delicious Yellowfin Tuna.
Yesterday Captain Bill on the �Sailfish� released
17 Sailfish�he said a 50 pound Bull Dorado crashed
the spread but didn�t get hooked up. The clients
were not disappointed.
Yesterday Captain Kevin on the �Hoo�s your
Daddy� went 11 for 18 on Sailfish and picked up a
couple nice Dorado for dinner. The Captain said
they fished 38 miles out.
That was yesterday...today the bite moved way
south.
Today Captain Dana on the �Hoo�s your Daddy�
fished with a long time customer from Florida. The
bite was slow and they worked hard to find fish and
by the end of the day the angler caught his first
ever Marlin and his largest Sailfish ever at 150
pounds�.congrats. Captain Dana did some bottom
fishing yesterday near the rock using butterfly
jigs, they caught a 30 pound and 55 pound Broomtail
Grouper. When I called Dana and some of the boys
were cooking up a big slab of Grouper and having a
couple cold beers�if it wasn�t a 30 minute drive
I would go up there and chow� Dana�s wife Laura
makes some killer grub�it�s the drive home from
Dana�s that will get ya.
Captain Dave on the 'Missbehavin' went 2 for 4 on
Sailfish and wasn't happy with his efforts.
The guys on the �Spanish Fly� took a crew from
Michigan out and in true �Spanish Fly� fashion
released 24 Sailfish and a Marlin. They fished way
south and crushed it. Captain Daniel and his guys
can catch some fish and they can be a curve buster.
Catching 24 fish when everyone else is catching 6
is just not right�they are like the smart kid in
class that everybody hated.
Captain George on the �Barrilatta� out of
Herradura Bay took the Esterillos gang out
yesterday. They went 2 for 10 on Sailfish.
Two for ten on Sailfish. Those days happen when you
try and set your own hooks. I personally would
rather hook one fish and hand it off then reel in
ten fish after someone else has hooked it.
My next project is Costa Rica Fishing
School�we�ll teach you to set your own hook.
http://www.costaricafishingreport.com/fishingschool
.shtml
Thanks,
Bubba
1-800-9SAILFISH
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Apr 7, 2008; 05:43PM - FIsh Report
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: stan
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April 2, 2008
Dramatically improved sea conditions along with a slight warming of the ocean temperatures brought in a more consistent offshore bite. Leading the way once again was captain Chiro on the Bloody Hook reporting a 300 Lb. Black Marlin along with 16 Sailfish and 1 monster Dorado for 5 days offshore. Captain Adolofo on the Dos Hermanos 1 reported 2 Sailfish , 8 big Spanish Mackerel and a handful of Bonitos in 2 days of fishing. Partner Captain Cheva on the Dos Hermanos 2 reported 2 Blue Marlin in the 150 - 160 Lb range along with 3 Sails. Captain Temo on the Secuestro reported 3 Sailfish and 1 Dorado in 3 offshore days. The blue water has moved to within the 5 mile mark and most of the better action is occurring just beyond that mark. Our captains are reporting that the fish are much more aggressive as the ocean temperatures become more favorable.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Sunny Mild Temps
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Good
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
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Apr 7, 2008; 05:42PM - Gordo Banks Panga Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: eric
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
April 6, 2008
Anglers -
As we enter the first full month of the spring season the Southern Baja California region has yet to change their clocks one hour forward for daylight savings time, it appears strange to see the sun high in the sky by 7 a.m., this situation will change this coming weekend, it always seems to feel like more of a dramatic change when waiting an extra month to spring forward. Weather conditions are ideal, highs into the low to mid 80s, not so chilly in the early morning and north winds are gradually becoming less dominant. Anglers are patiently waiting during this transition period as warmer currents slowly push back into the area, bringing with them the sought after pelagic gamefish.
Striped marlin action improved substantially this past week throughout the region, as scores of stripers are being spotted free jumping and tailing on the surface. One of the hot spots in recent days was from the Gordo Banks towards Desteladera, anywhere from 5 to 15 miles offshore. Charters targeting billfish were accounting for one to three fish per boat on an average, the majority of strikes came on mackerel, with a smaller percentage being hooked up on lures. Sizes were healthy, 100 to 150 pounds, with a few specimens even larger.
Yellowfin tuna continued to be found 15 to 30 miles offshore, sometimes with fast moving schools of porpoise, but at other times they were by blind strikes on lures, cedar plugs and feathers were both productive. Most of the tuna were under fifteen pounds, though there were reports of a couple of larger yellowfin accounted for that weighed into the triple digits. Dorado counts also jumped in recent days, as water temperatures up to 72 degrees were found on the outside. On Tuesday several boats reported encountering a dead whale carcass that was holding schools of dorado to thirty pounds, though the fish proved to be finicky at times and had a preference for live mackerel only. There were a scattering on dorado that also hooked into while trolling with lures on the marlin and tuna grounds.
The local panga fleets had been concentrating their efforts nearby off Palmilla Point for several weeks, this is where there had been big concentrations of yellowtail, mainly juvenile sized, with a few larger fish mixed in, anyway this action came to a standstill at the start of the week, even the bonito that had been schooling with the jacks appeared to have moved on, only the giant squid remained. Trolling along the inshore stretches of beaches produced sierra and roosterfish, most of these fish were striking on sardinas or rapalas and weighing five pounds or less.
Panga Charters are once again heading north to the Iman Bank, where catches have been dominated by Mexican bonito, yo-yo jigs, rapalas and sardinas are all catching fish. Also off the bottom rock piles there has been limited numbers or pargo, cabrilla and amberjack.
Whale watching season is winding down, the mammals are still being spotted daily, but numbers are significantly less, as the humpbacks and grays start their migration back north.
Be aware that in recent days the Mexican Navy has routinely been conducting on the water inspections of sportfishing charter boats, particularly having a vendetta against the pangas, make sure you have a valid fishing license, also boat owners need to be diligent about having all of their paper work and safety equipment in order. You would like to believe that any regulation problems could be taken care of back at the docks before the boats even launched, tourism is already slow in recent months and to have a heavily armed Navy Patrol vessel rapidly approach you while you on a relaxing fishing excursion can definitely be a bit nerve wracking to say the least.
The combined panga charter fleets launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 64 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
9 striped marlin, 33 giant squid, 28 dorado, 27 yellowfin tuna, 27 pargo, 9 cabrilla, 13 amberjack, 126 yellowtail, 285 Mexican bonito, 134 sierra and 56 roosterfish.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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