EAST CAPE FISHING ACTION WAS POOR THIS WEEK

Jan. 15, 2005, Tim Selzer, Baja On The Fly, East Cape fly fishing, Baja California Sur, Mexico:

There's no denying it, East Cape fishing right now is poor. The wind is blowing and the waves are up to 10 feet high. It's the biggest surf I have ever seen at East Cape. The water is brown and it is cooling off. The fishing was okay at East Cape before the wind started. Bob at the tackle shop caught a 25-pound roosterfish at La Ribera on a top water plug. The sierra that were south of the lighthouse left. A Spa boat went there on Tuesday and didn't get any. East Cape locals have been catching good numbers of sierra north of town on silver homemade lures and hand lines. The bite stops at first light. There are some small dorado (mahi-mahi) and a few skipjack at Punta Pescadero, with blue and white still the favored color.

East Cape sea water temperature 70-74. Air temperature 68-73. Weather Conditions: Scattered Clouds.