Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3718 Aug 17-31 | Page 31
VOL.37 • ISS. 18
BAJA ROUNDUP
Aug 17 - 31, 2018
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Jerry Pifer Takes Top Spot In Annual
Dorado Shoot Out On East Cape!
“
I
t was another incredible Dorado Shoot
Out this Saturday the 21st of July.
With more than 550 people and 144 boats
participating in this year’s tournament, the 14th
annual Dorado Shoot Out was the largest in
event history,” reported Eddie Dalmau of Van
Wormer Resorts.
“The winner of the 2018 Volkswagen Amarok
4x4 pickup was Jerry Pifer on the super panga
Miller Time with his 47.5lbs. bull dorado. Jerry
and his team took first place overall but were
not in any of the
side jackpots,”
Dalmau reported.
“The second place team of Marc Priore on
the cruiser Marlin Magic swept the Jackpots
worth more than $125,000 dollars with their
40.0lbs. dorado. The third place team of
Harry Martz on the super panga La Capilla
missed out on the sidepots by only one once,
as their dorado weighed in at 39.9lbs. The
fourth place dorado of Esaul Valdez on the
cruiser Calereste was also across the board
on the jackpots and weighed in a 39.4lbs.
dorado,” Dalumau concluded.
Yellowtail have been
on a great bite for long
range anglers fishing
Mexican
waters.
This big fish was
caught during a July
adventure.
Photo courtesy
of EXCEL
SPORTFISHING, San
Diego.
Up And Down Weather Leads
To Erratic Fishing Off La Paz
T
“
he week was marked by
erratic fishing that pretty much
coincided with the up-and-down
weather patterns we got. It really was
all about the weather. Even us locals
were commenting that the weather
was strange,” remarked Jonathan
Roldan of Tailhunter International.
“Several days, it was cloudy and
oppressively humid. In many areas
and heavy stillness sat on everything
where there wasn’t even a breeze.
The waters were so flat that you
could not tell where the grey ocean
ended and the grey sky began. It
seemed like there wasn’t even any
current. And the fish just didn’t want
to bite,” said Roldan.
“The fishing, especially early in the
week was a hit-or-miss proposition.
Fish were caught, but the bite was
definitely off. Crazily, many of our
anglers saw tuna. They saw dorado
and they saw marlin, but the fish
would refuse to bite even though the
fish were chasing and breaking and
seemingly feeding. They didn’t want
anything attached to a hook. They
didn’t want anything dragged behind a
boat either,” Roldan Exclaimed.
“Mid-week, the
These anglers were fishing off the East Cape on August 2 when these big tuna came knocking.
weather cleared
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
and bright sunshine
returned. As a result,
A beautiful Beach Resort located
half way between La Paz and
the fishing picked
Cabo San Lucas, right on the Sea of Cortez
up noticeably. Tuna
at Cerralvo Island
between 40 and
60 pounds finally
decided to eat hooked
baits although they
were somewhat line
shy and preferred
very light leaders.
That didn’t bode too
well for long battles,
but at least there were Room for 4 nights, 5 days, 2 days of fishing,
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