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From Jan 01, 1999 To May 09, 2008
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Aug 18, 2007; 01:50PM - Unsettled weather
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
Unsettled weather late this week made fishing fairly tough. We had very little rain, but the port was closed on Friday due to wind conditions.
Prior to the barometer taking a nose dive, the sailfish action was averaging about 1 to 2 fish per boat/day.
Also early in the week the 60 to 80 pound yellowfin tuna had made a very good showing at the 1,000 fathom line (30 miles), with the bite lasting until the port closure.
Plus, for the boats who traveled the distance for the tuna, the sailfish action was much better than the boats who stayed in the traditional 10 to 14 mile areas.
There was not much action on roosters early this week, and the unsettled weather prevented anybody looking for them later.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 74-91
Humidity 93%
Wind: ENE at 2 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:29 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:11 p.m. CDT
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Aug 11, 2007; 02:39PM - Dorado Coming
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico [/b]
The small yellowfin tuna are still around the six mile mark and they are keeping the blue marlin around. These small tuna are only about 4 or 5 pounds, and are candy for the big blues. Several more blues were hooked this week.
The larger yellowfin are still out beyond the 32 mile area of the 1,000 fathom curve.
A few dorado are showing this week, and hopefully these are the leaders of the September mass migration we get about every 4 years. When the migration happens, a 100 dorado a day is not unreasonable: unless you get tired and quit before then.
The roosterfish bite is still awesome, and an excellent opportunity for a fly rodder to get in on the action.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77-97
Humidity 92%
Wind: ENE at 2 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:28 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:15 p.m. CDT
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Aug 4, 2007; 02:25PM - Inshore Continues to Please
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
The outstanding inshore action is still holding up for the roosters and jack crevalle. The roosterfish are averaging between 30 and 40 pounds, with a few fish taken this week estimated to be in the 60 to 75 pound class. Some of the jacks have tipped the scales at 25 pounds, but most are averaging about 15 pounds.
The full moon has the blue water fishing a bit on the slow side, but a few people were surprised by the huge blue marlin making another show this summer. Adan, on the panga Gitana II, was back at the dock with his client by 10:20 in the morning having caught and released a sailfish and an estimated 450 pound blue marlin. The client was worn out and had enough for the day.
A few other blues were hooked this week, and the sailfish are averaging about two fish per boat per day.
The 60 to 80 pound yellowfin tuna are at the 35 mile mark.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 75-91
Humidity 73%
Wind: NNW 3 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 4 miles
Sunrise 7:26 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:19 p.m. CDT |
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Jul 31, 2007; 05:05PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo fish Report
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
JULY 20, 2007
A storm riddled week hampered fishing in the Ixtapa Zihuatanejo area last week. High winds along with torrential rains made inshore fishing as difficult as one can imagine. Claudio Tagini and film crew of American Western Adventures fishing out of the Casa Las Brisas in Puerto Vincentee Guerrero for 4 days aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 landed 8 ROOSTERFISH to 50 lbs along with a handful a nice sized Yellowtail Jacks and Spanish Mackerel. The fishing was extremely difficult as the large surf coupled with muddy water made for a challenging mix. The weather forced an end to fishing on most day by mid to late morning. Offshore our captains are reporting more marlin than Sailfish. Some school Yellowfin tuna to 30 lb are also being reported. The blue water is beyond the 20 mile mark.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weater: Rain, Wind and nasty days
Sea Conditions: Rough
Bait Supply: Fair
Sincerley,
Stan Lushinsky
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Jul 28, 2007; 01:39PM - Improved Conditions
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
Conditions have improved this week, with the inshore action for roosters being phenomenal. The boats are each averaging between 7 and 8 roosters a day! Plus, that does not count an almost equal number of the hard fighting jack crevalle. The jacks are averaging between 12 and 16 pounds, with the roosters averaging a whopping 30 to 40 pounds.
It really does not matter if you go North or South out of Zihuatanejo Bay, all the beaches are producing jacks and roosters. Also, with most of the fish being taken on surface poppers, it is an ideal situation for the fly caster. The same popper, with the hooks taken off, makes an excellent teaser to bring the rooster to the boat, and well within fly casting distance.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77-95
Humidity 73%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Thundershowers
Visibility 2 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:22 p.m. CDT
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Jul 21, 2007; 09:02PM - Rain Begins
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
We had a lot of rain for a couple of days this last week. On Wednesday, I recorded 12 inches of rain between 5:00 in the afternoon to 7:00 the next morning. This pushed a lot of weeds, trees, and debris out of the rivers, and it also pushed the blue water out to at least the 20 mile mark.
Most of the captains are reporting averaging between 1 and 2 sailfish a day per boat. And all of them are complaining that the weed lines are in such abundance, it is making trolling difficult. A trolled bait, with three feet of weeds trailing behind it, will not catch any fish.
However, a lot of the captains are also reporting several schools of peanut sized dorado among the weeds. Hopefully these fast growing fish will stick around for a while.
The inshore fishing was great early in the week. Santiago, on the panga, Gitana, did get 7 roosters, up to 40 pounds, in one day for his clients. And Adolpho, on the panga, Dos Hermanos, spent several days with an ESPN2 TV crew in Puerto Vicente Gro. They got a bunch of roosters and plenty of footage for their show.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 71-93
Humidity 92%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Mostly Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:21 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
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Jul 16, 2007; 07:30PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo fish Report
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
JULY 12, 2007
A little bit of rough seas and some wind caused some difficult fishing conditions last week. Mr. Mark Tamim fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 caught several nice Roosterfish as well as many more Yellow Tail Jacks. At one point it seemed like the Jacks outnumbered the Roosterfish 100 to 1. Mr. Harpster also fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 lost 4 Roosterfish in one day and managed to land several large Jacks as well. Mr. Johnson fishing a short day on the Bloody Hook tied into a double header Marlin landing a 280 lb Black and loosing an estimated 200 Lb Blue. There continues to be an absence of SAILFISH as the fleet continues to hook and land more Marlin than Sailfish which is very unusual for this time of year. The Inshore fishing continues to lead the way when the seas permits and we still have some excellent open dates for August. Interested anglers are encouraged to contact us for availability
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Weather: Some rain and wind temps in the 90’s
Sea Conditions: Moderate to rough
Bait Supply: Good
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
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Jul 14, 2007; 01:59PM - Jacks Back
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
The fishing has slowed a bit this week. We have had some unsettled weather, with the barometer bouncing around like a yoyo. We only had one day of rain (Thursday), but we got over two inches between 8AM and 10AM.
The fleet is averaging only 1 or 2 sailfish a day average. However, the 10 to 15 pound yellowfin are between 15 and 20 miles off the beach and are providing very good action for the light line angler.
The clear and clean water is just two miles off the beach, and the inshore action is doing well. The roosterfish action is good, and there are lots of mid-sized jack crevalle between 12 and 16 pounds. The jacks are giving the fly rodders a great day on the water.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 78-100
Humidity 79%
Wind: N 5 knots
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:19 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:25 p.m. CDT
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Jul 8, 2007; 06:43PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo fish Report
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
July 6, 2007
The inshore continues to dominate the fishing in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. Mr. Monetero fishing two days inshore with Captain Adolofo landed 5 ROOSTERFISH and close to triple digit Yellowtail Jacks. Most of the Jacks were take on a MEGABAIT spoon and the Roosters on a combination of Live Bait and Pencil poppers. Mr. Mark Tamim also fishing two inshore days with Captain Adolofo recorded 7 ROOSTERFISH 4 of which scaled between 50 and 60 lbs. Mr. Tamim also had non stop action on Yellowtail Jacks landing nearly 50 in the two days. Mr. Betancourt fishing one day inshore aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 landed 1 ROOSTERFISH which scaled close to the 70 lb mark and lost another 4 Roosterfish. Mr. Betancourt fished one day offshore landing 1 SAILFISH and two Yellowfin tuna to 20 lbs. First Time visitor to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. Mr. Nowacki fishing 1 inshore day aboard the Sequestro with Captain Temo landed 6 YELLOWTAIL JACKS as well as a handful of Bonitos on light tackle. The blue water is at the 15 mile mark but there has been a lack of activity. Inshore the red tide is gone and the fishing is wide open.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Sunny mild temps in the high 80’s
Sea Conditions Calm to moderate
Bait Supply: Good
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
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Jul 7, 2007; 01:40PM - Clean Water Back
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
Clean clear water is at the solitary rock at the entrance to Zihuatanejo Bay. Fishing is improving, with the trend on the plus side as we move away from the full moon phase. Even though there are not many boats going out, the fleet is averaging about 3 sailfish a day, per boat. Adan, on the panga, Gitana II, fished only one day this week, but managed 4 sailfish released.
Most of the sailfish have been taken between 12 and 14 miles from the bay entrance. The blue marlin and yellowfin tuna are still around, but they are still out at the 1,000 fathom line (about 30 to 32 miles).
Santiago, on the panga, Gitana, told me he released two nice roosters this week weighing approximately 42 to 45 pounds, but most roosters are averaging about 25 to 30 pounds. He also said there are a lot of the hard fighting jack crevalle filling in the gap between the rooster bites and are averaging 14 to 16 pounds.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 71-95
Humidity 79%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 17 miles
Sunrise 7:17 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:26 p.m. CDT |
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