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| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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Nov 18, 2003; 09:30AM - Venice Louisiana fishing report
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Saturday Nov 15 report...Good day but a rough day early..the pain was worth all the pleasure...Had Roger Del Rio (Incorporated) today for an intended early day. We left the dock at 4:45am because I had to be back for 9 year anniversary dinner in New Orleans at 7pm and they needed to see the LSU game..Made bait fairly quickly then off to points south in search of yellowfin on fly and conventional gear...Trolled baits around until we located the fish..put out two livies and were fighting a double on yellows within five minutes...made a second drift same result..double header..4 for 4 and we hadn't been fishing 30 minutes...picked up two more singles and after batting the order we broke out the fly gear..heck we were out of live bait by 9:45 thanks to our first and last barracuda...Idled over to the bouy and set up for a beam drift but before I could start chumming with the live cockahoes, Roger tossed a white and silver streamer fly out and hooked into a wahoo...after a short fight the fish was grabbed and hoisted into the boat...(by the way he only weighed 2 pounds) - it was a cute fish...he is thinking of having him mounted...replica would be more appropriate. Regrouped and made an attempt at catching tuna by chumming with the minnows and tuna bellies but nothing was doing...worked the same area for another two hours picking up a small blackfin and missing two other larger fish before heading home early... Hoping to get some of pictures posted on our homepage ...Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006
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Nov 17, 2003; 03:41PM - Sooke/Port Renfrew
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: John Wells
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Have you ever given any thought of going to Alaska to fish for Halibut or Trophy salmon ? Well come try Port Renfrew for Trophy Halibut and King salmon. It is only a two hour drive from Victoria BC on paved roads. Port Renfrew offers anglers an opportunity of a life time when it comes to fishing. Halibut & Salmon fishing along Port Renfrew's coast line is by far outstanding. This fishery is filled with excitement and adrenalin for even the most experienced angler. These fish will work you over with non stop action plus fight like their is no tomorrow, well I guess that's true for the fish. We offer outstanding packages for groups of anglers looking to have a great time worry free. Renfrew is a quaint little town of 200 people, more in the summer with all the anglers. We have so many areas to fish you can really never be crowded by other boats. No rod tip to rod tip fishing. Our accommodations is at Fishermen's Guest house located in Beach Camp right in Port Renfrew, five minutes to the boat. This house will accommodate up to 8 anglers, but we have had 16, that was a blast. The house is just for my clients and we do not mix groups, so you have a group of 8 well the house is all yours. Cook those Crabs and BBQ up some of that fish you caught that day on the back porch. Enjoy. We pride ourselves on customer satisfaction.
If are looking to book a trip for your group look us up at Hindsightfishing.com, e-mail me and I will answer any question you may have on fishing here in Port Renfrew. We also fish Sooke from Mid Sept to June 12. Big Halibut in Sooke you bet try booking for March or April 2004. We are taking reservations for the 2004 season in Port Renfrew, it is a short season in Renfrew so avoid disappointment and book early.
I wish you bent rods and blistered palms
John Wells
owner HindSight Charters
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Nov 17, 2003; 01:36PM - 'Fly Hooker' Daily Reports
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
'Fly Hooker' Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#130)
DORADO: SIX KEPT TO #30
BONTIA: BUNCHES
SKIPJACK: MEGA BUNCHES
YELLOWFIN TUNA: FOUR KEPT TO #25, ONE RELEASED
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 9, 2003
John Chinundet and his wife Tanya fished with Juan and his brother Juan today.
John is fishing with us again on the 14th. The action started early and then died off as
a Striped Marlin was spotted early in the trip with the lines in the water for only a very
short time. A live bait was tossed and Tanya got to fight the fish for about 30 minutes
before the fish was brought to the side of the boat for photos and tagging. A very nice
way to start the trip, but the action went downhill from there. Working their way up the
Pacific coast they found fish when they had reached the area inside the Golden Gate
Banks. A few nice Bonita were caught and John had a chance at a good sized Dorado
as well. That was all the shots they were going to get though, and they returned with a
Marlin and a release flag flying. Good job on the fish, Tanya! John has invited me to
go with him on Friday as Tanya is going to be attending conferences this week. Ok, I’m
up for it, and I’ll let you know how it turned out when we get back!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 10, 2003
Roger and Dot Salyer and their son Canyon are fishing the “Fly Hooker” today, and
Juan and Manuel decided to go to the area inside the Golden Gate Banks once again.
It was a good choice as they ended up the day with five Dorado to 30 pounds and
almost a dozen Bonita to 12 pounds. Canyon was the top fisherman for the day,
catching both more and larger fish than anyone else! Thanks for coming back and
fishing with us, we are glad it was a successful trip for you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 11, 2003
Another day that I get to go on the boat! We had two anglers, Skip Smith and Walter
John, plus their guide, our friend Jeff, from “Baja On The Fly”. The wind has been
howling up on the East Cape so they decided to give the fishing here a try. Fly
fishermen are working under a handicap to start with so anything we can do to make
things easier we try and accomplish. With that in mind, we loaded up on the Sardinas
and cruised out in search of fish. Well, we ended up cruising for over two hours before
stopping to work a piece of tree trunk floating in the water. On the way we had spotted
several other pieces of debris, but none of them held any gamefish, just some small
baitfish. On the piece of wood we did stop at, Jeff and I saw a Dorado cut through the
water about 30 yards away, so out went a couple of handfuls of Sardinas and we
waited to see what would happen. It did not take long before a couple of Dorado
showed up and started slashing in on the bait and Walter and Skip started casting.
Walter got the first hook-up and it was short lived as he was standing on the fly line
when the fish struck. A very short run and the leader popped. Shoot! A little while
later he had another hook up and again, the fish popped the leader after a bit longer
run. Finally, after quite a while and a lot of chum, a few new fish moved in and Skip
had a shot. Everything went well for him and we were excited as the Dorado, estimated
at near #30, did a lot of jumping on its long run. For some reason though, the leader
parted about 5 feet from the fly and the fish was lost. Skip did have the chance to feel
the power though! Our chum was gone so we gave the log a few passes with trolled
flies. The first pass resulted in Skip hooking up to a small Yellowfin Tuna of around 8
pounds. He fought it to the boat for a picture and the fish was released. One more
pass resulted in another Yellowfin hook up but this time the fish got away. That was it
for the day as we were running out of time. We tried trolling flies for about an hour,
then picked up and ran in. Thanks guys, it was fun fishing with you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 12, 2003
Taylor, Linda, Jim and Laurie were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today. Jim and
Laurie were supposed to have come down to Cabo with our friend Skip but it was when
we had either Hurricane Marty or Isabelle approaching. Since they live in the Keys,
they decided that they would pass on the trip! No problem, they are here now and
since Taylor and Linda had been looking for someone to share the boat with, it all
worked out. Juan and Manuel went to the Pacific side, looking for the same piece of
wood we had found yesterday. They got lucky and eventually found it, but the fish were
not there in the numbers they had been before, either that or someone else had
already hit it. They did manage to get one Dorado hooked up on live bait and Laurie
was the angler. Not much fish today but at least they got dinner in the boat! The same
group is fishing again tomorrow so we have our fingers crossed that the fishing will
improve for them.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 13 NOVEMBER, 2003
One more day of fishing for Taylor and Linda Toussaint and Jim and Laurie. This
time Juan and Manuel headed up the Pacific coast towards the Golden Gate Banks
and had a little more luck than yesterday. The got into the Bonito and caught a
“BUNCH!” of them, and a little later on found Porpoise that were holding Yellowfin
Tuna. They ended up getting four fish out of the porpoise and the fish ranged in size
from 8 pounds to 25 pounds. Not a bad day on the water and certainly better than
yesterdays fishing! Thanks guys, we are glad you had a good time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 14 NOVEMBER, 2003
Today was the second day of fishing aboard the “Fly Hooker” for John Chinuntdet
and since his wife Tanya could not join him today, he invited me. Yesterday he had
fished out of San Jose on a Panga and had good action on Yellowfin and a Wahoo up
at Punts Gorda. He said that a lot of the guys staying at the Presidente had been
working that area and almost everyone had been getting Wahoo, so off we went! Juan
and his brother Juan started us out at the Chileno area and we worked the coast up to
the Palmilla where we turned out and trolled to and over the inner Gorda Bank. There
were a few boats there but no action happening so we continued on to Punta Gorda.
Arriving in the area we could see about 20 boats drifting around and when we were set
up we started chumming with Sardinas. In no time at all we had fish boiling behind us,
but almost 50 yards away, they just wouldn’t come closer. We could see they were
Yellowfin Tuna of about 20-25 pounds. I drifted a Sardina back until it was in the area
and had a good, solid pickup, but after setting the hook and getting only a short run, the
line was either cut or the knot came undone. Hey, I didn’t tie the knot, all right? We
got more hits then, but everyone of them was a Skipjack or Bonita. Oh, also a
Needlefish in on the chum that did not hook up. About 90 minutes into the chumming,
Juan saw a Dorado behind the boat. John hooked it up on one of his light outfits and
after about ten minutes Juan released the Dorado, about 10 pounds, and we continued
to try. We did not have any other action though, and saw none of the other boats
hooking up to Tuna. Juan got on the radio and said the other captains were reporting
only Skipjack and Bonita, just like us. Apparently there had been a bite, but it was
really early in the morning. We had a bit of a nap on the way back home and I thanked
John for the invitation and told him I just wish the fishing had been better for us. Next
time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2003
Our fly fishing friend and guide Jeff, from “Baja On The Fly” brought two of his clients
to Cabo today, Richard and Julie Laws, from San Francisco. They had tried to fish the
East Cape yesterday but the wind was blowing so hard by 10 am that it was impossible.
Jeff called yesterday and asked how the weather had been down here and I let him
know that we had fished the Cortez side yesterday and it had a bit of a breeze and
there had been some afternoon winds on the Pacific as well. All right, we would do the
best we could. We started out heading almost due south to look for Yellowfin Tuna or
Dorado, even a Marlin, but the wind was blowing hard and the water was too rough for
casting. Julie was not feeling well so we turned the boat around and worked the area
off the lighthouse, looking for Bonita or Skipjack, maybe even Sierra. As long as we
hooked something on the troll we could start chumming and get them behind the boat.
Well, after about an hour the strategy paid off. We hooked something up, tossed
Sardinas out and almost right away had fish boiling behind the boat. To make a long
story short, Dick, Jeff, Juan and myself proceeded to catch over 60 Skipjack between 3
and 10 pounds, releasing all but three of them. The three we kept had been attacked
by Triggerfish and needle fish and we thought we might be able to chunk them later on.
I managed to catch a Triggerfish on the fly and Dick got a 4 foot long needlefish as
well. Also Manuel spotted a Dorado come into the chum and Dick managed to place
his fly perfectly for a good hookup. The Dorado was a very nice sized fish and did a lot
of jumping, stripping a lot of line off the reel. With around 100 yards of line and
backing out the 16 pound tipped finally popped, but at least Dick got to feel the hook up
and runs! Julie finally gave up and taking sympathy on her, Dick agreed on returning
to the Marina. I would like to thank both Dick Laws and Jeff for letting Juan and myself
get in on the long rod action, it was a blast!
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Nov 17, 2003; 01:20PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
'Fly Hooker' Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 9 TO NOVEMBER 15, 2003
WEATHER: It was nice and sunny at the start of the week but we ended up with
overcast skies for most of the weekend. There was a threat of rain that did not
materialize here in Cabo but we could see it falling in the mountains. Our day time
highs were in the low 90’s, up a bit from last week, while our night time lows were
mostly in the very low 70’s. It was a fairly comfortable week all the way around!
WATER: Surface temperatures this week were mostly in the 81 degree range almost
all around. There was a warm water finger pointing at us down south at 30 miles, and
the water there was in the 83 and 84 degree range. On the Sea Of Cortez the wind
was minimal for most of the week, at least until you got to the Punta Gorda area, then it
really kicked in. On the Pacific side we had great surface conditions up until Friday
afternoon, then the wind turned on from the north-west and really raised a commotion.
It seemed to die down a bit on Saturday afternoon.
BAIT: Plenty of Sardinas available this week at the normal $20 a bucket and there
were a few Caballito starting to show up as well. They were the normal $2 each.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Blue Marlin action continues to wind down but there were a few caught this
week. The best area, both for the Blue Marlin and the Striped Marlin, seemed to be
close to town, just within 8 miles of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. For the Blue
Marlin, lures were the ticket and the preferred colors were blue/green and blue/silver.
The Blues were mostly in the #250 range though there were a couple released which
were reported as being in the #500 class. The striped Marlin seemed to prefer live bait
this week and there were quite a few spotted. They were not staying on the surface
long though, you needed to cast to quite a few before you hooked up with a hungry
one. That was tough to do as sighting them was difficult, they were just under the
surface and went down quickly.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were football and school fish out there this week, but the
really big cows were few and far between. 20 miles and more to the south seemed to
be where they were, and it looked like that was around the boundary area where the 81
degree water met the 83 degree water. Most of the fish were caught on lures as they
were moving around pretty fast with the porpoise, but when things got slow, heavy
chumming with Sardinas brought the bite back on. Not everyone got into the fish, but
those that made the trip and were among the first there averaged three or four fish per
boat.
DORADO: There is not much I can say about the Dorado that I have not already said
in each weeks report for the last month. Again, the key to a good catch was finding a
floating piece of debris that held fish. You might see 5 or six pieces of wood over the
course of the day and maybe one of them would hold some fish. If you were lucky, no
one else had found it yet and the fish would be willing to bite! There were Dorado
caught by boats slow trolling live bait just outside the beach area as well, but the fish
were not very large, most of them were reported in the 15 pound range, but I did talk to
one angler who came up with a #40 fish working live bait.
WAHOO: Some decent Wahoo were caught this week and it seemed that they were a
bit more concentrated than normal. Or at least they were in the areas where you would
expect to find them! On the Banks and on the drop-offs the bite was sporadic but there.
One of the hot spots this week was up at Punta Gorda, just a few miles off the beach.
Most of the Pangas working out of La Playita in San Jose were getting at least one fish
a day, up to 90 pounds. The bite was early and on the tide change. Lots of bite-offs on
live bait, most of the fish were fooled with live bait run on very small wire leader.
INSHORE: Inshore action this week picked up just a little bit with a very good bite on
Skipjack and Bonita to 10 pounds. That bite was early and on Sardinas. There were
Sierra reported being caught off the Solmar beach and up north to the lighthouse, but
the fish were small, most of them under three pounds. Scattered Dorado and an
occasional Jack Crevalle kept things interesting.
NOTES: All the tournaments are over for the year, thank goodness, and now we just
have to make it through the holidays. The fishing is slowly improving as the weeks roll
by and we are really hoping for a great Striped Marlin season. I have talked to a few
people who have been fishing up in Mag Bay and the story is “wide open bite on
everything except Striped Marlin”, it appears they have just not come down from up
north yet. That may mean that we will be a little late on the bite this year, but it should
happen really strong when it takes off. Meanwhile, we are hoping the fish that are
making the bite “wide open” up there, move on down to our area! Well, that’s it for this
week. If you get a chance to get a line in the water, go do it! I heard from a friend of
mine that they were catching Yellowfin Tuna 5 miles off the beach at Newport Beach,
Cal., unbelievable! Until next week, tight lines!
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Nov 14, 2003; 09:38PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 11/7/03 - 11/13/03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Condition continue to improve as Sailfish counts rise in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo.. Best single offshore day was turned in by first time angler from France , Mr. Michel who landed 7 SAILFISH while fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 2 with captain Cheva. Mr. Michel also landed 2 ROOSTERFISH, 6 YELLOWTAIL JACKS 1 BIG EYE JACK and several NEEDLEFISH on his one inshore day aboard the Dos Hermanos 2. Returning angler Mr. Jim Paulk fishing aboard the Vamonos 3 with Captain's Chiro and Efraine was not far behind as he landed 4 SAILFISH on his first day offshore Coming in a close third was Pennsylvania Angler Tom Branoff who released 3 SAILFISH and lost two others in one day while fishing aboard the La Bamba. French Angler Mr. Montiel fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 2 found an aggressive school of SAILFISH and managed to land only 3 SAILFISH out of 12 Hook-ups, all in one day. Also from France, Mr. Poquin fishing his first offshore day landed 3 SAILFISH, 1 Bonito and 1 Chula. Returning angler Mr. Sanders fishing aboard the Vamonos 3 landed 2 SAILFISH in one day. The arrival of good numbers of SAILFISH is just in time as this year's annual Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Total Tag & Release Tournament is Scheduled to Kick-off on Monday November 17th. The Inshore fishery continues to build as well but the Roosterfish continue to be difficult to catch. We will provide daily reports from the tournament regarding the fishing conditions and the scoring.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Seasonably beautiful with low humidity
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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Nov 14, 2003; 09:28AM - This week's tuna bite
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Got out twice this week and maybe tomorrow. The tuna have been tricky lately. Had the Jerry and Dorris Purcell Tuesday. They had spent the week down at the campground and with a few inshore guides and left half a cooler for tuna...Daryll and I laughed as they showed us thier 48 qt chest before we left...the goal was a tuna each and maybe something else...got to the spot and within 10 minutes of making bait we had a double - looked like we were going hoke early..the first fish came to the boat easy for Jerry , maybe 5 minutes on a 100 pound fish..it never really made much of a move..Dorris however didn't have it as easy; holding her own with the larger of the two, about 20 minute later Darryl made a good gaff shot on what appeared to be a 120-130 pound yellowfin but the gaff tore out of the fish as it was 1/2 way over the gunnel, which in turn gave way to an eventual and unintentional release..anyway all the commotion attracted a bunch of attention and a previously vacant area turned into a 5 boat sardine can..needless to say the fish never came up and we didn't wait around for them in the log jam for more than an hour...spent the rest of the day looking for one more fish...despite the best effort we could only manage hooking a decent fish on a popper only to pull the hook 10 minutes into the fight...tough day but a fun day...after all the boats left we went back to the G spot and where teased for 2 solid hours by slow rolling yellowfin in the 80-120 pound class...they actually looked like tarpon but they wanted no part of anything we could put in around and on top of them..at one point I pitched a hardtail into 4 of them 10 feet off the bow..I watched them roll in whatever plankton they were feeding on paying no mind to the hardtail that was thrashing wildly between them..I think they might have taken a fly who knows...If I had a harpoon mounted on the bow, I could have taken 3 for sure...probably in one shot..it was the nicest sized school I have seen in a while...tell you where next month...also, they had no fear of the boat either..it was a total tease...50 yellowfin all around and no strikes....the day before went much better..plenty of blackfin..I think we kept 12 plump blacks and bagged two 60 pound yellowfin on Braid murauders..all the fish came of artificial baits as it was too rough to live bait. Actually came in early...We'll see about tomorrow..Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006 - http://www.paradise-outfitters.com
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Nov 13, 2003; 03:00PM - Getting Closer All the TIme
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The run to the fishing grounds is still a long trip, averaging 40 miles, but the distance gets shorter each day. In the last week only 3 of the local fleet were out. Results were fairly good despite the weather which was not very cooperative in the afternoons. The boats fly-fishing were able to raise 44 sails and release 23, and the conventional gear boat released 6 out of 10 in one day. In addition, all the boats had some good action on dorado. Once again this week there was no one out trying the inshore waters, but every time someone does, they have great results with roosters in the 30- to 40-pound class.
If you are headed down to Guatemala, be sure to ask about a half day inshore trip on the day you arrive. You will not be disappointed. At the end of this week the wrap-up event of the 2003 Presidential Challenge will be run in Guatemala, so there will be a lot more boats out and the report next week should be interesting! Guatemala will also host the ILTTA tournament in the spring, March 14 -20, 2004.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 82°-84º
Humidity 84%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility
Sunrise 6:02 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:32 p.m. CST
Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter, Dec.8 Full
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Guatemala trips, go to:
http://www.guatemalafly.com
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy
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Nov 13, 2003; 02:59PM - Hot Zihuatanejo
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: If the full moon is affecting our fishing, I can't wait to see how good it is going to be in another week as the cycle ends. The 82º cobalt blue water is at 9 miles and we are finding fish at 11 miles.
Most every boat fishing conventional gear is averaging about 3 to 4 sailfish a day. Today, fly-fishing client Norman Turgeon of Seattle, Wash., fished with Martin and me on the panga “Isamar.” He hooked two sailfish, both released. We estimated one of the fish at 100 pounds, or perhaps 5- or 10-pounds larger. I wrote 100-pounds and 10-feet long on the tag release card.
About 12 miles south of Zihuatanejo Bay, inshore fishing for jack crevalle has really gotten hot. These fish are averaging 15-pounds and are in huge numbers. We are also still getting very good numbers of 30- to 40-pound roosterfish in the back edge of the surf lines.
Water Temperature 75º-86º
Air Temperature 78°-93º
Humidity 66%
Wind Calm
Conditions Partly Cloudy (FEW) : 10,000 ft
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 6:50 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:10 p.m. CST
Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter, Dec.8 Full
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to:
http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Nov 13, 2003; 02:57PM - A Windy East Cape, Hot Zihuatanejo
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:
PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR IN BAJA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@usa.net; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Thurs., Nov. 13, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (11/06 - 11/13 )
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND IZTAPA, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Skip Smith, Toronto, Ont., Canada, and Walter Johns, from Seattle, Wash., had a couple of good days pitting their flyrod skills against dorado hiding under some flotsam. The golden ones ranged from small to 40 pounds. Toss in a few small tuna and the guys were grinning from ear-to-ear back at the hotel bar. Not bad for a windy week at East Cape.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 78°-84°
Air temperature 77° - 82°
Humidity about 83%
Wind WNW at 8 mph
Conditions clear
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:34 p.m. MST
Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter, Dec.8 Full
o OFFSHORE: A few blues and stripes to go along with the sails still hanging
around. Tuna were a little tougher this week.
o INSHORE: Mooring buoys in front of all the hotels are a good place to look
for small dorado, jacks and, if you are lucky, a small rooster or two.
o BEACH: Ladyfish at Rancho Leonero, jacks and pompano near Punta Colorada.
BILLFISH - Sailfish still the most consistent.
YELLOWFIN TUNA - Slowed down somewhat.
DORADO - Right place, right time can make you smile.
ROOSTERFISH - Pretty tough except for a few small guys.
JACK CREVALLE - Both La Ribera and Punta Colorada.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Same as the tuna . . . stop the wind and they
bite.
PARGO AND CABRILLA - A few of the reefs producing good catches.
SIERRA - They're back.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: By all reports, the outside action slowed way down this week. Yachts began arriving for a tournament this week and I suspect someone will find the herd. Yellowtail are at both the entrada and entrance to Santa Maria Bay closer to Punta Hughes on the north side. Esteros are still on fire for corvina and pompano. Snook continue to be their elusive selves and a few leopard groupers to round out the catch list.
Water Temperature 67°-78°
Air Temperature 67°- 80°
Humidity 82%
Wind NW at 2 mph
Conditions Haze
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 6:31 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:39 p.m. MST
Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter, Dec.8 Full
YELLOWTAIL - Either bay entrance producing good catches under the bird
schools.
CORVINA - Still on the chew, eating practically anything that hits the water.
SNOOK - They are ready to play, are you?
HALIBUT - Flat rascals rule if you have a chartreuse fly.
SIERRA - Under the bird schools in the open water of the bay if you care.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: If the full moon is affecting our fishing, I can't wait to see how good it is going to be in another week as the cycle ends. The 82º cobalt blue water is at 9 miles and we are finding fish at 11 miles.
Most every boat fishing conventional gear is averaging about 3 to 4 sailfish a day. Today, fly-fishing client Norman Turgeon of Seattle, Wash., fished with Martin and me on the panga “Isamar.” He hooked two sailfish, both released. We estimated one of the fish at 100 pounds, or perhaps 5- or 10-pounds larger. I wrote 100-pounds and 10-feet long on the tag release card.
About 12 miles south of Zihuatanejo Bay, inshore fishing for jack crevalle has really gotten hot. These fish are averaging 15-pounds and are in huge numbers. We are also still getting very good numbers of 30- to 40-pound roosterfish in the back edge of the surf lines.
Water Temperature 75º-86º
Air Temperature 78°-93º
Humidity 66%
Wind Calm
Conditions Partly Cloudy (FEW) : 10,000 ft
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 6:50 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:10 p.m. CST
Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter, Dec.8 Full
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to:
http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
IZTAPA, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The run to the fishing grounds is still a long trip, averaging 40 miles, but the distance gets shorter each day. In the last week only 3 of the local fleet were out. Results were fairly good despite the weather which was not very cooperative in the afternoons. The boats fly-fishing were able to raise 44 sails and release 23, and the conventional gear boat released 6 out of 10 in one day. In addition, all the boats had some good action on dorado. Once again this week there was no one out trying the inshore waters, but every time someone does, they have great results with roosters in the 30- to 40-pound class.
If you are headed down to Guatemala, be sure to ask about a half day inshore trip on the day you arrive. You will not be disappointed. At the end of this week the wrap-up event of the 2003 Presidential Challenge will be run in Guatemala, so there will be a lot more boats out and the report next week should be interesting! Guatemala will also host the ILTTA tournament in the spring, March 14 -20, 2004.
Water Temperature 80º-85º
Air Temperature 82°-84º
Humidity 84%
Wind Calm
Conditions Clear
Visibility
Sunrise 6:02 a.m. CST
Sunset 5:32 p.m. CST
Nov. 16 Last Quarter, Nov 23 New, Nov. 30 First Quarter, Dec.8 Full
For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Guatemala trips, go to:
http://www.guatemalafly.com
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy
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Nov 10, 2003; 10:39AM - 'Fly Hooker Daily Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
'Fly Hooker' Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#150)
DORADO: ONE KEPT (#50)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: SIXTEEN KEPT (#5-#35)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2, 2003
We had two guys on the “Fly Hooker” today who were booked by another company
and I cant remember their names, shame on me. They did have a good day fishing,
even if the fish were scattered. They finally found Porpoise that had Yellowfin Tuna
with them and were able to get hooked up to a nice one that Juan said would have
gone an easy #50, but it pulled hook just below the boat. They did get another one
hooked up that weighed right around #20, some nice fillets on that fish! A little later on
they got a blind strike and were hooked up to a Dorado that was right around #50! A
great fight and fillets for dinner! Not a lot of fish today but they were quality ones!
Thanks guys, we are glad you enjoyed fishing with us!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 3, 2003
Terry Matheson was back in Cabo with a group of 18 people and got a few of them to
fish with us today. We had four on our boat and four went on another boat. Juan and
Manuel managed to get into the Tuna today on the Cortez side out toward the 1150
spot. A friend found the fish first and gave them a call. In came the lines and off they
went. The Porpoise were working hard when the boat got there and the rods started
going off, sometimes four lines at once. It was a hectic hour and terry said they could
have filled the boat if they had wanted to, but they caught enough Yellowfin to 35
pounds that they were ready for something else, Marlin perhaps. The rest of the day
was spent in an unsuccessful search for another species. They had a great time and
we sure were glad to know that there were fish out there! Thanks Terry, we look
forward to a repeat!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2003
Yesterday we turned down a charter in order to get the boat ready for the Western
Outdoors Tuna Tournament, we don’t need any problems taking place when there is
big money on the line for our clients. Well, our tournament team is supposed to be
Tom and Ted Pianko, Mark Rangell and Gary Scherping. Tom and Mark are fishing
today, Ted and Gary are supposed to arrive tonight and fish the tournament tomorrow.
Being as this was a day to get used to the area and search out fish, Juan and Manuel
decided to head back to the Cortez side and see if there were still Tuna around where
they had found them a couple of days ago. They went as far as the 1,000 fathom line
up to the northeast of the Gorda Banks and while they did see a few fish break water,
they didn’t get any bites from the Tuna. Mark did get a chance to tangle with a Striped
Marlin that they estimated at #150, and was able to tag and release the fish after about
30 minutes of fighting time. That was it for the day, we sure hope that the Tuna are
biting tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 6, 2003
This was the first day of the Tournament and unfortunately, Ted Pianko was not able
to make it to Cabo. he is an attorney and a judge held him over for court. He is also
the one who arranged everything and was bringing down all the personal gear the team
was to use. He was also the fisherman of the group! What a sad story! Almost like
being in the military! Anyway, Juan and Manuel had heard that there were some nice
fish found yesterday up on the Pacific side of the Cape and decided to head up there
today. Maybe the wrong decision since they found no fish that would bite. They did
see Porpoise and Tuna Jumping, but no takers. The big fish for the day in the
Tournament was #86, second place was #75 and third was #64, not big fish and easily
beat if one of the nice ones had come along. We have our fingers crossed that they do
better tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2003
Tom, Mark and Gary were out again for the second day of the tournament and today
Juan and Manuel decided to go back to the Cortez side, up past the Gordo Banks
again. Juan said that the area they had been fishing on the Pacific side yesterday was
too crowded and the fish were extremely boat shy, wanting to get into fish that did not
have as much pressure put on them, they headed northeast. Wow, 37 miles out! They
did find the fish, but were only able to get one little, tiny, baby Yellowfin to bite. The
fish may have weighed 5 pounds, a perfect live bait for the Bisbee Marlin Tournament,
but not even close to a winner for this one. One of the boats in the tournament was
able to get a big fish and it weighed #176! Should have been us, darn it! Well, it was
quite the experience, and we are sorry that Ted was not able to make it for the fishing.
perhaps next year? Thanks guys!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2002
Once again we were booked by another company and took two guys out on the
“Fly Hooker”. They were supposed to go on another boat, but it had a fresh water
pump go out on one of the engines. These guys brought some of their own gear and
we had Juan’s brother Juan on board, along with Manuel. Juan attached a big Rapalla
to a length of #400 Mono and they used it while fishing. Manuel went up on the Pacific
side, in the vicinity of Golden gate Banks. They only fish they saw and the only strike
they had came on the Rapalla, but the Wahoo it attracted ended up biting through the
#400 mono leader. No fish for the day, but it was nice on the water. We hope you
have better luck on your next trip!
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