Fish Report for 5-21-2009

East Cape Fish Report

5-21-2009
Gary Graham

With 77 degree calm seas, offshore action has begun to comeback from the slowdown caused by excessive bait and cooler waters. Lots of jumping marlin and ample bait have equaled enough action for some boats to rack up decent multiple scores.

Dorado action has continued to produce limits around anything floating. Plenty of ???schoolie-sized' fish with some larger fish mixed in.

Sunny skies and little wind have allowed the rooster action to pick back up. They are mixed with large schools of good sized jacks. Boats fishing at the lighthouse found some pompano along with a few pargo very close to shore.

The new fishing inspectors implemented earlier this season are being criticized by both the locals and the hotels for devoting all of their time to policing the sportfishing fleet while the inshore gillnetters continue to illegally set their nets along the shore.

Be sure to check out our newest audio project, Gary Graham's Baja Backroom. Unabridged taped interviews of individuals featured in Gary's columns and articles are now available online either on iTunes or http://www.bajabackroom.com/

The first is with Captain Peter "Pete" Groesbeck, with his background of over 30 years of successful tournament fishing, discussing and comparing Southern California and Baja billfishing.

Water temperature: 72-78
Air temperature: 61-91
Humidity: 53%
Wind: SSE 6 to 9 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility: 10 miles
Sunrise: 6:34 a.m. MST
Sunset: 7:56 p.m. MST



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