REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY: PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR IN BAJA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: [email protected]; USA toll-free (800) 919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373 Sat., June 07, 2003. Report covers the period Wed.-Fri.. (6/04-6/6) EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY AND ZIHUATANEJO CONDITIONS EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO IN GENERAL: Sam and Lyra Talarico, Mohnton, PA, just finished a two week photo shoot and when the scales cleared they were headed home with fifty some- odd rolls of exposed film. He has topwater and underwater shots of everything from striped marlin to bonefish including Greg Pike’s, (Coeur d’Alene, ID) nice twenty pound rooster landed from the beach taken on a “Chivo Lisa” pattern. This pattern was created by one of our guides, Lance Peterson, and has been one of our best producing rooster flies. http://www.bajafly.com/pikesml.gif Mark Harpin, Norco CA had a tuna-bonanza Friday when he and a friend landed over twenty tuna on the fly. In between the tuna they also found a few dorado and even a striped marlin that couldn’t resist a See Thru Deceiver that swam by. All in all this week’s fishing was what East Cape is all about. Beach, Inshore, Offshore, take your pick they all had their moments. AIR & SEA - Water temperature 74°-82° Air temperature 72°-82° Humidity about 25% Wind Calm in the morning and strong winds midday Conditions Clear Visibility 12 miles Sunrise 6:32 a.m. MST Sunset 8:03 p.m. MST June 7 First Quarter June 14 Full June 21 Last Quarter June 29 New · OFFSHORE: Tuna, tuna, tuna and not far off. · INSHORE: Roosters and pompano from the lighthouse to La Ribera. · BEACH: Lots of shots at quality fish with enough catches to keep your interest up. Jane, from Seattle, hooked a small bonefish from the beach yesterday only to have a rooster with dorsal exposed a foot above the surface charge in and grab the hapless bonefish and head for Mazatlan with it. BILLFISH – Striper count up, more sailfish, first blue of the season. Here comes summer. YELLOWFIN TUNA – The footballs are growing up and there are plenty of them. DORADO - Big rascals, just not many. ROOSTERFISH – If you don’t have a sore arm by the end of the day you aren’t paying attention JACK CREVALLE – Seeing a few with a severe case of lockjaw. BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Good show outside of La Ribera. PARGO AND CABRILLA – Seeing a few swimming close to the bottom on the long sandy beaches. SIERRA – Still a few at Punta Area, so much for being a winter fish. MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Sat., June 07, 2003. Report covers the period Wed.-Fri.. (6/04-6/6) IN GENERAL: The Entrada is continuing to produce some mystery bites that keep breaking everyone off. Also, a few yellows under the bird schools keep boats racing to and fro. The halibut bite in skinny water near Punta Belcher is still going on with multiple catches of flat rascals to ten pounds. Esteros yielded good catches of corvina, a few grouper, cabrilla and pompano. Outside 240 degrees fifteen miles some large tuna were found but few have tried to get there because of high seas. Water Temperature 60°-66° Air Temperature 61°-75° Humidity 87% Wind Calm Conditions Scattered Clouds Visibility 3 miles Sunrise 6:36 a.m. MDST Sunset 8:14 p.m. MDST June 7 First Quarter June 14 Full June 21 Last Quarter June 29 New YELLOWTAIL – Look for the bird schools, you may get a bonus white sea bass CORVINA – Devil’s Curve, Power Plant and Pier all producing good catches. SNOOK – Pretty slow this week HALIBUT – Full speed at Punta Belcher. SIERRA - Quiet for now. ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO Please note the date. We are only providing weekly (not twice a week) reports for this area. Sat., June 07, 2003. Report covers the period Wed.-Fri.. (6/04-6/6) IN GENERAL: Quality fishing is still the rule. The sailfish are not being caught in the numbers we have had the last couple of weeks, but there are not many tourists fishing either. The entire fleet only consists of about 10 boats a day going out. Captain Mecate on the cruiser Aqua Azul had a great two days on the water. The first day he hooked and landed an estimated 250 pound blue marlin and lost another. The second day, he hooked and landed a 300 pound blue. All three fish were hooked by slow trolling a live bonito. The second day fish was taken only two miles off the beach. Fly fishing client Rand Bergstrom of the Twin Falls, ID area fished with me on the panga Gitana. We took 8 school sized tuna. Six came on the troll, but two of the nicer fish were taken on my 16/17 wt Cam Sigler rod and Ross Big 8 reel. The inshore jack crevalle action has been outstanding. A few more roosters are being taken, but again, there are not many people fishing. Ed Kunze Water Temperature 75º-80º Air Temperature 77°-87º Humidity 79% Wind Calm Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 25000 ft Visibility 8 miles Sunrise 7:10 a.m. CDST Sunset 8:19 p.m. CDST June 7 First Quarter June 14 Full June 21 Last Quarter June 29 New For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to: http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm -- Zihuatanejo Report by Baja on the Fly's Ed Kunze