DORADO ARE DOMINATING INSHORE FISHING ACTION THIS WEEK AT EAST CAPE

Sept. 18-24, 2004, Gary Graham, Baja On The Fly, East Cape, Baja fly fishing, Mexico:

No weird weather, no worries as East Cape dorado continue play close to shore. A bit further out, plenty of tuna in the 20-35 pound range to put a bend in your stick. Be careful. Every once and a while a slug will show up and turn the party into work. Most of our East Cape fishing clients wimped out after the dorado/tuna dance and seemed to be more interested in the pool and margaritas than the billfish.

East Cape Water temperature 79-88. Air temperature 74-91. Humidity about 63%. Wind: SSW 2 mph. Conditions: Scattered Clouds.

OFFSHORE: Most of the buzz was about the tuna, with the billfish taking a distant second.

INSHORE: Dorado dominated close to shore with a few skipjack, jacks and an occasional rooster.

BEACH: Roosters appeared along Bartle Beach, but seemed to be doing more cruising than biting.

BILLFISH – Sails dropped off a tad, but the blues turned on filling the gap.

YELLOWFIN TUNA – Enough to wear you out before noon.

DORADO – Getting larger, but still within a few miles of shore.

ROOSTERFISH\JACK CREVALLE – Plenty to look at along Bartle attracted by the mullet schools moving up and down the beach.

BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Find the right school and you may come up with some in the double digit class.

PARGO AND CABRILLA – Lots of East Cape locals fishing on the beach at night, can’t make up my mind if the fish are biting or they just want to cool off.

SIERRA – Not enough to rig with wire.