Hola Pescadores,
Just wanted to update you on some early season fishing down on the East Cape. Weather has been very temperate in the low to mid 80s with some winds from the North showing up for a couple of days and then quickly backing off to beautiful Springtime skies. Water temps are in the low 70s hovering around 72 degrees. If you are planning on coming down in the Spring remember that light jacket or windbreaker. It can get chilly in the mornings and at night time.
Fishing has been your typical Springtime bite. We have had a solid bite going on with the striped marlin. Some really nice stripers in the 160lbs+ range are being landed and released about 7-10 miles off of Punta Colorada. These billfish are big, strong and healthy, gorging on the huge population of candy squid that has invaded the East Cape this Spring. While fighting a large striped marlin, Steve Jensen of Fountain Valley, CA, witnessed squid after squid ejected from the mouth of the fish while it made multiple head shakes on the surface. Marlin and dorado are taking both bait and lures when they aren't sleeping off a night of binge dining on the calamari. We are also seeing some nice roosters in 30-40lb range, jacks, sierra on the inside and still some good bottom fishing when the currents are right.
So many fish, so little time...
Here are some photos from the week of April 14th.
Buena pesca,
Mark
EastCapeGuides.com
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| Steve Jensen with a very health striped marlin that took a dropped back ballihoo. The fish was released. |
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| Surprise, we had this small mako come up on one of our marlin lures. The shark launched itself about six feet in air with the marlin lure hanging out of the corner of his mouth. |
