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Fishing Reports

Fishing Report 2016 May/June Baja

By James on June 24, 2016

The new normal in Baja is that nothing should be taken for granted, except that change is inevitable and constant. Unseasonable weather and water conditions combined with different, but abundant bait forced guides and captains to get creative. The time proven chum and switch technique using small bait like sardines or ballyhoo, was short lived […]

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October Fishing Report

By James on June 23, 2015

For those who braved the hurricane devastation and threat of Dengue fever, the Baja bite was wide open last week. Sardines have rained down on the peninsula and with them came hungry fish of all kinds. Our trip started at team Beulah’s usual Baja haunt. Flyfishing, by any other standard, would have been considered excellent […]

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2015 Baja Spring Fishing Report

By James on June 22, 2015

Fishing is always good in Baja, you just have to adapt to what’s hot. The 2015 spring season was hampered by late winds and cold water. Bait was available, though not plentiful or large in size. The combination of these two things worked against the normal May-June fishery of roosterfish and dorado, but presented opportunities […]

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October In Baja

By James on June 21, 2015

October can be an and was an outstanding month for flyfishing in Baja. Warm water and plentiful bait brought marlin, dorado , skipjack and a few tuna into the area. Large schools of Humboldt squid swam at @ 500-1000 ft and had pelagic species whipped into a frenzy. We landed dorado in the 10-30lb range, […]

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Roosterfish Report Baja 2013

By James on June 10, 2013

If size matters, you should be here this week. Larger roosterfish have moved into the area including some absolute monsters. Margaret Shaughnessy hooked fought and landed a 70lb plus roosterfish that is a pending world record breaking all previously records both men and women. The fish took 3 hours 40 minutes to land was weighed […]

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Fish report October 2013

By James on May 28, 2013

It is turning out to be one of the best and most consistent years for roosterfish in recent history. Fair and consistent weather and a slow but steady climb in water temperatures have all contributed to happy fish. The good supplies of sardines haven’t hurt either. What a contrast to last year. A group of […]

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May 7-12 The sardine mafia hard at it

By James on May 12, 2013

Another great week for roosterfish. weather conditions were generally calm except for a couple afternoons with variable winds, but nothing to get in the way of the catching. All our boats landed and released 2-6 roosterfish per day in the 20-40 lb range. We had a large sierra bite off after exploding on a fly […]

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Clouds & Crowds

By James on May 3, 2013

Day 2 brought a mixed bag of rollers, wind, clouds, and boats (lots of them). Our friend from the North West worked on his sea legs and his Barrilata lifting skills. They were hungry and in good numbers. We did get ourselves a really nice 10 pounder. Made a run to the Point and had […]

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First day in paradise

By James on May 2, 2013

Turns out its a lot like riding a bike. You remember just what to do when you need to do it. The water wasn’t perfect we did have some wind but otherwise the weather was perfect and the fish were ready to play. We had a great morning with shots at Dorado, Pargo, and Gallos all […]

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