Hi folks,
The fun news this report is about a father and son fishing day we had this last week. They are Al and Steve Baldwin from San Diego, CA. The game was roosterfish on the fly, and the day started out kinda slow, and there was not much action at all. We kept the faith and in the later in the morning Steve caught his first roosterfish on the fly, it was a beautiful roosterfish about 5 lbs.
The fish came in strong and ate my 5" mullet pattern with gusto. Next was Al's turn. The action was picking up and we had some nice shots, but the fish were refusing Al's fly. We stayed as long as we could, and as I said reel em up, we are leaving, the fish surprisingly showed up on my teaser. Six hungry roosterfish charged the boat, and Al made a perfect cast and hooked and landed his nice 6 lb roosterfish, again on my mullet pattern. What a way to end a perfect sunny day in Baja.
March is our transition month and generally kind of an unpredictable fishing month, but that's not the case this year. The inshore fishing has been pretty dependable with plenty of action for sierra mackerel, jack cravelle and roosterfish. The only exception was one day when a front blew through and the fishing slowed down quite a bit, but the fishing picked up the next day and was back to normal.
The offshore fishing has been good for striped marlin. The best bet is to use light tackle, but we are getting some stripers on the fly also. The marlin are taking livies on the surface best, but trolling lures(called jigs) can be productive also. The full moon has slowed it down some, but we are still catching fish, it should pick up as the moon wanes.
The weather has been incredible! 80 degree's and beautiful sunny days.
The water temperatures are anywhere from 68 in the Pacific to 72 in the Sea of Cortez. Tight Lines,
Grant Hartman