EAST CAPE DORADO KEEP BITING THROUGH UNSETTLED FISHING WATER CONDITIONS

East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico Fly Fishing, Gary Graham, Baja On The Fly, Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 2004:

This week hurricane Howard came meandering past East Cape, bringing some much-needed rain to East Cape as its outer rings swirled over the tip of Baja. While East Cape fishing seemed to be unaffected, the unsettled conditions that prevailed most of the week kept most of the East Cape fleet closer to the dock.

AIR & SEA - Water temperature 81-88. Air temperature 72-92. Humidity about 82%. Wind: Southeast 10 mph. Conditions: rain. Visibility 6 miles.

OFFSHORE: Sails provided the bulk of the fishing action at East Cape this week.

INSHORE: East Cape dorado seemed to ignore the unsettled conditions and continued to bite from Rancho Buenavista all the way to the lighthouse at Punta Arena.

BEACH: Wind waves and storm surge chewed up the East Cape fishing beach pretty well. Best bet was early morning.

BILLFISH – Slow for everything except the sails that could care less about a little rough seas.

YELLOWFIN TUNA – Moved further offshore but the good news is it was a better quality of fish in the 20- to 30-pound range.

DORADO – Close, inside of three miles from the beach produced steady action, weather permitting.

ROOSTERFISH\JACK CREVALLE – Dirty water caused by the storm slowed the East Cape bite down this week.

BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Still can be found in the same zone as the dorado.

PARGO AND CABRILLA – Rocky outcropping are the best right now.

SIERRA – A few around the bait receivers at La Ribera.