East Cape - Heartbreak hotel

[jenwren]

This time of year a priority is to check the storm forecast every morning.  The Eastern Pacific has had ten named storms but none of them have been a threat to the East Cape.  Day after day we have experienced nothing but nice weather and checking the report has been like the Ground Hog Day movie.  

Sunday morning expecting more of the same I was startled when the new forecast popped up on my computer screen.  Now, out of nowhere we are looking down the barrel of Tropical Depression Eleven-E coming our way.  The next day the depression built strength and turned into Tropical Storm Javier.  The predicted course toward Baja's lands end never wavered and we started to pucker. As it approached it was determined the track was going to be toward the Pacific not up the Sea of Cortez and we could relax.

Prior to the arrival of Javier we were enjoying outstanding bill fishing.  In fact, a couple days prior, during Bisbee's East Cape Offshore tournament 163 billfish were caught and all but 5 were released.  Surface water temps approached 90 degrees and we were ripe for a storm.  In the end Javier was never able to build up enough strength to become a hurricane.  It did bring us about 3 inches of welcomed rain with a little swell but completely fell apart as it made land fall. 

It was a heartbreak for anglers who had a day of fishing cancelled because the Port Captain closed the port.  The following day we were able to get our lines wet.  Sea temp had dropped from 90 to 76 degrees and gettin 'em wet was about all we did.   I thought fishing would be great but the gamefish didn't agree.  It doesn't happen often but on that day the entire fleet was skunked.  Day two conditions turned around.  Tuna were found at Los Frailes, marlin started to get back in the game and we hooked a 200 pound tuna on a marlin lure in a school of porpoise near La Ribera.  Our battle with the tuna went more that two hours.  Polo had the 300 pound leader in his hands 3 times but could not turn the fishes head.  It was a heart break when the hook popped out just out of a gaff's reach and the giant tuna could be seen swimming away.

Now the water is tidy bowl blue and 84 degrees.  Blue marlin, striped marlin and sailfish have become aggressive and on the inside roosterfish are back on the bite.

Diego has that Accurate smile

Yikes! Not what a guy wants to wake up to.

This spot is for the tuna that got away.  

Would have made a great shot.  

Instead, Heartbreak Hotel

Doing the "blue marlin rock"

Striper smiles

Finding snapper mixed with the roosterfish

Diego on the wire

Mag or bust!  We are planning another live aboard Mag trip in November.

This is my favorite trip of the year.  Magdalena is a magical place and I am always in awe of all the sea life we encounter.  Fish your arms off all day, relax in the cockpit of Vaquera in the bay as the sun goes down while we barbecue fresh lobster and shrimp purchased alive the same day from the local pangeros.

Contact me for memories of a lifetime.

Mark Rayor
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[jimbob]

Another great report

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[jimbob]

As always love the read and the great pics. Glad all is good.

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