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From Jan 01, 1999 To May 09, 2008
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May 21, 2005; 12:53PM - Action Picking Up
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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
The 80º blue water is just off the beach and the fishing is definitely improving. Five pangas took the 35-mile run and stationed themselves out of Puerto Vicente Gro. this week for a large group of people. Temo on the Sequestra Amor, Adolpho on the Dos Hermanos, Cheva on the Dos Hermanos II, Arturo on the Janeth, and Indio (Alex) on the Gran Jefe all fished the beaches for roosters and about 10 miles off the point for sails. Not many roosters showed up, but a lot of large jack crevalle gave them some decent action on the beach. In the blue water, they averaged about three sailfish a day, several yellowfin tuna, and a blue marlin.
Locally here in Zihuatanejo, Santiago on the panga Gitana, also made a run South, releasing three sailfish and boating 10 nice yellowfin tuna with client Gary Stokes.
The blue marlin bite is still going strong, with about one strike for every three boats on the water. Captain Leo, fishing off a private yacht out of the Ixtapa Marina, targeted the marlin and got two to the leader in one day. Indio, on the Gran Jefe also boated a 400-pound + blue marlin.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 89
Humidity 83%
Wind: WSW 13 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:11 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:13 p.m. CDT
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May 20, 2005; 12:38PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 5/13/05 - 5/19/05
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
The offshore action dominated the fishing last week in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. The area received a high tide which affected the ability of our captains to find and fish for the inshore game fish. Captain Alex on the Grande Jefe posted the largest Marlin last week caught by angler Anthony Marquex. The Marlin scaled in at 429 Lbs. The Landeros family also fishing with Captain Alex landed 1 Roosterfish, 4 Yellowtail Jacks and 7 Bonitos in one day of fishing.
It was our pleasure to host Mr. George Holmes group from New Jersey at the beautiful Casa Las Brisas in Puerto Vincentee Guerrero last week. This is a very special opportunity for angler to fish some new unexplored water 30 miles south of Zihuatanejo Bay while staying in a very affordable Luxury house. The group fished 4 days aboard 5 super pangas, Dos Hermanos 1, Dos Hermanos 2,Secuestro, Grande Jefe, and Janeth. In those 4 days the group landed the Following: Dos Hermanos 1 - SAILFISH, 5 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 26 YELLOWTAIL JACKS and a handfull of Small game. Dos Hermanos 2 - 7 SAILFISH, Secuestro 5 SAILFISH, 10 Bonitos and 2 Yellowtail Jacks, Janeth 6 SAILFISH and 3 YELLOWTAIL JACKS, Grande Jefe 1 BLUE Marlin ( 160 Lbs and lost one other Blue Malrin, 5 Sailfish, 3 Yellowtail Jacks and 8 Bonito. For more information regarding accommodations at the Casa Las Brisas please visit the web site www.zihuatanejo.net/casalasbrisas. Keeping pace with the boats down south. Captain Chiro on the Vamonos 3 fishing with angler Mr Woodard for 3 days landed 6 SAILFISH. Traditionally our summer run of Roosterfish should come ashore at any time. We still have some good dates and boats available.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Sunny with Temps in the high 80’s
Sea Conditions Calm to Moderate
Bait Supply: Good
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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May 18, 2005; 04:48PM - May Slow So Far
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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
This is turning out to be one of our slowest month of May ever. The 82 degree blue water is still just 5 to 6 miles off the beach and the 80 degree clean water is all along the inshore area. But, the game fish still have not shown. We are only averaging about 1 sailfish per boat, no tuna, and no dorado.
The blue marlin fishing has been doing very well however. We are only averaging about a total of 10 to 12 boats a day going out fishing. At least 3 or 4 of those boats are fishing inshore, with the rest in the blue water. Of those in the blue water, we are getting at least 3 to 4 hooked blue marlin a day, and landing one. One of the reasons the catch ratio is low, is because the big marlin are often taking the baits on the sailfish gear, and are spooling the reel.
I did have a great day on the water with fly fishing client Josh Vincent from Michigan. We targeted the black skipjack tuna inshore with a 9wt. Casting to the schools of breaking fish, Josh was averaging a fish for every 4 casts.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 91
Humidity 83%
Wind: West 13 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:06 p.m. CDT
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May 7, 2005; 12:45PM - Tuna Play Hide and Seek along with Sailfish
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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
The clean water is just off the beach, with the blue water only 6 to 8 miles out. The Terrifin Satellite Surface Temperatures show 80 to 85 degree water everywhere. In other words, the conditions are perfect, but still there are very few fish.
Earlier this week we had a great showing of large Yellowfin tuna, but they have also disappeared. However, a few nice fish were taken while they were here. Luis, on the panga “Gringo Loco” fished with Gary Tagahuci from Laguna Beach, CA and got a nice 270 pound fish. Santiago , on the panga “Gitana”, also got a 190 pound tuna. Another member of Gary's group got a nice black marlin while fishing with Luis.
The 22nd annual Sailfish Tournament is currently underway, making a statement about the lack of fish in the area this week. Yesterday (Friday), the first day of the tournament, only 28 sailfish, 2 blue marlin, and 1 dorado were caught from a field of 110 boats. That is less than 1 sailfish for every 4 boats average.
Cheva on the “Dos Hermanos II” found a few small roosterfish earlier in the week, but we are still a little early in the season to expect much action from the roosters. This will pick up over the next three weeks.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 78 - 91
Humidity 83%
Wind: WSW 11 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:06 p.m. CDT
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May 6, 2005; 12:23PM - IXTAPA / ZIHUATANEJO SPORTFISHING REPORT 4-28-05 TO 5-4-05
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
The days following the full moon saw an increase of water temperature for the third consecutive week which spurred on a better Sailfish bite. Marlin activity continues to be very good as well. Kevin Ross of San Clemente, CA fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 with Capt. Adolofo landed 4 SAILFISH, 1 TUNA, 1 BONITO, and 1 BLUE MARLIN weighing in at 320lbs caught on 20lb test fighting the MARLIN for 2 ½ hours. Robert Lage also fishing with Capt. Adolofo landed 1 ROOSTERFISH and 1 NEEDLEFISH. On Mr. Lage’s second day of fishing, aboard the La Bama with Capt. Jose Vargas, landed 1 SAILFISH and 1 200lb BLUE MARLIN. Also fishing with Capt. Jose on the La Bamba, Shane Sigler of Yakima, WA landed 1 SAILFISH. Dan Smith and wife landed 1 SAILFISH and 2 BONITO fishing with Capt. Alex aboard the Gran Jefe and Steve Wong of Beaverton, OR landed 6 BIG EYE and 1 JACK aboard the Securestro de Amor with Capt. Temo. Returning angler Fred Houser and friends total catch was 2 SAILFISH aboard the Intruzza, 2 SAILFISH aboard the Vamons 2, 1 SAILFISH aboard the Don Gordo, and 3 SisLFISH aboard the Illusion. Chris Daughters of Eugene, OR fishing aboard the Vamonos 3 landed 1 SAILFISH and released 1 BLUE MARLIN.
Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Climate: Temps in the high 80’s
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Good
Susan Richards
Stan Lushinsky
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters
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Apr 30, 2005; 02:21PM - Whew! Full Moon GOne
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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 blue water remains only five to six miles off the beach and the sea temperatures are in the 80s. All the conditions are in place for a great May, but the full moon hurt us a bit this last week.
The blue marlin bite is still is still strong, with three be taken in the best day this last week. At least one has been taken each day.
Roosterfish are showing again, with May be the traditional start of action for the hard fighting members of the jack family.
About two sailfish a day average, per boat, are being caught.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 89
Humidity 83%
Wind: WSW 8 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:06 p.m. CDT
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Apr 29, 2005; 03:00PM - IXTAPA/ZIHUATANEJO SPORTFISHING REPORT 4/21/05 - 4/27/05
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
Conditions continue to improve, however, the effect of the full moon last week made for some slow periods during the week. Most of the actions occurred offshore as the full moon made for high tide and large swell activity.
French anglers, Mr. Bonhomme and friends fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 with Capt. Adolofo and the Gran Jefe with Capt. Alex landed 13 SAILS, lost 6 SAILS , 2 MARLIN STRIKES, 8 JACKS, 1 BIG GOUPER, 1 SPANISH MACKEREL, 6 NEEDLEFISH with many BONITOS. Brad Christensen of Minesota, landed 5 TUNA and 4 BONITO fishing with Capt. Adolofo. Returning angler, Herb Houghton of New Jersey also fishing with Capt. Adolofo landed 4 JACKS. Herb also fished aboard the Vamonos 3 with Capt Chiro landing 2 SAILFISH. Michelle Howard’s catch totaled 4 JACKS, 1 ROOSTERFISH, 1 HAMMERJACK, 1 SPANISH MACKEREL, and 1 SAILFISH in 2 days with Capt. Adolofo. The Mc Kee party fishing a total of 3 days aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 , Dos Hermanos 2, Securestro de Amor, and the Leydy landed 4 TUNA, 13 BONITO, 3 SPANISH MACKEREL, 1 JACK, 6 BIG EYE, 1 NEEDLEFISH and 9 SAILFISH. Fishing aboard the Vamonos 3 with Capt. Chiro anglers Steve Wong of Oregon landed 1 SAILFISH and David Penman of Pennsylvania landed 2 SAILFISH and Eric Whitley of Utah also landed 2 SAILFISH. Dale & Roxanne Darling of California landed a 250lb BLUE MARLIN fishing with Capt. Jose Vargas aboard the La Bamba. Abel Cortez also reports 4 other MARLIN were landed during this week.
Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Climate: Highs in the upper 80’s
Sea Conditions: Calm to moderate
Bait Supply: Good
Susan Richards
Stan Lushinsky
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters
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Apr 24, 2005; 08:14AM - Signs of Improvement
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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
The 80-degree blue water is only about 6 to 7 miles off the beach and fishing is definitely showing an improvement over the last couple of weeks. The blue marlin bite is continuing on a strong note, sailfish are steady, and the yellowfin tuna are finally making a strong showing.
This week, Ruben on the 31-foot Bertram Vamonos caught two marlin of about 250 pounds each. He had several other opportunities, but was not able to get a decent hook set.
Adolpho on the panga Dos Hermanos, fishing with clients from France, had a great day yesterday (Fri.) On conventional gear, they lost a large marlin, but caught a 100 pound yellowfin tuna. They also picked up several other 30- to 40-pound yellowfin and a couple of sailfish. On the pier early this morning, Adolpho told me the overall fishing is very good, especially with several schools of tuna out around the 16 to 20 mile mark.
The inshore action on the big jack crevalle and roosters has pretty much been blown out all this last week with a very high surf. The jacks are feeding about a mile off the beach however, and action on these hard fighting fish has been very good when trolling a live bait, Rapala, or casting a surface popper. Teasing them in with a hookless popper has been the ticket for the flyrod anglers.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 89
Humidity 78%
Wind: WSW 8 mph
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:04 p.m. CDT
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Apr 16, 2005; 01:09PM - A Few Blues Showing
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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
Conditions are getting more favorable every day. The blue water is moving back in to just a few miles off the beach and the water temperature is edging into the 80-degree mark. The best results have been the blue marlin this last week. We have now had 11 days in a row where at least 1 nice blue has been boated.
Plus, the inshore fishing for jack crevalle is still holding up and has provided us a lot of action for both the anglers using light line conventional gear or the flyrod enthusiasts. Jim Kelsey of the San Francisco Bay area fished with Felipe and me on the panga Yellowfin and took 6 jacks to 25 pounds near the Valentine area.
Chase Smith of New Braunfels, Tex., fished with Ruben on the Vamonos I and got a very nice blue marlin. But, they missed a much larger one.
Santiago got another blue this week for his clients on the panga Gitana, plus 4 sailfish the next day. However, most of the boats are only getting between 1 and 2 sails a day.
Baja on the Fly report by Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77 - 91
Humidity 78%
Wind:
Calm
Conditions: Scattered Clouds
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:28 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:02 p.m. CDT
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Mar 30, 2005; 01:25PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo sportfishing report 3-16 05 to 3-23-05
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
Over the past few weeks we have been upgrading our computer services and apologize for any delay you have experienced in receiving our weekly fishing reports. We are back on line and the reports should be coming to you on a weekly basis. Many thanks for your understanding and support.
A band of very cold water dropped the ocean temperature by over 10 degrees this week making for the most difficult fishing conditions of the year. Sea Surface temperature charst indicate our most productive water has move over 90 miles to the southwest. Only 4 SAILFISH were reported caught for the entire week and the blue water has been pushed beyond the 60 mile mark. Even the baot venturing out ot theat mark have failed to find any siginificant action as no marlin or Tuna were reported last week. Inshore has not fared well either as the water is 'dirty looking' with a noticable absence of Bait. CpatainA dolofo Espinosa did report catching a nice wahoo at the White rocks as well as some Chulas and Yellowtail Jacks. Captain Alex on the Grande Jefe managed 1 DORADO and and Handful of Bonitos for his client Mr Marco Cobarrubinas from Mexcio city. We are hopeful that the turn of the moon this comming week will bring about a significant change in the currents as ocean temperatures.
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
Ixtapa Sportfishing CHarters
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