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Oct 3, 2008; 09:48AM - Tuna and Hot, Hot, Hot Weather!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
Endless Season Update 10/02/2008
REPORT #1134 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
A few quality tuna to sixty pounds were down Las Frailes way and chunks of squid once again did the trick. Not wide open, but enough to provide sashimi for everyone. School was in session beneath all the debris for the small dorado. Billfish action has slowed with only a few sailfish bites here and there. There are still a few blue bites to be found for the dedicated angler but there is a lot of boat riding in between.
Inshore action seems to be spread all along the coast. Roosters, jacks and ladyfish are providing the best action, Find the bait and it’s great; miss it and you will have to wait. Look for the sardina or mullet schools.
Beach action included small roosters and an occasional shot at a ‘bubba’ class fish. Take heed! It has been one hot mother on the beach, which means you need to drink lots of liquids and use plenty of sun protection.
Tropical storm “Marie” seems to be tiptoeing out to the west.
Water temperature 76-87
Air temperature 73-94
Humidity 92%
Wind: WSW 3 to 5 knots
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:11 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:05 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Billfish action seems to be spread all the way from Thetis to the Finger bank below Punta Tosca. (see Cabo report). Wide open wahoo action can still be found from the Thetis and back toward the flats of Cabo Lazzaro. Still plenty of small yellows, football sized tuna and skipjack from eight miles outside of Boca de Soledad.
In the Esteros the grouper, mangrove snapper were the best bet with an occasional corvina on the surface.
Bob Hoyt
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 76 -97
Humidity 98 %
Wind: WNW 10 to 14 knots
Conditions: Mostly Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:13 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Things have turned around a bit this week. There are still very few people fishing, with only about six boats a day making up the total fleet, but all the boats are scoring on fish.
Talking to Adolfo on the panga Dos Hermanos, with the inshore waters clearing up, he is back to doing well on the roosters again.
Martin, on the cruiser Nautilus, said every boat fishing the blue water is getting between 2 to 3 sailfish a day average, with two blue marlin also being taken today (Wednesday). At a bit less than 200 pounds, the blues were on the small side, but marlin are not a normal catch for this time of the year.
Plus, there are more dorado showing up, and we hope to get more action from them in the upcoming weeks. The majority of the dorado are only about 12 to 13 pound school sized fish, but they can be a lot of fun on the fly rod or light line.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 74-90
Humidity 85%
Wind: SSW 5 knots
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 7:37 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:34 p.m. CDT |
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Sep 29, 2008; 10:05AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Author E-mail: gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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Report Description:
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
September 22-28, 2008
WEATHER Hot and humid were the words to describe this week. Our daytime temperatures were in the high 90’s with 80% humidity and nighttime lows in the mid 80’s and no change in humidity. Mostly sunny skies this week, even on Saturday when we had a short downpour of rain the sun was shining!
WATER: The water everywhere was almost glassy on a few days with the Pacific side having small swells at 1-3 feet with gentle winds from the northwest. On the Cortez side it was just flat with a bit of wind ripple. Water temperatures on the Cortez side up around Punta Gorda were in the 88-degree range while just off the arch and on the Pacific side of the cape the water was a little cooler at 84-85 degrees. It was blue water everywhere you went.
BAIT: Caballito and Mullet were available at the normal $3 each but on a few days they were a bit harder to get. Boats going up the Pacific side were stopping at the Golden Gate Bank to make bait as there were some small, scattered schools of Mackerel down deep.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite has turned on, at least if you are willing to travel 50 miles to get to the fish. Realize that if you do this, the boat will likely charge a fuel premium for the trip. The Finger Bank turned on this weekend with several boats reporting multiple numbers of fish there. Captain Tony Nungary on “Tony’s Machine” had 17 releases in 2 hours while fishing a private tournament and Captain Jay Bush reported 22 releases but spending a bit more time in the area. Reportedly the fish were not feeding on bait balls but were being hooked on trolled lures and on dropped back baits. If this action continues we may have a repeat of the awesome action of last year. The Golden Gate Bank also had good action on Striped Marlin, but not quite the numbers of the Finger Bank as most boats working the southern edge were getting bit on deep dropped live baits, not covering much of the water but working around the deep bait balls, dropping, drifting across for 15 minutes then pulling the baits up, running back up-current and dropping again.
YELLOWFIN TUNA The Tuna action this week was considerably slower than last week. According to Mike Tumbrillo, the owner of the 31’ Bertram “Renegade Mike”, his crew searched several days but were not able to find the big fish that had made an appearance last week. There were schools of fish in the 30-40 pound class to the west of the San Jaime Bank as well as 30 miles to the southwest, but the big boys were absent. Boats willing to go the distance did fairly well, averaging 2 to 10 fish per trip. Cedar plugs and green or dark colored lures run close to the boat worked well, with a few of the larger fish biting on live bait dropped back after a trolled lure hook-up.
DORADO Once again, just like last week, Dorado were the fish of the week. While not everyone caught their limit this week and there were a couple of slow days, the numbers were still good and the average size of the fish was decent. Most of the fish were found on the Pacific side of the cape but the reason was most of the boats headed that way looking for Tuna and Marlin, the Dorado were not the target for most of the boats this week. Reports from the few boats that went north on the Sea of Cortez were that the Dorado were there as well but you had to find the concentrations. A few boats did this by fast trolling lures until getting a strike, then chumming in the school with chopped up skipjack.
WAHOO I did not hear of any Wahoo this week, but I am sure there were a few caught.
INSHORE: Captain Victor on the Panga “Santi” reported that there were still Roosterfish to be found on the stretch of beach between the arch and the Pedregal. His clients released two fish of about 25-pounds each along with several smaller one during the middle of the week. Most of the Pangas were fishing just off the beach for some of the large numbers of Dorado, and they were doing very well. Bottom fishing was reported as being a bit off with the majority of fish caught being triggerfish.
NOTES: If you are interested in fishing with any of the Captains or boats mentioned above, feel free to drop us a line, we will be happy to set you up for a trip. Meanwhile, if you like good guitar playing, see if you can find the song “Not One Bad Thought” by Tony Joe White with Mark Knopfler. I bought a disc with the radio version and the extended version and was blown away by the playing. Well, until next week, tight lines!
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Sep 28, 2008; 09:26PM - Dorado…Dorado
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
Endless Season Update 09/24/2008
REPORT #1133 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Action is spread out from La Ribera all the way below Las Frailes. Small dorado close to shore but only a few of the larger fish that had been so common a few weeks ago. Best quality tuna and dorado is down below Las Frailes south of the Distiladera half way to Punta Gorda with some football sized a few miles outside of Cabo Pulmo.
Billfish action seemed to be mostly sailfish with a few striped marlin mixed in but spread all over the bay
The big squid are still thick just a short distance off the beach. Most of the fleet is loading up on them before heading out.
Water temperature 76-87
Air temperature 74-93
Humidity 86%
Wind: WNW 11 to 15 knots
Conditions: Mostly clear
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 7:10 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:10 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Very few boats out this week, but reports indicate it was great for billfish, dorado and small tuna. Still the early morning wahoo bite at the Thetis but you needed to be on the spot at gray light.
Inside, leopard grouper, a snook or two and mangrove snapper dominated the catch. Still some halibut were found on the shallows off the sandy beaches.
Bob Hoyt
Water temperature 60 - 77
Air temperature 75 -96
Humidity 87 %
Wind: WNW 11 to 15 knots
Conditions: Mostly Clear
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:17 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
We have almost an exact repeat of this last week. Few anglers, a one sailfish average per boat per day, and ditto for the dorado. But, we did have some inclement weather in the first three days of the week, with light rain, cloudy skies, and enough wind to make the fishing conditions a bit on the miserable side.
The blue water is still very close and only about 3 to 4 miles off the beach. The inshore water is still stained, due to heavy rains in the mountains swelling the rivers with a large volume of silt laden water.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 73-92
Humidity 83%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:36 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:38 p.m. CDT
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Sep 25, 2008; 04:36PM - Go Deep Young man
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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Author E-mail: stanwright@hawaii.rr.com
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Report Description:
Go Deep Young Man......
(Apologies to Mr. Greeley: 'Go West Young Man')
This last few weeks I've seen some very successful anglers. One reason was that if one technique wasn't working, they were quick to try something else. That something else was fishing deep. Down where the big ones lurk.
Normally when fly fishing I use a floating line. Recently I discovered the benefits of using a sinking tip or full sinking line.
One angler tried a deep diving crank bait. Working the schooling peacock bass chasing shad in the middle of the lake, he could get the lure down deep and was rewarded with some nice size fish.
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We were catching more fish with the fly rods, but they were a lot smaller.
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While fishing Morgans Point with live bait, another angler discovered that the larger peacock bass seemed to be deep. He started using a lead head jig to get his live bait quickly past the smaller fish down to the larger fish.
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So how do you get your fly down deep? Sinking line and a short leader.
Fishing from shore at Morgans Pt., the sinking line would carry the fly swiftly to the bottom, 20 or 30 feet deep. As soon as it hit the bottom we would start stripping the fly in as quick as possable. Those big peacocks hit hard.
There are some huge peacock bass in Lake Wilson... and geting down deep might be just the place to find them.
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Sep 22, 2008; 04:25PM - Gordo Banks Panga Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: eric
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Author E-mail: none
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Report Description:
Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
September 21, 2008
Anglers –
After the passing of Tropical Storm Lowell the weather conditions have been relatively calm, with the exception of a windy front from the south that brought some heavy rainfall to the Cabo San Lucas on Tuesday morning, but the moisture did not make it to San Jose del Cabo, only the gusty southern wind. Overall the area had pristine conditions this past week, cooler fall like climate, the parched dry desert scenery has quickly turned into lush green tropical landscape. Hurricane season is not quite over with, but everyone is hoping that the region will be spared of any direct hits, the rainfall that has fallen was much needed and especially nice that it has come without high disastrous winds. Crowds of tourists were light, as is expected at this time, but in another few weeks the influx of visiting anglers will increase as they arrive for the popular fall season.
After being shut down most of last week due to rainy and choppy ocean conditions sportfishing fleets were back in action starting on Friday and through the weekend. The action seemed to pick right back up to how it had been just before the storm. Lots of dorado and yellowfin tuna being found throughout the region, but particularly on the fishing grounds from Punta Gorda to the Iman Bank. Sardinas continued to be in good supply and this is what the most consistent action was coming on, either slow trolling with live bait or drift fishing over the structure. Dorado were mostly smaller schooling size fish of 5 to 10 pounds, but then again there were some larger bulls to over 20 pounds found mixed in. Same thing for the yellowfin tuna, most of the fish now being caught are football sized, 8 to 15 pounds, but now and then some larger grade fish up to 40 pounds were encountered, all in the same area, just a matter of being in the right spot at the correct time. One panga based out of La Playita fought a monster yellowfin for several hours that was estimated to weigh close to 250 pounds, but the battle ended after the rod broke and the line parted at the same time. Of course there were skipjack and some needlefish mixed in the same areas where tuna and dorado were found, always a nuisance when you are targeting the preferred species.
Not much in the way of billfish in the Gordo Banks area, a few sailfish and striped marlin reported, but the better marlin action was reported off of Chileno to outside of Cabo San Lucas. Also there was not a whole lot of activity being found close to shore or off the bottom, it was mainly the tuna and dorado that provided the consistent bite.
At least one wahoo was also accounted for by local San Jose del Cabo resident John Schibel, he hooked into the 25 pound fish while using a yo-yo jig on the Iman Bank, this was a nice bonus to go along with his limits of dorado and yellowfin tuna.
The combined panga fleets launching from the La Playita / Puerto Los Cabos Marina area sent out approximately 39 charters for the shortened week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 3 sailfish, 1 striped marlin, 5 hammerhead shark, 1 wahoo, 3 amberjack, 13 pargo, 380 dorado and 188 yellowfin tuna.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com |
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Sep 22, 2008; 10:45AM - Guided Fishing Steelhead Terrace BC Skeena River
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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Author E-mail: noel@noelgyger.ca
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Report Description:
The photo of the week shows Bill Pickard of England with a beautiful Skeena River wild Steelhead. The fish took a “string leach”. He was being guided by Westcoast Fishing Adventures and says he has fished all over the world and left our country with awe and dreams of returning in 2009 to chase the finest fish to take a fly – STEELHEAD.
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Noel Gyger – Guided Fishing Adventures and Weekly Fishing Report
4012 Best Street, Terrace BC V8G 5R8, Canada
Tel/Fax: (250) 635-2568
Cell: (250) 631-2678
E-mail: noel@noelgyger.ca
Home Page: www.noelgyger.ca
Fishing Reports: www.noelgyger.ca/past-fishing-reports.htm
RECORD SALMON & STEELHEAD Spin or fly-fishing
RIVER, LAKE, STREAM or OCEAN!!!
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Home Page: www.noelgyger.ca
Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated September 14 – September 21, 2008
(Number 89)
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: Weather has been good and all the rivers are in good shape. Fishing for Steelhead and Coho Salmon is good using both fly and spin gear. The odd Chum Salmon is being caught on the Skeena river…and these are mean fighting fish! The lower Skeena tribs such as the Kasiks, Exchamsiks, Extew are very low. Running a jet boat in such low water is not a good idea. The Coho are holding in the lower pools waiting for a shot of high water to move up river. The Kalum is in great shape and fishing well for both Steelhead and Coho. The Zymoetz Copper is fishing well for Steelhead both spin and fly (dry fly). The Kitimat River is low but the guides still know where to go to catch Coho. Be sure to check out the detailed report from Ron Wakita.
On Tuesday, September 16th Gill McKean gave me a call and said let's go fishing! A good run of Coho (Silver) Salmon are in one of our local rivers. It took me about one second to say yes! Gill took his jet boat. His friend Mandy and her son Colton joined us. Mandy has never landed a Coho. Our GOAL was to help her do so...and she did as this video shows. Cast here for a direct link to the video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGA7ovjpRzk
I went fishing today with my friends on the Kalum River today Sunday, September 21.
Sisters Allanah and Shannon, hair blowing in the wind, as Robby Vodola “blasts” us around on the Kalum River. We stopped to fish at a few nice pools and landed both Coho and Steelhead. Stay tuned to the News Bulletin webpage next week to view a couple video clips of the Steelhead and Coho the girls landed. The fishing was FANTASTIC! Lots of fish were hooked and the jet boat ride was “out of this world” as we traveled just about the whole upper river right up into Mud and Kalum Lake.
LIST OF “New” ITEMS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK:
- September 17/08 one video clip posted on “Video Clips” http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm
- September 18/08 one item posted on “Conservation” http://www.noelgyger.ca/conservation.htm
- September 19/08 one video clip posted on “Conservation” http://www.noelgyger.ca/conservation.htm
- September 21/08 one item posted on “Special Guided Trips” http://www.noelgyger.ca/special-guided.htm
NOW BOOKING FOR 2008 Let me know if I can be of service to book you with the 'best' fishing guide and/or fishing lodges for both river and ocean. There are NO extra charges to book through me, just a lot of free information and advice from a person with years and years of fishing and fish guiding experience. It is like hiring two guides for the price of one. I will promptly answer your questions and concerns. Cast here http://noelgyger.ca/special-guided.htm to read more of what I have to offer.
Don’t be disappointed - BOOK your preferred dates for fall Steelhead and Coho now.
Many people book three trips per year to our area; one trip in the spring (March-April-May), one trip in the summer (June-July-August) and one trip in the fall (September-October-November). They love having the same guide but fishing for different fish in different areas.
Be sure to check out my website at www.noelgyger.ca for news bulletins, mid week fishing updates, conservation, my history, quality waters strategy, special guided fishing trips, video clips, scenic river photos, wildlife photos and others, comments from past guests, informational articles, archived fishing reports from 1996 through 2002 and a sportfishing market place. I hope it meets with your entire satisfaction.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Sockeye, Chum, Pink, Steelhead and Trout for river. Chinook, Coho, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness Crab for ocean.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK: GOOD
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: 18-pound Steelhead – Eric Herrgesell. AND 18-pound Coho- Tommy Strom. Where: Skeena tributary
WEATHER: Showers ending early this morning then cloudy with sunny periods and 40 percent chance of showers. High 12. Region normal: Max. Temp. 16 degrees C. Min. Temp. 7 degrees C. Sunrise 7:19 AM Sunset 7:36 PM
WEATHER REPORTS VIA TELEPHONE: Environment Canada taped messages constantly updated, giving current conditions and three-day forecasts. Terrace 250-635-4192 Kitimat 250-632-7864 Prince Rupert 250-627-1155 Smithers 250-847-1958.
For current Terrace weather information please cast on:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/can/pages/CABC0292.htm?ref=wxbtnold
WATER CONDITIONS: Skeena is in good shape. The Zymoetz (Copper) River is in good shape. The Kalum, Kitimat and smaller coastal streams are also in good shape.
CURRENT WATER HEIGHTS FOR:
SKEENA RIVER:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08EF001
KITIMAT RIVER:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08FF002
Note: It is always a good idea to check for “IN SEASON” changes to fishing regulations. http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish/Freshwater/region6_e.htm
SKEENA RIVER: Good condition.
KALUM RIVER: The water is normal height and in good shape. Good numbers of Steelhead and Coho (Silver) Salmon are coming in now.
This is a Classified River year round and can be guided from March 15 through October 15 only. The Steelhead record is 32-pounds. To see a photo of this fish cast to: http://noelgyger.ca/records/Record003.jpg The angler is Dennis Therrien.
KASIKS RIVER: Lots of Coho are in now. The water is very low and the fish are holding in the lower pools waiting for a shot of high water to move up.
EXCHAMSIKS RIVER: Lots of Coho are in now. The water is very low and the fish are holding in the lower pools waiting for a shot of high water to move up.
EXSTEW RIVER: Lots of Coho are in now.
ZYMOETZ (COPPER) RIVER: The water is in great shape and lots of Steelhead are in the river.
AREA RIVER RECORDS: Chinook Salmon: Skeena River, 92.5-pounds; Kalum River, 85-pounds; Kitimat River, 74-pounds; Steelhead: Skeena River, 45-pounds; Coho Salmon: Skeena River, 27-pounds.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Northern Coastal Rivers:
Fishing Report from: Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters
KITIMAT RIVER: The quirky trend of the Salmon migrating through the lower end of the Kitimat continues and is even more predominant during this stage of the Kitimat River's Coho run. The odd Coho has been caught in the lower Kitimat but the majority of Coho are being caught in the middle and upper sections of the Kitimat. The Powerlines have been hot a couple of days this week and cold on others. On Sunday my group boated one Coho at the Powerlines and two others hooked. Monday's reports of the Powerlines were good but Tuesday and Wednesday the bite was off. On Friday I drifted by and watched one angler land a Coho at the upper stretch completing his quota of two for the day. Wedeene Park has reported similar fishing results. We drifted by early in the week and there were anglers fishing from shore that had landed six Coho and lost another two. Other days the bite was off. Such is the nature of Coho fishing this time of year on the Kitimat. Coho can be enticed by the widest range of tackle. Coho can be caught on spoons, jigs, Hot Shots, spinners, float fishing roe, bottom bouncing roe, dick nites and cheaters. The task is to find where they are holding and then figure out what they are biting on. Sometimes a combination of tackle is needed to hook a bunch of Coho.
On Friday morning Al and I hooked the first Coho on a Hot shot #25 lost the second on a jig, and then landed the third Coho hooked on a jig. We then put out a Hot Shot 35 and landed the fourth Coho hooked. We fished other holes where Coho were jumping with Hot shots, Jigs, Roe with a float, Bottom Roe and spinners and they wouldn't bite any of the above. We then hooked and lost the fifth Coho hooked during this morning drift on a Hot Shot 35. Such is the nature of Coho fishing this time of year.
Just after writing the first portion of this report I was called to our tackle store. While I was there two anglers from Smithers reported hooking 16 Coho on the Hatchery Island in the Lower Kitimat. They were fishing early morning and the Kitimat area had a high tide at 5:30 A.M. They were fishing over a fresh run migrating on the high tide. They were heading back tomorrow morning to see if another run followed the same behavior on Sunday morning's tide. Stay Tuned to next week's report to find out if they caught anymore on the tide.
DOUGLAS CHANNEL: On each visit to the marina there are more slips empty as more boaters are trailering their boats and putting them away for the winter. The boaters that are still fishing the outer waters of the Douglas Channel are mostly fishing for Crab and bottom fish with varying success. Armando Santos and his wife boated a 77lb halibut in the Eagle Bay area. Cosby Smith and his fishing partner Arnold caught a bunch of Coho in the Fish Trap area. One winter spring (feeder Chinook) was caught in the Kitimat Harbour on Thursday morning. There were also reports of two Halibut caught in the Kitimat Harbour. With the good weather days limited this time of year it would be a good idea to get out on the water while the weather is still fairly decent.
Cast to this link for Kitimat tide tables http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/cgi-bin/tide-shc.cgi?queryType=showRegion&language=english®ion=1
Fishing Report and Photos from: Nicholas Dean Lodge – September 21, 2008
Hello Anglers,
Low, clear conditions have been the name of the game during the past week in the Skeena region. Given that rain is a common feature during our Fall Steelhead season, it’s been a little strange to have warm, dry, sunny weather. In some sense this is a welcome reprieve from the cool, wet Summer we’ve experienced, but this also makes for somewhat challenging fishing conditions depending on your target river. For Steelhead fishing, low conditions make it possible to fish dry flies and wet flies on a floating line, but when fishing for Coho in our favourite rivers, it means that river flows will be down to a trickle and fish will be spooky.
Still, several anglers fishing with us last week enjoyed good success, particularly on Skeena river tributaries. Tommy Strom, a determined angler from Norway, landed a gorgeous Steelhead in the 16-17 range, and discovered why Steelhead have such a good reputation for their fighting abilities. His friends Jan and Kjell also enjoyed some decent Coho fishing in addition to great Steelhead fishing. Eric Herrgesell (the joker of the group!), Corey and Matt Cherrstrom, and Howard Wilson were a pleasure to have at the lodge, and though fishing proved somewhat challenging on some days, each were able to experience the thrill of hooking into Skeena Steelhead.
Also, don’t forget about our promotion for next year – if you book with Noel prior to Oct. 15th, 2008, you can take advantage of special pricing for the 2009 season. This is your chance to experience the take of a Skeena Steelhead and the anticipation of the grab, in a spectacular wilderness setting…
Until next week, tight lines and screaming reels,
Chad Black
Operations Manager
Nicholas Dean Lodge
FISHING REGULATION WEBSITES:
2007-2009 BC tidal waters and freshwater Salmon fishing information:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish
Effective April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2009
2008-2009 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis:
www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish
Effective April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009
NOTE: For In-season Regulation Changes posted on the web check the above URL’s
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Sep 22, 2008; 10:16AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Author E-mail: gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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Report Description:
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
September 15-21, 2008
WEATHER Monday morning was a rude awakening with thunder crashing, lightning flash’s scaring my cats and the dog and the sound of heavy rain. Thank goodness it only lasted about two hours, but in those two hours we had about two inches of rain here in town. Friends coming into town were amazed as this was a localized storm, with only light sprinkles two miles away. We have had mostly clear skies since then. With all the steady light rain the week before and little sand and dirt washed into the streets it was a bit disturbing to see what a quick heavy rain could do, now there is a lot of sand and dust in the streets. One good thing that happened is that the cool air stayed with us. Our mornings have been averaging in the mid to high 70’s and it was not until late in the week that our afternoon highs became greater than 90 degrees.
WATER: While the swells on the Pacific side remained a bit on the large size early in the week at 4-6 feet, they became smaller as the week wore on. As of Sunday they were averaging 3-5 feet in the large sets, enough for you to know that it was not flat! On the Cortez side things were considerably calmer with swells at 1-3 feet. The water temperature on the Cortez side remained a slight bit higher than the Pacific at 85 degrees on the average. On the Pacific side the areas inside of the banks averaged 82-83 degrees with a one-degree drop outside of the banks. The water remained a very nice blue everywhere.
BAIT: Almost all the bigger baits this week were Caballito and Mullet at the normal $3 per bait. The Sardinas were a bit harder to come by, according to some of the bait boats that was due to the water temperatures.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: I said in the last report that it was beginning to look good for the Striped Marlin fishing and this week proved it to me. We had a client fishing on Saturday who released 11 Striped Marlin and lost a Sailfish in the vicinity of the Golden Gate Banks. Not only that, but he also kept 7 nice Dorado while releasing many more. Most boats were getting at least one or two Marlin releases per day this week. Most of these fish were a result of throwing live bait at tailing fish, but a few were caught on lures being pulled for Dorado. There were also a couple of very decent days of Blue Marlin fishing. Wednesday captains on the fleet boats reported hooking up with at least three nice Blues while a private boat reported releasing one as well. Most of the Blue Marlin action occurred between the 95 spot and the south end of the San Jaime Banks.
YELLOWFIN TUNA While the Tuna action this week was not hot and heavy, there were some nice fish found. One of my friends, while fishing on his boat, “Private Reserve”, hooked a double header while working a Frigate bird. The first fish took the #50 class reel into the deep backing; the second fish didn’t do much at first. The first fish ended up being a nice 50-pound Yellowfin. After landing it he picked up the rod on the second fish and after a one-hour fight he managed to boat a very nice #175 Yellowfin (and he was nice enough to give me a chunk for sashimi, thanks Tiff!). There were boats that managed to get into schools during the week, but the runs were normally at least 30 miles as the concentrations that were found were outside of the banks on the Pacific side.
DORADO Absolutely no doubt about it, Dorado were the fish of the week. If you were not getting your limit this week, or at least catching all you wanted to catch, you were in the wrong place! The correct place to be was anywhere within 10 miles of the shore on both the Cortez side and the Pacific side, with the better concentrations on the Pacific side. Slow trolling live bait, working Frigate birds or trolling 6-8 inch brightly colored lures all worked well on fish that averaged 15 pounds. Almost everyone (with the exception of a few greedy crews) were releasing anything under 10 pounds, and still limiting out.
WAHOO There were a couple of nice Wahoo to 60 pounds caught this week, but I did not hear of any large numbers. The fish that I know about were caught on the Pacific side by boats fishing for Dorado.
INSHORE: There was some decent Roosterfish this week with fish that ranged to 30 pounds, but not any large numbers on fish that size. The Cortez side of the Cape had the best fishing for bottom fish such as snapper and grouper, but there were no large numbers of anything except triggerfish. With the nice water we had, most of the Pangas were working outside for Dorado and Marlin, and doing quite well with them.
NOTES: Maybe I should start playing virtual golf, as my game is not improving at all. Or better yet, maybe I should start fishing more, especially since the fishing is so good right now! Once again my thanks to Tiff on the “Private Reserve” for the excellent Yellowfin fillet, that was perfect! Until next week, listen to some Moody Blues or Pink Floyd and relax!
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Sep 21, 2008; 09:23AM - September Surprise: Giant Humboldt Squid
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
Endless Season Update 09/17/2008
REPORT #1132 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
The water south of Punta Arena is a little off color, but in Palmas Bay it is Caribbean blue and 85 degrees. With the better weather, sailfish and small dorado are on the bite from Pulmo to La Ribera.
And another September surprise is the giant Humboldt squid are making a good showing, Chunked into cubes, they make a great bait for the yellowfin tuna schools…mostly found from above Punta Pescadero all the way down to Cabo Pulmo.
Inshore and along the beach, the water has cleared up and there are plenty of schoolie-sized roosters with some larger ones mixed in.
Water temperature 76-87
Air temperature 71-92
Humidity 55%
Wind: ENE 5 to 6 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 11 miles
Sunrise 7:06 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:20 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
With the better weather, the offshore action has picked up. Good striper action on the Thetis; if you get there early enough there may be a wahoo or two. Closer to Cabo Lazzaro there are plenty of dorado and small yellowtail.
In the Esteros the action consisted of corvina, grouper and a few mangrove snappers.
Bob Hoyt
Water temperature 60 - 77
Air temperature 70 -90
Humidity 58 %
Wind: WNW 11 to 15 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:14 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:28 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Fishing has been relative slow here this last week. Part of the blame is the fishing has actually been slow, but the main reason is there are very few charters going out fishing to find the concentrations and areas of fish. We have only 4 to 5 boats a day on the water, including both the inshore and offshore.
Boats are averaging about 1 fish sailfish per boat per day, and even though the 20 pound plus dorado are averaging 1 fish per day per boat, if you hit the right floating log, at the right time, the action can be fantastic.
There were no reports on the inshore action, but last week's 3 inches of rain, while not intense, kept the rivers flowing and the inshore waters stained.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77-92
Humidity 65%
Wind: SW at 9mph
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 1 miles
Sunrise 7:33 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:52 p.m. CDT
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Sep 16, 2008; 01:31PM - Orlando Bass Fishing
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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Author E-mail: tim@bassfishingfl.com
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Report Description:
The first week of September has seen some good bass fishing action, as well as some tough action. For the most part, the action has been pretty steady. Shiner bite has actually been very slow, but the artificial bite has been good. Johns Lake has been a good early morning bite using spinner baits and trick worms. Deer Island cut has produced some descent numbers, but the size has not been to my liking.
We did make a venture out to Lake Rosalie, one to check water levels after the tropical storm, and to alo see how the bite was doing out there. We started the day out with Rich tossing some shiners around, and not surprised, there was no action on the in the first hour, so we switched Rich to some trick worms.
There was scattered success working grass lines catching one here one there kinda deal as we kept moving around. Working cuts where we spotted flowing water was the big key here, getting into the creek was a huge key. Bass were holding tight on the backside of the flow and hammering the trick worms, and brush hogs. Two areas in the creek there were trees blocking us, but with a little maneuvering, we made it over them and kept on catching bass. Lake did ok for us, catching 4 bass, but the creek was the place, as we boated 10 more bass there.
Butler Chain water levels are great, and the bass fishing has been holding steady. With all the new waters from the tropical storm, bass have a lot more new areas to roam and feed. Several good bass were caught on grass edges in 12 feet of water, with once again trick worms, and wacky rigged senkos getting the bulk of the action. Some bass have been coming from docks and flooded timber as well.
It is still very hot out on the waters, so please be sure to drink a lot of water, and use a lot of sun screen
Capt Tim Fey
Bassfishingfl.com
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Sep 15, 2008; 11:17AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Author E-mail: gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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Report Description:
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
September 8-14, 2008
WEATHER The weather was the big item of the week. Starting the week off was a movement of storm cells over the top of us from the mainland. These cells had plenty of thunder and lightning with them, to the point that the Port Captain closed the marina on Monday and Tuesday. The positive aspect of this was the fact that the rain was light and fairly steady, the type of rain that will soak into the desert instead of running off into the arroyos. Just as these storm cells moved out the feeder band of Tropical Storm (late Tropical Depression) Lowell moved in with winds steady at 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph and more light rains. This kept the port closed through Wednesday, and it did not open again until mid morning Thursday, too late for most of the charters as they had already cancelled trips for the day. With the movement of weather through the area the daytime temperatures dropped as well as the nighttime temps. Our nights ended up being a beautiful 72-75 degrees at the end of the week while the daytime highs did not get much more than 87 degrees, and with low humidity at that. Everyone has been saying how it feels like the middle of October this week!
WATER: Naturally the water was too rough for fishing until Thursday but the weather we experienced cooled off the surface temperatures a bit, as well as what we had on land. On the Pacific side the water was almost a steady 84 degrees with a little cooler areas near shore. On the Cortez side of the Cape it was averaging 86 degrees, overall down about 2 degrees from before the beginning of the week. The swells remained from the southwest until Friday when they began returning to their normal northwest direction. On the Pacific they were 6-8 feet when the port opened on Thursday but had dropped to 3-5 feet over the weekend. On the Cortez side they were averaging 2 feet less. With the light and steady rains we did not have much in the way of debris wash out of the arroyos but the water was a bit discolored close to the arroyos on both the Pacific and Cortez side on Thursday, clearing up by the weekend.
BAIT: Almost all the bigger baits this week were Caballito and Mullet at the normal $3 per bait. There were Sardinas available from a couple of boats locally but everyone had them up toward Palmilla. The price here was a bit higher than to the north as the boats here were charging $30 a bucket while it was only $25 a bucket up north.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Striped Marlin continued to bite even though the water remained in the 84-degree range. It did not take much of a search on Friday to find the fish, they were still holding in the same area as last week, mostly on the Pacific side closer to shore, most within 7 miles of the beach. There was a concentration of fish on the Golden Gate Bank; that bodes well for next week as well. There was a scattering of Sailfish in the catches as well, and they were from the same areas. The Blue Marlin did not appear at the end of the week, hopefully they will start to show in numbers soon.
YELLOWFIN TUNA On Thursday and Friday there were reports of Yellowfin to 60 pounds being caught to the west side of the San Jaime Banks, but few fish reported from other areas.
DORADO Still mostly being caught on the Pacific side, the Dorado have been striking well on medium sized lures in brighter colors. Live bait dropped back behind a troll hooked fish resulted in many doubles on fish that averages 15 pounds with a few in the 40-pound class. Spotting the Frigate birds swooping on flying fish was the key to steady action on Dorado after the storms.
WAHOO I did not hear of any reports of Wahoo after the storms this week.
INSHORE: The swells kicked up by the storms made inshore fishing very iffy, most of the Pangas preferred to go out 5 miles or so for Dorado. A few of the Pangas that worked inside on the Cortez side reported decent action on Roosterfish to 35 pounds, nothing hot and heavy but steady fishing with live Mullet and Caballito.
NOTES: The desert is going to be beautiful after the nice rain we just had and hopefully I will get a chance to check it out this week. Until next week, tight lines!
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