More Light, More Fish EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Wed., April 04, 2001 TEMPERATURES: High of 80 with a low of 55. STRIPED MARLIN - The boats are traveling long distances for only a few. YELLOWFIN TUNA - Still hit or miss. The best action is up toward Muertos Bay. DORADO - Not much going on. ROOSTERFISH - Best action close to shore with a few fish showing around the bait boat in the morning. JACK CREVALLE - A few fish up to 20 pounds are hanging out in front of the hotels . BARRILLETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - A few of the boats found some in front of Las Frailes. PARGO AND CABRILLA - Good near shore action at Rancho Buena Vista, Punta Colorada or Cerro Verde. .. OFFSHORE: Most of the boats are traveling long distances looking for warmer, clean water. Their efforts have paid off with a few marlin and skipjack. .. INSHORE: Both the pontoon and pangas continue to produce excellent catches of sierra, rooster, jacks, ladyfish and pargo almost every day. .. BEACH: A few small roosters, ladyfish, sierra and some fair-sized jacks early morning and late afternoon in front of the hotels. .. QUICK COMMENT - Craig Koll, traveling all the way from Jackson, Wyo., fishing with several friends on the pontoon with our guide Jeff DeBrown had a great day Tues. (4/3) Talk about a variety of fish: sierra, rooster, jacks, ladyfish, pompano and pargo in impressive numbers kept them hopping all day. Baja Deepdivers and olive Clousers with wire bite tippet provided most of the takes. MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Wed., April 04, 2001 Temperatures: 74-degree high; low 59. TUNA - Water is starting to warm up and the tuna should not be too far behind. YELLOWTAIL - Still fair fishing at the entrada. CORVINA - Try the deeper channels this side of Devils Curve. SNOOK - Mario's spot is holding a few better quality fish. HALIBUT - Find a sandy bottom and let your olive Clouser sink. Retrieve it very slowly and don't forget to strip strike on the take. .. QUICK COMMENT - Now is a great time to do a little exploring and experimenting with some different flies. You don't know what you might come up with.
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