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March Madness Begins
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR IN BAJA[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@usa.net; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252;[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Sat., March 01, 2003[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]IN GENERAL: Ken Beer, Galt, Calif., along with his14-year old son Trevor,[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]fished[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]from a super panga this week. On their first day they hooked and lost three[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]marlin, but redeemed themselves by catching and releasing five dorado. The[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]following day the dorado continued to cooperate and they added another four[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]fish to their trip total. All of their fish cam from the area between Punta[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Colorada and the Lighthouse, only about 5-miles off shore. Paul Evers, Bend,[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Ore. and three fishing buddies fishing from a cruiser were one for five on[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]the striped marlin as well as some dorado action. Billfish sightings and[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]hook-ups continue with plenty of marlin feeding on the surface with a bonus[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]of plenty of whales to look at between bites.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Yvonne and I will be on the move next week beginning with the Fred Hall Show[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]in Long Beach on Wed. (3/5). We will be with our good friends the Valdez[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]in their Buenavista Beach Resort Hotel booth. On Thurs. (3/6) we drive up to[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Santa Barbara to do a presentation for the Santa Barbara Fly Fishers and the[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Dept. The show and Q&A session is at 7[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]p.m. at the Cabrillo Pavilion, 1118 Cabrillo Blvd. Then, on Fri. (3/7), we[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]will be with John Ireland and the gang from Rancho Leonero in their booth.[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Are you still with us? Our last stop will be the Fly-Fishing Show at Ontario[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]on Sat. (3/8). Drop by either of the booths in Long Beach, come to the show[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]in Santa Barbara, stop us in the aisle and say hello, or wave to us on the[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Freeway.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]AIR & SEA -[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Water temperature 70-75[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Air temperature 54°-77°[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Humidity about 63%[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Wind NW at 5 mph[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 12,000 ft[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Visibility 15 miles[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Sunrise 6:37 a.m. MST[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Sunset 6:21 p.m. MST[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Mar. 2 New Mar. 11 First Quarter Mar. 18 Full Mar. 24 Last Quarter[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]· OFFSHORE: Wow. Hope this keeps up for a while.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]· INSHORE: Still the sierra cruising about, but even the tin boats are[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]chasing the marlin and dorado.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]· BEACH: Look for the birds with sierra feeding on bait schools.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]BILLFISH - Feb. bonanza, who would have thunk it?[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]YELLOWFIN TUNA - Everyone was so excited about the other stuff that they[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]didn't even mention them.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]DORADO - It is popper time at East Cape.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]ROOSTERFISH - Beginning to pick up with the warmer water.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]JACK CREVALLE - Same as the roosters and sierra.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few around.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]PARGO AND CABRILLA - Always a few around the rocky structure.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]SIERRA - Early! Early! Early! Is best.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Sat., March 01, 2003[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]IN GENERAL: Most of the action continued to be out near the entrada. Sierra,[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]barracuda and of course plenty of spotted bay bass. There are a few grouper[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]to be had up to 10 pounds. Back up in the esteros, the corvina came back[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]with a vengeance with good counts for everyone. Not too many snook, but[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]there were a few found in the five to seven pound range. Whale watching has[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]continued to improve as well.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Water Temperature 65-70[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Air Temperature 60-°68°[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Humidity 78%[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Wind Calm[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Conditions Hazy, Scattered Clouds[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Visibility 6 miles[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Sunrise 6:46 a.m. MST[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Sunset 6:28 p.m. MST[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Mar. 2 New Mar. 11 First Quarter Mar. 18 Full Mar. 24 Last Quarter[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]YELLOWTAIL - Look out in front of the entradas (entrances) at both Santa[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Maria Bay and Magdalena Bay.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]CORVINA - When they take the fly on the surface it is a real wake up call.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]SNOOK - A few, but not a bonanza.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]HALIBUT - A six kilo (13.2-pound) halibut caught this week. That is a toad[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]in Magdalena Bay land[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]SIERRA - Look for some bird schools near Punta Belcher.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Please note the date. We are only providing weekly (not twice-a-week)[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]reports for this area.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Sat., March 01, 2003[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]IN GENERAL: The fishing for all species really took a nosedive earlier this[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]week. A colder green water current moved in, and combined with the effects[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]of coming out of the full moon period, the fishing just shut down.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The bright spot is the 78º warm water has returned and the blue water is now[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]only about 6 miles off the beach. The fishing is improving, and will get[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]better as the new week develops. The boats are currently averaging only[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]about one sailfish a day, but that is still an improvement over earlier in[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]the week.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The tuna have also come back. There are a lot of 20- to 40-pound yellowfin[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]tuna and they are taking live bait. One thing we did have all week was[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]plenty of black skipjack tuna for the inshore fly-fishers. John Barrs and[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]“Trapper” from Denver fly-fished several days with Martin on the panga[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]“Isamar.” They were getting as many as 50 of the hard fighting skippies a[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]day before they called it quits.[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Water Temperature 78º[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Air Temperature 66°-82º[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Humidity 83%[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 25,000 ft[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Sunrise 7:01 a.m. CST[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Sunset 6:52 p.m. CST[/size][/font]

[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Mar. 2 New Mar. 11 First Quarter Mar. 18 Full Mar. 24 Last Quarter[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to:[/size][/font]

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]-- Zihuatanejo Report by Baja on the Fly's Ed Kunze[/size][/font]
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sounds like ken and son trevor had a great time ! , with all that traveling it must be hard to find time to drop a line for yourself sometime[Smile] .
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They had big Smiles when the headed back to rainy California. I will always find time to fish. My policy is too only work enough to allow me to fish another day. I was in Zihuatanejo at that same time and had a great time. I Live My Dream!

FISH ON!


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getting paid to do the sport you love , not a bad way to go ![Wink] i'm getting ready for the spring run of steelhead , walleye and belive it or not , suckers ! after that comes the trout openers , carp bow fishing , then the bass , a summer of panfishing , cat fishing , then comes the muskie and coho . after that comes hunting season , then ice fishing . too bad work has to interupt my days[crazy] ! your pal , lonehunter
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