REPORT #1038 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 11/25/06
East Cape
Thanksgiving week came and went with a welcome respite from the north wind. Billfish action remained slow with sails and marlin found up toward Punta Pescadero. The Humboldt squid are back among us near Punta Arena. Some boats are catching the quid to use as chunk bait for both tuna and dorado. Inshore there are plenty of small roosters to five pounds to keep the action moving. Also, plenty of ladyfish strung out along the Las Palmas beaches. If you are lucky, you may stumble into some larger variety of jacks to bend your stick.
Gary was a guest on the Gander Mountain – Great American Outdoor Trails Radio Magazine with Jim Ferguson talking about the magic of Magdalena Bay. Here is the link
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=203232782&s=143441&i=12114142
Water temperature
74-84
Air temperature
63-90
Humidity
87%
Wind:
SSW at 6 mph
Conditions:
Clear
Visibility
2 miles
Sunrise
6:39 a.m. MST
Sunset
5:32 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
After a month of warm temperatures here in Magdalena, things are beginning to cool down. Dorado action that will be talked about for a long time still dominates the offshore action. Pudge Kleinkauf of “Women Flyfishing” and her band of women had WFO action during their trip; and on their last day of fishing this week had a dorado stop that lasted from morning until mid-afternoon and only stopped because the group said “uncle.” Marlin and dorado were still swimming around the boat when we pointed the “Mar Gato” toward the boca! The group also had great estero action with lots of grouper to feed their flies to. They have already begun making their plans for next year’s visit.
Water temperature
75 - 83
Air temperature
60-77
Humidity
66%
Wind:
WNW 9 mph
Conditions:
Fog
Visibility
6 miles
Sunrise
6:50 a.m. MST
Sunset
5:36 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 80° blue water is at the Solitary Rock, only 1/2 mile in front of Zihuatanejo Bay. Averaging 1or 2 sailfish a day per boat, we are having fairly decent action, because a few 15 to 25 pound dorado also making a showing.
The majority of the yellowfin tuna are still beyond the 1,000 fathom line at the 30 mile mark, but some football sized tuna (10 pounds) did show up for a couple of days only a mile off the beach in front of Ixtapa.
The inshore action is excellent. With Orlando on the panga Tequila, fly shop owner and guide, Scott Cook and his dad Glen, of Bend Oregon, fished two days inshore. Each day they accounted for several small jack crevalle, sierras, black skipjacks, grouper, and cabrilla. Glen also took a 40 pound rooster on live bait.
Yesterday (Saturday), they made the run down with me to Puerto Vicente Gro., to target roosters on the fly. Scott got his 30 pounder only about 10 minutes after we started fishing. When Orlando grabbed the leader at the boat, the rooster broke off, leaving us with only in the water photos.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature
74 - 82
Air temperature
72-84
Humidity
88%
Wind:
Light
Conditions:
Partly Cloudy
Visibility
6 miles
Sunrise
6:56 a.m. MST
Sunset
6:08 p.m. MST
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