Cabo and Zwhat Rocks…Mag Bay Tournament
Endless Season Update 01/21/2009
REPORT #1150 "Below the Border" Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Elivis is the only one that likes the wind
Very few visitors in the hotels again this week with only a boat or two heading out on the non-windy days. One Palmas boat returned yesterday sporting
two blue flags with small red flags beneath. I guess that means they caught something with a bill that they let go??? They also flew five yellow flags
indicating dorado, I suppose. Most of the locals have had to be content with sierra, small roosters and jacks before the north wind cranks up.
Water temperature 67-73
Air temperature 62-73
Humidity 71%
Wind: NE 2 to 2 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:03 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:57 p.m. MST
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Lopez Mateos Copa Gobernador Tournament will take place January 30-February 1st
There will be a new category:
Estuary fishing for Adults and teenagers the rule states they can fish aboard pangas no bigger than 20 feet long, prizes;
10,000, 7,500 and 5,000 pesos per category and for deep sea fishing the prizes are also very good, 5 places 50,000 pesos to 10,000 Dorado, Wahoo &
Tuna. Program
Registration January 30th at Aquendi Restaurant, from 2:00 PM on
Fishing on January 31st
Awards ceremony on February 1st at 7:00 PM
Good news for the whale watchers….more whales! And for the surfers, the bigger surf has attracted surfers on Jet Ski’s. Both of which have over
shadowed the fishing this week. There were a few sierra and corvina along with a few grouper and pargo deeper in the water column. Out at the Entrada
there were more firecracker yellows under the bird schools. However, the show went pretty much unnoticed because of a lack of anglers in the area.
Bob Hoyt
Water temperature 67 - 73
Air temperature 62 -77
Humidity 56 %
Wind: NW 4 to 6 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:03 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Our sailfish fest is still holding up. The 83º blue water is still just off the beach and the boats are all scoring well. Early in the week the counts
were down a bit because of a lot of fishing pressure with most boats working an area 8 to 12 miles in a southerly direction, but now the
concentrations of fish been relocated and they have moved more to the North-West.
The Tournament Anglers Association is holding their annual 4-day tournament this week, with 17 pangas and 34 anglers. After day two days of the
tournament, the points leader was John Jackson, with 7 sailfish and 1050 points. The TAA is an outstanding group of fishermen dedicated to the
conservation of the billfish species. Their point system is set up so the angler gets 150 points per fish when the leader is touched within 5 minutes.
Points are deducted for every 5 minutes after that. No points are given for a fight of 1/2 hour or more. And, all of this is using circle hooks and a
maximum of 20 pound test line.
I am getting reports of a few roosters being caught up North above Saladita, so tomorrow I will try that. Today (Thursday), I am fishing with Toronto,
Canada angler, Gary Megan, with the fly rods for sails. He hooked two a couple of days ago, and wants to do that again.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 83
Air temperature 74-89
Humidity 58%
Wind: SW at 12mph
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:35 p.m. CST
Cabo San Lucas
Once again striped marlin were the top fish, giving anglers all the action they could wish for on most of the boats that worked the Golden Gate Bank.
Not every day was a red-letter day though; we saw a definite slowing of the bite right around the full moon, several days either side of it seemed to
be better. The same held true for the action we had been having on the Lighthouse ledge as the bite went from red-hot to hot to cool over three days.
At the Golden Gate the better catches were had just before the full moon and boats that had experienced anglers were releasing double-digit numbers
per day. That bite died to two or three fish per day during the full moon, and as of Saturday things had picked up very well
Yellowfin remained scarce this past week. A few boats managed to get into some fish ranging from 20 to 50 pounds working due south of Cabo on
Tuesday. On Wednesday the fish had moved north about 15 miles and on Thursday they disappeared.
The best action for dorado appeared to be close to the beach on the Pacific side of the Cape. With an average size of 15 pounds, most boats were able
to get two to five fish trolling live bait under areas where the frigate birds were hanging out, or trolling bright colored artificial lures within a
mile of the beach. An occasional 35-pound fish added spice to the catch as well.
The sierra bite is picking up and the fish are very nice size, between 8 and 10 pounds when you find the right areas. There are a few nice
yellowtails starting to pop up occasionally off of the Rocky points as well as some pargo to 25 pounds right in the rocks. Many of the pangas have
been working just offshore for dorado and striped marlin and doing fairly well.
We are still seeing plenty of humpback whales outside of the beach area but have not seen any gray whales yet…at least I haven’t. The whale
harassment fleet (whale watching charters, the small panga guys) can be spotted right on top of the pods, often 10 boats at a time.
George & Mary Landrum
Water temperature 73 - 82
Air temperature 63 - 84
Humidity 32%
Wind: NW 2 to 3 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:02 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:00 p.m. MST
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