Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3815 July 5-19 2019 | Page 33

VOL.38 • ISS. 15
BAJA ROUNDUP
July 5 - 19, 2019
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East Cape Season Gets
Off To Fast Start!
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By Eddie Dalmau, Van Wormer Resorts
he 2019 season is off to a tremen-
dous start, as many anglers have
been catching their fish of a life time.
We have seen the Striped marlin move in
strong, just in time for the 47th Annual Pro
Angler Tournament.
The first day of the tournament was a
little slow with only 8 billfish landed. After
the third day of fishing, the group ended
up landing over 70 billfish for the tourna-
ment. Shortly after, the Roy Clark Billfish
Tournament arrived and they had almost
the same outcome, with the first two days
being a little slow with one or two billfish
per boat being landed, but on day three of
the tournament the count was 5-7 billfish
per boat.
Then on one day in June, the sportfishing
boat Julkate was nowhere to be found at
4pm when all the boats should be back at
the hotel. When we called to see where he
was, we were told that he was one hour
into the tough fight with a big tuna. The
word quickly spread around the hotel that
there was a boat still out that was hooked
to a big tuna, but no one knew how big.
After a three-hour battle and another
one hour plus boat ride back to the hotel,
the Julkate arrived back at the hotel with
anglers Jim Allen and Dean Davallee with
a monster 233.4 lb. yellowfin tuna. The
tuna was landed about 35 miles east, north
east of the hotel on a wood colored cedar
plug. It was a fish of a lifetime that I’m
sure no one on the
Julkate will soon
forget.
The week
also saw lots of
roosters in the
area, most landed
Inshore anglers have been landing a variety species along the East Cape this June. This
Roosterfish was boated on June 12.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
on live bait and fly fisherman had success
on the fly as well. We also saw some
Amberjack, Pompano, Jack Crevelle,
dorado, sailfish, triggerfish, skip jack,
These anglers were trolling off the East Cape in late May and got in on
a hot tuna bite!
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
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These anglers scored a boat load of yellowfin tuna while fishing off
the East Cape on June 2.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
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pargo and more. The weather is warming
up and the fishing is getting hotter as we
head into summer. We hope to see you
down here soon!