MARINA CORAL BOAT BAD DOG FISHING REPORT FOR BAJA COAST SOUTH OF ENSENADA

Sept. 17, 2004, Steve Ross, Marina Coral, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, Bad Dog, Fishing:

Gail and Steve Ross on their 32-foot Luhrs, Bad Dog, 6 miles south of the 450 spot offshore Ensenada caught limits of dorado, 4 yellowfin tuna and 3 yellowtail from one "dream paddy". They were called in to join Tony Bykerk (Magic) who was running the yacht Reel Liars. Tony said that there were "thousands of dorado with yellowfin tuna mixed in." Ensenada water was 71 degrees and blue. Today (Sunday) the wind picked up and the seas were not fishable with victory at sea conditions.

Sept. 11, 2004, Steve Ross, Bad Dog Fishing Out Of Marina Coral, Ensenada:

Gail and I started on my Ensenada marlin numbers at first light. I have a series of numbers that represent caught marlin and jig strikes from a few weeks ago. I arranged them into a route. We spent the best of the morning running over these spots in 70-71 degree green water for nothing. No bait, no birds, a desert.

The SST charts indicated warm spots on the Banda Bank, Ensenada, right where my numbers were and where we were catching them before. It was most encouraging. But, while the SST chart shows breaks, it does not tell you that they are clean breaks nor the color of the water. I have frequently found hot GREEN water. We found sewage running along the breaks with birds sitting in it...yuck.

A friend of mine reported multiple yellowfin tuna jig strikes just outside the peanut bank. We weren't far away and picked 'em up and ran. When we arrived there, we found several of our mexican friends in their charter and sport boats and they had already boated a few yft and skipjack. They promptly left the area to quit the tuna chase and go catch rock cod; at their customers requests.

We then progressed to the lower 500. On the way to the 500, I ran through porpoise and picked up one nice 20 pound yft and then found a paddy and Gail threw a slip caught mackeral and wound up with a nice 18 pound yellowtail and my mackie caught a smaller model. We made over 50 pieces in our slip Friday night and were loaded for bear.

The lower 500 had no one on it as we drove over the top of it and kept going with no signs of anything good. We then trolled home in hot blue water with our final tally at one yft and two yellowtail. While we wasted the most productive hours of the day snipe hunting we managed to eke out a decent catch compared to most. It must be our jigs

This coming Saturday will be the first one in a month that we will not dedicate to finding marlin. They are gone. Our friend Juan Lu says he would like to come along with us this coming Saturday and he and Gail are interested in "going a long way." I am not sure what that will do for us, as another friend of mine did this two weekends ago and caught just about what he would have caught had he not gone so long a way. There have been good reports from a few boats fishing off of Punta Colnett.