06-25-2003, 05:07 PM
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:
PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR IN BAJA
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Wed., June 25, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Tues. (6/21-6/24)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Almost every boat seen heading back to their respective
hotel has multiple white flags flapping from the outriggers. I assume
that it is not a mass surrender, but a continued excellent tuna bite.
Jay Jones, escaping the morning overcast or June gloom in Southern
California along with his son Tom, visiting from Aitkin, Minn., hit the
beach on their first day and racked up an impressive score including
jacks, pompano, ladyfish, even a halibut. While they had plenty of
shots, the roosters eluded them. Next day, fishing from a super panga
they found jacks with an attitude and shoulders to match that bent their
8-weights all the way to the cork handle. Can't wait to see what they do
this morning.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 72°-82°
Air temperature 82°-86°
Humidity about 35%
Wind Calm with light winds mid afternoon
Conditions Clear
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:34 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:08 p.m. MST
June 29 New July 6 First Quarter June 13 Full July 21 Last Quarter
· OFFSHORE: With all the pressure the tuna have moved out further and
are a bit more scattered. This caused the fleet to look to the other
standby, dorado that seemed ready to take a shot at being in the
spotlight for a change.
· INSHORE: Plenty of serious-size roosters to mess with along with
some record breaking jacks. The roosters are a sucker for the "Chivo
Lisa" (one take for 10 shots, maybe) and the jacks can't resist a
chartreuse Baja Deep Diver.
· BEACH: Sunset, our quiet beach in front of Rancho Deluxe, Yvonne,
me and the dogs. A fish almost every cast, PRICELESS!!!
BILLFISH - Fair for stripers and a few sails. Blues should begin to show
up in numbers soon.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Still sashimi on every table; who's got the wasabi?
DORADO - More, but not enough.
ROOSTERFISH - It is official! 2003 is the Roosterfish Year - more fish,
strike That - more LARGER fish have been caught from the beach on the
fly then I can ever remember.
JACK CREVALLE - Anything from huh to wow are beginning to show up
inshore and from the beach.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - I guess. Everything else seems to be
capturing all the attention while the poor, common skippies get ignored.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Locals out in force in the evenings between Rancho
Leonero and La Ribera.
SIERRA - Use wire, catch a sierra, don't think so, might miss out on the
all the other species that ignore wire.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Wed., June 25, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Tues. (6/21-6/24)
IN GENERAL: Still lumpy outside plus lots of cold water restricted most
of the fleet to the bay and esteros. Corvina, spotted bay bass and
grouper provided some consistent action up toward Lopez Mateos. Again,
several quality snook were reported hooked, but not landed. It is either
stop 'em or drop 'em.
Water Temperature 62°-66°
Air Temperature 66°-77°
Humidity 95%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:38 a.m. MDST
Sunset 8:19 p.m. MDST
June 29 New July 6 First Quarter June 13 Full July 21 Last Quarter
YELLOWTAIL - Isla Santa Margarita and entrada are the best bet.
CORVINA - Still a good whack throughout the bay.
SNOOK - Cast near the right mangrove stump, let fly be swept into the
channel by the current, slam, hold on tight or you will end up with your
fly stuck to a log and the snook long gone.
HALIBUT - Clousers and sandy beaches are the right combination.
SIERRA - Quiet for now.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
Please note the date. We are only providing weekly (not twice a week)
reports for this area.
Sat., June 21, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (6/18-6/20)
IN GENERAL: We had a little unsettled weather this past week and, even
though about 95% of our rain during the rainy season comes in the late
evening hours, we did get a few days of it. The port was not closed, but
it did keep the boats off the water.
When the boats did go out they were averaging about two sailfish a day
and a few were getting into the 18- to 25-pound yellowfin tuna.
The roosterfish and jack crevalle action has been excellent. Client
Darrel Mangineli of Ventura, Calif., fished with Armando on the panga
"Janeth" and released seven very nice roosters and 15 jack crevalle in
one day. The roosters were all 25- to 35-pounds, with two of them at 40
and 42 pounds. The hard fighting jacks were between 15 and 25 pounds.
Water Temperature 75º-80º
Air Temperature 78°-86º
Humidity 89%
Wind ENE at 9 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 8,000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. CDST
Sunset 8:23 p.m. CDST
June 7 First Quarter June 14 Full June 21 Last Quarter June 29 New
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PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR IN BAJA
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: [/size][/font][url "mailto:bajafly@usa.net"][font "Times New Roman"][#0000ff][size 3]bajafly@usa.net[/size][/#0000ff][/font][/url][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]; USA toll-free (800)
919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Wed., June 25, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Tues. (6/21-6/24)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Almost every boat seen heading back to their respective
hotel has multiple white flags flapping from the outriggers. I assume
that it is not a mass surrender, but a continued excellent tuna bite.
Jay Jones, escaping the morning overcast or June gloom in Southern
California along with his son Tom, visiting from Aitkin, Minn., hit the
beach on their first day and racked up an impressive score including
jacks, pompano, ladyfish, even a halibut. While they had plenty of
shots, the roosters eluded them. Next day, fishing from a super panga
they found jacks with an attitude and shoulders to match that bent their
8-weights all the way to the cork handle. Can't wait to see what they do
this morning.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 72°-82°
Air temperature 82°-86°
Humidity about 35%
Wind Calm with light winds mid afternoon
Conditions Clear
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:34 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:08 p.m. MST
June 29 New July 6 First Quarter June 13 Full July 21 Last Quarter
· OFFSHORE: With all the pressure the tuna have moved out further and
are a bit more scattered. This caused the fleet to look to the other
standby, dorado that seemed ready to take a shot at being in the
spotlight for a change.
· INSHORE: Plenty of serious-size roosters to mess with along with
some record breaking jacks. The roosters are a sucker for the "Chivo
Lisa" (one take for 10 shots, maybe) and the jacks can't resist a
chartreuse Baja Deep Diver.
· BEACH: Sunset, our quiet beach in front of Rancho Deluxe, Yvonne,
me and the dogs. A fish almost every cast, PRICELESS!!!
BILLFISH - Fair for stripers and a few sails. Blues should begin to show
up in numbers soon.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Still sashimi on every table; who's got the wasabi?
DORADO - More, but not enough.
ROOSTERFISH - It is official! 2003 is the Roosterfish Year - more fish,
strike That - more LARGER fish have been caught from the beach on the
fly then I can ever remember.
JACK CREVALLE - Anything from huh to wow are beginning to show up
inshore and from the beach.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - I guess. Everything else seems to be
capturing all the attention while the poor, common skippies get ignored.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - Locals out in force in the evenings between Rancho
Leonero and La Ribera.
SIERRA - Use wire, catch a sierra, don't think so, might miss out on the
all the other species that ignore wire.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Wed., June 25, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Tues. (6/21-6/24)
IN GENERAL: Still lumpy outside plus lots of cold water restricted most
of the fleet to the bay and esteros. Corvina, spotted bay bass and
grouper provided some consistent action up toward Lopez Mateos. Again,
several quality snook were reported hooked, but not landed. It is either
stop 'em or drop 'em.
Water Temperature 62°-66°
Air Temperature 66°-77°
Humidity 95%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:38 a.m. MDST
Sunset 8:19 p.m. MDST
June 29 New July 6 First Quarter June 13 Full July 21 Last Quarter
YELLOWTAIL - Isla Santa Margarita and entrada are the best bet.
CORVINA - Still a good whack throughout the bay.
SNOOK - Cast near the right mangrove stump, let fly be swept into the
channel by the current, slam, hold on tight or you will end up with your
fly stuck to a log and the snook long gone.
HALIBUT - Clousers and sandy beaches are the right combination.
SIERRA - Quiet for now.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
Please note the date. We are only providing weekly (not twice a week)
reports for this area.
Sat., June 21, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (6/18-6/20)
IN GENERAL: We had a little unsettled weather this past week and, even
though about 95% of our rain during the rainy season comes in the late
evening hours, we did get a few days of it. The port was not closed, but
it did keep the boats off the water.
When the boats did go out they were averaging about two sailfish a day
and a few were getting into the 18- to 25-pound yellowfin tuna.
The roosterfish and jack crevalle action has been excellent. Client
Darrel Mangineli of Ventura, Calif., fished with Armando on the panga
"Janeth" and released seven very nice roosters and 15 jack crevalle in
one day. The roosters were all 25- to 35-pounds, with two of them at 40
and 42 pounds. The hard fighting jacks were between 15 and 25 pounds.
Water Temperature 75º-80º
Air Temperature 78°-86º
Humidity 89%
Wind ENE at 9 mph
Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 8,000 ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. CDST
Sunset 8:23 p.m. CDST
June 7 First Quarter June 14 Full June 21 Last Quarter June 29 New
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to:
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