Baja/Mexico Reports

November 23, 2007

The oncoming full moon and a change in water temps saw a slowing of Dorado and Sailfish action last week. The cooler water temps did bring in some Yellowfin Tuna action as several of the captain reported Tuna in the 20 - 25 lb class. Most of the Tuna were located beyond the 25 mile Mark.

Captain Temo on the Secuestro reported 2 DORADO and 3 YELLOWFIN TUNA in one day offshore. Captain Candelerio on the super panga " Leydy " Reported 3 SAILFISH and 2 DORADO. Captains Adolofo and Cheva on the Dos Hermanos Boats, reports slower action inshore but did manage a mixed bag of 5 nice ROOSTERIFISH and several Bonitos and Spanish Mackerel for the week. Our best wishes to all for a continued Happy and Safe Thanksgiving Holiday weekend!

Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Sunny Mild temps

Sea Conditions: Calm

Bait Supply: Good

Sincerely,

Stan Lushinsky

AUGUST 23, 2007

Three solid days of rain along with some high winds made fishing difficult last week in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. Captain Temo reports good number of roosterfish along the beaches near the airport but the schools are fast moving and the bite is often over very rapidly. Top water Robert Ranger Bounders in the red and white and blue and white colors have been the top producers. Captain Adolofo reported fishing one day landing three Roosterfish to 50 Lb. All were taken on Pencil poppers. The heavy rains have opened up the rivers and the inshore waters became progressive more muddy as the week progressed. Those boat venturing offshore found little action as the blue water moved far offshore. The billfish counts were way off last week as was the number of anglers.

Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Stormy

Sea Conditions: Rough

Bait Supply: Fair

Sincerely,

Stan Lushinsky 

August 17, 2007

A bit of stormy weather with rain and winds was present last week in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. The inshore fishing remains strong with the Roosterfish bite although not as consistent as last week was still the best bet. Captain Adolofo and Captain Temo reported sighting many schools of Roosterfish along the beaches close to Playa Larga which is just south of Zihuatanejo Bay. At time the fish were very cooperative making fly fishing for them a real opportunity. At other times the fish were fast moving and ignored all of the offerings. Of the Roosterfish that were landed last week most averaged in the 35lb class with a few going over 50 Lbs. Top water pencil poppers remain the very best way to attract and catch the Roosterfish. Yellowtail Jacks and Bonito are also present in good numbers. Offshore the action is slow. The open rivers have pushed the blue water to beyond the 10 mile mark and those boat venturing out have reported very little action.

Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Cloudy and Rainy

Sea Conditions: Moderate to Rough

Bait Supply: Fair

Sincerely,

Stan Lushinsky

 

Last Week Fish Report

Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort Fleet

 

From: July 27th- August 2nd, 2007

Total boats out:77  Fishermen: 228

Weather Temps: Mid 80's- Low 100's 

Water Temperature:  80°- 85°

  Type

Capture

Release

Total

  Swordfish

~

~

~

  Blue Marlin

1

8

9

  Black  Marlin

~

~

~

  Striped Marlin

~

75

75

  Sailfish

~

22

22

  Dorado

128

~

128

  Tuna

56

~

56

  Wahoo

~

~

~

  Roosterfish

~

34

34

  Grouper

~

~

~

  Shark 

~

~

~

  Snapper

3

~

3

  Jack Crevalle

~

~

~

  Amberjack

~

~

~

  Bonito

~

20

20

  Yellowtail

~

~

~

  Ladyfish

~

~

~

  Pompano

~

~

~

  Triggerfish

~

~

~

  Squid

~

~

~

  Cabrilla

~

~

~

  Skipjack Tuna

~

~

~

  Sierra

~

~

~

  Rainbow Runner

~

~

~

***Fishing numbers do not reflect Bisbee tournament catches.

 

Water Temperature: Everything came to place, and quite nicely as we had wonderful sea conditions, with nice warm water all over our beautiful ocean. 

 

Air Temperature: It is right in the middle of the Summer, but it might have been the excitement in the air, as we felt the week to be quite nice, even on the award dinner, it was a nice not too warm evening.

 

Fishing Spots and Distance: Big money tournament week, many boats many directions, all over our bay.  

 

Off-shore Fishing: There were 124 released billfish on the first day with 64 for boats, I leave to you the percentile catch we had.

 

In-shore Fishing: It was also very rewarding for those not fishing in the tournament as it is an strategic week to come down and do some fly fishing as most of the fleet was looking for the big blue, other guests were fishing almost by themselves for roosters and other small species, with great success.

 

Bait Used: Mostly caballito some mackerel too, but captains are preferring the ballyhoo and sardine for the smaller fish.

 

Highlight of the Week: Quite a year for the Bisbee tournament. Please read more in our memory album.

 

See you next week!!!

 

Axel Valdez
Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort
2220 Otay Lakes Rd. Ste#502-86
Chula Vista, CA 91915
Tel. 619-632-4106
Fax. 619-330-4539
axel@hotelbuenavista.com
www.hotelbuenavista.com

 

Weekly Fishing Report from August 5th through 11th, 2007 for Loreto:

Weather was very good, calms sea, sunny days, water surface temperature between 82-85 Fahrenheit.14 Pangas went out from the Oasis this week, 3 per day approximately which combined produced 1 Marlin 198 Pounds, 1 Sailfish 92 Pounds, 12 Dorado with an average size of 35 Pounds, 11 Yellowtail average size 22 Pounds; to Bajo San Bruno 8 Miles North Coronado Island and Bajo Punta Lobos 15 Miles North Punta Lobos. They used as bait Sardina, Mackerel and squid. Line 40 lb. and hook # 7.

Anglers were Duane Bernard & William Mills; Joe Harris and Friend, Antonio Agvia, Luis Palomares and Porfirio Márquez; Ron Pate, Stephanie Lavin & Kotzh Lavin; Brian Rucker and Wife; Robert Cherge Pate; Alan & Fred Girod; Gene Anderson & Ed Gunther. Captains were Servando Davis, Francisco Martínez Senior, Antonio Davis Castro, Isidro Mendoza, Martín Perpuli, Francisco Davis Murillo (Chopi), Abraham Fernández..

 

 

 

 

HOTEL BUENA VISTA’S TEAM WINS

 8th ANNUAL EAST CAPE BISBEE

WITH 418-POUNDER BLUE MARLIN

EAST CAPE, BCS, Mex. – Equal parts luck and skill came into play as Team Copa Gobernador “A” representing Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort and the State of Baja California Sur won the East Cape Bisbee Tournament with a 418-pound blue marlin aboard Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort’s Tres Hermanos.

Team Copa Gobernador “A” fished on Hotel Buena Vista Resort’s Tres Hermanos and used a Penn International 50TW reel newly spooled with 80# test line for the tournament. The Big Blue hit a Hi-5 pink lure.

It was pure luck when, just before nailing the winning fish, the team fought another large marlin to the leader, before losing it.  Then after breaking off that fish (which was estimated at just over 300-pounds) and would have undoubtedly caused them to loose what ended up being the second place 344-pounder and third place 317 blue marlin, team members decided to keep trying until the bitter end and at 2:30 on the final afternoon, the winning blue hit.

The Big Bubba was actually the fourth blue marlin of the day for Tres Hermanos.  They also previously released another smaller blue, in addition to a third qualifier that became unbutton minutes after hitting the lures. Julio Cota fought the marlin for a good hour and fifteen minutes before bringing it to leader, where the rest of the team awaited with the flying gaff and mixed emotions. Once the fish was secured and reported to the base station, it was just a matter of getting back to the scale on time.

Meanwhile, it was a tense hour back at the resort, since another blue marlin was reportedly boated. This fish was known to have been fought well over four hours and the rumors were that it was a contender. At the same time, another big blue marlin, which ended up being the official 2nd place winner, was also called in, just a few minutes before the deadline.

             Team Copa Gobernador “A” was lucky in another sense, as they had a free entry into the Bisbee tournament this year after winning the Cabo Del Este Copa  Gobernador (East Cape Governor’s Cup) in Nov. 2006, with a 498-pound blue.

            The team’s luck continued on day two, when they took a 52.1-pound dorado, good for the $11,500 daily jackpot. 

            The team members were: Reginaldo Cosio and Manuel Ochoa (Hotel Buena Vista’s maintenance supervisors) Julio Cota, who is a mate on the Nueva Era, Rosario Cota, captain of the Nueva Era and Julio’s dad. Oscar Daccarett from San Jose del Cabo, was the team’s sponsor and the state representative for tournaments, Ramon Tamayo was the Tres Hermanos Captain, along with Teodoro Araiza the mate, Jesus Araiza’s grandsons. Total team and boat winnings were $108,896.40, announced Bisbee officials. 

      

Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort’s Dottie B II team of Esaul Valdez, Togo Hazard, Mike McGrath and Hazard’s grandson Derek, were not so lucky, as they just missed a $74,600 jackpot with 295-pound blue marlin – five pounds shy of qualifying! 

            “The fishing was the best ever seen in any of the Bisbee’s events, with 49 blue marlin, 197 striped marlin and 79 sailfish,” said tournament director, Wayne Bisbee, but with all the activity offshore, you‘d think more would have been brought to the scales but only four qualifying blue marlins were weighed in, none of which were weighed in on the first day, only one on the second day but three were brought to the scales on the final day, with 96.3% of the billfish released.  There were 274 anglers on 64 teams.

Said Jesus “Chuy” Valdez of Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort, “Fishing was fantastic, with billfish, dorado and tuna all landed.  It graphically it demonstrates that our conservation efforts are beginning to be felt . . . and it will only get better. State Governor Narciso Agundez and State Tourism Representative Lic. Alberto Treviño, who fired the 1st day’s flare gun shot to start the event, both affirmed their commitment toward protecting our resources. They have both been great supporters of the importance of our sport-fishing industry.

This is the 4th year Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort has had the opportunity to partner with the Bisbee family and host this prestigious event. “It is an honor for our resort and family to be in partnership with the Bisbee name, as we have a shared belief regarding the safeguarding of our fisheries, both today and for the future,” said Axel Valdez. The event will  be host it again at Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort in 2008 from July 29th-August 2nd. For the official report and results please click here or visit www.bisbees.com

 

 

 

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It was a beautiful week this past one. You should have been down there, best weather so far.

Fishing was ok, some days better than others.

From: April 27th-May 3rd, 2007

Total boats out: 36 Fishermen: 108

Weather Temps: High 70's- High 80's 

Water Temperature:  71°- 75°

  Type

Capture

Release

Total

  Swordfish

~

~

~

  Blue Marlin

~

~

~

  Black  Marlin

~

~

~

  Striped Marlin

1

14

15

  Sailfish

~

3

3

  Dorado

16

~

16

  Tuna

36

~

36

  Wahoo

1

~

1

  Roosterfish

~

27

27

  Grouper

~

~

~

  Shark 

1

~

1

  Snapper

15

~

15

  Jack Crevalle

~

8

8

  Amberjack

~

~

~

  Bonito

~

~

~

  Yellowtail

~

~

~

  Ladyfish

2

22

24

  Pompano

1

~

1

  Triggerfish

1

~

1

  Squid

~

~

~

  Cabrilla

~

~

~

  Skipjack Tuna

1

10

11

  Sierra

2

~

2

  Rainbow Runner

~

~

~

 

Water Temperature: You can see that our water is warming up, but very slowly, it is still normal contradicting those that assure this is El Niño year, we'll see.

 

Air Temperature: Best weather since this year, beautiful morning, even cold for us. But it warms just to a right temperature.

 

Fishing Spots and Distance: Our fleet has been everywhere, as you can go North one day and South the next and you will have a great chance to bump into very good fishing. Distance varies from 15 to 35 miles.      

 

Off-shore Fishing: Tuna was the best thing for those that found the porpoise. Dorado continue to be spread all over the bay and it takes for good eyes to spot them. Stripers in good number and sails are coming around.

 

In-shore Fishing: Great action in-shore this week, great jacks, lady fish, some roosters, all overall it was a great. In-shore is getting back to normal.

 

Bait Used: Mackerel, caballito and sardine.

 

Highlight of the Week: Our friend Buzz Fedorka from fished on Wednesday with Vicente and Marcos, 3 stripers, a shark and 3 tunas, not bad at all.

 

See you next week!!!

Axel Valdez
Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort
 

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

Great week and only getting better!!!

See you next week

From: April 6th-12th, 2007

Total boats out: 52 Fishermen: 170

Weather Temps: Mid 70's- Mid 80's 

Water Temperature:  70°- 73°

  Type

Capture

Release

Total

  Swordfish

~

~

~

  Blue Marlin

~

~

~

  Black  Marlin

~

~

~

  Striped Marlin

9

39

48