This past season, we have added a new wrinkle to the Rooster-fishing game. In the summer, we began exploring some huge flats that have always caught our eye, and to our surprise, hold schools of Roosters!...
Pursuing Roosterfish from beaches and pangas has been a lifelong passion.
A beach caught Roosterfish in on of fly-fishing’s biggest challenges and one of the greatest rewards. Beach fishing for Roosters takes time, commitment, and a high level of skill. Panga fishing for Roosterfish has its challenges as well. In deeper water, the fish have the time to examine bait and often refuse even the best tied flies. Quick casts and retrieve are essential when fishing from a panga.
Recently, we were again surprised by these incredible fish. We discovered Roosterfish feeding on vast flats on the west coast of Baja.
Wading in knee to waist deep water we found school after school of Roosterfish feeding on crustations and small baiffish. The Clearwater and white sand bottom is reminiscent of Bonefish or Permit flats, and the angling tactics are very much the same.
After a little trial and error; Lighter tippet, small crustation flies, and baitfish patterns prevailed.
The Roosterfish were schooling and aggressively competing for flies. We fished the dropping tide for 3 hours; Encountering school after school of Roosterfis and landed over 10 fish. By late afternoon the light faded as did the tide and with it one of our best days Rooster fishing.
We are excited to continue to explore this new angling opportunity and are offering a limited number of trips this summer.
Please contact us at flyfishmex@gmail.com if you are interested in booking a trip to Mag Bay.
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