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Friday, August 19, 2011

Van Wormer Resorts Fishing Report 8/19/11

by Eddie Dalmau, Van Wormer Resorts

As water temperatures continue to fluctuate between 85-90 degrees throughout the East Cape, Yellowfin Tuna continues to thrive under these conditions. We have seen a steady stream of Yellowfin this week arriving at the docks throughout the East Cape. Sunday, our own Chucky Van Wormer landed a 168lb. Yellowfin while fishing aboard the El Loco II with Captain Julio Cota. Mr. Van Wormer was filming a television show for a local television network. Should be the makings of a great show. Although it was the biggest tuna this week, it was only the beginning of the steady number of tuna this week. Many boats landed limits on Yellowfin ranging from 10-50lbs. We saw maybe 15 Tuna in the 50-100lbs. range and 1 over 150lbs. The tuna bite seems to be between Los Frailes and La Ribera. The water temperatures are also ideal for Blue Marlin and Sailfish. This week we saw good numbers of both species. The dorado numbers fell a little this week, mostly because of the great tuna bite. We are still seeing some nice size roosters close to shore between La Ribera and Lighthouse point. Some of the other species landed this week include Pargo, Jack Cravalle, Amber Jack, Skip Jacks, Cabrilla and Wahoo.


And wouldn’t you know it, right before I emailed this fishing report off to everyone, word came in that a monster tuna was landed out of Palmas De Cortez. Jason Hawk from Atlanta Georgia landed a 343lb. Yellowfin Tuna just about 2 hours ago. Jason was fishing on the cruiser “Mahitini” out of hotel Palmas De Cortez with Captain Oscar Verdugo Jr. and deckhand Nestor Crespo. The giant Yellowfin fought for more than 2 ½ before making its way onto the boat. The crew hooked the tuna on a green/black “Mean Joe Green” marlin lure just 15 miles in front of Punta Pescadero. Jason was the group organizer of this first time group to Palmas De Cortez that called themselves “Buds and Suds”. Congratulations!

That is it for this week my friends. Here are just a few of the pictures from this week’s action.

Eddie Dalmau
Baja’s Van Wormer Resorts

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Chucky Van Wormer lands 168lb. Yellowfin Tuna

From the watery desk of Mark Daugherty

Chucky Van Wormer lands this monster 168lb. Yellowfin Tuna 7 miles in front of Hotel Punta Colorada. Chucky was fishing on the El Loco II with Captain Julio Cota and Deckhand Abram. "We hooked it on a Caballito with 40# line and it took over 2 hours to bring the beast to the boat" said Chucky, who was filming a television show at the time.


Buena pesca,

Mark
EastCapeGuides.com

Sunday, August 7, 2011

East Cape Guides Report 8/7/11

From the watery desk of Mark Daugherty

The Ostenberg Family with a 140lb. yellowfin tuna
The last week has been pretty good across the border. The water is really heating up with reports of up to 92 degree water south of Frailes. When the wind allows, we've been running out to find the spotted dolphin and the tuna have been under them 99% of the time. Tuna ranging from 40 to 150# are aggressively coming up on chummed sardinas, but cedars and feathers have been hit or miss. The dorado bite went wide open today in front of La Ribera, all under 10#, with a few being taken on the troll up to 40#. The blue marlin bite has been very consistent over the last month with one or two being taken daily. Other billfish include sailfish showing up in the last week with the warm water. One or two are being hooked daily per boat. Striped marlin have moved out with very few being landed lately. A few roosters to 50# here and there near Frailes, small ones in front of Punta Colorada and La Ribera. Some pargo, cabrilla and anberjack are still being taken on jigs in front of La Ribera.


Kyler Ostenberg, Captain Jesus and Mate Francisco with an estimated 300lb. blue marlin (unfortunately billfish expired during the fight)

Gary Ostenberg, Captain Jesus and Mate Francisco with a 70lb. sailfish. (billfish was released)

 Buena pesca,

Mark
EastCapeGuides.com