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Baja Mexico  

--Fuel Prices change for Diesel probably up from there, fueling in Ensenada, $2.54?? , In Turtle Bay $2.75??, at the Cape-- $2.75??, La Paz $2.45??  and on the mainland P.V. $2.63???   Turtle Bay-  Fuel at Turtle Bay -- New dock extended off the old one- -- Phone # of the fuel pier. 01 615 158 0383 -- San Jose's new marina where fueling runs $2.80  fuel in San Carlos/ Mag Bay at $2.07 a gal

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Baja- Cabo San Lucas-:  BILLFISH: Fishing for Striped Marlin was spotty this week, the success ratio was down as the fish were difficult to find, and once found were not in the feeding mood.  This, combined with the rough seas made most of the boats try to target other species.  One friend of mine did see, early in the week, several Blue Marlin and a Black Marlin feeding on a school of Dorado just off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side.  He reported that the fish looked to be between 600 and 800 pounds but were focused on the schooled Dorado and would not touch what he had out, and even if they had, his #30 gear would have not been able to handle them.  A few other boats reported seeing an occasional large Marlin on the Cortez side as well, but there were no reported hook-ups

YELLOWFIN TUNA: There have been some smaller school sized fish found on occasion along the ridge between the Golden Gate and the San Jaime Bank early in the week before the wind began to blow, but since then the Tuna catch has been pretty much confined to an occasional hook-up on the Gorda Banks.  There was a decent bite for one day around the 1150 spot but those fish had moved on by the next day, and they were just larger than footballs anyway

DORADO: We had some decent action on Dorado along the Cortez coastline between the Santa Maria Bay and Red Hill just off the beach.  The fish averaged 12 pounds and while there were good numbers to be found early and mid-week, at the end of the week the fish had moved elsewhere.  Watching the boats return Saturday afternoon there were not many yellow flags flying

WAHOO: Still around and still biting, really amazing that boats are still getting Wahoo this time of year!  There was a decent bite on fish averaging 30 pounds in the same area the Dorado were found, probably feeding on the same baitfish.  While there were no big numbers, there were about two dozen caught each day.  A few boats targeted them and were able to come in with two or three per trip

INSHORE: With the strong winds and big swells almost all the action took place on the Cortez side of the Cape.  The action was fair for Sierra most days but a few days the fishing really shined as when the schools were found the anglers were able to get limits on fish averaging 5 pounds fairly quickly.  There was sporadic action on other near-shore species such as snapper and grouper with the action really spread out

For vessels heading south a couple of high spots for good bottom fishing--Off Cedros Island-try -28 05.508 / 115 29.198  -- San Benitos -- 28 19.502 / 115 33.126 - Below Turtle Bay and working down the coastline--- --- 26 21.948 / 113 19.187- 20fat-- 26 21.611 / 113 19.604 20 fat,   27 20.052 / 114  08. 219,   and off Hipalito 26 43.621/ 114 03.363, 26 47.170 / 114 02.690 and 26 47.233 / 114 02.718, San Pablo 27 18.684 / 114 40.410 and 27 22.900 / 114 46.804- all these spots hold bait and good bottom fishing--- good luck - JD

Mag Bay Info------

E-Mail----Mag Bay info--- Jnyone needing transportation from the airport to their yachts in Santa Maria Bay or San Carlos can contact me at 011 52 613 131 5279 or email magbayoutfitters@sbcglobal.net

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Mainland Mexico

Puerto Vallarta.  Improving as the water warms

Bahia Navidad.   Improving as blue water was moving in , Dorado, sails

Mexico, Ixtapa/ Zihuatanejo ,   Improving as blue water was moving in , Dorado, sails, blues

Costa Rica-It's starting to warm up , humidly is high and improved yellowfin catches , the consistent sailfish and the Snappers are snapping.

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 Please call me if I can be of  assistance in any tackle or arrangements 1-800 660-5030- JD

Give me a call if you need any charted booking information, glad to help,  call me JD. 
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Call JD's Tackle at 1-800 660 5030, or E-Mail to mailto:jdsbiggame@aol.com

 but then who can fathom what a fish thinks.

 The best cure for sea sickness,  the shade of an Oak Tree!- JD

This last year marks  33 years I've been here in this same location on Balboa Island  hearing fish stories,  30 years + of calling in a weekly fish report to the WON and local newspapers, now this -the web site, this past month 1,750,000 hits, 30 +years of outfitting private boats, yachts and super yachts,  of fishing around the globe or watching the Balboa Island Ferry go back and forth with it's little hoot as it crosses the bay. 30 +years of helping kids with drop lines and cut shrimp to growing up and fishing marlin, now their kids come in and I outfit their boats. This shop may not be the easiest to get to but it's one of the nicest locations to have a tackle shop-  Thank you for all for your patronage over the years- JD

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Great fishin' off Puerto Vallarta, ....some Huge Yellowfin Tuna!  302 1/2 lbs, 80lb tackle, 1hr 12 min: ---JD

Later in the afternoon when the telephone booths began to grow dark at the edges, I punched out of the creek and went home. I had that hunchback trout for dinner. Wrapped in cornmeal and fried in butter, its hump tasted sweet as the kisses of Esmeralda. Richard Brautigan-Trout Fishing in America

A good site for the seabirds is  http://www.montereyseabirds.com/SeabirdTripSpeciesList.htm  , or--  http://www.pbase.com/jpkln/image/ 

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