ALASKA FLY FISHING ANGLERS GREETED BY
NORTH WINDS DURING TRIP TO EAST CAPE

Nov. 7, 2004, Gary Graham, Baja On The Fly, East Cape fly fishing, Baja California Sur, Mexico:

Unwelcome north winds early in the week greeted Pudge Kleinkauf’s Alaska group when they arrived at East Cape on Tues.

By Wed. afternoon, the winds had begun to subside, and on Thurs. morning three East Cape fishing boats headed out in search of action.

Fortunately, there were plenty of sardina for chum and the day yielded a few dorado and skipjack. Brian and Brent Layng, owners of the International Sportsmen’s Expo shows, managed to land four nice-sized dorado and had chances for more.

Fri. was even better, with both of Pudge’s East Cape boats reporting good catches of skipjack, dorado and a half-dozen yellowfin tuna at the 20 mile mark. Captain Chayo on the “Nueva Era” even found the group several sailfish on the trip back to the hotel, one of which put on a great show for Larry Pemberton of Tacoma, Wash., before he released it.

East Cape Water temperature 78-83. Air temperature 66-85.

East Cape Offshore Fishing: Tuna at 20 miles; leave early and look for bird schools.

INSHORE: Dorado inside of four miles and plenty of skipjack to fill in the gaps.

BEACH: Wind waves and off-color water didn’t prevent Josh Dickinson from landing a few jacks on his hike back from the hotel.

BILLFISH – Sailfish seem to be the best bet this week, I suspect that will slow down over the next few weeks as the sea temps begin to drop.

YELLOWFIN TUNA – Under the porpoise, looks for the birds and try to get there early.

DORADO – Strung out from inshore to offshore.

ROOSTERFISH\JACK CREVALLE – Plenty of small jacks up and down the beach from Rancho Buena Vista to La Ribera.

BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK – Breezing schools in front of La Ribera.

PARGO AND CABRILLA – Rocky points and pinnacles in front of La Ribera best bet.

SIERRA – Bring wire or lots of flies!