East Cape Guides On-the-Water-Report - July 20, 2015

The weather conditions continue to be very windy for summertime. Water temps are ranging form 81-90 degrees with dynamic current changes happening daily. The sailfish bite continues to be the focus with blue marlin concentrating north of the hotel. 3-5 shots per day on sails and blues to 350# are being landed daily. Our two boats landed 5 blues over the last few days and the panga Siboney landed 3 blues in one day. Juan Carlos, the pangero, is an animal. Unfortunately, we had another blue expire on us. We tried to revive but we could not get her to go. The tuna bite has dried up because of the high winds and swell from tropical storm Dolores. The bait guys cannot get sardines with the high surf, too peligroso. The wahoo bite continues to surprise as 3-5 wahoo per day have consistently been landed by the fleet over the last few weeks. This year's Dorado Shootout tournament illustrated the lack of dorado right now. The winning fish weighed in at a measly 12.9 pounds and only 4 fish were brought to the scales. Our boat got the largest tuna for the tournament. Photos are from Dean Lawver's group and John Martyny's group.

Buena pesca,

Mark