FLY FISHING ACTION DESULTORY AT EAST CAPE THIS WEEK

April 16, 2005, Lance Petersen, Baja On The Fly, East Cape fly fishing, Mexico:

East Cape fishing early in the week again saw more wind that the kept most of our fly fishing clients hunkered around the pool until Thursday, when we welcomed our first flat calm morning in some time.

Of course, there had to be a catch. There was little if any bait to be found for purchase. Baja on the Fly guide, Josh, and I had to search far and wide for some, but came up empty.

I opted to go out and try and troll up a bonito or two. We hooked only one and I headed inshore to tease roosters. The bonito was a good teasing bait, very lively and durable, but we found no roosters to tease in the early morning. We eventually found a few ladyfish for our casts.

There were even a few pompano early, but they proved difficult to hook. Large schools of jacks were seen, but they were once again milling in circles and very boat shy. The sea lions were attacking them which did not help their mood. Josh found some feeding jacks on Wednesday for his clients and brought some big ones to the boat.

East Cape water temperature were 66-74 degrees, air temperatures were 69-82 degrees, and skies had scattered clouds.