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Inshore action dominated, with roosterfish being the most consistent catch. One client caught and released three in one day – 30-, 40- and 60-pounds. Meanwhile,

Baja on the Fly hosted a group of fly fishers seeking roosters from the beach and all four anglers succeeded. When they left, they vowed that they would be returning for more roosters-on-the-fly next year.

Offshore action was scattered throughout the Bay of Palmas including a few dorado plus a couple of more blues along with some stripeys and sails.

Tuna what can I say? There were more served on a plate than on a hook.
This week's count (An R signifies released)
2 Blue Marlin 1R
7 Striped Marlin 4R
1 Sailfish R
29 Dorado
22 Tuna
1 Amberjack
1 Snapper
68 Roosterfish R

Wall2Wall group from Salt Lake City, total of 36 fisherman that visited this week.
After a bumpy mid-June, fishing began to settle down providing great
conditions with no wind and comfortable temperatures in the mid-90s during
the day with cooler evenings. No wind at all throughout the week, allowing
everyone to enjoy the really good fishing we had. Water temperatures snapped right back to normal, into the low-80s.

Emilia Muñoz with a Tuna
Tuna action was up and down, with fish to 30 pounds. The good news was
the arrival of more dorado; that put smiles on everyone's faces.

My Dad Jesus "Chuy Valdez" with a 35 lb dorado.
Most of the tuna bite was the 88 area and beyond, maybe 10 to 15 more miles
from the 88. Dorado were found at the buoys and La Ribera area. Bottom fishing at the
banks was great for some quality-sized fish.
Total catch:
1 Blue Marlin 1st of the year for us.
11 Striped Marlin 10R
7 Sailfish 7R
92 Dorado 28 R
81 Tuna
3 Amberjack
29 Snapper
2 Pompano
1 Yellowtail
51 Roosterfish 51R
2 Jack crevalle 2R
27 other species

What a difference a week can make. The cooler, off-color water, along with the bad moon rising that was mentioned last week, faded into a bad memory as water temps and color quickly returned to normal.

Our fleet found the best action to the north in 85 degree water. At the Punta Pescadero shark buoys, strung out toward the Ocho-Ocho, the tuna continued to provide action for 20 - 50 pound fish with a few Volkswagen-sized behemoths hooked and fewer landed. Dottie B Captain Vicente did report seeing a panga boating one approaching 300.

Back closer to shore, a mile offshore from Buenavista to La Ribera, a good dorado bite developed along with a few striped marlin in the same area.

Yesterday, our 12 cruisers accounted for 130 yellowfin tuna for the second day in a row.

To add spice to the mix, roosterfish action for smaller fish from the shore has exploded in the past few days.

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This week's catch (the R indicates fish released):
10 Striped Marlin 7R
1 Sailfish R
47 Dorado 2 R
287 Tuna
2 Pompano
2 Cabrilla
3 Amberjack
15 Snapper
119 Roosterfish R
1 Shark
2 Jack Crevalle R

Baja is the “land of the unusual,” and that certainly was evident last week with the confluence of unusual winds, plummeting water temperatures and several tropical storms\hurricanes far below us heading west that plagued us.

Despite all that, the variety of fish caught last week lived up to expectations for June and included billfish, yellowfin tuna, dorado, amberjack, yellowtail, pargo, pompano, roosterfish and jacks. Not bad considering the few trips we had for the week.

Yesterday, there were fewer boats fishing than normal for this time of year. Returning skippers displayed brightly colored tuna and dorado flags signaling a productive day. It was an encouraging sign signaling a return to normal conditions this week.

Here are some of our guests and their catches during their recent stay:

Chris Margolan, fishing alone, had a good day with one dorado, one snapper, eight roosterfish and two triggerfish on a half day trip.

Becky and Shaun Novell caught four tuna on the Dottie B with Capt. Vicente.

The Meyers family

Hurricane Beatriz is predicted to turn and head west without any threat to the Baja peninsula.
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Kelly Corcoran organized the “Baja-Ha-ha Fishing Tournament” over the weekend with participants from the northwest, WA, AK, OR and CA in fifteen boats. The sounds of friendly ribbing about just 'who would catch what' punctuated with laughter could be heard as the teams boarded the five pangas and five cruisers each day.

At the awards party on the beach the last night of the tournament, everyone had a few fish stories to exchange. The bottom line was that they caught a mixed bag of fish and the winner was honored for the 43 pound winning dorado during the Mexican Fiesta which was topped off with margaritas and carne asada, rib cooked to perfection, served beneath a starlit Baja sky.

Throughout the the week, fish were scattered out from the ocho-ocho, 88, to the North to below Las Frailes, our boats found tuna, dorado, wahoo and both striped and a few blue marlin, as well as a couple of sailfish.

Our fish counts for the week reflect good inshore fishing for roosters, pompano, pargo and still a few yellowtail on the high spots outside of La Ribera.

Late in the week I headed out to the ocho-ocho where 'cows' were flying everywhere chasing flying fish. There have some nice tuna caught every day. But the run and gun experience, while exciting, was dampened by the frustration of trying to find the fish that would bite. Those anglers with patience were rewarded.

Hotel guests caught seven over 100 pounds for the week using caballito and sardina. We have also been catching another bait under the numerous shark buoys we call camiseta (t-shirt) because of their unique blue/purple-with-black-stripes coloring which makes them look like a caballito duded up for a Mexican Fiesta. These seem to attract the larger tuna

Our catches on 48 charters for the week included:

47 striped marlin 40 R
2 Sailfish 1 R
66 Dorado 6 R
3 wahoo
7 tuna
64 pompano
14 snapper
4 sea bass or cabrilla
13 roosterfish all released
3 yellowtail
1 amberjack
4 triggerfish
71 skipjack
21 jack crevalle all released

Felipe Valdez, Manager
Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort