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4 Dec 2011 - SEA OF CORTEZ, HERE COME DA JUDGE
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: MARK RAYOR
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Here come da judge
In shore along the beaches of Buena Vista the action
has exploded. There is a huge abundance of bait right
now which on calm days is bringing game fish within
range of beach fishermen. Sierra mackerel, pompano
and quality sized roosterfish are all on the feed. Just a
few miles off shore dorado, striped marlin and sailfish
have provided the few anglers fishing excellent
action.
We had an outstanding week fishing with old friends
and making new ones as well. Early in the week new
found friends Ray Hafsten and retired federal judge
Bob Bayt traveled all the way from Indiana to fish Jen
Wren III.
The first couple days of Ray and Bob's visit we
encountered the normal north winds of this time of
year but it didn't slow them down a bit. The boys
landed a limit of dorado and a few nice sierra
mackerel to boot. On their last day the wind
subsided. They released 4 sailfish and left a dorado
for us because their cooler was already full.
It was interesting for me to watch how much
conditions changed this week and how it effected the
billfish bite. In one day the water temp dropped from
76 to 72 degrees and the color changed from blue-
ish to kind of an ugly green. For several weeks the
most effective way to catch marlin and sailfish had
been to slow troll small bonita. When the water
changed this method seemed to stop working. We
trolled several hours without a smell and the fish just
seemed to disappear.
Ready to give up on the area I remebered something
Jack Nilsen told me. It was 'keep em honest'. What he
ment was don't let the fish out smart you and give up
on an area without giving it a fair shot if you believe
they are there. With that thought I put on a planer
and started slow trolling a mackerel down deep. Yep,
in just a few minutes we were bit. With that we just
started drifting and soaking mackerel. That turned
out to be the ticket and once again with a different
technique the bite was WFO again.
Being out there everyday we experience a lot of
strange things and saw a good one with Ray and Bob.
Soaking mackerel both boys got bit at the same time.
One was using a circle hook and had the bait bridled,
the other was using a J hook with the bait hooked in
the dorsal fin. When the lines went tight both sailfish
jumped simultaneously. The battle was on! One fish
went north and the other south which made for some
good excitement. Ray was able to bring his fish to
leader first. Wiring the fish I discovered it had been
lassoed around the bill and was never hooked. We
don't see that often but once in a while an angler gets
lucky and it happens. Here is where the story gets
really strange. Upon leadering Bob's fish I discovered
it had also been lassoed around the bill and was not
hooked either. I guess the fish gods looked down on
us and said this is going to be your day.
It was good to see old friend Herb Lamb and his wife
Jennifer. They had outstanding luck with the weather
and good luck fishing with double limits of dorado
and a nice sierra for ceviche as well.
Mark Rayor
http://markrayor.blogspot.com
www.teamjenwren.com
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