Boris Splits…Fish Hit!

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Endless Season Update 07/09/2008
REPORT #1122 "Below the Border" Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape

Gary Gets One on the Beach
Boris, a tropical storm system, passed below us late in the week causing very unsettled conditions
for several days. By the weekend its effects had diminished and action began to resume.
In the billfish department the big news was a definite up-turn in the blue bite, with a number of
them spotted and landed. They ranged in weight from the mid 200’s to one in the high 800’s.
Football tuna seemed to be springing up everywhere from a few miles off the lighthouse and
beyond. Several days there were as many as four schools showing at the same time.
While the dorado haven’t schooled up, those that are coming into the patterns are definitely
‘keepers’ with some exceeding fifty pounds.
The small roosters were still thick close to shore with just enough bigger ones to keep things
interesting.
Along with the mostly small roosters, the beach action also included some ladyfish, pompano and
and the occasional larger rooster or jack that turned a ‘good day’ into a ‘great day’.
Tip: When a fish comes charging your fly, instead of speeding up the retrieve, try changing the
cadence of the retrieve. Many times when the fish is matching the speed of the fly slowing down
the retrieve speed will cause the fish to run into the fly.
Water temperature 73-87
Air temperature 65-91
Humidity 66%
Wind: S 8 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 13 miles
Sunrise 6:39 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:09 p.m. MDT

Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Water temperatures jumped up this week offshore and inside the esteros. The estero action
seemed to suffer from the sudden increase as well as the strong tides. Action was restricted to a
few leopard grouper and even the spotted bay bass seemed to have lockjaw for John Hammargren
and Peter Schabarum.
Their final day however they caught as many small yellows, sierra and bonito as they wanted
before quitting time.
Offshore it was a different story! The Pacific erupted with small yellows, larger bonito, yellowfin
tuna to twenty pounds and a good showing of dorado, all within a few miles of Cabo San Lazero.
There were also some reports of wahoo and striped marlin out to the west of the Thetis Bank…just
a bit too far for the local fleet to reach.
Mike Litalien, fishing on a panga, said that it was the best tuna and dorado action he had seen in
some time with limits filled quickly and plenty to release.
Water temperature 60 - 76
Air temperature 69 -93
Humidity 78 %
Wind: N 3 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:44 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:20 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
We were hit hard by a tropical storm on Sunday through Monday. I recorded 6.25 inches of rain at
my house, and spread out over a 16 hour period.
Due to the large volume of dirty fresh water coming out of the rivers, this wiped out the inshore
fishery. Today (Wed.), I went down to Puerto Vicente Guerrero to find clean water. We went south
about 15 miles with fly fishing client, Jerry Chew of Portland, OR, and got zip.
In my Suburban, on the drive back to Zihuatanejo, we did find clean water about 12 miles north of
the port, and we will be trying that on Thursday.
Sailfish are holding at 1 to 2 fish per day per boat average, and the dorado are still showing up
occasionally in the count.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 73-90
Humidity 58%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:25 p.m. CDT
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