As we head into our winter season, which officially started on November 15th, we are starting to see less and less people at each of the hotels. A sad site as this is an indicator that the 2011 season is coming to an end. But not so fast! Just when you thought it was over?.dorado, sierra, wahoo, billfish, pargo, jacks and roosters all start biting again. We had another fantastic week for dorado, with numerous boats coming in with limits. We saw some nice ones as well, up to 40lbs. and they are not that far off shore. As a matter of fact, I was on the beach this weekend when I saw my neighbor take his kayak out with two spinning rods. He was out only about fifty yards when I watched him hookup to a nice 20lb. dorado, which he fought and landed after about 20 minutes. I helped him land his kayak on the beach and could not believe that he landed that fish so close to shore. He told me that he has been catching lots of sierra, pargo, jacks and dorado from his kayak the last few days.
This leads me to a very important point. The East Cape is not normally known as a place to fish in the winter. This is mostly because of the windy conditions that make this area famous for windsurfing and kite boarding. What most foreigners don?t know, and most locals do, is that the inshore fishing is world class during the winter months. There are lots of great Bays which are protected from the wind that you can go to and catch over a dozen different species in a single day. The winter months in the East Cape can produce world class yellowtail, pargo, sierra, wahoo, dorado, grouper, cabrilla, jacks and many other lesser known species, all very close to shore. In addition to good fishing, you?ll enjoy our lowest rates and best air temperatures of the entire year. When the wind blows, you can take a windsurfing or kite boarding lesson, go mountain biking, rent ATVs, go hiking, scuba dive, snorkel, swim and much much more. All the equipment for the activities I just mentioned is available at the hotel during this time. If you?d like to get out of the cold and into the sun for the winter, give us a call and let us design the perfect winter vacation package for you.