East Cape -
Old patterns
East Cape
weather continues to be unbelievably beautiful.
Seas are calm and water temps remain at 84-85 degrees. Even though conditions continue to look right
the bite has become a little scratchy.
Finding fish has not been hard but getting them to go has.
A volume of
yellowfin has been breezing through on inshore high spots and will chow down on
anglers chum. The problem is they are
line shy and want nothing to do with bait that has a hook in it. Wahoo have been playing hardball as
well. Mostly short bites are frustrating
anglers. For some reason it has been the
same dance with billfish. The finicky
fish come in the spread for a quick look and sometimes take a quick whack at a
lure but hook sets have been below a 50% ratio.
For many
years the first ten days of November brought picture perfect weather and was
one of my favorite times. The last few
years north winds have arrived in October and temperatures plummeted. It seemed
early winter was the new norm. This year
our old patterns have returned. November is knocking on the door and our forecast
is for more great weather.
Next week
the Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot tournament based in Cabo San Lucas will take
place. It is the largest attended
tournament in Baja and all of our boats are entered. WON headed up by Pat Mc Donald has always
done an outstanding job with this event with the theme "fish hard, party
harder". Our whole crew is fired up
with anticipation, ready to do some damage and weigh a cow. It will be a great way to end our season.
Never over till it is over, this dorado came unbuttoned just when we were ready to stick 'em.
The little Accurate Valiant stands up
Landed this super cow in June. Now we are looking for a repeat performance
When we find the right fish it will be on the right gear.