East Cape
by Gary Graham
5-22-2008
(760) 522-3710
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This was a week of more refusals than a California homeowner selling a house!
We threw sardina and/or large baits at free swimming billfish and big dorado all week and never even saw so much as a swirl for our efforts. By Monday night the chatter at all the bars at East Cape buzzed blaming the damn full moon as being the cause of the lethargic behavior of the fish offshore! My client told me that he and his buddies agreed that the full moon must be the cause, and he asked what I thought. I answered that fishermen want something to blame conditions on and the full moon is as good as any.
However, on Wednesday morning the full moon went down, the fish came up and the bite was on. Mark Rayor emailed the following: "The fish came up and started feeding in the afternoon at Pulmo. They were not plugged with squid and were eating sardines. The bite was good for everybody in the area."
Inshore was a different story: Big jack crevalle, small roosters, and white bonito were ???on the chew' most of the week from Muertos Bay to El Cardonal?Ķclose to shore.
Tip: It is important to keep your rod pointed at the line when stripping. If you don't, the hook set will be cushioned by the rod tip preventing a solid hookup.
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Water temperature
66-78
Air temperature
60-91
Humidity
70%
Wind:
S 7 to 10 knots
Conditions:
Partly Cloudy
Visibility
5 miles
Sunrise
6:34 a.m. MDT
Sunset
7:57 p.m. MDT
We threw sardina and/or large baits at free swimming billfish and big dorado all week and never even saw so much as a swirl for our efforts. By Monday night the chatter at all the bars at East Cape buzzed blaming the damn full moon as being the cause of the lethargic behavior of the fish offshore! My client told me that he and his buddies agreed that the full moon must be the cause, and he asked what I thought. I answered that fishermen want something to blame conditions on and the full moon is as good as any.
However, on Wednesday morning the full moon went down, the fish came up and the bite was on. Mark Rayor emailed the following: "The fish came up and started feeding in the afternoon at Pulmo. They were not plugged with squid and were eating sardines. The bite was good for everybody in the area."
Inshore was a different story: Big jack crevalle, small roosters, and white bonito were ???on the chew' most of the week from Muertos Bay to El Cardonal?Ķclose to shore.
Tip: It is important to keep your rod pointed at the line when stripping. If you don't, the hook set will be cushioned by the rod tip preventing a solid hookup.
Tip Archives
Water temperature
66-78
Air temperature
60-91
Humidity
70%
Wind:
S 7 to 10 knots
Conditions:
Partly Cloudy
Visibility
5 miles
Sunrise
6:34 a.m. MDT
Sunset
7:57 p.m. MDT
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