Just 45 minutes Northwest from the International Airport, you’ll find the heart of the East Cape - Los Barriles and Buena Vista.  Offering 10 miles of accessible beaches and a deep marine drop-off (referred to as the 100 foot fathom) just a few miles offshore, this area is home to some of the Baja’s best fly fishing.  The beaches are peppered with quite a few rocky points which are home to many types of marine life including lots of gamefish.  You can easily take a panga boat to fish the in shore waters where the rock reefs extend from the beach - a stunning natural sanctuary.  Or - use a float tube or pontoon to access the anchoring buoys placed by local hotels.  The buoys attract bait fish in turn bringing the larger fish in to feed. 

Further out, shark buoys also attract baitfish - since the waters are much deeper, you’ll also find durado, tuna and skipjack in these areas.  Beyond the buoys, the serene blue waters provide a deep santuary for the billfish feeding on squid, mackerel and flying fish.  Here’s a quick guide for the depths:

Within 20′ of shore: roosterfish, jacks, ladyfish, cabrilla, pompano, sierra, triggerfish, giant needlefish, pargo, ladyfish, cornetfish

Inshore:  needlefish, pompano, triggerfish, jacks, bonitas, dorado, roosterfish, sierra

Offshore: marlin, dorado, sailfish, wahoo and tuna

Los Barriles offers beautiful white sandy beaches and some of the best sport fishing in the world - come see what it’s all about!

Thinking of heading to the beautiful East Cape towns or into historic La Paz for some Mexico sport fishing?  Well, now is a great time - here’s a bit of news from the locals…

East Cape Fishing:

Tuna in the 20 pound range are finally starting to turn up under the porpoise and even a few larger have been hooked slightly north of Cabo Pulmo.  You’ll find Wahoo off the south end of Cerralvo Island.  Striped marlin and sailfish are lurking on the drop off - five to eight miles out.  With several boats reporting hookups in the morning hours before the afternoon winds picked up.  Thirty to forty pound durado can be found near the shark buoys of Punta Pescadero, while inshore schools of jacks have  been providing some fun action up and down the coastline.  Roosterfish seem to be plentiful inshore - try using mullet pattern flies.

Herring have been schooling south from El Rincon Bay to below Cabo Pulmo and north from Punta Pescadero to Muertos Bay.  Mullet can be found in the La Ribera area.  Last week the Margarita pulled in a 528 pound blue marlin!  The sound winds have picked up bringing cooler temperatures and some rough water - but the fish don’t seem to mind.

La Paz Fishing:

Prominent winds from the south have made it tough to get to spots with the bigger fish such as durado and billfish this last week.  Resulting swells also churned things up a bit producing off color waters.  However, during the calms the sagasso paddies between the islands were gold for big bulls, sailfish and marlin.  Inshore was great for roosterfish, pargo, jack crevalle, pompano and cabrilla.  Some wahoo were hooked, buy not many made it to the ice chests.  Some small durado made an appearance in a spot between the peninsula and Cerralvo Island.

Get out there and enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings of the Mexico East Cape!

Thanks to local fishing outfits:

Rancho Leonero Hotel
www.ranchleonero.com

East Cape Tackle
www.eastcapetackle.com

Jonathan Roldan’s Tailhunter International
www.tailhunterinternational.com

Los Barriles and Buena Vista are located in the heart of the Los Cabos East Cape region.  This gentle and protected Sea of Cortez region provides calm waters rich with many types of aquatic life.  This is one of the Baja’s most attractive fishing destinations.  Here you’ll find 10 miles of accessible white sand beaches with a deep marine drop-off just a few miles off shore.  The drop-off is called the 100 fathom curve.  Fly fishing, deep sea fishing, panga fishing - there’s something for everyone.  You can easily take a panga boat to the inshore waters to anchor near rock reefs extending from the beach.  Many anchoring buoys placed by hotels and locals attract all kinds of fish.  Commercial shark buoys further out attract baitfish which bring in larger fish such as dorado, tuna and skipjack.  Beyond the curve, billfish, dorado and tuna feed on squid, mackerel, flying fish and sardina. 

Available types of fish:

Shoreline: roosterfish, jacks, ladyfish, pargo, needlefish, cabrilla, triggerfish, pampano, sierra, and shaped cornetfish

Inshore: Dorado,rooster, bonita, skipjack, sierra, jacks, pompano, triggerfish and needlefish

Offshore: Marlin, sailfish, tuna, wahoo, and dorado. 

This gorgeous region of the East Cape is reminiscent of the Mexico of old.  Come see what you’re missing!

For more information about Buena Vista or Los Barriles properties, please contact Alfredo Cristo, RE/MAX Del Mar, 608-320-0799