Fishing Report for Week of Nov. 25, 07 for Master Baiter's Sportfishing and Tackle
Written By: Stan Gabruk
Title: Puerto Vallarta's No Name Captains Catch Fish Also!
This past week we've all been busy with the increase in visitors to our fair city, with many of them interested in our World Class Fishing grounds and rightly so. When things are about as good as they get, to say "right now it's just more of the same", is more than a mouth full. There is a steady stream of charter boats heading out every morning, so you can imagine the action on the docks in the early hours of the day. It's actually an interesting thing to see people arriving, getting final provisions at the mini Supers, and heading out into one of Puerto Vallarta's Spectacular Sun Rises! If you live in the Marina and are an insomniac, then grab a cup of coffee, sit on a bench and welcome the day the PV way!
After and opening paragraph like that, you can expect to catch just about any fish you want to target, with no hassle these days, Except Yellowfin Tuna. But take heart, there have been some changes which I hope will follow last years lead and bring us into December with 200 pound plus Yellowfin Monsters once again.
El Banco, Corbetena, Lots of Black Marlin and Sailfish. In fact if I had to say what the dominant species is out in our fishing grounds, I'd have to say Sailfish, hands down. In fact there are so many Sails out at these areas, especially Corbetena that the waters looks like a Cactus garden with the bills just sticking up out of the water where they're congregating. Marlin is out there also, but fishermen are fickle, why go out two plus hours to get fish you can get closer in? So that's the case in the deep water. Tuna, Yellowfin to be particular are out there in big numbers, but nothing, nada, zipo again. There has been some sign of Yellowfin taking the bait using a kite, but only scattered reports on this. The Squid, Krill shrimp and Tuna Crabs are still out there. In fact if we were eating the same stuff the fish are here, we'd go broke no joke! Stay tuned, things can't stay like this much longer.
El Morro, The Marietta's and the area between these locations and The Bank is still worth working if you're looking for Striped or Blue Marlin. Dorado, Jack Cravells, Sails and more are here and waiting for you as we speak, so to speak…..
The continued secret is still Punta Mita and locations north. The unusual thing is that there have been Black Marlin boated less than twenty miles off the point up to San Pancho. Lures are still working great, Pink, Yellow or Orange still seem to be the dominant colors this week, but remember things can change, so if one thing doesn't work after about forty minutes, change the rigs and do it all over again. Sooner or later, you'll find a winning combination.
The summary for this week is there are still plenty of fish, plenty of bait and the Yellowfin are less fickle, but still fussy. Mahi Mahi are anywhere from thirty to fifty pounds, Sailfish on tap, even Black Marlin off the point of Punta Mita to San Pancho!
This week I want to touch bases on something, believe it or not, that recently occurred to me. Marlin Mag, ESPN, and a host of others come to Puerto Vallarta every year and go out into our fishing grounds to ultimately write articles about local "Name" Captains and how their skill and ability resulted in Monster Yellowfin Tuna, Giant Marlin, etc. But here's the secret, the few names that do show up in Marlin Mag., etc are not the only people or I should say Captains that fish our waters. Everyday there are "No Name" Captains coming in with finned fantasies for half the price of some of these guys. Where do these guys come from, you might ask? Well, here of course. Most of the Marina Vallarta Captains, and this includes Los Penas Marina, are second, third or fourth generation fisherman who have ON THE JOB TRAINING. You can't beat a captain that grew up here and knows these waters like the back of their hands. So when you're considering a charter, remember the Captain you never heard of, will be half the price as the Name, and every bit as capable.
Thanks again to everyone who's been supporting our efforts to eradicate Graffiti in our fair city! Carlos tell me we have plenty of paint and brushes for the time being and I should continue to ask for Volunteers like the Parks that took two days of their vacation to patrol the city and find new graffiti! Thanks again to the parks and we look forward to hearing from you as well. Help keep Puerto Vallarta beautiful for us all.
Nov. 29 Update: It looks like the Yellowfin Tuna Drought is over. Several boats the last few days have boated Yellowfin Tuna in the 150 lb range. They're taking bait, but it needs to be smaller baits like Google eyes with a purple skirt rig. Kites are also working now a well for the Yellowfins. It appears the Tuna or Red Crabs and Krill Shrimps have either been eaten or floated off with the currents. Ten and twelve hour trips are where you'll find these babies right now. Everything else is on par for the report…….
Until next week, don't forget to kiss your fish.
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