Lots of off-color water probably has something to do with it. We're still catching roosters, jacks, ladyfish and a few sierra in front of the Buena Vista Beach Hotel early in the morning. Offshore, the billfish have been the big news and Ray Barker Smith on his last day before departing for his home on England's shores managed to land a striped marlin on the fly using one of our blue and white Billfish Babies that he helped develop at Magdalena Bay. Gil Mendiaz at East Cape Sportfishing and Charter Co. reports that things are breaking loose at the East Cape - literally. The recent degree of water activity has broken loose large quantities of sargasso seaweed, which is now floating free in the Sea of Cortez.
Reports are that they are so fat from gorging on squid, that the belly meat is almost pure white.
This fatty belly meat also makes great sashimi. As often happens, this big temperature break has brought some great fishing with it, once it got within range of the fleet late last week. That's right, our friend the swordfish. The Victor Antonio scored a 250-lb. The abundance of warm water has lead to a similar abundance in bait, specifically sardinas and caballitos.