Sunday Morning 12.03 Captain Corey Dodson reported WFO marlin and dorado 53 miles west of Lopez Mateos.
REPORT #1039 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 11/25/06
East Cape
December is here and so are the north winds. The trick is to get out on one of the calm days, or at least as early as possible on the windy ones. Squid moved closer to home with good action out in front of the hotels early mornings. They are great for chum for either tuna or dorado, plus squid steaks taste pretty good back at the hotel!
It’s hard to believe that the billfish are still biting as well as they are. Even a few blue marlin, including the largest of the season, were caught last week. Most of the billfish action is strung out from Punta Pescadero to the 88, while the dorado and tuna action is down the other way outside of Cabo Pulmo.
Inshore, the sierra bite has begun in earnest and is best from gray light until the sun begins to come up. Also late afternoon in front of the hotels has been good for both sierra and ladyfish. Small olive Clousers are working well for the ladyfish and the sierra. If you tie your own, use long shanked hooks which will work almost as well as a wire leader. You will lose a few flies but will definitely have more takes.
Water temperature
74-84
Air temperature
60-82
Humidity
63%
Wind:
NNE at 11 mph
Conditions:
Partly Cloudy
Visibility
2 miles
Sunrise
6:44 a.m. MST
Sunset
5:32 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
After a week of cooler temperatures and wind, the wind finally quit and fishing snapped back for both dorado and marlin with most of the action reported up above the Thetis. However with fewer boats fishing, it is difficult to know what else is happening closer to Santa Maria.
Inshore, the grouper, corvina and of course the spotted bay bass bite was excellent on yesterday’s slack tide.
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Water temperature
70 - 78
Air temperature
60-79
Humidity
66%
Wind:
NNE 13 mph
Conditions:
Cloudy
Visibility
6 miles
Sunrise
6:55 a.m. MST
Sunset
5:36 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 82° clean water is still 1/2 mile in front of the bay, with the 84° deep cobalt blue water at the 10 mile mark. The fishing has been off a bit this week, and with the full moon ahead of us, I do not see it improving. However, all the captains are telling me the conditions are perfect, and the fishing is going to bust wide open after the full moon period.
Adan, on the Gitana II released 4 sailfish for two trips in the blue water this week, whereas his brother, Santiago on the Gitana, and Martin on the Isamar, both got skunked for their two days on the water. But, all three captains did tell me there are fairly decent numbers of dorado.
Adolpho, on the Dos Hermanos, feels the roosters appear to be moving around. When you find them, some days were good, and if you don't, the other days were down. Santiago had one of the good days yesterday, taking 6 roosters. Four of the fish were taken on surface poppers, and two on live bait.
Inshore is still excellent, with lots of sierras, small jacks, and black skipjack tuna.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature
74 - 82
Air temperature
62-91
Humidity
88%
Wind:
Light
Conditions:
Clear
Visibility
6 miles
Sunrise
7:01 a.m. MST
Sunset
6:10 p.m. MST
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