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Cabo Billfish Explode
Endless Season Update 12/5/2009
REPORT #1192 "Below the Border" Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
We had a great trip to Mag Bay......Bob Hoyt helped with a place to park our Chinook ..and advice ........as you know the Marlin didn't show while
we were there.so plan B was in effect....fish the mangroves...........we did get outside in our (Baja only)18 ft alum boat for lots of tuna and
Dorado!...but.....the most fun was fishing inside, with live mullet..we learned a lot ...............the grouper fishing was awesome........I'm
cooking some right now..for dinner .............. we also got Halibut when we went to Campo Rene in Punta Abreojos...among other species. had a great
trip overall and as usual, we can't wait to go back!
Best Regards,
Craig and Jilly Cove Boat ( First Light) So Cal
It has been mostly quiet this week with increasing clouds and wind. Weather reports are calling for light winds next week which should be good news
for the few visitors and locals. The smorgasbord of choices remains!
Yellowfin tuna out in front of La Ribera...nothing huge but large enough to bend your stick. Dorado and billfish are becoming more elusive, or maybe
it's just that fewer and fewer boats are willing to go prospecting.
Wind or not, the sierra bite continues producing limits for most. Beach action is completely dependent on the wind velocity. The wind waves caused by
the wind can shut the action down quickly.
Current East Cape Weather http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Offshore action may be good but rough conditions convincing all but the most hard-core anglers to look to the Esteros for most of their action. The
one day the Temming's group did get out they found tuna, dorado and wahoo.
The nice thing about fishing Magdalena Bay is that even when the weather gets weird the Esteros are nice insurance. Fishing with flies, the Temming's
party landed pargo, snook, golden jack and even a few 'skinn'y halibut. I went out with them one day and I might be hooked on fly myself! ...Bob
Hoyt
Current Magdalena Bay Weather http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 85° blue water is still with us on the beach. I can't remember a time when it has stayed so close for so long. Normally it is within two miles for
only a couple of weeks, then moves out to six to ten miles. But, it has been near the beach for almost two months now.
And, the game fish are here. The best action for sailfish and dorado is the area about four miles off the beach. The boats are each averaging two to
three sailfish and a couple of nice sized dorado each day.
The outstanding roosterfish action is still holding up inshore, as well as the mid-sized jack crevalle and sierras. Adolfo, on the panga Dos Hermanos,
released six nice roosters to 55 pounds for his clients while fishing along the beach in the Pantla area.
A couple of days earlier, John Thodos of Illinois and I fly fished with Adolfo up near the Ranch. John had an estimated 75-pound rooster completely
inhale the fly, and swim about 15 feet back towards the boat, putting a large belly which in the fly line. John couldn't catch up to get a tight line,
and the huge rooster spit the fly about ten feet off the stern...…Ed Kunze
Current Zihuatanejo Weather http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582
Cabo San Lucas
SPECIAL BILLFISH UPDATE (Monday)
On Sunday the 6th as the boats started coming in there were blue marlin flags flying everywhere. Mid-morning the bite on Striped Marlin had busted
wide open on the ledge at the lighthouse and boats were releasing between two (for the slow boats) and 17 (high flag boat) marlin, best of all, there
were only 30 boats in the area at the time. Hopefully the bite will continue. The bait was stacked up and the fish were feeding hard on a mix if
Mackerel and large Sardinas, but boats using Caballito as bait got bit as well.))
The high note of the fishing week the capture (and non-release) of a blue marlin that weighed over 850 pounds. The fish was caught on the Pacific
side just on the inside of the Golden Gate Bank within a mile of the beach. This area has been providing some action on fish to 400 pounds or so.
The amount of bait in the form of young dorado kept these large fish in the area much longer than normal. When weighed, this marlin had two dorado in
the 12-pound class in its stomach. There are plenty of striped marlin; however getting them to eat has been a problem. Many boats were seeing groups
of a dozen or more feeding on bait balls off of the area known as Los Arcos and were able to get an occasional fish to bite. .
Once again the yellowfin action remained slow as the few fish that found on a regular basis seemed to have been fished so hard that it was difficult
to get anything going.
The water continues to cool and the dorado bite continues to drop off. Boats were averaging 4 to 8 fish per trip with an occasional limit load. Most
of the fish remained in the warmer water on the Pacific side and around the structure of the 95 spot on the Cortez side.
We continue to catch wahoo. While never a common fish in our area, the past couple of months have really been good. The fish have not been large,
with an average weight of 20 pounds once again, but there have been many more than normal come in on the boats.
Inshore has been a decent mix of sierra, small roosterfish and dorado. Most of the activity has been taking place on the Pacific side of the Cape and
you have not had to go very far to get into the action..…George and Mary Landrum
Current Cabo Weather http://tiny.cc/cabo191
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wlkconsulting
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Hi. We visit Baja often but have never seen mangroves...In your pic, I see the mangroves in the background. How accessible is this spot? I know its in
the Mag bay area. Some parts are said to only to be accessible by boat or plane...Is there another area where other mangroves are located that don’t
require access by boat...Id love to snorkel this area with my son on our next visit. Could we drive to this location and enter the mangrove area
direct from shore? Also, what would you say the visibility is in the mangrove area. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Skipjack Joe
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He rarely responds to posts. Just broadcasts. Good luck. Perhaps an email to his personal website.
Mangroves on the pacific side start at Laguna Bocana and proceed southward. Campo Rene near Abreojos is a good spot to access that type of habitat. A
boat or a kayak makes it much more pleasurable, though. A bit of warning, though, those lagoons are stuffed with stingrays so every time you come down
while snorkeling there is a chance of being hit.
The Cortez side also has lots of mangrove snorkeling opportunities. I used to snorkel the shoreling along Pt Escondido a few years ago. In fact, we
would cut up bait and they would come out to you from out under the roots. Small guys but with beautiful colors. Juvenile snappers as I recall. You
just park your car near the pier and swim across that narrow channel to the opposite bank. Then follow the shoreline as much as you like.
Incidentally, the pier pilings at Escondido are loaded with life as well.
For that matter it looks like there should be good mangrove snorkeling areas next to the highway at Concepcion Bay.
Lots of opportunities. The mangrove ecosystem is really fascinating. Look for the blue crabs inside those roots.
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bajafly
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All the areas mentioned by Skipjack Joe are good places to start. Another location is near La Paz along the road going north to the ferry that are
easily accessible by car.
Regarding Magdalena Bay those particular mangroves are north of Lopez Mateos and could be accessed from land. The paved road heading north from Ciudad
Insurgentes provides a number of dirt road accesses to the bay itself. Many are well used by the inhabitants of the fish camps that dot the eastern
bank along there. Magdalena Bay is roughly the size of San Francisco bay and offers many interesting opportunities for outdoor activities.
Google maps has photos of mangroves in the different areas that are worth looking at as well.
Here is a link to an underwater shot that was in the same area as the photo in the report.
http://bajafly.com/mangroveunderwater.jpg
Sorry for the slow response the software on this site is suppose to forward any responses to me and failed to do so.
Gary
bajafly@bajafly.com
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