I think it would be tough to have a bad fishing report at this time of the year. Fish are all around for the Fall bonanza! The cresendo was a double hookup today on a 180 pound blue marlin and a 75 pound sail on the Margarita IV. We had another nice sail, some nice bull dorado, and released the females. The schools of dorado started off with smaller fish, but then they got bigger farther out. Not huge schools, but pretty good. One client commented, "oh, there's a fish!". Yes, I know, I see at least forty. At times we had up to a dozen dorado from the school leaping in the air attacking our spread of lures. They weren't biting great though and I can only conclude that they were full from feeding all night under the full moon. The bite should be full-on in a few days.
A bit of wind at times, but a lot of nice weather out there. Water temps are in the upper 70's to low eighties just a little south. Clarity is pretty good, with some 'blue water' still out there. Mid-week we picked up a charter that was camping up the coast at Las Barrajitas. We headed to the Island to find that the bonita had already shown up. We landed about eight 6-8 pound bonita, some of which made it to our Thursday Ruby Wine Bar sushi night. We also found a few nice cabrilla and pargo. On the way home we added a large sailfish and a few dorado to the day's catch.
A couple big marlin were caught this week. I heard of one 280 pound fish and another whopper at 470 pounds. The Bisbee tournament down in Cabo San Lucas saw a lot of nice 400-600 pound fish weighed, as well as a few monster tuna. I expect an epic showing of tuna to hopefully grace us with their presence soon. Yellowtail at the Island may still be a few weeks away. The bonita are getting closer, and some large sierra are showing up off the points. Up the coast, great fishing for sierra, bonita, and small dorado up to 14 pounds were reported. I caught some very nice fish from shore in my favorite spot before I was reminded of the unposted rules again. Maximo was pulling in some large ladyfish and 2-3 pound roosterfish with his net by the Plaza San Carlos, so get out a small shiny spoon and just cast from shore for some 'San Carlos tarpon" and some of the toughest prettiest fish you'll ever see. Get out and get bent.
tight lines, Bryan Replogle repsilon@aol.com
Team Margarita Sportfishing, San Carlos Aquatic Adventures
