The days haven’t been too hot and sunny with some good cloud cover but no rain. The mornings have been breezy and the water looks to have cooled off a degree or two.
We headed out on Tuesday and caught one striped marlin and a couple of small dorado. One boat that was out fifty miles landed five nice dorado and a marlin. I heard one report that the fishing was good on the other side. With this weekend’s Labor Day tournament coming up, someone better find out where the fish are! The hot spot can change in a day though.
The bait has started to show up farther out and in the bay which is a good sign. I was out a couple of evenings for an hour of light and caught plenty of sierra mackerel to smoke. There were tons of skipjack around too. Coming in after sunset, the screen was ‘lit up’ with bait from top to bottom in the Bahia. There are a lot of small dorado in the bay, but please stick to your limit of two per person. Be patient and you should find a few keepable fish. Give them a few more months and these fish will be much larger (5 – 15 pounds). They grow very fast. Break out the light tackle and have fun with them at the moment though. I think we’ll have good fishing in close this Fall. The La Nina currents may bring in cooler water earlier than expected along with the Humbolt Squid that never showed last year.
Come down to the Marina this weekend to see if we’re catching anything. Weigh-in should be in the afternoons after 4:00pm and Monday after 3:00pm. My friends said they lost a tuna that looked to be almost 150 pounds last Sunday, so you never know. The fishing should slowly get better here with some bigger fish coming in. For me, October can’t come soon enough, but it can’t get any hotter, can it?
tight lines,
Bryan Replogle repsilon@aol.com
Team Margarita Sportfishing San Carlos Aquatic Adventures
