EAST CAPE AND MAGDALENA BAY FISHING CONDITIONS Sat., March 02, 2002 EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO IN GENERAL: Weather-wise this is the best week we have had, with little wind to speak of. The worst of it was out of the southeast and not the dreaded north wind. Usually, when the winds start to switch around, the northerly winds are just about finished for the season. With better weather, most of the fleet elected to venture down south off of Las Frailes for the warmest water. When all the boats head off Las Frailes, it skews the catch numbers and does not give a true picture of the overall area. We found the inshore fishing to be reasonably good from Punta Pescadero to Punta Arena. Eariler in the week Mike O'Neal, visiting from New York and fishing inshore, did well on pargo and cabrilla working the reef in front of Rancho Leonero. I will be attending the Fred Hall Fishing Tackle and Boat Show in Long Beach. I’ll be in Buenavista Beach Resort Hotel's booth on Thurs. (3/7) and Hotel Rancho Leonero’s booth on Fri. Stop by and checkout some of our new flies or chat. AIR & SEA: Mostly Cloudy Hi 81° Lo 65° Wind: VA/0 mph Humidity: 61% Dewpoint: 58° Visibility: 10 Sea Temps: 67 - 69 degrees. . OFFSHORE: The boats have been taking the long ride down to Las Frailes and it has paid off with fair-to-good catches of marlin with a few small dorado mixed in. . INSHORE: This is where the action is best for the flyrodder. The reef in front of Rancho Leonero produced some fast paced action the other day for pargo and cabrilla in the double digits. A few yellowtail still making an appearance in front of La Ribera and in the early morning, sierra are knocking the tar out of schooling sardinias from Rancho Buena Vista to Punta Colorada. All of that and very little wind. . BEACH: The jacks continue to show in good-sized schools with more and more small roosters mixed in. Check out any of the arroyos early morning; as it gets later in the day, try rock structure. BILLFISH - They found a fair marlin bite mostly on bait with a few on lures still not enough volume for the fly. YELLOWFIN TUNA - Not much action since the fleet focused more on the billfish. . DORADO -The few reported were among the fleet off of Las Frailes still a fair number of smaller fish spread out Las Palmas Bay. ROOSTERFISH - A few smaller fish mixed in with the schools of jacks. JACK CREVALLE - Mostly smaller fish, every once and a while the larger ones show up slamming into a school of sardinia. BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK - Mostly bonito. PARGO AND CABRILLA - Most of the rocky points are holding schools of small to medium sized fish. Now is a great time to experiment with different flies fished slowly over the rocks. We have been experimenting with a new See Through Olive-Backed Clouser that drives them nuts. SIERRA - Want to see your backing? Try casting into the schools of fish crashing on bait along the shore and you will. PS – Don’t forget the wire bite tippet! Catch of the Week Photo: http://www.bajafly.com/weeklycatch.htm MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO Sat., March 02, 2002 IN GENERAL: Take your pick. Out at the entrada, the yellowtail fishing has heated up and when you get down deep there are a few quality cabrilla. Up in the esteros (estuaries), the action has been spotted bay bass, jacks and pompano from Devil’s Curve to Mario’s spot. I will be attending the Fred Hall Fishing Tackle and Boat Show in Long Beach. I’ll be in Buenavista Beach Resort Hotel's booth on Thurs. (3/7) and Hotel Rancho Leonero’s booth on Fri. Stop by and checkout some of our new flies or chat. AIR & SEA: Partly cloudy skies and 69-62 degrees with some wind in the afternoon. YELLOWTAIL - Good action near the entrada. CORVINA - Try the bridge as you enter San Carlos. SNOOK - A few smaller fish down in Almejas Bay. HALIBUT - Try the sand beach directly across from Puerto San Carlos to the west. SIERRA - Birds are your friends. Follow them to the school and don’t forget the wire bite tippet. Catch of the Week Photo: http://www.bajafly.com/weeklycatchmagbay.htm