Things are slowly turning around in the San Carlos fishing arena. It has been a year of up and down fishing. We were out mid-week after hearing of a few fish being caught to land five out of ten fish at the Island. The reports on Friday were not great, though they turned on in the afternoon. We went out the next day and the fishing was full-on in the morning. It was glass calm that Saturday and we even caught two out of four fish halfway out to the Island. We reached the Island and the birds and fish were everywhere. We quickly caught up with our catch with multiple doubles of big fish until the fish box was bulging. It was great to see close to thirty boats out at the Island alone, with probably another dozen or so bottom fishing. The captains and guys on shore are finally getting some work. Let’s hope the good fishing, nice weather, and you o’ so brave and “stupid” people risking the extreme violence of Mexico stick around for a few more months. You’re in Mexico, who cares about paying your taxes? You probably pay them online anyhow.
The water is still below 60 degrees in places, but is warming up on the nice days at least on the surface. Winds are abating a bit. The clear cold water is showing some signs of green nutrient-rich water. There are not too many signs of the water ‘turning-over’ yet, but the anchovies are starting to hatch and there is a lot of bait out there. The yellowtail should be fattening up for the Spring spawn. I can see on the charts that the striped marlin are hovering around Cabo and the dorado may be up to a hundred miles away from there. It will be a slow warm-up, but anything is better that the frigid winter we’ve had.
tight lines, Bryan Replogle repsilon@aol.com
Team Margarita Sportfishing, San Carlos Aquatic Adventures
