Billfish in the Spotlight EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Wed., May 23, 2001 TEMPERATURES: High of 88 with a low of 74 with some wind on Mon., but back to little on Tues. STRIPED MARLIN - Plenty on the Eighty Eight as well as in front of La Ribera. A few blues and lots of sailfish. YELLOWFIN TUNA - Cabo Pulmo producing fair catches, but mostly down deep and not good for the fly-fisher. DORADO - Most of the sargasso has drifted away and now the dorado are predominantly singles. The Eighty-Eight is producing some of the larger variety, up to 50 pounds. ROOSTERFISH - Some quality fish in front of both hotels early morning. JACK CREVALLE - Good catches continue from both the pontoon boat and the shore. BARRILLETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few scattered everywhere. PARGO AND CABRILLA - Found a decent bite at Las Frailes near the rocks several days ago. .. OFFSHORE: Plenty of fish, but still not as aggressive as they should be. While it is a long boat ride, the Eighty Eight is the hot spot for the moment. .. INSHORE: Early morning in front of the Buena Vista Beach Hotel continues to be good, but the pressure from the boats has slowed things down a bit. .. BEACH: La Ribera continues to hold lots of sardinia and the afternoons have been great. .. QUICK COMMENT - The inshore has definitely slowed down in the last few days. Lots of off-color water probably has something to do with it. We’re still catching roosters, jacks, ladyfish and a few sierra in front of the Buena Vista Beach Hotel early in the morning. Offshore, the billfish have been the big news and Ray Barker Smith on his last day before departing for his home on England’s shores managed to land a striped marlin on the fly using one of our blue and white Billfish Babies that he helped develop at Magdalena Bay. See our new feature Catch of the Week http://www.bajafly.com/weeklycatch.htm MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Wed., May 23, 2001 Temperatures: 78-degree high; low in the mid 60's. Fair skies with strong wind in the afternoon. TUNA - No catches reported. YELLOWTAIL - Pretty slow. CORVINA - A few being found on the deep sides of the esteros. SNOOK - Not much to report. HALIBUT - A few here and there. .. QUICK COMMENT - Wind, wind and more wind this week slowed the action down to a standstill.