WEATHER: Well, it wasn’t too bad over the last week with
some sunny days. It has been cloudy about half of the time with overcast skies.
We did get a little rain on a couple different occasions but nothing major. It
has been pretty humid and hot that’s for sure as it feels like September here
now.
WATER: Mostly warm water in our area now on both sides the
Pacific and Sea of Cortez side. The temps I noticed on the Tempbreak map was 82
to 88 degrees, which is pretty warm all over. If we could get some decent
weather I think the fishing would be off the hook. Please check out Tempbreak to get a good idea on water temperatures.
BILLFISH: Well the Blue Marlin fishing has been been really
Hot with our boats hooking and releasing many big Blues over the past week.
Some of the Blues we caught were tipping the scales at 700lb, 240lb, 270lb,
400lb with many hooked but not landed. The fish are taking lures and live bait,
along with small Tuna and Skipjack. They seem to be spread out all over the
place from the 95 to the Old Light House. We are catching both Blue Marlin and
Striped Marlin as I write this report. Warm water has moved into the area and I
think this is bringing the Marlin in especially the Blues. So they are here but
they are spread out all over the place from the Pacific side to Sea of Cortez
side.
DORADO:
We are having great fishing but the sad part out of all of this is that the
Dorado action isn’t happening to much. We are picking up a few small ones here
and there but really nothing to speak of. The Dorado fishing should be in full
swing right now and it isn’t. We think it could be the fact that the commercial
boats have been netting the Sardines up at Mag Bay and using the Sardines for fertilizer. The Dorado follow the Sardines from up north down to Cabo so, if there isn’t any Sardines there is no Dorado.
SWORDFISH: Hasn't heard of any caught this week.
WAHOO: I did hear of one Wahoo being caught this past week.
TUNA: Great week for Tuna this past week with some really
big ones being landed. We have been having some decent Tuna action with lots of
football size fish to about 20lbs. Most fish are being landed with cedar plugs
and hootchies. So, we have had a good week as far as Tuna go and we know some
of the other fleets did have a good Tuna week also. So, you do have to work for
them but there is lots of big Tuna in the area to be taken. The 1150 all the
way up to the San Jamie Banks is the hot areas.
INSHORE: Some decent Rooster fish action this past week
inshore with lots of Skip Jacks and even some Red Snapper in the rocks just off
of the Solmar hotel. If you use some cut bait drop into the rocks at about 40ft
you have a good chance of landing some decent size Red Snappers and Grouper.
Author JC Sportfoshing
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