East Cape: Right Place?Right Time
REPORT #971. ?Below the Border? Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
 
This was another cookie cutter week of nice (hot) weather and fishing to match. Billfish including stripes, blues and sails, kept everyone staring
intently at the teasers to see what would show up next. Still a good tuna show under the porpoise and if you held your mouth just right and were in
the right place at the right time, there were a few fat dorado to be found. While not tons of Bubba sightings those with the patience to wait for one
to come along were getting a few shots. While waiting, ladyfish, pompano and an occasional jack crevalle could be found meandering down the beach
looking for a free meal. August at East Cape is not a bad place to be.
Baja on the Fly
Water temperature 73-88
Air temperature 80-102
Humidity 41%
Wind: Calm. PM Breeze
Conditions: Scattered Clouds 22000 ft
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 6:53 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:53 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Diana Hoyt, of Magbay Outfitters, reported the fishing outside Boca de Soledad is great, with yellowfin tuna and dorado continuing to be found just a
few miles offshore. The boats making the trip to the Thetis Bank reported a few marlin, lots of YFT?s and yellowtail as well. The shark buoys out to
twenty miles west from the Entrada were holding good sized schools of dorado. With the offshore action continuing to pick up, few chose to fish inside
the Esteros. Still plenty of corvina along with a few pargo and grouper landed at Devils Curve.
Water temperature 62-76
Air temperature 74-84
Humidity 43%
Wind: WNW 20 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:56 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:07 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The blue water is only a mile off the beach, but it sure has warmed up. When I reached in the live well to get a bait for the kite fishing we were
doing for the roosters and jacks, it felt like bath water. The http://terrafin.com Satellite Surface Temperature photos show the cooler inshore water at 84?, with the offshore at almost 88?.
Mid-week, Riley Wilcox of Missoula, Montana fly fished with me for roosters and jacks. The needle fish literally took practically all the kite baits
we had, and we ended up chasing the birds and schools of huge jack crevalle. The jacks were averaging about 18 pounds, and were crashing on acres of
bait. The jacks were everywhere. This was sight casting at its best. The only problem was avoiding the birds, which was very difficult to do. We ended
up with a couple of pelicans released unharmed also.
John Miller and his two sons, of Woodland Texas, fished with Cheva on the panga ?Dos Hermanos II?. They released two sailfish (about the average), and
lost a third after it threw the hook a few minutes into the fight. The marlin and sailfish zone is only a scant 8 to 10 miles off the beach.
Adolpho, on the panga, ?Dos Hermanos?, got a 70 pound roosterfish for his client. Using medium action spinning gear and a popper, it took over two
hours to get the big fish to the boat.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 80 - 91
Humidity 64%
Wind: 7 mph
Conditions: Thunderstorm
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:27 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:13 p.m. CDT
San Jose, Guatemala
Only a few boats ventured out this week and found only a few sailfish and dorado due to the runoff caused by the rains. One boat out on Friday
released a 450lb. marlin, and caught 20
yellow-fin tuna and two wahoo.
Les Kagel and Carlos Morales
Water temperature 78 - 82
Air temperature 82- 84
Humidity 62%
Wind: SSE 7 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 5:49 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:26 p.m. CST
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