| Fish Report - November 2003 |
by Ed Kunze
November 2003
November, the start of our fall/winter fishing season, can be an outstanding month for all species. All along our pristine beaches and rocky points, there are huge roosterfish in the surf line. Most people only plan for a day or two of fishing, and target the more exotic sailfish. Even though few people fish for the roosterfish, that is OK for us who do, because we have miles of beautiful virgin beaches to ourselves. The average size of these hard fighting members of the jack family runs a whopping 30 to 35 pounds. Several fish are caught each day over 40 pounds and each year a few are caught around 70 to 80 pounds.
As I said, most of the people target the sailfish. We have sailfish here year round, but November is generally the first month you can raise double digit fish. Dorado hold in the current lines and under the floating logs, banana trees and coconuts that have washed out of the rivers from the rain season that has just ended. Yellowfin tuna breeze through and can provide incredible fast action. And, the blue marlin start coming around again, because like the tuna, they prefer the cooler water as we head into the winter.
November is also considered to be an excellent time for two well respected tournaments. Neither of them are very large, as compared to the 150 boat January and May classics, but they are both unique to Mexico, due to the 100% tag and release format for billfish. |
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