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Baja Mexico: Magdalena Bay, Baja Sur & East Cape.
Capt. Gary Graham
May 7, 2003
Baja Sur - Saltwater Fishing Report
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Wed., May 07, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Tue. (5/3-5/6)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Our Las Vegas group, lead by Jeff Foutz, finished their trip.
It was a trip that had more action than a Vegas casino on a Sat. night.
Beach or offshore, it made no difference – they were not going to be denied.
Kerry, one of the group, was using a flyrod for the first time and nailed
two roosters from the beach. Other species caught from the beach included a
few flat rascals (halibut), jacks and ladyfish. Offshore, marlin, tuna
(sashimi time) and dorado rounded out what they called one of their best
trips ever.
Chip George, Boulder, Colo., came up from Cabo for a day on a panga and
found out
why jack crevalle are called toro (the bull). One was a 20-pound brute that
bent his rod all the way down to the cork. Between the jacks and bonito, he
and his tackle had a pretty good workout.
Tuna slowed down a click this week, but the billfish and dorado filled in
the gap. Back inshore, the jacks, roosterfish and pargo all got pretty
stupid and were eating the flies quicker than you could say sardina.
Yvonne and I will be attending South Bay (Los Angeles area) Fly-Fishing club
’s meeting at 7 p.m. tonight doing our PowerPoint presentation on Fly
Fishing in Baja and just
talking about, what else . . . fishing!
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 72-77
Air temperature 66°-83°
Humidity about 57%
Wind NNE at 5 mph
Conditions Partly Cloudy: 21,900 ft
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:43 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:53 p.m. MST
May 9 First Quarter May15 Full May 22 Last Quarter May 30 New
· OFFSHORE: Most of the warmer water is down toward Punta Arena and the
billfish can be found just a few miles offshore, mostly stripes with a few
sails starting to show up as well.
· INSHORE: Cinco de Mayo is over, the margaritas are gone, all that is
left are jacks and roosters that will scare you, and skipjack with an
attitude.
· BEACH: Here is a recent report from our guide Lance Peterson:
http://www.bajafly.com
I scouted the beach this afternoon and found it to be on the mend. The wave
action has calmed substantially and the water is much cleaner. Once again I
found good schools of mullet and some sardina south of Punta Colorada. There
were good numbers of large roosterfish and a few jacks cruising around. I
turned at least half a dozen really big gallos and hooked and landed a
beautiful rooster of about 20-pounds! All this in about an hour and half.
Talk about a confidence builder. I'm super stoked right now as you might
imagine. I think some really big ones are soon to bite my fly! I spoke with
the Potters again to set up our trip in the morning. They are all set. I'm
looking forward to the challenge of this trip. Neither one has hooked any
kind of fish in salt water. And Amy Potter has told me flat out she will
quit saltwater fishing if it doesn't happen soon. Talk about pressure huh?
I'm confident I can turn them on to a good time. Let’s hope the fish gods
are kind to me.
BILLFISH - Stripers close to shore near Punta Arena.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Slowed a bit, but still enough to go around.
DORADO - Seems like more show up every week.
ROOSTERFISH - If nothing changes this is going to be a year to remember. We
already have caught more over 20-pounds than we caught all season last year
and we thought last year was good!
JACK CREVALLE - The bigger ones are here and they are taking flies like
there
is no tomorrow.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few in front of La Ribera.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - More and more showing up on the rocky points.
SIERRA - Punta Colorada or La Ribera around the bait receivers.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Wed., May 07, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Tue. (5/3-5/6)
IN GENERAL: Cold and windy is beginning to sound like a litany. Devil’s
Curve
was slow this week, but back in Los Barriles estero (my personal favorite)
pompano bit with a vengeance and one snook was caught that was a few pounds
short of 20. As soon as it warms up a bit it should get good quick.
Water Temperature 60-66
Air Temperature 64°-73°
Humidity 100%
Wind North at 2 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 0 miles
Sunrise 6:48 a.m. MDST
Sunset 8:04 p.m. MDST
May 9 First Quarter May15 Full May 22 Last Quarter May 30 New
YELLOWTAIL - No one was there this week but the Thetis was the hot spot last
Week.
CORVINA - Spread out throughout the bay, try pie or power plant.
SNOOK - They are around, just have to find them.
HALIBUT - Shallow water along the sandy beaches at Punta Belcher producing
some 10-pounders.
SIERRA - Slow.
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