As the fishing season winds down and the East Cape prepares for the windsurfing and kite boarding season, one thing that most will agree on is that it has been one of the best fishing seasons in quite a long time. Many anglers that I spoke with told me that they had been coming down to the East Cape for over 10, 15, 20 years and that they have never seen the fishing as good as it was this season. The East Cape is closing out its season with a bang! Yesterday was the first day of the annual Salt Patrol marlin tournament and it was quite a day. 20 boats entered this year’s tournament, many whom fish the tournament every year. Yesterday’s fish counts were off the charts with 105 billfish consisting of 75 sails, 28 stripe marlin and two blues. Quite a start to this, the last tournament of the season. Earlier in the week we saw some nice numbers in the dorado and tuna, with some nice size fishing coming to the dock. The dorado have been in the 15-40lb. range, much bigger than in past weeks, and the tuna have been coming to the dock in the 30-80lb. range. We are still seeing quite a few wahoo as well, most have been landed near Punta Pescadero. The billfish have been staying to the north of Palmas De Cortez still being landed along the buoy line all the way up to the ocho ocho. We are still seeing roosters and jacks near the shore line, with some nice 30-40lb. roosters being landed by clients at Punta Colorada and Palmas De Cortez. As a matter of fact, one guest was fishing off the dock at Palmas De Cortez and a rooster hit is bait and within 10 seconds his rod exploded into several pieces. The guest was shocked at first, but then was very excited as he had a great story to tell everyone.
That’s it for this week amigos! Until next week!
Eddie Dalmau
Baja’s Van Wormer Resorts
