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Baja Mexico: Magdalena Bay, Baja Sur & East Cape.
Capt. Gary Graham
March 5, 2003
Baja Sur - Saltwater Fishing Report
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Wed., March 05, 2003
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Decisions, decisions, decisions! There are marlin to the south
outside of Las Frailes and big dorado to the north outside of Punta
Pescadero strung out all the
way to Muertos Bay. For the moment, the dorado are the best choice for the
fly-rodder with plenty of double digit ones willing to grab the fly. The
marlin have continued their unusual strong showing for March and with some
patience, many of our clients are adding one to their species list.
Back on the road again! Yvonne and I will be on the move beginning today at
the Fred Hall Show in Long Beach this afternoon and evening. We will be
with our good
friends the Valdez family in their Buenavista Beach Resort Hotel booth.
Tomorrow (3/6) we drive up to Santa Barbara to do a presentation for the
Santa Barbara Fly Fishers and the Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Dept.
The show, followed by a Q&A session, is at 7 p.m. at the Cabrillo Pavilion,
1118 Cabrillo Blvd. Then, on Fri. (3/7), we will be with John Ireland and
the gang from Rancho Leonero in their booth at the Hall Show. Are you still
with us? Our last stop will be the Fly-Fishing Show at Ontario on Sat.
(3/8). Drop by either of the booths in Long Beach, come to the show in
Santa Barbara, stop us in the aisle and say hello, or wave to us on the
Freeway.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 72-77
Air temperature 61°-79°
Humidity about 73%
Wind South at 5 mph
Conditions Partly Cloudy
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:34 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:23 p.m. MST
Mar. 11 First Quarter Mar. 18 Full Mar. 24 Last Quarter Apr. 1 New
· OFFSHORE: Take your pick – either long pointy ones or the golden ones.
· INSHORE: Still the sierra cruising about, but even the tin boats are
chasing the marlin and dorado.
· BEACH: Wind makes it tough, but we are seeing some feeding activity
early
morning before the breezes comes up.
BILLFISH - Feb. bonanza keeps on rocking right into March.
YELLOWFIN TUNA – With dorado and marlin all over, who cares?
DORADO - I even heard of some outside the mooring buoys at Palmas the other
day. Keep this up and someone will get one from the beach.
ROOSTERFISH - Smaller fish showing up on the bait schools.
JACK CREVALLE - Plenty of smaller ones.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - No one is even looking with all the other
action going on.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Rock structure at sun down, not bad.
SIERRA - Early bird gets the worm . . . no, its sierra.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Wed., March 05, 2003
IN GENERAL: Up in the esteros toward Lopez Mateos, the jacks broke wide open
with double digit scores being common. Added to that were a few nice-sized
corvina to fill in the gaps and even two nice sized pargo. Out at Punta
Belcher, spotted bay bass dominated the catch with some grandes up to three
pounds. The Magdalena Bay version of the giant halibut bite continued this
week with one 10-kilo critter being reported on the north side of Punta
Belcher. If that’s not enough, a large school of dorado was spotted less
than a quarter of a mile outside the entrada.
Water Temperature 65-70
Air Temperature 60-°71°
Humidity 89%
Wind Calm
Conditions Foggy in the morning and then burning off mid morning
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:43 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:30 p.m. MST
Mar. 11 First Quarter Mar. 18 Full Mar. 24 Last Quarter Apr. 1 New
YELLOWTAIL - Look out in front of the entradas (entrances) at both Santa
Maria Bay and Magdalena Bay.
CORVINA - Got back up to speed this week.
SNOOK - Nope, not a one.
HALIBUT – 10-kilos! They are getting bigger!
SIERRA - Took the week off.
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