Hola Amigos,Fishing in the East Cape continues to impress with one of the best Junes in recent memory. The Stripe Marlin continue to be the story with some boats landing 15 in a single day. The stage was set for the 12th annual Roy Clark Billfish tournament to have an epic tournament. They were not disappointed to say the least. 7 boats fished 4 days and it turned out to be the best (fish per angler) tournament in 12 years. The tournament landed 105 Billfish, with 98 striped marlin and 7 sailfish. The tournament also landed 4 dorado over 40lbs. with a 40.9, 43.7, 46.8 and 47.8. The 47.8 was caught by Caroline Douglas onboard the Julkate. Mary and David Scott of Escondidos California took home top honors with 28 billfish (25 striped and 3 sails). Second place went to Jerry Gende and Steven Fosdick from Iowa and third place went to Mark Kennedy and David Donovan of Billings Montana.
The Dorado bite has been pretty good, with smaller numbers than usual, but we are seeing some big bulls come to the dock. The fleet also found some more yellowfin tuna with a few coming in each day, but they have been a good 40 miles out, so not everyone is excited about going to find them. The wahoo continue to impress with at least 1 or 2 coming in each day this week. If you’re lucky (or should I say talented) like Linda and John Orozco from Carlsbad California, you might find yourself at the dock smiling for the camera holding 4 wahoo and 2 bull dorado over 40 lbs. Not a bad day!This week at Playa Del Sol, the International Roosterfish tournament was held. The roosters didn’t seem to want to cooperate as they have in years past, but one standout was the Amante which landed 10 roosters on day one of the tree day tournament and ended up take top honors for this year’s event.
We also had the honor this week to host the Tournament Anglers Associations annual billfish tournament and like the Roy Clark tournament, they had their best tournament is years. 12 boats and 23 anglers participated in the three day tournament. The counts were impressive! 136 striped marlin, 2 blue marlin (first of the season), 3 sailfish and 4 dorado were landed and 70 were caught on day one. Days 2 and 3 were hampered by wind, but anglers were still able to make the best of some rough conditions. Sam White from Florida took first place in the TAA tournament for the second year in a row.Today the seas were calm once again and air temperatures reached a warm 93 degrees. Water temperatures have been between 78-80 degrees and rising.
That’s it for this week amigos!
Until next week!
Eddie Dalmau/Baja’s Van Wormer Resorts
