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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Jun 23, 2025
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Aug 7, 2004; 02:44PM - Z-What Roosters Swarm
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 80º plus blue water is still holding only a mile off the beach. Most species are biting, with the exception of the blue marlin (the water is too warm), and dorado. The dorado are missing because the rainfall this last few weeks has been below normal and we have not had much debris washed out of the rivers to hold them.
Most every boat fishing the blue water is averaging between 2 and 3 sailfish per day. Plus, the added bonus of school-sized yellowfin tuna that are only out 10 miles, and are biting.
Inshore, there are a lot of jack crevalle; and light line anglers have been scoring up to 50 a day on these hard fighting fish.
The big news is still just off the surf line with the roosterfish action. The bite is fantastic, and has been holding up for several weeks now. We expect this action to continue on into Dec. It should really make for a great 'Jacks or Better Fly Fishing Tournament' Oct. 7-10 for Baja on the Fly. Contact Gary or Yvonne if you want to know more about this first ever (and IGFA approved) tournament. http://www.bajafly.com/jacksorbetter.htm
Adolpho, on the panga “Dos Hermanos” caught 6 roosters for his clients yesterday, between 35 and 45 pounds. But the one they did not get was the real story. They were using a surface popper on spinning gear, casting into breaking bait, with birds diving and roosters crashing the surface. One cast was laid over the wing of a pelican. Naturally, the pelican was startled and flew off, but he wrapped the line by making a turn and heading in another direction. What happened was incredible! The pelican flew a few feet off the water and was 'trolling' the popper. Up to 5 different roosters grabbed the popper, dragged the pelican back down to the water, and then came unbuttoned . . . to just start the process all over again. That was one very confused bird!
It must have been a hell of a sight, and where is a video camera when you need it?
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 80-87
Humidity 62%
Wind WSW 6 mph
Conditions: Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:26 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:16 p.m. CDT
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15 New, August 23 First Quarter, August 29, Full,
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Aug 1, 2004; 09:18AM - Roosters in the Coop
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Sailfish action continued at a respectable pace with most boats reporting several shots a day. Inshore more and more grande roosters keep showing up in the Chicken Coop. By the time that Jacks or Better rolls around in October there should be some serious tugs to be had.
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 80-90
Humidity 62%
Wind 12 mph from the WSW
Conditions Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:24 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:19 p.m. CDT
Aug 7 Last Quarter, August 15 New, August 23 First Quarter, August 29, Full,
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Jul 23, 2004; 03:18PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 7-15-04 - 7-22-04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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Exceptional weather, Calm seas and Hungry gamefish offshore and inshore was the order of the day last week in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. French Angler Mr. Devocelle, fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 finished his week by landing 10 ROOSTERFISH and 1 YELLOWTAIL JACK on his last inshore day and 4 SAILFISH, 2 YELLOWFIN TUNA and 1 JACK on his last offshore day. Returning New Jersey Angler and co-champion of last year's Ixtapa Zihuatanejo total Tag & Release tournament, Jerry Dailey along with Wife Mary Ann fishing with Captain Adolofo landed 3 SAILFISH and 1 BONITO on their first day offshore and 6 ROOSTERFISH, 2 YELLOWTAIL JACKS ands 1 big NEEDLEFISH on the first day inshore. Also from New Jersey, Mr. John Dolan fishing with Captain Cheva landed 3 ROOSTERFISH and 8 YELLOWTAIL JACKS in one inshore day. Turning his attention to offshore Mr. Dolan hooked up with Captain Candelerio on the super panga 'Leydy ' and landed 7 SAILFISH and lost an estimated 400 LB. BLUE MARLIN at boatside after a long battle. Mr Donal fished 2 days with Captain Candelerio. Returning California Angler Mr. Ted Scott fishing with Fly fishing expert Captain Chico aboard the Llamarada hooked and lost 4 SAILFISH on a fly in two offshore days. L.A. angler, Mr. Frank Sette fishing a half day aboard our newest super panga ' Sirena ' Landed 1 nice ROOSTERFISH and 3 YELLOWTAIL JACKS. The blue water is within 8 miles of shore and conditions are near perfect.
We still have a few openings left for this year's Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Total Tag & release Tournament to be held November 14 - 17, 2004. Interested anglers are encouraged to contact us as soon as possible for hotel details as well as boat availability.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Seasonably beautiful with temps in the 90's, a touch of humidity but no rain.
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Sincerely,
Stan Lushisnky
Susan Richards
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Jul 21, 2004; 05:36PM - Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 7-09-04 to 7-15-04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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This week began with some rough sea conditions and high tides which hampered the fishing efforts. Once things calmed down both the offshore and inshore action continued to improve. French angler Mr Devocelle, fishing with Captain Adolofo on the Dos Hermanos 1 landed 4 SAILFISH, 2 DORADO, 18 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 1 SKIPJACK and 32 BONITOS in three offshore days. Turning his attention to Inshore, Captain Adolofo put Mr. Devocelle on to 8 YELLOWTAIL JACKS, 17 ROOSTERFISH, many of which scaled in at better than 50 lbs, 7 NEEDLEFISH and 3 BONITOS in two days of inshore angling. Most of the ROOSTERFISH were taken on Cotton Cordell red and white pencil poppers although a few of the bigger fish took live bait presented off Z-wing downrigger planers. ( www.zwingdownrigger.com ) The Petra Family from Mexico city, fishing aboard the super panga ' Sirena ' landed 2 SAILFISH and 14 BINITOS in one offshore day. The Blue water is within 12 miles and the sea conditions ended the week very favorably.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Mixture of Clouds and Sun with no rain.
Sea Conditions: Moderate to rough
Bait Supply: Excellent!
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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Jul 17, 2004; 06:10PM - More Jacks Than Roosters
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 80º blue water is still holding very close at the 1 mile mark off the beach. The inshore roosterfish action has been fantastic. All the popular panga captains, such as Adolpho on the “Dos Hermanos,” Martin on the “Isamar,” Arturo on the “Janneth,” and Luis on the “Gringo Loco” are scoring on at least three roosters a day and they are all in the 35 to 45 pound class.
The sailfish have dropped off a bit, but are improving with the new moon approaching. Santiago, on the panga “Gitana,” had a typical day with two releases for clients Tim Bradford and his son Travis of Manhattan Beach, Calif. Travis is only 9 years old and it was his first sail.
The jack crevalle action inshore has actually been hotter than the roosters. Unfortunately, there is not much size to them, but 50 fish a day on the 5-pounders will give any light tackle or flyrodder a great day on the water.
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 78-86
Humidity 74%
Wind SW 6 mph
Conditions Thunder Storms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:19 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter, July 31, Full, Aug 9 Last Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Jul 10, 2004; 01:06PM - Sails Slow, Roosters Crowing
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 80º blue water is still close inshore, but the sailfish fishing has tapered off some from the last couple of weeks. A lot of this can probably be attributed to the moon phase. As we go into the dark phase, I am very certain the blue water fishing should pick up.
As it is, each boat has been releasing 1 or 2 sailfish a day, and the numbers of dorado hitting the dock are increasing.
Captain Cali and I were beach fishing yesterday (Fri.) out at Buena Vista. I was using my 10-weight and Cali had light tackle spin gear. We were getting a lot green jacks, a few small jack crevalle, and an occasional barrilete. We watched Arturo on the panga “Whisky III” work the back side of the surf line with a couple of clients. Right in front of us they had a double on a pair of 45-pound roosters. They lifted them up for a photo, and then released them.
In other words, the roosterfish action is still hot.
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 80-91
Humidity 74%
Wind 5 mph from the West
Conditions Thunder Storms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:17 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter, July 31, Full, Aug 9 Last Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Jul 3, 2004; 07:21PM - Good Action Continues
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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There is very little change from the last several weeks. The 80º blue water is holding a mile off the beach and we are averaging about 2 to 3 sailfish per day per boat.
The roosterfish action is still the best, with 5 fish a day per boat being the average. These are not small fish, either. The average size is running between 30 and 42 pounds.
Yellowfin tuna and marlin are no-shows, but the dorado action is starting to pick up.
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 78-91
Humidity 66%
Wind 5 mph from the West
Conditions Thunder Storms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:15 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
July 9 Last Quarter, July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter, July 31, Full
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Jul 3, 2004; 03:54PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 7/2/04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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The oncoming full moon brought a slow down in the offshore activity for last week but the inshore action stayed strong. Alabama Anglers, Vernon and Rachel Tull fishing aboard the Janeth landed the first Pacific Sailfish along with 2 others in 4 days of fishing. Connis Graham's group finished up their week by landing 1 SAILFISH, 5 ROOSTERFISH and 4 NEEDLEFISH while fishing their final day aboard the Tarpon and Dos Hermanos 1. French angler Mr. Ploquin fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 started his week of fishing by landing 2 SAILFISH and loosing two others on his first day offshore. Angler Michael Scott fishing aboard the Janeth landed 7 ROOSTERFISH, 36 RED SNAPPER and a handful of CABRILLA in two days of fishing and 3 ROOSTERFISH, 1 PAMPANO and 4 NEEDLEFISH aboard the DOS HERMANOS 1 all in one day of fishing. Jeff Burnham's group from Colorado fishing a combination of inshore and offshore day landed 1 SAILFISH aboard the VAMONOS 1 and 1 DORADO aboard the LA Bamba. Turing their attention to inshore the group landed 4 ROOSTERFISH aboard the Janeth and 7 ROOSTERFISH, 2 YELLOWTAIL JACKS and 2 BONITOS aboard the Dos Hermanos 1. One of Mr. Burnham's Roosterfish scaled in at 73 lbs and was found to be carrying a Billfish foundation Tag # 244214. To Our Knowledge this is the first ever ROOSTERFISH tag recapture in Zihuatanejo. The Big fish took 1 hour and 11 minute to land. The blue water is at the 10 Mile mark.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Passing showers at night with beautiful days in between.
Sea Condition: Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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Jun 26, 2004; 02:08PM - Roosters and Sails Cooking
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The 80º blue water is still only 1 mile off the beach. For this time of the year, the sailfish action continues to be very good. We are normally a winter fishery and to release a 3 to 4 sailfish per boat per day average, are respectable summer numbers.
I fished with BOF clients Johnny and Fran Deleshaw of Portland, Ore., on the 38-foot “Yellowfin II” with Captain Ruben. We tagged and released two nice sailfish while fly-fishing.
Yellowfin tuna are breezing in and out, and when a school is located under the porpoise or birds, they are really fast movers. It is all a boat can do to just keep up with them. Very few of these tuna are being hooked.
There is a little debris washed out of the rivers form our rains, forming weed lines
inshore. Quite a few small dorado have been holding in these weed lines, making for some decent light tackle fishing.
The roosterfish action has been outstanding. Adolpho on the panga “Dos Hermanos” got 9 again a couple of days ago. All of the fish are averaging between 30- and 42-pounds. Unfortunately, there are very few clients here to take advantage of all this good fishing. Luis Marciel, of the panga “Gringo Loco” and I were talking yesterday about how many roosters were here, but he also made a very true statement, “Now, I just need a client to go get them.”
Water Temperature 80-89
Air Temperature 78-91
Humidity 66%
Wind Calm
Conditions Thunder Storms
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
July 2, Full, July 9 Last Quarter, July 17 New, July 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
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Jun 24, 2004; 04:22PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 6-16-04 to 6-24-04
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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The good inshore and offshore action continued last week in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo as better weather and sea conditions were present. Captain Chiro on the Vamonos 3 reported a 7 SAILFISH day ( 6 Released ) with Connie Graham's group. Larry Henderson also fishing aboard the Vamonos 3 landed 1 SAILFISH and 1 DORADO on his first day offshore. Texas Angler Russell Coleman pulled the hooks on two SAILFSIH on his first day offshore also aboard the Vamonos 3. Colorado Fly Fishing Angler, Currie Harbour fishing aboard the Secuestro De Amor with Captain Temo had 8 SAILFISH Strikes on a fly in three days of fishing. Oregon Angler James Spring in search of some hot inshore action spent 4 days aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 with Captain Adolofo landing 9 ROOSTERFISH, 4 BIG EYE JACKS, 8 YELLOWTAIL JACKS and 6 NEEDLEFISH.
West Coast Angler and surf fishing expert, Jeff Klaussen also fishing with Captain
Adolofo for two days had over a dozen shots a ROOSTERS, JACKS, NEEDLEFISH and SALEMAS. Connie Graham's group tried their luck at some inshore fishing with Captain Temo and Adolfo landing 2 ROOSTERFISH,4 YELLOWTAIL JACKS,8 BONITOS and 6 NEEDLEFISH in one day. Angler Alfred Palomino fishing inshore with Captain Canderlerio was not able to connect on Roosters but managed 4 BIG YELLOWTAIL JACKS, 6 BONTIOS and 2 NEEDLEFISH in one day. St Louis angler Larry Chandler landed the largest ROOSTERFISH of the week, a fish the went over 70 Lbs. while finishing of his week of fishing with Captain Adolofo. Our newest super panga SIRENA with Captain ALEX and first Mate LUIS along with angler Alfredo Alcantara & son form Queretaro Mexcio who landed 1 SAILFISH, 2 BIG ROOSTERFISH,4 YELLOWTAIL JACKS and some BONOTIOL and NEEDLEFISH as well in two days of fishing. The blue water is hanging close at the 7 mile mark.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: NO RAIN ! NO WIND ! Sunny and pleasant
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
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