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Baja Mexico: Magdalena Bay, Baja Sur & East Cape.
Capt. Gary Graham
June 21, 2003
Baja Sur - Saltwater Fishing Report
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Sat., June 21, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (6/18-6/20)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Football-sized tuna are practically chewing the paint off the
Bottoms of the boats, so it is not difficult to entice them to suck up a hook with
fur and feathers attached. There’s an extraordinary wahoo bite with some sluggos
showing up (up to 125-pounds.) If one of these is ever going to be caught on the fly,
now is the time! There are roosterfish ranging from grande to pequeño,
cruising the beaches, daisy chaining, surfing the wind waves, and harassing
mullet schools. They’re biting the fly less often than all of the above.
Flood watches on the East Coast, June Gloom on the West Coast. Give me East
Cape.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 72°-82°
Air temperature 82°-89°
Humidity about 48%
Wind Some brisk wind in the mid afternoon
Conditions Clear
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:33 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:07 p.m. MST
June 21 Last Quarter June 29 New July 6 First Quarter June 13 Full
· OFFSHORE: Strong winds mid-afternoon sent most of the fleet scurrying
back closer to shore to try to get in on the rooster show. By the time that
happened, most had their fill of football-sized tuna and the very lucky ones
got in on the continuing wahoo snap.
· INSHORE: Roosterfish, jacks, few dorado, a wahoo here and there makes
this the perfect time to add a few species to your list.
· BEACH: Pompano schools strung out from Rancho Buenavista to Punta
Arena, small flies, slow retrieve, slam dunk. Ladyfish by the yard almost
Everywhere and that makes the roosters crazy now. If we can figure out how to tie (and
cast) a fly that looks like a 24-inch ladyfish we will be in business.
BILLFISH - Mostly stripers and sails with many eagerly waiting for the
Influx of blues with an attitude.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - I am running out of ways to say a lot!
DORADO - A few here and there, not a bonanza. Go catch tuna.
ROOSTERFISH - Find a stretch of sandy beach, strip off the amount of line
You want to cast, wait for the sun to get high enough, here they come, run,
cast, there they go, repeat process until one bites.
JACK CREVALLE - Beginning to see some small schools cruising the shoreline.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - I lost track with everything else going on.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Locals out in force in the evenings between Rancho
Leonero and La Ribera.
SIERRA - Lost your fly? Now you know why.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Sat., June 21, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (6/18-6/20)
IN GENERAL: Wind and whitecaps best describe the offshore. Did get a report
of a few marlin being sighted between the Thetis and Cabo San Lazaro. Look
out So. California, here they come. A few yellowtail tight to Santa Margarita
Island near the rocks. With all the wind, most of the fleet spent their time up in
the mangroves.
Water Temperature 62°-66°
Air Temperature 68°-77°
Humidity 85%
Wind NW at 2 mph
Conditions Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:37 a.m. MDST
Sunset 8:19 p.m. MDST
June 21 Last Quarter June 29 New July 6 First Quarter June 13 Full
YELLOWTAIL - Near the entrada on the Isla Margarita side near the rocks.
CORVINA - Good catches from the entrada to the esteros. If you are on foot
try the bridge at the entrance to town.
SNOOK - A few larger ones stumped our anglers this week and I mean that
literally.
HALIBUT - Got Clousers? Get halibut, try Belchers or any other sandy beach
you find.
SIERRA - Quiet for now.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
Please note the date. We are only providing weekly (not twice a week)
reports for this area.
Sat., June 21, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (6/18-6/20)
IN GENERAL: We had a little unsettled weather this past week and, even
though
about 95% of our rain during the rainy season comes in the late evening
hours,
we did get a few days of it. The port was not closed, but it did keep the
boats off the water.
When the boats did go out they were averaging about two sailfish a day and a
few were getting into the 18- to 25-pound yellowfin tuna.
The roosterfish and jack crevalle action has been excellent. Client Darrel
Mangineli of Ventura, Calif., fished with Armando on the panga “Janeth” and
released seven very nice roosters and 15 jack crevalle in one day. The
roosters were all 25- to 35-pounds, with two of them at 40 and 42 pounds.
The hard fighting jacks were between 15 and 25 pounds.
Water Temperature 75º-80º
Air Temperature 78°-86º
Humidity 89%
Wind ENE at 9 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 8,000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. CDST
Sunset 8:23 p.m. CDST
June 7 First Quarter June 14 Full June 21 Last Quarter June 29 New
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to:
http://www.bajafly.com
Baja on the Fly’s Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze.
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