Dorado-- none weighed
Pictures of some fish caught in May 2010
Fishing Report
Reporting period: February 21 through March 20, 20010
by Don Webb
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Note: The primary event of this period was the wind. The wind blew 16 days during the period, and was a big factor in our loss of long time launcher Roberto. He has served our community for many years, and his launching will be missed, but more importantly his knowledge at the ramp during emergencies will really be missed. Roberto's brother Victor will take over the duties and boat captains will need to be patient with him for a while.
- February 21-Red Rover and Sand Dollar both went to San Esteban and limited out on Yellowtail.
- February 22-GatorBait fished the same area caught two Yellowtail about 24 lbs.
- February 27- Fishfinder brought home a 40lb. squid and bottom fish from the Turner area. Grapevine caught a limit of Rockbass at 14 mi. reef.
- March 1-Sand Dollar caught two Yellowtail 14 and 22 lbs, Sea Dog caught 3 Yellowtail in the same area. Hanan Ryan and Perry Dize went to Willard and caught bottom fish. Sea Senor fished San Esteban area and brought home two Sheepshead and Goldies. Water temp 64 at Turner and 67 at San Esteban.
- March 2- RedRover caught sardinero near San Pedro and Sea Dog limited out on Yellowtail near Turner.
- March 3-The El Sueno boat caught a 28 1/2 lb. Yellowtail near Turner. SandDollar and Perry Dize caught their limit of Yellowtail in the same area. On this day small Yellowtail could be caught in large numbers near the Pyramids and large ones off the reef. Water temp 64
- March 5- Fishfinder caught two big yellowtail near Willard. Backlash in the same area hooked and brought to the boat a 12 foot shark. Crapshooter caught his limit of yellowtail and a small White Sea Bass, Rock and Reel brought home 2 nice Yellowtail and a 24 lb. MantaRey, Perry Dize brought home a limit of big Yellowtail all from the same area. Colorado Farmer caught his limit of Rock bass from 14 mile.
- March 8- Fishfinder caught some 5 lb. plus Goldies and a 3 lb. Trigger from Turner. Gator Bait went to San Pedro and brought home three 20lb. plus grouper.
- March 9- Jayhawker to Turner and fishing was slow. Sea Dancer brought home 3 nice grouper and goldies from San Pedro.
- March 17- forecast not good but Frigate, Escape and Lafiesta went to Turner but wind came up and became too rough to catch much.
- March 18-26 boats check out for every fishing area between Patos and 14 mile reef. Fishfinder, Sheepshead and Goldies ( Eagle Nest ) His fishing was cutshort due to towing a DIW boat back to the ramp. Hanan Ryan 17-18 lb.Yellowtail and huge Goldies from ( Patos ) 13 O 13 huge Goldies ( one was weighed at 5.8 lbs.) ( Patos ) RedRover golden grouper and goldies ( Willard ) Jayhawker Sheepshead, Big Goldies and one small Yellowtail ( San Pedro ) SeaSenor Goldies and a 15 and 25 lb. Snowflake Groupers ( San Pedro ) Crapshooter 20lb. White Sea Bass ( Turner ) BobBob and Colorado Farmer Rockbass ( 14 mi. ) Nightwings one 17 to 18 lb. yellowtail and bottom fish ( Turner and Colo.Pt.) Wetwilly 14 lb.Yellowtail ( with one fillet cut off ) and some really large rockbass. ( Willard )
Note: 4 boats had mechanical problems, and three were towed back to the ramp. Sea Dancer and Rock and Reel's fishing was cut short due to towing DIW boats back to the ramp.
- March 19-16 boats checked out. Perry Dize Trolled for a couple of hours along the reef at the South end of Turner for Yellowtail but no hookups.They did cacth some nice bottom fish and two small White Sea Bass. Jayhawker fished from turner to Willard looking for Yellowtail, found none, caught nice Goldies and 3 sheepshead one of which weighed over 14 lbs. Rochelle fished 14 mile and besides Rockbass He brought home a 15.9 lb. Trigger fish ( That is a big Trigger!! ) RedRover fished SanEsteban and caught bottom fish.
Did you know: One of the most pervasive fish-catching tips is that fish are more active at dusk and dawn, This fact is true for certain fish, especially the larger predators. These larger fish are more productive in low light, when they can conceal their size and ambush the prey. For most othe fish, the time of day is less important than water temperature,moon phases, tide runs,and other weather related factors.
Fishing Report
Reporting period: January 20, 2009 through February 20, 20010
by Don Webb and Kent Ogden
- January 21-25 - NW winds, no fishing
- January 26-Jan 31 - The following boats gave us reports: Mona Lucy, RedRover, Mayflower, Perry Dize, Wet Willy, Jay Hawker, Sand Dollar, Grapevine, Gator Bait, and Seadog. They fished the Turner/Deadman, San Esteban, Willard, Eaglenest, San Pedro and 14 mile reef areas.
The catching during this period consisted mostly of bottom fish, (Golden Cabrilla, Rockbass, Sheepshead, Sardinero, or Golden Grouper. Trolling resulted in catching a few Bonita and quite a few Yellowtail that ranged from 6 to 20+ pounds.Some of the boats reported catching large Goldies, some 6 pounders. The Seadog boat made two trips to 14 mile reef leaving at 7:00am and back on the trailer at 10:00am with their limits of larger than normal Rockbass.
Special Note:It is with great sadness that during this time we learned of our friend Myron White passing. We are really going to miss that big smile and his fishing reports from Patos and 14 mile.
Water temperatures vary greatly depending on location Most water temperatures are running in the low 60s, however 67-68 degrees have been reported near San Esteban Island. This is another indicator of an El Nino effect. One boat was recently boarded by the military and checked the boat papers, they asked to look at the Captain's visa.
- February 1-13 boats check out, however we didn't get too many reports. Sand Dollar caught Yellowtail near Qillard and the Mayflower boat caught them near San Pedro. The Ellie Mae boat reported catching Flounder while trolling near shore, but didn't say which shore.
- February 2 -10 - Boats check out, but the only reports we received were: Rock and Reel had good luck with Rockbass and Triggers near Turner. The 13-O-13 boat brought back their limit of bottom fish from the San Esteban area. Perry Dize caught three nice Yellowtail near Willard. (When we don't receive very many reports, that usually means fishing was slow.)
- February 3 - Heavy rain storm, no fishing.
- February 4 - Eight boats check out, four went to Willard, but caught no Yellowtail. Haybaler found some nice Sardinero. Gator Bait stopped at Turner on his way in and landed a double hookup of nice Yellowtail.
- February 5 - Seadog and Grapevine limited out on Rockbass on 14 mile reef. Red Rover brought home his limit of Yellowtail from San Pedro.
- February 6 - Twelve boats hit the water with most of them going to San Pedro. Red Rover was the only boat to report catching a couple of Yellowtail. Several boats reported catching six and seven pound Goldies. Mona Lucy fished some deep water and brought home six grouper in the 20 pound range.
- February 7 - Super Bowl - no fishing.
- February 8 - Not much activity today, but Myron must have put in a good word for some of his "Good old boys" fishing 14 mile as they brought home near record size Rockbass. Thanks, Myron!
- February - Great fishing began today! All boats having one of their best days this season at all locations. Sand Dollar landed Yellowtail near San Esteban, Red Rover limited out on Yellowtail near Willard, sea Dancer weighed in a 27lb 6oz. Yellowtail caught near San Pedro. Gator Bait and 13O13 boxed some nice grouper and several tournament size 7 lb. Goldies, Mona Lucy boat caught seven more Grouper and two of them weighed in at 26lbs plus. They caught them on sardines in deep water.)
- February 10,11,12,13,14, 15 - NW winds
- February 16 - RedRover and Irie both go to San Pedro and caught their limit of Yellowtail Ranchers Reward go to the Turner area and is for several days.
- February 17 - The forcast for a great day on the water generated the following boats to go out: Dea Dancer, Gator Bait, Sea Dog, Irie, Mona Lucy, 13O13, Redrover, Mi Amore, Backlash, Hana Ryan, Fish Finder, Sea Le Hace, Grapevine, Frigate Escape,Ranchers Reward, Alabi, Colorado Farmer, Haybaler, Bite Me, Rock & Reel, (I missed some but there were 26 boats checked out.) We had one rescue involving the Bite Me and Rock & Reel who did a great job but didn't get to fish much. Most of the boats checked out for San Pedro and the reports we received indicated tha t fishing was slow except for some gig Goldies. The few boats what went to Willard: Sea Dancer, Backlash, Sea LE Hace and Ranchers Reward all caught their limits of Yellowtail. The Grapevine boat went to 14 mile Reef and besides catching Rockbass they brought home a nice Flounder and a Pinto.
- February 18 - RedRover, Irie, and Rosie all checked out for Willard. No reports from the Irie Boat. The El Sueno and the Perry Dizee boat checked out for Turner. They both brought home some nice bottom fish. Rosie caught a limit of yellowtail near Willard point.
- The big event of the day was a 116 lb "Gulf Grouper" that the RedRover boat brought in, and was caught near Willard Point.
- February 19 - Big Dreams and Wildcat check out to the Turner area. Fishfinder, El Coyte, and RedRover head for San Esteban, while Sea Dancer and Sand Dollar are going to try their luck up at Willard point. RedRover limited out on Yellowtail.
February 20 - SW winds and big rollers, the only boat to go out was RedRover who went to Turner and caught 2 Yellowtail but had a medical incident on the boat and returned early.
Did you know:
Fish do see colors. However, bacause water and air reflect light differently, what a fish sees and what a lure buying fisherman sees are far from equal. Bottom fish see less color because there is less light, top water fish see more color because there is more light. and of all the colors, red disappears fastest at a depth of about 15 feet. Silvery lures may work best in deeper waters becasue they reflect what little light exists in the fathoms.
Fishing Report
Reporting period: December 15, 2009 through January 20, 20010
by Don Webb
- During this reporting period we experienced 21 days of wind when no fishing took place. This is somewhat normal for January.
- December 16 through 19 strong NW winds no fishing
- December 20 through 30 many boats went out mostly to San Esteban and Turner Island areas. I received reports from the following boats: Perry Dize, Fish Finder, Wet Willy, Red Rover, La Fiesta, Rosie and Overcast.
Their catch reports were all about the same. Excellent Yellowtail and Bonita fishing (primarily trolling) The Yellowtail sizes ran from 6-8 lbs. to a lot of 12- 18 lbs, and a few 20 plus lbs.
The Red Rover boat, who fishes as much or more than about anyone in our area, said he went fishing every day the wind didn't blow during this time, and everyone on the boat caught limits of Yellowtail or Bonita.
He also observed that when the water temperatures were running about 68 degrees they caught lots of Bonita, but when the temperature dropped to 64 degrees the Bonita were gone.
- December 30 Sea Dog had a good catch of Rock Bass from 14 mile reef.
- December 31 through January 6 NW winds.
- January 7 Rosie and Sea Dog fished the San Esteban areas and the catching was slow.
- January 8 Hill Billy Yacht, Pattyjuan, and the El Hefa boats fished the San Esteban areas and reported it gererally slow, however Hill Billy Yacht did catch 5 small and 3 nice size Yellowtail.
The most interesting thing that happened on this day was with the El Hefa boat. Scott Branscombe was aboard. They were trolling near the NW corner of San Esteban without catching anything when they observed a bunch of
fish breaking the surface of the water and the birds diving. They trolled back and forth through them with out a hookup. They decided the fish went down deep so they started to fast retreive or jig for them.
Scott went quite deep in 300 foot of water and noticed he had a birdnest in his spool and began to untangle it. About this same time the captain of the boat (Les Woodward, a commercial fisherman from Alaska )
yelled " look at all the fish around the boat " Scott had the bird nest untangled and trying to get up fast but now has a fish on and is not coming up very fast (it was a big Goldie) Les cast out into the
fish and snagged one It is a small DORADO! as were all the fish swimming around the boat. Remember, this is the 8th of January and the water temperature is 63.5 dgrees.
To have Dorado in our waters this time of year and when the water temperatures are in the 60's is most unusual. Quite a few years ago in 1997 this writer remembers when Chuck McDonaughm, Otil Turner,
and Ron Lewis caught Dorado on the 13th of April in 67 degree water near San Pedro Island. It was a strong "El Nino " year and quite a few strange things occurred in our waters. We are suppose to be in a
"El Nino" year again so we may have some interesting fishing ahead of us !
- January 9 through 12 NW winds
- January 3 the winds finally stop and many of our boats went out but the catching was reported to be slow. The 13-O-13 boat did report catching 3 nice Sheepshead. Fishing the 14 mile reef continues to be good for Rock Bass.
- January 14 Red Flag wind warning 33 knots
- January 15 and 16 NW wind
- January 17 Fishfinder, Mona Lucy, Sand Dollar, Queonda, go to the Eaglenest, Willard, and San Esteban areas and brought home bottomfish and a few Yellowtail. Rock and Reel was fishing at the South end of Turner and caught a Yellowtail while jigging for White Sea Bass. Mona Lucy came back to Turner and was jigging for White Sea bass when Jack hooked a big fish. He got it up about half way when it broke off but he had big fish scales on his hook, so I guess he came pretty close to getting a White.
- January 18 Gator Bait went to Queens rock and brought back nice Goldies (long trip- rough water ); 13-O-13 Willard bottom fish;
Hill Billy yacht Willard bottom fish and two nice Yellowtail; Nightwing Colorado Point bottom fish; Perrydize Willard bottom fish. Sea dog was launched at7:00 am
and went to 14 mile reef. He was back on the trailer at 10:00 am and the 4 people on board all had their limits of some of the largest Rock Bass they have ever
caught there.
- January 19 and 20 Strong Southerly winds and big swells, no boats go out.
DID YOU KNOW: In 1997, El Ninos strong currents carried exotic warm water fish to cold water shores. Fishermen targeting Halibut and Salmon off Kodiak, Alaska caught a Yellowtail. The catch was so unusual that fishery biologist had trouble identifying it at first. A few weeks earlier an angler landed a Striped Marlin near Puget Sound, Oregon, and a Blue Marlin common to Mexican waters was caught near San Diego.
Fishing Report
Reporting period: November 20-December 15, 2009
by Don Webb
The following boats were reported to have gone out fishing during this period:
Backlash, Perry Dize, Manana Maybe, MonaLucy, Bombero, RedRover, Hill Billy Yachet,
Haybailer, SeaSenor, Overcast, Rosie, Fishfinder, Monte Negro, O sprey, Quatro Cinco,
Little PlayBoy, Rock and Reel, Gator Bait, Foeign Affair, and Joy Rider.
Destinations were primarily to Turner, San Esteban and San Pedro Islands.
The major catching events of this period was Bonita, Sierra Mackeral, and Yellowtail.
This has been the longest and most prolific Bonita season in recent memory,
and it still continues.
On the 13th, many boats went out to the same areas as mentioned above, with Bonita
and Yellowtail being the basic catch. There were 12 days of strong wind
during this period when boats could not go out.
Bio Sphere Information (the area arond San Pedro Island:)
A short meeting was held on the 9th but the information given was so confussing
and lacking that they plan to hold another meeting on the17th with better
information.
Did You Know ?
Truly fresh fish are almost odorless.
The fishiness of a catch is caused by
oxidized fats and acids released by bacteria and enzymes. Most anglers
know to ice down a catch immediately. Some bleed their fish before icing.
Contaminants are not detroyed by cooking. However, trimming the belly fat and
skinning the fillets will help greatly. You should also cut away all the dark
fatty tissue along the lateral line. Broiling or grilling the fillets will
cause any leftover fat to drip away. And please do not use the drippings for
sauces.
Fishing Report
Reporting period:October 15 through November 20, 2009
( by Kent Ogden & Don webb )
- October 16,17,and 18---Sea senor and GatorBait are catching lots of Sierra Mackrel a few small yellowtail and once in a while a Dorado. One of these days Sea Senor brought home 11 different specis of fish. Water temperature in the low 80's.
- October24--John O'Sullivan caught a 35 lb.Rooster fish while fishing off the Pattyjuan boat. They had been fishing the Turner area and fishing was slow. They decided to troll towards Deadman and were in about 30 ft. of water, pulling 4 1/2 " Repales, when they hooked up. John says " I have caught lots of big Salmom and Halibut, but They dont even come close to the fight this one gave.I'm not sure how long it took, but it was a long time " When we got him up to the boat we discovered that we didn't have a gaff and finally landed it with a 18" net.
- October 19-23-- The N.W. winds blew and no boats went out.
- November 1---Wetwilly,GatorBait,Lone Eagle,Sea senor,and Susiebell were all fishing off the S. end of Turner Island. Everyone on each boat caught their limits of nice size Bonita. Susiebell also caught 6 Yellowtail ( firecraackers )
- November 3---The susiebell brought home 9 Yellowtail 16 to 18 lbs. they were caught off of Battleship point.GatorBait got in the water at about 6:30 and by 8:30 everyone on the boat had their limits of Bonita and the went home. Redrover and Frigate-Escape
also caught their limits of Bonita, S. end of Turner Water temp. 72-74
- November 4---Bombero caught 3 White Sea Bass off S. end ot Turner, but put 2 back to grow bigger.
- November 6-7---Many boats go out and all catching Bonita and Yellowtail. The Sea Senor boat brought home 2 nice Yellowtails
Ann caught one of them and it weighed 22 lbs. and thats almost as big as she is !
- November 8---GatorBait goes to San Pedro Island and caught some big Goldies then went to Turner and caught Bonita and Yellotail.
- November 9 ---Frigate-Escape, Whale Teaser, Mona Lucy, and Hardluck fished the Turner- Deadman area and fishing was slow.
- November 10---GatorBait Reported catching a few Bonita and some bottom fish but overall fishing was slow.
- November 12---Haybailer fished the Deadman area and caught 6 nice Yellowtail, two of which were 20lbs. plus abs Sina caught the big ones. The Bombero boat also caught 6 Yellowtail near Turner. The Nightwing boat went out on an overnighter. Lynn hooked a 20 plus lb, Bull Dorado. They got it in the box and got the lure out and it made a flip and jump and went back to the sea.
- November 13---Strong Southerly winds and no boats go out.
- November 14 ---no fishing --windy
- November 15 ---red flag
- November 16 ---yellow flag
- November 17 ---no fishing-windy
- November18 ---about 10 boats out with majority fishing Turner. Bonita bonanza continues, along with some firecracker YT. Manana Maybe limited on Bonita, and was back on the trailer in 4 hrs. Suziebelle and Red Rover had similar reports.
- November19 Most boats still finding best fishing off Turner Lighthouse. Including MonaLucy, Can I go too, Red Rover, Wet Willy. Sea Senor reported limiting out on Bonita and 5 YT. Bombero did land 23 and 24 LB seabass. There were active birds, but most found little success trolling or casting into the boils because of massive numbers of bait fish.
- November20 Red Rover, Hillbilly Yacht, MonaLucy, and others continued to find good Bonita fishing and a few YT off Turner.
Did You Know :
The largest Rooster fish ever caught on a rod and reel weighed 114 lbs. Since that day in 1960 only a handfull of Roosters have topped the 90lb. threshold, Ten year old Keith DeFiebre was drift fishing near Buena Vista, Mexico when he hooked one. After almost
two hours he had the fish up to the boat, " I didn't know how big the fish was but the mate couldn't pull it in without help from the Captain" Later that dayThe fish was weighed and then filleted. Had it been officially weighed, the 95 lb Rooster fish caught on 20 lb. test line would have set a new world record.
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Sport Fishing the Islands and Reefs near Kino Bay
- One of the most significant land / sea features for sport fishing in this area are
the " Madriff " islands.
- Almost 50 islands of various size make up the "Midriff".
- Another sea feature in this area is the colder water (colder than the waters
found to the north or south in the "Sea of Cortez").
- Colder water provides a large natural food factory and habitat for sea life.
- Some of the deepest water in the "Sea of Cortez" is to be found in the "Midriff" area.
- 3,000 foot depths are located just west of San Pedro Matir.
The following
are a few of the favorite fishing locations for Kino Bay. The distances
are in nautical miles (as the crow flies) from the North Ramp. If you have the lat/long any of these
points, please email them to me, as well as additions or corrections.
| Place Name | Distance | Latitude/Longitude |
| Barrel point. | 23 | |
| Battleship rock | 25 | |
| Crossroads | 14 | |
| Colorado point | 19 | |
| Deadman rock | 18 | |
| Deep Reef | 19 | |
| Dog Bay | 15 | |
| Eagle Nest | 23 | |
| Fourteen mile reef | 10 | N28 41.667
W111 54.881
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| Place Name | Distance | Latitude/Longitude |
| Monument point | 17 | |
| Narrows / Christmas tree | 12 | |
| Patos Island | 40 | |
| Queens rock | 30 | |
| Red rock point | 1.5 | |
| San Esteban Island | 30 | N28 43.4 W112 32.3 |
| San Pedro Martir | 40 | N28 22.5 W112 15.2 |
| Turner / Cactus islands | 17 | N28 43.0 W112 16.8 |
| Willard point | 32 | |
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