July Update

[rossman]

I haven't posted much in the last 6 weeks mainly because with the exotic fishing happening in Southern California, my yellowtail reports seem like real yawners. The month of July was a simply outrageous month for yellowtail fishing down here in Bahia Asuncion. I caught a total of 56 yellowtail in the month. I always use the disclaimer that I don't count rats of less than 15 lbs but there were simply no rats to be had during July. No real tankers either. Everything in the 15 to 35 pound range.
The only disclaimer I will put on the month is that I fished a bit more than usual since Bob and Sven were down here for a week or so and they pushed me into fishing for several days in a row when I usually fish 3 or 4 times a week.
It was so great to have visitors in July. We had excellent fishing while Bob and Sven were here and the winds that normally push you off the water by noon, we're nice enough to stay calm til 1 or 2 in the afternoon on several days. The guys brought down some much needed supplies for me including fishing, household and food supplies. Thank you very much for that! Can't tell you how nice it is to have some nice cuts of beef in the freezer.
As for August, it is starting out good too. I was out on Monday and only managed one yellow on the first cast of the day and then 3 1/2 hours of nothing. I stopped on a high spot on the way in that was loaded with swarms of big chunky calicos and managed to land 43 fish on 43 consecutive drops with the Megabait. Then I hooked into something really big which ultimately rocked me. Would have liked to have seen that one.
Out again on Wednesday and the zone appeared void of life and I figured it would be another down day but I started metering fish in deeper water and ended up landing 9 nice yellows. One noteworthy moment came when I was fighting one of the yellows and a couple of YFT blew up on some bait about 50 yards away from me. No sign of them after I landed my fish but certainly hope for the future.