10/9/2003 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 Thurs., October 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/03 - 10/09) EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND IZTAPA, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO IN GENERAL: Everyone spent most of the week holding their breath and watching the Weather Channel as Nora and Olaf meandered outside and below the tip of Baja. By this morning (10/9) Nora and Olaf were both history and aside from consistent thunder showers for the past few days, Baja is no worse for wear. The arroyos still have plenty of water in them, but are passable. As for fishing, there’s plenty of tuna and, on the billfish front, sails to keep the few visitors happy. Dorado are still a disappointment even though there is plenty of debris in the water to provide cover. AIR & SEA - Water temperature 78°-86° Air temperature 73° - 91° Humidity about 48% Wind Calm Conditions Clear Visibility 15 miles Sunrise 6:13 a.m. MST Sunset 5:58 p.m. MST Oct.10 Full Oct. 18 Last Quarter Oct 25 New Oct. 31 First Quarter o OFFSHORE: Tuna and sailfish dominated the catch with only a few dorado, blues and stripes. o INSHORE: With off-color water, most of the boats focused on the offshore. o BEACH: Best bet is the edges of the arroyos. BILLFISH - Sailfish are the best bet for now. YELLOWFIN TUNA - Plenty of footballs with a few larger ones mixed in. DORADO - Just don't want to get with the program ROOSTERFISH - Only a few smaller ones at the arroyos. JACK CREVALLE - A few smaller fish. BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Mixed in with the porpoise. PARGO AND CABRILLA - Nada. SIERRA - Haven't heard of any lately. MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Thurs., October 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/03 - 10/09) IN GENERAL: The threat of Nora managed to keep most of the boats inside the bay for most of the week. The threat’s gone just in time as a few trailer boats began to arrive for Fall offshore pileup. Won't be long before the Southern California transiting yachts will begin to arrive. Based on the reports so far, it should be a good season. Back up in the esteros the action has been spotty since few boats have been fishing this week. A few reports of plenty of bait being seen near Devil's Curve. We still have a few slots opened for our Magdalena Bay Estero Sampler call Yvonne for more information 800 919 2252. http://www.bajafly.com/Pudgemag03/ Water Temperature 60°-78° Air Temperature 68°- 82° Humidity 59% Wind NW at 2 mph Conditions Haze Visibility 5 miles Sunrise 6:22 a.m. MST Sunset 6:05 p.m. MST Oct.10 Full Oct. 18 Last Quarter Oct. 25 New Oct. 31 First Quarter YELLOWTAIL - Last report had them under the bird schools outside the entrada. CORVINA - Both the pier and bridge produced good catches. SNOOK - They are here, just need a few anglers. HALIBUT - Still up in the shallows at the sandy beaches. SIERRA - Also at the pier. ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO Thurs., October 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/03 - 10/09) IN GENERAL: Nothing has changed much at all from this past week or two. The 84º blue water is still out about 10 miles, holding lots of bait. We did get a little rain and wind, which made for a couple of days nobody wanted to go out, plus one of those days was an actual port closure. There are very, very few people here and I do not think we had a total of 10 boat days all week. I assume the rooster bite will still be going strong, if we get somebody to fish for them. And, the sailfish action is still holding at 1 to 2 fish per boat per day. Also, a few very nice dorado are holding in the current lines. Water Temperature 75º-91º Air Temperature 77°-90º Humidity 66% Wind WSW at 9 mph Conditions Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 25,000 ft Visibility 10 miles Sunrise 6:37 a.m. CST Sunset 6:28 p.m. CST Oct. 10 Full Oct. 18 Last Quarter Oct 25 New Oct. 31 First Quarter For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo trips, go to: http://www.bajafly.com/Zihuatanejo.htm Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze IZTAPA, GUATEMALA Thurs., October 09, 2003 Report covers the period Sat.-Thurs. (10/03 - 10/09) IN GENERAL: The blue water was only 8 miles out at times last week! There were only two boats that went out and stayed out due to spotty weather. They went 6 of 11 on sails, got 4 dorado, 5 tuna and 2 marlin, which is great given the weather. Hopefully, the blue water will stay in close and the weather will improve so more boats can get out in the coming week. Water Temperature 80º-85º Air Temperature 77°-90º Humidity 69% Wind North at 3 mph Conditions Scattered Clouds (SCT) : 1,800 ft Visibility Sunrise 5:52 a.m. CST Sunset 5:52 p.m. CST Oct. 10 Full Oct. 18 Last Quarter Oct 25 New Oct. 31 First Quarter For more Information on Baja on the Fly's Guatemala trips, go to: http://www.guatemalafly.com Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy