ROOSTERFISH RETURN TO CABO SAN LUCAS
FLY FISHING SCENE AFTER A BRIEF VACATION

June 10, 2005, Grant Hartman, Baja Anglers, Cabo San Lucas, Baja Sur, Mexico Fly Fishing Report:

About 3 weeks ago the Cabo San Lucas fishing had been very good for rooster. We were catching some very nice fish over 50 pounds on the fly. It was a lot of fun and I thought the season had started a little early.

Then the fishing went dead and stayed dead for a few weeks. We couldn't catch a roosterfish. We could see them, but we couldn't catch them. The roosters would even shy away from live sardines tossed in front of their faces. I thought the season was going to be a bust.

Four days ago that all changed! The roosterfish showed up over night and did they show up!

In the last few days we have had schools of 300 to 400 roosterfish from 40 to 70 pounds all around the boats. It's awesome to see that many big fish come up and look at the fly! Mark Wauterluk from Chicago had 5 roosterfish over 50 pounds on the fly, but Mr. Murphy showed up and he didn't land a one.

It's crazy when you see 200 giant roosterfish charging after your fly. You're in a rocking boat with a 20 to 30 mile an hour wind. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Its nuts trying to fish in those conditions, but hey were catching roosters. It's worth it.

There are schools of cubera snappers, jack crevalle and sierra mackerel along the shore.

The offshore fishing for striped marlin has been slow. Lots of fish out there, but they wont bite. In the last few days we have seen a small improvement with a few fish turning on. I expect the offshore fishing to pick up dramatically in the next few weeks.