East Cape Guides Fishing Report 10/1/12

We had some crazy weather last week with tropical cyclone Norman pushing up into the Sea of Cortez on Wednesday. Rain storms were sporatic and considerable at times during the week. As the storm made landfall on the mainland on Friday, we had some of the largest waves I have ever seen hit the beaches of Buena Vista and Los Barriles. These were big shore break waves that looked more like Sandy's Beach or Makapu'u in Oahu, Hawaii than the East Cape. The system moved out on Saturday and it was back to sunshine and beautiful blue greasy calm water ranging from 85-88 degrees.  Fortunately, the 6th Annual Casting for Soles shoe/t-shirt give-a-way saw sunshine and blue skies. This was my first year volunteering for this event and it went smooth as silk with Eddie Dalmau managing crowd control and Jack McCulloch's team sizing and distributing shoes from New Balance and Clark's to more than 2000 locals in the East Cape. The giveaway also included shirts, hats and sandals from AFTCO and eyeglasses for those in need.

 

 

Fishing was a mixed bag of dorado and stripers/sails from La Ribera down to Los Frailes. There have been big schools of skipjack off of La Ribera and slow trolling skipjack strip baits has been the ticket for the dorado. We've also had some blue marlin following the skipjack schools. Also, boats ran out 30+ miles North and found wide open tuna up to 50#. It's been hit and miss on the tuna with a few 100+ tuna being landed on the dolphin pods offshore from Los Frailes. Inshore we are still seeing rooster to 30#, and some nice pargo.

Buena pesca,

Mark
EastCapeGuides.com

Christie Shedd with a dorado caught off of Punta Arena.

Bill and Christie Shedd with a nice pargo landed at the Cabo Riviera breakwater.

Kirk Vetor from Newtonville, Ontario with an estimated 200# blue marlin (expired in fight).
He was spooled by an estimated 400# blue marlin the next day.

Big bull dorado caught by Jim Packard, Las Vegas, Nevada.