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Cabo San Lucas - May 10th, 2004
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED: 
90 °
FISHING: Excellent
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MAY 2-8, 2004
WEATHER: Summertime, summertime, summertime! I think we are getting there as the days are getting warmer, as are the nights. Sunny skies with our night time lows ranging from the mid 60’s to the mid 70’s and in the early morning you can smell the humidity. Our days are ranging from the low 80’s to the mid 90’s with plenty of sun, a bit of moisture in the air and mostly light breezes. Perfect weather for fishing!
WATER: Water temperatures this week have been from the high 60’s out near Golden Gate Banks to the high 70’s in the Sea of Cortez. The highest I saw this week was 78.9 degrees out near the 1150 spot. The water on the Pacific near shore and just off the Cape 1 mile has been a bit cooler than the surrounding water, but only by a degree or two, and has been a bit green from the large swells. Surface conditions got a bit choppy during the middle of the week on the Pacific side as the afternoon winds kicked in, but the Cortez side has remained very nice.
BAIT: We have had a good mix of both Caballito and Mackerel this week, with most of the Caballito fairly small but with some nice big Mackerel available. The normal price at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Remember the last time you went fishing and were told “You should have been here last week!”? Well, this was “last week” for anglers wanting to catch a Striped Marlin, and we can only hope that it is not the “only week”. Almost every boat returning from a trip was flying at least one Marlin flag this week and the reason was easy to discover when you went out. The fish were close, and there were a lot of them! As was the case last week, the Marlin were close to shore, many of the fish were caught less than a mile from the beach. The hottest action toward the end of the week was right in front of town, at distances ranging from 3 miles to 10 miles out. A lot of boats ran out of live bait during the hot action and had to return to the marina to re-load! On my best day out we spotted over 24 fish, had two releases, lost a couple of others and ran out of bait at 11 AM. The next day my guys took our clients out and returned at 1 PM. They picked up 15 baits in the morning and returned with four Marlin flags flying. The fish were ranging from 50 to 180 pounds and live bait was the key. Few fish came in on the artificials, most of them were sighted tailing and had live bait tossed at them. If that didn’t work, a dead bait was dropped back. If the fish were not interested in that, a dead bait was thrown in front of the fish with no hook or line attached. Most of the time they would go for that one, then light up and eat the next one with a hook in it. Ah, great fishing and no long runs to get to the grounds! Now, if the fish just hold here close for a few more weeks we should have great action as the moon goes to the new phase!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna fishing has been on the back burner this week as the fish that have been around, and there have not been many of them, have mostly been small football sized fish (literally). Most of the action has been up on the Pacific side in Porpoise and the action has been sketchy. The best catch I heard of was 14 footballs, and the water was not in the best of condition that day. Small feathers in dark colors took honors this week, a change from the red ones that worked best last week.
DORADO: Scattered fish ranging in size from 10 to 35 pounds provided some action this week for anglers lucky enough to get hooked up. Most of the fish were found near shore mixed in with the Striped Marlin, but I understand there was some fair action farther up the Sea of Cortez off of Punta Gorda and Vinorama. The fish were found either in the open under Frigate birds, or under floating debris. Best action was on smaller Marlin lures in “Bleeding Mackerel” or “Dorado” colors, and of course, on live bait dropped back on hooking up with a lure accounted for approximately 20% of the second fish caught.
WAHOO: Again the bite has dropped off a bit, but there are still fish being found out there. While not specifically structure orientated, the best results have been close to shore and off the Banks. Of course, this may be because this is where the Marlin action has been and there have been a lot of boats working these areas! Most of the fish have been between 40 and 60 pounds, with an occasional fish to 90 pounds being caught.
INSHORE: There was no change in the inshore action this week, with the exception that the Sierra bite dropped off as the inshore waters warmed up, and the Roosterfish bite picked up. The Roosterfish are still small, most of them are between 5 and 15 pounds and they were being caught on small Caballito slow trolled just outside the first breaker. The best action was had on the Pacific side between the arches and Cabo Falso. There were some nice Jack Crevalle hooked up as well and for those willing to get in close to the rocks, some great Pargo were found ranging from 15 to 35 pounds, they had a preference for live Caballito.
NOTES: My apologies to everyone for last weeks report being either late or not getting out at all. And there were a few of you who received multiple copies! I just hope that this weeks report does not suffer the same problem. We had our computer crash and could not get on line; hopefully by the time Mary gets this for posting, the problem will have been resolved. Thanks so very much to all of you who e-mailed and were concerned about the reason; both of us are just fine! This weeks report was written to the country music of Vince Gill on his 1991 MCA release “Pocket Full Of Gold”. I felt a little bit country this week! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - May 4th, 2004
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
90 °
FISHING: Excellent
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo San Lucas Fish Report April 25-May 1, 2004
WEATHER: As Spring comes in we are getting the great weather we always expect, and one of the reasons we moved here. Sunny skies, clear nights, daytime temperatures around 90 degrees and night time getting a comfortably cool 65-70 degrees. We have had very light breezes all week with the exception of Thursday when front moved through and brought steady 20 knot winds from the west-southwest.
WATER: Water temperatures n the Sea of Cortez ranged from 65 degrees just off the beach here in Cabo to 77 degrees out at the 1150 spot. The cold water was only right at the Cape and it warmed quickly once you headed east. The color close to shore was green early in the week but cleared to blue by the end, whole the color off shore was a slightly green tinged blue to 15 miles out, then the water temps jumped to 73+ degrees and turned a clear blue. On the Pacific side the cool water remained close to shore and it never really warmed up the way we were hoping. Water temperatures the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks stayed in the mid 60’s.
BAIT: The normal $2.00 per bait for Caballito ( most of them were small) with a very few small Mackerel available. I did not hear of any Sardines making it down to Cabo from San Jose.
FISHING
BILLFISH: The beat goes on! This week is a re-run of the action we were having last week with the fish in the same area and striking the same things. The hot action area remained from right in front of town where the water warmed to 70 degrees and continued on up the coast on the Cortez side. Most of the actions was within 8 miles of the beach and the really hot spot locally was outside the Westin/Palmilla and San Jose. Most boats were getting multiple shots every day and often did not have enough flags to fly one for every Striped Marlin released. The best I heard this week was seven fish in one day, but the average was one or two fish to the side of the boat. Once again lures seemed to be the key to finding the fish, but once you were in the area, slow trolled live bait with two on the surface and one down deep gave consistent action. Again, most of the fish were in the 120 # range, with a few quite a bit larger. Surprisingly, small lures in red or Petrelero were a really hot item for a few dyas as the Marlin were feeding on small Squid. Boats working the porpoise for Tuna reported getting lots of strikes on the small feathers from Marlin and savvy anglers rigged the feathers with single hooks, just for a better hookset if a marlin came in on them. There were reports of Blue Marlin being caught, and while I did not see any of them myslef, several of the Captians I talked with confirmed the fact that they are showing up. There wee also a few swordfish being sighted and baited, all in all it has been quite the week for Billfish!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Purse Seiners left, (moving up the coast on the Pacific side, reportedly to fish just outside of mag Bay) and our tuna fishing immediately improved. The fish are still footballs, running from 8-20 pounds with an occasional larger one, but they are biting well when they are found. There are pods of Porpoise out there scattered all over the place and while not all of them are holding fish, there are enough that almost every boat has had the ability to get into them if the anglers wanted. Small feathers in pink, blue/white and green/yellow worked very well, with most of the action coming on the reddish colors (perhaps because of all the squid)
DORADO: Still not red hot, there were fish fond ranging form 10 pounds to 35 pounds and they were scattered. Quite a few were caught while slow trolling live bait for Marlin. While I did not hear of nay kelp paddies being found this week, there were nice sized fish taken off of trash, A live bait dropped back after one fish was hooked on the troll paid off about 20% of the time with a double hook-up. Almost all the action on Dorado took place on the Cortez side of the Cape.
WAHOO: Not as many Wahoo were caught this week as were caught last week. And maybe the coming full moon has an effect on the bite. It has been hard for me to figure these fish out, as some months the full moon is the best bite and in others the new moon phase offers the best chance. The fish this week were mainly open ocean with little floating debris found that held Wahoo.
NOTES: The bite continues to improve every week and our fingers are crossed that it does not stop. My soapbox speech for the week is on releasing Marlin and most of you know this and have heard it before. The only reason to take a Marlin is if it is not going to survive due to a hook through the eye or excessive bleeding form the gills. Our fishery was developed on and is still based on the great numbers of Striped Marlin that are available close to Cabo. Ask almost anyone who has been fishing here for several decades though and they will tell you that “It’s just not the same as the old days!” Thank goodness releasing the fish is becoming more prevalent, with 100 + charter boats a day working the waters, it would not be long before the fish would be gone if every boat killed every fish they caught ( and often sell the fish!) but they are now in the minority. If you want a mount done of your fish, fiberglass replicas are the norm now and they use no part of the actual fish. To get a mount, just have the fish measured along side of the boat and figure it will cost you around $10. An inch. Pulling the fish from the water can break loose the internal organs from the wall of the body cavity, and cause the fish to die later, so if you consider your self a sportsman, and plan to release the fish, please make sure that you are releasing a healthy fish and not one you have inadvertently damaged. Enough for this week! This report was written to the great guitar music of the Gipsy Kings on their 1996 Warner release “Tierra Gitana” Until next week Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - April 30th, 2004
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.
Hi Folks,
This year's inshore fishing has been the most consistent year I have seen in Cabo! On most days our clients are catching a variety of fish on the fly including roosterfish, jacks, sierra mackerel, yellowtail, black skipjack, green jacks, and cubera snappers. Most of our fish have been caught on the Pacific side, but some days rocked over at La Playita for big Jack Cravelle's crashing the bait in the surf line.
We are starting to see some big roosterfish and jacks, but the real bite usually starts around May and lasts through late June , and July can even be good, especially from the beach. Roosterfish are our Permit of the Pacific and are very difficult to catch on the fly. I guess that’s why we love them so much.
I cant remember seeing more cubera snappers than I have this year, and the cubera season has yet to start! The big schools keep migrating in. The fishing for them is always fickle, with the schools moving around they way they are, but once you find them, hang on. These fish will pull your arm right out of its socket!
The sierra mackerel continue to chew on our flies daily. They are great fun to catch on a fly. These strong tasty fish are all nice sized with the average sierra 6 to 7 lbs., and many in the 10 lb. plus range. We use lots of flies as they have razor sharp teeth. The sierra's teeth will cut through the heaviest of mono's. Wire is a must!
GOOD NEWS! The offshore fishing for striped marlin has improved dramatically over the last few days. We are starting to see up to 30 tailers in a day. What a big relief it is to see this kind of action, as its been the slowest year iu have seen for striped amrlin. May and June usually are very good times to catch stripers in Cabo.
Yesterday, John Hinds from Bend, Oregon wrote in our daily log: #150# striped marlin on a fly!! What a thrill. 2 hours 10 minutes to land in rough seas. and heavy wind. Arturo and Alex were Fabulous!
The yellowfin tuna has been the offshore bite this spring. Most of the tuna are football sized fish under 20 lbs. , although some days we are finding schools with the fish in the 40 to 60 lb.range.
We are catching these fish on spinning and light conventional gear using small cedar plugs and houchies. Fly fishing for the tuna is a bit difficult right now while they are breezing around the schools of porpoise. Later in the year the fish will be located under the banks and then we can really target them with the fly.
The dorado and wahoo are here, but most are being taken as a bycatch while trolling for marlin or tuna.
Baja Anglers News:
We have been having troubles with our server over receiving emails. If you sent an email and I didn’t get back with you, please be patient and send it again or try my alternative email address banglers@prodigy.net.mx .
This year we are adding the highly requested fly fishing beach trips
to our operation. Please e-mail the shop at banglers@prodigy.net.mx for pricing and scheduling.
Mexico has changed the telephone area codes. To reach us you need to dial 011-52-(624) 143-4995.
MERCURY LIGHT LINE AND FLY TOURNAMENT
This years tournament dates are Wed. July 21st-Sat. July 24th, 2004
If you are interested in participating in the tournament, please email Dan Dreyer at dubled@therim.com
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 (3) Again the dorado fishing hasn’t changed much from the last report. Most dorado are a bycatch while fishing for marlin. We are finding still finding some explosive action when we locate some floating debris.
WAHOO (3) Some wahoo around, but you really need to target them.
JACK CRAVELLE (5-6) 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 (5-6) They are located under the porpoise.
MARLIN (Blues & Blacks) (0-1) A few fish here and there, expect the action for the blues to pick up around mid July with the best action form August through October.
STRIPED MARLIN (6-7) It's back!!!. The bite that is. After a long dry spell we are consistently seeing and catching stripers on the fly
CUBERA SNAPPER (3-6) The pargo season has just started. Expect the snapper fishing to get better in the next few months.
ROOSTERFISH (5-7) The roosterfish action is good. Most are smaller fish, but the ones we are seeing are taking the fly pretty good. A few big fish are starting to arrive. Expect the roosterfish to be right on by the next report. We don’t share information with anyone else in town as most of the other fleets kill the roosterfish, most times only for the mount.
SIERRA MACKEREL (6-7) good action, never a dull moment around with these guys. Be sure to use wire shock tippet as these guys have very sharp teeth.
SHARKS (4) There are sharks around, but you gotta target them. A buddy of mine say he saw a 18' white shark circling his boat. We get some whites down here so I don’t doubt it. Last year a big one was caught off isla Cervaldo.
SKIPJACK & BONITO (2-4) 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.
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.
CATCHES OF NOTE:
Christopher Black wrote:
Great experience. 11 jacks, 1 mackerel, 1 pompano.
Gary Patterson wrote:
Capt. and mate were great! We had a fantastic day. Learned a lot. Caught loads of barracuda, saw yellowtail and Bonita. Need to learn to cast farther. Next time, and there will be a NEXT time!
King Hubbard wrote:
Capt. Arturo and Mate Alex, treated Maggie and I to a great fun adventure. More sierra than one could imagine. Topped by an hour and half fight with a giant yellowtail…. That we'll land next year.
Bill Bergan wrote:
Great trip, Great Capt. Lots of sierra and roosterfish. I'll be back.
Britt and Leah Hulsey wrote:
On our honeymoon and it was the best fishing trip yet!!
Jeff Crawford wrote: Caught a bunch of fish, sierra's, Toro's . Had a great day.
Jim Truchan wrote:
Great time. Roberto had a close encounter with a sea lion. Caught some wonderful fish. Sierra, yellowtail, roosterfish, and jack cravelle. Great guides-know their fish- we'll be back.
Peter Lowell wrote: Great fishing. Great guides, Well only fish with Baja Anglers when we come to Baja.
Dr. Ed Laden and Michael McEvoy wrote:
1 yellowtail, 3 jack cravelle, 3 skip jacks. Had a wonderful day. My first time fishing. Would do it again in a minute!
Jeff and daughter Joey Woltemath wrote:
Had a great time. Capt. found the fish. Caught sierra and yellowtail. Lots of fun, we'll be back.
Rich Akin wrote:
Caught 6 sierra mackerel. Found a school of tuna, but couldn't get bit. Lots of fun.
Nicole and Brad Dicky wrote:
Our experience with Baja Anglers was phenomenal! We enjoyed everything about our trip. Arturo and Alex are terrific guides and we said many times that they were very hard workers. They did a great job. Thanks so much for your wonderful experience. We will be back and send others.
Jim Tompson wrote:
Fishing was awesome. 6 roosters to 10 pounds. Jacks to 15lbs, and even an amberjack. Too many sierra's to count. My body hurts.
Corey Kliman wrote:
What a fabulous day. Lots of fish after lunch. Teruley a memorable experience.! Grant was great, definitely be back!
Current weather:
It's perfect weather right now, with sunny skies and warm days in the mid to high 80s. Winds have been calm for the most part.
Water temperatures are varying quite a bit form 65 up in the Pacific to 78 in the sea of Cortez side.
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Cabo San Lucas - April 26th, 2004
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
90 °
FISHING: Great
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT APRIL 18-24, 2004
WEATHER: We had wonderful weather this week as it was sunny all week long and the wind only started blowing after noon each day and almost every day had stopped by morning. The one exception was on the 21st when it continued to blow until 9 AM. Our daytime highs were in the low 90’s and night time lows reached down to the mid 60’s but most nights were around 70 degrees.
WATER: The water on the Pacific side of the Cape has been cold, at least relative to the water on the Sea of Cortez side. It did not get to 70 degrees until you were well past the San Jaime Banks, and the water close to shore was as cold as 63 degrees. On the Sea of Cortez it was another matter as we had a finger of warm water, sometimes as warm as 77 degrees, push towards the Cape following the shore and extending out to around 12 miles. Once out past the 12 miles the water got a bit off color but remained fairly warm. The cold Pacific water continued to push in but upon meeting the warm water on the Cortez side it was forced to the south.
BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for Caballito (most of them were small) with very few small Mackerel available. I did not hear of any Sardines making it down to Cabo from San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The warm water returning to our area brought the Billfish with it! I heard reports of at least three Blue Marlin being caught this week, with the largest one at #480. On Thursday the Striped Marlin bite just seemed to explode with some boats getting shots at as many as 20 fish a day. The average seemed to be 10 fish a day (not caught, but seen and baited) with most boats able to get at least one to the side. The bite was in the warm water area of the Sea of Cortez, between the shore and out 10 miles, and from right in front of town all the way up the coast to the Punta Gorda area. Most of the bites seemed to occur on trolled lures, with the strikes on them out numbering the strikes on live bait by about 3 to 1. Most of the fish were in the #120 class.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: If you read last weeks report, you remember me mentioning the Purse Seiners that have been hanging around. Well, they are still here. I was out on the water today and saw three of them under way just off the coast on the Cortez side, one of them was a super seiner carrying a helicopter on the roof. Besides those three, there were four more anchored off the beach in Cabo Bay. Now let me pose a question to you. If these boats are not legally allowed to fish within 50 miles of the coast, why do they stop and drift all day on the banks and the 95 spot? Do you think they may be waiting for the sport boats to leave so they can set their nets at night? That may be one of the reasons we are not seeing any Yellowfin much larger than 20 pounds, with the rare exception of an occasional 40-60 pound fish, and may also explain why the porpoise are behaving so strangely. All right, the Yellowfin this week were on the small side still, but they were still the fish of the week as almost all the charter boats were able to get a few of them on board, and a few boats absolutely loaded up on them. Early in the week just to the west of the San Jaime was a good area and then the bite shifted to due south of the Cape. Often in Porpoise, but just as often they were blind strikes. Contrary to what is usually the case, the best bitten lures this week were feathers in bright colors, Mexican Flag and Yellow/Green. Normally they bite best on dark colors.
DORADO: There were not a lot of Dorado caught this week but it looks as if the bite should be picking up soon. A couple of days in a row there were kelp paddies found on both the Pacific (early in the week) and on the Cortez side (later in the week) and these paddies held decent numbers of Dorado to 25 pounds. There are still occasional fish being found in the blind in the warm water areas as well.
WAHOO: Last week there were some Wahoo beginning to show and this week they came on strong. Not every boat caught them, but there were boats that were in the right place at the right time and did very will. One Captain I know got the fish of a lifetime when he hooked a Wahoo that weighed #120 as he was approaching a kelp paddy. He ended the day with 4 Wahoo, the other three were a pair of #40 fish and another one of around #70, and he lost several others! There were quite a few of the larger fish caught this week and the Gorda Banks as well as the points between Cabo and San Jose popped out fish as well. Oh, don’t forget the kelp paddies and the open ocean fish as well! Marauders and dark colored lures, mostly in blue/black and Petrelero worked well.
INSHORE: No change from last week so here it is again. Slow fishing in rough water on the Pacific side, but those that could handle it found fair fishing up around the lighthouse on the Pacific and just off the Arches for Yellowtail to 25 pounds on live bait dropped deep and irons in white. There were also Sierra in the 4 to 8 pound range in the same area as well as right in the Cabo San Lucas Bay and up around El Tule. The favorite for good catches of Sierra seemed to be dark colored hootchies run deep with the use of a planer or down-rigger. Elsewhere the inshore action was slow with only a few fish found.
NOTES: Lets see, hot topics of the week were the "Purse Seiners", the great Wahoo bite and finally the Striped Marlin bite turning on. I already wrote about them in the report so I won’t go over it again. Let’s hope the bite continues on the Wahoo and the Marlin, and keep our fingers crossed that something will be done with the Seiners. A.....before I forget...be sure to get a fishing license when you are here if you plan to go fishing. The guys from Department of Fisheries have been boarding boats returning to the marina (accompanied by armed marines) and confiscating the rods and reels from boats where the anglers do not have licenses. I saw this with my own eyes this week. It is no longer difficult to get a license though, not the time draining and headache causing chore it used to be. Just go to the little office over by the main dock (ask anyone, they will tell you where it is) and pay the fee, they will issue it right there, right now! This weeks report was written to the music of my cats screaming for fresh Tuna, maybe next week I will put a CD on and drown them out! Until then, tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - April 19th, 2004
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED: 
88 °
FISHING: Great
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT APRIL 11-17, 2004
WEATHER: The weather changed somewhat this week. It started beautiful at the beginning of the week, hardly a cloud in the sky. Thursday it started clouding up, making it a little muggy. The wind from the north-northwest would pick up about noon making for a rough ride back from the fishing grounds, but worth it! Wind would die down in again in the morning for smooth sailing out to where the tuna are biting. On Saturday it started to blow really hard at noon and a lot of the boats struggled to get back, but that wind died down in the evening and Sunday was fine. Our overnight lows were in the 65-70 degree range while the daytime highs were around the 85-90 area.
WATER: We have been seeing a range of water temperatures from 62 to 72 degrees this week with the colder water running along the Pacific coast from outside the Golden Gate and inside the San Jaime Banks, continuing down the line and going to the south of the Cape as far out as 40 miles. This cool green water to the south is from 15 to 20 miles wide and is from a low of 62 degrees to a high of 67 degrees. To the west it quickly warms to 72 degrees and to the east it warms to just as much, but takes more distance to happen. Temperatures at San Jaime and Gorda Banks are in the 72 range while Golden Gate remains around 65 degrees..
BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for Caballito with very few small Mackerel available. I did not hear of any Sardines making it down to Cabo from San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were very few blue flags flying this week and it is probably due to the water temperature close to home. The Striped Marlin that have been caught all either came from at least 30 miles to the west or up around and past the Gorda Banks, where the water was warmer. While the bite on Striped Marlin was slow and that on the Blue Marlin not there at all here at the Cape, we did have some Swordfish action continue. A few private boats did night trips and managed to hook fish ranging from 60 to 250 pounds and a couple more were caught by the charter fleet baiting fish found on the surface.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Almost a repeat of last weeks report on the Tuna. They are getting a little bigger. At least bigger than footballs. Some nice 25-40 LB fish were being caught out at the Jaime, catching them with the porpoise. The ride hasn’t been bad getting out to San Jaime, but if that wind picks up in the afternoon, it’s a rough ride back. Again, small feathers in dark colors worked well as did larger lures in Petrelero (sure must be a lot of squid out there now). The Sea of Cortez side, out to 15 miles while the wind blew, and out a bit farther after it stopped on the weekend had the majority of the fish, perhaps due to the small temperature break there. Unfortunately there have been a few Tuna Seiners sighted both at the San Jaime and at the 95 spot. On the weekend it appeared that they had set on the San Jaime as all of a sudden the fish that been there disappeared as did the Seiners, and the Porpoise that were around were acting very scared of boats.
DORADO: Very few Dorado this week. Still getting some nice size fish. Also I have heard of a few small ones being caught this week and that usually means the schools are coming! 5 miles out off the coast on the Cortez side was a good area for a fish or two if you were lucky, and otherwise you needed to find something floating in the water. Live bait was the key as usual.
WAHOO: Some nice Wahoo showing up this week. Seeing a lot of 40-80 LB fish. I love the end of April. My favorite fish for Sashimi! And the mangoes are starting to come in for fresh mango salsa on the grilled Wahoo. Just off the coast on the Cortez side and on top of the San Jaime seemed to be where the fish were at and they were striking dark colored lures.
INSHORE: Slow fishing in rough water on the Pacific side, but those that could handle it found fair fishing up around the lighthouse on the Pacific and just off the Arches for Yellowtail to 25 pounds on live bait dropped deep and irons in white. There were also Sierra in the 4 to 8 pound range in the same area as well as right in the Cabo San Lucas Bay and up around El Tule. The favorite for good catches of Sierra seemed to be dark colored hootchies run deep with the use of a planer or down-rigger. Elsewhere the inshore action was slow with only a few fish found.
NOTES: Swordfish continue to be the talk of the week around the docks , at least from the private boats. The Charter fleets are happy with the number of Yellowfin Tuna that are showing up, but only a few of the Captains seem to be concerned about the flagrant Purse Seining going on right in front of Cabo. Some of them have talked about it but say that it happens every year. Even though it is supposed to against the federal law for them to set nets inside the 50 mile limit, there is no enforcement available so it continues to happen. Sigh. There are fewer Whales being seen and that is normal, as around Easter every year they head back to the north. This weeks report was written to the music of Jimmy Buffett on the MCA 1990 release "Feeding Frenzy".
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Cabo San Lucas - April 12th, 2004
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
88 °
FISHING: Good
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT APRIL 4-10, 2004
WEATHER: I swear to you that I am not making this up, but once again we have an almost identical repeat of last weeks weather. Maybe I am starting to sound like a broken record, but hear me out. The week started with wonderful calm weather, sunny and warm with not a cloud in the sky. On Tuesday the wind started to blow as cloud cover moved in. It started to blow hard on Wednesday and on Friday a lot of boats cancelled their trips. On Saturday the wind started to die back down and the clouds moved away. Sigh. Night time lows were in the area of 60 degrees while the daytime highs ranged from 82 to 98 degrees, depending on where you were and the day of the week!
WATER: Down to a low of 59 degrees right at the Cape at the end of the week, the water close to home has been very, very cold! Thank goodness the water warms up as you get offshore, or we might just be looking at another Albacore bite (not that would be a bad thing). One you got around 15 miles out the water started to warm up and on the Sea of Cortez side that meant that you were looking at temperatures that may have hit the low 70’s. Directly to the south the water continued to stay cold as the currents carried that chilly stuff almost thirty miles out before it began to dissipate. Out on the Pacific side the normal temperature break area, between the Golden Gate and the San Jaime Banks continued to run true to form. Once you reached the rise the water started to warm up, but for most of the week it was just so rough out there that no one was going. Up the Cortez the water inshore began to warm up as well and it was a good thing, as that was almost the only area the smaller boats could concentrate on without getting slammed around.
BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for Caballito with very few small Mackerel available. I did not hear of any Sardines making it down to Cabo from San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Heck, I have no idea what to say about the Bill fish this week except that some boats were lucky and caught some. I would have to venture a guess that for most of the week one in twenty boats were lucky to get hooked up, and of them, maybe half got the fish to the boat. A lot of it had to do with the full moon, but the water temperature and surface conditions contributed as well. Some of the boats that did catch fish were catching them on lures, bait was not working real well. After banging heads around after a few beers, we have come up with a pretty good reason (at least it sounds like it after a couple!), too much squid around for the Marlin to be interested in Mackerel or Caballito. Why should they work hard at chasing small fish when they can eat squid candy. That also migh explain why most of the fish caught on lures were caught on ones that were in squid colors! Most of the fish found were at the temperature breaks and that was almost the only place.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A repeat of last weeks report on the Tuna. Almost all the Yellowfin I saw or heard about this week were football fish and many of them were not found with Porpoise, but instead found in free swimming schools. Small feathers in dark colors worked well as did larger lures in Petrelero (sure must be a lot of squid out there now). The Sea of Cortez side, out to 15 miles while the wind blew, and out a bit farther after it stopped on the weekend had the majority of the fish, perhaps due to the small temperature break there. There were a few larger fish found and caught, but they were around the San Jaime and for most of the week the water was too rough to get to them.
DORADO: Same as last week! Scattered fish, and good sized ones, were the order for the week. Many of the Dorado found and caught were in the 25-50 pound class. Marlin lures in Petrelero go the first ones and live bait on the drop back usually hooked up another. Warmer water, out past the temperature break was where most of the fish were found, though there were a few found close to shore on the Cortez side up around the Palmilla Hotel.
WAHOO: Even with the full moon there were not many Wahoo found this week. Cold water may have been the reason because I did hear that there was a bit of a bite happening up around the north end of Punta Gorda, and the water was warmer up there.
INSHORE: Slow fishing in rough water, but those that could handle it found fair fishing up around the lighthouse on the Pacific side for Yellowtail to 25 pounds on live bait dropped deep. There were also Sierra in the 4 to 8 pound range in the same area as well as right in the Cabo San Lucas Bay. Elsewhere the inshore action was slow with only a few fish found.
NOTES: Not a red banner week on the fishing front, nor on the weather front! (that was a repeat of the first line from last weeks report!) We need warm water, no wind and then things will take off! Around the town, things are busy as it is Semana Santa, or Holy Week, and everyone is on Holiday! Lots of people out and about but the fun police are out as well. Sigh, a couple of live music sets at the beach and the fun police shut down Brian Flynn’s indoor/outdoor gig at the beach. Heck, if I wanted this I would have moved to southern California (the state, that is!)! No music this week as it is late at my house, Mary is asleep and I have to get up early and fish on Easter Sunday! Until next week, tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - April 5th, 2004
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
88 °
FISHING: Good
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 28-APRIL 3, 2004
WEATHER: It’s hard for me to believe but this weeks weather was an exact repeat of last weeks! The week started out all right with little wind and the warm waters close to home, but on Monday it started to blow again. The wind kept up through Wednesday and then dropped off. Some of us thought that we may have has winds to 35 knots for almost all day on Tuesday! A little cloud cover accompanied it, but no rain. Our evening lows were in the high 60’s and daytime highs were around the mid 90’s. At the end of the week we were again into sunny skies and light winds.
WATER: Cold water was wrapped around the Cape this week with water out to 15 miles in the low to mid 60’s. Not until you got at least 15 miles to the south or out the same distance on the Sea of Cortez did it warm up to the low 70’s. On the Pacific side there was a huge temperature break where the water went from 68 to 75 in a short three mile distance, out 50 miles to the southwest, but the water was so bad that only the largest private boats even tried to fish there. Those that did found good fishing, but did not enjoy the ride. Closer to home the water was very rough on Tuesday and Wednesday, then mellowed out a bit. That was on both side of the Cape as the strong winds that blew on Tuesday and Wednesday were from the west-northwest and there was no hiding from them.
BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for Caballito and small Mackerel with some Sardinas available at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: At the beginning of the week it was very good fishing for Striped Marlin with some boats hooking into three or four fish per trip. The best I heard of was a seven fish trip. Most of the boats were lucky to get one fish to the side of the boat though, as most of the fish found were not interested in eating. The area around the 95 spot and up to the 1150 held good quantities of Marlin and they were feeding on squid, at least by the lure color results! Most of the lure strikes were on Petrelero colored lures, and as I said, they were not really interested in live baits offered to them. Later in the week, after the wind blew, the fish seemed to disappear, perhaps due to the warmer water moving farther offshore. There were a few Swordfish caught by boats fishing at night with squid and cylume lights, and all the squid out there may be the reason these Billfish are around in numbers right now.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Almost all the Yellowfin I saw or heard about this week were football fish and many of them were not found with Porpoise, but instead found in free swimming schools. Small feathers in dark colors worked well as did larger lures in Petrelero (sure must be a lot of squid out there now). The Sea of Cortez side, out to 15 miles while the wind blew, and out a bit farther after it stopped on the weekend had the majority of the fish, perhaps due to the small temperature break there.
DORADO: Scattered fish, and good sized ones, were the order for the week. many of the Dorado found and caught were in the 25-50 pound class. Marlin lures in Petrelero go the first ones and live bait on the drop back usually hooked up another. Warmer water, out past the temperature break was where most of the fish were found, though there were a few found close to shore on the Cortez side up around the Palmilla Hotel.
WAHOO: 18 Miles to the south at the beginning of the week had a small concentration of Wahoo on the temperature break, but the bite died off as the moon phase changed, or maybe it was due to the heavy winds moving in the cool water. Whatever the reason, there were some nice fish caught early in the week, then nothing. Again, Petrelero was the color of the week.
INSHORE: It was slow inshore this week, at that was partly due to the heavy winds in the middle of the week. Boats going out did have a bit of a variety though as there were still Sierra to be caught. Most of them were in the 5-8 pound class and the best results were had on hoochies that were jigged as they were trolled. Guess that extra action works the hungries into the Sierra! There were also Roosterfish found. Of course they were small, with very few of the over 5 pounds, but it is a good sign of things to come.
NOTES: Not a red banner week on the fishing front, nor on the weather front! Hopefully Easter week will be more productive and more comfortable. We hope everyone enjoys the holiday and has a great time, whatever you are doing! This weeks report was written to the music of Jerry Lee Lewis on the 1997 KRB release "Great Balls of Fire, the Collectors Edition". Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - March 29th, 2004
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
90 °
FISHING: Good
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 21-27, 2004
WEATHER: The week started out all right with little wind and the warm waters close to home, but on Monday it started to blow again. The wind kept up through Wednesday and then dropped off. It was from the northwest and the west and cooled things off a bit. A little cloud cover accompanied it, but no rain. Our evening lows were in the high 60’s and daytime highs were around the mid 90’s. At the end of the week we were again into sunny skies and just a light breeze.
WATER: We started out the week with warm water close to home, but then the wind started blowing and the currents kicked in. By Tuesday the warm water had gotten as far as 30 miles to the east and had taken all the Marlin and Dorado with it. The temperature break there was strongly defined but the fishing conditions were bad. Of course this meant that the conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape were also bad. Later in the week the wind died down and so did the current and the warm water started to get closer. The Pacific side out to the San Jaime remained in the low to mid 60’s while the warm 73 degree water came back in as close as 18 miles at the end of the week on the Cortez side. The temp break on the Cortez side was 7 degrees over a 3 mile distance and there was a color break as well. Lets hope it keeps coming in and the wind stays down!
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was small Caballito and they were the normal $2 per bait. There were Sardinas at $20 a bucket and some small Mackerel as well at the normal $2 per piece.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, it changes on an almost daily basis! The beginning and the end of the week saw some Billfish being caught, almost all of them being Striped Marlin. These fish were on the warm side of the Cape, the Cortez side and the bite was a pretty even mix on bait and lures. The fish were running between #120 and #180. At the beginning of the week it was not uncommon for the guys to be spotting a couple dozen or more Striped Marlin a trip. Petrelero color seemed to work well as almost everything out there was feeding on squid. A couple of boats reported they tied into Swordfish in the cold water, and there were a few sighted on the surface that would not bite.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This week the Yellowfin Tuna repeated last weeks size and areas, except that there were fewer of the large fish caught. Also there seemed to be fewer caught overall. Most of the fish were small footballs, averaging #6-#8. I did see some fish come in that were in the #40-#50 range. A lot of the small fish were caught in to blind while the larger fish were associated with the Porpoise. Due to the strong mid-week winds most of the fishing took place on the Cortez side of the Cape.
DORADO: Green water close to home for most of the week resulted in a slackening of the Dorado catch. There were Dorado being caught as long as you were fishing the warm water, but the heavy wind kept a lot of boats from making the 30 mile trip. Once in the area, lures in Petrelero color worked well, as they did for the Marlin, since there were large amounts of squid at the temperature break. The Dorado that were found there were nice ones too, with most of the fish in the #25-#45 range. A live bait dropped back after a hook-up on a lure sure worked well!
WAHOO: I did not see a real Wahoo flag this week, but that does not mean there were none caught.
INSHORE: Nice Sierra were still available on the Cortez side of the Cape with the best action taking place around the El Tule area. Some small Roosterfish are showing as well with most of the fish in the 5 pound range. With the influx of cold water at the Cape, we had a return on the Yellowtail bite also. Most of the fish were small, from #5 to #15, and dropping down small live Mackerel seemed to be the key to getting a few of them in the boat.
NOTES: Sure am glad I am not a weather forecaster, I would never be right! Most of the time we just have to hope that things are going to be good when people make their reservations! This week the wind really hurt us, but there was some decent action at the beginning and end of the week Our fingers are crossed that the warm water comes in close and fishing improves quickly! This weeks report was written to the music of Roger Waters on the Sony DVD "In the Flesh", recorded live in Portland, Oregon in 2000. I grew up on this music, so why is he looking so old while I feel so young? Until next week, good luck and tight lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - March 22nd, 2004
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
95 °
FISHING: Great
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 14-20, 2004
WEATHER: Once again the week started out a bit cloudy then cleared up at the end. It also warmed up quite a bit! Today is the first day of spring and it feels like the middle of summer as we had temperatures in the high 90’s yesterday. Our night time lows have risen to the high 60’s as well and we have put away the comforters and plugged in the floor fans. The humidity has stayed fairly low so we don’t have the muggy feeling we will get later in the summer, all in all it has been a great week for good weather!
WATER: The cold water this week remained on the Pacific side of the Cape with the water temps staying in the mid to high 60’s out to a distance of 15 to 25 miles. On the Cortez side, the water was 72 to 75 degrees out to 30 miles and very blue. Once past that, the temps dropped to 71 and the color turned green. Of course all the fish have been in the warmer blue water! No strong temp breaks this week, at least close enough for us to fish. The winds have been light and that has meant great surface conditions, little swell and even less chop.
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was small Caballito and they were the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Finally! The water on the Cortez side warmed up to 72 degrees and turned blue and all of a sudden the Striped Marlin started to show up again! There have been a lot of fish showing up just inside and to the north of the 95 spot. It was not uncommon at the end of the week to see at least a dozen Marlin on the surface at the end of the week, and there were times when over two dozen were spotted during the course of a trip. Just because you see them does not mean they are going to eat though! Dark colored lures and live bait were the best bets and almost all the fish were found on the Cortez side.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: As the Marlin showed up and the moon got small, the Tuna became harder to find, at least the nicer sized fish. Most of the fish being caught were footballs in the 6 to 12 pound size but there were occasions when the school fish popped up and crashed the lures. I did not hear of many of the large fish caught this week though, nothing over 100 pounds. The larger fish (#45-#80) were found on the Pacific side out around 20+ miles and were associated with Porpoise. On the Cortez side the fish were much smaller and still associated with the Porpoise. Best bets were small dark colored feathers.
DORADO: A dead Whale was found on Wednesday, just past the 95 spot and that was the source for most of the Dorado action this week. Almost every boat that worked the carcass on Wednesday, and those that were able to find it again on Thursday were able to get at least a few Dorado in the boat, and they were pretty nice fish as well. Other than that, the action was sparse and scattered. Most of it was on the Cortez side as that was where the warmer water has been. Live bait and bright colored lures were the keys to getting one of these great eating fish in the boat.
WAHOO: Still few are far between, there were some caught this week off of the banks on the Inner and Outer Gorda. A few were found out in the open as well, but we are just waiting for the next full moon.
INSHORE: The Sierra bite continued to improve and the fish have increased in average size. A lot of the Pangas were able to get into fish in the 10 pound class. One of the secrets to a good Sierra catch this week appeared to be getting the lures (Rapallas or hootchies) down 15 feet or so. A planer on a handline with a release clip sure did the trick for a few folks. Small Roosterfish have been appearing now and then as well as some Amberjack.
NOTES: The warm water has moved in and the fishing has improved. Our fingers are crossed that it continues to do so. Lets hope that the lights we are seeing a mile or two offshore at night are just bait fishermen and not longliners setting lines at night, or we may be in for a long, slow season. The Whale sightings are tapering off, not quite as many as there were last month. My music for the weeks report was the incomparable Patsy Cline on the MCA 1988 release "12 Greatest Hits". I rarely suggest a website for folks to check out, but I think I may start doing that as well. As my choice this week, may I suggest that anyone who plays, or aspires to play any type of guitar, from beginner to professional, look at www.guitarnoise.com Until next week, tight line and good music!
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Cabo San Lucas - March 21st, 2004
supplied by: Baja Anglers
FISHING: Great
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.
Hi Folks,
The inshore fishing this winter has been the most consistent in years. Our fly fisherman are still catching lots of sierra mackerel, jack cravelle, roosterfish, and snappers along our Pacific beaches. Our sierra this year are mostly nice fish over 6lbs, but we have caught some brutes over 14lbs. These fish are like mini wahoo in speed and fighting capabilities, and the bigger ones over 12lbs are world records, but most of our anglers don’t care, they just want the big tug on their rods and sierra's made into cehiche for their afternoon snack while drowning a few beers. Make sure to use wire trace on your leaders as these fish have sharp teeth that will cut though any monofiloment leaders.
The great Cubera snapper bite that was non-stop for the last month has slowed down a bit. For the last month or so, we were catching 4 to 20 cubera snappers a day up to 40lbs on the fly. I expect this years cubera snapper fishing will get only better in the next few months.
The roosterfish are still in our area and we are catching a few on the fly a daily basis. Most are under 20lbs. If you want big roosterfish, come back in May, June or July. That’s when the big boys migrate back into our area.
The Jacks are mixed in with the sierra's and roosterfish. The fish are running anywhere from 5 to 20lbs.
We are catching Yellowtails and Amberjacks up to 40 lbs. on the Sea of Cortez using iron jigs fished deep with light spinning rods. This is a lot of fun way to fish and on occasion a hooked fish will bring the school up to the surface for fly fishing opportunities.
The offshore fishing still has been inconsistent for striped marlin and dorado. We are seeing more striped marlin than previous weeks, so things are looking up, the dorado are mostly a surprise bite and bycatch while trolling for marlin. The yellowfin tuna have been a bit more reliable , but getting them on the fly has been a long shot. These fish are following the porpoise and are taking cedar plugs better than lures.
Baja Anglers News:
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This year we are adding the highly requested fly fishing beach trips
to our operation. Please e-mail the shop at banglers@cabonet.net.mx for pricing and scheduling.
Mexico has changed the telephone area codes. To reach us you need to dial 011-52-(624) 143-4995.
MERCURY LIGHT LINE AND FLY TOURNAMENT
This years tournament dates are Wed. July 21st-Sat. July 24th, 2004
If you are interested in participating in the tournament, please email Dan Dreyer at dubled@therim.com
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 (3) Again the dorado fishing hasn’t changed much from the last report. Most dorado are a bycatch while fishing for marlin. We are finding still finding some explosive action when we locate some floating debris.
WAHOO (2) A few wahoo have arrived, but you really need to target them.
JACK CRAVELLE (5) They are located with the sierra mackerel. Our Baja baitfish is the best fly of all time for these guys!
TUNA (5-6) They are located under the porpoise and the banks.
MARLIN (Blues & Blacks) (0) Dead until next summer.
STRIPED MARLIN (3-5) Inconsistent at best, anyone tell you different they are stretching the truth. That doesn’t mean we aren't catching them. Some days a few boats are coming back with multiple fish, but lots of boats are coming back skunked for marlin.
CUBERA SNAPPER (5) It has slowed down some for these guys, but the pargo season has just started. Expect the snapper fishing to get better in the next few months.
ROOSTERFISH (4-5) The roosterfish action is good. Smaller fish, but the ones we are seeing are taking the fly pretty good. We don’t share information with anyone else in town as most of the other fleets kill the roosterfish, most times only for the mount.
SIERRA MACKEREL (8-9) HOT action, never a dull moment around with these guys. Be sure to use wire shock tippet as these guys have very sharp teeth.
SHARKS (5) There are sharks around, but you gotta target them.
SKIPJACK & BONITO (2) 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!
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.
CATCHES OF NOTE:
Greg Vanzant wrote:
Baja Anglers delivers!! Very Knowledgeable staff! Everyone here are deserving a "world class" fly fishing guide status.
Mark Serverson wrote:
Great guides. They were a great help in catching fish. We hooked many sierra's , landing most. Nice clean boats. Our guides come highly recommended from myself and my son.
Kirk Kent wrote: Great mackerel fishing. Some roosterfish and jacks caught also. Visibility of the water was great for sight fishing.
Mike Gorman wrote:
Great trip. Arturo was fantastic. 4 Spanish mackerel, and 4 jacks. We will be back.
Peter and daughter Ellen Gabincius wrote:
Ellen started out with #20 amberjack and #20 yellowtail on bait. Didn’t get any on flies.
Went around to the Pacific and got 10 sierra up to 12-14 pounds. 4 jacks and one small rooster on flies. The sierra shredded my flies. Boy Juan and Roberto worked really hard. Good crew.
Tim and Mark Soult wrote:
Great day. My son and I had a great time. Our Guides were the best!!
My son was catching more than me. Then the sierra started hitting and we couldn’t cast fast enough. Cant wait to go again.
Mile Leone wrote:
First time salt water fly fishing! Tons of action through the day. No dull moments and the guides were great.
Dan and Daniel Gordon wrote: 3 Jacks,3 mackerel, one tuna. A lot of missed fish. Capt. Arturo and Alex( Top Notch Crew) Very exciting fishing.
Tom Rapone wrote: 12 snapper to 20lbs. On fly, 1 sierra, 1 toro. Totally sweet.
John Waterlek wrote:
Lots of fun! Caught red snapper, sierra, pompano and jacks. Lots of fish.
Bill Welsh wrote:
We had a great time. Caught several fish. Juan and Roberto knew what it took to make the fish bite. We look forward to next time.
Bob Barnes wrote:
Fantastic crew . Lots of fun. Lots of fish. Great equipment. Glad I found out about you.
Dan Hess wrote: Great day. 20 + sierra and 1 jack. The crew, boat and gear were outstanding.
Len Hirsh wrote:
Outstanding day!!!! Sierra , grouper, hawkish, jacks, and sierra. Cant say enough about a really fantastic day.
John Matney wrote:
Two jacks over 20 lbs.- all my 8wt can handle! Too many sierra to count. Overall a great day.
Shai Kane wrote:
2 marlin hooked- broke off after 10 minutes. Awesome time.
Nelson Gurney wrote:
Exciting! Exciting! First snapper on the fly first roosterfish. Guides were patient and skilled.
Howard Nicols wrote:
Good Boat! Juan and Roberto are very hard workers! We caught a 35# snapper plus other snapper, grouper, and sierra. Good fly fishing- They led the fish to the fly.
Glen Amman wrote:
"First class" Arturo and Alex were very professional and kind to my 10 year old. Fishing was great.
Current weather:
It's perfect weather right now, with sunny skies and warm days in the 80s.
Water temperatures are perfect for inshore fish in the Pacific. Right now it is around 68 to 72 degrees.
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CLOSE OUT SALE on Thomas and Thomas Rods
Deschutes Canyon Fly Shop, Inc.
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William Joseph Retractable Stripping Basket
Fishwest Outfitters
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