West, lots of cold water has been pushing up against the Baja peninsula.
So the water on the Pacific side of the Baja is staying cool and that is
affecting the fishing. The water on the Sea of Cortez side has been much
warmer and that is why the fishing there is still good. Again the
tourist count is low so not so many boats are going out, but we still
have a handle on the fish available. There still have been good catches
of Striped Marlin and a few Blue Marlin. The Yellowfin Tuna catches are
still doing well. And we are now seeing Dorado and Wahoo in the catches
with the occasional Pacific Sailfish. And big Roosterfish are starting
to show up just a little ways from Cabo.
We are still waiting to see what Tropical Storm Beatriz is going to do.
She is moving slowly up the coast in a North Westerly direction at 8 MPH
with sustained winds of 70 MPH. Most of the predictions show her heading
out to sea as she approaches southern Baja as can be seen in the
National Hurricane Center of the NOAA site.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_ep2.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents
With Beatriz heading our way the waters might warm up and there will
probably be some stiff winds. It looks like the west coast of the
mainland will get hit with the brunt of the storm as there is already
lots of wind and rain. Tonight will tell what happens there and it will
be a few days before we see the affects here in Cabo. So our Cabo
fishing should keep getting better. We hope the storm won't cause much
damage and that everyone has tight lines.
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