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Baja Mexico: Magdalena Bay, Baja Sur & East Cape.
Capt. Gary Graham
June 13, 2001
Baja Sur - Saltwater Fishing Report
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EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Wed., June 13, 2001
TEMPERATURES: High of 88 with a low of 71 and clouds in the morning.
STRIPED MARLIN - Fair catches.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Good catches in front of La Ribera.
DORADO - A few large ones here and there throughout Las Palmas bay.
ROOSTERFISH - They are back in front of the hotels and in front of La
Ribera.
JACK CREVALLE - Near the lighthouse producing excellent catches of quality
fish.
BARRILLETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Plenty in front of La Ribera.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - A few fish at Punta Colorada.
.. OFFSHORE: Marlin continue to be spotty, while most of the dorado are of
the
larger variety found in open water; there’s a good tuna bite off of La
Ribera.
.. INSHORE: Still the better bet with roosterfish, jacks, sierra, pompano and
a few pargo to boot.
.. BEACH: This is has been the year for the larger jacks as well as a few
quality roosters.
.. QUICK COMMENT - Russ Pittis, Anacortes, Wash., fishing with our guide
Chris
Sorenson on the pontoon boat, has had a great week achieving his ambition to
catch a rooster on the fly as well as quality sierra and a good-sized jack.
And they all were on the flies he personally tied for the trip.
Green/Chartreuse/White deceivers did the trick. Not to be outdone, fishing
tackle manufacturers’ representative and award-winning photographer Brian
O'Keefe, from Gates, Ore., fishing from the beach at Punta Arena on Sat.
night before leaving with us Sun. morning to go to Magdalena Bay, caught a
20+ jack from the beach. It took him 45 minutes to land the brute on an
8-weight rod.
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MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Wed., June 13, 2001
Temperatures: 75-degree high; low in the mid 60's. Fair skies with strong
wind in the afternoon.
TUNA - No catches reported.
YELLOWTAIL - Pretty slow
CORVINA - Fair catches throughout the bay.
SNOOK - Good catches at Mario's spot as well as several deep holes below
Devil’s Curve.
HALIBUT - Fair catches at the bocas.
.. QUICK COMMENT - Brian O'Keefe and Judith Leach, from Gates, Ore.; Don
Sloan, Borrego, Calif., and I left the East Cape at “zero dark hundred” on
Sun. (6/10) morning so that we could fish the afternoon in the esteros. We
arrived at 11 a.m. and we were at our first estero by 11:30. Brian took one
warm-up cast and then got down to business and caught the first snook of the
day on a small chartreuse and white Clouser. We only fished until 4 in the
afternoon, but still managed to land three snook, pompano, spotted bay bass
and pargo.
The following morning (6/11), we left at gray light for a long ride to
Alemejas Bay to check out a few esteros that Western Outdoor News columnist
Fred Hoctor told me about. After trying to get into our primary goal, but
failing because the tide was too low, we moved down to the last boca in the
bay where there had been rumors of very large snook. While we did catch
some halibut at the entrance, the water was off color and the wind was
howling. Now that the tide was a little higher, we went back to the first
estero and we were barely able to get in. As we pulled over the sandbar and
into deeper water, we could see broomtail grouper, pargo and snook laying up
under the mangrove roots. We quickly anchored the boat and two of us cast
from the beach and two from the boat. We got ripped and even with lots of
broken tackle we still all caught the largest grouper and pargo of our
fly-fishing careers. Add a few more snook, and we had a great trip.
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