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Catch-22 Steve
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Posted: Mon May 22nd, 2006 11:43 pm |
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Our Boats were Out Thur , Fri. Sat & Sunday , Most Days we Had a limit of Dorado , and did very well On Saturday with 5 fish in the 35 pound Range , and another 5 In the 30 Pound range, Captain Ricardo found a sheet of Plywood floating at 245 around 25 miles out and Reported Lots and Lot of Grande Dorado.
Captain Fernando Reported 8 fish in the Box On Sunday,on Catch-22 Suerte..I was Out On Catch-22 Sunday and Saw 8 or so Tailing Marlin But No hook-ups One fish was In the spread But Not really Interested, Doc- Marlin also reported Lots of Billfish Jumping but No joy On Hook-ups, The Bill fish are there but theres lots of bait and Squid In the water Making Catching them harder than Normal, I think the billfish bite will turn on soon
Tight lines
Steve
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Posted: Tue May 23rd, 2006 12:11 am |
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I found this On Mexico fish . com sounds Like the problem with to much Squid Is In all of the sea of Cortez
WHY THEY WON'T EAT--Excess bait in the water, especially squid, is keeping game fish full and reluctant to bite in Baja waters from Cabo San Lucas to the Sea of Cortez Midriff area this month. Jim Apple of Mulege's Posada Concepcion recently camped at San Juanico north of Loreto and photographed some of the guilty squid near the beach. Said Mulege's Mike Massey, "Jim said they were in shallow water every day at about noon, and every night at high tide. Apparently after spawning they would die. They were about 12 inches long." PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE MASSEY
WHY THEY WON'T EAT--Excess bait in the water, especially squid, is keeping game fish full and reluctant to bite in Baja waters from Cabo San Lucas to the Sea of Cortez Midriff area this month. Jim Apple of Mulege's Posada Concepcion recently camped at San Juanico north of Loreto and photographed some of the guilty squid near the beach. Said Mulege's Mike Massey, "Jim said they were in shallow water every day at about noon, and every night at high tide. Apparently after spawning they would die. They were about 12 inches long." PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE MASSEY
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Stuart
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Posted: Tue May 23rd, 2006 12:32 am |
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Well, it sounds like the perfect opportunity to see if my squid imitation lures can entice them into biting! 
On the bright side, at least there seem to be plenty of dorado this year! After catching only two small peanuts in a week of solid fishing last year, I'm happy to hear our golden friends seem to be abundant and decent size!
If the billfish don't turn on, it could turn into the Rescate Dorado tournament, eh?
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Posted: Tue May 23rd, 2006 08:06 pm |
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Thanks guys for the good post. Is there anyway of catching or ??? the squid and use as cast to bait. I have used the frozen, but wondering if you could incorporate whats out there to intice the marlin bite. May be a silly question but sometimes you can fool them thanks john
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Posted: Tue May 23rd, 2006 09:29 pm |
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Squid jigs. Big ones. They come up to the surface at night, although I have come across them on the surface in the middle of the day. We simply threw iron (Tady, Salas jigs) at 'em and were hooking them up. The ones on the surface were just the tip of the iceberg. About 100 ft. down was the biggest biomass I've ever registered on my sonar.
They have to be one of the nastiest, messiest things you can bring aboard your boat. All huffing, puffing, angry, flashing through their colors like a neon sign, squirting water and ink everywhere. Don't be fooled that they've only got one shot of that ink, either.
You might be able to get fish to hit on slow-trolled strips of squid. I don't think you'd want to try fishing one of them whole; they are usually enormous. These aren't your little California candy squids by any means. Typically, they're 10-15 lbs., some going into the 30 lb. range or more.
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