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El Pescador Fishing Report 31st July 2024

The weather this week has been tough, we had a lot of rainy & windy days throughout the week. The winds have been blowing east.

WEATHER

Wind:
The windspeed in knots was between 5 to 20 throughout the week.

Air Temp:
91 Degress F.

Moon Phase:
Third Quarter July 28 New Moon August 4

Sunrise / Sunset:
Sunrise 5:30 am Sunset: 6:27 pm

The weather for this past week was windy, and raining, but our guides managed to still find fishing for the anglers. The anglers still had a great time out there on the water, even with the bad weather. They still managed to get fishing hooked and landed. They’ve caught a bunch of bonefish, jumped a few tarpons, and landed a few. They were also able to land a couple of permits as well. Also, they caught snappers, barracudas & jacks.

WHAT GUESTS WERE CATCHING

Bonefish: Bonefishing was rated as excellent with 200 bones landed for the week, most were in the 2-4 pound range.
Permit: Anglers landed 6 Permit for the week.
Tarpon: Anglers landed 9 Tarpons for the week.
Other Species: Some Barracuda, Jacks , and Snapper

FLIES THAT WORKED

Bonefish: Christmas Island Specials in gold, pearl, and pink sizes 4 & 6, and Crazy Charlies in pink and orange as well as shrimp patterns.
Permit: Squmip rag head crabs, and strongarms crabs.
Tarpon: Toads, chartreuse, and black/purple bunnies are the flies of choice

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