Dorado Heats Up as Lowell Dampens Update Sept. 14…

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Endless Season Update 09/10/2008
REPORT #1131 "Below the Border" Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Update Sept. 14… Friday skies were blue and it was business (fishing) as usual. Marlin action still was dismal.
Dorado action picked right back up and while few boats have been going out the ones that did had good scores. Yellowfin tuna
were there but mostly small fish. It is probably going to take a few days for the beaches to clear up and be worth checking
out.

As predicted, the dorado action heated up in the wake of Karina. While most were schoolie-sized there were a few larger fish
mixed in. By the weekend another tropical depression “Lowell’ entered the picture. After heading out to the west, Lowell made
a hard right turn back toward Southern Baja. During the storm, few boats that have gone out today delayed until 9:30 when
the rain quit. As soon as the storm passes we would expect the dorado action to resume.
The tuna action had slowed somewhat before the weekend as well.
Inshore the water is off color from the wind waves caused by TD Lowell.
Water temperature 76-87
Air temperature 74-91
Humidity 90%
Wind: S 14 to 20 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 7:04 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:27 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Another week of rain kept most of the boats close to home this week. According to some of the commercial pangas the
yellowtail, dorado and small tuna were still in the same area near Cabo Lazaro but no one was out to fish them.
In the Esteros, the combination of stormy weather and big tides prevented any fishing at all this week.
Bob Hoyt

Water temperature 60 - 77
Air temperature 73 -90
Humidity 100 %
Wind: NW 18 to 24 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:36 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
With the recent rains, the blue water has moved out to the 15 mile mark, with a distinctive weed line defining the separation of
off colored water and the blue water. The demarcation line is also holding game fish.
Martin, on the 35 foot cruiser Nautilus, fished the weed line for this last 5 days straight, averaging at least one 20 pound plus
dorado and 2 sails a day. His 5 day total was 11 sailfish and 6 dorado.
September is usually the wettest month of the year for us, but most of the rain comes at night, with the fleet being able to fish
every day so far. The only problem we had with the weather this week was, due to the heavy outflow from the rivers, the
inshore water was murky. Plus, the waves along the shoreline this week were very high. These two conditions combined for
very tough roosterfish fishing.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 73-93
Humidity 83%
Wind: calm
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:33 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:52 p.m. CDT
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