EAST CAPE AND MAGDALENA BAY FISHING CONDITIONS REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY: PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR IN BAJA - THE ONLY ORVIS EXPEDITION COMPANY IN BAJA - Wed., June 19, 2002 EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO IN GENERAL: Beach action ranged from great to fair depending on where you were and what turned you on. Don Sloan and I have had a great time catching bonefish (yes, bonefish again!) on our 5-weights. Also mixed in were a few roosters and jacks to 15-pounds. My Baja Deep Diver in chartreuse fooled them all. The trick was a slow retrieve right along the bottom for the bonefish as well as the jacks and roosters. I can't believe the number of fly-rodders we saw up and down the beach. They were packing everything from 8-weights to spey rods and lots of different techniques. We didn’t see a lot of hookups, but it was fun to watch. AIR & SEA - Little wind until yesterday (6/18) and then it blew out of the east in the midday, then settled right back down. Hi 88° Lo 73° Wind: Moderate easterly winds midday Humidity: 78% Visibility: 15 Water Temps 79-84 . OFFSHORE: Fair action offshore for dorado and billfish. I noticed lots of cruisers back inside sporting billfish flags and fishing for roosters and jacks. . INSHORE: Still seeing a few dorado in close to shore as well as a good showing of roosters and jacks. The skipjack are still around with a few small yellowfin tuna mixed in. BEACH: Hey, Hey, Hey! Take your pick: bonefish, jacks, roosters, small pompano. Fish early for bones, maybe a bonus rooster or jack and then head on out to Punta Arena and try to hook one of the really big roosters. BILLFISH - Blues, stripes and a few sails shouldn’t disappoint. YELLOWFIN TUNA - Speaking of disappointment . . . DORADO - Mostly the larger variety, however if you find the right floating object you might be in for a wide open bite. ROOSTERFISH - This week’s menu features Big Guys & Little Guys. What are you up for? Or, more importantly, what kind of tackle did you bring? JACK CREVALLE - Here come the jacks from a few pounds to 30 and ready to fight! BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Pretty much everywhere a few miles offshore, I could even see large schools from the beach near the lighthouse yesterday. PARGO AND CABRILLA - All the rock reefs holding a few smaller ones. SIERRA - Bait receiver at Punta Colorado is where I would look or the receiver in front of Palmas de Cortez. Catch of the Week Photo: http://www.bajafly.com/weeklycatch.htm MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Wed., June 19, 2002 IN GENERAL: So much for waking up as we’d predicted in the last report! This is the slowest start since I started doing reports. The Mexican Government did double the sardine quota this year. I wonder . . . ? We had scheduled Larry Kenny of Saltwater Fly Fishing magazine for this week and aborted at the last minute because of a lack of fish. We are going to wait until Jan. when it is always good, that is assuming that the outdoor writer curse doesn’t kick in then as well. AIR & SEA: COLD, COLD, COLD! Air Temperature 60 - 72 Water Temperature 60 - 66. YELLOWTAIL - One boat went outside looking for them and came back with two three pound fish, wow. CORVINA - They are back and biting, if you can call it that. One boat racked up an impressive score of two in a hard day of fishing and even using bait. SNOOK - With the warmer water showing up get ready. Almejas Bay is my bet. HALIBUT – Even the flatties didn't bite this week. SIERRA – Let’s focus on the yellowtail. Catch of the Week Photo: http://www.bajafly.com/weeklycatchmagbay.htm