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Cabo San Lucas - February 26th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED: 
82 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportFebruary 19-25, 2007 WEATHER: Once again we had a partly cloudy week, but the skies did clear at the end. Our daytime highs were in the high 70’s and the nighttime lows in the low 60’s. No rain this week but it sure looked like it was going to on Tuesday!WATER: Once the clouds cleared away at the end of the week we got a decent picture of the water temperatures. The Sea of Cortez stayed a pretty uniform 71 degrees all the way out past the Cabrillo Seamount and up past Punta Gorda. On the Pacific side there was warmer water, to 73 degrees, from the San Jaime bank and to the south. The Golden Gate Bank was at 71 degrees and close to shore on the Pacific and extending to the south-southeast of the Cape for at lest 40 miles was a five to ten mile wide band of green water at 68-70 degrees.BAIT: Locally the only bait that I saw being sold was Mackerel and they were the usual $2 per bait. There were some Sardinas available up toward San Jose at the usual $20 per scoop.FISHING: BILLFISH: For most of the week the Marlin action remained in the vicinity of the 95 Spot and the 1150 with most boats getting bit on live bait thrown to Marlin spotted on the surface. There were a couple of days early in the week when a concentration of feeding fish was found up close to the beach on the Pacific side but these fish moved out rapidly. Close to home there have been scattered tailing fish found but no heavy concentrations. The bite seemed to be early, if you got out a bit late there was nothing going on.YELLOWFIN TUNA: I had a couple of productive trips early in the week for Yellowfin and got into lots of porpoise that held Tuna on top of the San Jaime Banks and 10 miles to the west, at 32 miles out. Most of the fish were in the 25-pound class but we did get a couple of small 15 pound fish and a couple that went 45-50 pounds. The only lure that was consistent on them was the cedar plug, at least when the fish were marking deep on the depth sounder. When the fish popped up and started to boil they would hit anything. Later in the week a friend went and worked the same area and the fish had moved on. He said that the water was 73 degrees and blue but barren of life signs. Some boats were catching school tuna and footballs up around the Gorda Banks but that appeared to be a hit or miss thing as there were quite a few reports of boats only catching Bonita while using Sardinas for bait. A few boats caught a lot of these and then chunked them and were able to get a few of the Yellowfin to 40 pounds.DORADO: There was no change this week in the Dorado report. Dorado continued to decline in numbers for almost everyone. There is always a lucky boat or two that manages to get onto a decent bite around floating debris and that happened to a couple of boats this week, but on the average it looked as if there were about two Dorado for every three boats. The action (what there was of it) was on the Cortez side of the Cape out around the 1150 WAHOO: A couple of boats reported getting bit off n trolling lures by Wahoo but I did not hear of anyone bringing any in.INSHORE: Sierra, African Pompano, Yellowtail, Bonito, Skipjack, Jack Crevalle and an occasional Amberjack were the fish that were most commonly caught by anglers fishing from Pangas this week. Sierra were the inshore fish of the week as everyone was able to get good action from them using small hootchies in bright colors (green, a very bright green, was a favorite) as well as small Rapallas. Diamond jigs and iron slabs worked for the Yellowfin while cut bait was the ticket for good Pompano action. The Bonita, Skipjack and Jack Crevalle were all over dark colored hootchies trolled in water just a little farther off the beach. NOTES: It appears that we are getting into that time of the year when the water becomes inconsistent in color and temperature. Normally that means that there will be Swordfish found on the surface so we are all hoping to start seeing a few of them soon. We were seeing large amounts of Humboldt Squid to 60 pounds feeding on red crab on the surface 10 miles offshore on the Pacific early in the week and caught a few. Great Calamari! Until next week, tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - February 19th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
83 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportFebruary 12-18, 2007 WEATHER: It was partly cloudy all week and we actually had just a bit of what some people might call rain on Saturday afternoon. If you are from the Pacific Northwest you would call it slight precipitation, but it was enough to spot windshields and get the docks wet. Our daytime highs were in the low 80’s and the nighttime lows in the 60-degree range.WATER: The cloud cover did not allow any decent water temperature images this week but at the end of the week the water was calm everywhere. At the beginning of the week the winds were blowing heavily from either the northwest or the southeast and you could always get away from the choppy conditions. On the Pacific side there were large swells early in the week but they had disappeared by the weekend. Water temperatures appeared to be much cooler from the beach to 15 miles out on the Pacific side with 64 degrees seen in the middle of the week in this area. Farther offshore the water warmed up to 74 degrees for a day or so and this was the warm water area we had been watching last report. It continued to advance toward us but as it swung past the Cape it cooled to 72 degrees and remained offshore. At 30 miles the water warmed to 74 degrees, and that was directly south of us. On the Cortez side of the Cape the water had temperatures around 70 degrees.BAIT: Just like last week, there were Mackerel at $2 per bait and there were occasional Sardinas available up at San Jose if you were there early and they were the normal $20 per scoop. There were a few Caballito in with the mackerel but there were no large numbers of them.FISHING: BILLFISH: The Billfish action this week moved to the Cortez side of the Cape as is normal this time of year. With the water a little bit better color than on the Pacific side the fish seemed to be holding in the area bounded by the 95 spot, the 1150 and San Jose. Most of the fleet boats worked this area all week with mixed results. At least 40-50 boats were getting hit on trolled lures and occasionally the feeders would pop up and a few lucky boats were able to get in on the action. There appeared to be quite a few squid still in the area and as a result the lure strikes were still not very aggressive, a lot of the fish were coming unbuttoned. Tossing live baits at feeders resulted in better hook-up ratios and a few tailing fish were found as well.YELLOWFIN TUNA: I only heard of three areas this week that held Yellowfin Tuna. One of them was the area of the San Jaime Banks early in the week. A few brave boats were able to punch through the 25-mile wide area of nasty water and get to the warmer, calmer water in that area and they found plenty of school Tuna in the area. Best results were had on cedar plugs and since there were only a few boats working them the fish stayed up and the boats did well. A friend of mine found Porpoise off of the Lighthouse ledge early in the week and managed to load up on football fish using hootchies. At the end of the week the warmer water 30 miles to the south produced Yellowfin in the 15-20 pound range for boats that got to them early.DORADO: Dorado continued to decline in numbers for almost everyone. There is always a lucky boat or two that manages to get onto a decent bite around floating debris and that happened to a couple of boats this week, but on the average it looked as if there were about two Dorado for every three boats. The action (what there was of it) was on the Cortez side of the Cape out around the 1150 WAHOO: Once again none were caught this week that I am aware of although I am sure there were a few. The new moon on the 17th may have had something to do with this.INSHORE: The Sierra bit started to sizzle this week with a lot of the Pangas coming in with limits of five fish each (or in some cases, more) for their anglers. Along with the Sierra came a mixed bag of inshore species including an occasional small Roosterfish. A few amberjack mad a showing as well and a decent Pargo bite was had in the rocks close to home. Yellowtail finally made a decent showing; all it took was for the water temperature to get right. Catches of 2-10 fish in the 8-25 pound class were made on jigs worked yo-yo fashion and live bait dropped down to 50 or 60 feet. The rocky points produced best on these fish for boats working water between 100-200 feet deep. NOTES: Last week the Whales were everywhere, this week they seemed to have almost disappeared. Not really, as there are still plenty of them to be found, but the heavy concentration we saw last week seemed to have moved on up the Pacific side heading north. I have five days of fishing this coming week so hopefully I will be able to provide some more, good, updated information in the next report. Until then, listen to some classical guitar on the CD “Celebration”, a 2000 release by Kimberly Productions with Miguel De Hoyos on the guitar. Until next week, tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - February 17th, 2007
supplied by: Baja Anglers
RECORDED:
75 °
FISHING: Good
Hi Folks,
The fishing over the last weeks has changed quite a bit. Our striped marlin have moved into the Sea of Cortez. At the start of the week the fish were mostly at the 95 spot, but now they have moved into the Gordo banks and 1150 spot. Most boats are getting one to four striped marlin a day on bait. The fish are mostly around 100# and are readily taking the fly. One to three shots on the fly is the average day.
Our Dorado fishing has almost vanished, which is normal for Late February and March, expect to start to see more Dorado back in the Cabo area starting in June.
The yellowfin tuna fishing has been really good on some days and just so-so on others. The Gordo bank is the place and live bait is the best bet. The fish are running anywhere from smaller footballs 15lbs to nice fish close to 100#. Using Fluorocarbon leaders has been a real advantage. Fly fishing for them is slow.
Our Inshore fishery is looking up with the arrivals of some nice roosterfish schools. The fish are running anywhere form 5 lbs. to 15lbs. and taking the fly with some consistency. My 6” mullet pattern has been the fly.
The sierra mackerel continue to be the honey hole fish. There are schools up in the Sea of Cortez side, but the majority of fish are still up on the Pacific. We caught some really nice fish this week with some over 8 lbs. Be sure to bring wire as these fish have really sharp teeth and can cut through mono easily. My Baja special and clouser minnows are the best bet.
The jacks are still schooling up on the Pacific. If you hit the right day, the action is good. These fish are mostly over 15 lbs with some up to 20lbs.
The water temperatures are anywhere from 68 in the Pacific to 73 in the Sea of Cortez.
The days have been sunny and warm with daytime highs in the mid 70s.
Tight Lines,
Grant Hartman
Baja Anglers
Cabo San Lucas,
Mexico
(619) 270 1124
info@baja-anglers.com
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Cabo San Lucas - February 12th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED: 
78 °
FISHING: Good
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportFebruary 5-11, 2007 WEATHER: Our Daytime highs were from the low to mid 80’s this week with the warmer temps earlier in the week. Nights were a bit warmer as well with our lows in the mid 70’s. Later in the week, especially this weekend, it seemed lower due to strong winds from the southwest. We did not receive any rain this week but did have partly cloudy skies most o the time. It made for some beautiful sunsets on Thursday and Friday. The skies were much clearer on Monday and Tuesday, enough so that on Monday at sunset, 6 of the 8 people aboard the boat I captain (including me) saw the “green flash” as the sun disappeared over the horizon. Pretty cool! WATER: On the Pacific side of the Cape we had warm water approach all week long from the southwest. The charts show a beautiful 74-degree wall pushing 70 degrees and moving steadily our direction. As of Sunday it was running east-west from the south side of the San Jaime to 8 miles south of the arch and 6 miles to the west of the 95 Spot. With the winds kicking in over the weekend it was too bouncy for most of the boats to go check it out, but if it continues to stay in the area I will be checking it out myself. The Chlorophyll charts show it to bee very clean. On the Cortez side of the Cape the water was cooler with everything inside the 1,000-fathom line between 69 and 71 degrees. The water within two miles of the beach was very green while farther out it was slightly green, definitely off-color. BAIT: Just like last week, there were Mackerel at $2 per bait and there were occasional Sardinas available up at San Jose if you were there early and they were the normal $20 per scoop. There were a few Caballito in with the mackerel but there were no large numbers of them.FISHING: BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite moved from the Pacific side to the Cortez side this week. Most of the action was taking place between the Arches and the 95 spot, with the concentration at the 95 spot at the end of the week. A good day was three fish but most boats were averaging one release per trip. Dropping down a live bait after releasing a fish resulted in most of the multiple fish catches as where there was one Marlin there were sure to be more, but this method didn’t work later in the week with the strong winds. When the wind kicked the swells up a lot more fish were found tailing on the surface and that became the way the majority of fish were found this weekend. There were quite a few fish striking lures, but it was half-hearted for the most part and the hook-up ratio was pretty poor. Almost every fish caught was stuffed with foot-long squid so that is the reason for the poor lure catches I am sure.YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were some fish found later in the week on the Cortez side out toward the Cabrilla Seamount, but it was sure a long way to go on the hope that they were in the area. The fish were associated with Dolphin but were just a bit bigger than footballs, mostly in the 20-pound class. The bite that had been going on at the inner Gorda Banks fell apart on Sunday when the strong wind didn’t allow for a slow, controlled drift, a necessity when fishing chunks for the larger Tuna. The fish that were caught earlier in the week were in the 40-80 pound class. Live Sardinas worked in the same area accounted for an average of three Yellowfin per boat; these fish were in the 15-20 pound class.DORADO: The Dorado catch continued its decline this week with the cool waters on the Cortez side. A few boats worked the Pacific side offshore and were able to get decent results in the warmer water but it was too rough for them to do much more than troll down swell and pick up an occasional fish. I managed to get one yesterday between the 95 and 1150 spots but the water was a bit too green and it seemed cool at 71 degrees.WAHOO: None were caught this week that I am aware of although I am sure there were a few.INSHORE: The Sierra bite continues to slowly improve, but it’s still not red-hot. Most boats are getting a dozen or so per trip, a few get about twice that. For the most part the big inshore fighters have been the Jacks, averaging 20 pounds. A lot of the Pangas were going out for Marlin this week, as they were fairly close, at least they were until the wind picked up this weekend! NOTES: Whales are everywhere! I can’t believe how many we are seeing every trip this past week. Yesterday (Sunday) there were Humpbacks doing full breech leaps and popping up all over the place, we must have counted several dozen out in the deep water. We saw at least three-dozen Gray whales up along the beaches and one of them did a series of full breech leaps in just 45 feet of water! This weeks report was written to the classical guitar music of Miguel De Hoyos. I had a chance to listen to him this week while we were out to dinner and I was blown away to hear him play Flight Of The Bumble-Bee and Memories Of La Alhambra. His finger-work is just amazing and I ended up buying a couple of his CD’s. His album “Sevilla Suite” has both of those on it and was self produced in 1997 at Pacific Beach Studios in San Diego. Until next week, tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - February 5th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
78 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportJanuary 29-Febuary 4, 2007 WEATHER: We had a couple of days of cloudy skies early in the week but everything cleared up nicely later on. February 3rd brought a brief one-day change in the wind as it blew up from the east instead of the normal northwest direction and that caused a few complications but it was only a one-day blow. Our daytime highs were in the high 70’s and the nighttime lows in the mid to low 50’s.WATER: Surface conditions were great almost everywhere and all week long with the exception of choppy water on the Cortez side on Saturday when the wind switched and far out on the Pacific for the rest of the week with the normal northwesterly wind. Even then, it was not bad, just a bit bouncy. On Saturday the water off of Solmar beach and to the lighthouse was mixed up, the normal current down the Pacific coast was countered by the easterly wind and that made things bouncy in there as well. At the end of the week the water on the Pacific side ranged from 67 to 70 degrees while on the Cortez side there was a band of warm water running across the Gorda Banks and to the south across the 1150 area. This water was 72 degrees and fairly blue while right in front of town and up around the inside of the Golden Gate Bank on the Pacific the water was a very ugly green.BAIT: Just like last week, there were Mackerel at $2 per bait and there were occasional Sardinas available up at San Jose if you were there early and they were the normal $20 per scoop. There were a few Caballito in with the mackerel but there were no large numbers of them.FISHING: BILLFISH: There were still some Marlin being found on the Golden Gate bank but not in the numbers of the past weeks. The green water moved the bait out and the fish scattered a bit. There were still Striped Marlin being caught off of the lighthouse but it seems that most of them have moved over into the Sea of Cortez. This time of year they start to spend quite a bit of time on the surface and that is beginning now. It has been much easier to spot them as they tail along down swell but sometimes it can be very frustrating to toss live bait after live bait at them and have them refuse every offering. Top boats are coming in with three or four Marlin flags this past week instead of the 6 or 8 we became used to a few weeks ago, but the fishing style is changing as well.YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were occasional schools of Yellowfin found offshore on both sides of the Cape this past week as well as directly south, but they have been a long way out there, 20+ miles. Closer to home there has been a steady if not hot bite on fish averaging 25 pounds at the Gorda Banks. Anglers using live Sardinas had the best and most consistent results on these fish, but bigger fish are there as well. Using chunk baits on flouro-carbon leader anglers got into an occasional fish to 120 pounds.DORADO: Dorado remained the number two fish this week as the cooler water continued to move in. Finding blue water was the key this past week and that meant going a bit farther offshore on the Pacific side. A few boats were able to score well on fish averaging 15 pounds when they found floating debris such as tree limbs and chunks of wood, but on average boats were scoring one or two fish between 8 and 20 pounds while trolling lures.WAHOO: The full moon resulted in a few Wahoo being caught and a few boats actually caught more than one. I saw four flags on one boat and it was reported to me that when the anglers were asked if the flags were for Wahoo or for Sierra they assured the questioner that the were for Wahoo. On the radio I overheard a few conversations about hooks being bitten off and lures being trashed. It seems that most of the fish were being found on the Cortez side of the Cape and mostly close to shore and around the Gorda Banks and Punta Gorda.INSHORE: The Sierra are beginning to show up in large numbers as the water continues to cool. They were in the blue water, not the green, and they were very close to the beach, almost up in the surf line for the most part. The average size is only 4-5 pounds, but that will increase over time. There were a few areas in the rocks that produced Pargo this week. NOTES: Larry Carlton on his self-produced album “Sleepwalk” was my choice in music for writing this report to. I have had it for a long time and had forgotten just how much I enjoy his guitar style. It’s Super Bowl Sunday and I have a trip from 9-3 today. I guess that the boat will just have to wait until tomorrow to get cleaned well inside! I don’t really care who wins this game as long as it is a close one and our numbers come up on the board. We are starting plans to re-do the kitchen at home, bring down my Jeep and perhaps take a week vacation sometime this summer. Busy, busy, busy! Until next week, tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - February 4th, 2007
supplied by: Baja Anglers
RECORDED:
75 °
FISHING: Good
Hi Folks,
The big news this report is all about 68 year Donn Roberts from Seattle, Washington who fished with me last week. The day was filled with action when we caught 3 Dorado on the fly, but we couldn’t seem to get a striped marlin to the teasers. In the last half hour of his trip a beautiful 120# striped marlin crashed the teasers, Donn cast his fly, and the moment it hit the water the fish exploded on it. Donn, who has missed a few hook sets in the past, didn’t make that mistake this time. He did everything right. Let the fish eat, let it turn, and then hit it hard. The fish went ballistic! What a show, this was a strong fish that took Donn an hour and forty five minutes to land. After a few photos, we released the fish unharmed. Donn, emailed when he got back home saying: Grant- I'm still on a high after the wonderful day we spent together last week. The whales are in town; well actually they have been here for the last few weeks. Both Gray and Humpback whales migrate to Cabo to give birth to their young. The migration starts in late December and lasts until the end of March.
Many of our guests bring their wives on board and the girls get a real treat when the whales are all around the boat, although truth be told, when the bite is on, the guys are generally only concerned about the fishing..
Also, many folks decide to fly up to Magdalena bay to watch the whales for the day. The whales go to the bay to give birth to their calves. Many times you can actually touch the whales and their young. This is a must see adventure.
FISHING:
Off shore: The offshore fishing for striped marlin has been good this report, but the wide open bites of the last month have slowed down some. The Dorado fishing has been steady; we are catching anywhere from 1 to 4 Dorado a day on the fly or light tackle. There is a yellowfin tuna bite going off on Gordo banks. The tuna are mostly footballs and you can catch a few nice a day on live sardines.
Inshore:
Sierra mackerel are our honey-hole fish right now. That’s what we are catching the most of on the fly. The sierras are nice sized about 4 to 8 lbs and are great fighters. Sierra mackerel are aggressive eaters and can make explosive takes that take you into your backing in seconds. An added bonus is that they are also the best fish to make ceviche out of at the end of the day. Add cold beers, some chevice, and a Cabo sunset, and it doesn’t get any better.
The Roosterfish are here and we are catching them. Sunny days are best, but roosterfish are generally tough to catch on the fly. That’s what makes them so much fun to catch. Most fo the fish are under 15 lbs.
The Jack Cravelle's are schooling on the Pacific beaches. These fish are all nice sized anywhere form 15 to 25 lbs. Jacks are some of the hardest fighting fish available. After you catch a few, you will be begging for a back brace.
The water temperatures are anywhere from 68 in the Pacific to 73 in the Sea of Cortez.
The days have been sunny and warm with daytime highs in the mid 70s.
Tight Lines,
Grant Hartman
Baja Anglers
Cabo San Lucas,
Mexico
(619) 270 1124
info@baja-anglers.com
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Cabo San Lucas - February 3rd, 2007
supplied by: The Patient Angler
RECORDED:
79 °
FISHING: Good
Sorry about the lack of fishing reports lately, first of the year means inventory, which doesn’t leave a lot of fishing time. And the last part of January I was in a warm place called Cabo San Lucas.
I spent last week fishing out of Cabo San Lucas with Baja Anglers. Baja Anglers is a saltwater guide service specializing in fly-fishing & light tackle. The shop is located on the marina and is owned by my good friends Grant & Gisel Hartman.
January is not always the best time for fly fishing because of the consistently changing water conditions, but it’s sure nice to be somewhere that’s sunny and 50 degrees warmer than home.
Stripe Marlin and Dorado were the most available game fish this week, with most of the action happening just a few miles from the marina. We were able to tease up 5 or 6 Marlin a day, but because of the full moon, water conditions and a number of other things that all have to be right to catch Marlin on the fly, the marlin were a little timid and would only half-heartedly chase the fly. Had we been fishing live baits with hooks we could have hooked most of the fish we encountered. I guess I’m not the kind a guy anymore. I’d rather hook, fight and land one Marlin on the fly, than ten or twenty on bait.
The great thing is, where you find Marlin, you usually find Dorado. We had some great Dorado action in between Marlin bites, which helps break up the monotony of spending all day searching the ocean for Marlin. One afternoon while fishing with Grant, we had two big female Dorado crash the teasers. Grant grabbed the teaser with the Dorado on it and with expertise brought the fish aggressively to the boat. I made the cast and Grant pulled the teaser, the fly hit the water and I made one strip, and one of the Dorado snapped a 90-degree turn like a fighter jet, and hammered my fly. While I’m hooked up and loosing backing at an alarming rate, Grant tossed the teaser back out and the other Dorado came in like a torpedo, so we had our Captain grab another fly rod and he made one cast and had the 2nd fish on. Just seconds later a very large bull Dorado came racing by the boat, not to be left out of the apparent feeding frenzy he was missing. I immediately passed the rod with the fish I was still fighting, to the mate and grabbed another rod to see if we could make a triple hook-up. Grant threw the teaser again and that big Dorado lit-up and came to the boat. We kept that big bull hot behind the boat for so long, I had the time to change flies 4 times trying to find one he would eat. That %#$@#! Never did! We kept a few fish that day and fed everyone we know dinner. Nothing like fresh grilled Mahi and an ice-cold beer to end the day!
I fished inshore on the Pacific side one day and even with not ideal water conditions we were able to get some action on schools of big Jack Crevalle, a few Sierras, and quite a few Rooster fish. Most of the Roosters were on the small side; the BIG ones come in May & June.
I’m putting together a trip for around the 1st of June to fly fish for Big Roosterfish. Get in touch with me soon if you have interest in catching one of the greatest fish on the planet!
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The Patient Angler
Peter Bowers
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Cabo San Lucas - January 29th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
76 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportJanuary 22-28, 2007 WEATHER: We started the week with clouds on Monday and Tuesday and ended the week with clouds on Sunday, but in between the skis were blue and clear! Our nighttime low was 50 degrees and our daytime high was 82 in the sun with no wind. The daytime average was around 76 degrees. Even with the clouds there was no rain to speak of, we did get a little spit on Monday night, just enough to dot the dust on the window of the truck. I know I have lived in the tropics for the last 25 years and my blood is thin, but even friends from the cold climes were wearing sweatshirts in the evenings during the middle of the week.WATER: Our highs on the water temps were in the 74 degree range while the lows were around 67 degrees, not a lot of difference and there were no really strong temperature changes, no breaks to speak of. The cooler water was closer to the beach on both the Pacific sand the Sea of Cortez, on the Pacific the warmer water was on top of the San Jaime Bank while the Cortez side had the warm water around the 1150 and Cabrillo Seamount. The winds were mainly from the north and northwest so the calmer water was this side of the lighthouse on the Pacific side and this side of the Punta Gorda area on the Cortez side of the cape.BAIT: Mackerel at $2 per bait and there were occasional Sardinas available up at San Jose if you were there early and they were the normal $20 per scoop. There were a few Caballito in with the mackerel but there were no large numbers of them.FISHING: BILLFISH: You had no need to travel very far this week for Striped Marlin as they seemed to be heavily concentrated between the Punta Cristobal area and the Arches, down to Punta Ballena. Almost all the fish were within three miles of the shore and anglers drifting live bait had the best action. Second best was trolling lures and a surprising third best was slow trolling dead bait. Most boats were able to entice at least a few Marlin into eating their offerings and the better boats (or those with better luck) were able to get releases in the range of one per hour. I loved it, close, steady action on fish averaging 120 pounds and since you did not have to run for an hour each way there was more time with bait or lures in the water which translates into more chances to hook up!YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin were scarce this week once again although I did hear of a few boats getting into a bit of action drifting live sardines or cut bait up at the Gorda Banks. There was a bit of action there a few weeks ago and it appears that a few of those fish decided to stick around, but not in any numbers. For the most part, as I walked around the Marina and asked the anglers and Captains about the tuna flags I saw flying, the answer would come back that they were flown for Skipjack and Bonita.DORADO: Dorado were kicked down to the number two fish of the week, just behind the Striped Marlin. While there are still fish out there, they are not being found in the numbers were seeing a few weeks ago. There were still steady numbers being caught, and the best results seemed to come from the Pangas as they were fishing slow trolled live bait close to the beach and the Dorado seemed to be in there looking for food. The average size was up just a bit at 15 pounds and there seemed to be about two to three fish per boat for those that tried to target them.WAHOO: What Hoo? Every Wahoo flag that I saw and enquired about this week ended up being flown for a Sierra. Hew, cool water and the wrong moon phase means that the bite is off, what can I say. It’s not like we get large numbers of these fish all the time anyway.INSHORE: I had a few inshore groups this week and as an average, there were a couple of Dorado, some decent Sierra, a few Snapper and the occasional decent Roosterfish action to be had. The Sierra bite is very iffy, if you find the schools you can do well, but the schools are pretty scattered. The Dorado are close to the beach and that makes them a good target. There are enough Marlin in close that a lot of the Pangas that would normally target the standard inshore species are going for the Billfish instead. NOTES: No football this weekend so I am sort of at loose ends. I golfed this morning; I think that I am going to have a few words with my friends that told me this was a fun game. Maybe I just need to spend MORE money on lessons, sigh. We are going to the beach this afternoon so the dog gets some exercise and then it is time to be lazy. Grill the ribs, drink a couple of cocktails and sit back with a good book and nice music in the background. Maybe some Pink Floyd? Until next week, tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - January 22nd, 2007
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RECORDED: 
74 °
FISHING: Great
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Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportJanuary 15-21, 2007 WEATHER: If you remember, we ended last week with clouds moving into our area. Well, the jet stream that brought them to us stayed overhead almost the whole week. People who were looking forward to sunny skies and a chance to lay out on the beach and get a tan were disappointed as the only sunny day we had all week was Saturday after 2 pm and Sunday. It looks as if the jet stream will move back over us in another day or so. With the clouds came wet weather. Not enough rain fell to make the streets run with small rivers, but there was enough to get everything wet and it really had a chance to soak in. Of course this means that in a few weeks the desert will be blooming and everything will be green! Because of the clouds our temperatures did not change much, our daytime highs were in the mid 70’s while the night time lows were around the mid to low 60’s.WATER: With the jet stream and clouds came the wind. It was more northerly than usual so if you were on the water this side of Punta Cristobal on the Pacific side of the Cape the surface conditions were not bad. Past there it got choppy and sloppy. The same held true for surface conditions on the Cortez side once you got up to the Punta Gorda area. Water temperatures were a fairly steady 71-72 degrees everywhere with the exception of a warm eddy just to the south and west of the San Jaime Bank, there the water warmed up to 74 degrees. Just to the north of there, to the west of the Golden Gate Bank, it cooled off to 68-69 degrees. As is normal, the cool water was off color while the warmer water had a nice blue to it.BAIT: Bait this week was 75% Mackerel, as the water continues to cool off there will be a change to almost all Mackerel. There were Sardinas available off of Palmilla at the usual $20 per scoop.FISHING: BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite has remained excellent, as the fish have moved closer to us. The bite is still happening at the Golden Gate Bank and boats drifting bait on the top are still hooking up, but the choppy conditions have brought a lot of fish to the surface and now there are tailing fish everywhere. Reports from a few private boats that have been spending the entire day out on the water are that the fish are very active just to the inside (shoreward) of the Golden Gate. I sent a half-day on the water Friday and had tailing fish all over the place at the Punta Cristobal area and they were being very active and hungry as well. There are still fish being found at the ledge at the lighthouse, but there is very little bait stacked up there at the moment. There are some good balls of bait off the edge about a half-mile, and boats with good sonar have been doing well staying on top of the bait. For anglers with less seaworthy constitutions, the calmer waters just to the south of the Cape have also provided plenty of action with catches of two to four Marlin a day and they have been less than four miles offshore. There were reports of one small Blue Marlin of about 200 pounds being caught this week and it was from the Punta Cristobal area.YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were a few Yellowfin caught this week but they were far from shore, almost 35 miles to the west in the warm water edge off of the San Jaime. A few football fish were found closer to home but that was about it for the Tuna this week.DORADO: The Dorado bite continued this week; boats working close to the beach on the Pacific side had the best results. Bright colored lures run at 8-8 ½ knots worked well as did slow trolling live bait in areas where fish were seen. Most of the Dorado were in the 15-pound class but there was an occasional boat that hit a pocket of bigger fish in the 40-pound class. With the choppy conditions it was more difficult to spot floating debris so there were not quite the number of fish found that there were last week, but the numbers were still very good.WAHOO: We have just come to the new moon phase so the Wahoo bite has been slow. There were a couple of fish caught this week, but most of the red flags that I saw as Wahoo flags turned out to be for Sierra.INSHORE: The Sierra bite has started to turn on finally as the water has continued to cool. There has also been a fair bite on Pargo in close at the rocky points. Getting right up in the rocks and tossing out live bait has resulted in hookups for almost everyone, but the choppy conditions have made it a thrill ride as well. NOTES: The poor Seahawks couldn’t get it done, sigh. It was a hell of a game though, and fun to watch. I had no voice left on Monday morning! Today will be a great one as well with the two games going on. I’ll watch them after golf this morning. I still have my fingers crossed that some day I’ll break 100. On the f9ishing side of the notes, there are Whales everywhere out there right now, we are seeing both Gray and Humpbacks every trip. A sight I will never forget is coming up on what appeared to be a floating mass of kelp, only to find that it was a vast school of Humboldt Squid, all of them at least three feet long. They were on the surface and what I thought was kelp were their tentacles and fins breaking the water as they fed on pelagic red crab. We slowed the boat to see them better and got bit on both the short corner lures! Not a great fight on #50 tackle, but it was a lot of fun when we went to smaller gear. Until next week, tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - January 15th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
80 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportJanuary 8-14, 2007 WEATHER: We started this week with some very nice blue skies and ended it on an overcast note. The wind came before the clouds so we had a good breeze on Wednesday and that also dropped the temperature for the day. With the cloud cover through the weekend the heat was trapped so our morning lows at the end of the week were in the low 60’s. The weather guys predict that the clouds will be gone by Tuesday and are expecting the lows to return to the mid to low 50’s. Along with the clouds came some rain, not hard rain, just some spitting, enough to wash off the dust but not cause rivers in the streets. WATER: We had choppy conditions throughout the area on Wednesday when the clouds first moved in and since the winds were coming from the northwest the Pacific side beyond the lighthouse remained choppy. Close to home in the lea of the Cape things were smoother. The water temperatures remained fairly consistent at 73-74 degrees on both sides of the Cape but as you went farther up the Pacific and the Cortez the water became much more green in color.BAIT: Bait this week was 75% Mackerel, as the water continues to cool off there will be a change to almost all Mackerel. There were Sardinas available off of Palmilla at the usual $20 per scoop.FISHING: BILLFISH: There wasn’t much difference from this week and last week on the billfish front. There is still a great bite going on at the Golden Gate Bank with giant balls of bait remaining on the edge of the shallows there the Marlin have remained as well. While there are some fish caught while slow trolling live and dead baits, the majority of the Marlin have been caught while drifting with baits deep in the water. These fish have been averaging 120 pounds and have been there for the past three weeks. There have also been Marlin found on the ledge at the lighthouse and the same methods have been working there. In the past week I have seen a lot more tailing fish that in the past month but these fish have not been hungry for our baits. With plenty of Marlin in the area it has not been uncommon for boats to hook and fight 6 or 8 fish a trip. With the deep drifting live bait it becomes important to use circle hooks, this keeps the Marlin from being hooked in the stomach or gills and makes releasing them much easier.YELLOWFIN TUNA: It has still been slow for the Yellowfin close to home. There are still fish out 35 miles to the south and west but that is a long way to go for most of the boats. I heard reports of nice fish being spotted up to the north around the Finger Bank early in the week but the water has changed since the and the consensus is that they have probably move on. There has been an occasional pick on smaller fish within 20 miles of the Cape when the right Dolphin are found, but it has been a once-in-a-while thing.DORADO: The Dorado bite really picked up this week and the reason seemed to be floating debris. I was lucky to get in on a decent bite about 5 miles off the beach on the Pacific side early this week when someone found a log. We went through all our bait and limited on Dorado between 15 and 25 pounds. A friend of mine went looking for the Tuna out 35 miles to the west and found a traveling school of Dorado instead. He reported that he went through all his bait as well and ended up with 13 Dorado between 20 and 30 pounds. There have been fish under the Frigate birds as well. Some boats have been coming in with their outriggers loaded with yellow flags as well as a few Marlin and an occasional Wahoo flag.WAHOO: The Wahoo continued to bite for a few anglers this week as I overheard on conversation on the radio of a five fish catch in water between 80 and 100 feet deep on the Pacific side. The boat was working the beach for Dorado when it found the Wahoo school! There were other fish caught as well, enough so that seeing the red flag was not uncommon this week. Most of the fish were in the 15-25 pound class, but that is good eating!INSHORE: Inshore fishing continued to produce plenty of Sierra as well as the normal beach fish such as Jacks, Pompano, Ladyfish, small Roosterfish, Pargo and Skipjack. Just off the beach the bite has been good for Dorado and the occasional Wahoo. Almost all the action has occurred on the Pacific side of the Cape. NOTES: My fingers are crossed. I am writing this on Sunday morning and the Seahawks are playing at 11 am. I had a trip scheduled from 10 am until 3 pm and they just called to cancel so now I get to watch the game! It is overcast and blowing on the Pacific side with an occasional spit of rain, a good day to watch football on the tube. I hope everyone out there has a great week, and check the report next week to see how things are going down there on the tip of the peninsula. Until then, tight lines!
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