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REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:

PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR IN BAJA



FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@usa.net; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252;

Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373



Sat., March 15, 2003



EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS



EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO



IN GENERAL: The pangas were definitely on target this week with great

fishing for all of our clients who ventured out on one. Bob Zeller, along

with his wife Judy, Scottsdale, Ariz., got into the football-size tuna and

some of those big-shouldered dorado we have been babbling about for a few

weeks. Mike Boyd, Wichita, Kan., along with his daughter Katie taking an

early spring break, had the same kind of action and it was sashimi all

around at cocktail time. Back on the beachfront, the fishing was a little

tougher. Plenty of quality roosters were found down towards Punta Colorada.

They are feeding on ballyhoo

and mullet so you better bring some larger patterns. See:



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It is our "roostie" that fooled quite a few of the big guys last year.



The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) announced their decision

regarding the proposed Heavy Fly Category this week. Following the wishes

of a strong majority of members, the IGFA trustees rejected the concept of

creating a new and separate world record division for fly-fishers. IGFA had

received petitions to create a separate record category to create using

3-feet long, 30-pound tippet, rod harnesses and flying gaffs. The allowed

species were to include marlin, sailfish, tuna, tarpon and sharks. A

worldwide survey of fly anglers was conducted over several month by IGFA

with an overwhelming majority of participants opposed to the idea. Those

not in favor of easing the rules for flyrod records included many of the

best known names in the world of fly-fishing. Included were several anglers

who currently target large game fish on flies for world records. They enjoy

the extreme challenge of capturing marlin and the others of the largest game

fish on tackle that requires the utmost skill to be successful.



AIR & SEA -



Water temperature 72-78

Air temperature 63°-90°

Humidity about 60%

Wind WSW at 5 mph

Conditions Clear

Visibility 15 miles

Sunrise 6:24 a.m. MST

Sunset 6:27 p.m. MST

Mar. 18 Full Mar. 24 Last Quarter Apr. 1 New Apr. 9 First Quarter



· OFFSHORE: They just keep coming! Dorado, marlin and even a good supply

of football-sized tuna.



· INSHORE: Plenty of quality fish feeding on ballyhoo and mullet. There

were some also some serious pargo mixed in just a few hundred yards from the

shore.



· BEACH: Lots to look at all the way from Rancho Leonero to Punta Arena.



BILLFISH - A little slower this week. It may be that fewer boats targeted

them

with the dorado and tuna going off. .



YELLOWFIN TUNA - Find the right porpoise schools and look out.



DORADO - Look out, here they come. Hide the 8-weights, these are the

12-weight variety.



ROOSTERFISH - Early to be getting so many shots at the bigger guys.



JACK CREVALLE - Plenty of smaller ones.



BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Not exactly the first choice right now.



PARGO AND CABRILLA - mixed in with everything else feeding on the bait

schools.



SIERRA - Still hanging in there, but no one wants to use wire with all the

rooster action



MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO



Sat., March 15, 2003



IN GENERAL: Esteros or Entrada? Tough decision right now with plenty of

spotted

bay bass, grouper and halibut out toward the entrada. Back up in the

esteros, the snook are beginning to stir along with the pargo, grouper and

corvina. Want a world record? With the snook stirring I think I would chose

the esteros this week.



Water Temperature 65-70

Air Temperature 60-°73°

Humidity 71%

Wind NW at 4 mph

Conditions Foggy early and some wind after about 1 in the afternoon.

Visibility 3 miles

Sunrise 6:33 a.m. MST

Sunset 6:34 p.m. MST

Mar. 18 Full Mar. 24 Last Quarter Apr. 1 New Apr.9 First Quarter



YELLOWTAIL - Should happen any day; so far it has been slow this spring.



CORVINA - On again off again. This week was on.



SNOOK - Right place, right time, right fish, fish of a lifetime.



HALIBUT - Not Alaska-sized, but big enough to have the locals buzzing.



SIERRA - Spread out throughout the open bay.



ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO



Please note the date. We are only providing weekly (not twice-a-week)

reports for this area.



Sat., March 15, 2003



IN GENERAL: The fishing would still have to be considered on the slow side,

but when the boats get a fish, it is going to be a beaut. Inshore, we have a

very large influx of mackerel and black skipjack tuna. The captains are

trolling a small hootchie to get a few of these and immediately bridling

them on a large hook to be used as a slow troll live bait.



The smaller mackerel are ideal bait for a large tuna, marlin, sailfish, or

large dorado. Several boats each day are getting hookups on a blue marlin,

25- to 35-pound dorado, or 100- to 250-pound tuna. The interesting thing

about it is that when the boats are trolling 7- to 10-miles offshore, they

have run past the fish. Most of the fish are being taken in the vicinity of

the bait schools and are only 1 to 3 miles out. All the fish are being taken

on blind strikes and even the tuna are not showing themselves.





A few of the captains, like Santiago on the panga “Gitana,” have chosen to

not go around in circles all day only a mile or two off the beach and have

been running 45 miles to the 80º water. He has been consistently getting 1

or 2 sailfish and at least one tuna in the 100-pound class every day this

week.



Besides the skipjack, there are also a few sierra, chulas and jack crevalle

being taken inshore.



Water Temperature 78º

Air Temperature 66°-84º

Humidity 94%

Wind Calm

Conditions Clear

Visibility 8 miles

Sunrise 6:51 a.m. CST

Sunset 6:55 p.m. CST

Mar. 18 Full Mar. 24 Last Quarter Apr. 1 New Apr.9 First Quarter



For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to:



http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm



-- Zihuatanejo Report by Baja on the Fly's Ed Kunze



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