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San Marcos Island?
Anybody know anything? I want to go there and catch yellowtail.
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Russ
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Here's the latest report I've seen: http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/baja-mexico-fishing-report...
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Ya, I saw it. Lots of talk but not much info. Thanks though.
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Contact Mike Kasner at
http://www.islasanmarcos.com/Contactpage.html
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San Marcos Mike is the man! But it's Mike Kanzler. He will get you fish.
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Okay, I'm still hungry for info about San Marcos Island.
I looked at the website and it's nice but almost no useable info.
I emailed Mike K but nothing yet.
But I have decided that this is the right place to fish in Mayo.
Last year in May, I flew commercial to La Paz, rented a car, a beer at the Cortez Club, and drove to La Ventana.
I love La Ventana!
The next morning I got picked-up by Luceros brother and we drove to Muertos Bay. As we got close to the bay the wind started to blow. By the time we
got there the palms were bending over in the wind. I thought for sure we wouldn't go.
But Lucero told me to jump in. The wind was fierce and it was cold. I sat on the floor of the panga as low as I could get. Didn't help. In a few
minutes I was soaked.
It was one of those mornings when I was wondering if I really liked fishing.
We bought bait from a bait panga and beat our way over to the island.
I fished for a good while and finally caught some bonita. It was something.
Miraculously, it actually got warmer and the wind laid down. I finally got warmed up enough that I put on my snorkel and mask and dove a little at
Cerravo.
I got back in the boat and we went out to the shark bouys. Trolled live bait and... bingo. Dorado.
Caught a few fair size ones and that was it.
When we were there we saw a guy fly fishing for Dorado. That looked like fun!
I traded him one of the Bonito I caught. He gave me a live bait about mackeral size. Silver with yellow stripes.
We hauled over to the Lighthouse and started slow trolling the beach.
It was a little hot by then and I got a little sleepy just trolling back and forth. I was in free spool and I must have let out a bunch of line. I had
my thumb on the spool and I woke up with line burning out. I'm bit! In gear and take in some slack and... Bam!
My first Roosterfish! A big one!
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San Marcos Island
fishbuck, the yellowtail bite is still okay at San Marcos Island. I just talked to some local fishing buddies yesterday and they all reported good
fishing off the north and east of San Marcos. Nice sized jurel still in thier regular haunts. Making bait pre-dawn would still be your best chance,
but tossing iron to the boils, if any occur, would definetely get you some action.
If fishing out of Mulege and you need a guide, I would recommend Alex at the Serinadad, or Mateo near the ramp. Lots of good fishermen, guides, and
tips at San Lucas RV park, San Bruno or Punta Chivato also, if you fish from there.
Check with the fellows at Jungle Jim's in Mulege for some good..and friendly..advice on fishing San Marcos and other areas. Fishermen gather there
from 4-6 pm. You will get some current reports and info. There is a dorado tournament scheduled there, too. The last 2 days of May.
I'm heading north in a few hours and can't go fishing, but I would be glad to take you out and show you what we have around this area after I return.
I've fished 'a little bit' between Punta Pulpito and Tiberon. We were on Jorge's Reef and the 210' off San Marcos about April 22nd and did very
well. The surface boils were like old times. You should have no trouble getting a nice yellow.
Note: The waters offshore are warming very fast right now. Keep your eyes open for flying fish, circling frigage birds, and greyhounding dorado!
Have fun & Tight lines!
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From San Lucas Cove, there is another excellent guide available besides San Marcos Mike, (Mike Kanzler).
His name is Francisco Meza, runs a well equipped panga and does a really fine job.
He can be called at 01152-615-160-1031. If no answer, call Wayne Davy at 01152-615-160-1009 and he will ge the message to Francisco.
The run time to San Marcos Island from San Lucas Cove will make all the difference between using guides from Mulege.
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I'm fishing with Mateo, out of Mulege, in the morning heading to San Marcos for some yellowtail action. I'll post a report tomorrow night of what we
caught.
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bajaumpaw, Will be looking foreward to your report.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaumpaw
I'm fishing with Mateo, out of Mulege, in the morning heading to San Marcos for some yellowtail action. I'll post a report tomorrow night of what we
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Es muy bien! My guess is you'll catch a few for sure.
Please let us know! 
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I have been fishing that area for the last 10 years and there is no doubt that San Marcos Mike is the man but he is now having to spend a lot of time
up north for "his other life". I am sorry but unless you are staying in Mulege, the guys from Mulege just do not understand the reef and the fishing
areas like Mike, Fransisco, or Rigo Ojeda. Mike also has a friend by the Name of Danny "El Piojo Loco" (Crazy flea) that will take people out in
Mike's boat when Mike is out of town. Fransisco is working as an instructor at the Tech College in Santa Rosalia so is not always available during
school times. Rigo is probably the best fisherman of all if you have your own boat and lives in San Bruno. His Cell phone is011-52-1615-104-9850.
Rigo caught 24 two days ago and nailed 16 today and all were over 25 lbs. He and Fransisco are fishing together tomorrow so the yellowtail are going
to be in serious trouble. This is a world class fishery but you really need to be on top of the whole situation from knowing exactly where and how to
make your bait, how deep the fish are holding, what is the current, when are the tides most active, do they prefer moving bait or still, should the
sliding sinker be right on the nose or pinned away from the hook, or should you be using no weight at all and flylining. etc. etc., are they on the
110, 190, 55, 220, panga reef, rancho, or Tortuga island.
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Rigos phone is a cellular. In order to reach him you must dial 044-615-104-9850.
And Pescador is right on. The three locals mentioned, are by far the most knowledgeable fishermen in the area.
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We've grown rather tired of YT over here. Dorado are within 20 miles; billfish, too, if you fish for them.
We boated 4 dorado today and release two. Both keepers were about 37 inches long.
Radio propagation has been amazing lately. We are talking to boats at Pta. Lobos on Carmen, the north end of San Jose and Los Frailes. They are
catching larger dorado and the occasional YFT.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
We've grown rather tired of YT over here. Dorado are within 20 miles; billfish, too, if you fish for them.
We boated 4 dorado today and release two. Both keepers were about 37 inches long.
Radio propagation has been amazing lately. We are talking to boats at Pta. Lobos on Carmen, the north end of San Jose and Los Frailes. They are
catching larger dorado and the occasional YFT.
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I could never grow tired of catching yellowtail!
I haven't fished the spots you mention but I think that is east cape.
My goal right now is to find the closest SOC yellowtail to where I live, Costa Mesa Ca.
I'm actually waiting for the fish to get to BOLA. But that's at least 1 more month.
So I'm thinking San Marcos Island right now.
I caught my last 2 yellowfin tuna in B. Asuncion with Juan Arce in December. About 1 mile from the beach. It was beautiful!
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I should have said we are getting tired of EATING yellowtail. Just not that good an eating of a fish.
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never get tired of properly smoked YT, but yeah - grilled, baked etc....boring after a while.
give me dodos for good eats 24/7.
san marcos is a pain in the arse to get to from mulege by boat. its the ride back that gets to you.
if i lived there i'd trailer to san lucas or hire a local boat.
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Went to San Marcos today from Mulege. Thankfully, the sea was calm because it was a long way there and back. Definitely, go out of San Lucas Cove or
Santa Rosalia. Lots of boats on the North end but no one was catching any YT. We fished there for 3 hours this morning from 8 - 11 and caught 1
Pinto Bass and 1 Sea Bass. We had 2 good hookups with probably Grouper but no gotta them in the boat. We were fishing with live bait. There was an
outgoing tide this morning which might have added to our skunk on YT. The guides at Mulege that fished south out of Mulege didn't have any luck
either. A bad day fishing is still better than a good day on the Houston ship channel!!!! My guide, Mateo, said that he and the other guides out of
Mulege rarely go to San Marcos. Too far.
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This thread is of special interst to me since this area is currently my #1 dream place to spend lots of time.
Any thoughts on the difference between San Bruno and San Lucas Cove would be sincerely appreciated.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaumpaw
Went to San Marcos today from Mulege. Thankfully, the sea was calm because it was a long way there and back. Definitely, go out of San Lucas Cove or
Santa Rosalia. Lots of boats on the North end but no one was catching any YT. We fished there for 3 hours this morning from 8 - 11 and caught 1
Pinto Bass and 1 Sea Bass. We had 2 good hookups with probably Grouper but no gotta them in the boat. We were fishing with live bait. There was an
outgoing tide this morning which might have added to our skunk on YT. The guides at Mulege that fished south out of Mulege didn't have any luck
either. A bad day fishing is still better than a good day on the Houston ship channel!!!! My guide, Mateo, said that he and the other guides out of
Mulege rarely go to San Marcos. Too far. |
Actually the bite was fairly early and then came on again later in the afternoon. Rigo caught 8 and Fransisco had a few more to add to the pot.
The tides were not in your favor and will be really flat with no water movement until around the 11th then it should be great through around the 14
or 15th, then flat till the 21-22 and then really good through the 28th. Saturday the 2nd was a marginal day and unless I had nothing else to do, I
probably would not have gone out that particular day.
From what I hear from Rigo, the good fishing came very early before you were able to get there and then came on again very late in the afternoon
after all the boats had left.
I don't know what you were using for line but 50# is the absolute minimum there. If you had hookups it was probably a yellowtail and not a grouper.
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