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Baja Mexico: Magdalena Bay, Baja Sur & East Cape.
Capt. Gary Graham
May 10, 2003
Baja Sur - Saltwater Fishing Report
REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:
PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR IN BAJA
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Sat, May 10, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (5/7-5/10)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Ken and Amy Potter continued their Baja Adventure with a wide open tuna bite that sent them to the swim up bar at the pool for something cold. Double digit tuna can make a person very thirsty. This was the icing on the cake of what could only be described as a perfect week for them on their first trip to Baja. Note: In last Wed.'s condition report we ended with our guide Lance Peterson getting ready to take out clients Ken and Amy Potter with Amy threatening to give up saltwater fly-fishing forever if Lance didn't get her into a fish. Talk about guide pressure! Here's his report from later that afternoon:
"Wow! It went well for us today. The events of the day are too numerous to
go into, but the high point was that I got the lady a HUGE roosterfish. 35-
or 40-pounds at least. It was sooo awesome, she was so stoked. May well have
been the biggest rooster ever hooked by a woman on a fly. She had another
big one eat first cast, but missed it! I had Ken Potter shoot my camera with
slide film to capture us with the beast. It was 45 minutes-plus on a
10-weight rod. She did awesome. What a first saltwater fish huh? I guess
she's over the saltwater hump now! Ken hooked a big jack too, but his
backing birdsnested on him and it broke off. Lots of shots had by all. I can
hardly contain my enthusiasm to get out there and catch a bubba for myself!
Today was a a very rewarding experience to say the least. Starving and
tired, just got back. Talk to you later . . ."
Yvonne and I can't thank South Bay (Los Angeles area) Fly-Fishing club,
their President Jan Schrumpf and Program Chairman Bob Sawyer enough for inviting us to their meeting last Wednesday. What an enthustasic group! If you live in the Los Angeles Area and want to find a group of folks that share your passion for fly fishing, this South Bay is a good place to start.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 72-77
Air temperature 64°-85°
Humidity about 69%
Wind SSE at 7 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 21900 ft
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:42 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:55 p.m. MST
May15 Full May 22 Last Quarter May 30 New May 7 First Quarter
· OFFSHORE: Plenty of tuna, marlin with an attitude and dorado that want to play. What are you waiting for?
· INSHORE: Big flies- Big fish, roosters, jacks are just waiting to show you your backing and bend your stick.
· BEACH: Here is a yesterday's phoned in report from our guide Lance Peterson: "Perfect weather and the beach is going off. Out at the beach between Punta Colorada and Punta Arena I got my personal best rooster a thirty pound rocket that made a first run of 300 yards and had me chasing him down the beach. Almost an hour to land and photograph (fortunately, a guy came a long to take the photo's) on the way back to the house I also caught a twelve-pound jack.
BILLFISH - Beginning to be enough to make it interesting for the flyrodder.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Plenty of foodtball sized and some better quality mixed in this week.
DORADO - Must be May it is getting better by the day.
ROOSTERFISH - They are rocking and not many anglers knocking. Beach and inshore is almost scary.
JACK CREVALLE - Look for some records to be broken this month.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few in front of La Ribera.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Not bad, but who cares with all the roosters and jacks
SIERRA - Punta Colorada or La Ribera around the bait receivers.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Sat, May 10, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (5/7-5/10)
IN GENERAL: Warmed up a tad this week and the fishing followed suit. Pompano, cabrilla, a few leopard grouper and snook make for a mixed bag in the Esteros. The bridge at the entrance to town early morning produced a mixed bag for a few.
Water Temperature 60-66
Air Temperature 63°-78°
Humidity 36%
Wind NW at 6 mph
Conditions Blowing Dust
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:47 a.m. MDST
Sunset 8:05 p.m. MDST
May15 Full May 22 Last Quarter May 30 New June 9 First Quarter
YELLOWTAIL - Pretty slow except at Thetis Bank.
CORVINA - Spread out throughout the bay, try pier or power plant.
SNOOK - Several in the mid teens within thirty minutes of San Carlos.
HALIBUT - Skinny water along the sandy beaches at Punta Belcher producing
a few of the larger variety (5 - 15 lbs.) if you put in the time. Sight casting for halibut? What can I say?
SIERRA - Slow.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
Please note the date. We are only providing weekly (not twice-a-week)
reports for this area.
Sat, May 10, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (5/7-5/10)
IN GENERAL: The main story and the action is tuna. The yellowfin tuna are here in incredible quantities and the boats are getting some fantastic counts. Most of the action is only 3 to 8 miles out of Zihuatanejo Bay.
A perfect example of the excellent fishing we have was experienced by Don Mawhorter of Seattle, WA and Steve Jarred of Berthoud, Co. The first day, fishing with Santiago on the panga Gitana, they caught 30 yellowfin tuna and 1 sailfish. On the second day they fished with Adolpho on the panga Dos Hermanos. This inshore trip yielded 20 jack cravalle in the 15 to 20 pound class and one roosterfish of 50 pounds.
Along with the tuna, the blue marlin have been very active. Several have been taken and all within 5 miles of the beach. The main reason the marlin are here is the abundance of black skipjack tuna.
Ed Kunze
Water Temperature 75º-80º
Air Temperature 81°-90º
Humidity 66%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:48 a.m. CDST
Sunset 7:45 p.m. CDST
Today First Quarter Apr.16 Full Apr. 23 Last Quarter May 1 New May 9 First
Quarter
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-- Zihuatanejo Report by Baja on the Fly's Ed Kunze
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