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Cabo San Lucas - April 11th, 2005
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED: 
85 °
FISHING: Poor
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT APRIL 4-10, 2005
WEATHER: This week started out just great as far as weather went, but it sure ended up on a windy note. In a continuation of last weeks weather, every day through Thursday was just fine with light breezes in the afternoons and daytime highs in the mid 80’s with night time lows in the high 60’s. On Friday the wind began and it blew all the way through Sunday morning. Coming from the north-west, it was a steady 12-15 knots and dropped the temperature about 10 degrees at night. On Sunday morning I registered 60 degrees at my house! Heck, I was just thinking about hooking up the air conditioner on Wednesday! No rain of course, we don’t expect to get any this time of year.
WATER: The week ended with rough water on the Pacific side all the way to the south, due to the wind. Even in front of Cabo it was rough and didn’t calm down until you were a little way up the Sea of Cortez. Once past the 95 spot outside or Punta Ballena on the inside the water mellowed out quite a bit. The Pacific side was cold with water ranging from the mid 60’s to high 60’s. On the Cortez side it was a bit warmer up to the 1150 and Gorda Banks areas, and then it jumped to 75 degrees.
BAIT: There was no problem getting bait this week, only it was mostly Mackerel, with a few Caballito, and they were the usual $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: What Marlin action we had this week was all Striped Marlin. I was fishing last Sunday and another Captain had a Blue Marlin he estimated at #400 nail a lure and they were able to get several jumps out of him, but that was the only non-Striper I heard of. The few Marlin that were found were either fairly close to Cabo, and I mean within three miles of the shore on the Cortez side, or way up north on the Cortez, up in the East Cape area, 60 miles away. Those fish (the East Cape ones) were just a rumor, I know a couple of boats that went up there looking for them, but have not heard back from them yet. Supposedly the action up there was as good as we had it here two months ago! Close to home there were fish sighted, but they were not in a very hungry mood for the most part.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I find it almost unbelievable that for the third week in a row I could almost repeat word for word the Yellowfin section. Find the Porpoise and you had a shot at Yellowfin. The fish were not large, mostly in the 10-15 pound range with a few smaller and a few larger ones. It took small lures to get them; most of the boats that were successful were jigging hootchies in pink or root beer colors, three inches long. Maybe they were matching the small squid in the area or perhaps there were red crab, but that was almost the only thing that worked. If you did find the Porpoise that were holding fish, you had to work them hard! There were larger fish spotted on the Gorda Banks, Tuna in the 80 pound class, but no one I am aware of had any luck with them except a few of the Pangas from La Playita in San Jose. Those Pangas were able to get Sardinas for bait and were n the banks at gray light in the morning.
DORADO: The few Dorado found this week were almost all associated with floating debris or small kelp fronds. The fish ranged from 10 pounds (and a few even smaller) to 25-30 pounds, but they were scarce. My guesstimate is there may have been one Dorado caught for every 15 boats. Naturally a few boats caught multiple fish, but they were the exception and very lucky.
WAHOO: A few boats had luck on Wahoo, and it was luck, not skill since they were not targeting the fish. The best catch I heard of this week was three fish on one trip, tow of them at #30 and one at #70. For the rest of the boats, there was maybe one Wahoo strike per 20 boats, and one fish caught for 50 boats. Gives you an idea, huh?
INSHORE: There were scattered Sierra schools this week, most of them found on the Cortez side of the Cape but there was decent action as well on the Pacific early in the week before the wind blew up. The fish were averaging 4 pounds with a few to 8 pounds. Good colors were yellow and chartreuse. Some great Pargo action happened around the rocky points for the boats willing to get right in there, and there was good Snapper action as well in water from 150 to 250 feet deep. Some small Roosterfish action happened also, nothing great but there were scattered fish in the 5-15 pound range.
NOTES: Last week I said it was a hit or miss kind of week for fishing, this week I would have to say it was mostly miss. If I could only predict what the fishing would be like I might be rich, as it is I just report how it was. With hindsight I would have to say that I personally would have stayed home the last three days of the week rather than go fishing, but hey, some boats did all right. Our fingers and toes are crossed that the fishing improves soon, and hopefully the wind will die down as well, it is Sunday morning now and it looks like it is starting to slacken off a bit! This weeks report was written to the music of Van Morrison on his 1990 Polydor release “The Best of Van Morrison”. Thanks folks, and until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - April 4th, 2005
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
85 °
FISHING: Great
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 28-APRIL 3, 2005
WEATHER: We had great weather this week, almost no wind and calm seas. There were some small swells from the north-west and some wind swell from the east once you were to the south of the Cape, but it was very comfortable. Oh, except for a slight chop in the afternoon close to home. Our daytime highs were in the mid to low 80’s while the night time lows were in the mid 60’s.
WATER: Cold water at the end of the week on the Pacific side from just south of the San Jaime Banks on up, the water stayed in the mid 60’s from 10 miles south of the Banks and up to 5 miles from the coast. In close to the coast it warmed up by a few degrees. Due south the water was 68 to 70 degrees and to the east there was a pocket of cold water in the mid 60’s that formed early in the week and got pinched off with a northern movement of the warm water to the south. This pocket of cool water was in the mid 60’s. Elsewhere on the east side the water remained 68-70 degrees until you got 30 miles off shore, then it was 71-73 degrees. There was a pretty well defined temperature break on the Pacific side south of the San Jaime and that break held some floating kelp, these paddies were scattered along the break and occasionally worked loose of the line and eventually formed up to the south of the Cape.
BAIT: There was no problem getting bait this week, only it was Caballito, nice size ones, and they were the usual $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: While still not being caught in large numbers, the fish have moved closer to home. There was a concentration of Striped Marlin within 7 miles of the lighthouse on the Pacific side this week, lots of jumpers in there but they were difficult to catch. Lucky boats were able to get hooked up to one that stayed hooked, sometimes to several, others were just able to get some line stripped from the reels. Luck was pretty evenly split between lures and live bait, some of the guys think that there is so much giant squid in the area that the Marlin are full and don’t have to work that hard for food. There were Swordfish sighted this week again, but I did not hear of anyone catching them. There may have been some landed though, some of the boats did night-time fishing this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Wow, I am just going to repeat what I wrote last week! Look for the Porpoise and if you get lucky there will be Tuna mixed in. That was the key for this week, and the key word there is “lucky”. Many of the Porpoise pods found did not have any Tuna with them, so you often had to try and find as many pods as possible. Those fish that were caught were mostly in the 10-15 pound range with a few to 40 pounds. Cedar plugs and feathers worked and boats that were able to get a good bite going found themselves able to catch a limit. Other boats, not so lucky, ended up a trip with just one Tuna in the box.
DORADO: The kelp finally moved to the south of the San Jaime and into the warmer waters, there were a fair number of Dorado, some of them very nice fish, found under a few paddies. Most of the fish were small ones, from 6 pounds and up. The problem was finding a paddy that held fish! You might work a couple of dozen of them, and they were mostly small ones, before you found one that had fish under it. Getting hit on a lure was a start, but most of the boats had better luck soaking live bait around them.
WAHOO: Wow, we had the best day I have seen in a long time on Wednesday as far as the Wahoo catch is concerned! One boat found a big kelp and there must have been several dozen big Wahoo, ranging in size from 60 to 105 pounds taken from it. A few other smaller kelps in the area kicked out a few fish as well. For the rest of the week there were scattered fish found here and there under kelp as well as along the drop offs on the Cortez side of the Cape.
INSHORE: There were scattered Sierra schools this week, most of them found on the Cortez side of the Cape. The fish were averaging 4 pounds with a few to 8 pounds. Good colors were yellow and chartreuse. A few decent bottom fish were caught as well but most of the Pangas were working offshore since the water was in great condition.
NOTES: It was a hit or miss kind of week fishing, not a lot of fish for most of the boats and a few of them were very lucky and really got into the Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo. I would venture a guess that an average catch for the week was a Marlin and maybe a Dorado or a Tuna per boat, or a couple of each except for Marlin. There are still Humpback whales out there but they are continuing to thin out. This weeks report was written to the sounds of Jimmy Buffet on the 1990 MCA release “Feeding Frenzy”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - March 28th, 2005
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
86 °
FISHING: Great
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 21-27, 2005
WEATHER: One day the wind blows, the next day there is no wind. This is typical weather for Cabo this time of year but it can make for interesting fishing, for sure! Thankfully most of the week the wind was tolerable, blowing from the north-west or the west and not coming from the south or east. No rain this week and our day time highs were around the low 80’s with the night time lows around the low to mid 60’s.
WATER: Every day that the wind blew the conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape began to erode. If the wind blew for two days, the second day became “Victory at Sea” kind of conditions. With the cold water being pushed into our area by the currents from the north, most of the fish were looking for warmer water anyway so most of the boats ended up fishing to the east or north on the Sea of Cortez. In those areas the surface conditions were much better and the water was warmer. On the Pacific, the cold 67 degree water extended from the shore and out past the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks. Along with being cold, the water was green. On the Cortez side the water close to shore was warmer, mostly in the 70-72 degree range and blue.
BAIT: This was a hard week for getting bait. Some of the bait Pangas limited their customers to 5 baits per day in an attempt to keep everyone happy. What was available was brought in from San Jose and was available at $2 per bait, mostly Mackerel.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin are still shy, but I had a customer this week that fished for 12 hours for two days and managed to release two Striped Marlin and one Blue Marlin, along with having shots at a few more fish. All of his action, along with all the Marlin action that I heard of came from the Cortez side of the Cape and happened close to shore, actually within 5 miles for the Striped, and 30 miles out for the Blue. What a lot of the guys have been looking for this past week were Swordfish. With the water cool and green to the Pacific side and the south, there have been quite a few of them sighted and a few hooked up. Never here in any large numbers, this is the time of year we start seeing them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Look for the Porpoise and if you get lucky there will be Tuna mixed in. That was the key for this week, and the key word there is “lucky”. Many of the Porpoise pods found did not have any Tuna with them, so you often had to try and find as many pods as possible. Those fish that were caught were mostly in the 10-15 pound range with a few to 40 pounds. Cedar plugs and feathers worked and boats that were able to get a good bite going found themselves able to catch a limit. Other boats, not so lucky, ended up a trip with just one Tuna in the box.
DORADO: Again the floating Kelp was the key to a good Dorado catch, but the currents were not taking much of it to the warmer Cortez side. We found a lot of small paddies in the current lines at the San Jaime Banks, but with the water cold and green there were no fish associated with them. Dorado that were found were on the Cortez side and most of them ranged from 6-20 pounds.
WAHOO: The Wahoo bite improved a bit this last week, but there were still not a lot of them caught. The full moon on the 25th may have had something to do with the improved bite; it seems to happen that way. Most of the fish were 25-35 pounds but a few were reported at 80-90 pounds. Dark colored lures run very long, I mean back on the 12th wake, did very well on Wahoo, as did Marauders run close to the boat.
INSHORE: Just as last week, the Sierra continued to move around. Most of the fish have been 4-8 pounds and now have been found on the Cortez side of the Cape, the green water on the Pacific pushed them around. Along with Sierra there has been a good bite on Skipjack to 10 pounds along with some small Dorado. For anglers working the bottom or mid depths there have been a few nice Pargo and Amberjack mixed in and only a few Grouper and Yellowtail. Next to the beach a few small Roosterfish have been found as well with sizes mostly around 5-8 pounds
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NOTES: I have not seen any Gray Whales this week and have seen only a few Humpbacks. The fish have been scattered and not here in great numbers so having the Whales around made things better, now we have to be satisfied with the Porpoise! Having the Swordfish begin to show makes every trip more interesting, as this is probably the premier billfish available. Catching one of them is like winning the lottery! This weeks report was written to the music of Boz Scaggs on the 1994 Virgin Records release “Some Change”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - March 25th, 2005
supplied by: Baja Anglers
FISHING: Excellent
CURRENT FISHING AND THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
This report is provided by Grant Hartman, "Baja Anglers" General
Manager in Cabo San Lucas. It is the latest factual report based
upon the experience of our own captains, guests' reactions to their
fishing success, plus input from numerous other fishing vessels in
Cabo with whom Baja Anglers maintains the best of professional and
personal relationships.
If you want stripe marlin, you should have been here last week!
Hi Folks,
Don’t you hate that, when the first thing the guide say’s is” you should have been here last week.
Well, if you are marlin fishing in Cabo, you going to here it. The last month was spectacular striped marlin fishing. Probably one of the best I have seen. On some days we would have a dozen stripers teased to the boats and would see hundreds of fish feeding on the surface. Just ask Franee Lucassen from Holland got 4 striped marlin on the fly in a day. Also Hal Alterwein from New York got 5 striped marlin on 20lb. spin gear in a day. Lots of fun.
Now, the striped marlin fishing has really slowed down, some boats are feeling lucky just to bring in one fish, but that’s normal in March, expect the marlin fishing to get better sometime in April.
Inshore fishing has been very good on most days, we are catching sierra mackerel, jacks, cubera snapper and on bright sunny days roosterfish.
The sierra bite is still going on strong. We are catching some really big ones over 10 lbs. These fish have a great visual strike and screaming run. A lot of fun to catch! The sierra are also the best fish to make Gisel’s famous ceviche!
We are having a lot of fun catching cubera snappers, jacks and roosterfish along the Pacific beaches, the fish are mixed in with the sierra mackerel, so when you wet your line, you never know what’s going to eat your fly.
Boykin Rose had a great day fishing and hooked four Cubera snappers over 40 lbs on the fly. One fish looked to be around 60 lbs. He lost three of the fish in the rocks, but he did catch one Cubera over 25 lbs on his 10wt. The fish he caught decided to fight next to the boat instead of making a dash into the rocks like his friends did. . Way to go Boykin!
We are seeing some huge jacks and roosterfish. Like always, the roosterfish are tough to catch on the fly. Most think they are as hard to catch as the permit, and that’s what makes them such a great sports fish!
Offshore
The offshore fishing for dorado is very slow. We are catching some smaller yellowfin tuna up to 30 lbs. on light tackle.
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) Blah
WAHOO (2) Blah
JACK CRAVELLE (4-5) 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 (5) Okay we are getting a few tuna offshore, but not enough to brag about. 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 have to wait until summer when the water warms up.
STRIPED MARLIN (2-3) Hopefully it will pick up by April.
CUBERA SNAPPER (5) Some real nice fish out there!
ROOSTERFISH (4) They are here, and some over 40 lbs! . The best action for roosterfish is on sunny days.
We don’t share information about the roosterfish with anyone else in town as most of the other fleets kill the roosterfish, most times only for a hero picture or maybe a mount.
SIERRA MACKEREL(6-7) Be sure to use wire shock tippet as these guys have very sharp teeth.
SHARKS (2-3) Slowed down quite a bit.
SKIPJACK & BONITO (2-3) 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.
CEVICHE, SI!
CEVICHE, SI!
Gisel's infamous ceviche: Fillet 1 Sierra (also called Spanish)
mackerel leaving the skin on. You can use any fish, but I find the
soft delicate flesh of the Sierra to be the best. Take a fork and
while holding on to the skin with one hand and scrape the meat off
the fillet into a bowl? Mashing it as you scrape it off. Throw
away the skin. Take 4 to 6 key limes and squeeze the juice over the
fish. Mix it well and place the mixture in the sun for 10 to 15
minutes. The combination of sun and acid from the limes will cook
the flesh. When the flesh turns white, add the following:
1/2 finely chopped medium onion.
1 finely chopped medium tomato.
1 finely chopped carrot.
Chop up a few strands of fresh cilantro.
1 to 2 Serrano chili finely chopped.
Add *Salsa Huichol to taste.
A few chips and ice cold beer and it doesn't get any better.
*Salsa Huichol is not easy to get in the States, but it is far and
away the best tasting commercial salsa on the market. Many of our
regulars stop by a market and pick a couple of bottles on their way
to the aeropuerto.
Current weather:
Some cloudy days, but most very nice sunny days and around 75-80 degrees. Winds have been calm for the most part, unless we get a front blow through then the temperature drops 5 degrees and the winds pick up for a few days.
Water temperatures are varying quite a bit 68 to 70 degrees.
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Cabo San Lucas - March 21st, 2005
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
85 °
FISHING: Good
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 14-20, 2005
WEATHER: The winds that we started the week with disappeared mid-week and as of now the weather is great! No clouds to speak of, daytime in the high 70’s and night time in the low 60’s, just about perfect. No rain this week, wow, two weeks in a row, maybe we are getting back to normal?
WATER: As the wind disappeared so did the choppy conditions that we began the week with. There are still some decent swells on the Pacific side, and occasionally a wind line, but there is almost pool-table like conditions on the Cortez side of the Cape. Green water close to shore and extending out 15 miles in places on the Pacific side, almost to the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks and it was in the 66-67 degree range, warmer at the end of the week. Once past the cool green water the temperature rose to hit 72 degrees and the water became blue. The cool water wrapped around the Cape in a band that extended north up the Sea of Cortez almost all the way up the East Cape, getting warmer as it went. This band was 15 miles wide as well, with the warmer waters well past the 95 spot and the 1150. At the end of the week the cool water band was getting pinched off at the tip of the Cape as an eddy of warm water pushed our way.
BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for the bait of the month, Pacific Mackerel, and there were some small Caballito in the mix. The bait guys were saying that it has been hard to get any good bait this week.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin continue to be shy and most seem to have taken a vacation. There were a few caught this week but I would have to say that the success rate was around 20-25 percent. Most of the fish caught were on live bait dropped back to Marlin appearing in the lure pattern, but the fish that did come in were often hungry enough that they got hooked on the lure before a bait reached them. Quite a few of the Marlin have been found mixed in with the Porpoise and Tuna and most of the action was due south or on the Cortez side of the Cape.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again the fish of the week, there still have not been a lot of big ones caught. Watching the fish landed and listening to the reports on the radio it seems that the larger fish are pushing 40 pounds while the averages are around 10-15 pounds. They have been found with Porpoise and without Porpoise. Around the San Jaime Banks there were fish caught on blind strikes right along the edges of the drops, elsewhere Porpoise were the key. We metered good fish almost every day when we found the Porpoise, but they have been shy and have been staying 150 feet down. Dropping live bait on them worked if you were able to get the line of travel guessed correctly.
DORADO: What a change from last week! I almost decided to call the Dorado the fish of the week, but while the action was hot, it died off a bit at the tail end. The thing that changed so much from last week was the appearance of scattered clumps of kelp brought to us on the currents from the northern Baja. Anything larger than a single strand seemed to hold fish and the first boats to the kelp really loaded up. Live bait worked well and after the fish became scattered, tossing chunks out brought them together again. The fish ranged from 6-20 pounds.
WAHOO: There were a few Wahoo caught this week, and they were associated with the kelp as well. Most of the fish were 20-25 pounds and there were not very many of them.
INSHORE: Inshore fishing continues to be a bit confusing. There are still plenty of Sierra around but the schools have been moving around a lot. The Yellowtail bite that we expected to have started by now just hasn’t happened yet. With the calming of the seas the chance to bottom fish has improved and that has shown in the inshore catches as more Pargo and Grouper, as well as Amberjack and Jack Crevalle were landed.
NOTES: The Whales are beginning to move back north and we are seeing fewer every trip. It is spring break and the town and beaches are filled with students. I was feeling a bit funky today and listened to a bit of jazz while writing this report. I was tapping my toes instead of my fingers on the keyboard, maybe that is one of the reasons this report is a bit brief! Check out (if you can find it) the 1963 Polygram release called “Jazz Samba” with Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - March 14th, 2005
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED: 
82 °
FISHING: Great
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 7-13, 2005
WEATHER: We had a week with no rain! At least here in Cabo that is. I saw some dark clouds in the middle of the week and it looked as if they may have been dropping rain in the mountains. Our local weather was fairly normal for March with the week starting out windy and ending windy but with some beautiful warm summer-like day between. Night time lows were in the high 50’s and daytime highs came up to the high 70’s
WATER: The water temperatures on the Pacific side of the Cape were cooler this week with water out to 15 miles in the 67-68 degree range. Once past that it warmed up a few degrees. This stream of cool water wrapped around the Cape and extended out to near the 1150 and Cabrillo Seamount, warming slightly as it went. The cool water was slightly green in color and there was a fairly well defined color break during the middle of the week. Along with the cool water there were some pretty good sized swells as a result of the wind that started blowing from the NW. The conditions were choppy enough that a few boats returned early with seasick clients. On the Cortez side of the Cape things were a bit different as the Cape protected the water from the Pacific swell. Things did get choppy in the afternoon though as the wind kicked into high gear around noon every day. There was a lot of warm water at the end of the week between San Jose and Cabo that extended out to almost the 1150 spot, this water was in the 71-72 degree range.
BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for the bait of the month, Pacific Mackerel.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Hmm, it was a confusing week for Billfish. The Striped Marlin seemed to have taken a vacation as few boats were able to find fish willing to bite, or any fish at all for that matter. A few were found on the Pacific side at the color break, about 15-18 miles south of the lighthouse. I heard that one boat caught a Black Marlin of around #700, but I had no confirmation of that or any other information. A few of the Captains I have spoken to have told me that this cool water coming in close to shore on the Pacific should bring in some Swordfish so I am looking forward to that possibility.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change this week from last week on the location and sizes of Yellowfin Tuna. They were definitely the fish of the week, or at least the Pelagic fish of the week, as if a boat was flying a flag the chances were almost 90% that it was a white one. The Tuna were found both on the Pacific side of the Cape and also due south. All the fish were associated with Porpoise and while most of them were 10-15 pound footballs there were fish to #80 caught. Feathers in dark colors worked for the football fish and the school fish, most of the larger Tuna were caught by boats dropping live bait ahead of the moving schools, waiting for the fish to pass under them.
DORADO: Cool water moving in on the beach on the Pacific has chased almost all the Dorado away from the area; the few fish that were caught this week were from the warm water between San Jose and Cabo. There were not many of them, and they were not large, but at least they were hungry!
WAHOO: ?
INSHORE: The co-fish of the week are the Sierra. The schools keep moving around but the action this week was happening on the Pacific side up around Migraino. Of course there were the wind and swells to contend with, but the action was steady on fish averaging 5 pounds but with a few going to 10 pounds. There was little if any bottom fish action on the Pacific this week but the bite was fair on the Cortez side for Snapper, Grouper and Amberjack. There were a few Yellowtail reported from the Arch and Gray Rock as well.
NOTES: The Marines have been stopping every boat leaving the Marina in the morning, checking that all papers are in order. The fishery guys are there as well as the Port Captain and all boats, charter as well as private, are being checked to ensure that the temporary importation papers, insurance papers, Captains license, mates license, boats fishing license and individual fishing licenses are on board. If you were missing any of them you were turned around and sent back. They have been checking the boats almost every day for the past few weeks, ever since the federal government decided that the fishing license revenue would stay in the state of origin. With that said, it was a perfect time to move the fishing license office. Originally at the Marina near the main dock they had moved to the middle of town in the same building as the museum. That was convenient as the Papalaria (to buy the needed Form-5’s at and make copies) was just 100 feet away and there were two banks (where you needed to go and pay for the licenses) within two blocks. Just when it seemed they had everything dialed in they decided to move the office, and of course there was no notice, no message on the door of the old office and no sign on the new one! The new office is across the street from the hotel “Mar de Cortez” on the second floor, above the internet place. Oh, and now you can’t pay at the bank, you have to go to the state office of finance at the other end of town. Sigh. This weeks report was written to the music of the Doobies on the 1976 Warner release “Best of the Doobies”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - March 7th, 2005
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
80 °
FISHING: Good
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6, 2005
WEATHER: Once again we are in the zone, the weather zone that is! I don’t really know what to think about the weather we have been having since the beginning of the year. Almost every week but one so far we have had some kind of rain. This week it was just a sprinkle on Friday, but we have been overcast almost all week long. This is not a bad thing as it has been very good for the plants, but for everyone visiting it has been somewhat of a bummer. No sun? Why did we come here if there is no sun? I have heard that a few times this week. About the best I can say is that it sure beats snow and 5 degrees! Our night time lows have been in the high 50’s and the day time highs in the high 70’s. As you can tell from above, most of the week it has been either overcast or mostly cloudy. At the end of the week we had some strong winds blow from the NNW, then it switched just a bit and came from the West.
WATER: As strange as it may seem, things actually changed quite a bit this week, at least as far as the water temperatures were concerned. On the Pacific side of the Cape we had cool water close in to shore, and the temperature there was mostly in the 67-68 degree range. Once you got out to 15 miles the surface temperature picked up to 70 degrees, but the change was over a few miles distance and there was no really defined break. The surface conditions were about what we experienced last week with winds from the northwest causing a swell that was mostly in the 3-5 foot range. At the end of the week, during the weekend, the strong wind caused the surface conditions to be pretty choppy and there were quite a few boats that returned early. On the Sea of Cortez we had surface conditions that were much better with some swell from the Pacific reaching around the Cape but no wind really affecting it. From 10 to 25 miles out there was almost mirror conditions, farther than that the wind went into effect and closer in the currents really changed things around. Out to 10 miles for most of the week there was a fairly strong current causing mixed seas, we saw the same thing last week at the tail end, and thankfully it died off during the middle of this last week.
BAIT: Mackerel, Mackerel, Mackerel, and at the normal $2 per bait. Sometime soon I hope there will be some Sardinas showing up!
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were a few Striped Marlin caught at the beginning of the week and they started biting again at the end of the week, but the three days during the middle of the week were like a holiday for the billfish! I have no idea what was going on, but even if you saw the Marlin on the surface getting them to eat was a case of “mission impossible” for almost everyone. Even the high liner boats were lucky to get a Striped Marlin this week, and of course that made no one happy. As the week came to a close the Marlin were appearing close to shore and tossing a live bait to five fish would result in an average of one getting a mouth around the bait. Most of the action that took place happened within five miles of the beach on the Pacific side and live bait was the key.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change on the Yellowfin Tuna from last week to this week with the exception that they were getting a little bit closer every day. At the end of the week you still had to travel a while, and for most of the boat getting out 25 miles on the Pacific side with the swell out there made for almost a two hour trip. But hey, if Tuna were what you wanted, that is where you needed to be. The fish were not large, most of the fish were in the 10-15 pound range, but fish in the 30-40 pound class were common enough that if you got into them everyone was happy. Of course the fish were associated with the Dolphin and that was the clue to getting Tuna in the boat, be one of the first five boats to the Dolphin and you had a chance. I did talk with a number of anglers whose boats were flying white flags and found that there are a pretty large number of Captains who are flying white flags for Bonita and Skipjack.
DORADO: There were scattered Dorado fairly close to the beach on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. The fish have not been big with the average around 10 pounds, but slow trolling live bait in 100 feet of water ensures a catch. For most of the anglers that is better than coming in skunked.
WAHOO: ?
INSHORE: Sierra action picked back up this week and we are sure happy that it did. If you were fortunate enough to fish with a Captain that knew what was happening there were lots of fish available, and they were decent size with fish ranging from 4 to 10 pounds. Not only Sierra, but the Pargo bite has remained fair and there were decent Grouper and Amberjack being found as well. Most of the bottom fish were being found on the Cortez side of the Cape while the Sierra and Yellowtail (yes, Yellowtail) action was on the Pacific. Yellowtail were not plentiful but there were fish found to 15 pounds by anglers dropping live bait around 60 feet deep off of the rocky points on the Pacific side, or working iron in glow colors in the same areas.
NOTES: I took a lot of heat this week for the report I posted last week, but all I can say if “Bite my %$#!” I report on what happened during the previous week, I don’t try and predict what is going to happen. If the fishing sucked, well, that’s the way it is (or actually, the way it was”. Fishing changes week to week and as a fisherman I have learned to be optimistic. If I offended a few people who say that I am discouraging people from fishing on their vacation. “Mea culpa”. Get over it! I have found that most fishermen appreciate honesty in regards to how things have been, and if you have people contacting you and you are promising them great fishing, I want your crystal ball!! Folks, fishing changes day to day, the Marlin fishing has started to pickup once again, the Tuna are getting closer and if you want to give it a chance don’t let what happened last week make you shy off. That said and done, I have been busy doing work on the “Senor Moment” and have not had a chance to get any driving range practice in. I did get a chance to drive to La Paz on Friday for materials that were not available in Cabo and spent a total of four hours on the road listening to Chet Atkins “The Master and His Music” and Joe Cocker on the CD “Organic”! Great music and I didn’t hit any of the horses, cows or goats along the side and in the middle of the road! My best to all of you and until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - February 28th, 2005
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RECORDED:
81 °
FISHING: Great
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY21-27, 2005
WEATHER: Back to the rain once a week! That is not a bad thing as living in the desert is so much nicer when everything is green. Of course it can make being on the water uncomfortable if it comes with a lot of wind and the rain is heavy, but this week we had what I consider to be just enough! We had clouds move over the area Thursday night and started to get a bit of sprinkles coming down. On Friday it was cloudy all day and as heavy concentrations moved over us they let down a light rain every few hours. Everything is starting to bloom now. There was no wind to speak of with the rain so the conditions on the water remained good. The rest of the week was partly cloudy to sunny and our highs were in the high 70’s and the lows in the low 60’s.
WATER: Surface conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape were a bit lumpy this week and there was enough of a breeze most days to make it a little choppy as well, but most boats did not feel that as the water on the Pacific side was in the 68-69 degree range at the end of the week, at least out to the Golden Gate and San Jaime Banks areas. It warmed up just a degree or so past the banks. On the Cortez side there was warmer water to be found but you still had to get past the cold water that wrapped around the Cape. !0 miles to the south there was a temperature break that stayed there all week long and at the end of the week it had started to concentrate some fish. Out farther on the Cortez side the water warmed to 72 degrees, but you had to go a ways to get there, at least at the end of the week. There was still some lump on the water as the swells were at 2-4 feet, but there was almost no wind until Saturday, and then just in the afternoon.
BAIT: Mackerel was the bait of the week with the price at the normal $2 per bait. Sardines were not available here and were difficult to get even up in San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin concentration that had been 24 miles off shore to the east last week continued to move to the east at about 5 miles per day, following the warm water edge the first piled up on. At the end of the week the fish were 50 miles out, just past the Cabrillo Seamount, and Captains were saying that if clients wanted to get into the hot Marlin action they were going to have to start doing overnight trips! There were still some Marlin closer to home in the warm water break to the south, but not in the great concentration the farther edge had provided. That concentration of Marlin provided some great action for the boats able to get there and stay for the tide change, with boats able to release 4-9 fish a trip. Some of the Striped Marlin were small fish, in the 40 pound class, but most of them were 120-140 pounds. We were able to get the full range with Marlin at #40 up to #180. Unless the currents change and bring the concentration back, we will be looking at the scattered fish closer to home this coming week. Lure colors that worked were the full range, but surprisingly the heaviest overcast day, Friday, the fish preferred bright colors and we had great luck with neon green and red/yellow.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There are Tuna beginning to show but they are still not here in great concentration or close to home. I saw several good schools breaking water mixed in with Dolphin and Marlin this week, but they were concentrating on the food and would not look at a lure or the live bait we had. If we had Sardines it may have made a difference. The fish were running between football sizes to #60, and there were a few boats able to get into fish to #80. Up past the Gorda Banks, out toward the Cabrillo Seamount, 25-35 miles to the south and out past the San Jaime Banks in the Pacific were where most of the schools were found. There were a few fish found in closer to home but not in any numbers. I saw a lot of white Tuna flags flying at the end of the week but upon talking with the anglers from some of the boats, the fish the flags were flying for were Skipjack Tuna, at least for the most part.
DORADO: There are still some Dorado out there, but the fish that were close to shore have moved on, the water is pretty cool. Most of the Dorado have been coming from the temperature break to the south, and a few boats were able to get hooked up to 4 or 5 fish per trip. The sizes are not large with the average 15 pounds, but there have been a few fish in the 30 pound class. This is pretty much the average size for this time of year.
WAHOO: Just as was the case last week, a few Wahoo were reported this week but there were no large amounts of them found, nor any large concentration of fish.
INSHORE: The Sierra bite slowed a bit this week, but that does not mean that they are not out there. It just means that you are not going out and loading the cooler in a couple of hours! It may take a bit longer than that, perhaps all day now. There is still a decent bite on Pargo, Grouper and a few Amberjack for boats bottom fishing. There are a few Yellowtail beginning to show up and of course there are loads of Skipjack close to shore, ranging up to 12 pounds in size.
NOTES: Whales, Dolphin and Turtles continue to keep everyone entranced until the fish bite. Surface conditions are great. I fished three days this week for a total of 12 Striped Marlin released. I golf in a couple of hours, hopefully I will be done in time to get to the radio station for the 6:00 program, I am supposed to talk about the Humboldt Squid tonight. Sitting at the computer listening to Credence Clearwater Revival on the 1991 Fantasy Records release “Chronicle; the 20 greatest hits” CD. Life is good! I think I’ll take one of my good cigars to the golf course and smoke it on the back nine; after all, I deserve it! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - February 21st, 2005
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RECORDED:
82 °
FISHING: Good
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY 13-19, 2005
WEATHER: Finally a week with no rain! We did have pretty heavy condensation most mornings but no rain falling from the sky. Most of the week was partly cloudy but we did have two days in the middle of the week where it was sunny all day. Our day time highs were in the high 70’s and our night time lows were in the 60 degree range.
WATER: Great surface conditions this week with almost no swell and very little wind chop with the exception of Friday afternoon when the wind picked up as a small piece of cloud cover blew in. Most of the week the wind was at 5-10 knots so the chop was small. The Pacific side remained cool with a bit of warmer water moving in up to the north of the Golden Gate Banks late in the week. On the Cortez side there was a 20 mile wide band of cooler water in the 71-73 degree range running off the coast from the shore line. Once past the cool water there was water steadily in the 75 degree range and it curved in to the Punta Gorda area.
BAIT: Mackerel and some small Caballito were the choice of the week at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The concentration of Striped Marlin that were south of the Cape last week seemed to have moved a bit farther out and to the east. This week we were running almost 24 miles to the east-southeast, where the water turned 74 degrees and out to the 1,000 fathom line. On each trip to the area this week there were feeding fish everywhere, tails popping up, swirls in the water and occasional free-jumping fish. There were a lot of fish but they were being picky. Getting to the area early definitely improved the chance of hooking up, but as it always is, being in the right place at the right time sure helped. The Marlin were feeding on small baits so most of the time you threw a Mackerel at them they ignored it. Trolling very small hootchies or feathers with single hooks started working for a lot of the boats, as well as trolling small Mackerel fillets. High speed trolling small lures at 9-10 knots produced fish for some boats as well. With all the fish in the area you would have thought it would be a snap to get hooked up, but on average half the boats went fishless, but not without trying hard. A few boats with the right techniques and the right timing did well with three to four fish per boat.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Some Tuna were found this week but they were very far off shore. There were reports of football to 30 pound fish being found 35 miles and farther to the west, past the San Jaime banks and also some found to the north of the San Jaime and to the north of the Golden Gate Banks. The fish were mixed in with Porpoise and that was the key. Of course not all Porpoise pods held Tuna and it was not uncommon to have to work four or five groups of Porpoise before finding a pod that held Tuna. On some of the pods you could see fish on the sonar but they would not come up and bite, instead they stayed 100-150 feet deep. Once you found fish that were up, small feathers and cedar plugs worked fine.
DORADO: Just as it was last week, working close in on both sides of the Cape produced Dorado. The fish were not large but they were there consistently. Working water from 60-150 feet in depth with small bright lures or slow trolling live Mackerel enabled several boats to score fish counts as high as 8 fish per boat. The Dorado ranged from 6-20 pounds. A few larger fish were picked up off shore with weights ranging from 15-50 pounds.
WAHOO: A few Wahoo were reported this week but there were no large amounts of them found, nor any large concentration of fish.
INSHORE: No changes from last week as Sierra once again are the inshore fish of the week. Anglers have been able to catch as many as they want. The Pacific side of the coast has been going off from the lighthouse up to Migraino on fish from three to six pounds. Small green hootchies live Sardinas and small Rapallas have all been working well, just don’t forget to use wire leader! There were also some nice Pargo found up in the rocks at the points with the sizes from 5-10 pounds. They were caught on live bait pitched in around the boilers.
NOTES: Whales, Porpoise, Turtles and Marlin, it was almost like Sea World out there this week! The water was great, the fishing decent and almost everyone that went out had fun. As for me, I spent a couple of hours at the driving range (I am getting better!), fished four days, got picked up as contributing editor for the fishing section on “Discover Cabo” bi-monthly magazine as well as the fishing commentator for the weekly Anglo-Mexican information hour on Cabo Mil Radio at 6pm on Sunday evenings. Enough to keep me busy! Thanks for everyone’s support and comments on the report, I would not still be doing it without your encouragement! This weeks report was written to the music of one of my guitar gods, Chet Atkins, on the 1994 Sony release “Read My Licks”. Unfortunately my guitar playing has not been getting a lot of practice lately, at this rate it will be several centuries before anyone other than my wife Mary will hear me play! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - February 14th, 2005
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RECORDED:
85 °
FISHING: Good
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY 6-12, 2005
WEATHER: As strange as it may seem, this week’s weather section could be a repeat of last weeks with the exception of the day it rained. Our weather this week moved in on Thursday after noon, it started raining Friday morning and stopped early Saturday morning. A little over two inches fell, almost a third of our yearly average. Our high for the week (unofficial, from my house in town) was 82 degrees while the low was 58 degrees.
WATER: The water was beautiful for most of the week except for Friday when the wind with the rain gusted in. The water on the Pacific side has remained cool. At the end of the week we were seeing temperatures in the 67-70 degree range. A finger of this cooler water wrapped around the Cape and extended up the Cortez coast to outside San Jose. Farther out on the Cortez side the water was 71-72 degrees. Surface conditions remained excellent except for Friday.
BAIT: Mackerel was the bait of the week as is usually the case this time of year. They could be obtained at the normal price of $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: At the end of the week the Striped Marlin were concentrated 14 miles to the south of the Cape. Mixed in with some Porpoise these fish were actively feeding over a very large area. Actively feeding does not mean actively biting though. There was plenty of bait in the area and it took a bit of luck as well as plenty of presentations to get one of these fish to bite. A few of the Marlin were a bit larger than the average with fish pushing #200 in the mix. Slow trolling dead baits, working the general area and live baits thrown to active feeders worked, but you had to be very fast with the love bait as the fish were really moving around.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin bite was off this week for most of the boats though a few were able to find fish on different days. Finding Porpoise was the key, but even then not all the Porpoise marked Tuna. Fish caught were averaging 20 pounds and bit on dark colored feathers and the usual Tuna killer, the cedar plug.
DORADO: Working close in on both sides of the Cape produced Dorado for boats willing to forgo the Marlin craze. The fish were not large but they were there consistently. Working water from 60-150 feet in depth with small bright lures or slow trolling live Mackerel enabled several boats to score fish counts as high as 8 fish per boat. The Dorado ranged from 6-20 pounds.
WAHOO: A few Wahoo were reported this week but there were no large amounts of them found, nor any large concentration of fish.
INSHORE: Once again Sierra are the inshore fish of the week. Anglers have been able to catch as many as they want. The Pacific side of the coast has been going off from the lighthouse up to Migraino on fish from three to six pounds. Small green hootchies live Sardinas and small Rapallas have all been working well, just don’t forget to use wire leader!
NOTES: The Whales continue to provide entertainment and it is a good thing as for some boats that was all the excitement to be had this week. The bite was off until the end of the week and even then luck played a big part in getting a good catch. This weeks report was written to the music of the 1972 release of his self-titled first album, “Roy Buchanan”. What a great guitarist he was! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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