SAN RAMON HALIBUT--Stan Vath of Campo Lorenzo at San Quintin fished plastics north at Playa San Ramon and caught calico bass, sandbass, olive rockfish, and this nice 19.5-pound halibut. Other halibut to 35 pounds were caught in the area. Photo courtesy Stan Vath.

CAPT. LELO SCORES ON 18 YELLOWFIN TUNA ABOUT 20 MILES OUT OF SAN QUINTIN

Aug. 25, 2005, Stan Vath, San Quintin, Baja sportfishing, Mexico:

I've been down in San Quintin at our place in Campo Lorenzo all week. Lelo at Pedro's Pangas caught 18 15-20 pound yellowfin tuna on Monday in tough weather. Lelo was 17-23 miles out on a 240 heading. Then, San Quintin weather improved, but the fishing didn't. He caught 3 more yellowfin tuna on Tuesday.

It blew the first few days but let up yesterday. We fished San Ramon today flipping plastics and caught 2-4 pound calicos, sandbass, and sugarbass. Also 1 halibut that weighed 19.5 lbs.

The local San Quintin pangeros say the weather should hold through the weekend. Lorenzo caught a few halibut Monday up to 35 pounds also fishing San Ramon with live mackerel.

(As reported by Gene Kira, Mexico Reports Editor of Western Outdoor News, the largest U.S. outdoor weekly newspaper. See "Mexico Fishing News" online for current fishing reports, photos, weather, and water temperatures from San Quintin and other major Mexican sportfishing areas. Vacation travel articles, fishing maps and seasonal calendars, and fishing related information for San Quintin may be found at Mexfish.com's main San Quintin page.