Bajabytes Sport Fishing Weekly Update
In the 13-year history of Baja Bytes, we can’t recall that we featured Grouper in San Quintin, Bahia de Los Angeles, Loreto, and East Cape in a single issue as well as the spectacular size and the numerous quantities reported in each of the areas. This year began on an interesting note for fishermen, with surprises waiting at every site if they are willing to be flexible and patient. For some fun fishing, throw your target to the wind, if need be, and accept whatever is biting.
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Local morning trips are doing very well for various rockfish – black, brown, blue, copper, vermilion, yellowtail, olive, starry, and widow – and the numbers are steady. Afternoon trips are a bit tougher for good numbers. Squid is your best bet using a metal jig. Send it down to a rocky bottom to find them. Sculpin (scorpionfish and California) also turn up on the shallower, rocky bottom. Sand bass (bass and barred sand bass) are scattered, but often caught on live sardines or anchovies.
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For offshore trips this week, it has been no surprise that rockfish – black, brown, blue, copper, vermilion, yellowtail, olive, starry, and widow – have been the primary target for offshore anglers heading to the Coronados. The numbers are decent, and even a few lingcod have made an appearance. The squid on the bottom are always the key on a three-quarter-day trip. Pacific bonito are beginning to show at the Islands and were spotted on Friday. The rockfish fishing was excellent, but yellowtail fishing was slow. The boats spotted some yellows near the Rockpile, but these fish didn’t want to bite the irons…Fish Dope
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Grumpy weather. There was bottom fishing only when weather permitted.
4/1/24 first day of april was cold and a bit wet,the day before ide invitted my friends captain gorge catian of K&m sportfishing & capitán Diego sillas of papa Fernandez sportfishing for a day out on the water,here’s a few pics of our catch on what turns out to Be an outstanding day of fishing..Captain Juan Cook
An excellent day last week with Martin’s Sportfishing
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Great fishing Easter Weekend! … Nick Pandza
López Mateos
Cheri King – Lopez Mateos Sportfishing...Still Windy!!!!
MEXICAN MINUTE LA PAZ FISHING REPORT from Tailhunter Sportfishing for Mar.25-April 2, 2024
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Even Van Wormers Resort contributed to the Go GO GROUPER Theme!!!
San Jose del Cabo
Our yellowfin tuna bite is now very slow. Anglers are lucky if they get one bite all day. We continue to see some big ones, upwards of 100 pounds, chasing sardina, though we have not gotten them to bite. Some captains reported seeing most of these tuna spotted at Iman and San Luis, with more activity after midday and late in the afternoons.
We had a few big tuna at the beginning of the week. The biggest brought in was close to 230 pounds. It was a tough fight on 50# test and high winds on a 22-foot boat. Our fleet also brought in a nice 8-pounder after a long battle with a sea lion that ate most of the stomach part, leaving the loins untouched. This same boat landed a 35 to 40-pound wahoo on a jig. A few smaller wahoo were caught this week while drifting sardine for tuna. The tuna bite died down throughout the week, as we didn’t see any caught for three days. We only saw one small tuna, which was caught on Friday. Most captains reported difficulty drifting and trolling with sardine because the needlefish were a nuisance.
The primary focus this week was the bottom fishing and inshore fishing. We catch grouper, snapper, and amberjack while fishing rock structures at Iman, La Fortuna, and Cardon. Surprisingly, most of this action came from sardine on the bottom, with little action on jigs.
Most days, we are catching our sierra (Spanish mackerel) limits on sardine. The best action seems to be coming from Cardon. There were some nice 10-pound sierra in the mix. While trolling sardine closer to shore, we were able to catch dorado. This weekend, a few boats were lucky to find big schools of dorado, and they were able to catch their limits. Closer to the shore, we continue to see smaller roosterfish and jack crevalle. The most productive area for roosterfish seems to be La Laguna. …Good Fishing, Brian Brictson
Pisces Fleet, Fish Report March 22-28, 2024
Overall Catch Success Rate: All Species Combined 95.44%, Billfish Catch Success Rate, Billfish, 41.52%, Dorado 64.81%, Tuna 44.44%, Other Species 33.33%.
Captain Pepe and Mates Ulises, Ramon, and Dulce, on the “CHASIN TAIL,” a 62-foot Viking, were thrilled to have Usain Bolt and his buddy, Norman Tracey, fishing with them. Usain is a retired Jamaican sprinter and an eight-time Olympic gold medalist. Many consider him the greatest sprinter of all time. Born on August 21, 1986, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Bolt is 6’5″ and weighs 207 pounds. He held world records for the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4 × 100 meters relay.
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While the striped marlin count has recently dropped, the larger dorado in the 15 to 20-pound class has moved in to replace the smaller dorado caught a few weeks ago.
