August Should be a Bonanaza EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Wed., July 18, 2001 TEMPERATURES: High of 91 with a low of 79. Strong winds in the afternoon. STRIPED MARLIN - Some boats coming in with multiple releases. YELLOWFIN TUNA - Pretty good pop in front of La Ribera just a few miles off the beach. Must have been 70 boats on Tues. and it looks about the same this morning. Several quality fish in the 50 pound range. DORADO - Few being found early morning around the shark buoys. Larger fish found in open water. ROOSTERFISH - Good inshore action continues early morning and mid-afternoon. JACK CREVALLE - The bigger fish returned this week. BARRILLETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Best action up at Cerralvo. PARGO AND CABRILLA - Reef in front of Hotel Rancho Leonero producing good catches. .. OFFSHORE: Stripers and sails dominate the counts with only one or two blues reported each day. Best action was 17 miles out from Punta Arena on Mon. .. INSHORE: Tuna close in front of La Ribera, roosters in front of Rancho Leonero and Buenavista Beach Resort kept everybody happy this week. .. BEACH: Bigger roosters and the large jacks reappeared this week. La Ribera produced the best action yesterday. .. QUICK COMMENT - Frank Deverse, from Glenbrook, Nev., using one of our chartreuse see-through deceivers, landed five different species on the fly and hasn't lost it yet. So far he has caught tuna, skipjack, dorado, rooster and green jack on the thing and is back out today to see what else he can add to his list. Jim Ridgeway, Washington State, on an ATV beach trip yesterday, had a number of shots at large roosters (up to 50 pounds). They chased his fly right up to the rod tip, but wouldn't take the blasted thing. Guide Chris Sorenson did mange to capture the whole thing on film and thinks it will be one of his best photos of the season. See our new feature Catch of the Week. http://www.bajafly.com/weeklycatch.html MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Wed., July 18, 2001 Temperatures: 84-degree high; low 68. Overcast with some rain. MARLIN - A few here and there. DORADO - As the water warms up, the fish are starting to come into the area; several reported caught this week. TUNA - Few reported. YELLOWTAIL - A few reported on the Thetis Bank and under kelp paddies. CORVINA - The bite continues at a good pace. SNOOK - Best action at the south end of the bay HALIBUT - Not much this week. .. QUICK COMMENT – 71 to 72 degree water is starting to draw in some of the offshore types including marlin and dorado into the area. Inside the bay, the snook action continues to be best down in Almejas Bay with several fish in the 10-pound class reported. Closer to San Carlos, corvina, grouper and pompano provided the best action.