Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Magdalena Bay heats up
Received a report from local Captain Sergio Garcia and his son Roddy: These snook were caught outside the Boca in the Pacific at Lopez Mateos.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Storm gone...Fish Back
No, those are not steelhead; they are corvina in a tide pool. There are also four halibut and a sandbass against the rocks.
http://www.bajafly.com/report/Bajafly.report.htm
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
G20 Security heightens as fishing attempts a comeback
especially when you bait your own hook, put it in the water, and reel the fish in all by yourself
like 8-year-old Sean and 10-year-old A.J. Rose from Colorado.
http://www.bajafly.com/report/Bajafly.report.htm
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
All in all, yay for May!
Farther south, La Paz already has the making of a barn burner. While East Cape and San Jose play catch up, Los Cabos missed out on the hoped for marlin bonanza early in the year. Seems to be taking another run at it in May according to some of the secret channel chatter. All in all, yay for May!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
North Wind already blow out October?
REPORT #1265 "Below the Border"
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
After a month of hot water and by all accounts,
slow fishing, the much awaited cooling of the sea temperatures has finally
begun. Remembering the old saying about being careful what you ask for, the
cooler water that was hoped for, was brought about by or closely followed by,
an early dose of north wind. While that may be good news for arriving kite
boarders, it's a bummer for fishing.
But not so fast! The
wind seems to be what the doctor ordered.
While the tuna seem to have disappeared, the dorado are suddenly hanging
out around the shark buoys…I think this is the first time this season I could
say that with conviction. Plus…drum roll
here… the striped marlin and sailfish are back in the game. How long will it
last? I wouldn't dare guess, but it is
fun-fun-fun fishing for the moment.
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
We received two 'on the spot' reports:
"We fished the ridge last Saturday, Sunday and Monday. It was very slow. We heard a few reports of boats getting a wahoo or two, but we had no 'hoo hookups. Got three dorado, and a YT on the dropper, along with some small grouper. Had a marlin strike that missed. Saw about eight marlin and may have had shots at them but we weren't really interested in that. We talked to many groups of fishermen, and many locals. No one spoke of seeing tuna in quite a while, and the quantities mentioned did not gel with what I had been hearing."
The second report was from George Landrum who helped bring a boat
down from Ensenada:
"Mid-morning we were at the mid-point on the Ridge north of
Mag Bay and the wind finally died down, the water calmed and also started to
warm up a bit. We had left Ensenada with green, 64 degree water and by the time
we reached the upper Thetis Bank it had turned much more blue and had warmed up
to 72 degrees. With the water warm, clean and much calmer we proceeded to put
four lures out and made a pass on the Thetis. This resulted in catching the
owner his largest wahoo to date, estimated at 65 pounds! Several more passes
resulted in no more strikes so we continued on to the lower Thetis Bank. This
area had plenty of striped marlin and we had a fish in the pattern constantly.
The owner was fighting one when another one swam right up to the transom and
Carlos quickly dropped another lure in the water. With the swivel at the rod
tip and 10 feet of leader, he swung the lure back and forth a few times and the
second fish bit and hooked up! Thankfully it only stayed on a few minutes then
jumped off and we were able to leader and release the fish the owner had been
fighting.
Wanting to arrive in Magdalena Bay before dark we continued on and
spotted some shark buoys. Making a few passes with the lures we were
able to bring several dorado on board to join the wahoo already in the freezer.
We then powered up and ran into the bay, anchoring up for the night at the Man
of War anchorage. With the underwater lights on we caught a few live mackerel
for bait the next day and caught some shut-eye.
Up again early, our plan was to head straight out to the
deep-water ledge and see if we could find some tuna for sashimi. As we were
exiting Mag Bay we spotted several areas where the mackerel were feeding and
caught another dozen to put in the live bait tank.
We spotted a frigate bird and caught a dorado about 20 minutes
out, then under another frigate 45 minutes later we had a sailfish come in on a
lure and hook up. A short fight resulted in a release at the boat. The rest of
the day was uneventful until we spotted more buoys on the way in and caught
three more dorado, then had a wahoo strike just off the beach on the way into
anchor for the night."
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Cabo San Lucas
The billfish have picked up, more striped marlin are being
caught, and the sailfish numbers are remaining up there also. They usually feed
with the dorado, but have heard reports of the sailfish being caught alongside
the yellowfin. No reports of any large blue or black marlin, but there were
some in the 100 to 200 pound range.
Tuna! Tuna! Tuna! I want Sushi! Lots of tuna around which is
a good thing with the Western Outdoor News Tuna Jackpot coming up this Thursday
and Friday. Most of the tuna I have seen coming in however have been in the 30
to 40 pound range with a few in the 60
to 100 pound range. There are reports of 200+ pound fish jumping, but
couldn't get them to bite. Tossing ballyhoo, mackerel, cedar plugs, they just
wouldn't bite. Whoever figures out what they want will make some money this
week if they are in the tournament!
Lots, and lots of dorado again. If you are trolling inshore,
they are hard to miss. A lot of small ones; I even saw someone with a 2 pound
fish the other day. Normally, those are thrown back, but this one didn't make
it. Most of the fish are in the 8 to 15 pound range with some hitting the 30
pound mark.
There have been a few wahoo flags recently…fish in the 30
pound range. Not usually many this time of year.
The water temperatures are staying warm, so still some nice
roosterfish around, snapper, groupers; almost November, but I haven't seen any
sierra yet. The dorado fishing is also good close to shore…George and Mary
Landrum
Monday, October 24, 2011
Fall stammers for some and roars for others
REPORT #1264 "Below the Border"
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
After a serious bout of hot water and high humidity,
the season is beginning to change and our usual October fishing is finally
beginning to happen. Marlin went off in front of La Ribera and caught some
napping. Double-digit catches of stripes and sails kept lines tight and rods
bent.
Dorado haven’t been over the top this year, but many
are saying that this was the week that was. Nothing big but plenty so the
reports go.
Inshore, in front of the new development at Cabo
Rivera, small roosters were as thick as fleas on a Mexican mutt. Also, some schooling
jacks were around to bend the ol’ stick.
The only non-starter was tuna which seem to have taken up residence way further out forty miles or down off the Gordo banks.
Last, but not least, there were even a few wahoo at the
cleaning tables this week.
Current East Cape Weather http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Current East Cape Weather http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
According to the fly guys from the East Coast, the
place to be for multiple shots at marlin is below Punta Tasco. Bob Hoyt reported the it was pretty much wide
open up at the other end, but yachts are reporting the fish are spread out from
a few miles out from Lazaro all the way up to the double 23's on the ridge.
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Cabo San Lucas
I have been here for the past 10 days and it is
really a tale of two fleets according to some. The tournament boats searching
for BIG money-winning fish were really put to the test. Forty-two boats in the
first event failed to bring any billfish to the scale over 300 pounds during
the two-day event. On the other hand, 100 teams in the Black and Blue over
three days of fishing only came up with four qualifiers. In all fairness there
were lots of blues, stripes and sailfish released during boat events, however
only blacks and blue counted.
There was a good dorado bite on the Pacific side, a
few yellowfin tuna and inshore the usual suspects which included some roosters,
jacks and pargo.
Early November will bring the WON Tuna Jackpot and
expectations are high for some cow-sized tuna to find their way to the scales
in the two-day event.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Tuna Roll
REPORT #1263 "Below the Border"
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Tuna, atún, tuńczyk. . .in any language these fish are
practically chewing the paint off the bottom of the boats. Every report from
East Cape is filled with sweaty ,casually-clothed anglers wearing big smiles
commensurate with the size of the tuna.
Traditionally,
September is a slow month because
of the propensity of Chubasos to show up unexpectedly. This year, throughout the summer every month has looked like September at all the hotels as
far as the number of guests and anglers is concerned.
Clearly the tuna are impervious to the bad economy and
in terms of quantity and quality, tuna fishing is as good as it gets right now.
Meanwhile dorado are showing up more in the catches each day with the
largest in the forty-pound class. And though not drawing as much attention, the
billfish action for blues, sails and stripers has been picking up as well.
Last but not least, the
roosterfish bite has gone on almost all summer.
Regardless of your tackle choice, conventional,
spinning or fly, there are enough challenges and personal bests to satisfy both
newcomers and seasoned veterans.
Current East Cape Weather http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Current East Cape Weather http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Fishing continues to improve after a bit of unsettled
conditions. Large dorado and the early appearance of marlin have the few anglers who are fishing excited. Fish are in
85° water just a few miles outside Boca Soledad. My son released two and had
more follows in the area.
Out at the Thetis, wahoo have been sporadically good
recently. . .just not in the concentrations that were here last year. …Bob Hoyt
Current Magdalena Bay Weather http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
See report on BajaBytes report
Current
Zihuatanejo Weather http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582
Cabo San Lucas
There are plenty of striped marlin being seen but
not all of them are hungry. Just getting
one released has been a reason for celebration for most anglers. Some blacks are beginning to show up off the
Gordo Banks and the Punta Gordo area and there have been blue marlin attacking
lures both south of Cabo and around the warm water plume on the Pacific
side. Most of these larger fish have
been in the 200- to 300-pound class. Lures have been best to use on the blue
marlin and the black marlin really like slow-trolled live skipjack.
Strangely
enough, yellowfin tuna have remained our top reported fish. I mean that because we have been seeing purse
seiners setting on schools out here, and we are still catching nice tuna, in
spite of them! There have been some very nice-sized fish reported from the area
of the Finger Banks, but that is a long haul for the fleet guys on a fingers-crossed
trip when there is good fishing closer to home.
Boats fishing the Pacific side have been catching fish ranging from 10
to 100 pounds with most of them in the 20- to 30-pound class while trolling
cedar plugs and feathers around porpoise and dolphin. The larger fish have been hooked on slow-trolled
live bait dropped-back after hooking up to a trolled fish, but the very largest
fish have been taken while fishing under a kite. We had clients this week who caught five yellowfin
between 30 and 60 pounds and several smaller ones, the larger fish all coming
from using the kite. Other boats working
a bit farther out to the south reported larger fish over 100 pounds coming from
under a kite.
Plenty
of dorado to be caught, you just had to be fishing the right areas to get
them. Almost all the big numbers were
found within two miles of the beach on the Pacific side up past the Arcos
area. Big numbers do not mean big fish
though as most of these fish were in the 10-pound class along with a few much
smaller ones. The larger fish were found
scattered farther offshore. Boats that did well on the larger fish were looking
for feeding frigate birds and running to them, tossing out live bait and slow
trolling the area. Also, almost anything
you found floating this week was likely to have fish under it. A few boats were able to get into small
groups averaging 25 pounds and catching three or four for the fish box.
Some
roosterfish as well as a scattering of snapper and grouper have kept most
inshore anglers a little busy, but with the water conditions the way they are
most of the pangas are going offshore looking for the larger dorado and some of
those great yellowfin tuna…George and Mary Landrum
Current
Cabo Weather http://tiny.cc/cabo191
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Blame Game
Endless Season Update August 18, 2011
REPORT #1262 "Below the Border"
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
REPORT #1262 "Below the Border"
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Mid August and the fish seemed to have taken a powder. Still some fish around but they aren't exactly jumping in the boats. Three out of four reports this week drug the "full moon" explanation off the shelf to explain the poor fishing. The moon is like Baja if anything goes wrong it gets the blame. Have you ever read that fishing was wide open…must have been the full moon?
How slow was it, Mark Rayor of Jen Wren Sportfishing, spent more time reporting on birds than fish? There were a few highlight fo the lucky ones.
Buenavista Beach Resort boats Liliana and Dottie B11 managed to capture the top prizes in dorado and tuna categories. Last weekend in the La Ribera tournament that coincided the La Ribera Days festival that takes place every August.
John Ireland, Rancho Leonero reported the inshore produced more quality sized roosters again this week along with some large amberjack. Lots of pompano are still around. A couple of nice pargo in the 20 to 30 # range taken this week.
Current East Cape Weather http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Current East Cape Weather http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Warm water currents resulted in the best early showing of marlin in two years from Tasco to the upper end of the ridge. Most of the shark buoys holding dorado and there is a good showing of yellowfin tuna feeding on baitballs. Watch for the bird schools.
In the esteros there have been a smattering of nice sized corvina and grouper scattered above Lopez Mateos…Bob Hoyt
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
No report….Ed Kunze
Current Zihuatanejo Weather http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582
Cabo San Lucas
The marlin fishing was similar to fishing for every else this week, not a lot of fish but the ones that were caught were quality fish. With the warm water has come the blue marlin, and while not every boat managed to hook into one, there were a few boats that managed a release on two per day. Most of the fish were under 300 pounds. From just off the beach to beyond the 1,000 fathom line, they were scattered everywhere. We also saw quite a few sailfish this week, most of them over 100 pounds. Not appearing in large packs, still they were getting into the lure in small groups of two or three fish at a time and causing quite a commotion on the deck as the attacked everything in the water. The striped marlin bite has died off quite a bit. There are still a few fish caught every day, most of them from just off the beach to the north on the Pacific side.
Tuna slowed still more, the bite has fallen off quite a bit. Where we were getting at least a couple of fish every trip, now it is a fish or two every few trips. On a good note, these fish have been real nice ones! As I said earlier, quality fish, not quantity of fish. Finding porpoise was still the key, and being the first to them was something that you had to have happen. Second boat or later may as well have just not moved. With fish to #200, a few boats were lucky enough to be the first ones on the porpoise and sometimes ended up with multiple hook-ups, but were thankful to get one of them into the boat. Boats that were able to fly a kite increased their chances of hooking up by at least 50%, and if you did not have a kite, having flouro-carbon leader sure was better than normal mono-filament leader for these big tuna.
While there are still plenty of dorado out there, the number caught is down. Again, most of the fish were close to the beach and averaged just 8-10 pounds. A few larger fish were caught and again slow trolling live bait seemed to produce better quality fish than just trolling lures. Almost all the action occurred on the Pacific side of the Cape.
Once again there was a scattering of wahoo in the smaller size range caught this week, mostly by boats working off the beach for the small dorado. I did not hear of any large ones being caught and the smaller fish were in the 20-25 pound class. With the full moon just happening, the bite might turn on for a couple of days.
Inshore fishing was slow, as was everything else this week. We had a few clients on Pangas who did fair on the dorado, were able to catch plenty of skip-jack and bonito and had some action on hammerhead sharks as well. Roosterfish were not real active and while a few decent snapper and grouper were caught, they were not there in the numbers to make it worth targeting them..…George and Mary Landrum
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