Sallysouth
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Loreto fishing report???
Anyone have an update on the fishing around Loreto? Mi familia is there now and I was wondering if maybe they are finding the Jurels we all love to
catch!(and eat)
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Minnow
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I saw on mexfish that fishing is good. Don Alley even had his own write up.
Proud husband of a legal immigrant.
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Sallysouth
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Hey Minnow.Is that a website/mexfish. com or something similar?
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flyfishinPam
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The yellowtail fishing is good, pretty much all over Catalan too. The cabrilla and pargo fishing along the shore is good too. Calm seas predicted
through the weekend. my report from 3 April: http://www.bajabigfish.com/fish_report.html
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Sallysouth
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Thanks Pam! That is a fantastic website and your shop is really great! I just added your site to my favorites.
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Don Alley
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Weather's nice now, and there are yellowtail around. I heard San Bruno reef was not good the other day, but north Carmen is good and Catalan remains
good. I have not heard a report from up at Pulpito or Almejas in a while; there are fish closer in so I don't think many peopleare going there. And
the fish are up off the bottom for the most part. Last time out was some of the best yellowtail fishing I ever had, fishing south of Loreto in glassy
water.
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Capt. George
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anyone interested in a largemouth bass story on Lake I-Wanna-B-Gone?
yeah right, I don't blame ya..........
be home in Baja mid-May, for good. Look out fish!
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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Pompano
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I have heard from many fishing amigos that the yellowtail were really getting a workout south of Loreto a while back...sounds like great times.
Sally South, Don Alley, Pam, Minnow and all..manana we may head south from Mulege - Pt. Conception - Pta. Teresa - del Fonso to check out the points
and reefs for cabrilla and pargo. Of course we will be on the lookout for yellowtail action. We have heard rumors.....
We will try to chase some down your way. Any forecasts yet for the first dorado bite?
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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flyfishinPam
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Any forecasts yet for the first dorado bite? |
all signs are pointing to an early start this year
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bill erhardt
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Attached is a photo I took yesterday of a seaweed paddy about 5 miles out of the marina in Loreto. There are many of these paddies between Loreto and
Carmen and a few as far out as Catalana. If these hold together they should soon be holding the bait that attract the dorado. Surface water temp.
north of Catalana yesterday was 77 degrees. I agree with Pam. The dorado should be here soon and if the paddies continue to form the prospects for a
banner year are good.
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Pompano
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Hey, glowing dorado forecasts. All good dorado season indicators...temps, paddies, circling frigates, and maybe even some flying fish? We will be
out there looking for the telltales..ready.
factoids:
The earliest I can remember catching dorado in Mulege waters was on the Ides of March (15th) in 1988 near San Sebastian Cove...so, one might say we
are overdue!
The latest I ever caught dorado here was in mid-December in the mouth of Conception Bay, 1996.
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Pescador
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Sally, for the most current and up to date fishing reports for all of baja go to www.mexfish.com
This is the site that is done by Gene Kira of the Baja Catch book fame.
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Sallysouth
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Thanks Pescador. How weird that I did not register the website in my mind when you first spoke of it. Guess I am developing a sure case of CRS. Geez,
Mija was on the cover of WON several times and they did a spread on the El Fuerte some years back.Even met and dined with some of the head honchos(of
WON) in Loreto back then.Damn, I really need a Baja fix....
[Edited on 4-7-2007 by Sallysouth]
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Don Alley
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We fished the south reef below Catalan today. Fishing was a bit slow but we managed some yellowtail. Two on our boat with Luis Torres, Manuel got five
on his boat. We went short on bait to hustle out there anticipating an early bite like the day before, but it was very slow early, then a later bite
but by then we were running out of bait. I got my clock cleaned by one fish fishing 60+lb. line.
Also got cabrilla. And Luis baited a marlin but it wasn't interested.
We'll try again Sunday.
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flyfishinPam
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bill erhardt
Attached is a photo I took yesterday of a seaweed paddy about 5 miles out of the marina in Loreto. There are many of these paddies between Loreto and
Carmen and a few as far out as Catalana. If these hold together they should soon be holding the bait that attract the dorado. Surface water temp.
north of Catalana yesterday was 77 degrees. I agree with Pam. The dorado should be here soon and if the paddies continue to form the prospects for a
banner year are good. |
yeah it will start early and it may end early. this is a strong el nino like 1997 was. we had a hell of a chubasco that blew a LOT of people out of
the water that year. it was August 4. I remember it well, bailing water out of our boats at the mairina...how STUPID we were! that was before sat
images like we have now, but the history of 1997 saw no hurricanes close to the baja but lots of small localized storms. the water temps also rose to
over 90(F) in mid august so the dorado season ended early. i'm expecting pretty much the same weather pattern. one omre cool thing to think about,
the average dorado caught was 30 pounds!!! the schoolies were big that year and we had big fish...remember Captain Tono Romero's client Don Childress
of Idaho caught a 57.5 pound bull on his 12 WT flyrod. The record still stands, woo- hoooooo!!!!!!!
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