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Wanted: Blues! - bajafly - 08-01-2008 Endless Season Update 07/31/2008 REPORT #1125 "Below the Border" Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996 East Cape Bisbee's East Cape Offshore Tournament kicked off yesterday with 56 boats seeking the $310,000 prize. John Martin, fishing aboard the Wildcatte,r qualified with a 360.0 lb. blue marlin. Jeff Marek fishing aboard the New Venture, weighed in a 47.2 lb.dorado, the heaviest dorado so far. This reflects the way the week has been; a few larger dorado and a few billfish…all relatively tight to the beach. Football sized tuna can be found up north at Cerralvo or down south at Cabo Pulmo, but better quality tuna are being found farther offshore under the porpoise. Roosterfish continue to provide the best action inshore with a few jack crevalle mixed in. Also a few pompano can be found at the lighthouse at the color line. Beach action included smaller roosters with ladyfish and small schools of pompano seen swimming tight to the beach. If you are lucky enough to see the schools, break out the smallest beige, “Crazy Charlie” you have. Try to cast in front and beyond the school, let the fly sink before retrieving slowly. Tip: When teasing roosters, use the smallest hook you can find to troll the live sardina. ‘Gamakatsu live bait light with ring #1’ works well to prevent hooking the rooster. Water temperature 76-86 Air temperature 77-98 Humidity 81% Wind: NNE 7 to 10 knots Conditions: Mostly Sunny Visibility 7 miles Sunrise 6:48 a.m. MDT Sunset 8:02 p.m. MDT Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico Last week’s “Governors Tournament” was held in Puerto San Carlos and the winners were; 1st Robert Hoyt 30.2 lb Dorado 2nd Marcos Simental 28.2 lb. Dorado 3rd Jose Mendivil 27.8 lb. Dorado 4th Sergio Garcia 26.0 lb. Dorado 5th Ruben Ruiz Ortiz 25.8 lb. Yellowtail Obviously the offshore action continued to be great with large dorado and at least one quality yellowtail. Also reports of marlin but only one caught along with a 40lb wahoo Inside the Esteros, action was a bit slower with only a few grouper, pargo and corvina being reported. Water temperature 60 - 76 Air temperature 70 -95 Humidity 50 % Wind: WNW 16 to 22 knots Conditions: Sunny Visibility 3 miles Sunrise 6:54 a.m. MDT Sunset 8:12 p.m. MDT Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico The sailfish action has really been on the upswing. Talking to Martin on the Nautilus (Martin no longer owns the Isamar, and has bought a 35 foot twin diesel cruiser), he told me "mucho pesca"…which translates to "a lot of fish". I feel this is just a part of our annual July mini-migration, coming a couple of weeks later than usual. The 82º blue water is a short boat ride to the 5 mile mark, with each boat raising between 7 to 12 sailfish a day, and catching between 3 and 4 fish a day (average). On the down side, the 5 inches of rain we got in the last 24 hour period has blown out the inshore fishery for the roosters. The 24 hour period is also a bit misleading, because almost all of the rain came in three different 1 hour bursts. Intense rain like this really gets the rivers flowing, distributing discolored water all up and down the coast. Our monthly total now stands at 15.5 inches, so it has been tough finding decent rooster action all month. Just before the rains hit, we were getting some action on small roosters in the Saladita area, and lots of large jack crevalle in the Troncones area. Ed Kunze Water temperature 80 - 84 Air temperature 85-110 Humidity 85% Wind: Calm Conditions: Partly Cloudy Visibility 11 miles Sunrise 7:25 a.m. CDT Sunset 8:21 p.m. CDT [signature]