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LORETO

Offshore: Dorado have been the species of choice lately and conventional anglers visiting here soon should expect easy limits and plenty of additionals to catch then release safely. The most productive spot happens to be a long ways away at el bajo de Mencenarios about 28-30. miles away from port. In ideal seas it will be an hour and a half ride minimum. Most boats are setting off at 06:00h, getting bait then running to this spot. On some days there's sargasso and on others nada but we've been able to get folks into fish there.

Sailfish at this time deserve a section of their own. Pacific Sailfish from 60-175 pounds are literally piled up off Punta La Cholla. You can get as many as you want and I mean that sincerely. Story here, true one: a client of mine fished on Father's Day with his wife and two teenaged boys. They landed three sailfish between them. Since the kids want to sleep in, Dad fished yesterday with Fidel Alcaaide Garcia again because he liked him. They set off at 06:00 and had mackerel onboard then ventured off towards el bajo de Mencenarios for a couple of hours searching without any luck. So they decided to turn back and go to the Sailfish off La Cholla instead. They caught and released six Sailfish by noon and then called it a day. On the way back to port, a few miles on the way West back to port Fidel stops the motor suddenly and they almost do faceplants on the deck. Then Fidel put on a mackerel and tossed it into the water. He was convinced that the birds above and the swirl on the water meant Dorado and he was right. Just these 3-4 miles off the marina they got into a school of Dorado that ranged in size from 25 - 40 pounds. They caught their limit of two Dorado then caught and released several more and THEN they called it a day.

Marlin are being caught further offshore near the Dorado but are less frequent than the Sailfish. The species that have been caught so far are Stripers. I am not hearing of any more Wahoo being caught so maybe there aren't any. Since we're catching billfish very readily again, we would like to remind you that our policy is no take for all billfish. We have an agreement with our captains to release all billfish safely. Details of this policy follow the descriptions of the Marlin, Sailfish and Giant Grouper.

Inshore: Cabrilla, Pargo, Roosterfish, Jack Crevalle are starting to take flies again as the water along the shorelines has heated up into the high 70's to low 80's (F) now.

Bonita and Skipjack may have brought unwanted attention. Last we reported, Bonita and Skipjack have been keeping fly anglers busy this week and the best news is that those Seiners have gone away. It may be wishful thinking that pressure from our Captains and local anglers has had an impact on their decisions of where to fish, but I can hope can't I? You can get into Black Skipjack and Bonita about 100-300 meters off Punta Tintorerra. They will take lures like a krokodile or a swim bait no spinning gear and this is a fun way to get them. You will need to cast out then crank quickly. The best tactic is to keep casting and cranking in and let the fish come to you. Their schools move very quickly and eventually one will move right under you. It is too difficult to chase them around.

BAIT AND MARINA REPORT: The marina is loaded with sardinas so no worries of any sardina shortages. The squid are here once again and currently they're small (perfect for bait and fried calamari) at about 1-2 inches in diameter. Large bait, mackerel and bigeye are being sold by the sait union. Mackerel, bigeye and grunion are also being caught off Isla Coronado.

CURRENT BAIT PRICES:
Mackerel/Bigeye: $20.00 U.S. (for fifteen baitfish)
Jurelitos: $20.00 U.S. (for about two dozen individuals)
Sardinas: $15.00 U.S. (freshly netted to fill bait tank, trip to Nopolo required)

(Our thanks to The Baja Big Fish Company for this report.)


CABO SAN LUCAS

The Mr. Tracey Thomassee party, fishing aboard the "FISH CABO" with Captain Gil Marquez, had a terrific day fishing inshore for the roosterfish. The group released 8 roosterfish for the morning with the two larger fish in the 50-70 lb. range and the smaller ones in the 25 lb. range. Adding to the day were a pair of dorado to 45 lbs. Billfish counts were on the slow side with about every third boat landing/releasing a marlin. Overall counts for the combined 26 fishing days reflected 8 stripers, (5 releases) 2 jack cravelle, 2 skipjack tuna, 49 yellowfin tuna 8 roosterfish and 49 dorado.

Cabo Climate: Partly cloudy days and temps that went from 71 night time lows to 99 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Cooler water swept around the corner from the Pacific & moved into the Sea of Cortez at 70-71 degrees. Water warmed offshore at about the thousand fathom curve to 79 and increased to 82 outside the Gorda Banks.

Best Fishing Area: The billfish were scattered but more fish were showing from San Jose and northerly to above the Gorda Banks area. The roosters were in close to the rocky Gorda Point area.

Best Lure/Bait: Live bait was the best for both, inshore & offshore.

Live Bait Supply: Excellent, mostly caballitos.

MAZATLAN

It seems like the bulk of the dorado in the Sea of Cortez has taken up residence at Mazatlan, as the daily fast-action continues to provide easy fish limits for those that access the shark buoys. While there are some sailfish for the offshore cruisers, most of the anglers are opting for the dorado fishing or perhaps splitting the trip into a try for the billfish and if nothing happens for a while, then reverting to the buoys for the dorado action. The offshore cruisers reflected 5 sailfish and limits of dorado for five offshore fishing days. The inshore boats, including cruisers and super pangas, reflected mostly limit fishing for dorado and numerous releases on light tackle.

Mazatlan Climate: Mostly cloudy days with temps from 76 nights to 89 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Stable water temps that held inshore & offshore at 80-81 degrees, with very light swells and light tropical surface breezes.

Best Fishing Area: At the shark buoys for the dorado and outside to the southwest of the Marina El Cid for the billfish.

Best Bait/Lure: Rigged baits for the sailfish produced all 5 sailfish reported. The dorado were again eager to bite most things that moved through the water and live bait was certainly a hot item, along with strip bait, cut bait, surface iron and pencil poppers.

IXTAPA-XIHUATANEJO

Captain Temo Verboonen reports very favorable conditions from Zihuatanejo with warm, blue waters and good fishing just a mile outside the bay. He reports dorado in big schools and they are catching easy limits on a daily basis. The sailfish action has been slow, but not for the lack of fish. Just been a lack of biters. The inshore fishing is red hot for roosterfish in the 40-50 lb. ranges and they have been fairly eager to chew on the pencil poppers and the live bait. The roosters are chasing the anchovey/sardine schools and the bird schools are pointing out the movements of the fish. It's fast & lively action for the light tackle anglers. Also in the near shore waters are good catches of rainbow runners and big eye jacks which have been biting best on the trolling feathers and deep-running lures. Overall, Temo says it's really fun fishing this are right now and he would expect this type of action to conttinue right on through to the late fall.

IZ Climate: Some cloudy days with temps ranging from 71 nights to 91 daytime highs. Some rain in the mountains tthis past week.

Sea Conditions: Calming off and bluing up with temps at 86-87 from inshore to offshore.

Best Lure/Bait: Rigged baits for the billfish. Live bait & poppers (fast retrieve) for the roosters.

PUERTOS MORELOS (EL CID CARIBE, CANCUN/COZUMEL)

NOTE: NO REPORT THIS WEEK. THIS IS LAST WEEK'S REPORT.
Armando Gutierrez, Marina El Cid Fleet Manager, reports in for 8 combined fishing days that reflected 1 blue marlin, 3 dorado, 5 king mackerel, 2 barracuda, 7 triggerfish and 7 red snappers. Seven of the 8 trips were short, 4-hour fishing days in nearby waters.

PM Climate: Partly cloudy days with temps from 75 nights to 92 daytime highs, and humid.

Sea Conditions: Sea temps are holding stable at 84 degrees with light tropical surface breezes to 12 knots.

Best Lure/Bait: Continues to be the rigged ballyhoo for all of the area's species.

(Our thanks to Larry Edwards for these reports.)



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