All of us at Sportquest Holidays are getting very excited as places are now starting to open up and we are receiving fish packed reports like the below that has been sent to us from the head fishing manager at the Palma De Cortez in Mexico. As they are now open to American clients, people are making their way there to take advantage of the ease of lockdown and boy, the fishing looks awesome as ever.
I will hand you over to Eddie who has sent us this great report:
Well Amigos, I can’t tell you how excited we all are to be open once again. The hotels and fishing operation reopened on Monday, June 15th and it was quite a reopening. We had approximately 50 guests between hotels Palmas De Cortez and Playa Del Sol. On the first day of fishing, we had 15 boats go out and it didn’t take long to figure out that it was going to be a special year!
The first group of the year was at Hotel Playa Del Sol, which was the 54th annual International Roosterfish Tournament. They had 5 boats fishing in the 3-day tournament and they were not disappointed. On the first day of the tournament, the 5 boats landed over 100 Roosters, with the high boat landing 31 in a single day. It was something no one was expecting or had seen in many years. It was an epic tournament where even the boat with the least amount of Roosters was still able to land 6 in one day. I want to personally thank the organizers of this year’s tournament Mike Hoffman and Karen Comstock for all their hard and perseverance to assure that this tournament would happen. We look forward to seeing you all again next year!
But that wasn’t all! It just got better and better as the week progressed. Once the crews were able to dial in the fishing after a long layoff, things really exploded quickly. Just in the first week, we had lots of nice Dorado with the biggest weighing in at an impressive 55lbs, with many more in the 20-40lbs. class. The Tuna bite as equally impressive with large schools spotted about 30-40 miles offshore. Those who made the 1-2 hour runs were rewarded with lots of nice Tuna ranging from footballs to 50lbs Yellowfin. The catch of the week was on the cruiser El Regalo that landed a 222lbs Yellowfin off a kite by angler Chase Mitchell from San Diego California. This was one of the biggest Tuna landed over the last 10 years here in the East Cape!
We believe that one positive that will come from the closure is that with such little pressure on the water up until now, the fishing should be epic! We are seeing lots of Roosters, Dorado, Tuna, Marlin, Wahoo, Pargo, Cabrilla, Jacks and more. Here are some pictures from this weeks fishing. Hope to see many of you soon!
Eddie
Wow Eddie, what a great few days and as we all thought, that once the lockdown was eased the first guests to fish waters like this will have a ball as there has been no pressure what so ever. The fishing at Palam De Cortez in Mexico is awesome most of the time but the above is unreal. If you have ever fancied trying some big game fishing then the Sea of Cortez in Mexico has to be one of the best places to try as there are so many different and numerous species that you will be kept nice and busy.
If you would like us to check out some dates for you then get in touch on 01603 407596 or you can email me info@sportquestholidays.com If you are new to the sport but always wanted to get involved and see what it’s like for real then why not join our 2021 Fully Hosted trip there. You can speak to me about this trip on the above contact details
Keep safe everyone and tight lines,
Paul