Might As Well Hunt Easter Eggs EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Sat., April 14, 2001 TEMPERATURES: High of 84 with a low of 64. Continued winds from the north for most of the week. STRIPED MARLIN - Even with poor sea conditions, the number of marlin continues to increase. YELLOWFIN TUNA - Fair catches out 16 miles under the porpoise. DORADO - A few sighted with the marlin, but with few bites. ROOSTERFISH - Unsettled conditions still keeping the fish down. JACK CREVALLE - A few fair-sized fish are hanging out in front of the hotels when the wind isn't blowing. BARRILLETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few of the boats found some Punta Colorada to Cabo Pulmo. PARGO AND CABRILLA - Wind stopped us from fishing near shore. .. OFFSHORE: In spite of the windy and rough conditions, the boats that got offshore did reasonably well on marlin, tuna and a few dorado. .. INSHORE: Off-color water and lots of wind kept catching to a bare minimum. .. BEACH: Wind and high surf kept us from fishing the beach most of the week. .. QUICK COMMENT - While it was victory at sea, the offshore was the best bet most of the week. Everything else was brought almost to a standstill by the wind. MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Sat., April 14, 2001 Temperatures: 72-degree high; low 57. Windy and cloudy. TUNA - No one fished this week. YELLOWTAIL - Not much action this week. CORVINA - Find a deep hole in one of the channels and fish it on an outgoing tide using one of Popovic's Jiggies in gray and white. SNOOK - A few fish are being seen moving up onto the shallows to feed. HALIBUT - Best action near Punta Belcher. .. QUICK COMMENT - Cold, cloudy and windy was the report this week and that kept most of the boats on their trailers. Sat. (4/14) morning, the weather seemed to be turning for the better and hopefully things will get back to normal this week.
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