Baja Mexico: Magdalena Bay, Baja Sur & East Cape.
Capt. Gary Graham
September 25, 2004
Baja Sur - Saltwater Fishing Report
Tuna, Roosters, Dorado, Billfish and Oh, My!
REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:
PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
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Sept. 25, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Fri. (9/18-9/24)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE
IN GENERAL: No weird weather, no worries as the dorado continue play close to shore. A bit further out, plenty of tuna in the 20 - 35 pound range to put a bend in your stick. Be careful. Every once and a while a slug will show up and turn the party into work. Most of our clients wimped out after the dorado/tuna dance and seemed to be more interested in the pool and margaritas than the billfish.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 79-88
Air temperature 74-91
Humidity about 63%
Wind: SSW 2 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:08 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:11 p.m. MDT
Sept. 28, Full; Oct. 6, Last Quarter; Oct. 14, New; Oct. 20, First Quarter.
+ OFFSHORE: Most of the buzz was about the tuna, with the billfish taking a distant second.
+ INSHORE: Dorado dominated close to shore with a few skipjack, jacks and an occasional rooster.
+ BEACH: Roosters appeared along Bartle Beach, but seemed to be doing more cruising than biting.
BILLFISH Sails dropped off a tad, but the blues turned on filling the gap.
YELLOWFIN TUNA Enough to wear you out before noon.
DORADO Getting larger, but still within a few miles of shore.
ROOSTERFISH\JACK CREVALLE Plenty to look at along Bartle attracted by the mullet schools moving up and down the beach.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK Find the right school and you may come up with some in the double digit class.
PARGO AND CABRILLA Lots of locals fishing on the beach at night, cant make up my mind if the fish are biting or they just want to cool off.
SIERRA Not enough to rig with wire.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: By mid-week the wind had quit and it got hot. Dorado and marlin have begun to arrive in significant numbers close to the entrada. Try a heading of 230 240 degrees and you should find the action at about 15 miles. With the flaky weather earlier in the week plus shrimp season, no one was fishing the esteros.
Water Temperature 67-78
Air Temperature 74-83
Humidity 80%
Wind Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:14 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:26 p.m. MDT
Sept. 28, Full; Oct. 6, Last Quarter; Oct. 14, New; Oct. 20, First Quarter.
YELLOWTAIL Bird schools near the entrada to a few miles offshore will get in the neighborhood.
CORVINA Try a popper at the bridge or the pier.
SNOOK Still waiting for the larger variety to get going.
HALIBUT Sandy beach, shallow water and olive Clouser should be a winner.
SIERRA A few mixed in the bird schools at the entrada.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 80Ί blue water is still holding 5 miles off the beach. Recent rain storms this last week have created very well defined current lines holding debris washed out of the rivers. These current lines have been holding a lot of 25 to 35 pound dorado.
Adolpho, on the panga Dos Hermanos, released 4 sailfish yesterday, and took 4 very nice dorado. He also told me the roosterfish have slowed a little on the beaches, but he had managed 4 this last week in two days of fishing. He feels very confident the bite will pick up again once the shoreline turbidity cleans up.
The average for sailfish is about 2 fish per boat per day.
Between 5 and 7 miles the school sized tuna (about 15 to 20 pounds), have been giving us a lot of action. They have been there several days now, and do not appear to be moving.
Water Temperature 80-83
Air Temperature 78-84
Humidity 62%
Wind North 2 mph
Conditions: T - Storms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:35 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:39 p.m. CDT
Sept. 28, Full; Oct. 6, Last Quarter; Oct. 14, New; Oct. 20, First Quarter.
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
Calm seas, packs of sailfish charging the teasers, double digit catches, fantasy??? Not hardly; the season is just around the corner and we cant wait.
Water Temperature 75-82
Air Temperature 78-84
Humidity 94 %
Wind SE 4 mph
Conditions: T-Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:52 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:56 p.m. CST
Sept. 28, Full; Oct. 6, Last Quarter; Oct. 14, New; Oct. 20, First Quarter.
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