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Baja Mexico: Magdalena Bay, Baja Sur & East Cape.
Capt. Gary Graham
May 9, 2001
Baja Sur - Saltwater Fishing Report
Full Moon and Loads of Fish
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Wed., May 09, 2001
TEMPERATURES: High of 90 with a low of 60. Flat calm, little or no wind.
STRIPED MARLIN - Wow, what a turnaround with plenty of stripers and sails.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Good catches under the porpoise and also at Cabo Pulmo.
DORADO - Still not a gathering, but good-sized fish out in open water.
ROOSTERFISH - Some quality fish in front of both hotels.
JACK CREVALLE - Larger fish from the boats fishing inshore and some nice
ones from the beach.
BARRILLETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few scattered here and there.
PARGO AND CABRILLA -Punta Colorada and Las Barracas producing good catches.
.. OFFSHORE: Excellent billfishing for the last two days.
.. INSHORE: It is good, good, good for almost every species.
.. BEACH: Right now the opportunity to get multiple shots at quality roosters
is as good as it gets.
.. QUICK COMMENT - This week has been the best we have had so far in 2001.
Offshore, in spite of the full moon, the billfish finally went off. The last
two days the boats have been coming in with multiple billfish release flags
and a few dorado as well. The yellowfin tuna finally showed outside Cabo
Pulmo yesterday (5/8) and maybe the fish will settle down and be there for
more than a day at a time.
The last two days weather-wise have been fantastic: no wind, not even enough
to blow a single saddle hackle feather on my tying table on the front porch
at the house. Yesterday afternoon was one of those special nights that Baja
provides occasionally. I think it is the equivalent of a mayfly hatch on
your favorite trout stream at dusk. As the sun started to fall, it was so
still the only sound was the manta rays doing their plop-plop as they leaped
in unison for whatever reason. There had been reports of lots of roosters
and jacks in front of Rancho Buena Vista in the morning, so I thought I
would check it out at sunset. A quick stop at the hotel to make sure all the
arrangements were taken care of for the next day and then back to the beach
on the ATV.
As I chugged down the beach to look for fish, I realized that there was not
one other person fishing there. I had it all to myself. Amazing. The beach
has been phenomenal this spring with my personal average being at least one
rooster a day since I returned in mid-April. Anyway, back to last night.
With plenty of sardinia, it was a sure thing the fish were going to feed
somewhere along the beach. It was just a matter of being in the right place
at the right time. As the sun drops behind the mountain the action always
seems to increase and last night was no exception. Five hundred yards down
the beach the Sea of Cortez erupted with hungry fish slashing through a big
school of sardinia. Coci - the famous white dog - and I went racing down the
beach. Coci was off the bike first and I, with flyrod in hand, was right
behind him. One cast and my "See Through Deceiver" was being chased by a
fish large enough to make a bow wake. A take, a strip strike and the fish
was hooked solidly.
Down the beach he went, pushing water in front of him. What a sight, me
running down the beach after the fish, Coci running after me. My 8-weight
got a workout, but everything held together and after a short time I landed
what appeared to be a 15-pound jack. I carefully removed the fly and sent
the jack on his way and Coci and I went back to our porch to admire what
remained of the evening.
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MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Wed., May 09, 2001
Temperatures: 78-degree high; low in the mid 60's. Fair skies with some wind
in the afternoon
TUNA - Still pretty slow.
YELLOWTAIL - South side of the entrada inside the entrance yielding fair
catches.
CORVINA - Santa Margarita Island is producing good catches.
SNOOK - Pretty slow with only a few fish reported throughout the bay.
HALIBUT - Near the sand dunes on Magdalena Island.
.. QUICK COMMENT - Weather continues to improve and the fishing is beginning
to show promising signs.
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