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Cabo San Lucas - July 3rd, 2006
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED: 
100 °
FISHING: Excellent
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
June 26- July 2, 2006
WEATHER: There is no doubt about it; we are defiantly in summer mode here in Cabo! Our daytime highs have been up to 102 here in town and at night our lows have been in the mid to high 70’s. Not only that, it’s starting to get humid. The best way to co9mbat this has been to get out on the water, and that is what Cabo is all about anyway. Unless you get a T-time of 7 am and play a very fast round, of course!
WATER: We had surface temperatures approaching 90 degrees showing up off the East Cape this week, but they never got close to us. The warmest water we saw was 86 degrees out around the Seamount, and that was just for a few days. Near home the water temperature on the Cortez side of the Cape averaged 86 degrees with the water just outside the arch at 82 degrees. On the Pacific side we have seen a steady push of the warmer water up to the north and out to the west. There has been a slight turn-over of the water near shore that happened on Friday afternoon and we had a finger of cool green water, about 74 degrees, flow along the beach on the Pacific and form an eddy that reached the 95 spot. Hopefully this goes away soon.
BAIT: Mostly Mackerel, Caballito and Mullet at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Blue and Black Marlin are starting to show on a regular basis and there are still plenty of Striped Marlin showing up. The key for the Striped Marlin has been to get below the warm surface layer into the cooler depths. On the Cortez side there were a lot of lazy fish seen on the surface within 5 miles of the shore. Keeping an eye on the depth sounder for bait, it paid off to drop a couple of live ones down on top of the bait balls, mostly around 50-60 feet. That was where the fish were hungry. Boats doing this were able of catch three or four fish a day if they concentrated on it. The Blues and the Blacks were caught mostly while trolling lures. The Blues were off shore and most of them were found in the same areas as the football tuna. That makes a lot of sense because the tuna are a primary feed for them. A few boats rigged the tuna and fished them live and got results, not every boat had the technique work, but there was enough action for the lucky ones! The Black Marlin were concentrated closer to shore and while not there in big numbers, there were some quality size fish found. Almost all of these fish were caught on lures but I believe that if someone trolled a couple of live tuna over the edges on the banks and shelves there would be some action for them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Most of the Yellowfin this week were football fish from 6 to 15 pounds and they were found in the blind just off shore, 5 miles or so on the Pacific side, with a few fish found on the Cortez side. These provided high numbers for a lot of the fleet boats and got a lot of anglers excited, but there were very few quality fish found. Strangely enough bright colored lures worked better than dark colored lures this week, and red/yellow was a favorite. That may have had something to do with the fact that every tuna we caught was stuffed to the gills on red crab and Sardinas! I did talk with a few anglers who said that farther off shore, 30+ miles to the south there were Dolphin pods and they were holding some decent fish to 40 pounds, but they were moving fast.
DORADO: I have to say the Dorado were the fish of the week. They were found everywhere and almost every boat got some, a few boats did very well with fish counts of five or more, all in the 10-20 pound class with a few fish to 50 pounds. We expect the bite to only get better and the fish to get larger as time moves on. Bright colored lures and slow trolled live bait seemed to work best on these fish, and as long as the water was 80 degrees or better, the fish were there.
WAHOO: While the moon phase is not quite right for a good bite, the warm water has brought more fish in so that it seems that things are looking up. Just wait for the full moon and the warm water, there will be some nice fish taken. A boat berthed next to us had an #80 fish chew up a lure yesterday, the Captain said they saw it come in and attack.
INSHORE: Roosterfish fishing is improving with quality fish to 50 pounds starting to bite on the Cortez side of the Cape. Slow trolled live mullet, right in the surf line, has produced quite a few fish this week. There are large amounts of finger mullet just off the beach, as well as big schools of Sardinas. With the flat water conditions we had most of the week there was a lot of attention paid by the Pangas to fishing just off the beach, within 5 miles, for Marlin and Dorado as well as the football tuna, so the traditional beach fishing did not receive a lot of attention.
NOTES: The report is done and I’m out of here! I have a full day trip today and we are going to catch fish! This weeks report was written to the various groups that played on the Sirius radio “Margaretville” channel, such a nice thing to have! Until next week, tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - June 26th, 2006
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
90 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
June 12-25, 2006
WEATHER: Over the past two weeks the weather has run from a high of 101 here at my house to a low of 62 degrees on the Pacific side. Last week there was one day when a large fog bank ran over Cabo from the Pacific side, you could see it coming. For the most part it has been sunny and warm, and the humidity is just starting to kick up a bit.
WATER: When I flew up to California on the 12th the water out in front of Cabo was blue and 82 degrees. While I was gone the California current kicked in strong and cold, green/brown water wrapped around the Cape as far north on the Cortez side as Gorda Banks. I got back on the 20th and while out on the 21st I recorded water at 64 degrees at the arch, and it was almost pea soup green. By the 22nd it had warmed to 76 degrees and on Friday we had 82 degrees and it was getting blue again. As of the end of this week we had a push of warm water onto the San Jaime bank area, I may be able to find out if the water is clearing up in that direction later in the week.
BAIT: Mostly Mackerel, Caballito and Mullet at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The week I was gone the fishing went downhill for all species unless you went 40+ miles out and it really showed in the fleet Billfish records. This past week thing only got better toward the end of the week with the approach of the warm, blue water again. Boats that went up the Cortez toward Los Frailles the week before last had good luck with Striped Marlin and some decent Blue and Black Marlin as well. The same situation occurred for boats that went past the Cabrillo Seamount, 40 miles to the east. At the end of this week the Striped Marlin had started to show again just three miles off the beach from Gray Rock to Red Hill. There were a lot of tailing fish seen and most boats had a shot on at least one Marlin that was hungry, I did see a few boats flying four Marlin flags.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Over the past two weeks the Tuna situation has not really changed much. They were not to be found in any numbers when I left and that is still the situation most of the time. An occasional boat has gotten lucky and gotten into a school of footballs and limited out, but that is not the norm yet, perhaps later on the Yellowfin fishing will pick up. Most of the fish have been found with Porpoise and there have been some good marks down 60-100 feet, but the fish are just not coming up for the lures, and they have been moving fairly rapidly, making dropping a live bait on them a very tough proposition.
DORADO: The cold green water chased the larger fish away the week I left but they are back now and almost every boat is getting into at lest a few fish. Some of the fish have been in the 50-pound class but the average has been more in the 15 pound range with a few out to 25 pounds. Slow trolled live bait, brightly colored lures pulled at 8+ knots and finding diving frigate birds then tossing live bait have all been methods that have worked this week. Most of the fish have been on the Cortez side but as the warm water wraps around toward the Pacific side that might change.
WAHOO: There have been a few fish caught but the cool water and moon phase have made them a bit tough to get right now.
INSHORE: The cold, green water made bottom fishing almost the only game in town while I was gone but things have picked up again over the past few days with more Roosterfish being found on the Cortez side along with some good fishing for Amberjack and of course, bottom fish. Slow trolling live mullet for Roosterfish has been the ticket for most of the Pangas, and the fish have been very tight to shore.
NOTES: Glad I’m back home, the drive down the Baja was great, the road was in good condition, I just wish I had been able to bring a Jeep with me! This report was written to the sounds of Gnarls Barkley on the CD “St. Elsewhere”, a 2006 Downtown Records release. Until next week, tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - June 12th, 2006
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED: 
92 °
FISHING: Excellent
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
June 5-11, 2006
WEATHER: Highs in the upper 90’s and lows in the low 60’s early in the week, later on toward the weekend the nighttime lows were in the mid 70’s. We had a few scattered clouds and plenty of wind almost all week long. Reports from the Pacific side of the area were of fog banks just off of the beach and strong winds as well.
WATER: Hot water to 86 degrees was seen on the Sea of Cortez this week while just 8 miles up the beach on the Pacific side it was a cold 64 degrees. There has been a fairly well defined break where the temperature has changed from 68 to 78 degrees over a couple of miles. It started out right in front of Cabo and has drifted back and forth all week long. On the Pacific side of the cape the weather has been pretty nasty with the wind and chop so not a lot of boats are working the stuff, but there are fish out there.
BAIT:Most of the bait this week was Mackerel and some Mullet at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It’s getting better for the Blues and Blacks as there were some of each hooked up every day this week. A few reported fatties were out there but I don’t have any hard information on them. There were still plenty of Striped Marlin to be found and quite a few boats were able to get more than two a day. They ended the week close to home and just off th4 beach with most of the fish showing up between ½ and 4 miles offshore between Cabo and San Jose. The same area has produced the Blue and Black marlin as well. The Blues and Blacks have been hooked up on lures while about half of the Striped Marlin have been hooked on live bait, ¼ on dead bait and ¼ on lures.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A few boats were getting into the Tuna on an almost daily basis, but they were getting a bit beat up doing it. The reports were of moving pods of Porpoise almost 25 miles to the south of us and they were holding plenty of school and football fish. Most of the Tuna were in the 15-20 pound size range with some to 35 pounds. Closer to home there were Tuna found just outside the Cabo Bay area and just off of Red Hill, less than 2 miles off of the beach. These fish were found by blind strikes, there not being any Porpoise with them. The usual feathers in dark colors as well as cedar plugs were the best lures and some of the boats reported doing well on the close fish by jigging or yo-yoing iron after a trolling hook-up.
DORADO: Finally the Dorado have made it to our area and things are picking up. Our boat was out yesterday and brought back a pair of fish, both of them over 60 pounds. Most of the boats were able to get at least a couple of fish in the 15+ range and there were a lot of fish larger than that. Slow trolled live bait worked great if you saw Dorado chasing flyers in the area, and dropping back a live bait after hooking one up on the troll also worked well. The Cortez side of the Cape saw the most action because the water was calmer, but fish were due south as well.
WAHOO: Full moon and Wahoo, that seems to be the right mix for now. There were plenty of fish caught, not to the point that everybody was getting hooked up to one, but there was pretty good action for boats that tried to target them. Most of the fish were in the 40-60 pound class and were biting on dark colored lures.
INSHORE: The Roosterfish are getting larger with fish to 40 pounds being found. The warm water has worked it charm and there are plenty of mullet for them to feed on. Right off of the surf break on the Pacific side the bite is still going on for Sierra as well, with quite a few Pangas able to catch limits. Scattered Bonito and Skipjack filled in for when the action slowed a bit and since the Marlin were in so close, a lot of Pangas were getting them while trying for the other fish.
NOTES: This weeks report was written to the music of Alison Krauss & Union Station on the 1999 Rounder Records release, “Forget About It”. Awesome! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - June 11th, 2006
supplied by: Baja Anglers
RECORDED:
95 °
FISHING: Good
BAJA ANGLERS FISHING REPORT June 11, 2006
Hi Folks,
I want to start out this report with our summer special. 5 hours of fishing for $320 plus tax. Starts July 15th and ends September 30th 2006.
It’s a great way to fish two to three days and beat the heat and the pocketbook. Summer is generally a great time to fish Cabo. Cabo stays comfortable with the cooler Pacific breezes, where the Sea of Cortez gets hot and muggy.
The fishing this June has been unpredictable. There have been some very good days and slow days. On some days the action wouldn’t start until late in the day, and then on others, it was first thing in the morning. Tough to figure out.
Water Temperatures remain mostly the same and are in high 60s low 70s in the Pacific side and the high 70s to low 80s on the Sea of Cortez side.
INSHORE The roosterfish bite is what most folks come here in early June and it’s something else when it happens.
I had Brain Hodges, Jim Wynne, and friends from Wild on the fly on board last week and we had 2 slow days with one day that we will never forget! The huge roosterfish were everywhere! They would come in crazy and chase the fly, refusing it more times than not. We did get a few a few to eat. Check out Jims fly caught Roosterfish at http://www.baja-anglers.com/gallery.php
Marshall Milsheld caught 2 big roosterfish on the fly. He did have some slow periods, but big roosterfish are hard to catch. Catch two nice ones like this in one trip will make a great trip! Check out Marshall’s roosterfish at http://www.baja-anglers.com/gallery.php
Felipe Gumucio had a great day, He caught his big roosterfish by 9am and was back at shortly after that. Felipe wrote-: Absolutely perfect! Caught a big roosterfish. What a fight. My arms still hurt. Great guides. I’ll be back. Check out Felipe’s fish at http://www.baja-anglers.com/gallery.php
The same goes this week as the last report - On the good days we are teasing over 50 big roosterfish to the boat and on the off days, we are lucky to see 4 or 5 roosterfish. Now, the roosterfish I am talking about aren't the smaller fish, we have seen a few smaller 15 lb fish, but the majority of our fish are 30 pounds plus with a few in the 50 to 60 pound range.
Yellowtails have made a goods show this year and we are catching them close to town on the Pacific side. They are running around 15 to 20 lbs. and are taking the fly with gusto!
The sierra mackerel are scarce right now, but the ones we are catchingAre running over 10 lbs. Big boys.
The jacks are here, but they are real spooky right now. Tough to catch.Hopefully that will change in the next week or so.
Not too many snapper yet, but again the ones we are catching are huge! Too many sharks, everywhere. Lots of fun on light fly and spin gear.
OFFSHORE Again, the offshore fishing for striped marlin has also beenInconsistent at best. Most boats are landing 1 to 2 fish a day with the odd very good day of 3 or 4 fish to the boat. There was a great Dorado, tuna, and wahoo bite last week. Some boats found an old fishing net floating and the fishing was nuts! Within a few days, the whole fleet was there. It was like the old days in Cabo! You just didn’t know what you were gonna catch when you threw a bait in. The bite lasted about 5 days, and will be remembered for a long time. Other than that, the offshore bite is just okay, with an occasional dorado being picked up by trolling for marlin.
BEACH, The beach fishing on the EAST CAPE is very slow right now. Way too much bait in the water. The roosterfish that I have seen have been fished hard and didn’t even turn on the best thrown fly. I do think the fishing will improve towards the end of the month.
CATCHES OF NOTE Our clients write in our daily log their comments, I don't change aword!
Ken Hawkins from NY. wrote: Three days of very slow fishing, last two hours of the last day made the trip, lots of shots at big roosterfish. 2 biters, 5 or 6 skipps.
Dayrl Myrick wrote: 1 needlefish, and a hammerhead shark. Thanks for a great trip.
Bill Shrogeor of Franktown, CO. wrote: 2 Big Roosters and 1 jack cravelle. Great day!
Dave Van Dale of Evergreen Colorado wrote: 1 huge roosterfish and plenty of other great fish caught by Mike Midleton, Brian Duroche, and Chris Bowell.
Marshall Mihlfeld wrote: Fished 5 days with Baja Anglers. Overall I had a great trip. Enjoyed the weather, scenic beauty and company of the guides. I didn’t catch many fish on the trip, but caught two large roosterfish on the fly( Approx 30 lbs and 20 lbs).
Donald Anderson wrote: 2 days fishing. We had great weather, it was a little windy on the Pacific. The first day we caught several nice Dorado. We saw a lot of roosterfish, but we could not get them to chase the fly. Day 2 was slow to begin with, but later we ran into several schools of marlin. We hooked one on bait, but we couldn’t get one to eat the fly.
Felipe Gumucio wrote: Absolutely perfect! Caught a big roosterfish. What a fight. My arms still hurt. Great guides. I’ll be back.
Stephen Greene wrote: Caught a few big roosterfish. It was great. Excellent Capt. And mate. Look forward to coming back.
Robert and Brad Snapp wrote: 2 days fishing. 1 Dorado, 1 roosterfish, 2 marlin, 1 wahoo on fly! Great fisherman! Hard workers. Jim and Tera Eigo from Seatlle WA. wrote: 1 marlin, 1 roosterfish, 1 hammerhead shark. Great time, great crew. Capt. And Mate very fun.
Tad Dodge (Tacoma, WA) Here are two of the three Roosterfish Arturo put us into on May 23 and one of the Striped Marlin we got to the boat on May 24. Many thanks for twoterrific days. I will book with you again on my next trip down. Check out Tad’s marlin at http://www.baja-anglers.com/gallery.php
Matt Goff from San Jose CA Wrote-Tuesday was the greatest 2 hours of action I have ever had. That was absolutely crazy. Thanks for a great experience on the water. And yes I will be back to land a Rooster.
SPECIES OVERVIEW Quality Rating Scale: (10) Drop your socks, sell your stocks and fly to Cabo immediately; (9) Fabulous fishing; (excellent; (7) good to very good; (6) better than average to good; (5) average; (4) less than average or OK; (3) fair; (2) poor to fair; (1) desperation time; (0) zilch. Obviously, fishing can turn from good to bad or bad to good in a day or less due to weather conditions or other factors, but these are our best judgments at the time we write this weekly report.
DORADO (2-3) Some days are better than others. The fish are running onthe smaller side.
WAHOO (2-3) Some wahoo around, but you really need to target them.
JACK CRAVELLE (4) These fish are just bad, really bad! They are one of the hardest pulling fish in the ocean and they never give up. Our Baja baitfish is the best fly of all time for these guys!
TUNA (3) These fish are great fighters on fly and light tackle and thesmaller fish are always better on the grill than the big ones.
MARLIN (Blues & Blacks) (0) If you want big marlin, you will have towait until summer when the water warms up.
STRIPED MARLIN (5)The Sea of Cortez is the best bet. Some days lures andsome days they are taking livies on top.
ROOSTERFISH (4-5) They are here. The best action for roosterfish is onsunny days. There are some very big fish around. We don't share anyinformation with anyone else in town about roosterfish as most of theother fleets kill the roosterfish, many times only for a hero picture ormaybe a mount.
SIERRA MACKEREL(3) Big, but not numbers. Be sure to use wire shocktippet as these guys have very sharp teeth.
SHARKS (8) They are everywhere.
SKIPJACK & BONITO (3-4) Known as false albacore on the east coast, these fish are perfect fly rod fish and lots of fun to catch. A timeless reminder Baja Anglers proudly supports a catch & release policy on all billfish and all roosterfish, with the exception of world record potentials
Grant Hartman
Baja Anglers Address: Marina 8-6 Darsena Cabo San Lucas,
Web site: http://baja-anglers.com/
Email: bannglers@prodigy.net.mx
Telephone: (619) 270-1124 or 011-52-624-143-4995
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Cabo San Lucas - June 5th, 2006
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
94 °
FISHING: Excellent
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
May 29-June 4, 2006
WEATHER: The warm weather continued this week with our daytime highs in the mid to high 90’s while the nights were much cooler with temperatures in the mid to low 70’s. At least that was how it was before this weekend. The wind started to blow and it really cooled off, I had 62 degrees here at home early Monday morning. That’s not to say the nights were not warm, I have still been running the air-conditioner in the evenings (except for last night)! We had mostly sunny skies this week with a little haze out to sea on the Pacific side early on, but the wind kicked in from the WNW and the haze went away. Unfortunately, so did the nice conditions on the Pacific side. We had a few days in the middle of the week where the Pacific was calm, it allowed a window for a lot of the bigger boats to leave and go up to San Diego. After the wind came back, it was victory at sea once again.
WATER: There was not much change this week from last week as far as the water conditions go. The Cortez side of the Cape continued to be a lot warmer than the Pacific side with some of the hot areas reaching temperatures of 84 degrees. The water blues up a lot and on the Pacific side it remained cool with a lot of the areas still in the 60’s and green. There has been a decent break right out in front to 30 miles where there is both color and temperature change and most of the fleet has been working it hard. Unfortunately this is also where the rough water from the Pacific side are meeting the calmer, warmer waters from the Cortez side, and there have been quite a few boats returning early from this area.
BAIT:The usual Mackerel at $2 per bait and there were some Mullet and Caballito as well at the same price. I saw some decent Sardinas at $25 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Striped Marlin continued to be the billfish of the week but there have been a few Black and Blues caught as well, undoubtedly due to the warming water on the Cortez side of the Cape. The majority of the Striped Marlin have seemed to be along the 74-75 degree temperature break to the SE of us and a lot of boats are getting two or three fish per trip. The Blues and Blacks have come from farther up the Cortez side with most of them up around the Punta Gorda area. Live and dead bait have worked best for the Striped Marlin and lures have produced the Blues and Blacks.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Tuna scattered once again and have been found all over the place. The clue, as normal this time of year has been to find porpoise that are feeding. A lot of time the Porpoise are traveling and you can work them for hours with no results. If you are not marking fish on the depth sounder it does not pay to waste your time on them. If there are fish under them, stay around the area, the fish will come up and feed sooner or later. Most of the fish have been in the 20-pound class with a few larger fish to 60 pounds reported once in a while.
DORADO: I was blown away early in the week when I saw several boats flying outriggers full of yellow (and red) flags when they returned, I thought that it might have been a holiday or something, but it turned out that a piece of net had been found. The first boat to the net found it out along the Cabrillo Seamount and over the next three days it came closer to the cape and more boats got on it. The surface appearance was small, only a couple of yards square, but the net extended deep and was loaded with Dorado. Limits were the norm by boats that found it with most of the fish in the 20-pound class. Elsewhere there were Dorado caught as well with quite a few fish beginning to show up in the better weight classes. Bright colored lures worked well in the open ocean while live and cut bait was the ticket around the net.
WAHOO: I saw more Wahoo flags this week than I have seen combined for the rest of the year so far. While there were a lot of nice fish caught off of the net, there were a lot of fish as well along the temperature break to the SE. Lots of bite-offs were reported due to the use of monofilament leaders, but there were plenty of fish in the 40-60 pound class caught as well. Surprisingly, there were more Wahoo reported from offshore than were reported from the ledges and banks.
INSHORE: Small Roosterfish and a few scattered Sierras have been the majority of inshore fish this week as we are going through the seasonal temperature change. A few Pangas are trying bottom fishing but most of them are going a few miles out and trying to get into Dorado and Tuna.
NOTES: This weeks report was written to the music of “The Amazing Rhythm Aces” on the 1994 Sunshine Marketing release “Ride Again”. Listen and enjoy! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - May 29th, 2006
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
90 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
May 22-28, 2006
WEATHER: The heat of summer continued at the beginning of the week, we had daytime highs in the high 90’s with a tad over 100 degrees in the sun at my house on Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday afternoon the wind started to blow and Friday morning I woke to 69 degrees! I don’t think we broke 85 degrees for the next two days. On Sunday the winds had died down and out at the golf course (Country Club) I worked up a sweat. Of course that may have been because I was chasing the ball all over hell and back, but I think it was because it became hot with no wind. Don’t even think about asking what I shot, if I told you I’d have to keep out of sight for at least a year!
WATER: The Pacific side of the Cape continued to be cooler than the Cortez side and the water was much rougher and green as well. The difference between the two areas was almost 15 degrees early in the week but late on the warmer water continued to intrude on the Pacific side. At the end of the week we had a cold spot right of 63 degrees in front of Cabo while the water up to the area of the Golden Gate bank was around 71 degrees and on the Cortez side it maintained an 80-degree presence. With the wind later in the week being offshore on the Cortez side was bouncy, on the Pacific side unthinkable for a charter.
BAIT:The usual Mackerel at $2 per bait and there were some Mullet and Caballito as well at the same price. I saw some decent Sardinas at $25 per scoop, a little pricey but if you were after some of the Tuna that were out there they paid off.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Marlin continued to show themselves and continued to frustrate anglers this week. The effort was concentrated on the Sea Of Cortez side of the Cape due to the strong winds, but the fish were there. These Striped Marlin might stay in the area for another few weeks, but as the water temps continue to climb we will be seeing fewer of them and more Blue Marlin. The bite was definitely focused around the tide change, though it was either very early in the morning around the low tide or late afternoon with the high tide. Almost all the boats were finding a couple of dozen fish a day and with luck 20% of them were biting. Live bait was the key, and light leader helped. The action was concentrated within 5 miles of shore on the Cortez side, off of Chileno Beach and the San Jose Bay area.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It was nice seeing the flags flying for Tuna early in the week; almost every boat that put in any effort was able to get hooked up to fish in the 15-25 pound range. A lot of the fish were open water fish while there were slightly larger ones associated with the Porpoise schools. One friend of mine got lucky in finding a pod of Porpoise that has #60 class Tuna associated with them. That was not the norm however and most of the boats caught the football+ sizes. The fish were either due south of us (open water 20-30 pound fish), up the pacific side with the porpoise (the larger ones) or on the Cortez side with the porpoise (the footballs and a bit larger). The larger fish were biting on live bait dropped back after an initial hook-up on lures.
DORADO: Surprisingly enough the warmer water and the wind have not brought on a great Dorado bite for us. Perhaps it will take another two or three weeks. The conditions are perfect, but all we are getting are the scattered schools of little chicken fish and only a few of the larger #20+. Those that have been caught have been found with the Striped Marlin so they have been incidental fish. If someone concentrated on them the results might be different.
WAHOO: The new moon resulted in very few Wahoo being seen or caught this week. The few nice fish that were reported came from the Gorda Banks and Punta Gorda area on live bait and Marlin lures in darker colors.
INSHORE: Tournaments are over for a while and I am caught up on boat work! I think we are getting a cement delivery scheduled for Wednesday (new patio) as we have all the curb forms and rebar ready and laid. Everything is leveled and filled with sand and gravel; it’s time to find out what the ready-mix is going to cost! Next is the roof (if my buddy Tom ever gets things together) and then we’re ready for the hurricanes! This weeks report was written to the music of Neal Young on the 1972 Warner Bros. Release “Harvest”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - May 28th, 2006
supplied by: Baja Anglers
RECORDED:
92 °
FISHING: Great
BAJA ANGLERS FISHING REPORT MAY 27Th 2006
Hi Folks,
The fishing this May has been up and down. Some days we are nailing huge roosterfish, and on others, we can’t seem to find a fish around. It’s a daily thing, and very unpredictable. If you are one of the lucky ones, then they are very, very good days.
Colorado trout guide Jeremy Stott from Carbondale, Colorado caught a huge 55 pound plus roosterfish on the fly last week (I posted the picture of his roosterfish below). Jeremy was all smiles back at the shop, but Capt. Alex Reyes says he was celebrating, jumping up and down and screaming on the boat for 20 minutes. Too much fun!
Our long time friend and client Lynn Boyd from Houston, Texas caught a 30 pound plus roosterfish on the fly. 65 year old Lynn had a heart attack early last year, but was already fishing with me at Finger banks last November and was catching striped marlin on the fly, only months after the heart attack. He is also a tarpon nut and spends a few weeks every year fly fishing during prime season in Florida. Go Lynn go!!! Lynn, thanks for the great Texas BBQ and Pecan pie you smuggled into Mexico. It was a special treat. We really enjoyed it!
We had an unsuspected visit from two great guys, Morten Svendsen and Gordon Henriksen from Denmark. They were representing Atlantik travel www.atlantiktravel.com. in Baja and checking out new locations to send their Norwegian clients, when they decided to give Cabo a try. We only had one day open, but what a day! Morten caught a monster world record Cubera snapper on the fly (check out the photo at. http://baja-anglers.com/gallery.php). Man this was something else! The fish ate a small Sea Habit and was landed on an 11 weight European manufactured Sierra brand rod and reel. We never applied to the IGFA, but we did keep it and it made incredible fish tacos. That’s the second world record snapper we ate. Remember Lisa Van Rollo’s big snapper last year.
Water Temperatures are in the mid to high 60s in the Pacific side and high 70s to low 80s on the Sea of Cortez side.
INSHORE
The inshore fishing over the last few weeks has been inconsistent at best. Most days have been good to very good fishing, but there has been an occasional few days of very slow fishing.
On the good days we are teasing over 50 big roosterfish to the boat and on the off days, we are lucky to see 4 or 5 roosterfish. Now, the roosterfish I am talking about aren’t the smaller fish, we have seen a few smaller 15 lb fish, but the majority of our fish are 30 pounds plus with a few in the 50 to 60 pound range.
Yellowtails have made a goods show this year and we are catching them close to town on the Pacific side. They are running around 15 to 20 lbs. and are taking the fly with gusto!
The sierra mackerel are scarce right now, but the ones we are catching are running over 10 lbs. Big boys.
The jacks are here, but they are real spooky right now. Tough to catch. Hopefully that will change in the next week or so.
Not too many snapper yet, but again the ones we are catching are huge!
Too many sharks, everywhere. Lots of fun on light fly and spin gear.
OFFSHORE
Again, the offshore fishing for striped marlin has also been inconsistent. Some days, bango, you are the king of the hill, and nailing a few on the fly or 5 or more on light tackle, and on others you might see 30 fish tailing, and they just wont bite a thing you throw their way.
The Dorado fishing has been very slow. Occasional someone will pick up a fish as a by-catch while trolling for striped marlin.
There have been some yellowfin tuna footballs around, but very hard to predict when and where they will show up. One day our boat got 22 footballs on light tackle and couldn’t catch another tuna all week to save our lives.
BEACH,
The beach fishing on the EAST CAPE is very slow right now, I expect that to change soon, but I spent 2 days on an overnight camping trip and put 320 miles on my car and saw only two roosterfish that were in casting range. The roosterfish are concentrating on bait way offshore and once those bait pods are exhausted the roosterfish will move closer to shore to feed on mullet and sardines.
CATCHES OF NOTE
Our clients write in our daily log their comments, I don’t change a word!
Morten Svendsen and Gordon Henriksen from Denmark wrote: Got a few sierras, heavy seas but Grant and the guys worked really hard getting us into fish. The found a school of snapper and we got a huge one of 35 lbs, fought it hard and possibly a world record on #20 fly tippet.
Awesome guys! We recommend them anytime- Best guides in Baja!
Mike Connally wrote, One jack 14 lbs. on the fly! Teased 50 plus roosterfish to the boat, but no takers.
Tad Dodge and Amberson Cox from Tacoma Washington wrote: Offshore the marlin were everywhere. Each of us caught one. Skipper and mate did a wonderful job two days in a row. Be back in about 6 months or so- I will book again- cant wait! Thanks for a great time.
Duncan McKenzie IGFA representative from B.C. Canada wrote: Very enjoyable. Both Capt. and mate worked very hard and the day was probably the worst bite that I have ever experienced and I fish over 150 days a year. A thoroughly organized and professional operation! Look forward to fishing with you again.
Cameron Gill wrote: It was a great day, I wanted to catch roosterfish, so that was awesome. Light tackle 45# roosterfish.
Tad Dodge and Amberson Cox from Tacoma Washington wrote: 3 roosterfish 2
- 40 lbs. and 1- 55 lbs., 2 yellowtail,1- bonito, 1- pomano, 1 snapper.
Great fishing , looking forward to tomorrow!
Lynn Boyd wrote: Another great trip! Caught a big 30# roosterfish on the fly. All the crew are excellent! Baja Anglers makes you feel at home.
John Stott wrote: 5 roosterfish, jacks , sierra, pompano, and a 50# roosterfish on the fly for my son Jeremy! Awesome guides. We had a great time.
Chris and Henry Potts wrote: This was a return trip for us and really enjoyed the trip. First roosters for both my son and myself. Saw lots of marlin had had a few successes!!!
Mitch Slater from Connecticut wrote: Went fishing for 2 days for striped marlin. Caught 4 marlin on #20 test line. Also a 60" roosterfish on 12# test line.
The guys put me on the fish.
Jim and Scott Turnipseed, Brennan Fitzgerald, Chris Pates, and Eddie Coulter of Eagle, Colorado wrote: Caught dozens of sierras, a large african pompano, 6 bonita, many fish caught on the fly(20+), many more on bait and top water plugs. Fabulous guides.
Bob Whelan of Seattle Washington wrote: Caught jacks, yellowtail and many mackerel on the fly. It was awesome! I will definitely be back!
John Thomas wrote: Guides did a great job getting us on fish. very talented w/ rookie fly fisherman. Had a great day.
Larry Holzenthaler from New York wrote: Caught snapper, sierra mackerel, and 50 lb. roosterfish. Spin and fly.
David Wilkins and Sarah Girsh from Jackson Wyoming wrote: Caught mackerel and yellowtail with fly rod. Will come back again!
SPECIES OVERVIEW
Quality Rating Scale:
(10) Drop your socks, sell your stocks and fly to Cabo immediately;
(9) fabulous fishing; ( excellent; (7) good to very good; (6)
better than average to good; (5) average; (4) less than average or
OK; (3) fair; (2) poor to fair; (1) desperation time; (0) zilch.
Obviously, fishing can turn from good to bad or bad to good in a day
or less due to weather conditions or other factors, but these are
our best judgments at the time we write this weekly report.
DORADO (2-3) Some days are better than others. The fish are running on the smaller side.
WAHOO (2-3) Some wahoo around, but you really need to target them.
JACK CRAVELLE (4) These fish are just bad, really bad! They are
one of the hardest pulling fish in the ocean and they never give up.
Our Baja baitfish is the best fly of all time for these guys!
TUNA (3) These fish are great fighters on fly and light tackle and the smaller fish are always better on the grill than the big ones.
MARLIN (Blues & Blacks) (0) If you want big marlin, you will havbe to wait until summer when the water warms up.
STRIPED MARLIN (6)The Sea of Cortez is the best bet. Some days lures and some days they are taking livies on top.
ROOSTERFISH (4-5) They are here. The best action for roosterfish is on sunny days. Ther are some very big fish around. We don’t share any information with anyone else in town about roosterfish as most of the other fleets kill the roosterfish, many times only for a hero picture or maybe a mount.
SIERRA MACKEREL(3) Big, but not numbers. Be sure to use wire shock tippet as these guys have very sharp teeth.
SHARKS (8) They are everywhere.
SKIPJACK & BONITO (3-4) Known as false albacore on the east coast,
these fish are perfect fly rod fish and lots of fun to catch.
A timeless reminder Baja Anglers proudly supports a catch & release
policy on all billfish and all roosterfish, with the exception of
world record potentials
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Cabo San Lucas - May 22nd, 2006
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
93 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
May 15-21, 2006
WEATHER: We are having summer weather this week with our daytime temperatures in town around the low 90’s and our nighttime low in the mid 70’s. With the humidity starting to kick in I have been running the air conditioner on some evenings. No rain this week and we had mostly sunny skies all week long.
WATER: The Sea of Cortez is warming up so quick that I am a little bit worried. On the charts from Terrafin we are seeing water at 83 degrees already. On the Pacific side it is quite a bit cooler with a slight warm water extension onto the San Jaime Banks with temperatures around 71 degrees but the rest of the Pacific area has much warmer water with most of it in the mid 60’s. The clarity of the water is a mirror of the temperature with the Pacific side mostly green and on the Cortez side the hot 83-degree water is almost a purple color. I thing the Blue sand Blacks are just around the corner!
BAIT:This week the bait was almost all Mackerel with some of the bait boats having Caballito and Lisa at the normal $2 per bait. I did not hear of any Sardinas available.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: We just finished up the inaugural World Championship Billfish Catch and Release Tournament this week. There were 24 teams entered and over the three days of fishing, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday there were a total of 224 Striped Marlin released. That was an average of almost 3 Striped Marlin per boat per day. Of course not everyone caught the average, these were professional teams for the most part and they approach the sport that way. Lots of fresh bait, never mind the lures, throw bait to as many fish as possible and the numbers should work out. The top team released 30 Striped Marlin in three days of fishing and believes they threw bait to over 100 fish per day! One of the reasons it was difficult to find hungry fish was the full moon that just passed. The fish were feeding at night and stuffing themselves on squid. Most of the charter boats were lucky to release two fish per day since they were out for Dorado and Tuna as well. I did not fare as well as the professional teams; we were able to release one Marlin each day of the tournament. Maybe next year!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It appeared that there were plenty of football fish out there this week; it was just that they were on the Pacific side in the rougher water. For most of the boats that was just a little bit too rough for their clients and with no Marlin in the same area, it was either Yellowfin or nothing. From 5 miles in front of the arches to just this side of the San Jaime Bank there were Yellowfin found with Porpoise and a few small schools were found in the blind. I did not hear of any reports of big Tuna from our area this week, but there is a good chance that they will show up soon.
DORADO: There were scattered Dorado this week and for the most part they were found closer to shore than almost any of the other species. From the Punta Gorda area to just off the lighthouse on the Pacific, they were found from ½ to 5 miles off the beach. Bright colored lures and slow trolled live bait were the best attractors for these fish. The sizes were not great but it is early in the season. Most of the fish were averaging 8 pounds but an occasional 25-pound fish made things interesting.
WAHOO: There were few Wahoo reported this week but at least there were a few. I thought that the full moon would have kicked the bite into gear but the fish were shy. A few fish in the 30-40 pound class were caught and they were found on the Cortez side of the cape, for the most part up around the Punta Gorda and Gorda Banks areas.
INSHORE: I was busy with the tournament this week so never did get a good feel for the inshore action but the few people I did speak to about it said that there were still a few Sierra to be found and on the Pacific there were still Yellowtail off of the rocky points. Roosterfish have started a fairly strong showing on the Cortez side of the Cape, as the Mullet have been more numerous this past week. This weeks report was written to the music of Pink Floyd on the 1990 Capitol release “Piper at the Gates of Dawn.” Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - May 15th, 2006
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
90 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
May 8-14, 2006
WEATHER: It was a beautiful week with mostly sunny skies. Our daytime highs were in the high 80’s and our nighttime lows in the high 60’s and reached the low 70’s this weekend. We did have steady winds from the northwest all week long at 8-15 knots.
WATER: Checking the charts at the end of the week you could see the progression, slow though it is, of warm water from the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape toward the Pacific. On the Cortez side our water temperatures were in the 75-80 degree range with the warmer water up around Punta Gorda. Right in front of Cabo the water was a cooler and greener 67-70 degrees and on the Pacific side of the Cape the water was very green and a cool 60-67 degrees. There was no really defined break between the cool and green water and the warm and blue water.
BAIT:There was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel this week at the usual $2 per bait, and there were reports of some Sardinas as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Rolex/IGFA Offshore Tournament is over and while I have no actual numbers, reports were of approximately 77 Striped Marlin released on day one, 167 released on day two, over 200 fish on day three and over 100 fish on day four, all that between 66 teams. Apparently most of the action came from between the Gorda Banks, Punta Gorda and the 1150. Day one was a mostly lure fish day as the teams searched the area for concentrations of fish and day two and three were almost all rigged dead bait fish. There was a Black Marlin reported released as well on day one. We have another tournament this coming week and I will be fishing in it so I will have a good idea of details for next weeks report.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were quite a few white Tuna flags flying this week as the football size fish have shown up close to home. Most of the action on these fish was found within three miles of the Cape where the cool and warm waters mixed. The water was rough and bumpy and the fish were caught in the blind, but many boats came in early due to the number of fish they found. There were also reports at the end of the week of bigger fish to #100 showing up around the Punta Gorda area, and these fish were mixed with Porpoise.
DORADO: There were plenty of small fish to be found this week and they were in the same area as the football Tuna. These Dorado were small, I mean between 5 and 8 pounds so most of them were released. A few larger fish were taken up north in the warmer water and a few of them went over 35 pounds, but there were no large numbers of them.
WAHOO: The full moon kicked out a few Wahoo this week, most of them from the Gorda Banks area and north of there. If may be because that is where the tournament boats were concentrating, but with only 10 Wahoo caught (or reported caught) for 240 fishing days, you can see that the picking are still pretty slim, at least from areas where the Marlin are. Reports form the rest of the fleet as well as the Pangas out of La Playita were a bit better, with more action obtained closer in to the beach.
INSHORE: The Sierra bite fell off a bit this week and it seemed that the fish became a bit smaller as well with the average size down to 6 pounds. Off of the Rocky points there were still Yellowtail being found with fish to 30 pounds, the average size was around 15 pounds. A scattering of Amberjack and grouper rounded out most of the inshore catch with the exception of Roosterfish. These fish finally showed up in decent numbers on the Cortez side with lots of fish in the 8-15 pound class and a few larger ones to 35 pounds.
NOTES: My fingers are crossed for my teams’ chances in the tournament this week. As an inaugural event there are bound to be a few bumps, but it appears that the event coordinators have it together. This week’s music selection was a Mark Knopfler soundtrack (again), the 1983 release of “Local Hero” on Phonogram Records. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - May 8th, 2006
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
88 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
May 1-7, 2006
WEATHER: We continued this week with partly cloudy skies and our daytime highs in the low 90’s. In the evenings we saw lows in the mid 60’s. The wind howled all week long but thankfully it ended over this weekend.
WATER: The wind and currents pushed the cold water from the Pacific across the Cape and up into the Cortez side. Thankfully it has only gotten as far as 8 miles up, but the water is off color and cool up to the 95 spot as of Sunday. The area around the San Jaime banks is in the mid 60’s and the cool water extends 30 miles south of us, where it finally warms up to 70 degrees. We are seeing 78 degree water around the Gorda Banks and the Cabrillo Seamount with the water to the north of there and outside the 1,000 fathom line warming up a bit more than that. Accordingly, very little fishing has taken place on the Pacific side this past week, most of the activity has been concentrated in the warm water areas.
BAIT:There was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel this week at the usual $2 per bait, and there were reports of some Sardinas as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There is still a load of Striped Marlin out there, almost everyone is seeing plenty of fish, it’s just a bit of a pain and takes some time to find one that will bite. Those that have been brought to the side of the boat have been spitting up plenty of squid, so they are stuffed on easy pickings. A few boats have been having luck pulling dark colored artificial lures at 9 ½ to 10 knots, they must be getting fish that are ready to eat or are getting pissed off, and it’s the only reason I can think of. The last quarter moon is coming up on the 11th, maybe the bite will pick up. A lot of boats are coming in skunked but the lucky (or skilled) ones are flying two or three release flags per trip. Dead bait trolled in the long position has also worked well for a lot of anglers, and with the IGFA/Rolex tournament starting Monday; a lot of the teams have been pre-fishing this weekend. Hopefully I will have good news to report next week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Still scattered football Tuna, and mixed in with the porpoise. I had a report from one Captain that during the early part of the week he had a double blind strike on Yellowfin estimated in excess of #200 at the Gorda Banks, but lost both fish after 1 ½ hours. Elsewhere there has been scattered fish to 50 pounds, but very few larger than that. Live bait dropped on good marks found with the porpoise has resulted in these larger fish, trolling feathers on top has gotten the footballs.
DORADO: Almost 50% of the boats have gotten Dorado this week, and the size of the fish has been small, almost 10 pounds on the average. A few larger fish in the #40 class have been caught, but in either size bracket there are not a lot of fish yet. Hopefully the warm water will bring more of them our way.
WAHOO: What Hoo?
INSHORE: The north end of San Lucas bay was providing plenty of action early in the week for anglers targeting Sierra and Pargo. Live bait and hootchies were the ticket with the larger fish biting on live bait. Sierra to 10 pounds and Pargo to 15 pounds provided the action, but it died off a bit later in the week with the encroachment of cool green water from the Pacific.
NOTES: Going back to one of my favorite artists, the sound track from the movies “Cal” was written by Mark Knopfler and released on CD in 1997 by Polygram Records. There is just something about that man’s style that gets my ears excited! This week is the Rolex/IGFA tournament, next week I will be fishing the inaugural “World Championship Billfish Catch and Release Tournament”, hopefully I will be able to provide some color commentary in next weeks report! Until then, Tight Lines! Oh, by the way, they are once again checking fishing licenses when you leave the Marina, so be prepared!
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