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Date Posted: 944268549PST In reply to: Jim Day 's message, "Mag Bay read it and weep" on 944109800PST > "long-range private boat report" > Posted by BigE on Dec-01-99 at 01:42 PM (PST) > Alllcoast sportfishing. > > I know this is a bit out of local range, but I just > got back from 2 weeks at mag bay and I thought I would > post a report. I was fishing on a friends boat that > was down there for the entire month of November. > The only word to describe it down there would be > unbelievable. First few days we fished out around the > thetis bank for lots of 15-25 lb. dorado and a few > stripers with no tuna or wahoo. We saw the Royal > polaris anchored on the thetis and it looked like a > local 1/2 day boat with all of the elbows on the > rail.(I hope it got better for them down there). After > that it was all marlin for the next week. All we had > to do was find the friggots and the marlin were under > them thick. We had doubles and triples on stripers all > day long. It was sad for some of my friends that were > new to fishing down there because now they think that > that is typical marlin fishing. I had never seen > anything like it in my 20+ years of fishing. I was > shooting video when we had about 8 fish come up on two > teasers and after we had three baitfish going, there > were still 5 or so marlin all lit up just swimming > around the boat. We ended up with 15 fish for one 1/2 > day of fishing on that day. > > Inside the anchorage at the entrance to mag bay there > was good fishing for big sierra, yellowtail and > grouper in the late afternoon. There were also some > mystery fish hooked and not stopped....probably big > yellows or grouper. At night we would put out a light > and it was amazing to see the amount of different > marine life we saw. It took about 10 minutes to make > bait under the light and you could have three > different species on one bait rig(macks, grunts, > needlefish, pompano, halfbeaks, smelt, etc...) > > We did fish the mangroves for 1/2 day and got lots of > halibut and pompano and assorted groupers but no > snook. > > That place is definately out of the way and takes > planning to go there but it is definately worth it. > The locals are VERY friendly and they traded about 25 > big lobsters for some old clothes and magazines. We > went diving during the day and the amount of lobster > we saw was amazing. The locals told us that they don't > like americans taking them since that is how they make > their money and they were more than happy to trade > anything useful for them anyway. > > The total count for the boat during the month was 152 > stripers, 1 sailfish, and lots of yellowtail, sierra, > grouper and misc. inshore fish for 18 days of fishing. > The only bummer was that there were no tuna or > wahoo....oh well, next year. > > I will definately be taking my boat down there next > November and I would like to get more boats to go with > me. If anyone has any questions about Mag Bay or the > trip for next year, e-mail me. > > Good Luck [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: Where the heck is Mag Bay? nomsg. | Jim Day | 944276882PST |
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