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Dorado Reports ??

Russ - 5-6-2011 at 11:14 AM

It's time we should start hearing about some Dorado reports.

Cypress - 5-6-2011 at 11:51 AM

Dorado report! Plenty of 'em! Can be caught easily. The "silver hook" will snag 'em at the local supermarkets, sold under the name of Mahi Mahi. :no:

mulegemichael - 5-6-2011 at 11:54 AM

russ...you're as antsy as all of us...i just heard from a buddy this morning of some caught up in your area around san marcos island...roosters, too....go get em!

Hook - 5-6-2011 at 11:59 AM

Russ, I suspect you may unwittingly be the inspiration for the next story by Skeet. :yes:

Naturally, they are wall-to-wall SOMEWHERE in the S of C.

There have been some dinks caught over here before the last wind episode. And a single medium sized one after the winds. But no concentrations yet. Water dropped about 5-7 degrees during the last wind event here. But it has risen rapidly in the last 3 days.



[Edited on 5-6-2011 by Hook]

Cypress - 5-6-2011 at 12:23 PM

Waiting for excuses for the lack of Dorado being caught? Too windy to get out and fish? Boat broke down? Doctors appointment? Fact!! They're getting hammered by the commercial fishermen, and sold to the highest bidder.:no:

Russ - 5-6-2011 at 12:46 PM

Listen... This season will be like it was before we all started theorizing why the fisheries are so depleted. There are going to be so many dorado that when you go out for a nice quiet day of trigerfishing you won't be able to get the bait through the dorado. Limits off the beach. The market will crash putting all the commercial pillagers out of work and their boats & nets will rot at the docks. End of the commercial fisherman! :spingrin:

Cypress - 5-6-2011 at 01:19 PM

Russ, Wishing won't make it true.:biggrin:

monoloco - 5-6-2011 at 02:51 PM

I went out from Los Cerritos a couple of days ago, but only caught 1 dorado. It's been perfect boating weather for over a week, calm and hot, water's still a cool 70º but warming.

Arturo - 5-6-2011 at 03:23 PM

Thanks Russ, I was hurtting for a fishing report outta that area. Dorado sounds really good. Any Yellows being cought ?

Russ - 5-6-2011 at 03:38 PM

I'm hoping to hear from the fishermen in this area. I just listen to the few report passing around here. I haven't been out in a long time. Only surf fishing.

Hook - 5-6-2011 at 03:47 PM

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Originally posted by Cypress
Russ, Wishing won't make it true.:biggrin:


And sitting on your duff below the Mason-Dixon Line wont make you an expert on ANYTHING related to Baja.

Now, if we want a crawdad report, we'll know who to ask...........

[Edited on 5-6-2011 by Hook]

Arturo - 5-6-2011 at 04:19 PM

I'll be there in two weeks. Whats your opinion on fishing when theres a full moon? Full moon on the 19th thru the 23rd.

mulegemichael - 5-6-2011 at 04:31 PM

awful....just awful.....really.

Russ - 5-6-2011 at 04:36 PM

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Originally posted by Arturo
I'll be there in two weeks. Whats your opinion on fishing when theres a full moon? Full moon on the 19th thru the 23rd.


Wear your sun glasses and you'll be fine :?:

Cypress - 5-6-2011 at 05:39 PM

Hook, Never claimed to be an expert on Baja or anyplace else. Don't need to drive over 2,000 miles, one way, to waste my time fishing in the Sea of Cortez. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Very thankfull that the fishing is great down home in the marsh country. By the way, there are no gill nets, purse seines, long lines, or hooka divers herding the fish into nets. The fishing is great and getting better.;D

Cypress - 5-6-2011 at 05:41 PM

Hook, The high water will spread the crawfish out over large areas, will make 'em hard to catch till the water drops.;D

choyero - 5-7-2011 at 07:15 AM

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Originally posted by Cypress
Hook, Never claimed to be an expert on Baja or anyplace else. Don't need to drive over 2,000 miles, one way, to waste my time fishing in the Sea of Cortez. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Very thankfull that the fishing is great down home in the marsh country. By the way, there are no gill nets, purse seines, long lines, or hooka divers herding the fish into nets. The fishing is great and getting better.;D



Can you start writing SOC fishing reports, it's starting to get crowded down here.

Don't let the wet dog out of the burlap bag about the good areas though.

woody with a view - 5-7-2011 at 07:30 AM

secret spots to fish? the wonders never cease....

baitcast - 5-7-2011 at 07:50 AM

Cypress when the boys want a shellcraker report I,m sure they will ask for one :lol:when I use to ask you when you were fishing the SOC how you were doing you would b-tch about how all you were catching was triggers and I would ask what are you using for bait and you would reply was strip bait over rock piles:lol:
Rob

Cypress - 5-7-2011 at 07:53 AM

baitcast, :lol: Expect the shellcracker fishing is great right about now.

Cypress - 5-7-2011 at 07:58 AM

choyero, Down where?:?: That's the downside of fishing in many places, too many fishermen. Have about quit fishing on weekends.

acadist - 5-7-2011 at 08:43 AM

Fished La Paz 4 days, did not see any :?: The pangueros say they are out there but small.

Pescador - 5-7-2011 at 01:26 PM

I hate to chime in here, but probably will anyway. I am so tired of hearing how the fishing is over in the Sea of Cortez and all of the "Chicken Little End of the World" philosophers thinking that because the yellowtail fishing was slow this winter that the fishing is over for good. We just finished a strong La Nina year and the yellowtail fishing in the Santa Rosalia area was very bad after November, but when the water started warming up in the last few weeks the fishing has been wide open. One of the buyers in San Bruno told me today that he processed over 300 Kilos of Yellowtail just today and we saw at least 25 pangueros and probably 10 Norteamericano boats at Tortuga today and most of the guys were bent over screaming about how hard the fish pull as they groaned and brought another fish to the boat.
While I think that overall populations are way down, the ocean is a pretty adaptive place and the fish are responding primarily to availability of forage and comfortable temps.
There are some dorado starting to show, but it is way too early for them in our area and we need to get up to 74 degree water before we see any concentrations of them. Same with Marlin, and although one was caught at Tortuga yesterday, it is still too early for any serious concentration yet.
But the Yellowtail are here and have a great appetite.

Russ - 5-7-2011 at 01:46 PM

Good post Jim. That's what I was looking for.

yellowklr - 5-7-2011 at 01:46 PM

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Originally posted by Pescador
I hate to chime in here, but probably will anyway. I am so tired of hearing how the fishing is over in the Sea of Cortez and all of the "Chicken Little End of the World" philosophers thinking that because the yellowtail fishing was slow this winter that the fishing is over for good. We just finished a strong La Nina year and the yellowtail fishing in the Santa Rosalia area was very bad after November, but when the water started warming up in the last few weeks the fishing has been wide open. One of the buyers in San Bruno told me today that he processed over 300 Kilos of Yellowtail just today and we saw at least 25 pangueros and probably 10 Norteamericano boats at Tortuga today and most of the guys were bent over screaming about how hard the fish pull as they groaned and brought another fish to the boat.
While I think that overall populations are way down, the ocean is a pretty adaptive place and the fish are responding primarily to availability of forage and comfortable temps.
There are some dorado starting to show, but it is way too early for them in our area and we need to get up to 74 degree water before we see any concentrations of them. Same with Marlin, and although one was caught at Tortuga yesterday, it is still too early for any serious concentration yet.
But the Yellowtail are here and have a great appetite.






Marlin at Tortuga yesterday or a DODO?

[Edited on 5-7-2011 by yellowklr]

Cypress - 5-7-2011 at 01:50 PM

Pescador, The resident fish in the Sea of Cortez have been netted and hooked into dwindling numbers. Smaller weights(got to be small enough to pass trough a gill net) are the norm. You know it and I know it. Having to await the arrival of a pelagic species says enough. Hope they arrive and provide a few days of good fishing. I'm just telling it like it is. Chicken Little? Maybe? Hope so. Good luck.

Arturo - 5-7-2011 at 04:17 PM

Thanks Jim, See you in San Lucas Cove if you plan to enter the Tourney.
This time Im not gonna sit so close to the Ice Cooler
"Last years EXPLODING PACIFICO" all most got me. Guess putting a hot beer into a Cold freezer makes em explode.

Pescador - 5-7-2011 at 04:24 PM

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Originally posted by Cypress
Pescador, The resident fish in the Sea of Cortez have been netted and hooked into dwindling numbers. Smaller weights(got to be small enough to pass trough a gill net) are the norm. You know it and I know it. Having to await the arrival of a pelagic species says enough. Hope they arrive and provide a few days of good fishing. I'm just telling it like it is. Chicken Little? Maybe? Hope so. Good luck.


That dig was not at you guys, I enjoyed meeting you when you came by and your experience of how the fish stocks are dwindling is pretty much accurate. But your assessment of what goes on here is pretty limited and you need to spend a lot of time on the water to really assess what is happening. Some species like Spotted Bay Bass are very healthy and need to be thinned out a little to keep from runting up the whole species. Cabrilla, grouper, and the like have been overharvested for years due to the price and are very difficult to catch, but they can be found if you know where to look. What you really needed to do was to spend some time and learn the area before declaring it the "Dead Sea".
It is possible to get to areas where the fishing is pretty much as it always was, but it takes a long time and makes for a long boat ride to get out of the area where the pangueros pound the population day after day. They will only range as far as they can afford to go with the current market price of fish.
Now, my real peeve is with the netters who indiscriminately kill everything that gets caught in the net. I know fishermen who do quite well with a rod and reel or handline and on a good year they might catch 1/2 to 3/4 of a ton of fish, whereas the netters will do 10-15 tons in a week. The other thing that happens is that a line fisherman might find a school of fish that numbers in the hundreds and only a few of those fish can be enticed to eat the bait, whereas the netters wrap up every fish caught in the net but so do the seals and if a fish gets destroyed in the process and is not able to be taken to the market, they just throw them out and waste a lot of the resource. Same thing with fish that spoil before they can get it to the buyer.

Cypress - 5-7-2011 at 05:49 PM

Pescador, You're right about the fishing. We appreciated your hospitality and enjoyed our visit. Good luck with everything.

Dorado Fishing Picking Up > Off Loreto

LaTijereta - 6-2-2011 at 07:26 AM

Nice schools of fish are showing up about 10 miles off Punta Lobos..
Schools are producing some size fish,as the season kicks off!






[Edited on 6-2-2011 by LaTijereta]

BajaBlanca - 6-2-2011 at 11:46 AM

guess what !! dorado caught !! about 40 dorado caught 6 to 10 miles out of san bruno yesterday by domingo and joaquin and juanchys and dave and derek and chris .... i am sure there will be a full report by derek once he is home but HE IS STILL FISHING !!!! most of the fish were released according to juanchys.

Les brought home some yellowtail - he and Pancho caught two 25 pounders and a 10 pound cabrilla. and they lost dorados :(

the group is already planning their next trip for next month ...

LaTortuga - 6-2-2011 at 12:38 PM

Mukege dorado tournament was last weekend. Check out that thread and for photos look at:
https://picasaweb.google.com/103067609953593131642/Photos?au...

LaTortuga - 6-3-2011 at 03:19 PM

It would be better if I spelled Mulege correctly

Skeet/Loreto - 6-3-2011 at 03:38 PM

Cypress:
I see that you are still Posting all your Negative ideas about the Sea of Cortez!

it does my Ole heart Good to see that you are still as "Full of Puckey as a Christmas Turkey"!

Keep on fishing that Great Sea of cortez. there is lots of Fish and you d just have to get out there and Look for them instead of setting at home and Asking someone else!

Cypress - 6-3-2011 at 04:04 PM

Skeet/Loreto, Pelagics come and go with the seasons. Dorado are pelagics. The average size will be smaller, but there might be a lot of 'em. The snapper and grouper are resident fish. They live on the reefs, wrecks, rock piles, etc. They're gone. Negative? No, just reality. And I've been there, found out for myself. Maybe you ought to go back down there, see for yourself and quit seeing things as they were 50 years ago?;D

yellowklr - 6-6-2011 at 07:54 PM

40 Dorado 15 miles out of Chivato.....Average around 15 pounds

Kept Mexican Limits for the vacuum packer

Curt63 - 6-7-2011 at 06:28 AM

Yep, they are SLAYING the yellowtail in the 30-40# range south of BOLA the last several days.

I cant check my facebook without fresh pictures of the YT fest in paradise....

12 more wake ups!!!!!

bajajurel - 6-7-2011 at 07:28 PM

That's a shame! Les has to go to the other side to fish? What happened in LB?
Quote:
Originally posted by BajaBlanca
guess what !! dorado caught !! about 40 dorado caught 6 to 10 miles out of san bruno yesterday by domingo and joaquin and juanchys and dave and derek and chris .... i am sure there will be a full report by derek once he is home but HE IS STILL FISHING !!!! most of the fish were released according to juanchys.

Les brought home some yellowtail - he and Pancho caught two 25 pounders and a 10 pound cabrilla. and they lost dorados :(

the group is already planning their next trip for next month ...

Loretana - 6-7-2011 at 07:41 PM

I have the strange feeling that Bill Erhardt is way out in the "blue water" past Punta Lobos on Soledad walking around in the DODOS.

I sure wish he would give us a report.

LaTijereta - 6-8-2011 at 01:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Loretana
I have the strange feeling that Bill Erhardt is way out in the "blue water" past Punta Lobos on Soledad walking around in the DODOS.

I sure wish he would give us a report.


Rumor is that he has a new dog in training to be able to gaff his fish on the boat when he's out there...:light:

[Edited on 6-8-2011 by LaTijereta]