“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 1, 2003

Russell Wood and his wife were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today and we sure wish the
fishing had been better. They had been waiting a long time for this trip but the weather and water
did not care. The water was a bit choppy and there was not a lot of action from the fish.
Basically, they got skunked. Juan and Manuel tried hard, that is for sure, but sometimes it doesn’t
matter. Sorry Russell, we hope for better fishing next time!

“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 2, 2003

Greg and John are repeat clients from San Francisco and they are here on this trip with the
families. This means that they need to return with some fish so everyone believes they went
fishing! They went on a Panga yesterday and got a 20 pound Jack Crevalle and lost a Roosterfish
and are hoping the offshore action will be better. They were originally scheduled for June 30 but
we asked them if they were willing to put that trip off until today in the hope that conditions
would get better. Well, the wind did die down on the evening of the 30th, so conditions have
improved, but who knows about the fishing? Juan and Manuel ended up fishing 25 miles to the
southeast and finally found some fish. Two small football Yellowfin, the largest around 12
pounds. Later on the hooked a very small (about 8 pound) Dorado and held it behind the boat
until friends showed up! Then John and Greg were able to hook up a couple of larger 15 pound
Dorado on their own gear and get them to the boat. Enough fish for the family dinner and a little
action, not bad compared to what has been going on. Also, that made us the top boat on the dock
for the day! Thanks guys, and it was nice of you to invite Tom along for the day, even if all he
did was drink all the beer and eat all your lunch!

“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 3, 2003

Rick Anderson, his wife and son were our anglers today, and they were hoping for a big fish for
the son. It seems that they have done quite a bit of offshore fishing, trying it almost everywhere
they have gone on vacation and have yet to hook into something big for him. Well, this was not
the trip that it was going to happen on either. Juan and Manuel tossed bait to one Marlin all day,
that was it, and that fish did not want to eat. Rick’s wife slept most of the day and so did his son.
I wish the fishing was better this week, but I can’t control it. Eventually you guys will find a big
one, and I hope for your sake it’s soon!

“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 4, 2003

CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JULY 14 TO JULY 20, 2003

WEATHER: Not just warm, it has been darn hot and starting to get pretty humid as well. We
are having nighttime lows in the high 70’s to low 80’s and daytime highs to the 100 degree mark.
I am not sure what the humidity readings have been but it has not been a problem to break a sweat
by not doing anything at all! We have had some cloud cover the past few days and there has been
a bit of rain up in the mountains but only an occasional sprinkle in our area. (Calling Elvis)

WATER: There has been a band of cool water along the coast where the temperatures have
been around 77 to 78 degrees out to a distance of about three miles. Once past there it has
warmed up to 83-84 degrees on the Sea of Cortez side. On the Pacific, the water has warmed up
a bit and we are starting to get some nice blue conditions around the San Jaime and the Golden
Gate Banks. The water in those areas has been in the low 80’s and it looks like summer is here.
There has been almost no wind this week and the water conditions have reflected that. A low
swell from the Northwest and a slight wind riffle in the morning has made it easy to see anything
floating or breaking the surface. (On Every Street)

BAIT: Mostly Mackerel and Mullet this week at the normal $2 per bait. (My Parties)

FISHING:

BILLFISH: Very little change this week on the Billfish, except there are a few more Blue Marlin
being hooked up. The Striped Marlin are not quite as abundant as they were last week and while
there are signs at some booths around the Marina stating that the Marlin fishing is “Hot! Hot!
Hot!”, you would not be able to tell that by talking to the anglers and the Captains. Guess that
some people just have to stretch the truth a bit to get business! There are Marlin out there and an
occasional boat has come in with a couple of flags flying, but most of the boats have been lucky to
get a good solid bite this week. The Blues have been located at the Gorda, 1150, 95 and due
south of the Cape and the Striped Marlin seem to be concentrated closer to the beach and up on
the Pacific side a ways. For a few days, dropping live bait at either Punta Ballena or off the
lighthouse on the Pacific side worked well, as did slow trolling live bait in the same area, but that
action died off. (When It Comes To You)

YELLOWFIN TUNA: Looks like the Tuna are going to be the fish of the week! We have started
to find some of the bigger Tuna in the Porpoise this week, just what I was wishing was going to
happen. First few boats to the Porpoise were able to hook into fish that went as high as 150
pounds, with the fish getting smaller, then disappearing as more boats showed up. Most of the
fish were found between 20 and 35 miles to the south and around the 95 and 1150 spots, mixed
with the Porpoise. While there were football Tuna in the mix, the average seemed to be about
20-25 pounds, and there were quite a few fish in the 40-50 pound range as well. Large lures,
large fish, small lures, small fish seemed to be the rule, with more action happening with the
smaller lures. There were fish reported occasionally from other areas as well, but not consistently.
This bite really started to take off at the end of the week, the beginning of the week was a bit
slow. (Fade To Black)

DORADO: A repeat of last weeks report, the Dorado are still scattered, and the bite continues to
improve a bit. Bigger fish offshore, smaller fish inshore, live bait working well. (The Bug)

WAHOO: Almost no Wahoo this week. I did see a few flags and talked to a few anglers who
reported catching one, but there was no “bite” and everything reported was an incidental catch.
(You And Your Friend)

NEARSHORE: Some Roosterfish this week as well as the Jack Crevalle, but that was about it for
big fish action inshore. A few nice bottom fish were caught since the water has been so nice, but
there was little else happening inshore. With the water conditions so nice, a lot of the Pangas
were heading up to 10 miles offshore, looking for action on the Pelagic fish. At the end of the
week the Pangas were starting to find small Yellowfin Tuna and a lot of Skipjack just off the
Arch. (Heavy Fuel)