08-09-2003, 04:48 PM
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]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 [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sat., August 09, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (8/6 - 8/8) [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]IN GENERAL: ESPN film crews and big a Money Tournament being held this week were all it took to put the hex on fishing. Our mainstay, yellowfin tuna, moved so far offshore that by the time you found them no one could remember the way home. 252 tournament anglers only accounted for 11 billfish in two days. A few dorado (very few) under the shark buoys at Punta Pescadero rounded out a slow week. The good news is that ESPN went home and the tournament ends today (Sat.) and I promise things will begin to pick up. [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Speaking of better days coming, if you haven't picked up a copy of the Aug./Sept. issue of Saltwater Fly Fishing magazine, you should. There’s a great article "Running Down Roosterfish" by Frank Smethurst featuring East Cape beaches and my personal favorite, big roosters caught from the beach. [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]AIR & SEA -[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Water temperature 79°-86°[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Air temperature 81°-94°[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Humidity about 47%[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Wind SE at 14 mph[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Conditions Partly Cloudy (FEW) : 14,000 ft[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Visibility 15 miles[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunrise 6:52 a.m. MST[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunset 7:55 p.m. MST[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Aug 11 Full Aug. 19 Last Quarter August 27 New Sep. 3 First Quarter[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]· OFFSHORE: Fish scattered from Cerralvo to Las Frailes make it tough on [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]the crews as they seek the holy grail a wide open bite. Few succeeded.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]· INSHORE: Even our mainstay got grumpy this week, only yielding a few pargo, ladyfish and, you know it is slow, triggerfish. We promise better times coming.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]· BEACH: Ladyfish put on a show in front of Buena Vista Beach Hotel providing plenty of entertainment early morning and late evening.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]BILLFISH - More spotted than caught; there’s not much bait to hold them.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]YELLOWFIN TUNA - Sixty miles-plus for a football seems excessive.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]DORADO - Right shark buoy and the
s come back[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]ROOSTERFISH - Found a few in front of Rancho Leonero with lockjaw.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]JACK CREVALLE - A few smaller ones at Punta Colorada.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few schools sighted near the Tuna Slide.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]PARGO AND CABRILLA - A few here and there[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]SIERRA - Still around if you can find some clean water.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sat., August 09, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (8/6 - 8/8) [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]IN GENERAL: The entrada (entrance) has produced good action for firecracker yellows all week under the bird schools. Mixed in are some skipjack and bonito that can't sort out the difference between a baitfish and a Baja Deep Diver. Stop by Belchers on the way home and fish the shallows for the halibut. Tired of yellows and halibut? Go pound the channel at Devil's Curve you may get lucky and snake out a snook if the corvina leave you alone long enough[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Water Temperature 67°-73°[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Air Temperature 70°-92°[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Humidity 84%[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Wind Calm[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Conditions Clear[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Visibility 3 miles[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MDST[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunset 8:06 p.m. MDST[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Aug 11 Full Aug. 19 Last Quarter August 27 New Sep. 3 First Quarter[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]YELLOWTAIL - Snap! Crackle! Pop! Firecrackers at the entrada.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]CORVINA - Not wide open, but plenty good.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]SNOOK - They are here where. Are you?[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]HALIBUT - Try Belcher's in three foot of water on the north side on the point.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]SIERRA - If you lost your fly you either had a bad knot or found 'em.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Please note the date. We are only providing weekly (not twice a week) reports for this area.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Saturday, August 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sun.-Fri. (8/02 - 8/08)[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]IN GENERAL: The action here in Zihuatanejo is basically a carbon copy of the [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]last two weeks. [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]We have a lot of bonito just 6-8 miles offshore and the blue marlin have been in the area feasting on this bait source. Most of the marlin are running on the small side with the average only being about 180 pounds. At least 3 boats in 10 are hooking a blue every day. [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Two to three hookups per day per boat is the average for the sailfish.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Inshore, the roosterfish action is staying very consistent, with a lot of fish in the 30- to 40-pound range being released.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Water Temperature 75º-90º[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Air Temperature 77°-91º[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Humidity 100%[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Wind Calm[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Conditions Overcast (OVC) : 25,000 ft[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Visibility 10 miles[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunrise 7:27 a.m. CDST[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunset 8:15 p.m. CDST[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Aug 11 Full Aug. 19 Last Quarter August 27 New Sep. 3 First Quarter[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to: [/font][/size]
[url "http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm"][font "Times New Roman"][#800080][size 3]http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm[/size][/#800080][/font][/url][size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]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 [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sat., August 09, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (8/6 - 8/8) [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]IN GENERAL: ESPN film crews and big a Money Tournament being held this week were all it took to put the hex on fishing. Our mainstay, yellowfin tuna, moved so far offshore that by the time you found them no one could remember the way home. 252 tournament anglers only accounted for 11 billfish in two days. A few dorado (very few) under the shark buoys at Punta Pescadero rounded out a slow week. The good news is that ESPN went home and the tournament ends today (Sat.) and I promise things will begin to pick up. [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Speaking of better days coming, if you haven't picked up a copy of the Aug./Sept. issue of Saltwater Fly Fishing magazine, you should. There’s a great article "Running Down Roosterfish" by Frank Smethurst featuring East Cape beaches and my personal favorite, big roosters caught from the beach. [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]AIR & SEA -[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Water temperature 79°-86°[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Air temperature 81°-94°[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Humidity about 47%[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Wind SE at 14 mph[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Conditions Partly Cloudy (FEW) : 14,000 ft[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Visibility 15 miles[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunrise 6:52 a.m. MST[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunset 7:55 p.m. MST[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Aug 11 Full Aug. 19 Last Quarter August 27 New Sep. 3 First Quarter[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]· OFFSHORE: Fish scattered from Cerralvo to Las Frailes make it tough on [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]the crews as they seek the holy grail a wide open bite. Few succeeded.[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]· INSHORE: Even our mainstay got grumpy this week, only yielding a few pargo, ladyfish and, you know it is slow, triggerfish. We promise better times coming.[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]· BEACH: Ladyfish put on a show in front of Buena Vista Beach Hotel providing plenty of entertainment early morning and late evening.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]BILLFISH - More spotted than caught; there’s not much bait to hold them.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]YELLOWFIN TUNA - Sixty miles-plus for a football seems excessive.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]DORADO - Right shark buoy and the
s come back[/font][/size] [size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]ROOSTERFISH - Found a few in front of Rancho Leonero with lockjaw.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]JACK CREVALLE - A few smaller ones at Punta Colorada.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few schools sighted near the Tuna Slide.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]PARGO AND CABRILLA - A few here and there[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]SIERRA - Still around if you can find some clean water.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sat., August 09, 2003 Report covers the period Wed.-Fri. (8/6 - 8/8) [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]IN GENERAL: The entrada (entrance) has produced good action for firecracker yellows all week under the bird schools. Mixed in are some skipjack and bonito that can't sort out the difference between a baitfish and a Baja Deep Diver. Stop by Belchers on the way home and fish the shallows for the halibut. Tired of yellows and halibut? Go pound the channel at Devil's Curve you may get lucky and snake out a snook if the corvina leave you alone long enough[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Water Temperature 67°-73°[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Air Temperature 70°-92°[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Humidity 84%[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Wind Calm[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Conditions Clear[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Visibility 3 miles[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MDST[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunset 8:06 p.m. MDST[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Aug 11 Full Aug. 19 Last Quarter August 27 New Sep. 3 First Quarter[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]YELLOWTAIL - Snap! Crackle! Pop! Firecrackers at the entrada.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]CORVINA - Not wide open, but plenty good.[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]SNOOK - They are here where. Are you?[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]HALIBUT - Try Belcher's in three foot of water on the north side on the point.[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]SIERRA - If you lost your fly you either had a bad knot or found 'em.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Please note the date. We are only providing weekly (not twice a week) reports for this area.[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Saturday, August 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sun.-Fri. (8/02 - 8/08)[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]IN GENERAL: The action here in Zihuatanejo is basically a carbon copy of the [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]last two weeks. [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]We have a lot of bonito just 6-8 miles offshore and the blue marlin have been in the area feasting on this bait source. Most of the marlin are running on the small side with the average only being about 180 pounds. At least 3 boats in 10 are hooking a blue every day. [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Two to three hookups per day per boat is the average for the sailfish.[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Inshore, the roosterfish action is staying very consistent, with a lot of fish in the 30- to 40-pound range being released.[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Water Temperature 75º-90º[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Air Temperature 77°-91º[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Humidity 100%[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Wind Calm[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Conditions Overcast (OVC) : 25,000 ft[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Visibility 10 miles[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunrise 7:27 a.m. CDST[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Sunset 8:15 p.m. CDST[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Aug 11 Full Aug. 19 Last Quarter August 27 New Sep. 3 First Quarter[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to: [/font][/size]
[url "http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm"][font "Times New Roman"][#800080][size 3]http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm[/size][/#800080][/font][/url][size 3][font "Times New Roman"] [/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze[/font][/size]
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