Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3823 Oct 25-Nov 8 | Page 33
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BAJA ROUNDUP
Oct 25 - Nov 8, 2019
Hurricane Lorena Temporarily Derails Cabo Fishing
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urricane Lorena reached category
1 status last weekend and came
directly over La Paz instead of veering off
as had been originally predicted. Fortu-
nately, other than some heavy flooding, a
few roads washing out and felling some
trees and power poles, no one was injured
and property damage was relatively
minimal compared to other hurricanes that
have blown through. The most damage
appears to have occurred out towards Las
Arenas/ Bahia Muertos/ La Ventana and
El Sargento over the hill from La Paz,”
reported Jonathan Roldan of Tailhunter
International in La Paz.
“The biggest issue for us were all the
anglers who got stuck for several days.
With the beaches getting battered; the seas
in a cauldron and
the port captain
shutting down all
boat traffic, there
wasn’t much to
do for the several
dozen visitors we
had who were
suddenly locked
in,” said Roldan.
“Others were
trying to get home
and to the airport.
Many more were
trying to fly in.
However, with
flights canceled
and the Cabo
Airport closed,
folks either had
to stay extra days
in La Paz or conversely, lost days of
vacation because they couldn’t fly
down,” Roldan related.
“In terms of climate, post-Lorena, air
temperatures have dropped dramat-
ically from the high 90’s and low
100’s to the low 90’s. Almost a 10
degree drop across the board. Addi-
tionally, humidity has fallen from the
muggy 70-80% steam bath to a very
comfortable 50% these following days.
Accompanied by stronger winds remi-
niscent of later October, it’s actually
been quite comfortable causing many
of us to remark that we suddenly lost
summer. Fall dropped in like someone
had thrown a switch. Right after
Lorena moved north, it cause tropical
storm Mario, holding off the Pacific
Coast to move into the vacuum. So,
early in the week brought continued
cloudiness, rough seas and occasional
rainstorms. All of this caused the bite
to take it’s time getting back up to
speed. Prior to the storm, we had the
best dorado bite of the season going.
We had the best marlin bite I have ever
seen in over 2 decades. After Lorena,
it took a while to gain momentum
again,” Roldan concluded
These anglers experienced wide open wahoo fishing when they
visited Baja’s East Cape this September.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
Fishing Bounces Back Along
East Cape In Wake Of Storms
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ell we have weathered two storms this season and the
fishing was up and down because of them, but now things
are starting to heat up. Today the fishing gods flipped the switch to
“ON”. We are seeing lots of wahoo, dorado, tuna, marlin, pargo,
pampano and more. Lots of bait in the water and that means lots
of predator fish. The weather has been very pleasant in the upper
80’s with moderate humidity. Water temps have been in the mid to
upper 80’s as well. If you are looking for a late season trip, it’s a
great time to be in the East Cape,” Eddie Dalmau of Van Wormer
Resorts exclaimed.
LOCATED JUST
These folks teamed up to land a massive 217-pound tuna aboard the
cruiser Angelito on October 6 while fishing off Baja’s East Cape.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
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These anglers took a fall trip to the East Cape
and rounded up a bunch of quality tuna!
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East
Cape, Baja.