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Fishing Reports
Zihuatanejo Roosters are Crowing
August 07, 2004
Posted by Baja on the Fly
Contact: Gary Graham
Email: bajafly@usa.net
URL: http://www.bajafly.com
Current Report
IN GENERAL: The 80º plus
blue water is still holding
only a mile off the beach.
Most species are biting, with
the exception of the blue
marlin (the water is too
warm), and dorado. The dorado
are missing because the
rainfall this last few weeks
has been below normal and we
have not had much debris
washed out of the rivers to
hold them.
Most every boat fishing the
blue water is averaging
between 2 and 3 sailfish per
day. Plus, the added bonus of
school-sized yellowfin tuna
that are only out 10 miles,
and are biting.
Inshore, there are a lot of
jack crevalle; and light line
anglers have been scoring up
to 50 a day on these hard
fighting fish.
The big news is still just
off the surf line with the
roosterfish action. The bite
is fantastic, and has been
holding up for several weeks
now. We expect this action to
continue on into Dec. It
should really make for a
great "Jacks or Better Fly
Fishing Tournament" Oct. 7-10
for Baja on the Fly. Contact
Gary or Yvonne if you want to
know more about this first
ever (and IGFA approved)
tournament.
http://www.bajafly.com/jacksor
better.htm
Adolpho, on the panga ÂDos
Hermanos caught 6 roosters
for his clients yesterday,
between 35 and 45 pounds. But
the one they did not get was
the real story. They were
using a surface popper on
spinning gear, casting into
breaking bait, with birds
diving and roosters crashing
the surface. One cast was
laid over the wing of a
pelican. Naturally, the
pelican was startled and flew
off, but he wrapped the line
by making a turn and heading
in another direction. What
happened was incredible! The
pelican flew a few feet off
the water and was "trolling"
the popper. Up to 5 different
roosters grabbed the popper,
dragged the pelican back down
to the water, and then came
unbuttoned . . . to just
start the process all over
again. That was one very
confused bird!
It must have been a hell of a
sight, and where is a video
camera when you need it?
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 80-87
Humidity 62%
Wind WSW 6 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:26 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:16 p.m. CDT
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15
New, August 23 First Quarter,
August 29, Full,
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo
report by Ed Kunze
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