EAST CAPE AND MAGDALENA BAY FISHING CONDITIONS Wed., Jan. 23, 2002 EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO IN GENERAL: Beach fishing can be good when the wind quits. Don Sloan, fishing between Rancho Leonero and La Ribera, managed to land two jacks to 10 pounds and 4 halibut and lost two more. All took small See Through Deceivers in a couple of hours midday. The next day, the wind picked up and wind waves prevented him from going back. Yvonne and I are out of here early this morning on our way to Denver for the International Sportsman’s Exposition (ISE) Show and are looking forward to seeing our Colorado friends. .. OFFSHORE: Still tough. .. INSHORE: Early morning for dorado if you can spot them working around shark buoys or floating debris. .. BEACH: Best bet is the jacks on a outgoing tide AIR & SEA: Pleasant daytime temperatures with cooler evenings. Wind is the issue and we've given up trying to predict anything. BILLFISH - Maybe next month. YELLOWFIN TUNA - Stick with Punta Pescadero and use a 350 grain shooting head to get down in the water column where school tuna are hanging out. Try a chartreuse Baja Deep Diver and a slow retrieve. DORADO - Shark buoys the best. ROOSTERFISH - Pretty scarce but every once and while one shows up so close toshore you can almost kiss it. JACK CREVALLE - Good when the wind quits. BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few here and there. PARGO AND CABRILLA - When the sierra quit, try the rocky points with a small chartreuse Clouser. SIERRA - Use a wire tippet both from the beach and inshore. FISH TALES: There's an excellent story about the East Cape by Larry Kenney, great photos by Brian O'Keefe and a dandy cover photo of Judith O'Keefe with a fine rooster in the Feb. issue of Saltwater Fly Fishing magazine. Catch of the Week Photo: http://www.bajafly.com/weeklycatch.html MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Wed., Jan. 23, 2002 .. IN GENERAL: One panga tried the entrada for yellowtail and found that they had disappeared. Not to be discouraged, they took advantage of the nice weather and went exploring out to five miles and found both tuna to 30 pounds and a large school of dorado. Inshore, the corvina continued to be the best action. Last week I caught a fish that looked a lot like a Pacific permit and I sent off photos to have it identified by a marine biologist. I am still waiting for an answer, but when I hear I’ll report it. AIR & SEA: Nice weather with some wind causing rough conditions in the bay. MARLIN - None. DORADO - Nice pop in front of the entrada probably won't last long. TUNA - Nice sized fish out front. YELLOWTAIL - Gone again. CORVINA - Yes! Plenty of these to practice on. Mostly smaller fish. SNOOK - Not wide open, but enough to keep things interesting. HALIBUT - Didn't target them, but did catch one near the entrance to an estero SIERRA - Widespread. Switch to wire tippets and look for the birds from Belchers to the entrada. Catch of the Week Photo: http://www.bajafly.com/weeklycatch.html