12-07-2009, 07:29 PM
Cabo Billfish Explode
Endless Season Update 12/5/2009
REPORT #1192 "Below the Border" Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
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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 [url "http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303"]http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303[/url]
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 [url "http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150"]http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150[/url]
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 [url "http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582"]http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582[/url]
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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 [url "http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303"]http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303[/url]
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 [url "http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150"]http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150[/url]
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 [url "http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582"]http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582[/url]
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