Puerto Vallarta fishing report by the Puerto Vallarta Hook Up Yester day fishing report by Steve Nichols We went out dat before yesterday 12/4/08 just for a short day about 8 miles past the point off of punta de mita We left the marina vallarta about 7:30 am We reached the fishing grounds about 8 am great day clear sky's sun was out water was calm We could not ask for a better start weather wise by 8:30 am We had hooked up with the first dorado the dorado bit on a lure while we were trolling while dan reeled in the first one another dorado hit dead bait on another line so We had a double hook up to start the day. about 15 minutes alter We hooked another dorado the dorado are red hot right now also around 10 am We got another bite this time it was bigger hooked a nice sailfish on dead bait about 100 lbs afer that We caught a few more small dorado's and called it a day total for the day 6 dorado's and 1 sailfish not bad fora 6 hour day. by Steve Nichols all around fishing report by
Dan Gilmartin WATER TEMP: 85F AIR TEMP:65-85F
SPORT FISHING ENTHUSIASTS ENJOYED
THE THREE DAY CHALLENGE OF THE 53RD
PUERTO VALLARTA SPORT FISHING
TOURNAMENT (PEZ Y VELA), NOVEMBER 12-
15TH. WINNER IN THE MARLIN CATEGORY
WAS A 303 POUNDER (133KG)! THE 46
POUND (20KG) MAHI AND 144 POUND
(63KG) YELLOWFIN TUNA WON THEIR
RESPECTIVE CLASSES AND THE LARGEST
SAIL TAKEN WEIGHED IN AT 98POUNDS (43
KG). JUST OFF THE POINT OF PUNTA MITA
ON THE NORTHEND OF BANDERAS BAY
THE FISHING HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY
RELIABLE FOR LOTS OF MAHI, FOOTBALL
YELLOWFIN, AND SAILFISH. LAST WEEK,
THE SIRENA SPORTFISHING CREW, ON A 10
HOUR TRIP, SUCESSFULLY TAGGED AND
RELEASED AS MANY AS 7 SAILFISH IN THE
65-100 POUND RANGE. SAILFISH ARE
HITTING DEAD BAIT WHEN TROLLING BUT
THEIR PREFERRED 'TAKE-OUT', IS FLYING
FISH; SO THE RIGGED GOGGLE EYES WITH
PINK AND GREEN SKIRTS MAKE AN
EXCELLENT ALTERNATIVE MENU
OFFERING. SURFACE-FEEDING, MAHI AND
SAILFISH ARE HAMMERING LIVE BAIT AS
WELL.SIRENA's CREW SPOTTED THE FIRST
STRIPED MARLIN OF THE SEASON AT
CORBETENA ON A RECENT TRIP BUT
TAGGED 3 MARLIN AND SAILS FOR THE
DAY. BOATS AROUND EL BANCO, SINCE
THEN, ALSO ARE REPORTING MORE
SIGHTINGS OF STRIPERS. THESE EARLY
SIGHTINGS BODE WELL FOR THE COMING
SEASON FOR GREAT SPORT FISHING IN
PUERTO VALLARTA. THE SPINNER
DOLPHINS ARE TRAVELING WITH GOOD
SIZE YELLOWFINS .SLOW TROLLING WITH
LIVE 'SKIPPIES' (JACKS) AND LOTS OF
TEASERS BRINGS FISH UP. CHANGING TO
FASTER TROLL SPEED USING DEAD BAIT
AND LURES ALSO WORKED WELL WITH
MAHI AND SAILFISH.
THE WATER IS CLEAR BLUE, CLEAN AND
WARM. THE WEATHER IS FINALLY
COMFORTABLE AND FOLKS ARE BRINGING
IN FISH EVERYDAY. ROOSTERS AND JACK
CRAVELLES ARE WORKING THEIR WAY
NORTH AND A DAY ON THE WATER IS
BETTER THAN ANY DAY AT WORK! PLAN A
DAY OR MORE FISHING WITH THE
EXPERIENCED CREW OF THE SIRENA,
AND'.REMEMBER TO TAG AND RELEASE
ALL BILLFISH TO HELP PRESERVE THE
STOCKS FOR THE FUTURE ENJOYMENT OF
ALL. by Dan Gilmartin
