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Rancho Leonero Resort, East Cape BCS, Mexico A report right from the source: The week of May 11-18 Water - Water temps have stabilized with inshore at 72 degrees; outside 80 degrees, flat and calm. Air - Cool mornings, nice weather … highs in the low 90s. Last couple of days were beautiful and clear. The Environment: As we say in Mexico, “Perfecto!” The Bottom Line: A solid Leonero 8 on a 1 to 10 scale. Marlin – They are jumping into the boats! Very, very good billfishing. All boats targeting marlin are releasing at least one, most multiples. The fish are an easy 15 to 20 minutes from the "Ranch," directly in front of La Ribera. Dorado – Good fishing early in the week with all anglers limiting although the bite has slowed some in the past few days. Roosterfish and more – Roosters have been on and off this week. The best gallo bite has been south, around Los Frailes. Fish in the 50-pound range are being released daily. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch … The first yellowfin tuna showed this week. On Friday, the JenWren ran into a school of tuna off Los Frailes. The boat limited with the largest fish a bruiser weighing 63-pounds.

Rancho Leonero Resort, East Cape BCS, Mexico A report right from the source: The week of May 4 - May 11 A report right from the source: Broadcast live on Sunday mornings on “Let’s Talk HookUp” 7-9am PDT http://www.themighty1090.com/pages/listenlive'>http://www.themighty1090.com/pages/listenlive Water - Water temps have stabilized with inshore at 77° degrees; outside 82° degrees. Air - Warm days in the mid-80's and cool evenings. The Environment: Another interesting week. Things started slowly but a couple of breezy days turned the water over and lit the fishing back up by the weekend. Most of the boats were working to the south where there has been good warm water this week A few boats went north which was a mistake as there was not much going on up there. The Bottom Line: A solid Leonero 7 on a '1-10' scale! Marlin – The striped marlin bite was again producing multiple fish for those staying with it. Again ballyhoo was the hot bait. Plenty of jumpers and tailers around, spread from the hotel to the south of Los Frailes. Dorado – The dorado bite is back on after slow days on Monday and Tuesday; Scott Curry and his brother Randy from Newport limited every day they went out. Best dorado fishing was also to the south … around Rincon and Frailes. Wahoo - Another bit of good news was that there were wahoo in the warm water south of Frailes. Biggest fish we had was 40 pounds. Roosterfish and more – There have been fish about all month, but this week they really became feeders. This is good news for all the beach fly fishermen. Plus there was pargo as well as a few cabrilla on the reefs.

Rancho Leonero Resort, East Cape BCS, Mexico​ A report right from the source: The week of April 26-May 3​ Water – 77- 82° Air – Low 90's The Environment: An inconvenient swell -- most likely a weather front from up norte had inconvenient swells breaking right on the Rancho Leonero beach. This made for some tricky launching mid-week. It even prevented the bait boat from launching one morning. However, all was back to normal by the weekend. The Bottom Line: A 7.5 on a “1-10” scale! Marlin– Praise be the striped marlin! The bite remains strong. These are good-sized fish and vigorous fighters. Most stripers are being hooked just 3 to 6 miles off the beach. Just like last week, rigged ballyhoo was the most successful. Live caballito are a good choice when pitched to tailing fish. Go get ‘em. Dorado– Our early season dorado (or mahi-mahi) blitz continued. The bay past the Lighthouse (Rincon) is still producing the most fish. Rigged ballyhoo is the preferred bait. The fish were slightly bigger than last week, with the largest right around 30 pounds. Roosterfish and more–While fishing dorado in the Rincon area, most anglers gave the roosters a try. There are some really big gallo all along the beach. Best was right in front of the houses in the bay. Roosters were 50 pounds and over; all taken on the caballito. Meanwhile, back at the ranch … Pompano – Significant action was right in front of Leonero with a memorable pompano bite. Best bet is drifting live caballito and trolling them very slowly. Mixed in with the pompano are some good-sized barred pargo as well as some dorado. Good news for any kayak angler: This is all within an easy paddle!

Rancho Leonero Resort, East Cape, BCS, Mexico The week of April 19-April 26, 2014 A report right from the source: Broadcast live on Sunday mornings on “Let’s Talk HookUp” 7-9am PDT http://www.themighty1090.com/pages/listenlive Water - 79-81 degrees; clear and flat all week. Air - Highs in the mid-80s; cool mornings. The Environment: Flat water, light breezes, clear skies and noisy reels followed by ceviche and margaritas. The Bottom Line: A solid Leonero 8+ on a “1-10” scale! Marlin – Off the board! Striped marlin are loving the trolled Leonero-rigged ballyhoo off the La Ribera Bank, with three or four releases a day not unusual. These are all big fish … right around 200 pounds. Dorado –The dorado were bigger and were found in greater numbers than the past couple of weeks. Most of our boats have been limiting, with the average fish around 12 pounds and some bulls pushing 40. The area around the Lighthouse has been by far the most productive with the fish biting very close to the beach on the Rincon side. Meanwhile, back at the ranch … Steven and Nicholas Lawrence, Los Angeles each landed bucket list sized roosters this week when Dia del Niño, a Mexican holiday was being celebrated. Roosterfish and more – Our big roosterfish have finally come to the party! Five days out of the past seven have produced pez gallo in the 50- to 70-pound class. These will put a bend in your rod and a curl in your hair to say nothing of brightening your disposition after a long winter. Caballito and mullet are both working, with the Lighthouse area again producing the biggest fish. Pompano – Not too many boats looking for them with marlin, dorado and roosters on everyone’s mind … but if you want to give them a try, stick around Scott Glen’s house.

The Environment: Beautiful! In the past few years, the days surrounding Easter have tended to be windy, but not this year. The water has been generally flat as a tortilla. We've had warm days and cool evenings. The Bottom Line: A solid Leonero 8.5 on a '1-10' scale! Marlin – Stripers rule! One boat got 5 fish for the day; another hooked 6 and boated 3. Most fish are hitting rigged ballyhoo. One boat counted over 40 jumpers … many nearly close enough to grab over the gunwale. Not that we’d suggest that! These fish were only three miles in front of Leonero. Dorado – A continued strong bite in the bay at Rincon, just past the Lighthouse. Most fish are being taken on fly-lined ballyhoo. There are toothy needlefish mixed in with the dorado, so it’s a good idea to double up on the bait … you’ll need it. Pompano – Rancho Leonero continue to pick up good sized pompano as well as barred pargo. You’ll find ‘em by going deep at 60- to 150-feet. Best areas are directly in front of Leonero, in front of Scott Glen's house and at the Lighthouse. Roosterfish and more – Everything seemed to go quiet on the beach with not much action for our cadre of fly-fishers. This should change as spring normally brings a lot of activity accompanying the arrival of baitfish schools.

Rancho Leonero Resort, East Cape, BCS, Mexico The week of April 5-April 12, 2014 A report right from the source: Water - A big temperature spike this week, the water temp range was from 77 to 81 degrees. The water was clear and flat with afternoon breezes early in the week. Air - Pleasant, cool mornings; highs in the mid 80's. The Summary: It was all about the marlin this week. Excellent striped marlin fishing with some good-sized fish in the 200-plus pound range, very concentrated right off the La Ribera drop off and south to the Light House. Boats targeting bill fish are releasing at least one per day but four or five fish released daily has not been unusual. Good dorado fishing, although not wide open, are still a couple per boat per day averaging from 10 to 15 pounds; the largest was 37 pounds. The pompano are still biting, with very light fishing pressure. The roosters really came in as well. Large schools are feeding right in front of the hotel. Hotel guests were picking off 30-pounders on iron right off the rocks in front. The Environment: Mild, warm days with mild, cool nights --- no extreme highs or lows. The Bottom Line: About a 7 or 8 on a 1-10 scale! Marlin –At least one striper per day; most boats are enjoying multiple releases outside of the area between La Ribera and Punta Colorado … almost all are on trolled rigged ballyhoo. Dorado – Rancho Leonero boats are finding bigger fish in the same area as the marlin, with schoolies closer inside … just 2 to 3 miles off the hotel. Again, ballyhoo has been working like a charm. Roosterfish –The pez gallo are really charging the beach. At dinner this past week on two nights, roosters started feeding in the water right off the hotel. Hotel anglers hurriedly swapped their forks for fishing rods and picked up some nice 20- to 30-pounders.

Rancho Leonero Resort, East Cape BCS, Mexico A report right from the source: The week of March 29-April 4, 2014 Water - 73-77 warmer than normal. Beautiful mornings with some afternoon winds for the last couple of days; very mixed this week. Air - Pleasant with cool mornings and evenings, highs in the low 80s. Although cooler than last week, it's still very nice! The Environment: Water temperatures from 73 to 77 degrees are somewhat warmer than usual. Air temperature highs were in the low-80s. Mild afternoon winds. The Bottom Line: About an 8 on a '1-10' scale! Marlin – Stripers are aggressive for anglers targeting them. Multiple releases have been common; one Rancho Leonero guest released 6 striped marlin in two days. Dorado – Bite very consistent, though not wide open. They’re right in front of the hotel … feisty scrappers, in the 10-pound range. African Pompano – A real bonus the past few weeks. These are in the 15-pound range and pull like freight trains. Test your tackle, knots and willpower! Pargo and More: Good to very good bottom fishing, with some quality pargo being taken right off our docks.

Our fishing continued at a good pace after last week's abrupt turnaround. Billfish action was only a few miles from the hotel. Our guys found ’em north at Punta Pescadero around the first line of shark buoys and only two miles from shore. The trick was to catch some of the bonito that gathered beneath the buoys, then immediately slow troll them, which attracted everything including blue and striped marlin, sailfish and dorado. Meanwhile, the tuna action that has been so good most of the summer has moved further down the coast to the Gordo Banks in front of San Jose del Cabo. Inshore action with light pressure is producing excellent catches of both roosterfish and jacks. Last Sunday, our friends from Animal Lovers of Mexico Association held their annual sportfishing tournament that produced nearly 20 billfish and more dorado for the 10 local boats that participated in the event. Money raised goes for abandoned pets throughout East Cape. The 7th annual "For Pets' Sake" Fishing Tournament Raising funds to spay and neuter the animals in and around Los Barriles and provide pet food for those who can't afford it! Totals for this week: (R indicates Released) 1 Blue Marlin about 350-pounds R 1 Striped Marlin R 2 Sailfish R 49 Dorado 10 Snapper 5 Sierra 3 Cabrilla 11 Roosterfish 3 Jacks Saludos, from Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort in sunny East Cape Felipe Valdez

The message has been the same, as the North wind raged for the past five days ... slow! What a bummer! This after suffering through a ridiculously slow October that is finally coming to a close with ghosts, goblins and witches lurking in the final dark night. However, the dorado have reappeared at the shark buoys, and it looks like there might be an early November marlin bite that could turn out to be memorable. Trick or treat tonight and be up early tomorrow to see if it will work on the water as well. Here are the numbers from Oct. 21-27: (R indicated released) 11 Striped Marlin 11R 3 Sailfish 3R 32 Dorado 1 Tuna 1 Wahoo 3 Amberjack 100 Snapper 3 Sierra 1 Cabrilla 7 Roosterfish 7R 5 Jack Crevalle 5R 2011 Tuesday, October 25 Fish Tale – It’s been just over a month since my last “Fish Tale” and although I have been busy with construction projects at both houses and visiting friends from California and Alaska, I have managed to wet my lines nine times between Tales. Today was beautiful; about 90 degrees on water as clear and dark blue as your imagination will take you. Lots of fishing this week, but not much catching. Tuna have been scarce and the marlin and sailfish have changed tactics. Most of the catching resulted from going to known bait-holes, turning off the engines and soaking bait (fishing with live bait) on 100 to 200 feet of line. Now, if you thought trolling for 6 to 8 hours without a strike was boring! The other 8 days of fishing we had conditions ranging from calm days like today to a day with 6 foot waves and wind. We did catch and/or release two Dorado, one tuna, four Striped Marlin, three Sailfish and a number of large Skipjack. One of the marlin was caught by the son of friends from Alaska and it was his first! We were out-smarted by at least one Wahoo, six sailfish, two striped marlin and a blue marlin. The tournaments are over for the year and the temperatures are cooling off at night. The winds are starting to change and come from the North, so I know the end of the fishing season is not far off. I won’t be fishing as much, but will keep you updated of my adventures as they come along. Attached are a couple pictures including the new arbor added to Casa Beerman for more shade during the summer. Life is Good!

October 10, 2011 Recent billfish fishing included striped marlin in addition to a few blues and sails which provided the most consistent action. Unfortunately, there were many more bites than releases as most came unbuttoned before the leader was near enough to touch to make it official. With the fish moving inside the 20-mile mark, it was a quick run to find them and get the party started. While the sails seemed to be on the large side, the stripes were average and blues barely hitting the 200 mark. Tuna action fell off not because they were gone. Plenty were spotted feeding with the porpoise, but were not interested in lures or live bait. While the dorado action seem a bit on the ho-hum side, our fleet still caught nearly 10 times more of them than tuna … go figure. Inshore action was great for Captain Victor on Mosca 1. Most of the roosters landed were in the 30-pound class plus a slug of jacks working close to the beach allowed guests to post release number in double digits for the week. The numbers: (R indicates Released) 2 Blue Marlin 1R 10 Striped Marlin 8 R 11 Sailfish 10R 29 Dorado 3 Tuna 30 Snapper 3 Wahoo 6 Cabrilla 16 Roosterfish all released. 16 Jack Crevalle all released We hosted Mark Davis from Penn Big Water Adventures fishing with his buddies from Mustad Hooks; plus Jeff Pierce and Nick Honachefsky from Saltwater Sportsman, researching an article for the magazine.

Emilio Valdez with his first striped marlin at 5 years old. Sorry I didn’t write last week, I was on vacation! But everything remained the same without me, just check the numbers of fish. We actually had a number of fisherman during my absence. Not bad right? The tuna continued to be in the 20 to 50 lbs range, however when the wind blew for a few days it was difficult to locate the porpoise. Billfish action took up the slack when the tuna action slowed for the anglers. Dorado action was sporadic with the fish only found on a couple of days last week, nothing consistent, just two decent days. This week we had a large group of 30 people from Tamaulipas. Fishing on eight boats they racked up: 1 blue marlin, 6 striped marlin, 10 sailfish, 1 wahoo and 3 dorado. For most of them it was their first time catching billfish (blue, striped and sailfish) and of course first wahoo. We have some pictures of this group from their awards dinner, not from the fish unfortunately. Bait continues to be plentiful, sardina, mackerel, jacks, ballyhoo, and mullet. It was a hot week, but is changing already for the following days. Let's see how it goes this week. Totals: (R indicates Released) 2 Blue Marlin 17 Striped Marlin 11R 20 Sailfish 18 R 26 Dorado 54 Tuna 2 Wahoo 1 Amberjack 4 Roosterfish 4R

How do we characterize the tuna bite? Start with Hot, Hotter and Hottest. Then go from there with bent rods, aching backs, sore muscles and plates of sashimi during cocktail hour. While the tuna action continues for quality fish in the 30- to 50-pound range, our other species continue to play catch-up with dorado leading the pack. The perennial favorite, roosterfish, was not targeted by any of our anglers this week because of the excellent yellowfin tuna bite. With the warm water, sailfish releases led the way in the billfish category with only one blue marlin caught We had a total of 20 charters with the following numbers: (R indicates Released) 1 Blue Marlin 4 Sailfish 4R 5 Dorado 72 Tuna 1 Cabrilla 5 Amberjack 1 Pompano 2011 Thursday September 15 Fish Tale – My quest continues for a world record length fish. In my last ‘Tale’, I had two records and had completed all the applications, written the checks and was ready for the mail. Then I got the update from IGFA. Both had already been broken. Good news is, I was able to retrieve and VOID the checks and buy another keg of beer! More good news: I went out today and caught another record. This time a jack or almaco. The current record is 80 cm, mine was 81. Bad news – you have to exceed the existing record by 2 cm to replace it in the record books. Next week. Today starts the big Mexican holiday weekend, Independence Day. I can celebrate two Fourths of July each year. Life is Good!

We did something this week that was someplace between “special” and “amazing.” We had a group from San Diego that came over to celebrate a birthday and hold a bachelor party. Besides being fishermen, these guys were surfers. On their first day, they requested two boats for a surfing\fishing trip. We took them to shipwrecks, La Fortuna and sand castles to surf; these are areas beyond Los Frailes, about 30 miles south. They said that the waves were unbelievable and it was one of the best surfing trips they had ever experienced. On their way back to the hotel they completed the doubleheader by catching dorado and tuna. There were eight anglers, four on each boat. In regards the fishing, all the action was concentrated on tuna, which is currently a wide-open bite. In the words of one angler, “They are everywhere.” Most sailfish have been found near the porpoise. There were a few dorado, which has been the case for several weeks. Numbers for this week: (R Indicates Released) 1 Blue Marlin R 14 Sailfish 14R 24 Dorado 103 Tuna 2 Snapper 1 Shark R 1 Pompano 2 Roosterfish 2R Fish Tale –Today was it was a World Record day. Three times. But I will have to see what officially stands after I apply to the IGFA for certification. This year, the IGFA started a new program for World Records called “Length.” It’s catch and release using an eight inch wide tape measure purchased from the IGFA. Since this is the first year of the program, and there is such an abundance of the species of eligible fish, I thought “Why not?” I may get my name in the World Record book at least for a short period of time. So, today was my first day to try for records. I grabbed the measure, packed a couple light line rods, picked out some bottom jigs and then loaded up on a whole lot of sardines. After discussing the day’s strategy with my boat captain Juan, we began to target different places where I knew there would be a variety of the eligible fish. The program identifies fish that are hardy and easily handled for measurement. Yeh, right … not! I identified about a dozen species of the 65-plus that are eligible. We made passes over seven fishing holes and ended up with three fish that should be World Records: A Red Snapper, Black Skipjack and a Ladyfish. The rules are fairly simple: Catch the fish, lay it on the measure, take pictures and release it so it will swim away. When measuring, the mouth of the fish is to be closed. HA! Good luck on that one. But, even better, try and get a live fish to hold still for five or more pictures. These fish are not interested in their 15 minutes. All they want to do is get back into their watery environment. The first fish I caught was the Black Skipjack and in all the excitement of the first catch, I forgot to take a picture of me holding the fish (which is required). Duh! We’ll just have to see what happens with the other two. Life is good. Beerman

As a result of Hurricane Greg that passed to the west far below the Baja peninsula, we had some much needed rain followed by stronger than normal winds. The weather improved in just a nick of time for the arrival of Paco Marroquin, host of the popular Mexican TV show "Vamonos de Pesca." http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/226024_257048054312874_108304129187268_1025820_1577937_n.jpg We were greeted with excellent inshore fishing for roosterfish in the 40-pound class as well as a yellowfin tuna bite near the lighthouse that produced fish from 15 - 40 pounds. Later, we headed offshore for billfish and found a few sailfish eager to be stars in the show. Needless to say, Paco and I were delighted with the results and it should be an entertaining show to watch. Also received a note from Erik von Heideken, Metolius Climbing, from Bend, OR who visited the resort with his family earlier this summer to fly fish. "I am enclosing a few pictures from my fly fishing with young Victor aboard the Mosca. My family and I had a great time. The pool was great, as was the food, the grounds keeping and the entertainment." Victor is a great captain. Please give my regards to him and I hope to return again next year. Eric Fish Count (R indicates released) 2 Blue Marlin 1R 1 Striped Marlin R 12 Sailfish 11R 35 Dorado 81 Tuna 1 Amberjack 13 Roosterfish 13R

The first half of August has been a busy time here at the hotel. The staff barely had time to catch their breath after the record-breaking 12th edition of the Bisbee's East Cape Offshore Tournament before well known TV host Dan Hernandez with an entourage of 45 anglers arrived from all over the country to film a segment of his popular Dan Hernandez Sportfishing show. According to Hernandez, fishing was awesome! He landed six marlin and two sailfish the first two days, and 20+ dorado, 15 roosterfish and one nice tuna plus plenty of smaller fish the other days of their filming. He declared that his recent trip was one of his best ever; the dorado were so thick that they stuck the underwater camera down in the corner and hand-fed the dodo's ... the roosterfish were the same way. One of the anglers in his group landed a blue marlin over 300 pounds and others landed several wahoo. The marlin were very close to shore. All of his were taken less than two miles off the beach and right in front of the resorts! "It was a great trip," Dan concluded, "plus there is plenty of live bait." It's about as good as it gets right now.....most of the fish he caught were on live bait, mackerel and jacks for the billfish and sardines for tuna; when the dorado school was up, he also landed several on his special 'B-52 bucktails'. By the way, the roosters loved the larger live jacks. He also commented in his blog about the lack of anglers visiting the area ... reflecting on whether it's just that people are afraid to spend money or whether it's all the bad press that Mexico has received recently. He went on to say that he knew that anytime anything bad happens in Mexico it makes the news, but over that weekend a hundred thousand plus people made it home safely from Mexico (including his group of 45) and that wasn't newsworthy! He further commented that he and his group felt very safe while he was at Hotel Buena Vista and the entire time he was in Baja! Last weekend was 'La Ribera Days' at East Cape ... each city in Mexico has its own 'day'. And, depending on size of the city, the fiesta held usually on the weekend, is comparable in size. 'La Ribera Day' started Friday night and ended on Monday night. The biggest attractions were the Ferris wheels, bumper cars and games for the kids, plus the horse races, chicken fights, a carnival, nightly dancing and a fishing tournament for everyone. It’s a festive affair with many drink and food booths and of course a stage for speeches by local dignitaries, a queen of the city crowned and the prizes for the tournament awarded…and the music of the many local bands which filled the area with their performances. A total of 38 teams paid the 2,000 pesos to compete in the fishing tournament. First prize was awarded to Victor Sandez for his 353-pound blue marlin earning him $96,000 pesos. In the tuna division our own Esaul Valdez on the Dottie B11 landed a 56-pound tuna, enough to capture the 13,000 peso top prize in that division. On another of our boats, Liliana's angler Antonio Talamantes scored another 16,000 pesos for his 48-pound dorado. Needless to say "Happy Hour" in our El Pescador Bar was even happier Sunday afternoon! Here are the numbers for last week. (R indicates Released) 4 Blue Marlin 2 R 4 Striped Marlin 2 R 10 Sailfish 10 R 173 Dorado 17 R 23 Tuna 38 Snapper 5 Amberjack 1 Pompano 1 Cabrilla 22 Roosterfish 22R

As soon as the Bisbee was completed, the fishing seemed to improve with some better-sized tuna along with more dorado mainly down to the south. Most of the blues being caught remain smaller with 300 pounds being the upper limit of those being released. Still decent numbers of stripers and sails if you put your time in on the grounds. Most of our clients preferred to target the dorado and tuna offshore. Inshore action was a mixed bag of jacks, roosterfish along with a few pompano and smaller dorado and tuna close to shore. 29 Jul – 04 Aug totals 4 Blue Marlin 4R 2 Striped Marlin 1R 2 Sailfish 2R 54 Dorado 19R 24 Yellowfin Tuna 1 Wahoo 2 Snapper 1 Amberjack 1 Shark R

61 Teams, $331,740 Cash Awards Overall: 105 billfish: 39 blue, 2 black, 38 striped, 26 sailfish Top Marlin La Hielera & Co. Chucky Van Wormer 557 lb. blue marlin ** New tournament record! La Hielera, 31' Bertram (#057) Capt. David Almanza from La Ribera BCS Mexico AWARDS Total Cash Awarded to La Hielera: $238,569.00 ANGLERS Carlos Jose "Chucky" Van Wormer Ruiz from Los Barriles BCS Francisco Arturo Vega de la Madrid from Los Barriles BCS Mexi Tournament Award $30,744.00 Angler: Carlos Jose "Chucky" Van Wormer Ruiz 1st Place Chucky Van Wormer from Los Barriles weighed in a 557 lb. blue marlin on the 1st day of fishing. This is a new tournament record for blue marlin. Top IGFA Team Angler: Carlos Jose "Chucky" Van Wormer Ruiz 1st Place Chucky Van Wormer from Los Barriles weighed in a 557 lb. blue marlin on the 1st day of fishing. This is a new tournament record for blue marlin.. The team will be invited to the IGFA World Championship. $200 Daily Jackpot $28,050.00 Angler: Carlos Jose "Chucky" Van Wormer Ruiz Day 1 557 lb. blue marlin - NEW TOURNAMENT RECORD $500 Daily Jackpot $65,025.00 Angler: Carlos Jose "Chucky" Van Wormer Ruiz Day 1 557 lb. blue marlin - NEW TOURNAMENT RECORD $1,000 Daily Jackpot $114,750.00 Angler: Carlos Jose "Chucky" Van Wormer Ruiz Day 1 557 lb. blue marlin - NEW TOURNAMENT RECORD Top Dorado Moonraker Don Whittier 47.2 lbs. Moonraker, 23' Angler (#049) Capt. Donald Whittier from Chapel Hill NC USA AWARDS Total Cash Awarded to Moonraker: $46,585.50 ANGLERS Eduardo Aripez Beltran from San Jose del Cabo BCS Mexico Carlos Beltran C. from San Jose del Cabo BCS Mexico Roberto Beltran from San Jose del Cabo BCS Mexico Jaime Echaveste from San Jose del Cabo BCS Mexico Donald Whittier from Chapel Hill NC USA Top Dorado $10,248.00 Angler: Donald Whittier 1st Place Don Whittaker from Los Barilles weighed in a 47.2 lb. dorado on the 1st day of fishing. $500 Gamefish Daily Jackpot (Dorado) $12,112.50 Angler: Donald Whittier Day 1 47.2 lb. dorado $500 Gamefish Daily Jackpot (Tuna) $12,112.50 Angler: Donald Whittier Day 1 56.2 lb. yellowfin tuna $500 Gamefish Daily Jackpot (Tuna) $12,112.50 Angler: Donald Whittier Day 2 51.5 lb. yellowfin tuna Top Tuna Tail Chaser Sergio Aviles 58.1 lb. yellowfin Tuna: Tail Chaser $12,112.00 (58.1 lbs. / Sergio Aviles Tail Chaser, 28' California (#058) AWARDS Total Cash Awarded to Tail Chaser: $22,360.50 ANGLERS Octavio Aviles Cota from BCS Mexico Roberto Aviles Cota from BCS Mexico Sergio Aviles Cota from BCS Mexico Hernan Lucero Burquez from BCS Mexico Jose M. Lucero Burquez from BCS Mexico Top Tuna $10,248.00 Angler: Sergio Aviles Cota 1st Place Sergio Aviles Cota weighed in a 58.1 lb. yellowfin tuna on the last day of fishing. $500 Gamefish Daily Jackpot (Tuna) $12,112.50 Angler: Sergio Aviles Cota Day 3 58.10 lb. yellowfin tuna Top Release Teams Sneak Attack 1500 points Sneak Attack, 65' American Custom Yachts Capt. Sammy Talbert from Oxnard CA USA (#010) AWARDS Total Cash Awarded to Sneak Attack: ANGLERS Eduardo Angeles Cesena from Cabo San Lucas BCS Mexico Shawn Guttersen from Napa CA USA Bo Jenyns from Boca Raton FL USA Steve Perry from Oxnard CA USA Dan Rosenthal from Oxnard CA USA Sammy Talbert from Oxnard CA USA Cindy Uhr from Rockport TX USA 1st Place Top Release Teams $0.00 1500 points/9 billfish : 3 blue marlin, 5 striped marlin, 1 sailfish El Dorado 1100 points (on time) El Dorado, 28' Cruisers Yacht (#002) Capt. Hector Aguilar from Los Barriles BCS Mexico AWARDS Total Cash Awarded to El Dorado: $0.00 ANGLERS Carole Berry from Los Barriles BCS Mexico Cathy Catalano from Los Barriles BCS Mexico Jaime Fiol Ortiz from Los Barriles BCS Mexico Sheila Marshall from Mexico Laura Ogletree from Los Barriles BCS Mexico Rosemary Owen from Los Barriles BCS Mexico Ellen Todd from CA USA Carolina Wheeler from Los Barriles BCS Mexico 2nd Place Top Release Teams $0.00 1100 points/7 billfish (on time) : 2 blue marlin, 2 striped marlin, 3 sailfish Karma 3 1100 points Karma 3, 54' Sculley Boat Builders (#035) AWARDS Total Cash Awarded to Karma 3: $0.00 ANGLERS Juan Jose Abaroa from Cabo San Lucas BCS Mexico Bob Manroe from San Diego CA USA Kyle Manroe from San Diego CA USA Eulogio "Gallo" Zumaya from Cabo San Lucas BCS Mexico 3rd Place Top Release Teams $0.00 1100 points/7 billfish : 2 blue marlin, 4 striped marlin, 1 sailfish Day 1 Jackpot Winners Marlin: La Hielera & Co. $207,825.00 (557.0 lbs. / Chucky Van Wormer) Dorado: Moonraker $12,112.00 (47.2 lbs. / Don Whittier) Tuna: Moonraker $12,112.00 (56.2 lbs. / Don Whittier) Day 2 Jackpot Winners Dorado: Carajo $12,112.00 (33.0 lbs. / Alain Iribe) Carajo, 35' Pro-Line (#059) Capt. Jesus Franco from Culiacan Sinaloa Mexico AWARDS Total Cash Awarded to Carajo: $12,112.50 ANGLERS Osiris Arellano from Culiacan Sinaloa Mexico Jesus Corona from Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Gualderto Esquerra from Culiacan Sinaloa Mexico Ewald Estrella from Culiacan Sinaloa Mexico Jesus Franco from Culiacan Sinaloa Mexico Alain Iribe from Culiacan Sinaloa Mexico Enrique Lucero from Aguamarga BCS Mexico $500 Gamefish Daily Jackpot (Dorado) $12,112.50 Angler: Alain Iribe Day 2 33.0 lb. dorado Tuna: Moonraker $12,112.00 (51.5 lbs. / Don Whittier) Day 3 Jackpot Winners Dorado: Flora T II $12,112.00 (42.8 lbs. / John Reinhardt) Capt. Jose Antonio Caballero Valdez from La Paz BCS Mexico Flora T II, 50' Silverton (#044) AWARDS Total Cash Awarded to Flora T II: $12,112.50 ANGLERS Jim Brown from Chandler AZ USA Darin Fitzgerald from Modesto CA USA Gary Merin from Modesto CA USA Juan Carlos Moreno Camacho from La Paz BCS Mexico John Reinhardt from Riverside CA USA Justin Stull from Gurnee IL USA $500 Gamefish Daily Jackpot (Dorado) $12,112.50 Angler: John Reinhardt Day 3 42.8 lb. dorado

Theresa Comber Awesome Sportfishing fires the flare gun signaling the start of the final doy of fishing. 39.2 Dorado, Gary Robbins, El Paton 36.2 Tuna, Ulysses Vargas, Ballyhoo 37.0 Dorado Rod Newman, Eclipse 36.3 Dorado, Mark Martin, 36.3, Anna Maria 58.1 Tuna, Sergio Aviles Tail Chaser 42.8 Tuna John Reinhardt, Flora T lll 52.5 Tuna, Daniel Fisher Jr., Fisherman DAY THREE TEAM STANDINGS Rank Team Weight 1 La Bella 0.00 *Only Marlin Weighed on Day Two DAY THREE CATCH STATS Billfish Count 31 Black Marlin Count 0 Blue Marlin Count 14 Striped Marlin Count 11 Sailfish Count 6 Spearfish Count 0 Tuna Count 1 Dorado Count 0 DAY THREE FISH LOG Team Angler Species Catch Time Fight Time Balihoo Moises Vargas Teran Striped Marlin 7.29.11 04:06:04 10 mins. Sneak Attack Bo Jenyns Blue Marlin 7.29.11 04:04:56 7 mins. La Bella Charles Guillard Blue Marlin 7.29.11 03:47:46 34 mins. Eclipse Chris Connelly Blue Marlin 7.29.11 03:44:22 15 mins. Mi Corazon Keith Jones Blue Marlin 7.29.11 03:40:14 15 mins. Hot Rod John Peelman Striped Marlin 7.29.11 03:33:07 5 mins. Karma 3 Bob Manroe Striped Marlin 7.29.11 03:32:31 4 mins. Awesome Michael Loynes Pacific Sailfish 7.29.11 03:30:10 4 mins. La Negra Luis Fernando Martinez Hinsen Striped Marlin 7.29.11 03:24:06 3 mins. Awesome Lucas Loynes Pacific Sailfish 7.29.11 03:21:11 5 mins. 1 2 3 4 $200 DAILY JACKPOT Rank Team Species Points 1 La Bella Blue Marlin 0.00 *Optional Category $500 DAILY JACKPOT Rank Team Species Points 1 La Bella Blue Marlin 0.00 *Optional Category $1,000 DAILY JACKPOT Rank Team Species Points *Optional Category DAILY TUNA JACKPOT Rank Team Species Points 1 El Suertudo Yellowfin Tuna 0.00

Chucky Van Warmer current leader wishes everyone "Good Luck" before the start of the second day. La Ribera Mayor Guillermo Sanchez Poppo signals the beginning of the second day of the tournament. Tuna Miguel Angel 41.9 Dottie B and Tuna Daniel Fisher 41.9 Fisherman tied Dorado Alan Iribe 33.0 Flying Fish Dorado, Cassandra, 31.5, Jen Wren Dorado, Gary Robbins, 31.4 El Patron Tuna Donald Whittier, 51.5 Moon Raker DAY TWO FISH LOG Team Angler Species Catch Time Fight Time Video Jen Wren III Jennifer Rayor Dolphin 7.28.11 08:54:00 1 mins. Video Carajo Ewald Estrella Dolphin 7.28.11 08:08:57 0 mins. Video Moonraker Donald Whitter Yellowfin Tuna 7.28.11 07:14:51 0 mins. Mi Sueno David Gore Pacific Sailfish 7.28.11 03:57:24 5 mins. El Dorado Sheila Marshall Blue Marlin 7.28.11 03:54:40 16 mins. Balihoo Jesus Aruizu Meza Pacific Sailfish 7.28.11 03:53:43 4 mins. Cowboy VII John Lattimore Blue Marlin 7.28.11 03:51:45 19 mins. Hammertime II Alfredo Jesus Espinosa Black Marlin 7.28.11 03:21:58 0 mins. Chupacabra Kyle Jensen Blue Marlin 7.28.11 03:15:49 11 mins. Karma 3 Juan Abaroa Striped Marlin 7.28.11 03:11:17 0 mins. 1 2

The number of blue marlin being caught and released has continued to climb and hopefully will be full speed for the East Cape Offshore Tournament, Tues., July 26 to Sat., July 30 (3 fishing days). As our catch numbers reflect, the wide open tuna bite fizzled for most while dorado catches increased. We also had some bonus wahoo for a nice summer surprise. Inshore, the roosterfish plus amberjack, jack crevalle and snapper provided the best action all week. Numbers fish caught and released ®: 8 Blue Marlin 6R 14 Striped Marlin 12R 9 Sailfish 9R 42 Dorado 14 Tuna 4 Wahoo 28 Roosterfish 28R 14 Jack crevalle 6 Amberjack 19 Red Snapper

Inshore action dominated, with roosterfish being the most consistent catch. One client caught and released three in one day – 30-, 40- and 60-pounds. Meanwhile, Baja on the Fly hosted a group of fly fishers seeking roosters from the beach and all four anglers succeeded. When they left, they vowed that they would be returning for more roosters-on-the-fly next year. Offshore action was scattered throughout the Bay of Palmas including a few dorado plus a couple of more blues along with some stripeys and sails. Tuna what can I say? There were more served on a plate than on a hook. This week's count (An R signifies released) 2 Blue Marlin 1R 7 Striped Marlin 4R 1 Sailfish R 29 Dorado 22 Tuna 1 Amberjack 1 Snapper 68 Roosterfish R

What a difference a week can make. The cooler, off-color water, along with the bad moon rising that was mentioned last week, faded into a bad memory as water temps and color quickly returned to normal. Our fleet found the best action to the north in 85 degree water. At the Punta Pescadero shark buoys, strung out toward the Ocho-Ocho, the tuna continued to provide action for 20 - 50 pound fish with a few Volkswagen-sized behemoths hooked and fewer landed. Dottie B Captain Vicente did report seeing a panga boating one approaching 300. Back closer to shore, a mile offshore from Buenavista to La Ribera, a good dorado bite developed along with a few striped marlin in the same area. Yesterday, our 12 cruisers accounted for 130 yellowfin tuna for the second day in a row. To add spice to the mix, roosterfish action for smaller fish from the shore has exploded in the past few days. We will continue to post photos and updates daily on our Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/buenavista.beachresort This week's catch (the R indicates fish released): 10 Striped Marlin 7R 1 Sailfish R 47 Dorado 2 R 287 Tuna 2 Pompano 2 Cabrilla 3 Amberjack 15 Snapper 119 Roosterfish R 1 Shark 2 Jack Crevalle R

Baja is the “land of the unusual,” and that certainly was evident last week with the confluence of unusual winds, plummeting water temperatures and several tropical storms\hurricanes far below us heading west that plagued us. Despite all that, the variety of fish caught last week lived up to expectations for June and included billfish, yellowfin tuna, dorado, amberjack, yellowtail, pargo, pompano, roosterfish and jacks. Not bad considering the few trips we had for the week. Yesterday, there were fewer boats fishing than normal for this time of year. Returning skippers displayed brightly colored tuna and dorado flags signaling a productive day. It was an encouraging sign signaling a return to normal conditions this week. Here are some of our guests and their catches during their recent stay: Chris Margolan, fishing alone, had a good day with one dorado, one snapper, eight roosterfish and two triggerfish on a half day trip. Becky and Shaun Novell caught four tuna on the Dottie B with Capt. Vicente. The Meyers family Hurricane Beatriz is predicted to turn and head west without any threat to the Baja peninsula. http://www.bajainsider.com/weather/hurricanes/2011/images/beatriz-lg.jpg We are now providing daily updates on Facebook every afternoon. http://www.facebook.com/buenavista.beachresort

Kelly Corcoran organized the “Baja-Ha-ha Fishing Tournament” over the weekend with participants from the northwest, WA, AK, OR and CA in fifteen boats. The sounds of friendly ribbing about just 'who would catch what' punctuated with laughter could be heard as the teams boarded the five pangas and five cruisers each day. At the awards party on the beach the last night of the tournament, everyone had a few fish stories to exchange. The bottom line was that they caught a mixed bag of fish and the winner was honored for the 43 pound winning dorado during the Mexican Fiesta which was topped off with margaritas and carne asada, rib cooked to perfection, served beneath a starlit Baja sky. Throughout the the week, fish were scattered out from the ocho-ocho, 88, to the North to below Las Frailes, our boats found tuna, dorado, wahoo and both striped and a few blue marlin, as well as a couple of sailfish. Our fish counts for the week reflect good inshore fishing for roosters, pompano, pargo and still a few yellowtail on the high spots outside of La Ribera. Late in the week I headed out to the ocho-ocho where 'cows' were flying everywhere chasing flying fish. There have some nice tuna caught every day. But the run and gun experience, while exciting, was dampened by the frustration of trying to find the fish that would bite. Those anglers with patience were rewarded. Hotel guests caught seven over 100 pounds for the week using caballito and sardina. We have also been catching another bait under the numerous shark buoys we call camiseta (t-shirt) because of their unique blue/purple-with-black-stripes coloring which makes them look like a caballito duded up for a Mexican Fiesta. These seem to attract the larger tuna Our catches on 48 charters for the week included: 47 striped marlin 40 R 2 Sailfish 1 R 66 Dorado 6 R 3 wahoo 7 tuna 64 pompano 14 snapper 4 sea bass or cabrilla 13 roosterfish all released 3 yellowtail 1 amberjack 4 triggerfish 71 skipjack 21 jack crevalle all released Felipe Valdez, Manager Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort