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Fishing Reports
East Cape Hotter than Hot 6/26
June 26, 2004
Posted by Baja on the Fly
Contact: Gary Graham
Email: bajafly@usa.net
URL: http://www.bajafly.com
Current Report
IN GENERAL: Tuna are still
slurping up flies like kids
eating peanuts at a baseball
game. Dorado, within a few
miles of the hotel, changed
the focus for the fly-guys as
they would slide up on a
shark buoy, toss a bit of
chum and have the Sea of
Cortez explode into colors of
neon blue and gold as dorado
chased down every single free
swimming sardina not to
mention almost every fly that
hit the water. The Mike Croft
group, from up the coast in
Seattle, dedicated fly-
fishers, had quite a tale to
tell their Pacific Northwest
friends. They caught over
100 dorado one day and went
back out the next morning and
doubled the count. Mike and a
buddy caught in excess of 40
dorado one day.
Roosters were another story.
There were plenty of hookups
and stories of 200 yard runs
and broken tippets. Breakfast
on their last morning they
were lined up to purchase one
of the Rasta flies that I
brought down this trip.
I even had a few personal
beach stories. One Bubba
chased my fly, creating a
wall of water as he charged,
only to have a dink (10-
pounds) streak in and grab
the fly at the last second
literally right from the
mouth of Big Brother. Hot
weather . . . hot
fishing . . .Baja
Summer . . . I love it!
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 70-84
Air temperature 80-90
Humidity about 64%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:35 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:09 p.m. MDT
July 2, Full, July 9 Last
Quarter, July 17 New, July 27
First Quarter
+ OFFSHORE: Blue marlin,
striped marlin, sailfish,
tuna, dorado and all within
25 miles.
+ INSHORE: Plenty to look
at jacks, roosters, pompano
cruising close to shore, all
the reefs holding a plethora
of fish that have me reaching
for my fish ID book, even saw
a couple of parrot fish this
week.
+ BEACH: Not a question of
shots, more a question of how
long your arm will hold out
before you find the willing
one. In a two hour period the
other day we had 36 shots on
Rooster alley and we were the
only ones on the beach.
BILLFISH Â The summer blue
bite has begun. Do you dare
throw a Billfish Baby at one
of these monsters? Go
ahead . . . no guts, no glory.
YELLOWFIN TUNA Â Porpoise
schools close and tuna
boiling behind in the hot
Baja sun.
DORADO Â Shark buoys holding
and the fish looking for just
the right fly to land in
their neighborhood.
ROOSTERFISH\JACK CREVALLE Â
Rooster alley best bet early,
Bartle Beach when the sun
climbs a little higher and
the lighthouse for Bubba
class roosters and toros.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN
SKIPJACK Â Still around, but
way down the list as a
targeted species
PARGO AND CABRILLA Â Rocky
points as the sun falls
behind the mountain seem to
be the best time.
SIERRA Â Still grabbing a fly
every now and then.
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