Baja fly fishing update and report for August 16th 2008
Written by – Jeff deBrown
Owner/Guide
The Reel Baja
Water Temperature – 75 / 87
Air Temperature – 75 /98
The above photo’s are of Larry Fernandez from San Diego, Ca. and his wife Gayle showing off their first ever Rooster fish on a fly.
This is the Shaddock Family From Louisiana showing off a few of the Rooster fish they caught during their trip. Mr. and Mrs. Shaddock celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary while they were here in Baja. They also caught a few Sail fish and two Blue Marlin during their stay.
This is Driss Bennani from Seattle, Washington showing off a fly caught football Tuna.
The above photo’s are of Mike Willis and his son showing off a small yellow fin Tuna and a couple of nice Dorado.
Here is Ben Stein from Florida showing off his first ever Rooster. This is just one of many that Ben caught while fishing the beach with me yesterday.
Weather – The weather in a word is hot! We have seen lot’s of sunshine with a few afternoon thunderstorms over the mountains but just a few sprinkles for us. We have had flat calm seas in the mornings with a slight afternoon breeze kicking up on some days from the south and Southeast.
Beach – The beach continues to be productive for smaller Rooster fish with a few small jack Crevelle and lady fish mixed in. We have a lot of needle fish in the area right now making it hard to present the fly without a needle grabbing it. If you can get past the needles you have a chance. With most of the fish being on the smaller side we still do have some grande Rooster fish in the area that are chasing bait. Right place right time and a little luck and you never know.
Inshore – Not much inshore to report as the needle fish population is making it very difficult and with the offshore fishing being as good as it has been most are opting to try their luck a little further out.
Off Shore – Fishing off shore continues to dominate with good catches of Tuna and Dorado. Most of the Tuna are small between five and ten pounds but their have been plenty of them. The Dorado have been mixed in with the tuna and although not red hot we have enough of them in the area to make it interesting. For bill fish we have a good number of sail fish in the area. Sail fish have been the dominate species of bill fish in the area as of late with the occasional stripe marlin and blue marlin mixed in.
