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May Action Comes Early - bajafly - 04-24-2009 Endless Season Update 04/23/2009 REPORT #1163 "Below the Border" Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996 East Cape By all accounts, the past few days have been the best in 2009 so far. With the help of a floating dead whale and flat seas, the dorado action was ‘off the charts’ providing nonstop action on both fly and conventional. Inshore action continued with its winning ways providing plenty of bait which attracted roosters, jacks and pompano…enough to keep rods bent. Even after being thrashed last week by wind, the beach has turned the corner and those fishing from shore in the past few days have had the kind of action normally not expected until later in the spring. Water temperature 67-73 Air temperature 56-86 Humidity 48% Wind: NNW 13 to 18 knots Conditions: Sunny Visibility 10 miles Sunrise 6:58 a.m. MST Sunset 7:41 p.m. MST Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico Very few anglers went out but the commercial guys are still talking about the dorado around the shark buoys west of the Entrada. Skipjack and small tuna remain in easy striking distance of Boca de Soledad. The Esteros have also been lightly fished but there were a few grouper and mangrove snapper all the way up to the top end of the bay. There are also a few small halibut on the sandy beaches near the inside of the Boca. Water temperature 67 - 77 Air temperature 52 -81 Humidity 45 % Wind: WNW 12 to 16 knots Conditions: Sunny Visibility 5 miles Sunrise 7:03 a.m. MST Sunset 7:50 p.m. MST Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico Being the blue water has moved out beyond the 24 mile mark, the blue water fishing is practically non-existent this week for the sport fishing fleet. They are only averaging less than a sailfish a day per boat. The only reports of decent blue water fishing are coming in from the commercial pangueros. They are working an area from 45 to 50 miles out, and scoring on yellowfin tuna and blue marlin. There is a hot bite going on however. The jack crevalle, chulas and black skipjack tuna are providing lots of action for the light-line fishermen. The majority of the action is taking place between 1/2 to 2 miles off the beach, all up and down the coast. (A chula is an excellent tasting small tuna, between 4 and 6 pounds, with white meat and a serious set of dentures). Most of the inshore fish are being taken on trolled Rapalas. Talking to Jaime this morning on the municipal pier, he told me how yesterday they even encountered a school of large jacks at 17 miles. The 25 pound (average) fish were so hungry he ended up with a quadruple hookup on his sailfish baits. Ed Kunze Water temperature 78 - 83 Air temperature 68-86 Humidity 62% Wind: WSW at 13knt Conditions: Clear Visibility 10 miles Sunrise 7:29 a.m. CST Sunset 8:03 p.m. CST [signature]