bajafly - 7-29-2006 at 09:17 AM
REPORT #1021. ?Below the Border? Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 07/29/06
East Cape
Emilla's Over
As Emilla approached the tip of Baja early in the week, conditions deteriorated quickly. According to an IM from Mark Rayor of Vista Seasport, a much
needed eight of inches of rain on Tuesday was one result. Grumpy seas caused his dive trips to be cancelled but he was still able to send out the ?Jen
Wren? on a fishing trip. The fishing prior to the storm had been less than stellar with the best action being the tuna 35-40 miles down below Las
Frailes. After the storm, off-color water prevailed and most of the action was a few blues, stripes and even one black reported along with a few
dorado found further offshore. The tuna bite shut off and so far the school has not been found again. As of this Saturday, the murky water was a
memory and all that is left to do is to find where the fish have moved to.
Water temperature 74-87
Air temperature 82-90
Humidity 66%
Wind: E 4 mph
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:48 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:02 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
While Emilla managed to dump quite a bit of rain in the area, Enrique Soto at Puerto San Carlos reported good fishing at the Entrada which included
several large black seabass, one close to 100 lbs. In tight to the beach on the north side of the Entrada there were a few small white seabass in the
shallows near the rocks.
Offshore the remnants of Emilla have caused unsettled conditions.
The esteros remained slow yielding with few fish this week.
If the Mexican government continues to increase the quotas for sardine, it may be a long time before fishing improves. A group of locals, led by
Enrique, are planning to deliver a petition later this week demanding a rollback on the extraordinarily high quotas for sardine that are decimating
the bay.
Water temperature 61 - 66
Air temperature 72-82
Humidity 39%
Wind: NNW 15 mph
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:52 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:13 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
According to the Terrafin Satellite Surface Temperatures, the inshore water is holding at 84?, with 87? water at the 100 fathom mark (10 miles off the
beach) and beyond. The blue water is only 2 miles off the beach.
I talked with Santiago on the panga ?Gitana? who told me he had only fished a couple of days this week but was taking sailfish and lots of 20 pound
class yellowfin tuna only 5 miles out.
The fleet is averaging about 2 sailfish a day, per boat.
The roosterfish and jack crevalle action is still holding up, with about 4 roosters per boat average and 6 of the large jacks.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 84
Humidity 94%
Wind Calm
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:23 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:20 p.m. CDT
Tomas Tierra - 7-29-2006 at 02:05 PM
"which included several large black seabass, one close to 100 lbs. "
"large" ?????? good eatin size, but not large Amigo