Estuary Fishing....

 So carrying on from the previous post I said I would talk a little about estuary fishing and things I look for when I feel it seems right to head to such a location.

Estuaries and tidal lagoons seem to attract a lot of anglers and rightly so as they are prime locations for bass. More often than not, estuaries contain a large amount of juvenile fish species and are great nursery areas, so there is going to be a lot of food available to the bass. Moving water, gullies and wave action are indicative of estuaries and simply scream bass.

During the bass season, conditions sometimes deem the rock marks unfishable, be it very coloured water or flat calm conditions. This is when I turn to estuaries trying to aim for big tides....

Time of year, there is one problem with estuaries and the likes and that is of the build up of weed you can get at these locations, we all know that green weed thats a nightmare to get off your hooks. So generally we get our best fishing early and late season when the weed levels are not as bad. But if weed is a problem simply fishing your plastics weedless will help you deal with the problem.  

Tides,  watch for the biggest tides of the month 4.3, 4.4. 

Flow/Current, the attraction of these areas are the flow and current, which seem to hold the majority of bass. It makes sense as its simply a matter of the bass finding some kind of shelter (gullie, drop off) and picking off the food which is getting washed out by the current.

Importance of keeping in contact, when you are fishing these areas we have found that generally soft plastics are the best methods, xlayers wave worms, tiki stick etc. Making sure your xlayer is keeping in contact with the bottom is crucial, so make sure you can feel it bumping. Playing around with various jig heads. What you want is your soft plastic flowing through the current at a reasonable pace, but not so fast that the fish dont have time to pick it off.  

                                                         

Underwater features, if you can get try to get an aerilised view of the estuary noting any features you can see, these are 99% of the time hotspots in estuaries. Just like looking for structure off the rocks.

Dropping tide theory, well it makes sense, bait move into estuaries on the filling tide to feed etc. And then move back out on the drop bass can make the most of this by just sitting in wait on the ebb tide. We have had most of our best fishing on ebb tides. However a rising tide in a estuary can also produce great results. It all comes down to getting out and trying to understand what is happening at your mark.

Hold on, by far one of the most exciting ways to catch a bass, bouncing soft plastics through a  current  feeling absolutely everything, and then you get that unmistakable take and the line starts to peel of your reel, FISH ON! Fighting bass in a fast current really is a case of holding on.

So these are just some of the things I look for when fishing the estuaries around here. And thankfully it won't be too long before such areas will be firing with bass again....

Tight lines,

James

Scoped Out

STANDING ROOM ONLY

Plethora Of Staff

dyspepsia, eructation, egression.

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.. Of the nearly 100 people, (86, by count) in attendance at the Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks scoping meeting last night, we counted 19 staff members from various agencies in attendance.
.. From uniformed and non-uniformed law enforcement personnel to uniformed and non-uniformed researchers, administrators, and employees, it was an overwhelming show of force.
.. The meeting generally followed the form of such events: Introductions, Presentations, Interruptions, Questions, Chaotic Mumblings, Discourteous Inattention, etc. There were a few interesting disjunctions in the verbal brickbats that stood out:

1] "This process started about 1999 when a group of concerned citizens approached the DFWP with their concerns about recreational usage of the Madison River."

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   "We are very early in this process. This is the beginning of this action. We want your input"

2] "We have been thinking about this problem for nearly ten years now.

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"We have no preconceived ideas how to address this problem and we're going to address the larger picture of the whole river."

3] "We are lucky that we are ahead of the curve in this action and can address problems and areas of conflict before they happen."

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" The conflicts between user groups and the conflicts with land owners have brought about this action."

4] "We are just trying to understand what you are saying. You seem to be talking about things that we just don't understand."

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"The science is the same and it should be easy to understand."

.. We can only observe that it's interesting that after 10 years of surveys, research, and cogitation that;  "the beginning of the process starts now."
.. It's also enlightening to find out that no ideas were generated by MFWP staff about how to address the perceived problems during that ten years.
.. My, my, how sweet it is that we are ahead of the curve and that the conflicts that originated this process are not really conflicts.
.. It seems that this whole exercise is designed to implement regulations about manners and morals. "Social Fishing Regulations" is an interesting bit of terminology that reflects the concerns of some nebulous group of insiders.
.. For instance, it's acknowledged that, save for the Whitefish population, the other fish populations are not being affected by the kinds of actions of user groups being addressed. Even the Whitefish population concerns, cannot be linked to the social behavior of river users.
.. Please note that the MFWP has a mission that seems to guarantee all of us the perfect recreational experience - or so it would seem - LINK.

.. We are naive in these matters, and certainly need to become better informed, but for now we can't see how regulation of river use can reduce littering - unless there is a removal of all river users - seems to be a public education and law enforcement issue.
.. We applaud the mentality that believes regulation of numbers and types of users will remove the idiot tubers, boaters, and fishing guides that run over your fishing line in a gentle shore-side pool - we just don't believe that it will work.
.. We have a hard time believing that any newly promulgated regulations will enhance the recreational experience of vastly  different individual users - unless it favors some users to the detriments of others.
.. We're going to watch this groundbreaking effort in social engineering through fishing regulations. Of course the anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and recreational specialists of this world are also waiting for this breakthrough regulatory plan.
.. Sadly, we had an attack of dyspepsia well into the meeting. Nausea accompanied our belching and farting and we had to leave just as the entertainment was reaching a crescendo. You'll have to read about the results of the meeting in the newspapers, or observations by bloggers who understand this stuff more than we do.
.. Here's the link to the MFWP page: LINK.

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New flouro...

26/02/12 - Plantations - Main Lake

Weight – 30lb 3oz (13lb 12oz – silvers)
Catch – 27 Roach, 21 Skimmers, 5 Carp, 1 Perch
Weather – Frosty start. Mostly sunny and flat calm.
Water Temp – 10.8c – 11.3c
Match – Plantations/Acorn Pole Only Series – 9th out of 30 overall, 3rd out of 10 section

I decided to book myself into Plantations/Acorns Pole only series run by Paul Faires and Chris Fox. Although Plantations Main Lake is a venue I have never match fished and today was the first time I have actually seen Acorns, I really wanted to get back to more competitive angling and I do like to fish in a league. The other attraction was it being pole only, so no chucking the plastic pig.

With 2 sections of 10 on Plantations and 1 section of 10 on Acorns, I was really hoping for a draw at Plantations, which I did pulling p38. This also gave me some time to have a practice at Acorns prior to the next round. I have to say I was quite impressed with Acorns. Paddock Lake is proper snake lake with decent width and depth, unlike the narrow shallow hole in the ground at Bullocks.

Back to my peg and I was initially happy, being on the point of the spit, but the advantage I thought I had was reduced when an angler turned up on p32 on the other spit, which according to the locals isn’t normally put in, this meant I couldn’t realistically fish to my right.

My section ran from p39 behind me to p24, so basically the whole of the right hand bank, which was just as well, because there were loads caught down the left hand side.

A frosty start to the day, combined with flat, bright conditions was hardly classic skimmer weather, but still they were my main target with hopefully some carp. A small amount of 3mms was deposited at 14.5m in front, then 14.5m to my left at 45 degrees. Whilst I let that settle I started at 6m, fishing maggot over a ball of groundbait, but I had a real struggle, losing 3 of my first 6 fish, which included a skimmer and a decent roach.

I really wanted to give the long lines time to settle and after 40mins my short line was a struggle, so time to try my long lines. I had a skimmer straight away on 4mm expander and I kept them coming for a couple hours by toss potting a pinch of micros & 4mms every put in. Whenever the roach turned up a small cup of food brought the skimmers back.

Over my left hand swim I had started to catapult 4mm regularly, expecting to pull in a few carp, but this swim never really took off, I had a couple skimmers and a carp, but it was mainly roach nipping at the bait. As the match progressed the roach were becoming a real nuisance and the last 2hrs was very frustrating with very few skimmers or carp. I even tried 6mm hard pellet and was still catching roach in both swims, which really tells its own story – there wasn’t many decent fish in the area. The guy on the other spit had very few skimmers and I just had a gut feeling they moved away into more open water.

Despite the last 2 hours I enjoyed my match, picking up 1st in silvers in section by default. In hindsight I should have re-started my 6m line, but I was convinced the better fish would come back, particularly over the left hand swim where I feed 4mm’s all day. I did try going to 16m, but still more roach, as was my margins.

The weigh in was interesting, with it being in kilos on what was a shoddy set of scales. After every weigh, the question was “what was that in old money?” (2.2lb per kilo).

Overall quite pleased with the result, particularily since I was against a number of regulars. The next 2 rounds are rotated, which means Acorns at the next round, then back to Plantations (p1-p22).

Weights are in kilos

C section
1) Mark Bromsgrove 18.880 peg 25
2) Rich Lovering 18.350 peg 31

Silvers
1) Mark Bromsgrove 8.250 peg 25
2) Ken Rayner 6.230 peg 38

Overall
1) Lewis Walker 31.910 peg 7P
2) Dave Wride 27.840 peg 12P
3) Nick Harvey 19.460 peg 8P
4) Paul Faiers 19.170 peg 5A
5) Mark Bromsgrove 18.800 peg 25P
6) Mike Owens 18.340 3P

Grouper dusky at dusk in fuerteventura fishing

Its not all about fishing!!!

Packing my gear in my suitcase going on holiday with Michelle and all I could think of is how much tackle can I take!! Shell loaded with loads of women clothes and all i had was two pairs of pants and a pair of shorts!! .... I wasnt bothered I had my fly rod, a spinning rod and my tying kit...winner...
I had read loads of Internet stuff and got so many different versions of what this island had to offer, I had heard of a local shop with decent tackle ran by a angler name Aran, he knew the area like the back of his hand so my plan was to go see him and buy some yo Zuri lures in hope of some local fish holding spots... Its nice to find places yourself but getting advice in local fishing can be priceless..
The sun was blazing early morning and shell got stuck into her book so I made my way down to see the famous 'go fishing' shop run by Arran...

Aran knows the score big time and a class shop with top draw gear

living the dream this Arran

Arran was a superb bloke and chilled out as you could expect for the lifestyle here, I bought some real high end quality gear off him, he set me up with some local well known spots so I was all ready to go....
Around the harbour there was the huge mullet and famous parrot fish,  I dreamed of hooking one of these line strippers but nowadays these places have become very protected from fishing with signs all over the place, nothing like years ago as a kid I would be smashing fish out in the harbours... To be fair these fish are like aquarium fish and hooking one would take no skill whatsoever but the devil in me still can't help thinking what it would feel like with a 10lb mullet in full flow lol
Th e second day was my planned debut fishing session, I took the fly rod and the 6 piece 10ft spinning outfit lined with braid...
I chose to fish off the rocks....the wind was howling straight into my face a the swell was hitting the rocks and made it quite scary..I did not fancy getting drowned on my first session so opted to find a sheltered cove...I was not in mullet land so opted to chuck the lures out in hope of a tuna or a barracuda..
The blue yo Zuri f bought from arrans place are just mind blowing..a real jap special that looks so like a Fish it's quite mad...
Few hours passed by and was chucking away and I felt the electric rattling down the braid and my heart just kicked in and gave me the feeling that only us fishing addicts can ever feel...how can you describe that feelin I don't know, I have never been able to write the feeling and have never seen any one else either but to a non fisherman I can only say it feels like minute before you know you are going to lose your virginity, your so exited with adrenaline but at the same time you don't know what's coming!! As all the 'sufferers' will know exactly what I mean...
I felt then rattle and then the fish give up only knowing that I had hooked something not big enough to handle my heavy tackle, this is not a nice feeling over gunned but I had my first fish hooked, i soon swung in a nasty looking fish that I later found to be a Atlantic lizard fish...not worth eating and thrown back..

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That was my first session fishing and no wackers and no meal to take back to the mrs who I had promised!! So after some piss take from shell we headed out for a few San Miguels and a burger..this wetted my appetite to get something for the pot...
The next night again I slipped off for a few hours while the mrs had her siesta, a excellent way to not cause massive rows on holiday... I opted for a sheltered spot and looked for a mullet spot, I had bag fills of bread and started to trickle bits in, for a hour I had nothing until the magic witching hour came, now I have wrote on my blog about this time for years and cannot stimulate enough the power of the witching hour has in any type of fishing you ever do..all fish drop there guard at this time and will confidently feed without a care in the world..this again was the case as I saw small mullet and parrot fish come in wackiness the bread... Within minutes I had big mullet in the swim taking over the free feed... I grabbed my fly rod and threw a 9ft tapered leader into the fish with a fly I made perfect for the job(see later) within seconds the rod lopped around and then the line went slack...I had pulled out grrrrrr
Then one of the most amazing things I have seen in fishing happened...
I saw a huge fin pop out the water amongst the feeding mullet and all went instantly quiet and I mean dead..
I soon clicked in what had just happened..a big pred had smashed some mullet and they had all dived for cover..
My heart pounding I leaned back and picked up the 10ft spinning outfit and clipped on a blue yo Zuri and cast it into the choppy surface..
The light had more or less gone and all I had was a red boy flashing 100 yards to my right which was give me some judgement..
people talk of last casts and I remember thinking that's it, one last chuck and I am off, I was now cold and feeling sinking blank coming until I started to reel in..
30 yards out I felt a amazing solid lock up... I thought snag?? No snags there and before I stopped thinking my rod hooped right over! I had no time to sort my drag that was over tight and this fish was clicking line off the reel at its maximum level!! I was powering down at the strongest power I have ever experienced in any fishing, I could do nothing...the rod is quite a power house too at 80g and I was feeling the reel seat bending as I leaned right back into it..
It was now dark and I was absolutely buzzing with anticipation, the harder I pulled the harder it pulled back..after 15 minutes of this I got it quite close and was getting the feeling I was gonna win this battle ....  10 yards out it bolted under a rock infront of me... Fuck I was not even gonna see what it even was..I stood there shaking and thought my next method... Was it still hooked..?? Should I pull for a break ? I decided a old carp fishing trick when snagged.. Just leave it until it thinks it over and swimms out..
Only a minute passed and I saw the braid start to move... Winner she was still on...
Now I was not going to let this fish do me again so I absolutely give it everything I had and to my disbelief the fish surface and came straight in...
What the hell was it.. I grabbed my glove and gilled it in.. It was huge.. Like a perch on steroids with a mouth as wide as my whole fist...
I took it towards the light to see it and it was a pure preditor with huge crushing teeth.. I despatched it immediately... Something I never like to do but it was our meal and that makes it all very different..Arran at go fishing said they eat everything from the sea and that was good enough for me...
I had to carry my rod and ruck sack and this fish as I walked straight through the local beach fronts back to shell..
Local chefs were shouting me with big smiles on there face asking me to take it in... Fuck that! I was gonna to show shell my catch first..
Shells face was a picture as I held it up at the villa window..

Dusky Grouper!! 5 lb 1 oz

We decided to take it down to the beach fronted fish restaurant...it was shells birthday and what a treat it turned out to be...I still did not know until I saw the manager as I walked in.. He had all his staff coming over including a chef with mouthwatering lips!! I knew it was special and they kept telling me the name in Spanish but I had no clue...
A bit of sign language and we agreed on him cooking me some of it... We sat at the bar with full drinks and within 10 minutes they brought us out the nicest set up ever... Dips, sauces, salad lemon the lot...
It was shells birthday and what a present it was.. Sitting in a untouched 60s fish only restaurant eating propped up at the bar and what I can only describe as lamb textured fish with a taste I have never experienced...

I shook hands with the waiter and he would not have a euro off me!! Free drinks all night and full meal for nothing!!

texture of lamb and a taste like nothing else

A night of angling that shall stay with me for ever..........



the hardest fighting fish i ever hooked

The next day I eagerly went to see Aran at his shop and showed him the pictures... He shouted 'grouper dusky!!!!.' one had not come out from here for six months and nothing of that size as far as he knew...he explained it was a very sort after fish for its rarity and it's amazing taste...class ...
Weighed off the gill on my salter scales it was 5lb 2oz

The next few days saw me get the fly rod out and it was just amazing to say the least...post coming soon
'living the dream'

just another day in racine

Two cars pull into the river access at almost the exact same time, one car carrying a solo angler and the other with a duo. I'm sure we've all been there, you look at the other group gearing up and can just tell they are heading for the same exact stretch of water as you were planning to fish. Sure, there is plenty of water in the park, but you have already eliminated all that other water in your brain on the trip over. The bridge was gonna be holding fish and that was "the spot" today. So what do you do? You do exactly what any other weekend angler who has been trained in combat fishing does, you put your gear on faster. Thank God you fish in hip boots and not the full body waders that the opposition is faced with. But wait, a momentarily lost streamer box puts you back to a neck and neck pace. Hurry, come on lets go!

Both groups finish at almost the exact same time and the solo fisherman looks over at the pair. "Please let them head down stream, please let them head down stream," the thought runs over and over in his mind. Sure enough, it's too good to be true. The pair shut their trunk and turn and head upstream just a few steps behind him. What does one do now? Do you quicken your pace and slide right in to the pool and risk some dirty looks?

Instead, he turns to the group and said, "Where you fellows fishing this morning?" The two turn and look at each other quite confused. It wasn't that hard of a question but it seemed to stop them dead in their tracks. After the uncomfortable silence dissipates, the reply come back in broken English, "The bridge." Sure enough, yours fears are made real. With no thought the solo angler concedes the spot, "Sure guys, have at it and I'll just move upstream." Not sure that his words were understood, the angler just turns and heads one pool up from the bridge.

For the next hour he watches these two fools from the next pool up. The duo managed to snag almost every rock with their large weighted dropper rigs and splashed through the pool with heavy feet trying to free their line. After an hour they reason that there must be no fish hanging out under the bridge and decide to move one pool down.

Finally given the chance, the patient angler slides down to the bridge pool and goes three for three on brown trout. Two nice fish and one stocker fall victim to the black streamer in the next hour all while the duo were forced to watch from the next pool down.

wisconsin great lakes brown trout

best fish caught from the bridge pool

This was just another day in Racine...

D Minus One

WHAT'S THE FUSS ABOUT ?

As If You Don't Know

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.. Here are the "official" maps of the Madison River that will be discussed tomorrow evening at 6:00 PM in a plush conference room just 200' from our front door. We'll let you know if anything new crops up.

In search of Doggies (Dogtooth Tuna)

We have decided to try something new.

A new style of fishing.

A new kind of fish in a new depth of water.

Deep water jigging with knife jigs and flutter jigs.

With short jigging rods and big reels.

And a bunch of research.

360Tuna Sportfishing and Jigging

JigNPop Forum

We head out on a gorgeous morning. Armed and excited.

From In search of doggies, take 1

From In search of doggies, take 1

We start the day out warming up on some smaller fish in about 30 meters of water.

Please note that some of the fish are sporting sunglasses and hats, that is for our fishing club photo contest.

First up is Wayne, aka, Fisher X.

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Next on the board is yours truly. Note the two in the boat behind me. The guy standing up is Donno, and he don't know how to fish. They are trying to steal our spots. Not to worry, they did not catch a thing.

From In search of doggies, take 1

Wayne with another grouper.

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Now it is Brendan's turn.

From In search of doggies, take 1

The day was a cracker. Blue sky and clear water. Here is a shot of Bird Island. there are great reefs around this little beauty.

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Once we headed out to deeper water the fish started to change. Here is a double lined mackerel sporting some new piecing and preparing to go back to the deep.

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Down she goes. Do us proud.

From In search of doggies, take 1

While our little mackerel was down in the deep, Brendan managed to get connected to something rather large. After a good fight from 100 meters deep. We catch our first glimpse of an Almaco Jack. Here is the video and image.

Sorry the image is a little foggy. That was inside the camera housing.

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Needless to say Brendan was over the top with his catch.

We try and do a bit of popping but the wind has kicked up and it is a lot of work just standing up in the boat. This does not deter Wayne and he continues to pop long after everyone else stopped.

His perseverance paid off. He lands a nice GT and Brendan lands a Bluefin at the same time.

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Here is another shot of that GT, I just love these fish.

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We go back and do a little more jigging. Brendan is on today and hooks and Boats a Rusty Jobfish, again from about 100 meters.

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Well we did not catch our target fish, Dogtooth Tuna, today, but we learned a lot about jigging in deep water. As a side benefit I am learning a lot about how to use my sounder to see fish at 100+ meters.

We are preparing to head out again and focus only on catching a Doggie.

Until then I leave you with a parting shot of happy and tired anglers.

From In search of doggies, take 1

Tight Lines

Fishing Update

FEBRUARY 18th to 24th, 2012

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 86%

BILLFISH: We were pleased with the upturn in fishing this week, with decent catches of marlin, despite a drop in water temperature. This period started off with a few boats with single striped marlin in the 11.50 area of the Sea of Cortez. On February 18th, we saw a couple of boats step it up with “Yahoo” catching and releasing three striped marlin up to 160 lbs on live mackerel at Punta Gorda for David Attebery, Tim Smith and John Allan. This same day “Rebecca” had two on the same bait, in the same area for Kevin Sullivan from Champaign, Illinois fishing with buddy Will Klein. The marlin bite was fair to good one day, then down a day then back on again; “La Brisa” had two also at Punta Gorda for Brian & Glenn O´Neil from Kerwsburg N.J & Hudson N.Y on the 20th. This same day “Valerie” dii well to release three on live caballito for Mark Beckham, Scott Quaintana & Eddie Julian; all from North Carolina. “C Rod” had a nice variety bag for Matt Percy from Canton, Mi, with a striped marlin released, a dorado and four roosterfish. Thirty two percent of charters caught marlin this week, adding up to a total of twenty two fish, all released except one.

Not the biggest yellow fin tuna, but tasty and one of only four caught this week for the fleet; aboard La Brisa.

OTHER SPECIES: There was plenty of action on smaller game this week, so boats had to choose whether to head up to Punta Gorda to try for the not so certain marlin, or head up the Pacific where lots of fish were available. Top two smaller game this week were yellow tail, a delicious firm fleshed fish and roosterfish, a dream catch for lots of anglers but not considered good eating. The yellow tail were found at Los Arcos, with bait, rapalas and iron jigs working well and weights up to 35 lbs. Catches were not quite as plentiful as last week with the average catch being from one to four, nevertheless thirty percent of boats landed this species. Rooster fish began to bite mid-week and “Adriana” had an amazing day on smaller game with thirteen rooster fish up to 25 lbs, a yellow tail and three skipjacks for Daniel Sorenson from Hamilton, Montana. There were good amounts of sierra, skipjacks, some snappers and small groupers as well as jack crevalle. The only wahoo of the week was caught aboard “Rebecca” by Mike Ryan from Merrill,Wi, at the 11.50 spot on a petrolero lure, not big at 25 lbs, but tasty. We had just a few dorado, picked up in different locations and only three yellow fin tuna for the fleet, small at 15 lbs, aboard “La Brisa”
LOCATION: Punta Gorda and 11.50 for marlin, Pacific, Los Arcos for smaller game.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Windy on the Pacific most of the week, making for uncomfortable seas, nevertheless boats could hug the shore and avoid most of the chop. Calmer on the Cortez side.

BEST LURES. Live bait, huchis, light green, rapalas, petrolero.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 66-69 F

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

LIVING IN NAIROBI

Word on the street is that dorado and striped marlin are starting to show in good numbers off shore a few miles south of Punta Arena Light house. Only a boat or two have been out there most days and are consistently having success. In shore sierra mackerel continue to bite with El Cardonal area producing the most action. Just a couple miles off the beach in Buena Vista quality sized yellowtail have made a showing. Live bait is key to get the yellows going. I was out there yesterday morning and had a hard time making bait. It took until 8:30 to finally catch a mackerel. After pinning it on and pitching it out it only took a 5 minutes to hang a 25 pound yellowtail. Unfortunately I forgot my camera but we had some great sashimi last night.

The weather is changing and we are now getting as many calm days as windy ones. I've put away my Ugg boots and we are not needing the fire place to warm our home. We are going to put Jen Wren in tomorrow for the first trips of the season and see what we can stir up.

Back in 92 I was in LA for a long weekend and wanted to pick up a spear gun that had been advertised in a skindiving magazine. It was frustrating calling dive shop after shop to find nobody had one in stock. Finally talking to a shop owner I explained where we live, why I wanted that particular gun and asked why nobody in the Los Angeles area stocked them. He said sir, where you are living is like Nairobi and we just don't get calls for elephant guns. That reply has always stuck with me and is a very good description of the East Cape.

The areas we fish everyday on the Sea of Cortez have produced 1,000 pound marlin, cow yellowfin tuna in excess of 300 pounds and yes, the "gladiator of the sea" broadbill swordfish. We may not get a shot at these trophies every day but the possibility is always there. For just this reason we keep an elephant gun rigged and ready on both Jen Wren boats. When the opportunity for a trophy of a lifetime arises there is no fumbling around for the right gear. We just grab the stick that is prepared and always within short reach for the occasion.

I love breaking out the big guns.

Mark Rayor

teamjenwren.com

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