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From Jan 01, 1999 To May 16, 2008
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May 13, 2007; 05:37PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 3/1 - 3/7/03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
May 11, 2007
It was a transitional week in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo with Changing water conditions and the hangover effect of the full moon. AS a result of the changing conditions, Our captains reported sighting many more fish than were willing to bite. Captain Jose on the La Bamba reported 8 SAILFISH in 2 offshore days with Mr. Roger Crott’s group while Captain Vargas on the Marlin Azul reported 1 SAILFISH in 1 offshore day and a host of BONITOS, CHULAS and other small game on the 2nd day. Captain Chiro on The Bloody Hook recorded a 3 SAILFISH day for angler Mr. Charles Sanbury and released an estimated 250 Lb Blue Marlin and 2 Sailfish and 1 Shark in 3 other offshore days Captain Arturo on the Janeth reported a single Sailfish in one offshore day. Captain Adolofo concentrated his efforts on inshore where the Roosterfish have begun to show up. Captain Adolofo reported 3 Roosters to 20 lb along with 7 Yellowtail Jacks, 1 Wahoo, 7 Spanish mackerel and 8 Chulas. Although not quite there yet, the inshore fishery looks to be showing signs of a quick improvement. The upcoming week have historically been a good indicator of how well the inshore fishing will be. We still have good dates and captain available for this summer season.
Ixtapa Zihautanejo weather: Temps in the upper 80’s Sunny
Sea Conditions: Calm to moderate
Bait supply: Fair
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
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May 12, 2007; 02:30PM - Roosterfish Starting the Show
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
After this last week's short down-turn from the effect of the full moon, the fishing for all species has been turning on again. Last week's 114 boat annual sailfish tournament (the 40th) also hurt the fishing early in the week. There were just too many boats out there pounding the water. But, sailfish averages are again close to 6 to 8 strikes a day, one boat in three is getting a shot at a blue marlin, a few dorado are being taken, and the yellowfin tuna are at the thirty mile mark.
Plus, the roosterfish are starting to show on the beaches. In fact, this last Wednesday they really put on a great show down at Puerto Vicente Gro. Fly fishing client, Jim (Doc) Coulthurst of Portland, OR, fished with Cali and me in one of the three pangas set up for sport fishing in the Port (meaning it has a shade cover).
Doc is an experienced guide in the Northwest states, but this was his first time for roosters.
By 11:00, we had raised 20 roosters on a hookless popper, giving Doc five legitimate shots with the fly. He hooked two, but was only able to get one to the boat for photos. The roosters were all on the small side, averaging between 12 and 25 pounds. The big boys should follow in a couple of weeks.
Doc finished up the day catching several black skipjack tuna. At times there were so many tuna breaking the water, it sounded like a rainstorm. With acres of fish on the surface, it was almost a fish a cast.
Even Cali got into the action. With his first time ever at casting a fly rod, he managed to land several skipjack from the bow. He even talked about it with the other captains at the municipal pier in Zihuatanejo. He is hooked!
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 78-99
Humidity 77%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:15 a.m. CDT
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May 7, 2007; 02:53PM - May 3, 2007
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
May 3, 2007
It was a very light week for angling activity in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo still our captains reported a combination of SAILFISH and MARLIN offshore. The Tuna have remained a mystery for this season as the bite has not yet developed any consistency. Captain Anzo on the Duquesa reported a 3 SAILFISH 1 STRIPED MARLIN day for angler Mr. Jason Sanford. The captains who fished offshore last week reported a slow down in acitivty primarily due to the oncoming full moon. Inshore Captain Adolofo Espinosa on the Dos Hermanos reported better conditions as the green water has moved and the clearer blue water and more numerous schools of bait have begun to appear. Roosterfish activity remains an on again off again situation but with improving conditions the bite is likely to pick up steam through May and into June. We still have some open dates through June and July for our prime inshore Roosterfish season. The upcoming months have historically been very good for SAILFISH, DORADO AND TUNA and an occasional huge Blue or Black Marlin.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Weather: Cool mornings followed by beautiful days
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Good
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
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May 5, 2007; 07:18PM - Release PLEASE
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
The fishing has been fantastic this last week, and thank goodness for the full moon, which should slow the action down a bit. It has already moved the blue water to out beyond the 25 mile mark.
Today (Friday) was the first day of the annual sailfish tournament. The winners are determined by the largest three sailfish, the largest single marlin, and largest single dorado. They are all killed to determine the weights. Some day the Mexican fisherman must wake up to reality.
There are 127 boats this year, and they averaged about two sailfish a day....killed.
Plus, there are two more days of the tournament left.
The largest sail weighed today (dead of course) was only 81 pounds. The largest blue marlin was only 264 pounds (and again it was dead).
Santiago told me his brother on the Gitana II caught 5 sailfish in this first day of the tournament, but were all small, and were tagged and released.
Adolpho, on the panga, Dos Hermanos, told me he did not get any roosters this week, but did manage several jack crevalle.
Cali and I fished with fly fishing client, P.J. D' Amico of the Denver area in Puerto Vicente Gro. He had great luck on the fly with several black skip jack tuna and jack crevalle to about 6 pounds.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 76-100
Humidity 65%
Wind: S 10 knts
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 11 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:07 p.m. CDT
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Apr 28, 2007; 04:38PM - Blue Water Turned On Big Time
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
The fishing this week has really turned on for the blue water. For the inshore action, the roosters are right on schedule and starting to make their migration back. There are a few showing up on the beaches again.
The biggest news is the blue marlin and sailfish. Each day, one out of every three boats are getting a shot at a blue. This is normal for the month of May, but it is late April, and they are week or so early. We have averaged at least 5 blues a day for the daily 18 to 20 boat fleet. In addition, with the arrival of the blue marlin, the big 200 pound plus yellowfin tuna will not be far behind. Most of the tuna and blue marlin action in May will be at less than the 20 mile mark.
Plus, we are averaging an incredible 5 to 6 released sailfish a day per boat this week. Some boats are posting double digit numbers of releases.
Mike Griffin, of Anchorage, told me he fished with Captain Poli on the Don Gordo II this last Wednesday. With 20 sailfish raised and striking the baits in the spread, they had run out of baits by 11:00. Two elderly couples were very satisfied with the day and their 4 sailfish releases, so their captain gave Poli his remaining baits. They finished the day with 25 strikes, of which they had two triples, two doubles, and three singles. Most of the action was within 12 miles of the lighthouse at Zihuatanejo Bay.
Mike told me there were acres of porpoise, and birds crashing on bait everywhere. There were free jumping sails in every direction, and every boat in the fleet was hooked up at the same time. They could not even get the entire compliment of trolling rods out before they were hooked up. With only two rods out, sometimes they did not make more than 50 yards before they were bit again. Two of the fish they caught were over the 100 pound mark. Mike said it he had never had a better day on the water.
Adolpho, on the panga Dos Hermanos, told me he got 5 roosters in 3 days of fishing inshore, and a few jacks are starting to show up also.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 72-99
Humidity 88%
Wind: WSW 8 knts
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:22 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:06 p.m. CDT
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Apr 27, 2007; 08:39AM - April 26, 2007
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
April 26, 2007
A good mixed Bag of game fish was reported last week with some outstanding numbers of SAILFISH being reported. A few Marlin and Dorado were also reported. We have never had these large numbers of Sailfishk in the area as early as this year. Mr. Lance Brown’s group fishing 2 days aboard the Bloody Hook, Duquesa, Vamonos 3. La Bamba and Marlin Azul reported 20 SAILFISH. Captain Chiro of the Bloody Hook fishing with angler Mrs. Erickson reported 6 SAILFISH, 1 Striped Marlin and 2 Dorado in two days.. Angler Mr. Mcphillips also fishing aboard the Bloody Hook reported 4 SAILFISH and 1 Dorado in one day offshore. Returning angler Furman Sheppard fishing 3 days with Captain Arturo on the Janeth reported 11 SAILFISH. Captain Adolofo Espinosa of the Dos Hermanos 1 reported 13 SAILFISH in two days with French angler Mr. Duval and 7 ROOSTER to 60 Lbs on one inshore day. This has been the first Roosterfish activity of the season. Captain Adolofo finished off his week with Angler Mr. Ross who landed 5 Sailfish and 2 Striped Marlin in one offshore day. Captain Cheva on the Dos Hermanos 2 reported a 6 SAILFISH day for angler Mr. Brown and another 6 SAILFISH day form long time friend Chico Joe. Fishing conditions have dramatically improved over the past week and the blue water has moved to within 10 miles of the Bay. With action this hot at the present time, the summer season promises to be very good. Interested anglers should contact our office for available dates.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Sunny, mild temps.
Sea Conditions: Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Stan Lushinsky
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters
Office 570 688 9466
Cell 570 350 4198
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Apr 27, 2007; 08:38AM - Gordo Banks Pangas
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Eric
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Author E-mail: emails
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Report Description:
Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
April 22, 2007
Anglers –
Considering that spring break is now over with, crowds of tourists visiting Los Cabos continues to be significant. The weather is still in transition and cannot really decide what to do, this past week there was quite a bit of cloud cover that keep temperatures down some and winds were also picking up from unpredictable directions, at times from the west, then the north, east, before switched to out of the south. This contributed to stirring up the ocean conditions and the action was changing from day to day. Water temperatures are back on the rise, but this is a slow process, most of the region is now in the 69 to 73 degree range.
Supplies of live bait were sufficient, consisting of mackerel out of Cabo San Lucas and off of San Jose del Cabo there have been plentiful supplies of healthy sized sardinas, with a few mullet mixed in. Striped marlin were the most prevalent fish being found offshore, spread out from on the Pacific to off of Chileno and Palmilla. Most of the marlin are being found from 5 to 15 miles offshore while trolling with lures and looking for signs of tailing fish, ready to drop back live baits. The water is clearing back up in recent days, after having been off colored, this has improved the action and many charters are reporting catching multiple marlin on each trip. Dorado and yellowfin tuna continue to be very scarce in the daily reports, but with the warming trend we expect that these species will soon become more prevalent in the reports.
For the San Jose del Cabo panga fleets they have continued to concentrate their efforts closer to shore for a smorgasbord of excellent eating species. Most of the action was coming from areas within one mile or less from shore in water fifty feet or less. Anglers had best success while using live sardinas, though artificials such as Rapalas, hoochies and various chrome patterned casting spoons also were productive. The shipwreck off of La Laguna / La Salina area was especially productive for African Pompano, though this is a small area and if too many boats fish it at any one time the fish can become spooky. The pompano averaged 10 pounds, but several specimens up to 20 pounds were accounted for. A handful of very nice sized golden jacks were mixed in, as well as a few island jacks. Yellow snapper continue to be the most common variety of pargo found, there were some huachinango, barred pargo, cabrilla, surgeon fish, amberjack, yellowtail, halibut, bonito and triggerfish rounding out the catches. It was not uncommon for anglers to catch at least six different species on one trip.
On the few scouting trips to the Gordo Banks there was not much to report, at this time last year there were some wahoo showing up on the Banks, so we hope that as the water continues to warm and clean up that these prized and highly sought after speedsters will make an appearance.
The La Playita panga fleets sent out approximately 88 charters for the week and anglers accounted for a total catch of: 3 striped marlin, 8 dorado, 2 halibut, 3 yellowtail, 11 amberjack, 14 roosterfish, 465 sierra, 12 jack crevalle, 665 combined pargo species, 18 surgeon fish, 66 triggerfish, 64 cabrilla, 14 grouper, 22 bonito, 6 island jacks, 14 golden jacks, 255 African pompano and 4 hammerhead sharks.
Good fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
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Apr 27, 2007; 08:36AM - APRIL 19, 2007
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
APRIL 19, 2007
The Beginning of the week was impacted by the latest “quake “ and the fishing slowed down. Coupled with some difficult sea conditions the fishing became “ difficult “ to say the least. Captain Chiro of the Bloody Hook reported 4 SAILFISH in 2 days for returning angler Stan Cross. Fishing inshore with Captain Cheva Mr. Cross had several Yellowtail Jacks and bonitos. AS the week progressed the blue water returned and fishing dramatically improved. Mr. Hoover fishing with his son aboard the Bloody Hook landed 1 SAILFISH and just before pulling the Lines for the day hooked a nice 400 Lb Black marlin on a dead bait trolled off a Zwing. The fish was landed and released. Mr. Hoovers group fishing a second day with Captain Chiro hooked 4 SAILFISH, landing and releasing 3. Angler Mr. Ross fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 had 7 Shots at SAILFISH in 1 day Landing 5. Captain Chico on the Rosa Nautica reported (2 )75 lb Yellowfin Tuna a 2 SAILFISH in one offshore day. This is a good sign as the arrival of the Tuna is long overdue. Many of the captains are reporting 5 - 6 Shots per day on SAILFISH and we are still seeing a good mix of Marlin each day with the largest being reported a near the 400 lb mark. Inshore was exceptional for Bonitos and Yellowtail Jack but Roosterfish remain absent.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Weather: Cool mornings, sunny mild days
Sea Conditions: Moderate to Rough
Bait Supply: Very good
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
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Apr 21, 2007; 02:01PM - Outlook is Promising..
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Author E-mail: bajafly@bajafly.com
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Report Description:
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Fishing has improved considerably this last week. We are now getting a potpourri of several blue water species, including sailfish, blue marlin, dorado, and yellowfin tuna. Sailfish are still the predominate catch, with most fish being taken between 18 and 21 miles from Zihuatanejo Bay. The 80º blue water is at about 15 miles.
Santiago on the panga, Gitana, has been averaging about 8 sailfish a day raised to the spread. With Santiago, 1st time blue water fly fishing client, Mark Pinski of Cameron Park, CA, managed to tag and release two sails on the fly on Thursday.
Adolpho, on the panga, Dos Hermanos, is back to finding decent inshore action on jack crevalle and black skipjack tuna, and with May just around the corner, the outlook is very promising..
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 63-87
Humidity 43%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:26 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:04 p.m. CDT
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Apr 15, 2007; 02:25PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo fish Report
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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Author E-mail: ixtsptf@epix.net
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Report Description:
April 12, 2007
SAILFISH and MARLIN continue to dominate the fishing report for last week. Our captains report 6 BLUE MALRIN Caught today. Average fish is in the 225 LB range. Captain Jose on the La Bamba reported a 300 LB BLUE MARLIN caught early in the week and also reported a 2 SAILFISH day for angler Mr. Pool. Mr. Pat Gastineau fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 & 2 for a single day recorded good inshore action with good numbers of Yellowtail Jacks, Bonitos and 2 DORADO. Angler Mr. Mann fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 reported 5 SAILFISH in 1 day offshore. Captain Adolofo also reported good light tackle inshore action for Mr. McGovern who landed Jacks, Bonito and some nice sized Cocineros ( Green Jacks ). A large swell and some rough seas made the inshore waters much more difficult to fish than the offshore waters. Roosterfish continue to be absent so far this season. Angling pressure was light last week. Historically April and the beginning of May has been a very good time to target large Yellowfin Tuna and good numbers of Marlin., We still have some very good dates open for the summer Roosterfish season.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Sunny with some windy days
Sea Conditions: Moderate to Rough
Bait Supply: Fair
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
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