Jen Wren
Cabo Fishing Report 12 August
East Cape -
Heartbreak hotel
This time of
year a priority is to check the storm forecast every morning. The Eastern Pacific has had ten named storms
but none of them have been a threat to the East Cape. Day after day we have experienced nothing but
nice weather and checking the report has been like the Ground Hog Day
movie.
Sunday
morning expecting more of the same I was startled when the new forecast popped
up on my computer screen. Now, out of
nowhere we are looking down the barrel of Tropical Depression Eleven-E coming
our way. The next day the depression
built strength and turned into Tropical Storm Javier. The predicted course toward Baja's lands end
never wavered and we started to pucker. As it approached it was determined the
track was going to be toward the Pacific not up the Sea of Cortez and we could
relax.
Prior
to the arrival of Javier we were enjoying outstanding bill fishing. In fact, a couple days prior, during Bisbee's
East Cape Offshore tournament 163 billfish were caught and all but 5 were
released. Surface water temps approached
90 degrees and we were ripe for a storm.
In the end Javier was never able to build up enough strength to become a
hurricane. It did bring us about 3 inches
of welcomed rain with a little swell but completely fell apart as it made land
fall.
It was a
heartbreak for anglers who had a day of fishing cancelled because the Port
Captain closed the port. The following
day we were able to get our lines wet.
Sea temp had dropped from 90 to 76 degrees and gettin 'em wet was about
all we did. I thought fishing would be
great but the gamefish didn't agree. It
doesn't happen often but on that day the entire fleet was skunked. Day two conditions turned around. Tuna were found at Los Frailes, marlin
started to get back in the game and we hooked a 200 pound tuna on a marlin lure
in a school of porpoise near La Ribera.
Our battle with the tuna went more that two hours. Polo had the 300 pound leader in his hands 3
times but could not turn the fishes head.
It was a heart break when the hook popped out just out of a gaff's reach
and the giant tuna could be seen swimming away.
Now the
water is tidy bowl blue and 84 degrees.
Blue marlin, striped marlin and sailfish have become aggressive and on
the inside roosterfish are back on the bite.
Diego has that Accurate smile
Yikes! Not what a guy wants to wake up to.
This spot is
for the tuna that got away.
Would have
made a great shot.
Instead, Heartbreak Hotel
Doing the "blue marlin rock"
Finding snapper mixed with the roosterfish
Mag or
bust! We are planning another live
aboard Mag trip in November.
This is my
favorite trip of the year. Magdalena is
a magical place and I am always in awe of all the sea life we encounter. Fish your arms off all day, relax in the
cockpit of Vaquera in the bay as the sun goes down while we barbecue fresh
lobster and shrimp purchased alive the same day from the local pangeros.
Contact me
for memories of a lifetime.
Mark Rayor
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