East Cape: Right Place…Right Time REPORT #971. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996 East Cape http://www.bajafly.com/Newsletter/fatty.gif http://www.bajafly.com/Newsletter/bluemarlin.gif This was another cookie cutter week of nice (hot) weather and fishing to match. Billfish including stripes, blues and sails, kept everyone staring intently at the teasers to see what would show up next. Still a good tuna show under the porpoise and if you held your mouth just right and were in the right place at the right time, there were a few fat dorado to be found. While not tons of Bubba sightings those with the patience to wait for one to come along were getting a few shots. While waiting, ladyfish, pompano and an occasional jack crevalle could be found meandering down the beach looking for a free meal. August at East Cape is not a bad place to be. Baja on the Fly Water temperature 73-88 Air temperature 80-102 Humidity 41% Wind: Calm. PM Breeze Conditions: Scattered Clouds 22000 ft Visibility 15 miles Sunrise 6:53 a.m. MDT Sunset 7:53 p.m. MDT Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico http://www.bajafly.com/Newsletter/grouper.gif Diana Hoyt, of Magbay Outfitters, reported the fishing outside Boca de Soledad is great, with yellowfin tuna and dorado continuing to be found just a few miles offshore. The boats making the trip to the Thetis Bank reported a few marlin, lots of YFT’s and yellowtail as well. The shark buoys out to twenty miles west from the Entrada were holding good sized schools of dorado. With the offshore action continuing to pick up, few chose to fish inside the Esteros. Still plenty of corvina along with a few pargo and grouper landed at Devils Curve. Water temperature 62-76 Air temperature 74-84 Humidity 43% Wind: WNW 20 mph Conditions: Clear Visibility 5 miles Sunrise 6:56 a.m. MDT Sunset 8:07 p.m. MDT Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico http://www.bajafly.com/Newsletter/jackwb.gif The blue water is only a mile off the beach, but it sure has warmed up. When I reached in the live well to get a bait for the kite fishing we were doing for the roosters and jacks, it felt like bath water. The http://terrafin.com Satellite Surface Temperature photos show the cooler inshore water at 84º, with the offshore at almost 88º. Mid-week, Riley Wilcox of Missoula, Montana fly fished with me for roosters and jacks. The needle fish literally took practically all the kite baits we had, and we ended up chasing the birds and schools of huge jack crevalle. The jacks were averaging about 18 pounds, and were crashing on acres of bait. The jacks were everywhere. This was sight casting at its best. The only problem was avoiding the birds, which was very difficult to do. We ended up with a couple of pelicans released unharmed also. John Miller and his two sons, of Woodland Texas, fished with Cheva on the panga “Dos Hermanos II”. They released two sailfish (about the average), and lost a third after it threw the hook a few minutes into the fight. The marlin and sailfish zone is only a scant 8 to 10 miles off the beach. Adolpho, on the panga, “Dos Hermanos”, got a 70 pound roosterfish for his client. Using medium action spinning gear and a popper, it took over two hours to get the big fish to the boat. Ed Kunze Water temperature 80 - 84 Air temperature 80 - 91 Humidity 64% Wind: 7 mph Conditions: Thunderstorm Visibility 10 miles Sunrise 7:27 a.m. CDT Sunset 8:13 p.m. CDT San Jose, Guatemala http://www.bajafly.com/Newsletter/doradosam.gif Only a few boats ventured out this week and found only a few sailfish and dorado due to the runoff caused by the rains. One boat out on Friday released a 450lb. marlin, and caught 20 yellow-fin tuna and two wahoo. Les Kagel and Carlos Morales Water temperature 78 - 82 Air temperature 82- 84 Humidity 62% Wind: SSE 7 mph Conditions: Thunder Storms Visibility 7 miles Sunrise 5:49 a.m. CST Sunset 6:26 p.m. CST For additional information: [email protected] USA toll-free (800) 919-2252 or 760/746-7260; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373