Last Gasps of Winter, We Hope!
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East Cape
The first three days of the week were punctuated by a strong North wind. Cecilia ?Pudge? Kleinkauf?s Baja Spring Co-Ed Special began Mon. (3/28) with
mixed results. Tues. and Wed. produced fair action early in the morning for skipjack in front of La Ribera. Later in the day, moving offshore, the
group found plenty to look at as the marlin put on a show feeding on the surface. Steve Tomilson, New York, NY had excellent action on roosterfish
inshore, landing his first-ever on the fly. He rounded off the day with a few skipjack and ladyfish. He is already talking about coming back in May to
hunt for Bubba. By the end of the week, the North wind was back, keeping all but the most dedicated close to the pool with a book in one hand and a
cold drink with an umbrella in the other. Ron Radwin, Pittstown, NJ drove up from Cabo San Lucas to check out the beach and liked what he saw. A
frequent visitor to Baja, he plans to hang out on a Baja beach more often.
Report by Baja on the Fly.
Water temperature 67-74
Air temperature 68-82
Humidity 37%
Wind: 12 mph N
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:10 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:34 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
After several weeks of windy conditions, it finally settled down with welcome sunny skies and no wind. Up at Devil?s Curve, the snook began to bite
and I heard of at least one that was in the 25-pound class. Out at the entrada, there were a few small firecracker yellowtail as well as sierra under
the bird schools. Outside, there were plenty of skipjack to keep the rods bent.
Diana Hoyt, Mag Bay Outfitters, Lopez Mateos, reported some large snook at Boca de Soledad along with plenty of pompano. Still nothing of note to
report offshore.
Water temperature 69-75
Air temperature 66-82
Humidity 6%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:17 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:43 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
No Report This Week
Here are excerpts from last week: About the only thing that can be said about the fishing here in Zihuatanejo is slow. There was still some excellent
jack crevalle action in the beginning of the week. But, the cooler water, which has shut down the sailfish bite, turned dirty inshore and even had
several areas of red tide.
On Thurs. (3/24), I went out with Captain Martin on the panga Isamar with fly-fishing client John Avery of Napa, Calif., to try for a sailfish. We
knew the odds were against us, but John wanted to give it a try. From 12- to-20 miles out, we encountered large areas of red tide and we never even
raised a sailfish.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 73 - 87
Humidity 74%
Wind: 5 mph from the WSW
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:40 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:59 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala
Cloudy skies persisted most of the week and took its toll, producing lower averages than normal for this time of year. 30-40 miles were not uncommon
as the fleet spread out in search of the hot bite. Plenty of sailfish showed up in the pattern, but less aggressive. The trick was to entice them to
take the fly. Dorado were thick and almost a nuisance but real crowd pleasers at the dinner table.
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 82- 84
Humidity 74%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 5:58 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:15 p.m. CST
San Jose, Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa McFarlin
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