The sargasso is being found more frequently. Its likely that the wind and swells from last week sent much of it off its anchor and floating out to sea. There are large patches to be found between town and the islands as well as North of Coronado in the locations described above. Much of this weed is holding Dorado and there are plenty of paddies out there too.

Fly patterns that have been fooling the Dorado are: the bullcandy in tan/white and also in olive/white, also our bull clouser in olive/white and our mylar popper.

21 June, 2009: Captain Francisco Munoz holds up a Dorado taken on one of our poppers and a 10 WT TFO rod.

6 June, 2009: James Herrett Jr. with a fly caught Dorado.

Sailfish are starting to outshine the Dorado. They are currently piled up just off Punta La Cholla (Isla Carmen's west point). Captain Paulino Martinez, a 35 year veteran Loreto Captain told me that "he has never seen so many Sailfish in his life as we have currently. There are literally thousands out there and you can get all you want." See the conventional fishing report for even more detail on Dorado and Sailfish action. Lee Baermann, inventor of the bullcandy fly series landed his first Sailfish on his tan/white 2/0 bullcandy pattern. There's no need to tease up these sails as you'll only need to chum them with sardinas and they'll follow them like Dorado!

22 June, 2009: Lee Baermann is the man behind the Buff (used for sun protection) with his first Pacific Sailfish taken on his 2/0 bullcandy in tan and white.

23 June, 2009: Lee Baermann with his second Sailfish caught on his Bullcandy pattern in tan and white with 2/0 hook on Tuesday the 23rd.

For detailed information on the named locations within this report, please click on our fishing maps section. Also included are maps that further detail our fishing areas.

INSHORE:

Cabrilla, Pargo, Roosterfish, Jack Crevalle are starting to take flies again as the water along the shorelines has heated up into the high 70's to low 80's (F) now.

Bonita and Skipjack may have brought unwanted attention. Last we reported, Bonita and Skipjack have been keeping fly anglers busy this week and the best news is that those Seiners have gone away. It may be wishful thinking that pressure from our Captains and local anglers has had an impact on their decisions of where to fish, but I can hope can't I? You can get into Black Skipjack and Bonita about 100-300 meters off Punta Tintorerra. They will take flies like the bullcandy or a clouser. You will need to cast out then give a fast strip (a two handed strip is useful with tuna-like species). The best tactic is to keep casting and retrieving the fly and let the fish come to you. Their schools move very quickly and eventually one will move right under you. It is too difficult to chase them around.

The Loreto Marine Park's boundries currently emcompass the five islands that are located to the North, East and Southeast of the municipality of Loreto. These Islands are Coronado, Carmen, Danzante, Montserrate and Catalina. All of these islands have excellent opportunities for catching our inshore species along shorelines and reefs. The islands are all on the way to our offshore fishing areas and make an excellent stop in the early morning to get some variety like; Roosterfish, Seabass, Snapper, Yellowtail, Bonita, etc. before continuing offshore for the glamour fish. In addition the many private beaches on these islands allow us the opportunity to swim, hang out, drink beer and soak in the view on the way back in from offshore fishing.

Our five islands allow us to fish a good variety of species and not just focus on one technique or area. One thing worth mentioning is that over years of mismanagement of our fishery, we have seen a severe decline in what we're able to catch inshore. We are working towards fixing this situation by participating in the Marine Park Management Plan, Eco Alianza, and educating the local users of the park. And despite a noticible decline in the quality of the fishery Loreto can still offer many outstanding fishing opportunities. For more information and downloads of the minutes of these marine park planning sector meetings click here. Also in the section described you can download the Marine Park management plan that is currently being followed (in Spanish).

BAIT AND MARINA REPORT

The marina is loaded with sardinas so no worries of any sardina shortages. The squid are here once again and currently they're small (perfect for bait and fried calamari) at abour 1-2 inches in diameter. Large bait, mackerel and bigeye are being sold by the sait union. Mackerel, bigeye and grunion are also being caught off Isla Coronado.

BAY OF LORETO NATIONAL MARINE PARK INFORMATION:

We have set up a special page for Pescadores vigilantes which contains links to download the minutes of each Bay of Loreto Marine Park sector meeting. Please go here for that information.

ILLEGAL COMMERCIAL FISHING ACTIVITY:
this concerns Baja in general but focuses on Loreto