Singing the Blues - Blue Marlin, That Is EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Sat., August 04, 2001 TEMPERATURES: High of 94 with a low of 80. Some wind Fri. afternoon. STRIPED MARLIN - Off of Punta Arena to Los Friales between four to 10 miles producing fair action. YELLOWFIN TUNA - Below and outside of Las Frailes produced the best action under the porpoise. DORADO Mainly larger fish in open water with only a few found under the shark buoys. ROOSTERFISH - Best early morning and mid afternoon in front of La Ribera and Buenavista Beach Resort. JACK CREVALLE - Only a few spotted this week. BARRILLETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Slow. PARGO AND CABRILLA - A few showed up in the counts at several hotels. .. OFFSHORE: Blue marlin action was hit or miss. If you were in the right place at the right time, several boats reported fair action in front of Punta Pescadero. There are some quality dorado in open water. .. INSHORE: Roosterfish, jacks and sierra were the best bet for the inshore crowd. .. BEACH: Some dirty water slowed action down slightly, but it is still pretty awesome. .. QUICK COMMENT - Spent yesterday teasing up blue marlin and the action was fair. We raised several fish and the client had shots, but didn't connect. However, we hooked the mother of all dorado. This fish cleared the water by at least 15 feet and did it twice. I believe the fish would have gone over 60 pounds, but we will never know because he just kept leaping off into the sunset. See our Catch of the Week. http://www.bajafly.com/weeklycatch.html MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Sat., August 04, 2001 Temperatures: 80-degree high; low 68. After a week of picture perfect weather the wind began to blow Fri. and brought some clouds with it. MARLIN - Several fair sized groups seen near Thetis Bank by the commercial fisherman. DORADO - 240 degrees 25 miles under the shark buoys is the best bet. TUNA - Still little to report. YELLOWTAIL - Some quality fish caught at Thetis Bank; some reported as large as 20 pounds CORVINA - Slowed down somewhat this week. SNOOK - Several large ones caught inside of Punta Redondo. HALIBUT - Out near the entrada there seems to be a concentration feeding on red crabs. .. QUICK COMMENT – OK, so how large to the snook get in Magdalena Bay? I saw one caught by a commercial fisherman that had to be at least 40 pounds. Sooner or later if the commercials leave a few we will get one like that on the fly!