Mid-July

The dorado are showing up 30mi. out. A few in close. We caught 20 in over an hour 8-14# on poppers and ballyhoo. Scratching out a few sailfish. Some bonita and sierra in close. There is cold water on the other side this year. The seaweed is still breaking off, so we’ll see. Reports of tuna far to the south.

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June 10th – Summer is here.

One last NW wind and then the heat will begin. It has been pleasant. Tons of life out there – turtles, whales, and all. One surprise was a 283# tuna for Buena Vida. Just a few tiny footballs. We released 23 sails in two days to tie two under for second. The action was even better the day before. A few marlin out there, and a few bigger ones. We found a good break and patch 50 out in the Dorado Derby for some mad action, but nothing over 17# for 5th. 23# was the largest. The water is blue and 80-82. This is the month to be here!

April 20th- still waiting

On Sunday we started to see the marlin come in on hordes of bait, then the winds came up. It looks like it will blow hard from the south for a couple days next week. We had a few days of good calico fishing. We found a couple yellowtail right outside the harbor yesterday and got one of two grouper that went 55#. A few small dorado were caught 30mi. south. One friend caught 9 at the Island and caught nice fish at Tortuga. It shouldn’t be too much longer a wait for the pelagics.

Well I guess I haven’t reported here! My weekly reports can be found on whatsupsancarlos.com. El Nino ended with some decent dorado in close, smaller ones on the last of the summer debris, a few small blues, one surprise Black in close, and a short marlin and sail bite in close. The numbers were there but the water turned and they weren’t biting, and then they left. The bonita were decent, with a mediocre Sierra run. The yellowtail ran big in close and in huge numbers, but we’re often tough to catch. Found some good cabrilla in a new spot. The Island has turned on rarely with a little more consistent bite up the coast. Overall it has been a tough winter, with good bites lasting a day or two. There has been a ton of bait at times. If they can Digest the crab, this could be a good moon cycle. It seems to be warming quickly, so we could see marlin soon.

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Tournament

Won by default, first place lost two photos and dq’ed one fish, but 3 releases got us the intimation to the World’s in April. Now just to come up with the money. Still waiting on the first flights to start up.

Slowly picking up.

Every morning is glass calm. It is staying warm though. Picking up some small Blues and some better dorado, along with a few Sails and Stripes. First Bonita today.

Fall is here!

Just got back from a month of freshwater. Two weeks camping with Fisher and the dogs in Marble Canyon, Powell, my friend’s private lake, and the Uintas, then Silverthorne, Carbondale, and Durango with Lisa. A few weeks in Tahoe and Heber before that. I didn’t miss much besides the heat and a small hurricane. La Nina definitely seems to be the case, as the water is already in the mid-80’s. We’ll see if we still get the remnant late marlin bite like the last couple of years. They are getting lots of tuna and wahoo to the south, so hopefully we’ll see a few soon. Small Blues have been around. There is a ton of bait, decent billfish, and a ton of big debris holding hordes of small dorado. Lots of inshore fish. I think we’ll have a good mix of everything for the next few months. What I’d really like to see is the flight into Guaymas materialize in the next few weeks. You never know down here. All I know is that the water is cool and flat, the air very comfortable, and that the fish are in the water and ready to eat ballyhoo.

Tuna time!

Caught 11 today to20#. Crazy sailfish numbers.

Another Rescate win!

Released 25 over two days. Lots of fish here. Thursday we experienced a beyond legendary sailfish mass. We were literally almost hitting them with the boat. I saw a thousand, but there were probably tens of thousands over a few mile radius area. The tuna are moving in too!