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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JULY 5 to JULY 11, 2004
WEATHER: Highs in the high 90’s with humid air, night time lows in the high 70’s. Thank goodness for air conditioning! There have been light winds during the morning hours while at sea, but almost no breeze in the morning here in town. In the afternoons and early evening it has picked up a bit and cooled things off. Slight cloud cover at the beginning and the end of the week and some good, dense clouds in the middle, and these clouds dropped some rain to the north of us, but none here.
WATER: High water temperature was 85 degrees on the Sea of Cortez and the low was around 74 on the Pacific side. Straight south 15 miles we saw water temperatures in the middle. The surface conditions were good almost all week on the Cortez side of the Cape and on the Pacific they only got rough during the middle of the week when the cloud cover and wind moved in.
BAIT: The usual Caballito at $2 each, some Mullet but not much else.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Ok, the bite is still good but not as red hot as last wee, but the variety is improving. There were trips where both Blue Marlin and Striped Marlin were caught, some where a Striped Marlin and a Sailfish were caught, or a Blue Marlin and a Sailfish, and at least one boat came in flying flags for all three! The bite has moved to the south of the Cape and there seems to be a preference for lures right now, and live bait dropped back in the pattern just gets picked at, not really eaten. Darker colors worked the best but the Bleeding Mackerel still got a lot of strikes.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Not a lot of changes on the Tuna bite, there have been a lot of footballs found as well as fish in the 20-25 pound class, and most of them have been in Porpoise pods. The best area has been to the south of the Cape 20 miles and to the south side of the San Jaime Banks. I did talk with one boat that went and worked the Golden Gate Bank and did well on fish from 20-40 pounds, but there were no other boats around at the time, and they did not find the fish on the next day’s trip to the same area. Small feathers in bright colors did well, as did cedar plugs.
DORADO: The Dorado bite keeps getting better and the bite moved on up into the Pacific this week with great action being found up in the Migranios area and the beach off of Margarite. The fish have not been large, averaging 12 pounds, but there have been plenty of them, and there has been the occasional beast mixed in. The larger fish have been farther offshore, and have been much more scattered. Slow trolled live bait under working Frigate Birds has provided a lot of action as has trolling medium sized bright lures.
WAHOO: A decent Wahoo bite this week with a few boats getting doubles on fish averaging 30 pounds. Most boats of course never had a Wahoo strike but that is the way it often goes with these fish. The favorite lure seemed to be anything in either Bleeding Mackerel or Bleeding Dorado run either very short (second wake) or very long (back on #8 or #9).
INSHORE: Most of the boats were working a bit farther offshore than usual due to the number of Dorado to be found, and those working for the normal; inshore fish were a bit disappointed. There were some Roosterfish caught as well as Jack Crevalle, but not in the numbers to be expected this time of year.
NOTES: Well George finally left on his trip north yesterday and he wrote this report Saturday morning just before he left. So if you are in San Diego, say hi to him when he passes by.
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Capt G (Unregistered Guest)
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JUNE 29 to July 4, 2004
WEATHER: Last week I said that the humidity was starting to get up there, right? Well, it’s here! But we also have this wonderful warmth to go with it as our night time lows have been in the low 70’s and the day time highs in the mid to high 90’s. You get to sweat when you are walking but it makes sitting in the shade with a cool one all the better. Of course, it is a lot more comfortable out fishing! We have had a little bit of cloud cover, no rain and slight winds in the late afternoon.
WATER: Warmer! The coolest water we were finding at the end of the week was out in the area of the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks where the surface temperature was in the 77-78 degree range. Everywhere else, both to the south and up the Sea of Cortez we had water in the 80 to 85 degree range. Good surface conditions everywhere at the end of the week with slight swells and just a light wind riffle. The water was a great blue color except near home, near shore on the Pacific side where it greened up a little, but it was still not too bad.
BAIT: The usual Caballito at $2 each, some Lisa, a few small Mackerel and no Sardinas
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FISHING:
BILLFISH: And things just keep getting better! I saw most boats that were flying Billfish flags flying at least two, often four to six flags each as they came in. The fish, at least the Striped Marlin, were close to home, it was not necessary to get more than ½ mile offshore to get into the action. The really good action early in the week started up around San Jose and moved our way as the week went along. As of the end of the week, right out in front of Punta Ballena and the 95 spot there were Striped Marlin everywhere. The Blues are starting to show up as well and there were some nice fish reported from the area of the Gorda Banks. Hopefully they will be coming closer as well as the weeks go on. Almost all the action this week was on live bait. There were fish coming into the patterns but they were not very aggressive, live bait dropped back seemed to do the trick though.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin bite this week picked up as well, and it is a good thing! We still are not having great numbers or really large fish, but a lot of footballs, sometimes enough of them to seem a nuisance if you were running lures that were too small, but quite a few of them were fish in the 20-25 pound range, with fish to 50 pounds showing as well. Most of the bigger fish were a little farther off shore than everything else, and the south side of the San Jaime Banks was a good place to find them, often pin-pointed by the feeding porpoise. Small feathers in dark colors were needed for the footballs if you wanted to catch a lot of them, medium sized lures in almost any color for the bigger fish.
DORADO: It is summertime and that means Dorado time. I have seen a lot of Dorado flags this week and while there have been some small fish in the catch; I have once again seen quite a few fish in that 50 pound range. Of course most of them are around 20 pounds, but that is nothing to sneeze at! Right out in front of town, within a mile of the arch and slow trolling live bait seems to be an almost sure bet for the Dorado, but most of the boats are covering more ground by pulling lures until they hook up, then dropping back live bait.
WAHOO: Once again it was not a red hot Wahoo bite, but there were fish being caught. Enough red flags were flying that we knew there were fish out there, and I did talk to a few people that hooked up to the toothy speedsters. Most of the fish this week were in the 30-40 pound class, and caught close to shore. I went out with a couple of friends on the 30th, just for fun as it was my birthday, and we tagged and released two Striped Marlin and had hard strikes from two Wahoo as well. All this action happened between 9 am and 11 am on the Sea of Cortez side between Punta Ballena and the Westin.
INSHORE: This week was a repeat of last week’s inshore report with the exception that more Roosterfish are showing up. Most of the inshore fishing was on hold this week as the Pelagics showed up so close to the beach that no one wanted to go for Roosterfish and Jacks when there were Dorado, Marlin and Tuna right there! For the few boats that did try, the bite on Roosterfish was on the Pacific up past the lighthouse as the Mullet followed the water change.
NOTES: I don’t know if I am going to be able to supply much of a report for next week, but I will try and get some information out to you. I will be away until Wednesday afternoon on a boat delivery, and Mary is meeting me on Wednesday for a visit to Disneyland! This weeks report was written to that nagging, obnoxious little tune, “It’s A Small, Small World”, that keeps running through my head! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
BLUE MARLIN: ONE FISH TAGGED AND RELEASED (#250)
STRIPED MARLIN: TWO FISH TAGGED AND RELEASED (#75, #80)
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#50)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE , 2004
Today was my birthday and since there were no charters booked for the day, it was time to have a little fun! Mary and I, along with our friends Dave McNabb and Ina Yank had Juan and Manuel take us out for a little fishing. It was supposed to be a half day, and hopefully could get a Dorado or Tuna, maybe even a Wahoo, for dinner! Since Mary tends to get seasick, I told Manuel to keep us on the Sea of Cortez and not more than three miles out, the water in close had been like a lake. We did not have any action for the first hour and a half, and it was not until we got up near the Westin that any action happened. Once there, we had a hard strike on the Marauder run close to the boat, and bringing it in to look at afterward you cold see the new Wahoo cuts on the body. Shoot, which would have been great for dinner. A little later Manuel spotted a Striped Marlin come in on the long lure and goosed the boat to keep the lure away and get the fish mad. Juan dropped back a live bait, Manuel slowed the boat and suddenly I was fighting a Striped Marlin! It didn’t take very long and we did get a few jumps out of the fish. I fought the fish standing up and it took about 12 minutes before it was at the side of the boat. I placed a tag and Juan removed the hook from the corner of the mouth. The Marlin was only about #75, but it was a good start! A little later, and about 5 miles off the Palmilla area we spotted an inflatable boat that looked like it might be fighting a fish. Manuel turned in that direction and as he yelled that there were three Marlin up ahead, I saw that someone in the inflatable was waving a red shirt from a paddle. Well, if they were sinking we would have headed over there right away, but they seemed all right for the moment, and by then Dave was hooked up to a Striped Marlin! It took him about 15 minutes to get the fish to the boat, also fighting it stand up style, and the fish jumped very near the inflatable several times. After tagging and releasing his fish (about #5 bigger than mine) we went over to check on the inflatable. It was a dad, his son and daughter and son’s friend. They had an electrical problem with his outboard and couldn’t get it started again. We rigged a bridle, got everyone on the “Fly Hooker” and towed them in to Palmilla. The kids we let us know that seeing the Marlin Dave fought jumping so close to them was really cool. After getting them taken care of at Palmilla we ran out a mile and resumed fishing our way back to Cabo. On the way we had another strike from a Wahoo that did not hook up, and we had one small Dorado try and eat a lure, but the fish just did one back flip when it hooked up, then came off. No fish for dinner, but we had a nice day on the water and were able to do a favor for someone who needed it.
“FLY HOOKER” DAILY FISH REPORT FOR JUNLY 3, 2004
It is the day before the 4th of July holiday and we have an old friend from Guam aboard the boat today, along with his sister, son-in-law and daughter. Wayne Baumunk worked on Guam during the late 70’s and the 80’s as a dive instructor and a few other things, and it was nice to hear from him when he was inquiring about the fishing. Well, we introduced them to Juan and Manuel, and Wayne said he really wanted Tuna or Dorado, so the guys took the boat up to the area between Punta Ballena and Red hill and worked the area offshore from 1 mile to 5 miles really hard. During the morning they saw three Striped Marlin but none of them would eat a live bait, but they had no strikes from any eating fish. It was not until on the way back at 12:45 that they hooked up to a big Dorado. Wayne’s son-in-law just had surgery for carpel tunnel and was not going to be fighting a fish so Wayne was on the rod. It took him about 15 minutes to get the fish close enough for Juan to gaff, and it was right around #50! A very nice Dorado that had beautiful fillets! Manuel turned the boat back and they made another pass in the area and this time a Marlin struck! Too big for the girls so Wayne was back in the chair again. This time the fight took 40 minutes, but at the end Juan was able to tag and release a Blue Marlin that they estimated at #250. Wayne was tired by then! Sometime during the trip they found a Turtle sleeping on the surface and there was a nice Dorado in the shade under it. They made a pass with the lures, tried live bait and then cut bait, but the fish was not interested. Manuel tried to get the boat close enough to free gaff the fish, but the Turtle woke up and went down, taking the Dorado with him. Not a bad end to the day, but all the action happened at the tide change, during high tide. If we could have predicted that it would have been nice. Anyway, congratulations Wayne, you should be receiving your release certificate from the “Billfish Foundation” sometime soon!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JUNE 21 TO JUNE 27, 2004
WEATHER: Wonderful summertime weather and the days just don’t seem to end. Our night time lows have been in the mid 70’s while the day time highs have been in the high 90’s and the humidity is starting to get up there. Last night we ran the air conditioner in our bedroom for the first time this year, but only for a couple of hours. We had warm, still days and a slight breeze pick up every day in the late afternoon.
WATER: It keeps getting warmer! We were seeing water temperatures in the 85 degree range up around Punta Gorda and the Pacific around the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks has warmed up to 77-78 degrees. This band of warmer water has wrapped around the Cape and the fish are following it! Our surface conditions this week were great as we had very little daytime wind, for the most part just a bit of swell and chop.
BAIT: Caballito at $2 per bait, some Mullet at $2 per bait and some Sardinas at $20 per bucket. There were small Mackerel available at the bait receiver but they were very small.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The hot area this week was just outside the Cape, up to 10 miles out but for the most part mostly within 6 miles. There were Striped Marlin everywhere, along with an occasional Sailfish and Blue Marlin. This week almost every boat that came in was flying at least one Marlin flag, and if they weren’t, it was because they were focused on another species. Many boats were returning with multiple flags, the most I saw on one boat this week was six! They were biting well on live bait this week, at least compared to the number of strikes to be had on lures.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: More Tuna this week, and again most of them wee football size fish. Blind strikes were the normal method of finding them, but Ion Sunday I was out when a pod of porpoise were found. Of course we were not the ones to find them but the first two boats in the area hooked up to some nice Yellowfin in the 40-60 pound class. The football fish have been scattered from just off the beach to 15 miles out, so they have been easy to catch.
DORADO: The bite is still on for Dorado this week, and it keeps getting better. One of the signs of a good summer is the number of Flying Fish around, and right now they are everywhere to the south and the Sea of Cortez. Most of the Dorado being caught are around 15 pounds but there have been quite a few both larger and smaller. I saw some fish brought in the weighed an easy 50 pounds. The bite has seemed to be best about 1 ½ to 2 miles off the beach on the Sea of Cortez and the best method was slow trolling live Caballito.
WAHOO: It was not a red hot Wahoo bite this week but I did see some nice fish brought in. Two days in a row a boat on our dock brought in a Wahoo, and one of them was a very easy #100 fish! Another friend of mine got two Wahoo of about 40 pounds each on Sunday, along with three Dorado of #15-20, four football Yellowfin and a Striped Marlin released, all in 6 hours on live bait! All these fish were found close to shore, not out at the banks.
INSHORE: Most of the inshore fishing was on hold this week as the Pelagics showed up so close to the beach that no one wanted to go for Roosterfish and Jacks when there were Dorado, Marlin and Tuna right there! For the few boats that did try, the bite on Roosterfish was on the Pacific up past the lighthouse as the Mullet followed the water change.
NOTES: Kudos to both Marco Ehrenberg and Tony Berkowitz this week for their actions in having a long-liner apprehended in the act of fishing on top of the Outer Gordo Bank. Briefly, one of Marcos boats observed the long-liner in action. Marco called the Navy and was told they did not have a boat available to enforce the law, and had no fuel for a private boat. All Marcos boats were fishing or being worked on. He called Tony who said that he knew of a boat available and ended up getting two. They loaded on the Marines and a guy from the fisheries department went out to Gorda Banks and found the boat pulling in one line, filleting a Striped Marlin on the deck, two more Marlin jumping on the line still in the water and their small boat setting another five mile long-line at the same time. The boat was confiscated and there is legal action ensuing. Thanks to everyone involved. So why is the high speed Navy boat anchored off of Medano beach in front of the beach bars every day? This weeks report was written to the music of Fleetwood Mac on their 1990 Warner release “Behind the Mask”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE FISH TAGGED AND RELEASED (#120), ONE FISH
KEPT (#100, BLEEDING BADLY FROM THE GILLS)
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#12)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 23, 2004
Today was supposed to be another share trip on the “Fly Hooker”, but one side of the share failed to show up this morning. That meant that Jody Dean got the boat to himself for the day! Lucky him, as he had a great time fishing with Juan and Manuel. Lots and lots of Marlin were seen all over the place, and the farthest they got from the Marina was about 10 miles, and most of the fish were closer than that. Jody did very well on the fish and managed to get one to the boat for a successful tag and release, and another fish to the boat that was bleeding badly from the gills. There were five other fish that tried to eat either the bait of the lures, plus all the fish they saw that were not interested. Jody said after the trip that he had better work out before trying this again next year!. I hope you do as well next time you come down, and hope that Juan and Manuel get a chance to show you one more time why this is such a favorite fishing destination! Until then, Tight Lines!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 26 JUNE, 2004
We were part of an eight boat arrangement today. A corporate group booked these boats to have a little tournament, they had a golf thing the other day. This is the second year that we have been involved, and the teams of three persons each fish for points, with different species having limits on numbers and each fish being worth so many points. The team on our boat decided that Roosterfish were the highest points per fish and that they should go for them. Well, Juan and Manuel worked the coast between the Chileno area up to La Laguna at Punta Gorda and had not even one strike. Trolling back, running just a little offshore, they were lucky enough to get one Dorado of around 12 pounds. Teams that went for what was out there did much better, and most of the fish were on the Pacific side. Top boat took the winnings with three Marlin, a Sailfish, two Dorado and a Yellowfin. One boat got skunked, the others had varied results but got a few fish each.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 JUNE, 2004
We had two couples on the “Fly Hooker” today who booked yesterday from their hotel. We were off at 6:45 this morning and Juan headed out and put the lines in the water at 6 miles. We caught three football Yellowfin Tuna before reaching a pod of Porpoise that already had 10 boats on it. Apparently the first two boats there caught fish to #60. We hooked up two that were a little bigger than footballs, around #20, but I managed to farm them both at the back of the boat. We turned in towards the Punta Ballena and about 5 miles out caught another Yellowfin about #10 then spotted a Marlin on the Surface. The Marlin went down right away. An hour later we had a Dorado try and eat an outrigger lure but it came off as soon as the rod was pulled from the rod holder. As we were pulling lines right in front of the arch, not even 100 yards off it, another Yellowfin hit, the biggest of the day and it was about 15 pounds. We ended up with 6 Yellowfin and Me farming two nicer ones, one Dorado coming off and tossing bait at one Marlin. The water was very nice and the weather was great! Now, next trip we will stay close to shore and go for the Dorado and Marlin!
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Capt George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE FISH RELEASED (#120)
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#20)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: TWO FISH KEPT (#12, #15)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 19, 2004
This was our one and only trip for the week and we had half of a group of four guys on our boat. It was a trip from a friend of ours and these guys have been fishing here for several years, always booking two boats and having a bit of competition between themselves. Manual is back from vacation and it has been almost three weeks since he has been out, Juan has not been out in 10 days. Surprisingly, they have not forgotten how to fish! The fish have been concentrated in a band of warm water close to the coast on the Cortez side of the Cape, moving slowly northward every day. Today they found the fish outside the Palmilla area and were rewarded with one out of two Marlin to the boat; the other one just struck and did not get hooked up. One nice Dorado came into the fish box for dinner and both of the Yellowfin were blind strikes on Marlin lures. Apparently there were a lot of Yellowfin caught in the area over the last few days, all blind strikes. The other boat they were fishing with got lucky on the Marlin and had three releases, one Dorado and two Yellowfin as well. Good water and pretty good fishing for the day! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JUNE 14 TO JUNE 20, 2004
WEATHER: This weeks temps remained the same as last week’s with the highs in the low to mid 90’s and at night it dropped as low as the mid 60’s. We had a day of strong wind on Wednesday and again Friday morning, but the rest of the week was calm. No rain of course!
WATER: The water continues to warm right up and the coolest we have on the Pacific side at the end of the week was 71 degrees. On the Sea of Cortez up around the Westin and farther north, and out to 10 miles, the water has been in the low 80’s with a lot of 82 degree water holding fish. Out past the 10 mile band the water drops back to 74 degrees for another 10 miles, then warms back up. Surface conditions were really choppy on the Cortez side and very bad on the Pacific when we had the winds blow, but other than that it was nice water this week.
BAIT: Small Caballito at $2 per bait, some Mullet at $2 per bait and some Sardinas at $20 per bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Lots of Striped Marlin this week! Many of the boats were flying three or four Marlin flags when they returned for the day and the anglers said that they had seen “lots of fish all over the place”. Talking with the Captains, “all over the place” meant up the Cortez side off of the Palmilla and Gorda Banks area out to 10 miles (in that warm water band). The fish were biting well on live bait this week and lures took a second spot to bait. There were fish caught in other places as well, just not in the same numbers. Average size was 120 pounds.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Thank goodness the Yellowfin have been biting this week! There have not been a lot of them and they have not been very large on average, but they have been there. Most of the fish were blind strikes on Marlin lures and the fish were averaging 15 pounds. The warm water where the Striped Marlin were found held most of the fish. A lot of boats have been going out to the San Jaime and south of there looking for larger Tuna, but there have been very few of them found.
DORADO: The Dorado bite continues to pick up as the water warms and most of the boats seemed to be flying yellow flags this week. The fish are averaging 20 pounds and have been hitting almost anything put in front of them. Best bite was close to shore on the Cortez side of the Cape.
WAHOO: Again just a few fish. Hopefully with the warmer water and the moon changing the bite will pick up.
INSHORE: This week the inshore bite was a repeat of last weeks so here is a repeat on last weeks report! The Rooster fish have re-appeared on the Pacific beaches and there have been Jack Crevalle mixed in as well. The Roosters seem to be following the warm water as it creeps north. Most of the fish have been in the 20 pound class with a few larger ones in the mix. There were a couple of days when Pargo were biting off of the Lighthouse in close to the rocks. Of course, live bait was the key on all these fish, Mullet for the Roosterfish and Sardinas for the Pargo.
NOTES: Warmer water, warmer weather, calmer seas, colder beer! It’s time to get down here if you can as the bite starts to heat up. It is still not wide open yet, but hopefully by the time you read this and are able to make your arrangements things will be busting loose. That said, let me add this disclaimer: “Ka-ka pasa” and don’t hold me liable if Mother Nature decides to change things once again! This weeks report was written to the music of ZZ Top on the 1985 Warner release “Afterburner”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE FISH KEPT (HOOKED IN EYE) (#130)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 8, 2004
This trip was a split share and unfortunately one couple was very ill from the beginning. Juan and his brother kept the “Fly Hooker” close to shore on the way up the Sea of Cortez in order to avoid the large swell and the chop farther out, and they were headed toward the Outer Gorda Bank. That is where the action has been on the Striped Marlin. The father and son half of the charter were fine, and gave the couple some Dramamine at the beginning of the trip. The problem with that is if is not in you for longer than 15 minutes, it does not have a chance to help you! They managed to get to the Outer Gorda Bank, just 2 miles from where the fish were, and then it became too much for the couple. Father and son were not very happy, but the couple was on a honeymoon so there was some sympathy there. Juan had the boat back at the slip at 12:30 with no flags flying.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 9, 2004
Another split charter, this time with two couples and a single guy. Don was the single guy, and he was first at the boat this morning. The wind died down a bit last night so we were hoping that the water had mellowed out as well. As things turned out, they had mellowed out quite a bit and everyone was fine. Don was the only one to get any action though, as he was standing next to the rod when a Striped Marlin of about #130 jumped on the lure. Juan said that there were two other fish that hit at the same time, but only this one hooked up. Don fought the fish for 30 minutes and planned to release it, but when it got close to the boat it was discovered that the fish had been hooked through one eye and would have been shark food if released. They spotted several other fish during the trip but could not get any of them to eat. They fished the same area, outside the Outer Gorda Bank, and Juan said that it looked as if the fish were slowly moving our way with the warmer water. I hope so! Thanks guys, I wish everyone had a chance to get a Marlin, but that is the way it goes sometimes!
Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JUNE 7 TO JUNE 13, 2004
WEATHER: This week our daytime highs were around the low 90’s while our night time lows were in the mid 70’s to high 60’s. Strong consistent winds early in the week and they kept blowing until Thursday. The wind was from the north at 10-15 knots with gusts to 20 knots. Partly cloudy and no rain!
WATER: It’s warming back up and that’s a good thing. Our coldest water at the end of the week was on the Pacific side up toward the Golden Gate Bank where we had water in the 67 degree range. Drop down toward the San Jaime Banks and it warmed up to 70 degrees and on the Jaime itself the temperature was up to 72 degrees. The water on the Sea of Cortez has also warmed up and we were getting readings as high as 81 degrees just a mile off the beach. This warm water has followed the coast down and extends out around three miles at the warmest and then gets in the 78 degree range out around the 95 and 1150 spots. Farther out it drops a bit more to 73 degrees. Due to the strong winds, the water on the Pacific side and the Cortez side off shore early in the week was uncomfortable with lots of chop along with some big swells. Later in the week things mellowed out a lot.
BAIT: Small Caballito at $2 per bait, some Mullet at $2 per bait and some Sardinas at $20 per bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Lots of Striped Marlin out there, just a bit difficult to get some of them to eat! The best results have been on lures this week. Early on the fish were off the outer Gorda Banks about two miles and as the warm water came toward us the fish followed. At the end of the week there was good action and good numbers of fish from one mile off shore to the 95 and 1150 spots. Most boats had shots at multiple fish during the day and few of them came in without any flags flying. There were Marlin found on the Pacific side as well, just not in the same numbers. I am starting to get reports of some Blue Marlin coming into the spreads and hopefully this will continue as well!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Again it was a slow week for Yellowfin Tuna. I did see a lot of white flags flying, but when I went to talk to the Captains and anglers I could see that there were Marlin on the flags. Just to confuse us I suppose. The few fish that were caught were found to the south of the San Jaime Banks, in the open and without any Porpoise around. A friend of mine reported seeing lots of Tuna on his depth sounder out 2 miles on the Cortez side but they were deep and would not come up. He said that is why there are three Purse Seiners anchored off the Beach here, they are waiting for the fish to come up. Or maybe they are here on vacation?
DORADO: There were a few more Dorado flags flying this week than there were last week and that is to be expected as the water warms up. We still do not have any great numbers of them but the size is getting better. It appeared as if around 20% of the boats out this week were able to get a Dorado or two, and they were being found all over the place, no particular area held more or bigger fish. I take that back, the larger fish were off shore while there were smaller fish found in close. Marlin lures worked well, but that may be because that is what most boats were running!
WAHOO: Again just a few fish. Hopefully with the warmer water and the moon changing the bite will pick up.
INSHORE: The Rooster fish have re-appeared on the Pacific beaches and there have been Jack Crevalle mixed in as well. The Roosters seem to be following the warm water as it creeps north. Most of the fish have been in the 20 pound class with a few larger ones in the mix. There were a couple of days when Pargo were biting off of the Lighthouse in close to the rocks. Of course, live bait was the key on all these fish, Mullet for the Roosterfish and Sardinas for the Pargo. A friend caught the largest Yellowtail of the year so far on live bait off of the arch, a nice 33 pound fish.
NOTES: It is starting to look like summer is here. The water is warming up, the Dorado, Roosterfish and Blue Marlin are beginning to come in and the water is starting to calm down. Fingers are crossed that the trend continues. For those of you that are interested, a lot of my water temperature information is based on charts and date from the guys at the terrafin web site. It is a pay site, but if you are on the water a lot it sure is a great tool. Give it a shot and go to the web site and click on the samples and you can see what I mean. This weeks report was written to the great sounds of Credence Clearwater Revival on the 1991 Fantasy Records release “Chronicle, The 20 Greatest Hits”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#25)
WAHOO: ONE FISH KEPT (#35)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR MAY 23, 2004
This was the second day of fishing for Jason Thompson and his buddies Rory and Bill. Again, we had to fish another boat as the “Fly Hooker” was still down (will be ready by tomorrow). Today we headed to the 95 spot where the surface temperature was 72 degrees and the water was reported as nice and blue. It was! There were about 6 boats working the area and we did see fish, in fact, I almost ran over two Marlin during the trip! We had a couple of strikes that did not hook up and tried to slow troll live bait in the area, but the bait pump had stopped working for a while and the baits were in pretty sad shape. It was almost a the end of the trip, after working the area very hard, that we had a good hit. It was a Wahoo of about 35 pounds and there was fish for dinner once again! Thanks again guys, I am sorry we could not get you hooked up to a Marlin, but perhaps next time.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 MAY, 2004
Bo Whitehead and friends Ryan and Adam are fishing with us today and tomorrow. Bo is a fly fisherman and wants to get a shot at a Roosterfish on the fly. My fingers are crossed since the wind has been blowing so hard, but they also want a day of regular offshore fishing. We decided this morning that today would be the offshore day in the hope that the wind lays down for tomorrow. Juan and Manuel ran inside up the Sea of Cortez to the Red Hill area then worked out to the Outer Gorda, the 1150 then to the 95 spot. The wind was howling almost the whole time but they did hook up to a Sailfish for a short while, and had a few shots at Marlin, none of which really wanted to eat. Rough water, one guy sick; let’s keep our fingers crossed for tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 28 MAY, 2004
Today it was just Bo and Adam on the boat, as Ryan was still recovering from yesterday. The wind had not died down this morning, but they still gave the Roosterfish a shot for about 20 minutes. Bo decided that there was no way he was going to be able to cast a fly in the wind so they went ahead and headed off shore. I am not sure they actually got there, but the intention was to go to the San Jaime. I think that the water was rough enough that the idea was cancelled and they just headed south. Anyway, they ended up getting a nice Dorado of about 25 pounds, Adam’s first. Fish for dinner! Bo, when the time is right, it will happen, just keep trying.
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MAY 23-29, 2004
WEATHER: Our day time highs here in town were in the mid 90’s this week and the night time lows got down to the mid 60’s. A friend reported that out at his place on the Pacific side the thermometer got down to 56 degrees one night. Out on the water it was at least 10 degrees cooler for most of the week and windy as well. The wind started blowing at around 10 or 11 in the morning and did not stop until just before sunrise. We had partly cloudy skies and no rain was reported.
WATER: As of the end of the week the water temperatures on the Sea of Cortez were seen as high as 76 degrees while the Pacific remained cooler at 62 to 65 degrees out almost as far as you could go. The cold water extended to the south about 30 miles and wrapped around the Cape as well. At the end of the week there was a fairly distinct temperature break running east/west from the Cape, but the off color green water normally associated with the cold side extended up almost to the Red Hill area. The water at the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks was reported to be blue, but cold, while the water close to the shore on the Pacific was reported as green.
BAIT: Almost all Caballito this week with some mullet available. The normal $2 per bait. Sardinas are available at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: This week there was no change in the Marlin situation. It was still a long run to get to where the fish have been concentrated. The area from 2 miles outside of the Outer Gorda Banks to the area off of Punta Gorda has been holding lots of Striped Marlin but they have been lazy fish and most of them have not been actively feeding. Some fish were showing 30 miles to the south as well, but they were fewer in number. Lures were getting a lot of attention from the fish, but the hook up ratio was poor. I am sure there were a few Blue Marlin hooked this week but did not hear of any.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Open water fish, not associated with porpoise, were reported at 30 miles to the south. The largest of these weighed 40 pounds with most of them in the 12-15 pound class. Cedar plugs were working well and so were small feathers in both dark and light colors. The boats that made it out to the San Jaime and the Golden Gate hoping for Tuna were disappointed with the results, but they did find a few fish.
DORADO: No change from last week on the Dorado front, again, scattered Dorado, with smaller fish being found inshore and the larger ones off shore. The bigger fish have been up the Sea of Cortez, around the Punta Gorda area, and they have been nice fish, mostly in the 30 pound and over range. Marlin lures in bright colors have been the ticket.
WAHOO: Fewer Wahoo were reported this week than last week, and again most of them were incidental fish. They ranged in size from 20 to 50 pounds and most were taken on Marlin lures.
INSHORE: Most of the inshore catch this week was small Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle, but there were not a lot of those found except for the area between El Tulle and Red Hill. There were Skipjack and Bonita found as well as small Dorado, and these fish were off the beach from ½ to 3 miles, but the bite was off, probably due to the green water close to home.
NOTES: You had to go a long way this week to get into any fish unless you were very lucky, so there were not as many flags flying at the end of the day as there have been. At the end of the week it looks as if there is warmer water moving into the area and as it comes in the water close to home should blue up and the fishing should improve. This weeks report was written to the sound of various musicians on different channels as we listened to satellite radio! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MAY 16-22, 2004
WEATHER: Fun in the sun with the exception of Saturday when we had a wee bit of cloud cover. Our average night time temps were just at 70 degrees while our daytime highs were in the low 90’s. Of course, out on the water it was cooler!
WATER: Warmer water on the Sea of Cortez with the area around Punta Gorda being in the high 70’s, cold water in the Pacific with the area just off the arch and out to the San Jaime being in the mid to low 60’s. The color on the Cortez side has a slight green tinge to it until you get about 15 miles out, then it turns deep blue. Go due east and around 15 miles out, blue water and it starts warming up to over 70 degrees, 24 miles out and you hit 73. The wind died down this week and surface conditions were much better than last week, but there are still some nice swells out there.
BAIT: Almost all Caballito this week with some mullet available. The normal $2 per bait. Sardinas are available at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The area up around Punta Gorda and outside the Gorda Banks has been holding Marlin this week, but they have not been easy to get. While a lot of fish are being seen, the bite has been slow on both lures and live bait. Not many of the boats want to run 30 miles to get to the fish only to find that they have lock jaw, so most of the fish caught this week have been produced closer to home. The area past the 95 spot is still holding a few fish as is the small temperature break to the south of the Cape. Of course the blue/green break running southwest/northeast up the Cortez side has fish on the blue side and they have been striking lures, just not getting well hooked!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were few Tuna found this week but at the end of the time frame a few were starting to show up to the north of the Golden Gate Banks and around the San Jaime, mixed in with the Porpoise. The fish have been from just a bit larger than footballs to around 25 pounds, and dark colored feathers have worked well on them.
DORADO: Again, scattered Dorado this week, with smaller fish being found inshore and the larger ones off shore. The bigger fish have been up the Sea of Cortez, around the Punta Gorda area, and they have been nice fish, mostly in the 30 pound and over range. Marlin lures in bright colors have been the ticket.
WAHOO: Scattered fish were found as incidental catches this week with the sizes ranging from 30 to 80 pounds. Off shore around the 95 spot and the 1150 produced most of the fish caught.
INSHORE: I saw one nice Roosterfish in the 50 pound range being filleted on a boat tied to the dock this week (I know, but it was not my boat or my anglers) but the majority of the ones being caught have been in the 5-10 pound class. There are still a few nice Sierra out there and there has been a fair bite on Grouper and a good bite on Snapper this week. There have been occasional big schools of Pargo found inshore and those fish have been from 10 to 15 pounds. Having the wind die down and having the Sardinas really helped this week.
NOTES: I have been really busy this week with friends in town and a broken engine, so my apologies for the abbreviated report, hopefully I will be back in the swing of things next week! Until then, Tight Lines!
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Capt George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#50)
WAHOO: ONE FISH KEPT (#65)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR MAY 18, 2004
Gene and Kim Cinco were supposed to fish aboard the “Fly Hooker” today, but we had some issues the other day and are down for a little while. We blew an oil line on the Stbd. Engine and with that, the problems cascaded. Right now we have a new head arriving tomorrow, a new exhaust riser being manufactured, a newer blower being installed and hopefully will be up and running again in two days. Well, we try and give the best service to our clients that we can so we found another boat for them to fish on. Well, actually a friend let me take his boat, as it was not booked for today. Manuel and I set the Hattaras up and Gene and Kim got aboard. After takeing on some fuel and getting ice, we were off. Gene really wanted to catch a Marlin and Kim was having her first experience going off shore. The Marlin had been showing up around the 1150 spot so that is where we headed. We saw other boats hooking up and tossed bait to a couple of fish that went down right away. There were a lot of black porpoise in the area and while passing through one of the pods we had a strike on the long corner. I was hoping for a Marlin but when the run ended after only a couple of minutes and the fish did not jump, we knew it was something else. After several very fast runs and seeing the rod shake after each one, Manuel and I knew that we had hooked a nice Wahoo. Hooked him just right as it turned out, the trailing hook in the roof of the mouth and the lead hook in the gill plate, no way was that fish going to get his teeth on the mono leader! The water was a beautiful clear blue and very calm, and as the fish came closer to the boat we could see it 30 feet under, all lit up silver with the blue stripes. Manuel stood by with the gaff and as the swivel reached the rod tip he pulled the fish in, keeping it moving at the same speed and then gaffed it right behind the head. The size of the fish did not allow him to hit it with the bat as well so I got down to the deck and performed the chore, then opened the transom door to allow us to bring the #65 pound Wahoo on the deck! This was a great fish, and while not a Marlin, Gene was happier than he would have been catching a Striped Marlin. He said he has wanted to get one of these fish for 15 years, and unlike a Marlin, this one was good to eat! Thanks Gene, and Kim, we are happy that you enjoyed the trip and did not get sea sick! Seeing all those Porpoise was great, huh? Later guys, we hope you get a chance to come again, and maybe next time, it will be on the “Fly Hooker”!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 22 MAY, 2004
Jason Thompson and his buddies Rory and Bill enjoyed the fishing today, even though it was not on the “Fly Hooker”. We had to replace the blower, condenser and idler gear on the Stbd. Engine as well as the starter. Hopefully it will be ready tomorrow for the guys second day of fishing. Today Manuel and I took them up the Sea of Cortez to just 6 miles outside the outer Gorda Banks. Reports of lot of Marlin in the area were fulfilled when we finally arrived there, but we were not able to get any of them hooked up! Well, we did feed a couple! We had a strike on the long rigger, made a turn back into the area and spotted a Marlin on the surface. No luck with the live bait. Staying in the same area we later spotted a Striped Marlin tailing and pulled along side of the fish. I tossed it a live Caballito and a few seconds after the bait hit the water the fish charged in. Unfortunately he charged in on the long position lure as it dropped down, but it did not strike or hook up. I left the bait out there and then Manuel spotted the fish trailing us. He said to drop the bait back further and I did, maybe another 50 feet. The Marlin picked up the bait and took off with it. Then I went and farmed the fish. I thought the time was right, struck, and came up empty. Well, no Marlin for the day for us, but did I forget to mention what happened at 9:30 in the morning? Oh, I guess I did! On the way out we had a strike on the lure in the long position. I was really hoping for a Marlin, as were all the guys, but at the first jump we could see that it was a really nice Dorado! Jason was in the rotation and took the fish standing up. After about 15 minutes Manuel was able to get a gaff in and calmed the fish down with the bat. A #50 Dorado is one nice fish, and supplied some great fillets! Good going Jason, and maybe tomorrow we will get into some hungry Marlin!
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Capt George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: THREE FISH RELEASED (#120-#180) ONE FISH KEPT (#110)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: TWO FISH KEPT (#5, #85)
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT ( #25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 11 MAY, 2004
Sanga, Charlie and Todd fished with us today. This is the first time Todd has fished with us and tomorrow it will be Sanga, Charlie and Christy with Todd coming back on Friday. Juan and Manuel took off to the Pacific side today and the water was a bit bouncy. Around the San Jaime area they found some small pieces of Kelp and were able to get some Dorado interested, but not enough so that they would eat. A couple of Striped Marlin were found as well and they were able to get Todd hooked up to his first Marlin ever! Sanga was still waiting for the Marlin to be pulled from the water in order to get a picture of it and that never happened, as Juan released the fish along the side of the boat. They came in flying a Marlin and a release flag, and with one happy guy!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 12 MAY, 2004
Sanga, Charlie and Christy today, and it ended up the Christy caught the fish that Todd had been hoping for! Charlie wanted some fish to be smoked and take home. He won’t kill a Marlin and for that I thank him, but anything else would do. Juan and Manuel returned tot eh Pacific side and worked the same area as yesterday hoping to get into the Dorado again. Instead they found a school of Yellowfin feeding hard. Just because they are feeding it does not mean they are willing to bite lures! These fish were chasing squid, and Juan was almost able to net a few that got chased under the boat. They worked the school hard for two hours and finally were able to get a double strike on small red feathers. Charlie got the first fish to the boat in just a few minutes, it was the easy one as it was small, about 5 pounds. Christy’s fish took a while longer, almost 25 minutes, and Juan estimated it at between #80 and #90, a very nice fish that produced some great fillets!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 13 MAY, 2004
Today we had three guys aboard the boat, Derrick, Eric and Rick. They were part of a larger group that totaled three boats. It was Juan’s day off so Manuel had his friend Mauricio fishing as deckhand. Manuel took off toward the Gorda Banks today and I guess it was the right choice. They did not see a lot offish, but everything they found bit! They ended the day releasing one Striped Marlin, having another one die on them and getting one 25 pound Dorado in the boat. Everyone got to catch a fish and the other boats did as well! A great day of fishing!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 14 MAY, 2004
It was Sanga, Charlie and Todd again today, and Juana and Manuel went up the Sea of Cortez toward the Gorda Banks one more time. More fish were seen today, and they had a few strikes that did not hook up, but they were able to get one Striped Marlin to the boat for a release! Thanks guys, we look forward to your coming to Cabo again!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MAY 9-15, 2004
WEATHER: All right, we do have the summer weather with the days in the high 80’s and low 90’s and the nights in the mid 70’s, but this week we also started out with spring winds! It seemed that every day at the beginning of the week the wind started blowing around 10 or 11 in the morning and blew all day and night, not letting up until around daybreak. At the end of the week it finally let up and this weekend it was very nice with just slight breezes. No rain, of course, but lots of sun!
WATER: We started this week being wrapped with a band of cold water that came down the Pacific coast and decided to stay for a while. This water ran from 62-66 degrees and extended from that Pacific up by the Golden Gate to the Cortex up by Palmilla and off shore as far as 15 miles to the southwest of the Cape. The rest of the Pacific was an even 70 degrees while the Cortez had a warm 73-74 degree band of water about 15 miles out. At the end of the week the warm water on the Sea of Cortez side had managed to push the cold water back to the Pacific and we had that warm water only 10 miles off shore while there was a finger of water in the 77 degree ranged working its way toward us from up around Punta Gorda. The water displaced by the warm current worked its way out toward the San Jaime and Golden Gate banks and it was not until you got to them that the water got warmer than 67 degrees on the Pacific side. The surface conditions on the Pacific were pretty rough all week due to the steady winds, and the swells were fair sized, but the Sea of Cortez was not too bad in the mornings.
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: While not as red-hot as last weeks bite, the Striped Marlin were still out there this week! Most of the action moved to either the San Jaime Banks, right along the eastern edge where there was a temperature break, the southern side of the 95 spot where the same thing occurred or up the Sea of Cortez toward the Gorda Banks and Punta Gorda. That cold water that came down the Pacific coast forced the fish out of the immediate area but they were still within range for a full day trip. Live bait was the favorite and either drifting with it or tossing it to tailing fish resulted in pretty good action. A few of the boats were able to get into the action and I saw as many as five Marlin flags on one boat for a day’s trip.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Almost a repeat of last weeks report as far as Yellowfin are concerned, but there was one day, Wednesday, when a school of nice fish showed up and a few were caught. For the most part the Yellowfin this week were small fish and there were not a lot of them. The nice fish showed up at the southern end of the San Jaime and there were four lucky boats there at the time. The largest fish that I actually saw caught was #141 and there were others in the 80-90 pound range hooked, but the Captains said there were a lot of big fish in the #150 to #250 range jumping clear of the water. They were feeding heavily on squid and it took time and patience to hook up.
DORADO: Again, the report is the same as last weeks, with the Dorado being scattered around and not particularly concentrated. Finding floating debris was the key and there were some small kelp paddies on the Pacific side that had fish in the #15-#25 class under them. Live and cut bait worked well when the kelp was found.
WAHOO: A few more flags were flying this week and there were some happy anglers as a fair bite on Wahoo in the 40 pound class happened at the inner and outer Gorda Banks. The best bite was early and it was around the tide change. Marauders and Marlin lures worked well, and dark colors seemed to out produce the bright ones.
INSHORE: The cold water that wrapped around us had the Roosterfish bite drop off, but the Pargo took up the slack with some nice fish ranging from 15 to 30 pounds being found in among the rocks. Not much else was happening this week inshore except for an occasional bite by Yellowtail off the arch. Early in the morning or late in the afternoon on live bait seemed to be the best time and best bait.
NOTES: A new computer and DSL instead of dial-up! Almost like Christmas for us, this makes such a difference. This weeks report was written to the music of ZZ Top on the 1985 Warner release “Afterburner”. Until next week, Tight lines!
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Capt George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: SEVEN TAGGED AND RELEASED (#50 - #145), THREE FISH RELEASED (#120 - #185)
DORADO: TWO FISH KEPT (#10, #25)
WAHOO: ONE FISH KEPT (#85)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 3 MAY, 2004
Andy “Muscle-ini (it’s not fat, it’s muscle!) , Ronnie (Arnold snores like a pig), Tommy (secret agent 006 ½ ) and Jim “Duke” are here in Cabo for the first time and fishing with us for three days, today Wednesday and Friday. They were referred to us by clients from New Jersey, and they are really looking forward to the fishing. Thank goodness the fishing has been pretty good. On this, the first day out, they worked the area just outside of town about form the 95 Spot to 20 miles out. Just past the 95 spot, they had two nice Wahoo strikes. One came off and the other had another Wahoo come through and bite the swivel. Juan dropped back a rigged bait and had it eaten and the leader was almost cut through on it as well and that fish was lost. A small Dorado in the same area came in the the boat for dinner and then the water started to kick up and they came in close to shore. In there they found a Marlin that struck and stuck! One fish to the boat, tagged and released. Good fishing guys!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 4 MAY, 2004
Roald Pettersen and his brother-in-law Steve are fishing with us today, Thursday and Saturday. Roald has fished with us before and really likes to catch Marlin! The mass of fish continue to stay close and today’s action was between the Westin and the Gorda Banks. I think it was Steve who got to reel in the first marlin today, but I am not real sure. The first fish was early in the trip and it was a very quick fight. Juan said the Striped Marlin may have been as big as #50, but not any larger that that! There were a few other stikes before they had another one hook up solidly. That fish was tagged and released after about 15 minutes. Not a bad day with two Marlin flags and two release flags flying when they arrived back at the Marina.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 5 MAY, 2004
The second day of fishing for the gang form New Jersey saw a bit of different slant on things as the Marlin could not be convinced t6o stay hooked up! They had one fish along side of the boat when the leader broke and they had a couple of other Marlin interested but not hungry. Today they worked the area off of the Palmilla to Punta Ballena, around 3 to 10 miles off shore. Oh they did get at least one fish in the boat though! After around 5-10 minutes, Ronnie reeled in a Wahoo that was estimated to be about 80-90 lbs! Thanks for the dinner invite guys, the meal was great!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 6 MAY, 2004
Roald and Steve were out for their second day of fishing and the action took place in the same area as before. Juan was suffering from a sore throat and Edgar filled in for him today. One fish was well hooked and fought to the boat for a tag and then released. They had another fish in the pattern but ate the bait and spit the hook. Oh well that was it for the day, but things were not all bad, the weather was great!
“FLY HOOKER’ FISH REPORT FOR 7 MAY, 2004
I fished with Muscle-ini, Arnold, 006 ½ and the Duke today. They asked if I would go at least one day and this was the one I was available. Our intention was to get a little bottom fishing in , but the tide was wrong this morning so we went out for Marlin instead. I don’t think we ever got farther out than 10 miles, and that was straight out form the port. The first hook up was at 7:39 and Muscle-ini fought the fish for 17 minutes before getting it to the boat. I tagged the fish and Juan removed the hook from the bill. We were seeing fish all over the place, but they were difficult to entice them to eat. We had several more attempt at fish and on one of them one of a pair of Marlin struck the bait, but would not eat it. Later on we had another fish that had no interest in a live bait but ate a dead one tossed at it with no hook or leader attacked, another dead bait this time hooked up was thrown, but no interest! One of the most exciting times was spotting two Marlin tailing down swell , pulling in front of them to drop a dead bait back and while watching them approach having another fish free jump almost along the side of the boat.! We ran out of live bait at around 10:30, but managed to get another fish hooked up the Duke got it the side of the boat in about 22 minutes. This fish was a surprise as it did not look very big from a distance, but up close it was one fat dude. We estimated it at around #140. Juan had hold of the leader for a while as I tired to get a tag in the fish, but he was never able to get it close enough for me to stick him. After around three minutes the leader parted and the fish swam away. As we worked out way back in, Secret Agent 006 1/2 reeled in dinner; a nice #25 Dorado that struck on a mackerel rigged behind an Islander lure ran way back in the pattern. Just two miles form the marina as we headed back in we thought everyone was going to catch a fish when the bridge rod stretched a bit. Both Juan I looked at each other and he held the rod up waiting for a fish to appear. After a bit he put the rod back in the holder and we agreed that it had been the action of the sells that had stretched the line. Just then the reel screamed and a marling got his head and bill out of the water and threw the hook! Almost every one had a fish today! Thanks to the guys from “Joisy’ for a great time in the evenings, a couple of great meals and for being so much fun to be with! Have a safe trip home and we will see you again next year!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 8 MAY, 2004
Roald and Steve were out for their last day of fishing this trip and Juan was back on the boat as well. Fishing started just three miles out and they were glad that I suggested they get extra bait this morning! I explained what had happened yesterday and they used almost all fifteen baits they purchased before they left. Juan gave us a call about 21:45 and said they would be in around 1PM. I got to the boat a bit late, but found out that they had managed to tag and release two Marlins, released one other without getting a tag placed and unintentionally releasing one other fish that would not survive and bleeding heavily from the gills. Juan decided the fish would not survive and stuck the gaff in it. The fish took exception to this and took off with the gaff. Roald fought the fish back to the boat. This time the flying gaff was ready, the fish appeared to be tired and then just as Juan had the leader in hand, and was going to place the flying gaff, the leader broke. Well the fish was released but not he way or in the shape anyone wanted. Sometimes things just happen. Well, Roald you finally had you “Four Marlin day”! Congratulations, we’ll see you again next year!
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Capt. George Landrum
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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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Capt George Landrum
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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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Capt George Landrum
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: TWO FISH TAGGED AND RELEASED (120#, 175#)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 26 FISH KEPT (#8-#25) LOTS OF SMALL ONES RELEASED
DORADO: THREE FISH KEPT (#8-#30) ONE RELEASED (#8)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 25 APRIL 2004
Warren Leisi, his wife, son and two daughters fished with us on the 21st and caught nothing, so we hoped that today would be better for them. Their son was a no show this morning, but everybody else was there and Juan and his nephew took the family out for their second trip. The water was a lot better this time and they were able to get some nice fish as well! Juan said the larger of the two Dorado they caught was about 25-30 pounds and the smaller one was about 20 pounds, One on live bait and one on lures they did plenty of jumping and were going to look great on the plate at dinner tonight!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 26 APRIL, 2004
Today we had part of a large group, four boats total, and three couples were fishing on the “Fly Hooker”. Juan worked the area just off of the Grey Rock and was able to get one Striped Marlin to the boat for a successful tag and release. Eight fish came into the lures and they were able to get three of them hooked up. One broke line not too far from the boat and the other one jumped off shortly after being hooked up, about five minutes into the fight. Every one was happy and had a great time. As far as the other boats, one of them caught and released two Striped marlin, one of them caught four small Yellowfin tuna and the other got skunked. It looks like the bite will continue to improve this week, we just hope that the weather stays good!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 28 APRIL, 2004
This was a fun day with just me, our web master and friend Phill Orr along with his buddy T.J. We left the marina early, way before sunrise, and slowly motored out to the east at 6 knots. As the sky started to lighten we put out lures and when it was light enough to see them, we got them arranged in the right spots! Just outside of Punta Ballena at a distance of four miles, we spotted Porpoise and made a few turns around them. No luck so we continues off shore until we reached 72 degree water, about 8 miles out. By then the fleet was out and we all worked out way up the coast towards San Jose. Every now and then one of the boats would speed up and toss a bait at a tailing Marlin, or would stop and fight one that had struck a lure. WE did not get any action until we were off the Westin, and then a Striped Marlin came up on the Starboard outrigger lure and took some line. A couple of other boats hooked p in the same small area and we decided to try live baits. Two went out on the surface and one went down deep. Less than 5 minutes later Phil had his bait picked up (surface bait) and fought a 10 pound Dorado to the boat and into the box for dinner. The hook got a new Caballito and a few minutes later something scared the bait on the deep line. At least I though it was just scared. Stupid us, we should have checked the bait on the deep line. Not until much later did we find that the bait had been taken and we spent almost an hour with an empty hook deep in the water! That was enough, and back we went to lures. Phil wanted to be in early so we trolled our way back, staying about 7 miles off shore. Two different marlin made passes on our lures as we went, but neither of them hooked up. When we were 5 miles out of the Marina, right in front of Cabo Bay, the Porpoise appeared. A couple of boats were working them and after making one pass with the Marlin lures out we changed the outriggers to two feathers and put out the Penn 12T with 20# line in the middle short position with a feather as well. First pass, triple bite! The tuna were not large, around 12 pounds, but it was a lot of fun! We ended up with 5 Yellowfin in the box. Phil got to fight one on the 12 T for a few minutes before the hook came loose. With enough meat in the box we put the big stuff back out and headed for the marina. One more Marlin strike occurred on the way in and we were back at the slip around 2PM. We had a great day on the water and will be doing it again soon.!
“FLYHOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR APRIL 29, 2004
Ed Brown and his friend Jeff are sharing the boat with Norm King today and they had a great time on the water, even if they did get a bit wet! The wind started to blow early this morning and did not let up all day long as a front moved through the area. The fish didn’t seem to mind though! Juan and Manuel headed toward the area off of Punta Ballnea and for the first hour only had one small Yellowfin hook up. At 14 miles to the south of the Westin, they got into Porpoise and pretty soon everyone was busy! The action happened in bursts, with singles, doubles and triples and even all five lines going off at one time! The water started getting pretty rough and they had filled the cooler with 21 Yellowfin, so they headed closer to sore to find a marlin. Jeff was the lucky angler on that fish as both Ed and Norm had caught Marlin before. They were nice enough to allow Jeff the fight and it took him about 45 minutes on the #40 live bait gear to bring in the fish, estimated at #175, along side the boat to be tagged and released. Actually Ed and norm allowed Jeff to fight the fish because they wanted to stay dry! They
were tucked up in the overhang under the bridge as Manuel backed down in the rough water, drenching Jeff every few minutes! After that fish was released
they hooked up a very small Dorado that was also released. It was a great fishing day and the guys had a great time! Let’s hope the weather calm down and the wind stops.
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Capt George Landrum
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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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Capt. George Landrum
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: TWO FISH TAGGED AND RELEASED (#120 EACH)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 15 FISH KEPT (#8-#25) LOTS OF SMALL ONES RELEASED
BONITA: 10 FISH KEPT (#15-#20) LOTS RELEASED
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#20+)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 18 APRIL, 2004
Brad Meigs, his father-in-law Fred Tedtow (former charter captain on the east coast
for 20 years, now a young 82 years of age) and Brads friends Brian and John fished
aboard the “Fly Hooker” with Juan and myself today. It was Sunday and Manuels day
off. The relief deckhand we normally use, Phillipe, never showed up and did not
answer his phone, so I was the designated Deckhand! Not a bad deal since I seem to
rarely get a chance to get out and fish now days. We headed south for 16 miles before
we put lines in the water and we never saw a Porpoise the whole day out! Now I was
worried, since almost all the fish the guys had been catching had been with the
porpoise, but we seemed to do all right without them around, although we did not get as
many Yellowfin as we would have liked to. In all, we only came up with three Yellowfin
Tuna, the first fish of the day was one of them, and the smallest as well. That fish
would have been lucky to push the scales to 8 pounds, but we kept him, the first fish of
the day after all! As the trip went along we kept getting blind strikes, in the middle of
nowhere and for no apparent reason we could figure out. Two more Yellowfin were
hooked up and kept, both fish around 15 pounds. The bite on Bonita was steady as
well and most of them were larger, stronger fish. A 20 pound Bonita puts up a heck of
a fight, and if bled right away they are good eating as well! We kept about six of the
Bonita and released about 10 or 12 more. Not a bad day on the water and I ran the
Penn 12T as well, and the light tackle was a blast on the football fish! Thanks guys!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 APRIL, 2004
Fred Tedtow and Bob Gaede (Bob fished with us on Saturday, Fred fished with us
yesterday) went out today with Juan and Manuel and were able to get into some
Yellowfin. Early in the trip Bob hooked up with a Dorado that was around 20+ pounds
and had a good time with that. Later they found the Porpoise and were able to get a
few fish that were actually large enough to supply some decent fillets. I believe that
they kept about six of the Yellowfin with the largest one being around 20 pounds, and
they released a bunch more. Not a bad day on the water and two strangers got to
know each other!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 20 APRIL, 2004
Alan McVey and his fiancée Laurie Kellogg were our anglers for the day, and Alan
brought along a couple of his own rods and reels to use on football Tuna or Dorado.
Manuel had a death in the family and had to leave last night for Ensenada so we
needed a relief deckhand for the day, and possibly for the week, depending on how
long he was going to be needed up there. Juan was able to get Bernardo on short
notice, but since Bernardo has never worked our boat before and I don’t know him or
how he is with people, I went along as well. We headed straight south for 4 miles
before we put lines in the water, and not until we reached 4.5 miles did we have the
first strike. The fish were close to the Cape for a change and there were Porpoise
everywhere! None of the fish were really large, most of them footballs and only a few
in the 15-20 pound class, but on Alan’s lighter rod and reel and on my Penn 12T
everyone had a blast. On occasion we had five fish on at once! We ended up keeping
6 of the biggest Yellowfin and released at least nine more, as well as quite a few
Bonita. A great time was had, and we saw lots of Porpoise, a couple of Turtles and a
few seals! Laurie spotted a Striped Marlin before we did but the fish went down when
we got close and did not take a bait. Thanks guys, we are glad you had a great time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 21 APRIL, 2004
Warren Leisi, his wife, son and two daughters are return clients and they are all
fishermen. They booked today and they have also reserved Monday for another trip
out on the “Fly Hooker”. Juan and Bernardo decide that they should try and make it out
to the San Jaime banks this morning since Juan’s brother had done very well on
Yellowfin Tuna out there yesterday. Well, the wind blew all night long and really
pushed up the swells and the chop, and it was still blowing this morning when they left.
After about an hour they gave it up when people started to fall down in the cockpit due
to the rough water. Juan turned downswell and came toward the 95 spot area and then
after several hours had a report on the radio of a kelp paddy found about 5 miles past
the 95 spot that had Wahoo and Dorado on it. Of course, everyone else heard the
information on the radio as well so the “Fly Hooker” was about the 15th boat there!
Even so, they were able to get bit by a Wahoo on live bait, but the ‘Hoo took the hook
with him! A little later they also had a Dorado bite, but it did not hook up well and they
lost the chance. That was it for the day, but Monday is another chance! Let’s keep our
fingers crossed that the warm water stays close and the winds die down!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 22 APRIL, 2004
Paul Watts, his close friend from England named Steve and a buddy named Tom
were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today. It was supposed to be a trip for Steve,
since he had never caught a Marlin before, or any large saltwater fish for that matter.
Paul was a little worried about getting into rough water since he is recovering from a
broken rib, but the water was fairly calm. He did say that after the trip he felt as if he
had spent 8 hours working out since every little movement of the boat brought him
some pain. Juan and Bernardo Started out just outside of Punta Ballena and then
worked their way offshore about 12 miles, then down around the Palmilla area and then
back. There was a very brief fight with a Dorado estimated at 30 pounds, and Tom was
the angler on that fish. That was early in the trip. As the day wore on they spotted
more fish but were not able to get into any of them. Not until the last few hours were
they able to find a fish that was hungry, and that fish bit on a dead Caballito rigged and
run way back on the bridge rod. Again, Tom was the first angler to the rod and it took
him around 15 minutes to bring the fish to the side of the boat for pictures and a
release. That was all for the day for them, but it was a good day all in all, except for
Paul and his ribs. Thanks guys, and Steve, perhaps you will have a chance to return to
our area for another shot at a Striped Marlin one of these days.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 24 APRIL, 2004
Kirt, Larry and their wives were our anglers aboard the “Fly Hooker” today for a half
day trip. This was their first time to do any of this style of deep sea fishing, their
previous experiences had been on the Oregon Coast out of Depoe Bay for rockfish and
they were not really sure what to expect. Mary warned them to be sure and get plenty
of sleep and stay away from excess consumption of Tequila the night before and they
followed those instructions very well. When we met them at the dock this morning (they
were there ahead of us!) we took them down to the boat and introduced them to Juan
and his nephew. After the introductions and a quick explanation of what to expect they
were on their way. Kirt and Larry had told us that they did not want to get into any
rough water as they were not sure if the ladies would be able to handle it, and that was
just fine as the fishing just off the coast on the Sea of Cortez has been going off for the
last several days, and the water has been calm. Juan started off just outside of Cabo
bay as there was a large pod of porpoise there. Let me make a long story short here.
They ended up having seven Striped Marlin come up into the pattern. One they caught
and released on a dead bait rigged behind a blue and white Islander lure, run wayyyyy
back, another one they lost at the side of the boat when the line broke just before they
were able to grab the leader, another one ate a live bait but came off after about a 5
minute fight. The other four fish just were window shopping and did not strike anything.
The dead bait fish and the lure fish were a double header! They also caught and
released a Skipjack Tuna. Not bad at all for a half day of fishing, huh? Congratulations
all the way around, and we were happy to be able to get another boat for you to fish on
for Monday since we are already booked. Have fun!
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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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Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 34 CAUGHT, 15 RELEASED (#4-#30)
BONITA: 15 CAUGHT, 11 RELEASED (#15-#20)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 15 APRIL, 2004
Professional Fly Fishing guide Jeff deBrown and his client Russell Mehl fished the
“Fly Hooker” today. Russell and his wife made the arrangements for this trip before
they left Las Angles on the cruise, and Jeff drove down from the East Cape to meet
with them. Russell’s wife was not feeling well so it was just Jeff, Russell, Juan and
Manual on the trip. They managed to get out of the harbor by 8 AM (a surprise
considering the cruise ship event) and were back dropping Russell at the dock at 1 PM.
They had a good time and were able to get into the Yellowfin Tuna, but were not able
to get any Sardinas for bait. Without small baitfish to bring the Tuna behind the boat
and boiling, they had to resort to trolling flies. Not a bad thing to do, and they had good
luck doing it. The biggest fish Russell got was a Yellowfin that was around 25 pounds,
and it put up quite the fight on the long rod. They ended the trip catching 6 fish, three
of them in the 25 pound class, and released three smaller ones. Not bad for a half day!
Good going guys!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 16 APRIL, 2004
Today was supposed to be a free trip with just me and my Webmaster but he ended
up canceling yesterday morning, claiming that he was up to his eyebrows in work
(construction) and would not be able to go. Hey, sometimes things work out all right!
Instead of Phil, we were able to get Steve, Ken and Carl out on the boat. Steve has
fished with us before and since they all just got in to town and were looking for a fishing
trip we were able to accommodate them It was just a half day, but they were able to get
into the Yellowfin Tuna. The bite was not wide open but 5 nice fish in the box was all
right! Enough for a few dinners at least! Thanks Steve, and it was good to meet Ken
and Carl. Ken is a livestock broker and Carl an auctioneer, a real blast to be around
both of them!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 17 APRIL, 2004
Bob Gaede, his wife Judy and Grandma (88 years young), are here again and fished
with Juan and Manuel today. What a day they had! There were big swell south of the
north-west in the morning but not too much wind and they went out 16 miles before
putting lines in the water. After trolling for around an hour they heard over the radio
that there was some action going on 4 miles away. Off they went and were they ever
glad. Doubles, triples, lots of singles and they only kept the largest fish or small ones
with broken gills. They ended up with the box full and released at least 15 Yellowfin
between 4 and 12 pounds and a half dozen Bonita of 12-20 pounds. At just around
noon the wind started to blow, and blow hard! It took a while to get home and everyone
was thankful when they rounded the Arches top the calm waters of the bay. Juan
figured that they had caught at least 31 Yellowfin and 6 Bonita this trip, and everyone
went home with lots of fish, even after releasing more than half the catch> A great day
on the water, and Grandma caught the largest one! |
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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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Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#130)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 25 CAUGHT, 10 RELEASED (#4-#45)
DORADO: ONE CAUGHT (#10)
BONITA: 3 CAUGHT (#15-#20)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 5 APRIL, 2004
Jeff Zielinski, his sister and her husband were referred to us by a client of ours and
were looking forward to a chance to get into some big fish on this trip. Well, the best
laid plans and all that stuff. The water was just beautiful yesterday and today it was
nice as well, but the fish have not yet moved in closer. Juan and Manuel took the boat
26 miles to the southwest, just off the San Jaime Banks, and they were able to get into
the porpoise. Into the porpoise, but not into the Yellowfin. Instead they hooked into
some bomber sized Bonita and were able to get three of the 20 pound fish into the
boat. Not bad, but not exactly what they were looking for. I just wish the water had
been a little warmer, maybe they would have had better luck. At least there was fish for
dinner! Thanks guys, and Joe, thank you as well for the referral!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 6 APRIL, 2004
Our buddies Nick and Carol Fedorka were here for the Easter weekend with their
kids Nick and Carleigh and their friend Mijoy Milby. The wind had started to pickup a
bit yesterday but was not bad for today, at least no one got sick! The boat went the
same area as yesterday and were able to find the Porpoise again. Again they were
able to get into fish but today it was the right kind! Three nice Yellowfin were brought
into the boat, the largest of which Juan told me may have gone around 35 pounds, the
other two at around 20 pounds. Nice fish, and nice fillets! The kids all had a chance to
reel in fish and a few more were lost as well, but a good time was had by everyone on
board! Thanks Nick!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 7 APRIL, 2004
Jon Whimpney, his brother Stacy and their friend Derek Keen are down here for
Easter break and this is their first time to Cabo. They are students and work in the
summer as fishing guides in Canada while in the winter they study for degrees in
biology. They really want a chance to get a Marlin, or at least a really big fish, but
Marlin are the main target. These guys don’t have a lot of money but they have
booked the “Fly Hooker” for three days, today, tomorrow and Saturday. Today Juan
and Manuel went to the south of the 95 spot looking for the Marlin that the guys want to
focus on. Well, there were three Marlin sighted and bait was tossed to one of them, but
as sometimes happens the fish was not interested. They did not get skunked however,
as the guys were able to get into a school of Tuna that were biting. With all the action
happening it was difficult to keep accurate track, but Juan said that they had let at least
8 Yellowfin go and he and Manuel had filleted an even dozen. The largest of the Tuna
that they filleted would have gone an easy 45 pounds and the guys told me that the big
fish of the day had been lost below the boat. I asked Juan about it and he said that the
fish would have gone an easy 80 pounds, but the hook pulled loose. Maybe that was
because the length of the fight allowed the fish to wear a hole in it’s mouth, but
regardless they had a great day on the water. Of course the wind started to blow pretty
good late yesterday and the water was rough, but they did get into the fish! Let’s keep
our fingers crossed for tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 8 APRIL, 2004
Jon, Stacy and Derek were out today on the second of their three days and today
they were finally able to get a Marlin to the boat. They were fishing 21 miles to the
southeast and there was a pretty nice temperature break there. On the way out they
picked up two small Yellowfin of about 15 pounds each, plus a small 10 pound Dorado.
When they reached the temp break they found a small group of Striped Marlin that
came in and attacked the lures. Juan said that there were five fish on the surface and
that three of them whacked at the lures. One of them was hooked up good and Juan
tossed out a bait that was totally ignored. Stacy was the lucky angler and it took him
about 25 minutes to subdue the feisty #130 Striped Marlin. After the fight the fish was
released and everyone started on the beer! Not a bad day and they were able to pick
up one more of the #15 Yellowfin on the way back in. A good day and some nice flags
flying when they entered the Marina!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 10 APRIL, 2004
The last of three days of fishing for our Canadian fishing guides/students and the
water was much rougher today than the first two days they fished. We were supposed
to have a trip yesterday but the wind was blowing so hard in the morning that we
postponed until Easter Sunday. At least it calmed down in the afternoon and this
morning ‘twas just a slight breeze. Of course that did not change the set of the swells
any, and it was still blowing pretty good off shore by all accounts. With the rough water
they were not able to get as far off shore and with the fact that one of the guys was
feeling a bit “disabled”, the fishing left a bit to be desired. Two very small Yellowfin
were all that happened today, and the fish were small enough that they might have
been put back out as live bait had the water temps been right for Blue Marlin! Well, the
guys had two great days of fishing and they were able to get one Marlin to the boat and
released so the trip was a success. I just hope that the next time they are all able to
get a fish to the boat and released! Thanks guys, and have fun for the rest of the
vacation!
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Capt George Landrum
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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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Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
BONITA: ONE KEPT (#20)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 28 MARCH, 2004
Greg Durante and Will Cross were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today and while
the weather was nice and the waters were fairly calm, the fishing was not exactly great.
At least they hooked up, but the number of fish that made it into the fish box was not
high. As reported to me, they had one solid hook up on a very nice Dorado, Juan said
that the fish might have been over 50 pounds. Just as Juan grabbed hold of the leader
the hook pulled out, and that was after a really hard fought battle. One other Dorado
hit but did not hook up and they managed to get one of two big bomber Bonita in the
box. The Tunas were 15 to 20 pound size and these guys give a hard fight. Like I
said, not a lot of fish but at least some action. I hope more of them end up in the box
next time for Greg and Will!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 29 MARCH, 2004
Tom Barron and his girlfriend Marla Hohfelin are hoping for a nice day on the water
today and they got exactly that, a nice day on the water. They brought back no fish but
they did hook up. About 18 miles to the south they had a very large Wahoo hit a lure
and Marla fought the fish for about 5 minutes before the hook pulled out. Juan told me
that they also had a Marlin strike and a Dorado strike, neither of which hooked up. The
wind was almost non existent today and the water was beautiful!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR APRIL 1, 2004
The wind continued to blow since Monday and we were supposed to have a half day
trip with the Blanchard group, coming in off a cruise ship. The port engine would not
start and we placed them on another boat where they were able to get 4 football (10-12
pound) Yellowfin Tuna. While they were fishing we found the fuel pump on our engine
to be bad and picked up a brand new one in La Paz, installed it and are now ready for
tomorrow!
‘”FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR APRIL 2, 2004
Our friend Paul Watts has his daughter and grandson out on the “Fly Hooker” today,
as well as his friend Dr. D’arge. They started fishing at 9 miles out of Chileno, where
Yellowfin were found yesterday. Shortly after starting they were told on the radio of fish
being found 9 miles farther out and pulled in lines and ran out. Just when they got to
the area, our new fuel pump on the port engine froze. With only one engine, they were
able to make their way back to the marina, but had only one Dorado strike for the day.
Since the fuel pump was new and under warranty, the guys in La Paz put another one
on the bus and we installed it late in the evening so the boat will be ready for tomorrow.
|
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Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE FISH KEPT (#120) TWO FISH RELEASED (#180,#130)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: TWO FISH KEPT (#8’s)
DORADO: FIVE FISH KEPT (#15,#25,#25,#35, #45))
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 21 MARCH, 2004
Straight from Las Vegas, “The Man” in the Jewelry business there, Malachi, his wife,
another couple and a friend were our anglers today. It did not take long for Juan and
Philipe to get out to the fishing area as the wind did not start to blow until this
afternoon. Only 10 miles out and they were seeing Marlin everywhere. The first fish
was Malachi’s and it was a Striped Marlin of about #120 that came in on a petrelero
straight runner then ate a bit dropped back into the pattern. It took Malachi around 35
minutes to land the fish, which was bleeding from the gills pretty good. The next bit of
action was from a Dorado that ate a lure and that fish went into the box for dinner.
Later in the day, around 10 am, the next fish was hooked. It was another Striped
Marlin, and this fish was a bit bigger than the first fish. This fish also took a lot longer
to land! After a fight of 55 minutes the fish was brought along the side of the boat and
was measured for a possible mount. From the tip of the bill to the end of the tail in a
straight line it was 117 inches. The estimated #120 that was caught first was only 95
inches. A nice fish, and a good day on the water.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 22 MARCH, 2004
Dr. Jay Jones is back in Cabo after a five year absence and he will be fishing with us
today and on Wednesday. As has always been the case, the target is Marlin and we
have our fingers crossed after the luck that happened yesterday. The wind was still
blowing this morning and they had to go a little farther offshore today, but they did get
into the Marlin. Unfortunately, they only got one fish to hook up good enough to fight,
and then that one came back down on the line and broke off. Juan said that it looked
like the fish took the bait while coming in on it’s side, then took off jumping the same
way. They saw over twenty Marlin today so hopefully the bite will be better on
Wednesday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 23 MARCH, 2004
The wind never stopped blowing last night, and was still going strong this morning.
The Craig Webster party were on the “Fly Hooker” and while a Marlin would have been
nice, any fish at all was welcome. Unfortunately it looked as if the heavy winds blew in
the cold water and while Juan and Manuel went over 30 miles to the east, they never
were able to get into any fish. I’m sorry about that guys, but we can’t control the
weather or the currents.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 24 MARCH, 2004
Dr. Jay Jones was a little excited this morning and let us know right away that he
wanted tomorrow on the boat as well. His wife was having a fine time with the kids and
without him there, and he had gotten “permission” for another day on the water! The
wind was still howling this morning as the boat took off, and Juan and Manuel decided
that there was a better chance of getting a Marlin on the inside, close to shore on the
Sea of Cortez. A few boats yesterday had found a fish or two in there and the water
was a lot better as well. No Marlin for the day though. They did get two Dorado, one of
them about 15 pounds hit on a lure and after a live bait was dropped back behind it the
larger, #45 fish hit. Not Marlin, but a nice fight anyway. Now our fingers and toes are
crossed for Dr. Jones! Tomorrow could be the day!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 25 MARCH, 2004
This is the last day of fishing for Dr. Jones, and it is Manuel and Phillipe on the boat.
The wind died down last night, the skies cleared yesterday afternoon and I was able to
get a clear sea surface read out for the guys to use. I saw a break out 32 miles to the
east southeast and that is right where Manuel went. They managed to hook one Marlin
that came off and sighted three others out there, but could not get them to bite. Dr.
Jones was able to get two more Dorado though, both of them in the #35-#40 class.
The water was green and cold until they got to this area so they stayed and fished
there until it was time to run in, but there was no more action to be had. I hope that next
time Dr. Jones comes the fishing is better and closer to home!
“FLY HOOKER” FISHING REPORT FOR 26 MARCH, 2004
Our friend Tim McGee is back in town and brought his brother and friends with him.
Tim brought Tim Dungan, Julie Slinger and Gary Huckaby with him today, and he really
wants to get into some eating fish. Just in case they get a chance, he brought along a
pair of #20 outfits. Well, they guys took the boat out to the area where they had been
finding the Dorado and some of the small Tuna’s, but there was not a lot happening.
They did get one Striped Marlin hooked up, and Tim was able to bring it to the boat for
a tag and release. Everyone caught at least one fish today as there was also some
Tuna out there, but they were not biting all that well. A couple of fish in the #8 range
and one Bonita were all that happened for the day. At least the wind had died down
and the water was nice. Well, Julie did not think so as it was a bit rough for her, but the
chumming was appreciated by everyone else! Thanks Tim, perhaps later in the week
you will do better! Until next week, Tight Lines! |
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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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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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Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE FISH RELEASED (#140)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: ELEVEN FISH KEPT (#8-#45)
DORADO: TWO FISH KEPT (#25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 14 MARCH, 2004
Our friends Dave Reese (and family) and Hayden Knott (and family) are in town
again and Dave and Hayden went out on the “Fly Hooker” today. Last year Dave did
not have very much luck, nor did he the time before. Thank goodness they caught fish
today, Dave was beginning to think that the problem was him! Juan and Manuel went a
bit to the south this morning and at a distance of 22 miles found the fish. They were
the first boat there and that really helped as the later boats to the Porpoise did not have
any luck at all. Dave caught the largest Yellowfin and it was estimated at #45. That
was the second fish he reeled in and he was pretty tired in the arms after that one.
Hayden got more fish, three in all. All the fish were between #25 and #45, a very nice
total. Dave and Hayden both said it was a great day on the water and we were invited
to dinner to share the results. Thanks guys, we love you a lot and really look forward to
your visits! And Dave, Juan wanted me to thank you again for the insulated coffee
mugs!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 17 MARCH, 2004
Today we had the William Cook party on the “Fly Hooker” and thank goodness the
fishing has picked up! Juan and Manuel worked the area outside the 95 spot and
ended up doing pretty good. One of the reasons was finding a dead whale out there.
They were not the first boat to the spot, and Juan said they did not stay long as it was a
little crazy, but they did manage to pickup two out of three Dorado that bit. Live bait
was the key as the Dorado were feeding on the little fish picking at the carcass. Both
Dorado were in the #25 range. After leaving they got into porpoise that they worked for
well over an hour and ended up catching 4 small football Yellowfin Tuna. The next item
on the agenda was a Marlin and it took a bit longer to take care of that request, but
when things are going well...hey! One Striped Marlin baited, hooked and fought to the
boat for the placement of a tag and then released. The fish was estimated at #140 and
the fight took 35 minutes. A great day and the water conditions were perfect!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 18 MARCH, 2004
Today was booked two days ago while talking with some folks while sitting at
Tanga-Tanga eating one of the great cheeseburgers they sell there. Dan, Kim, Paul
and Patty only wanted to go for a half day, just a chance to get out on the water with a
chance to get dinner as well. Juan and Manuel worked the same area as yesterday for
Tuna and were able to get two little guys into the boat, just enough for dinner.
Everyone had a great time and enjoyed themselves, and that is what it’s all about,
right?
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 20 MARCH, 2004
Rob Callahan and his family along with his friend and family were on The “Fly
Hooker” today. They were really hoping for some action on fish for the kids, and Jan
and Manuel tried to get into Porpoise, but were only able to find Whales. Juan said
they saw over 20 Striped Marlin during the trip and had lure strikes from two of them,
but the fish did not stick. They also had one fish that tried to eat the live bait tossed at
it, but apparently the hook turned back into the bait and the Marlin failed to hook up.
The fish were out there, but just not really hungry. Perhaps tomorrow will be better?
Lets keep our fingers crossed! |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 7-13, 2004
WEATHER: Partly cloudy skies at the beginning of the week slowly gave way to clear skies,
but lots of wind as the week wound towards the end. On Wednesday the wind started to pick up
and blew all day and night, gusting as high as 20 knots, and coming from the northwest. This
continued for the rest of the week with the wind dying down here in town during the day, but still
blowing at sea. Our night time lows ranged from 52 degrees to 62 degrees and our daytime highs
were mostly in the mid 80’s.
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WATER: The water temperatures this week ranged from 73 to 62 degrees, depending on the
day and the area. We have had a wrap of cold water at the Cape, and it started coming in from
the east on Monday. As the week progressed it bounced along the coast from San Jose and as of
today, it has wrapped around and runs up to as far as the Golden Gate Bank. It has been
followed by warmer water in the 71 degree area and that warm water now is as close as half way
between San Jose and us. This cold water (in the low 60’s) only extend off shore about 10 miles.
The defined warm/cold water break we had seen so strongly last week weakened and drifted
farther to the south.
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was small Caballito and they were the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Billfish bite this week was practically non existent, not at all the kind of action
we had been expecting for the month. A few Striped Marlin were caught, as well as a few
Swordfish, and of course there were more of both baited than caught, but the fish were scarce.
Perhaps one boat in 20 came in flying a Billfish flag this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Fish of the month! maybe fish of the season as they are still there, only
farther away. Many of the fish being caught are nice school fish, in the 25-40 pound class, but
there have been a few a lot larger as well. The schools have been mixed, with large fish mixed in
with the smaller ones. I have been in the Porpoise and marked fish around 40 pounds around
40-50 feet deep, and down below them have seen marks for fish that have to have been at lease
100 pounds, but they were holding at 80-100 feet. Trying everything in the book, it is still hard to
get the big ones to bite, but the key has been patience. Eventually the fish will come up. Most of
the fish this week were found between 25 and 40 miles to the south where the remnants of the
temperature break are, but there have been fish closer, around the San Jaime, but the water has
been very rough there. Best lures were small feathers, even for the bigger fish. A couple of
Captains let me know that they had caught a couple of the bigger fish by dropping yo-yo’s to 120
feet when they were in the fish but they were not coming to the surface. Best colors for the
yo-yo’s was white or blue/white.
DORADO: A few boats were able to find small floating patches of Kelp and were able to get a
good catch of Dorado off of them, but most of the fish are open water and striking on lures. Not
a lot of them, but the sizes have been pretty good with averages at #25. Warmer water so that
has meant a long way to travel, but then that has sort of been the story on all the fish this week!
WAHOO: Like last week, there were Wahoo caught but not in large numbers. A large number
of boats reported strikes from the razor gang but most of them shook loose or cut through mono
leader. These were incidental fish and were not associated with anything in particular.
INSHORE: The Yellowtail are still out there, but just as last week, you have to scratch to get
fish. Live bait has been the ticket and this week the fish appeared to have moved from the arch
to off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. Sierra are still available and the bite was a little bit
better than last weeks. There are reports of good Red Snapper fishing off of the beach up around
Migrainos on the Pacific
NOTES: If the warm water continues to move our way and the wind dies down, the fishing
should turn on and be closer to home as well. I sure hope it happens! There are still Gray Whales
around and we are seeing some every day close to shore. Our live music scene in Cabo took a
turn for the worse this week as Tanga-Tanga was refused a permit for the normal Tuesday
afternoon set. They were told that there would be no more permits issued due to noise problems.
Whoa Nelly! What about the NoWhere Bar blasting out the canned music all afternoon and night
across the marina, the noise from Squid Row all night long, the live Mariachis heard every night at
7 PM and the cars with boom box’s everywhere with the music cranked up so loud you can’t talk
when driving next to the? Guess the music police are selective in their enforcement. If there are
no more permits being issued for live outdoor music in Cabo San Lucas, where are they going to
hold the jazz and Gospel concerts that have been advertised? One more nail in the coffin. So, I
guess that the music I get here will be recorded like the disc I listened to for todays report. My
ears were tickled by the sounds of “Los Bukis” on their 1992 release “Quireme” on Fonovisa
records. |
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Capt. George Landrum
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gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
YELLOWFIN TUNA: THIRTEEN FISH KEPT (#15-#45)
DORADO: TWO FISH KEPT (#25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 8 MARCH, 2004
Greg and Vicky Cuddahy were our anglers today and really were looking forward to
getting into some fish. Of course it would have been nice to get a Marlin hooked up,
but so far this year it has been really slow for the Billfish. No Marlin for them, but they
were able to get some fish in the boat. Juan and Manuel took off to the west and
ended up about 28 miles out, just past the San Jaime Bank. There they found blue
water and lots of Porpoise. Guess what? Yep, there were Tuna in with those Porpoise!
All in all they managed to get 5 Tuna between #25 and #40 into the box, and lost a
couple more. Some good fillets to have smoked and frozen, plus some for a fresh fish
dinner! We sure are glad you had a good time, and hope to see you again.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 9 MARCH, 2004
Dan and LuAnne Foster fished on the “Fly Hooker” today, and the weather here sure
was a lot better than the cold in Anchorage! The fishing was not as good as yesterday,
and the wind started to pickup early, but they were able to get into the Tuna for a
quadruple strike, getting all four fish into the boat. LuAnne started to feel queasy so
they guys headed back towards the lighthouse where the water was a bit calmer. No
more fish were found, but there was fresh fish for dinner and some to get smoked.
Sorry that you got a bit sea sick LuAnne, but glad you had a good time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 10 MARCH, 2004
The Onderick party chartered the “Fly Hooker” for a half day trip today. It was a late
start s they left at 8 AM and the fish that the boat had been finding were more than 25
miles out, a little too far to go on a half day trip. The reason for the short trip was that
three of the anglers had not been fishing before, and were not sure that they could
handle more than that time at sea. Juan and Manuel did find porpoise close to home,
around 12 miles out, and they worked them hard, trying almost everything they could
think of. All they ended up getting was one hook-up on a Bonito, and it fell off when
close to the boat. Nobody got sick though! Perhaps next time a full day will work for
them, or the fish will be closer.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 11 MARCH, 2004
Jim Pickens, his son Jason and friend Dr. Jack Thielen are fishing today and
tomorrow with Juan and Manuel. Jim is an outfitter in the Wyoming/Montana area and
asked if they needed would it be all right to stay out a little longer. No problem, just let
Juan and Manuel know. Well, the wind had started to blow pretty good yesterday and it
did not stop last night. The water was rough and the fish were far away. Juan and
Manuel finally got into the fish when they were 33 miles to the south. Porpoise were
there, and they go four Tuna, all of them around 25-40 pounds, and caught one #25
Dorado on a lure and another one the same size on live bait. It was a long, rough trip
back but they came in with fish and flags flying. Our fingers are crossed that they have
better luck, and better weather, tomorrow.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 12 MARCH, 2004
Jim and Jason Pickens were back this morning, but Dr. Jack was not feeling well. In
his place was Jarred Williams. Jim let us know this morning that he wanted to be back
in at 1 PM as he had scheduled golf for the afternoon. No problem! Juan and Manuel
went south again, but due to time constraints were only able to get 29 miles out before
having to turn around and return. No fish were found and there were no strikes during
the trip. Juan said that on the radio the fish were being caught 42 miles out, 10 miles
further than yesterday, but the water was even more rough today than yesterday. I
hope your golf game was better than the fishing! Thanks Jim, perhaps next time the
fish will be closer and the water better!
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Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
YELLOWFIN TUNA: EIGHTEEN FISH KEPT (#35+)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 29 FEBRUARY, 2004
I was walking around the Marina yesterday afternoon and got to talking with Roger
Let and Darrin Warren about fishing and since they had not yet booked a boat I took
them to the “Fly Hooker” and showed them the boat and equipment. This morning they
took off with Bud and Steve, a couple of guys vacationing with them. They also took
John, a guy we met this morning who was looking for a boat willing to take him as an
even share. John is a former Charter Capt. turned commercial fisherman out of central
California. Making a long story short, they got into the Tuna early on and by mid
morning everyone had caught a fish in the 35-45 pound class. Several other fish were
lost, and the easily managed to finish off the case of beer they brought with them. I
was not able to meet with them as I was on the private boat I work taking the owner and
friends out, but it sounded like they had a blast. The swells were pretty good sized and
the wind picked up later on in the morning, but the fish were biting! We love it when
that happens! Thanks guys, I hope the flight back home was a good one.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 2 MARCH, 2004
Our friend Jody sells timeshares at the Sheraton Resort and had two clients that
she wanted to get out fishing. Joel and Mindy also brought down a lot of things for the
kids out at the free daycare center as well as made a big donation for playground
equipment so we were happy to take them out for the day. The water was in great
shape and Philipe and Manuel were able to get into the Tuna early. By 9 AM they had
nine Yellowfin between 25 and 35 pounds in the boat. Enough! That was plenty of fish
since they only wanted a little for themselves, the rest of the fillets they were going to
donate to the daycare center. With enough Tuna in the boat it was time to look for a
Marlin. They did find one on the surface but it was not interested in eating so that was
it for the day. Joel and Mindy had a great time and we are so glad they were able to
get into the fish!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 3 MARCH, 2004
Our buddy Billy “Be-Bop” Bowman introduced us to his friends Cameron Melville and
his girlfriend Ruth last night at the Tanga-Tanga bar. Cameron is a keyboardist in
California and Ruth teaches chefs at the ACI in New York, sort of a very long distance
romance. They were able to get away for a vacation and Cameron brought his
keyboard with him and was able to sit in with Kevin and “The Buzz” last night.
Awesome music! Well, they wanted to get a chance to try fishing while here. Billy
decided that a half day trip would be perfect since they had no experience and the
Tuna had been pretty close the last few days. As they were leaving this morning
Cameron gave us a copy of the latest CD he had worked on. If you ever get a chance
to get a copy, it’s called “Cheap Yellow Mustard” and is sort of a funky fusion of Jazz
and Rock, totally awesome music. I am listening to it as I am writing this report, almost
dancing in my seat, trying hard not to snap my fingers and type at the same time! Oh,
produced in 2003 by Cheap Yellow Mustard, Parkway Records, recorded at Bakersfield
Music school and recording studio, for info call 661-882-5859. Anyway, back to the
trip. The fish had moved off shore and they got skunked. The water was great, just no
fish. Billy was the only one who saw a whale as well. Sigh. Anyway, Cameron and
Ruth, it was a pleasure to meet you, and thanks for the music!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 4 MARCH, 2004
Charles and Steve were on the cruise ship “Ryndam” and wanted to do some fishing
when it stopped over in Cabo, so they booked a half day trip with us before setting out
on the cruise. We got them on board the boat at 8 am and imagine our surprise when
our friend Walt Ehnat was with them! They met on the boat and when Walt found out
they had booked with us he decided he had to go as well! Now, a half day trip
yesterday turned out a stinkeroony and with not getting out until 8 AM, today was as
well. There were Tuna only two miles off the lighthouse but the first boats to the fish
caught and those who were late got nada. They did hook up one big Skipjack Tuna,
but it came off the hook at the side of the boat. Steve is looking forward to his next trip
to Cabo and wants to fish with us then, Charles is an old Cabo hand, having fished
here back when the cannery was operating and he was commercial fishing. Like he
said, the fishing sure has changed! Anyway, thanks guys, we hope the return trip on
the cruise ship was enjoyable.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 6 MARCH, 2004
Bob Lipinski called us yesterday evening and said he and his wife Julie wanted to go
fishing for a day. We were recommended to them by Joel and Mindy, whom we took
out on Tuesday. Sure I said, we are available tomorrow! We met them at the dock this
morning at 6:15, introduced them to Juan and Manuel and saw them on their way.
They headed out to the Pacific side and it was not until they got past the San Jaime
Banks that they finally got a hook up. There was a triple strike and they were able to
get two of the fish into the boat. Both of them were nice Yellowfin Tuna of about 25
pounds, and there were no Porpoise around them. A few miles in the distance Manuel
saw three other boats that looked as if they might be working fish, but received a
negative response from then when he asked it they were catching. They were working
Porpoise hard but not getting bit. Juan and Manuel did another pass on the spot where
the first hook up occurred and again had a triple strike. Once again two of the fish
made it into the boat and this time the biggest would have gone an easy 30 pounds
according to Juan. That was the action for the day and I was worried as I watched
boats come in, one after another with no flags flying. When Mary showed up and told
me that the boat was on the way in and that they had fish aboard I was smiling! So
were Bob and Laurie when the boat tied up! Thanks guys, we are glad you were able
to catch fish and had a good time! For the rest of you out there, check us out next
week to see what has been happening here in Cabo! Oh, by the way, the weather
finally warmed up today!! |
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 6, 2004
WEATHER: Spring winds are here as every morning around 10 it has started to blow. That
doesn’t mean the water get rough every day, just that the wind chill is a factor. Well, if you are
acclimated to the tropics it’s a factor. I see people every day walking around in shorts and
tee-shirts while I am in my jacket and they just laugh at me. Then again, I am not subjecting
myself to -20 degrees and snow, am I? Our coldest morning this week was 52 degrees and we did
have one day when it warmed up to a very comfortable 86 degrees! Early in the week it was
mostly cloudy but it sure cleared up later on.
WATER: Water to the west on the Pacific side as well as to the east on the Cortez side
remained in the high 60’s all week. There was water in the low 70’s to the south of us at around
20-25 miles and it was up against colder inside water in the 68 degree range. This made for a
very defined temperature break that ran almost due east-west. The San Jaime and Gorda Banks
both had water in the 68 degree range while the Golden Gate was around 66 degrees. Surface
conditions were fair to good on the Pacific and good on the Cortez this week with swells
occasionally to 6 feet to the west but much smaller due south and to the east. At the end of the
week the cool green Pacific water swung around the Cape and intruded on the Cortez side. The
water warmed up to 71 degrees but remained green between Cabo and San Jose. Up around
Punta Gorda it stayed blue. Also, a finger of warm water swung up on Saturday and ran across
the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks, bringing temperatures in the low 70’s.
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was Caballito at the normal $2 per bait, and they were the
smaller baits, not the large 1/2 pound fish.
FISHING
BILLFISH: We had another slow week on Striped Marlin, and it is hard to say exactly why.
One school of thought is the factory ships that were allowed by the government to harvest
Sardinas up in the Mag Bay area (to the tune of 400,000 tons this year) took so much of the food
the Marlin feed on that the Billfish went elsewhere. The water temps are right, but last year
(before the factory ships) the Striped Marlin fishing was excellent in January, February and
March. There are still a few fish being caught, but not in the numbers that we were expecting.
Those fish were are finding seem to have a preference for squid colored lures and have not shown
a lot of interest in the live baits presented to them. There are still some Blue Marlin being found
far to the south in the warm water, but they are not thick by any means, just about what you
would expect from 73-74 degree water.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were still more Tuna flags flying this week than flags for any other
type of fish, but even their numbers seemed to be down a bit, at least compared to last weeks bite.
There were some quality fish found though, and even though the bite was a bit slower, the Tuna
have still retained their title of “Fish of the Week”. Most of the fish were found along the
temperature break 25-30 miles south or just offshore on the Pacific side, and almost all (but not
quite) were found associated with Porpoise. Small feathers were working on both the larger fish
and on the footballs, and spreader bars worked when the activity started to drop. I had reports of
some fine action on fish in the 40 pound range by guys dropping jigs and yo-yo’ing on marks at
60-100 feet.
DORADO: The loose kelp paddies were the key to finding Dorado this week, just as they have
been for the past two weeks. If you were the first boat there, the fishing could be awesome! A
few nice paddies were found on the temperature break south of the Cape and a lot of boats were
able to limit on the Dorado while using live bait. As the bite fell off, chunks worked. We are
hoping that in a week the action will heat up again and kelp broken off by the large storm swells
off of southern California work their way downhill toward us.
WAHOO: Full moon, Wahoo. I saw a few fish boated this week that were in the 60-70 pound
class and most of the fish reported to me were found close to shore (within 1 mile) or on the San
Jaime and Gorda banks. Marauders and Marlin lures in dark colors were the best bet for these
toothy rockets.
IN SHORE: Still a few Sierra being caught on the Pacific side, but not a red hot bite by any
means, plus the water off the beach is a little rough. There was a half-way decent bite on
Yellowtail off the arch for a few days. Reports of Pargo off the beach up by Chileno continue to
make the rounds, but I have yet to see any of the fish caught there, or talk to anyone who has first
hand knowledge.
NOTES: All I have in my note section this week is the music I listened to while writing this
report. A client of mine gave me a copy of the latest CD that he has worked on and I have had a
hard time trying to type and boogie at the same time. “Cheap Yellow Mustard”, produced in
2003 by Cheap Yellow Mustard , Parkway Records, and recorded at the Bakersfield Music
School and Recording Studio is a funky Jazz/Rock fusion album that I have been listening to over
and over and over. It is all instrumental with song titles “Cheap Yellow Mustard”, “Tweaky
Weird Pinched Nerve Thingy”, “Soundscape”, “Sunny Funk”, “Blues on the Halfshell” and
“Funky Munky”. Cameron Melville is Keyboards and gave me the copy, Jerry Mulkins is the
Composer and Guitarist, Tommy “Dr. Groove” Smith on Bass, Ruben Fernandez on Percussion,
Bruce Milburn on Drums and Ken Basuano on Trumpets and Flute. Thanks Cameron, you made
my week! Until next week, tight lines and good music! |
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Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: TWO FISH KEPT (#110, #120)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: FOUR FISH KEPT (#50+)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 22 FEBRUARY, 2004
Norm Sugg, Gilbert and Paul fished for the last day of their scheduled days today.
Benny and Mike had to leave today so could not go. Manuel and Philipe headed out
just 7 miles to the west when they got into the Tuna, and they were nice fish! By 8:30
they were done catching four fish that averaged #60 and were ready to go after a
Marlin, the fishbox was full! They were able to find one Marlin on the surface but it was
not interested in the lures or the live bait so they came in with just Tuna flags flying, but
they were very happy anyway! Thanks guys, we are glad you had a good time and
hope the weather is good when you get back to Albuquerque!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 26 FEBRUARY, 2004
We were part of an 8 boat charter today as an insurance agency treated their
employees to fishing and golf. The V.P. and three others were aboard the “Fly Hooker”
and with a large group like this it is often a late start. Out at 8 am, they needed to be
back at 2pm for other events. There was a wager for the largest fish and our group
came in second with a Striped Marlin estimated at #110. The pres. had one estimated
at #140. Guess we could have fudged it a bit, but letting the president win is a good
idea, yes? The fishing was slow for us as Manuel took the boat toward the 1150 spot
hoping to get into the Tuna there. With no action after three hours the guys said turn
around and go back as they would rather be out golfing anyway. The Marlin came on
the return trip. Of the other boats, the Presidents boat caught one Marlin, another boat
caught one Dorado, one boat caught a Tuna and a Dorado and five giant squid, one
boat got skunked and one boat caught a few giant squid and baited a Swordfish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2004
Steve and JoAnne Coutrakis are fishing with us again and brought along another
couple for this trip. The target was Marlin, Dorado and Wahoo, Steve said that they
were not interested in Tuna. Well, there was a good Tuna bite going on 14 miles to the
south, and if the Tuna were there, then there was also bait, so Manuel and Philipe went
to the area and worked outside the schools. No Dorado came to the lures, but they did
get one Striped Marlin hooked up and ended up boating the fish. After watching other
boats hooking up to Tuna for a few hours, some of the fish in the 60 to 100 pound
range, they decided that Tuna would be all right. Unfortunately by the time they
decided this, the bite had stopped. They ended the day with one Marlin. JoAnne,
thanks for the Dolmades, they were great!!!! Until next week, Tight Lines! |
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 22-28, 2003-04
WEATHER: On and off winds this week as it seemed that every other day it became gusty.
This kept the daytime highs down to the mid 80’s and the nighttime lows around the low 50’s.
No cloud cover, bright sunny skies almost every day, and no rain. The winds were from the north
and west and there were times when we had gusts to 25 knots, but for the most part they were in
the 10-15 knot range.
WATER: Water on the Pacific side remained in the high 60’s all week. Warmer water was 40
miles and more to the west. There was water in the to the south of us at around 15-20 miles and
to the east at 30 miles. Gorda Banks had warm water in the 73 degree range all week, with
cooler water up against it. There was a good temperature break on the 1150 spot for a few days
during the end of the week. Surface conditions changed day to day, depending on the gusty
winds, but the Pacific was pretty choppy for the most part, at least in the afternoon, while the Sea
of Cortez remained somewhat calmer. On Friday, the Cortez side was like glass in the morning
but got choppy in the afternoon as the wind started blowing.
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was Caballito at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING
BILLFISH: There were very few Marlin caught this week and the Striped Marlin that did hit
were mostly caught on lures. They were found in the cooler water on the Pacific side and
averaged #110. Darker colored lures seemed favored. I had reports of Swordfish being sighted
and baited, but none hooked or landed. All the sightings were on the Pacific side, up the coast
towards the Golden Gate Banks.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: These fish may become the fish of the month if they stay around. There
were good concentrations found around the 1150 spot, the 95 spot and 14 miles to the south of
the Cape, as well as on the San Jaime. Every area had the Tuna associated with Porpoise, and
every area held some nice fish. There were a lot of football sized Tuna in there, but there seemed
to be just as many fish in the 40-60 pound range. On the 1150 there were a few fish in the 100+
pound range caught as well. Feathers in darker colors for the smaller fish and dark colored
medium sized lures for the larger fish. I had some one tell me they found their fish stuffed with
krill and others told me theirs were stuffed with squid.
DORADO: We did not see the numbers of Dorado this week that we were seeing last week and
that may very well be due to the absence of the kelp that was here last week. With fewer floating
objects, the bite fell off. There were fish found just off shore on both the Pacific and Cortez side,
but they were smaller 10-15 pound fish for the most part, and hit on Tuna feathers.
WAHOO: I only saw three Wahoo flags all week and did not get a chance to see any of the fish
or talk to any anglers or Captains who caught them.
IN SHORE: What happened to the Sierra? They all but disappeared from our area, but there are
reports of a good bite farther up the Sea of Cortez. In their place, there was good action on
Pargo once again, close to the beach on the Pacific side. Other than that, the inshore action has
been limited to an occasional Dorado and some smaller Skipjack, Amberjack and Needlefish.
NOTES: Humpback Whales are still put there, but I have not seen as many Gray whales this
week. There was a good bite on giant Squid on Thursday and Friday, some of the Squid going to
50 + pounds. This weeks music was Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on the 1974 Atlantic release
“Deja Vu”. |
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Capt. George Landrum
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gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: TWO FISH TAGGD AND RELEASED (#110, #120)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: THREE FISH KEPT (#40, #15, #10)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 15 FEBRUARY, 2004
Garret Ferris and Bob were out today for their third and last day of fishing. Craig and
Mike were not fishing today. Since it was Craig who got the Marlin yesterday, someone
else had a shot today. Bob was the lucky angler as they were able to toss bait at three
fish and get one of them to hook up! It was around 30 minutes before the fish was to
the boat and it reportedly did a lot of jumping for them. Philipe was able to tag and
release the fish. Thanks for the good times guys, we are glad your trips were
successful!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 16 FEBRUARY, 2004
Today was supposed to be James Bodin and his friend Mike fishing the “Fly Hooker”.
They did a lot of research before they booked the boat and were really looking forward
to the trip with Juan and Manuel. Unfortunately we had a problem shortly after getting
the engines warmed up and had a leak in the stbd. transmission oil cooler. It was not
something that could be fixed right then and there so we asked James if they wanted us
to find another boat for them or wanted the deposit back. Well, they had come a long
way to catch a Marlin so we started to look for another boat. It was a busy day for
charters but we were able to come up with another boat for them. It was one we had
used once before and our clients had good luck with them, but this time their
performance apparently left a lot to be desired. It was a late start, not getting out until
7:30 and they worked the area around the 95 spot for most of the morning. No luck so
they tried closer to home where the current had forced the cool water up against the
warmer water, and still had no luck. The Tuna bite had been 30 miles off shore so it
was not possible to go out there in the time remaining. Sorry guys, but that is fishing,
you can’t catch fish sitting on the beach. We tried our best to make you happy.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 17 FEBRUARY, 2004
Craig Schlagbaum was our angler today and he has fished here in Cabo for a long
time. He said he is always trying out different boats, looking for crews that work well
and he can be happy with. He and his wife went out on Monday with another company
and had a 40 mile ride to the south, and had no strikes at all. At 11 this morning it was
beginning to look like another day of just riding a boat and then it happened, a nice
Dorado of about 35 pounds jumped on one of the lures. A quick fight and dinner was in
the fish box. Right after that a Striped Marlin was seen on the surface and a bait
tossed. Hook up! The fight was quick, only 12 minutes, but that is because Craig
knows what he is doing with a reel! One Striped Marlin estimated at #120, one #35
dorado, not bad for the day. Craig was very happy and said he would contact us again
for his next trip to Cabo. Juan and Manuel were one of the best, if not the best, crews
he had fished with here.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 FEBRUARY, 2004
I do not know the names of the guy and his two young daughters that fished the “Fly
Hooker” today. It was literally a last minute charter. They usually fish another boat on
our dock, but it had mechanical problems (Boy, do I know how that can be!) and
Manuel was there on our boat. The owner contacted us at home and then the folks left
at 10 am for a four hour trip, hopefully to find Sierra or some inshore fish for the girls to
fight. Manuel and Philip ended up bottom fishing as the Sierra bite was not happening
and the girls got Puffer Fish and Silver Snapper, plus they had a blast feeding the
Pelicans on the way back in.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 14 FEBRUARY, 2004
Norm Sugg, Gilbert, Paul, Benny and Benny’s son Mike were our anglers today.
They are from “Construction Solutions” in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The guys got off
to a late start due to lingering (in some cases still existing) “Tequilla Flu”. The wind
was blowing a bit this morning so the water was just a little choppy. Juan and Manuel
went due south for 9 miles where a lot of boats were working porpoise for Yellowfin
Tuna. I am not sure if it was Benny or Mike who was so happy when he caught the 10
pound Bonito, but it was “The biggest fish I have ever caught!”. Well, it was the biggest
until he hooked into the #40 Yellowfin Tuna! That fish was designated as “dinner” and
there were two other smaller Yellowfin that were given to Juan and Manuel. Juan said
that they lost another nice Yellowfin as well. The wind started to howl around 10 am
and it was a long, rough trip back. Most of the boats were in by 1 PM, as we were.
Tomorrow is another day and things are likely to be different. Norm, Gilbert and Paul
are fishing tomorrow so check in with us next week to see how they do! Until then,
Tight Lines! |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 15-21, 2003-04
WEATHER: The spring winds arrived on Wednesday, heralding the arrival of a overcast that
did not end up reaching us until Sunday. We were hoping that they would pass us by but they
finally caught up to us. It started to blow around 11 in the morning, and blew at a good 20 knots.
A steady wind until after sunset, then a light breeze. No clouds were over us this week so at least
it was sunny, but the hottest we saw it get was around 80 degrees. Our coldest night was down
in the mid 50’s, cold but still comfortable. It’s just that with the wind blowing at sunset you have
to have a windbreaker or light sweater in order to not get chilled (at least I do, but then I haven’t
been living where it’s below freezing all day!). When we woke up Sunday morning it was mostly
cloudy and not a breath of wind to be felt.
WATER: Before the wind started to blow in the middle of the week the surface conditions
were great, very light chop and small swells. We had a band of cool water just off the shore on
the Pacific side and during the week the warm water moved in. Now the California current has
kicked in again (we had a 2.5 knot south current on Friday) and we are getting the cool water
next to the beach again. On the Sea of Cortez side this cool water has extended up to the Gorda
Banks. Cool water as in 68 degrees. The warm water is now to the south of us and we have seen
some in the 74 degree range but most has been around 72 degrees. At least it’s near to us, just as
close as 5 miles at times, fluctuating between there and 12 miles south. With the spring winds
kicking in, it’s a good thing that this warmer water is close, you don’t have to get beat up for very
long on the way back in!
BAIT: Caballito at the usual $2 per bait and some Sardinas available if you go up the coast
towards San Jose to find the net boats..
FISHING
BILLFISH: One week fish, next week scales! The Striped Marlin bite had been picking up the
week before but seemed to stabalize, then drop off judging from the number of blue flags being
flown by the returning boats. Early in the week the fish were fairly close, out around 5 to 15
miles. There were not a lot of them, but most boats were seeing 3 or 4 every trip and getting at
least one of them to bite. Live bait was the key and they were being picky, wanting smaller baits.
At the end of the week the fish had almost disappeared, and there were very few flags being
flown. Perhaps the current and water conditions had a lot to do with it, it is hard to see tailing
fish when there is chop everywhere you look!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This week the Yellowfin stayed in first place as fish of the week. In
almost a repeat of last week report on the Tuna, there was a good bite on the San Jaime Banks
and on the temperature break between the San Jaime and the Golden Gate. A couple of boats
came in with fish in the #150-#200 range. They were the lucky ones! The “average” large
Yellowfin were 40-60 pounds with a lot of football 10-15 pounders in there. Big fish on big lures
and live bait, smaller fish on hootchies and feathers. The nice thing was that the fish have moved
closer to Cabo, again, this may be due to the current change. A good concentration of fish have
been found to the south of the Cape within easy cruising distance. Pods of Porpoise have shown
where the fish are for the first boats out there, and the concentration of boats have shown the late
comers! We sure were glad there were fish close to home, because when the wind started to kick
up you didn’t want to be facing a 20 mile ride back in the slop.
DORADO: That strong California current brought with it some kelp, broken loose from it’s roots
up in the north. There were small stringers, full plants and occasional small paddies found on the
Pacific side of the Cape, all close in, less than 5 miles off shore. Well, Dorado like to hang around
floating objects, and those boats that found the right kelp did well on Dorado to 25 pounds,
sometimes able to get as many as a dozen fish off of one spot. Of course, most of the kelp found
did not have any fish under it, but if you wanted Dorado this week, that is what you looked for.
There were a few larger fish caught in the open water, fish that went as large as 50 pounds, but
they were few and far between. The bigger fish were mostly caught on lures pulled for Marlin,
and the best method for getting the paddy fish was to use strips of bait.
WAHOO: There were a few good fish caught but not as many as we expected. That may have
been due to the rough conditions off on the Pacific side at the Golden Gate and San Jaime Banks.
Those that were reported were found off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side between there and
Cristobal by boats looking for the kelp and Dorado, as well as a few from the Cortez side around
Punta Ballena. The fish ranged from 15 to 40 pounds.
IN SHORE: The Sierra seemed to have all but disappeared from the Pacific side of the Cape,
but there are reports of good action on the larger sizes, from 8 pounds up, up around the Punta
Gordo on the Cortez. While the Sierra have gone somewhere else, the Red Snapper, or Pargo
bite, really took off for the Pangas who were in the right spot. The best catch I saw for one trip
was one Sierra that weighed about 6 pounds and 8 Pargo ranging between 15 and 30 pounds.
Action on the Pacific side was pretty much limited to very early morning, before the wind kicked
in.
NOTES: Lots and lots of whales this week. Humpbacks and Gray’s all over the place. Marlin
bite dropped off, Tuna bite picked up, water conditions sketchy at the end of the week. A tip for
those wanting to fish here, decide what you want to fish for, then stick with it! A lot of people
come here wanting to catch a Marlin and say to the crews, “All we want is Marlin”. Then after
two or three hours with little action they tell the crew that ”Now we want to go for Tuna”. The
problem here is that there is often a large distance between the areas where the two species are
being caught and after spending almost half the day trying for one species there is not time to go
for something else. My suggestion is either stick with what you are looking for or else let the
crew decide where to go, one of my favorite things to do is tell the crew “I just want to catch
fish”, and Marlin is all right if we come across one. An apology for those of you who tried to get
to Brian Flynn’s web site last week, the correct address is http:brianflynband.com , no www. in
front of it, use a search engine! This week I had a chance to listen and talk with the musicians of
the band “KD and the Buzz” as they played at the “Tanga-Tanga” bar on Tuesday. Great blues
and rock! Kevin Daniels plays the rhythm guitar, sax and vocals, Gill Mendoza is lead guitar,
Antonio Toledo is on Drums, Fabian Mendez is the bass player and Dave “Doc” Larsen played
the harmonica. Most of these guys have been here a long time and their names may be familiar to
long time visitors. Most of them used to play under the group name “Dos Juevos” It was their
music I played in my head as I wrote this report, specially Kevin’s rendition of Joe Cockers
“Unchain My Heart”. Thanks for the music guys, I look forward to next week. For those of you
who just care about the fishing, good luck and tight lines! |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 8-14, 2003-04
WEATHER: It seems that almost every week we have had at least a light sprinkle and this
week was no exception. A few days in a row early in the week gave us just enough precipitation
to dot the windows and make people run for cover, but thank goodness that was it. Our night
time lows got down to 52 degrees a few nights and our daytime highs have averaged around 78
degrees.
WATER: Water conditions were very good this week with no choppy conditions to speak of.
There were some good sized swells out on the Pacific side and to the south of the Cape, but no
chop on them. At the end of the week the water had changed a bit as a warm finger pushed up
from the south and we had 73 degree water from inside the Golden Gate Banks on the Pacific to
off of Chileno on the Sea of Cortez. On the Pacific side this warm water only extended out a few
miles but at the south end of the Cape it went south and we had some water in the 75 degree
range from 3 miles south to 15 miles south and out to the east toward the 95 spot. From the
southern end of the Golden Gate to the middle of the San Jaime Banks the water was 67 degrees.
There was a very defined and fish holding temperature break of 4 degrees on the San Jaime, and a
lot of boats did very well there.
BAIT: The usual $2 per bait with the prevailing bait this week being Caballito. There were
some Mackerel around and there were Sardines available as well at the normal $20 per bucket.
FISHING
BILLFISH: As the moon waned the Striped Marlin bite picked up and many more blue flags
were flying this week than were flying last week as the boats came in. The fish were pretty much
everywhere but the biggest concentration seemed to be around the temperature break off of the
San Jaime. Actually, that is where most of any of the species were caught this week! A Marlin a
day was the average for most of the fleets but some of the boats were able to get as many as three
of the Striped Marlin to the boat for release. Average size was #110 and live bait seemed to work
better than lures.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Fish of the week again as there were more Yellowfin Tuna caught than
any other species. Most of the fish were on the San Jaime, mixed in with the Porpoise, and while
the majority of them were footballs, there were quite a few larger fish to 60 pounds caught as
well. Live bait dropped ahead of the schools worked well on the larger fish while hootchies and
feathers did the trick on the footballs and some of the school fish. While the bite was never wide
open, it was steady with most boats able to get a half dozen or so fish in the box.
DORADO: That dead whale that I reported on last week showed up after being gone for a few
days and this time it was much closer to home. The Dorado caught on it were averaging 12
pounds and they were thick, but picky. The whale appeared off of the Palmilla area only 6 miles
out. Later in the week there was a very good bite on Dorado to 35 pounds with the average at 12
pounds as a large school was found 10 miles to the southwest of the Cape. The school was
moving through the area and the 10 to 12 boats that were lucky enough to be in the area enjoyed
great action on these great fish while using strip baits and chunks. These Dorado were not biting
well on lures.
WAHOO: As the moon gets smaller the Wahoo bite improves and this week we had a few other
reasons to be happy. The combination of moon phase and the temperature breaks appearing over
bottom structure really helped with a few boats getting as many as five Wahoo in a trip. Of
course, most boats did not get any at all, but it is all about being in the right place at the right time
with the right tackle! The Wahoo were averaging 35 pounds.
IN SHORE: There are still Sierra around and there are some really big ones being caught, some
of them appear to be as large as 8-10 pounds.. Still some great Red Snapper fishing as well and
they have been right in the surf. Larger Rappalas work for them and some of the guys are getting
very good action on the fish from the beach. I have heard that there have been some Yellowtail
being caught early in the morning and late in the afternoon and really look forward to getting a
chance to check that out for myself!
NOTES: With Striped Marlin fillets bringing 40 pesos a kilo, a lot more of the crews on the so
called “Sportfishing” boats are killing the billfish instead of releasing them. Insist that your
Captain and crew release any Striped Marlin that are not bleeding severely, and don’t tip them if
they kill a Marlin after you ask that it be released. Besides being against the law for sport caught
fish to be sold commercially, it is short sighted and detrimental to the species as well as the future
of Cabo as a Sportfishing destination. This weeks report was written to the music of Brian Flynn
on his self-produced CD “Brian Flynn- The Tanga-Tanga edition”. Brian was in town this week
and played at Tanga-Tanga a couple of times and was there for the soft grand opening at Mike’s
new place outside of town, “the Latitude 22 Roadhouse”. What a lot of fun! Check out Brian’s
music at his website www.brianflynnband.com and see what I am talking about. Until next week,
tight lines! |
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: THREE RELEASED WITH TWO OF THEM TAGGED
SAILFISH: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#100)
DORADO: THIRTY, 21 KEPT (#10-#35)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: SIX KEPT (#10-#15)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 9 FEBRUARY, 2004
Sue and Michael Sturges were our anglers today, and a referral from another client.
Boy, were they happy at the end of the day! The morning started out right, with a
double hook up on Striped Marlin on live bait just 7 miles out of the Marina towards the
95 spot. Mikes fish came off pretty quickly but Sue got her fish tot he boat for a tag and
good release. About that time Manuel got a call n the radio about a dead whale found
off of the Palmilla hotel out around 10 miles and off they went. When they were
traveling he was told that there were Dorado all over the place but they were being very
picky and not biting the big baits. The boat was turned to shore where they traded
three Caballito for some Sardinas, then out tot he whale. It was not a fish story, it was
true, and there were a couple of boats already there. Even so, they were able to catch
10 Dorado before they ran out of bait and time! A great day was had and everyone
was happy! Thanks guys, we are glad you had fun!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 11 FEBRUARY, 2004
Roger Emerick was today’s angler. His wife and himself had fished on Monday on
another boat and had gone 40 miles tot he south looking for the warm water and gotten
not one strike. Her back is bad so she was not on today’s trip. Up until about 11:30
Roger thought the day was going to be a repeat. Then he hooked into a 35 pound
Dorado. In a short time the dinner fish was in the boat. About an hour later a Sailfish
came into the pattern. Juan dropped a live bait Back the Sail went from the short rigger
lure to the bait, back and forth, taping each one over and over. Finally, to everyone’s
surprise, the Sailfish ate the almost dead-in-the-water lure and was hooked solid! The
fight was brief, only about 10 minutes, but Juan was able to get a tag into the fish and it
was released healthy, a perfect 100 pound Pacific Sailfish. About an hour later a
Striped Marlin was seen on the surface and a bait tossed. The Marlin swirled on the
bait, missed it and then got hooked on the top of the tail! The fight took about 20
minutes for Roger and he had the fish to the boat twice. Juan was able to get the
leader in hand and cut it close to the fish, but was not able to get a tag in. After that
fight Roger had enough and asked to return. He had a great time and said that Juan
and Manuel were one of the best teams he had ever fished with. This is from a man
who has owned and fished a 60’ and 37’ Hattaras here in Cabo before. Thanks Roger,
we are glad it was not just a boat ride!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 12 FEBRUARY, 2004
Buffalo, Chris, Steve and Brett were fishing the “Fly Hooker” today, and it was a very
late go since it was at the last moment. Buffalo and Chris live here and are timeshare
salesmen (don’t let their mothers know!) and had thought that the boss was going to let
them use his boat for today’s trip, but it was already booked. I got the call at 7:30 this
morning and had Manuel call Phillipe (Juan’s day off) to work as deckhand. The guys
showed up at 8:30 and had a bottle of Vodka (Chris) and a case and a half of beer.
Buffalo was cracking jokes to Manuel and Phillipe right away and had them laughing
really quick! Off they went and at 11:30 Manuel called on the phone and said that they
were coming in at noon, there was no more booze left! Apparently Chris had broken
the bottle of Vodka and had made a big dent in the beer supply. Of course, they were
tired of catching fish as well! Buffalo said that they had hooked 19 Dorado. They only
kept a few and released the rest, but the fish were all in that 10-15 pound range.
Buffalo was impressed but did complain that since it was his day off he thought he
should not have had to work so hard. Chris got the biggest fish of the trip, but he stole
the turn from Buffalo. The fish were found about 10 miles out of the lighthouse on the
Pacific side, almost due south. There were about 10 other boats working the school
(no dead whale). It was a great day and everybody was happy.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 13 FEBRUARY, 2004
Garret Ferris and his friends Craig, Mike and Bob are our anglers today. They are
also fishing on the 14th and 15th. Get fish, preferably Marlin was the request. Today
Juan and Manuel took them 22 miles to the southwest, to the south of the San Jaime
Banks. There were plenty of boats working the area but that was because there were
fish around. It took a while, working the porpoise, but eventually they were able to get
6 football Yellowfin Tuna in the boat. On the way back from the area they had a brief
hook up with a Striped Marlin, and they did see one jumping around. Tomorrow
perhaps the Marlin bite will be better. Juan said that there were a lot of Marlin being
sighted about 5 miles farther out so they will try there tomorrow. Our fingers are
crossed!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 14 FEBRUARY, 2004
Garret, Mike, Bob and Craig were out again today and the target was Marlin. Juan
and Manuel went 25 miles to the south of the Pacific lighthouse and were able to get
bait in front of a few fish. Luckily two of them were hungry and ate the live bait. Only
one of them stayed hooked up though, and Craig was the lucky angler. It was his first
Marlin and he was really pumped about it! I was told that the fight was about 40
minutes and the fish weighed about 120 pounds, did a lot of jumping and was very
strong and healthy when finally tagged and released. Congratulations Craig!
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1-7, 2003-04
WEATHER: The week began with partly cloudy skies and was either partly or mostly cloudy
all week long, at least until it started to clear up on Saturday. The winds were blowing beginning
at around 10 am every day but it appeared that as the skies cleared, the wind died. On the
weekend the wind was there but not as strong. We did have a little sprinkle of rain on Tuesday.
Our low temperature for the week was 55 degrees and the high was 84 degrees.
WATER: Choppy water most of the week on the Pacific side and just around the corner while
further up the coast on the Sea of Cortez the water was very nice, just some swells, until you
reached Punta Gorda. Of course, just because the water was nicer did not mean that there were
more fish there! The water was cool out to 30+ miles on the Cortez side, not getting mush above
69 degrees until out that far, then it raised to 73 degrees. On the Pacific side we had a band of
cold water running along the coast out to a distance of 15 miles, with a very cold band in the
middle where the water dropped to a low of 66 degrees. Out past that area, in the vicinity of the
San Jaime Banks, the water warmed up to 71-72 degrees. Straight south of the Cape it was a 30
mile run to get to the warmer water.
BAIT: The usual $2 per bait for Pacific Mackerel, very few Caballito and very few Mullet. No
reports to me of any Sardinas, but there may be some available.
FISHING
BILLFISH: Very few Marlin were found this week and it may have been due to the full moon.
Well, that’s just a guess, it may have been something else, but we are all thinking that the moon is
the reason. A few Striped Marlin were caught but there were not very many of them. Once
again, Marlin were not the fish of the week. The fish that were caught were found out in the
warm water and the boats using live bait had a fair chance of hooking a fish that was tossed to.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again Yellowfin became the fish of the week. Most of the fish were
found in porpoise. The action took place around 22-25 miles to the southwest and most of the
fish were footballs, up to a high weight of around 25 pounds. Pink hootchies and dark feathers
worked, but you had to be persistent in order to get more than a couple of fish on board. Now, I
say that they were the fish of the week and that is because there were Yellowfin caught every day,
not by every boat.
DORADO: The cold water has pretty much put a stop to the good Dorado catches that had been
made, but every now and then something happens that just turns everything around. In this weeks
example, a dead whale was found floating 30 miles out and the boats that found it were very
quiet on the radio, allowing them to limit out on Dorado to 35 pounds. There were Wahoo and
Yellowfin found with the whale also. When the boats went back out the next day, most of them
returned skunked because the currents had taken the whale much further out.
WAHOO: Only a few Wahoo were reported this week and they were found out in the warmer
water around the dead whale
IN SHORE: This weeks report inshore is identical to last weeks, so here it is: The Sierra bite
that happened the last week is still going on, but the concentration of fish has moved up the coast
and is no longer supplying hot action just off the arch. The choppy water has kept a lot of the
boats from working in real close to the shore up the coast, but there have been reports of pretty
good Roosterfish action at the lighthouse. That is surprising to me since the water is so cold, but
hey, if there is bait around (finger mullet) then I guess there will be the predators also! Bottom
fishing was very poor due to the wind this week.
NOTES: I hope the Marlin bite gets better as we get away from the full moon. Also the
weather better settle down, we don’t like getting wet and cold on a fishing trip! There are still
whales around, as well as porpoise. I have been spending a lot of time working on another boat,
getting electronics and electrical stuff fixed so have not spent a lot of time on the water myself.
This weeks report was written to the great music of Miles Davis on “Ballads and Blues”, a CD
given to me by a friend. |
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: THREE FISH TAGGED AND RELEASED (#110-#135)
DORADO: NINE FISH KEPT (#12-#35)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: FIVE FISH KEPT (#10-#25)
WAHOO: ONE FISH KEPT (#60)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 JANUARY, 2004
Larry and Mary Heim along with a couple of friend fished with us several years ago
and the day before yesterday we met them again while watching the conference play
offs at Tanga-Tanga. They wanted to go fishing for a day and today was the day
decided upon. Juan is on vacation so Manuel is fishing with Capt. Philipe Almanza
working the deck. They headed out towards the south side of the San Jaime banks and
worked the area pretty good. Larry really wanted to get some Dorado for dinner and he
was first on the rotation as an angler. After reaching the area to be fished, the lines
went in and less than 10 minutes later there was a strike! Larry was in the chair and it
did not take him long to get the #15 Dorado to the boat where Philipe gaffed it and put
it in the box. Success right off the bat. Things got a little slow then as everyone waited
and hoped for more Dorado. It was not until around 9 am when a Striped Marlin was
spotted, a bait was tossed and the fish hooked up. After a successful tag and release
things were quiet again for the next 45 minutes. Then Manuel spotted Porpoise
working and after a short fast run they were working the edge of the school. They
managed to pick up three or four Yellowfin Tuna in the 10-15 pound class and several
Bonita as well. That was all the action for the day but they returned with flags flying!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 22 JANUARY, 2004
Larry Heim talked things over with his buddies and they decided to go fishing for one
more day! This morning Larry, Thom, Steve, Steve and R.J. left the marina on the “Fly
Hooker” with Manuel and Philipe. The wind had started blowing last night as clouds
started to move in and Manuel decided the fishing would be better up the Sea of Cortez
towards the Gorda Banks area, and that was the right choice! They got into Porpoise
and worked them hard, but were only able to get one Yellowfin out of them. The same
area also gave up three nice Dorado. One more Dorado was lost. The exciting action
was the hook-up of a Blue Marlin! The fish struck the lure run on the bridge rod and
made a good run before jumping and coming down on the leader. The bill had chaffed
the leader pretty good and the weight of the fish coming down on it finished the job.
Tow of the guys, along with Manuel and Philipe saw the fish strike and jump and
everyone swears the fish was over #500! Oh well, that happens with big fish
sometimes! I said earlier the they had made the right choice in where to fish, the boats
that went to the Pacific side or the area south of the Cape got beaten up by the wind
and choppy water. Where the guys fished today the water was great!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 23 JANUARY, 2004
John Kelly and his friend Luke fished with us today. John also owns a 31 Bertram
that he fishes out of Indian River, Maryland and found us through other 31 owners that
have fished with us, on the 31bertram.com website. This was the first time he has
fished for Striped Marlin and he was surprised at how we go about it. Manuel and
Philipe went back to the area off the Gorda Banks that they had worked yesterday and
this time they spotted over 11 Striped Marlin, getting a chance to toss bait at eight of
them. John was amazed that the Marlin were just swimming along on top of the water
like Sailfish! Out of the eight fish they tossed bait to, four of them bit and two of them
hooked up solid. Both John and Luke were able to bring their fish to the boat within 30
minutes on #40 line, and both fish were tagged and released. When they tossed bait at
one of the other Striped Marlin, the fish swam away but the bait was eaten by a Wahoo
right away! Lucky for the guys, the Wahoo was hooked in the corner of the jaw and
was not able to bite through the line. It took only 5 or 8 minutes to bring the #60 fish to
the boat, where Philipe was able to get a gaff in it. A little later they were able to get a
fair sized Dorado as well. John said that when the Blue Marlin showed up in the
pattern and started knocking around lures, that was the kind of fishing he was used too,
except that back home they have to run out 70 miles, leaving at three in the morning to
get into the action! Here, they left at 6:30 and were back at 2:30 and had a blast! Of
course, it was cloudy and there was a little bit of rain spitting now and then, and they
did get drenched during one downpour, but they still had a good time. They are here
on a company thing, and one of the options offered to them as an activity was fishing,
so they have the boat booked for tomorrow as well! Check back and I will let you know
how things went for them.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 24 JANUARY, 2004
This was the second day for Jon and Larry and they had a late start. It rained
heavily last night and the wind blew hard. Someone at the resort they were staying at
told everyone that fishing for the day was cancelled so they slept in. Hey, if we call you
and say it is cancelled, it is cancelled, but not until we say so, or the Port Captain
closes the Port. The wind had died down this morning and the rain had stopped, the
sun came out and it was beautiful! At 7 am Mary called John and roused him out of
bed. At 7:30 he and Luke were at the boat and on their way. Once again Manuel and
Philipe went to the area outside the Gorda Banks but the fishing was slower than that
of yesterday, perhaps because of the rain, or maybe because the sun was out. They
did get into the Dorado and managed to get four of them into the boat, with the largest
fish being a Bull of about #40, a very nice fish. There was no action on the Marlin for
them at all today. It is amazing how things can change day to day. Manuel had them
back at the dock around 4pm and they enjoyed the trip, even though it was a choppy
ride back! Thanks John, we are glad you had a chance to experience fishing in Cabo
with us! |
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: 5 FISH RELEASED, THREE TAGGED
DORADO: THREE FISH KEPT
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 11, 2004
Today was the third of three days for Larry, Ed, John and Chris. If you remember
from last weeks report, yesterday they saw 11 marlin, had three take the bait and only
hooked one fish, and that one got away fairly quickly. Today was a little different.
They did not see quite so many Marlin, but that may have been because they spent so
much time fighting them! Making a long story short, it looks like John is going to have
to come back to Cabo, as he was the only angler to not get a Marlin today. There was
also a nice Dorado caught also and when they came into he Marine that one yellow flag
set the Blue and Red flags off nicely! Thanks guys, we sure are glad that the fish
finally bit for you! Looking forward to seeing you guys again and meanwhile, keep your
lines tight!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 12, 2004
Eric Fyksen and David Goetz had been walking around the Marina the day before
yesterday and had gotten to talking with Larry, Ed, John and Chris when they had
gotten in. Eric and David decided to book the “Fly Hooker” for today based upon the
reports from the guys. Now, Eric and David have never been fishing on the ocean like
this before, they are from Montana and are used to stream and lake fishing. What an
experience! When they returned to the dock they were pretty tired but that was
because it was a first time experience. Both of them were able to fight a Striped Marlin
to the boat for a successful tag and release, and both of them were able to get a
Dorado into the fishbox, giving them meat to take home. Juan said that there were a
few more Dorado lost as well. Now the guys are spoiled and they are going to think
that every trip offshore should be as successful as todays! Thanks guys, we know you
will have good memories of this trip!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 16 JANUARY, 2004
Dave and three buddies are here for a wedding and they were supposed to fish
yesterday. Well, all the rain we had on Tuesday and Wednesday had the wedding
postponed until yesterday so we were able to push the fishing trip back to today. Well,
it was a wedding, and at wedding here in Cabo you drink, and when they showed up at
the boat Dave said he was pretty sure they were still drunk because otherwise they
would have had hangovers! Hmm, I don’t think the drinking and the fishing mixed to
well for the guys because according to Juan and Manuel, two of them got almost
violently ill, trying very hard to chum some fish to the boat. They were able to hook up
two Dorado when they were about 17 miles to the south of the lighthouse, but they
decided to come in after that. Back at the Marina at 11:15 all they wanted to do was
get back to their resort. I sure wish they had been able to go back with some fish, but
hey, that’s the way it goes sometimes! Better luck next time, and keep away from the
tequila the night before! |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 11-17, 2003-04
WEATHER: The big new on the weather front for Cabo this week was rain. Yep, we got
some, and it was not the little sprinkles that dot the dust on the windshields! The rain started at 2
am on Tuesday and finally stopped Wednesday night. During that time the wind blew and we
ended up getting between 2 1/2 and 3 inches, the streets in town flooded and some of the dirt
streets washed out. On Friday morning the back half of the front passed us and it rained hard,
with thunder and lightning, for another 6 hours. We just had half of the yearly rainfall out of
season! This means that in a week or two there will be flowers blooming everywhere in the
desert! Now, at the end of the week, it is sunny but still cool. Our lows have been in the high
50’s and highs in the high 70’s.
WATER: The Pacific side close to shore up past the lighthouse has been cool and green,
offshore on the Pacific it has been a little warmer, in the 72 degree range, but for the most part it
was choppy or just downright rough, due to the weather that blew through. On the Sea of Cortez
we have had cold water running from the Cape out to the 95 spot and then up to the 1150 and the
Gorda Bank area. This water has been from 69 to 71 degrees, slowly warming to 74 degrees the
farther offshore you went. The warmest water was due south about 15 miles and there it warmed
up to 74-75 degrees.
BAIT: We thought that bait was hard to get last week! All the rain we had dirtied up the water
and for several days there was no bait to be found . At the end of the week the bait boats were
having a little better luck and some Caballito (small) were being caught. The normal $2 per bait.
FISHING
BILLFISH: As the week started the Marlin fishing took off and almost everyone was flying one,
two or three flags when they came in. The fish were close, to! Only 8 miles offshore and closer,
there were fish to be found almost everywhere. As the wind and rain came in on Tuesday the
water got rough, but the boats that went out had a great time, the fish were still there. At the end
of the week it seemed that the fish had been blown out, or the bait had moved. The Marlin were
difficult to find and hard to hook up. The beginning of the week it was a pretty even mix on lures
and live bait and at the end of the week if you found a fish, you needed live bait, which was
difficult to get.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Last week I said that the Banks were holding fish and boats working
chunks and live bait were scratching out a nice fish or two. I was right and the reports from the
Long-range boats out of San Diego show it. There were two of the big boys anchored on the San
Jaime this week and one of them unloaded in San Diego Saturday. The biggest Yellowfin was
reported in the 340# range and they said that their holds were plugged and most of the fish were
over 100#. The action was steady, but not red hot for anglers working chunks and live bait on the
kites. Heck, with boats that size I guess the weather we had did not affect them too much, but for
the local charters, we got beat up! Plus we did not have a chance to get any of those fish, it takes
a while to get a chunk line like that going and on our smaller boats even though we worked near
the, the fish were concentrated. At the end of the week there were a lot of small football fish and
a few schools of 25-40 pound fish being caught in the Porpoise. The Porpoise were mostly in the
slightly warmer water 15 miles out. Small feathers and cedar plugs were working on them.
DORADO: Scattered fish with the smaller 5-15 pound fish being found near shore and the
slightly larger fish to 40 pounds being found offshore, often with the Tuna and Porpoise. One of
the keys for Dorado was watching the Frigates working, then slow trolling live bait through the
area. Also being able to find floating debris worked well for a few boats, letting them limit out
on fish averaging 15 pounds.
WAHOO: Last week there was a Wahoo bite on the Sea of Cortez side of the cape and this
week it moved to the Pacific side. It was not red hot, but a few boats were reported to have
caught as many as eight fish, and I know for a fact that one of my friends got two fish at #80
each..
IN SHORE: Sierra were the fish of the week for inshore fishing, but I have knowledge of two
Roosterfish that were caught as well, and they were nice ones! One of the fish was 58 pounds
and the other was right in there as well. That was at the beginning of the week and I don’t know
why they were around with the cold inshore water we have had. They sure were a surprise for the
anglers! Other than that, there have been Jack Crevalle and a few nice Snapper.
NOTES: Even more whales are coming in this week. One report I got concerned a whale that
was found caught up in a monofiliment gill net set for Sierra outside of the Santa Maria-Chileno
area. It was a female Humpback and she was caught around her pectorals and tail. The guys
from Cabo Expeditions and one of the dive shops went out and finally managed to cut her free,
doing so at risk to their own life. Of course the Yellowfin caught by the long range boats were
the big buzz at the end of the week. If the water calms down maybe there will still be fish there
and we can give it a shot. This weeks report was written to the music of Dire Straits on the 1985
Warner Bros. release “Brothers In Arms”. Thats it folks, until next week, Tight Lines! |
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FISHING
BILLFISH: Marlin fishing was slow this past week with the exception of those willing to put in
the time soaking live baits deep up to the north of the Pacific Lighthouse. There was a small
concentration of Striped Marlin in the area and if you put in the time you got bit, but it was a tide
event, you had to be there right when the water started moving after the slack. In other areas the
fishing was sketchy with few Striped Marlin sighted on the surface and few Blue Marlin strikes. I
would venture to guess that the Billfish success rate for the Marina was probably as low as 10%,
but the few boats that worked the deep dropped live bait had at least quadruple that rate, with
some boats getting multiple bites and fish. The water is still warm enough for Blue Marlin and
there were a few caught, mostly in the 250-300 pound class.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin were far off shore this week, at least most of them. I did
talk to a few boats that were able to find Pods of Porpoise as close as 11 miles and also were able
to get fish out of them, but for the most part the fish were 30+ miles out. Average size was just a
little bigger than footballs at #20, but there were a few good catches of fish to 45 pounds. Best
areas seemed to be straight south 30 miles and from there to the south end of the San Jaime
Banks. Live Sardinas on #2 hooks dropped back in a chum line worked when the fish were not
moving fast, otherwise it was a run-and-gun deal if there were more than three boats working the
fish. For only one or two boats working, feathers in dark colors and cedar plugs worked well.
DORADO: There were some great catches of Dorado made this week, at least early in the
week. Almost all the action was on the Pacific side up around Golden Gate Banks. The key to
the great results was plenty of live bait and being able to find floating debris. Quite a few boats
were able to do both and caught limits of Dorado to 35 pounds with a few fish a bit larger. In all
other areas the fishing was slow for Dorado, with only a scattered fish showing up. There were
fish in close to shore, sometimes within 100 yards of the beach, but for the most part these were
smaller fish, the larger ones going a possible 15 pounds.
WAHOO: The floating debris holding Dorado was also kicking out some nice Wahoo to 50
pounds to the first boats on the scene. As many as four fish a boat were found on some of the
wood out there. In other areas, the edges of the San Jaime and the Golden Gate let go of some
fish in the 40-70 pound class and I heard that there were a couple of large fish, close to 100
pounds caught on the Outer Gorda Bank early in the week. On the Cortez side live bait seemed
to be the best bet while deep swimming plugs and metal jet head lures worked well on the Pacific
banks.
IN SHORE: Sierra, small Dorado and a few small Roosterfish pretty made up all the inshore
action this week. Oh yeah, a scattering of needlefish as well! Most of the Pangas that went out
decided to try off shore as far as 10 miles since the fishing just off the beach was so slow.
NOTES: It is strange that the flights down to Cabo are almost all full but there seems to be so
few people in town. Perhaps it is the holiday season and most of the people are families and just
stay at the resorts. The fact that there are so few people in town show up in the number of boats
going out this week, it has been slow for charters as well. Add in the fact that the fishing has
slowed down, and I start to feel lethargic! This week is Christmas though, and everyone here is
starting to get into the spirit. I hope that where ever you are, you are getting into the holiday
spirit as well. Perhaps you will get a fishing trip to Cabo from Santa! Felize Navidad and tight
lines, see you next week! This weeks report was written to the music of Lacy J. Dalton. |
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“FLY HOOKER” REPAIR REPORT FOR DECEMBER 12-18
Bet you thought that this was going to be a fish report, huh? Well, I wish it was but
we had a problem with the starboard motor on Friday and were down for a week. New
sleeves, pistons and rings as well as gaskets, engine back in the boat around noon on
the 18th, everything hooked up and test run. Great oil pressure again and it is running
great. While we were down we also did a bit of repair work on the deck around the
engine covers, nice and solid again! The boat’s up and working again and Mary says
that my Christmas presents are in the engine! As long as she (the boat) keeps running,
that’s fine with me.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 19, 2003
Garland Cannon and his friend Ray booked the “Fly Hooker” for three days and
today was the first. The fishing has been a bit slow so Juan and Manuel had to search
for fish. It was not until they were 27 miles out that they finally got into some Tuna and
they hooked up three on the first pass. The fish were in the 20-25 pound class and on
the next pass they got one more. The fish then went down and that was the end of the
action. Garland and Ray cancelled tomorrow and Sunday saying that they did not like
having to go 27 miles to get into the fish. Well, I don’t like it either as it sure burns a lot
of fuel, but if that is where the fish are, that is where we go. Guess we could have just
gone on a boat ride close to shore and saved a lot of fuel and maybe caught a Dorado,
but we did try to get them into fish. They came with four coolers they wanted to fill with
fillets in four days of fishing. We could have deep dropped live bait for Marlin, but they
wanted eating fish. We got coal in our stocking on this one as we put all the deposit
toward the day of fishing, sigh. Oh yes, we put them on another boat yesterday and
they caught one Dorado. That boat ended up towing in another boat for a couple of
hours and we ended up refunding half the charter money. Merry Christmas! |
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 7 TO DECEMBER 14, 2003
WEATHER: Winter time is here as the nights have been getting down into the high
50’s and the daytime highs have been in the mid to low 80’s. Guess that may be warm
to those of you up north, but we are wearing sweaters and coats at night. Makes me
wish we had a fireplace at home! The skies have been mostly clear, no clouds to hold
the heat in. No rain, but there has been a lot of wind.
WATER: The water has cooled right down and for the most part we are seeing
temperatures in the 74-75 range both on the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. There is a
finger of slightly warmer water out to the southeast, but it is only up to 76 degrees. The
wind we have been having has made the surface conditions pretty rough and
uncomfortable, but still fishable. Swells at 3-6 feet with lots of chop on top around mid
morning.
BAIT: Mackerel at the normal $2 each and Sardinas at $20 a bucket were available all
week long.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The concentration of fish that were on the lighthouse moved up the Pacific
side this week and are now around the Los Arcos area. They are scattered but are
now striking lures as well as live bait. There are still a few Blue and Black Marlin
around. There is at least one Blue Marlin being caught every day (but consider that
this is for the entire fleet) and I know that a few boats have hooked up to #600 plus
Blues and Blacks this week as well. Lures are the way to go on the big fish, but they
are few and far between.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Seems like this week the Tuna just disappeared. It could be that
they are still there, but just so far out that no one wants to get pounded to pieces
getting to them.
DORADO: Same area as the Striped Marlin this week, up the Pacific off of Los Arcos.
Scattered fish to 30 pounds, biting best on slow trolled live bait or bait tossed under
Frigate birds.
WAHOO: Only a few Wahoo were reported this week, and they came from the Gorda
Banks area. Dark colored lures.
INSHORE: Slow inshore action due to the sea conditions. There was the annual
Sierra tournament held this week in the San Lucas Bay, but everyone I talked to said
they lost fish, no one I know actually got one in the boat!
NOTES: You may have noticed that the report this week is really brief. I have been up
in California this week and all the information I have is based on what Mary and a few
friends told me last night. Take it for what it is! Until next week, Tight Lines! |
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 7, 2003
Steve and Joann Coutrakis fished last on November 26 and had a blast with Tuna,
but Steve really wanted a Marlin. We had arranged for a three hour trip for yesterday
afternoon, working the ledge at the lighthouse during the tide change but the wind
started to blow in the afternoon so we postponed until this morning. Juan and I were on
the spot with live baits in the water at 7 am. One mackerel was set at the bottom, one
halfway down, both on 12 oz torpedo sinkers with long leaders. The third line had
three oz weight and was set at 50 feet. From the time we arrived until 9am there was
no action. We checked and changed baits, changed position, but no fish. At 9 I told
Steve that even though it was not working, I still thought that it was his best chance to
get a Marlin in the short time he had available. If he wanted to stay out another hour
that was fine with me, he was the client and should make the decision. Steve conferred
with Joann for a minute and said that they would give it another hour. Five minutes
later there was a pick up on the deepest line. I let the fish run a bit, then the line
stopped, I waited, it started to take off and I tried to set the hook. I could feel the bait
come loose from the hook! As I reeled in that line to replace the bait, Juan let the
second line down to where the first one had been. Almost as soon as it got there, the
fish bit again. This time it was a good hook set and a few minutes later the Marlin
started jumping! It was a very nice Striped Marlin of about #160, and 15 minutes later
Steve had it by the side of the boat. I grabbed the leader and worked the fish close,
and then the hook pulled loose! Shoot, a legal catch and release though, and now we
knew we were in the right spot, and the tide change was happening. Back we went and
out went the baits. It only took 10 minutes before we were bit again and this time the
fish jumped all over the place! It was a smaller Marlin but had more fight in it, Steve
had to work the fish for almost 25 minutes before it came to the side of the boat. We
took the fish and were on our way in a few minutes later. Four hours, two Striped
Marlin! A good mornings effort and happy clients! Thanks guys, we look forward to
seeing you again in February! |
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 23 TO NOVEMBER 29, 2003
WEATHER: The weather was great all week long! We had slightly overcast skies at
the beginning of the week but they had cleared completely by the weekend. Our low
temperature was in the mid to low 60’s while the highs may have reached the mid 90’s
but for the most part stayed in the high 80’s. Light winds, clear skies and great
temperatures, one of the reasons we love this time of year!
WATER: Surface conditions were great all week with low, rolling swells that may have
reached three feet in height. The light breeze kept things from getting glassy and was
just enough to make it comfortable. Our water temperatures on the Pacific side stayed
in the 77-78 degree range up to the Golden Gate bank, where it reached to 80 degrees.
On the Cortez side the water was the same with the warm spots being on the 1150 spot
and the Gorda bank. There was no defined temperature break within reach of us.
BAIT: A mix of Caballito and Mackerel with a few Sardinas being found as well. The
bigger baits were the normal $2 per and the Sardinas were running $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Just as was the case last week, this week the bite on Marlin seemed
concentrated on the ledge off the lighthouse on the Pacific side or on a slight color
break that ran from 3-5 miles off shore in the same area. The bite was definitely tide
related and in between the change lures worked better than bait. As the tide changed,
dropping down live bait , halfway to the bottom, seemed to produce a number of fish
while the jig bite dropped off. A few Blue Marlin were caught this week, but they have
become a bit of a rarity as the water cools down.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There is no doubt that the Yellowfin Tuna were the fish of the
week. The bite was excellent for the beginning and middle of the week and the fish
ranged from 8 miles to 30 miles out. All the fish found were associated with Porpoise,
and some of the fish were big. One client of ours caught a #140 on live bait after
catching and releasing a couple of 5 pound fish in the same pod of Porpoise. The
majority of the fish were in the 15-25 pound range but there were quite a number of
them that were running 40-60 pounds as well. It seemed that the larger fish had a
preference for live bait or larger lures in dark colors while the smaller fish were striking
feathers, hootchies and cedar plugs. And of course, just as we got used to the bite and
started talking it up, it seemed to die! Why does that happen? On the weekend there
were still Porpoise everywhere but the Tuna , when they did come up, did not stay up.
We will keep our fingers crossed that things change back as quickly as they first
changed!
DORADO: Not a lot to say about the Dorado this week. There were fish caught but the
bite was not very steady or consistent. Those boats having luck with Dorado were
either the first to a floating piece of debris or caught them while fishing for something
else. The fish that were caught were not extremely large either, with most of them in
the 20-30 pound class. The Pacific side, close to home and to shore had a few more
fish show than elsewhere, but that may have been because of the number of boats
concentrated there working the Marlin bite.
WAHOO: There was no consistency to the Wahoo this week, but there were fish
caught. We had clients catch fish of 76 and 45 pounds, but they were blind strikes.
That 76 pound fish sure looked good coming in the boat! Rigged Ballyhoo worked well
as did lures in green/black or blue/black.
INSHORE: There was almost no inshore bite this week as all the action moved just
outside.
NOTES: Good weather, good fishing, good water conditions, well, what am I supposed
to do? Guess I have to go fishing! As soon as this report is finished and I finish my
cup of coffee, I am out of here. I have only one client on the boat today and he has
invited me to come along. Ouch, don’t twist my arm so hard! I am sure we will get fish
and see Whales, Porpoise and Turtles. Oh my goodness, am I ever glad I live here!
Until next week, tight lines! |
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 16 TO NOVEMBER 22, 2003
WEATHER: Windy days at the beginning of the week and the end of the week with
wonderful weather between! Our night time lows were down into the low 60’s, it
actually reached 62 degrees here at the house Monday morning, this was while the
wind was blowing and a cold front moved through. At the end of the week the mornings
had warmed up to 70 degrees. All week long the highs were in the mid to high 80’s. All
in all a great week on the weather side. A few cloudy days at the beginning as that
front moved through, clear skies the rest of the time.
WATER: As we change into the winter weather pattern the waters are cooling down.
On the Pacific side of the Cape our warm waters have been 79-80 degrees while on the
Sea of Cortez side the average has been a couple of degrees higher. The Gorda
Banks area has been showing temperatures in the 82 degree range and that has been
about the highest around. With that cold front that moved through the area early in the
week came some good winds, as we also experienced on Saturday. Rough water with
swells at 4-8 feet and white caps everywhere. Thank goodness the winds were of short
duration and it calmed right down, still some swells but nice rollers, not short, steep
stuff.
BAIT: With the new moon we were getting Caballito, as the water continues to cool we
should start to get more Mackerel as well. The normal price of $2 per bait. There have
been Sardinas as well at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There are still a few Blue and Black Marlin around, but I did not hear of any
really large fish caught this week. There was a very good bite on Striped Marlin just off
the lighthouse ledge on the Pacific side early in the week. Dropping live bait halfway to
the bottom during the tide change resulted in hook ups for a lot of boats, and those that
persisted at it often had the luck to catch two or three fish. Live or dead bait seemed to
be the way to go on the Striped Marlin and the average size seems to be getting a bit
larger. On the other Billfish, there has been no concentration, the fish have been
scattered, but the slightly warmer water on the Cortez side seems to be producing a
few more of the Blues and Blacks.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A friends boat got a nice Yellowfin this week that was well over
the #200 mark, I mean well over! Not us though, almost all of our fish were under #50.
They were with the Porpoise and the area that seemed to be the best producer early in
the week was a band of water that ran from about 12 miles west of the lighthouse on
the Pacific side to about 25 miles to the south. There was a good bite late in the week
but it was very far, 37 miles to the southeast, it had a lot of Porpoise and Tuna action.
The bite was fair at the end of the week with the Porpoise and Tuna scattering, but on
Friday there was a concentration of fish just inside the 95 spot and about 50 boats were
working them. Dark colored lures and live bait were the key this week.
DORADO: Almost all the Dorado this week were fish caught way up on the Pacific
side, close to shore. That was early in the week. At the end of the week these fish had
disappeared and boats going back there had a long run for very few bites. Closer to
home the water was a bit warmer and the key to getting more than one fish was to
watch the Frigate birds. More than one Frigate working meant that there were Dorado
in the area, and boats the tossed out live bait under the Frigates seemed to do fairly
well on fish ranging from #30 to #15.
WAHOO: Very few Wahoo this week, sure wish that bite early last week had lasted a
bit longer!
INSHORE: No change from last week. Inshore action picked up just a little bit with a
very good bite on Skipjack and Bonita to 10 pounds. That bite was early and on
Sardinas. There were Sierra reported being caught off the Solmar beach and up north
to the lighthouse, but the fish were small, most of them under three pounds. Scattered
Dorado and an occasional Jack Crevalle kept things interesting.
NOTES: The water and air is starting to cool off, the holidays are coming up, the
Whales are starting to show up and the football playoffs are being talked about! My
time of year! Treat yourself to a great Christmas present and come on down between
Thanksgiving and Christmas, the town will not be too crowded yet and the weather
ought to be just beautiful! Until next week, Tight Lines! |
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
Blue Marlin 1 about 240 lbs. died coming in
Striped Marlin 3 tagged and released, one tail wrapped
1 Sailfish 110# tagged and released
8 Dorado
19 Yellowfin Tuna 8-50 #’s small ones released
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 16, 2003
Larry Hanson and friend Wayne, Wayne’s son Roger and our friend Paul were the
anglers aboard the “Fly Hooker” today. They will be fishing again on Friday, everyone
except Paul. He has to return to Seattle on Tuesday. Larry was nice enough to invite
me along for the day, just to ride as guest and have a few beers. We had a great time!
Juan and Manuel took us to the south almost 12 miles before putting lines in the water
and about a half hour later they turned the boat to the west. Manuel had spotted
something a long way away. We continued trolling that direction for about 30 minutes
before he kicked up the speed a bit. About 10 minutes later he put the binoculars to his
face and kicked us up another notch. 15 more minutes and the rest of us could see the
Porpoise jumping and feeding. Gad, Manuel sure had good eyes! We were the first
boat to the pod and on our first pass hooked up to a triple on Yellowfin Tuna. They
were about 15-20 pounds each and we got all of them to the boat. We worked to
porpoise again for a while and had a double strike. These fish were a bit bigger at 30
pounds, both in the boat. Another pass and a big strike. Roger worked this fish for a
while and Juan and I saw the fish below the boat. Juan wanted the gaff for this one
and I agreed as it looked quite a bit larger than the others. We will never know as the
fish pulled the hook free when about 20 feet down, but Juan and I agreed the fish was
well over 50 pounds. One more pass resulted in the landing of the largest Yellowfin of
the trip, it weighed 35 pounds. Working the fish for a while longer we hooked a
quadruple and got three of the fish to the boat, all of them about 20-25 pounds. The
other fish was another large one and we lost it. Manuel had been on the radio, letting
other boats know what we had found and inviting them to try their luck. We could see
the boats charging in, but it was a bit late for them. We hooked up four more fish
before they arrived, but these were all small fish, in the 8-10 pound class, and since the
box was full with the eight fish already in there, we let them go. Other boats were
working the school by then, so we left in the hopes of getting another species. Well,
we tossed bait at four different Striped Marlin and could not get any of them to eat!
That’s the way it goes sometimes, but we had a great day on the water anyway! Lonnie
has invited me to go along on Thursday and if nothing comes up, I just might go!
Thanks guys, we hope you have a lot of luck on Thursday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 17 NOVEMBER, 2003
Dan, Barb and Raz Nieblas, along with friends Bill and Tony, are fishing with us
today and tomorrow. This will be the first time with us for Bill and Tony and we are
hoping for a great fishing experience. We were lucky with that wish as it turned out!
Juan and Manuel took the boat to the west, even though the wind started to really howl
last night. I went out today on another boat, a 46’ Hatteras, and we turned around
when only five miles out. Juan and Manuel babied the boat out to 12 miles when they
got into the fish. I don’t know exactly the order the fish came in so I will just list the
catch for you. Raz hooked into a giant Striped Marlin. The fish got hooked at the
dorsal fin and never jumped. Juan and Manuel were convinced it was a giant Yellowfin
since another boat had landed one well over #200 in the area the day before. The
flying gaff was out and at the ready 30 minutes into the fight. When the fish finally
came up under the boat, they saw what had happened and unfortunately the tag stick
was not ready. Both Juan and Manuel have a lot of experience with Marlin and both of
them swear that the fish was not less than #230! There was another Striped Marlin
caught and released that weighed about #140. Dan hooked up and landed a Mako
shark that might, just maybe, have pushed a scale to #10, the shark was released!
Four nice Yellowfin to #35 and a couple of Dorado rounded out a great day of fishing.
No one got sick even though the water was so rough, they just all got soaked all day
long, but they had a great time. The wind started to die down this afternoon so
hopefully the water conditions will be better tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 18 NOVEMBER, 2003
This was the second day of fishing for Dan, Barb, Raz, Bill and Tony. Juan and
Manuel went to the same area, about 12 miles to the west of the arch, about halfway to
San Jaime Bank. It was good to them again as The total catch for the day was one
Sailfish released, approximately #110, One Striped Marlin kept, approximately #140
(the fish was hooked in the eye and gill, bleeding badly so it was kept), Four Dorado
kept, all around #30 with several smaller fish released, and Four Yellowfin Tuna kept,
approximately #30-35. The water had settled down quite a bit as the wind did not blow
last night. A lot more comfortable, that’s for sure! Once again I would like to thank you
guys for being so great, it’s a good feeling knowing your clients are also your friends!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 NOVEMBER, 2003
Our friend Big John, from Canada, along with his friends Ron, Jim and Chris, went
fishing on the “Fly Hooker” today. It was a fair day on the water with comfortable
conditions but they were not able to get any eating fish in the boat. They did have
shots at eight different Marlin though! One of the fish was a Blue Marlin approximately
#200 that was kept, the fish became tail wrapped and died during the fight. The other
fish that was caught was a Striped Marlin approximately #120 that was tagged and
released. They had a good time with Juan and Manuel and want to go again! Thanks
big guy, we are working on it for you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FROM 20 NOVEMBER, 2003
Lonny Hanson and his friend Wayne and Wayne’s son Roger are our anglers again
today on the “Fly Hooker” This is the second trip for them this week. Lonny invited me
to come along again, but I had to decline as I had a bunch of stuff to de in order to get
ready for maintenance day on Saturday. Once again Manuel and Juan went out tot he
Pacific side, around 12 miles off the Lighthouse, looking for more Tuna, Dorado and
Marlin. It was a slow day though as they only had two strikes all day long, both of them
from Striped Marlin. One of the fish escaped pretty quickly, the other one was tagged
and released. It is amazing how quickly the fishing conditions can change and the fish
can move! We hope that next time Lonny comes to fish, the bite stays on the whole
time he is here! Thanks for the invite Lonny, sorry I was not able to go. Like you said,
being out on the water sure beats not being there!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 21 NOVEMBER, 2003
John Westerman and his wife Dorothy fished with Juan and Manuel today. They
started just 12 miles out to the southeast as the Pacific side had not been producing
well for the past several days. There was no action for a while and when they got 25
miles out, Manuel got a radio call from a friend giving him GPS numbers where he had
just found a large pod of Porpoise and had started catching fish. In came the lines and
off they went. 12 miles later, at a distance of 35 miles out, they arrived. Fishing for
about an hour and a half in the Porpoise, they managed to get 4 Yellowfin Tuna, all of
them around 45 pounds, and lost one more. It was a lucky thing that Manuel got that
call because they did not see anything else the entire day! A cooler of fillets was the
result and everyone had a good time!
MAINTENANCE DAY NOVEMBER 22, 2003
Both shaft couplings were replaced with brand new ones, the port engine had new
engine mounts installed and the engines were re-aligned. No vibrations!!!! A little
wood work was done.
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#130)
DORADO: SIX KEPT TO #30
BONTIA: BUNCHES
SKIPJACK: MEGA BUNCHES
YELLOWFIN TUNA: FOUR KEPT TO #25, ONE RELEASED
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 9, 2003
John Chinundet and his wife Tanya fished with Juan and his brother Juan today.
John is fishing with us again on the 14th. The action started early and then died off as
a Striped Marlin was spotted early in the trip with the lines in the water for only a very
short time. A live bait was tossed and Tanya got to fight the fish for about 30 minutes
before the fish was brought to the side of the boat for photos and tagging. A very nice
way to start the trip, but the action went downhill from there. Working their way up the
Pacific coast they found fish when they had reached the area inside the Golden Gate
Banks. A few nice Bonita were caught and John had a chance at a good sized Dorado
as well. That was all the shots they were going to get though, and they returned with a
Marlin and a release flag flying. Good job on the fish, Tanya! John has invited me to
go with him on Friday as Tanya is going to be attending conferences this week. Ok, I’m
up for it, and I’ll let you know how it turned out when we get back!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 10, 2003
Roger and Dot Salyer and their son Canyon are fishing the “Fly Hooker” today, and
Juan and Manuel decided to go to the area inside the Golden Gate Banks once again.
It was a good choice as they ended up the day with five Dorado to 30 pounds and
almost a dozen Bonita to 12 pounds. Canyon was the top fisherman for the day,
catching both more and larger fish than anyone else! Thanks for coming back and
fishing with us, we are glad it was a successful trip for you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 11, 2003
Another day that I get to go on the boat! We had two anglers, Skip Smith and Walter
John, plus their guide, our friend Jeff, from “Baja On The Fly”. The wind has been
howling up on the East Cape so they decided to give the fishing here a try. Fly
fishermen are working under a handicap to start with so anything we can do to make
things easier we try and accomplish. With that in mind, we loaded up on the Sardinas
and cruised out in search of fish. Well, we ended up cruising for over two hours before
stopping to work a piece of tree trunk floating in the water. On the way we had spotted
several other pieces of debris, but none of them held any gamefish, just some small
baitfish. On the piece of wood we did stop at, Jeff and I saw a Dorado cut through the
water about 30 yards away, so out went a couple of handfuls of Sardinas and we
waited to see what would happen. It did not take long before a couple of Dorado
showed up and started slashing in on the bait and Walter and Skip started casting.
Walter got the first hook-up and it was short lived as he was standing on the fly line
when the fish struck. A very short run and the leader popped. Shoot! A little while
later he had another hook up and again, the fish popped the leader after a bit longer
run. Finally, after quite a while and a lot of chum, a few new fish moved in and Skip
had a shot. Everything went well for him and we were excited as the Dorado, estimated
at near #30, did a lot of jumping on its long run. For some reason though, the leader
parted about 5 feet from the fly and the fish was lost. Skip did have the chance to feel
the power though! Our chum was gone so we gave the log a few passes with trolled
flies. The first pass resulted in Skip hooking up to a small Yellowfin Tuna of around 8
pounds. He fought it to the boat for a picture and the fish was released. One more
pass resulted in another Yellowfin hook up but this time the fish got away. That was it
for the day as we were running out of time. We tried trolling flies for about an hour,
then picked up and ran in. Thanks guys, it was fun fishing with you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 12, 2003
Taylor, Linda, Jim and Laurie were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today. Jim and
Laurie were supposed to have come down to Cabo with our friend Skip but it was when
we had either Hurricane Marty or Isabelle approaching. Since they live in the Keys,
they decided that they would pass on the trip! No problem, they are here now and
since Taylor and Linda had been looking for someone to share the boat with, it all
worked out. Juan and Manuel went to the Pacific side, looking for the same piece of
wood we had found yesterday. They got lucky and eventually found it, but the fish were
not there in the numbers they had been before, either that or someone else had
already hit it. They did manage to get one Dorado hooked up on live bait and Laurie
was the angler. Not much fish today but at least they got dinner in the boat! The same
group is fishing again tomorrow so we have our fingers crossed that the fishing will
improve for them.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 13 NOVEMBER, 2003
One more day of fishing for Taylor and Linda Toussaint and Jim and Laurie. This
time Juan and Manuel headed up the Pacific coast towards the Golden Gate Banks
and had a little more luck than yesterday. The got into the Bonito and caught a
“BUNCH!” of them, and a little later on found Porpoise that were holding Yellowfin
Tuna. They ended up getting four fish out of the porpoise and the fish ranged in size
from 8 pounds to 25 pounds. Not a bad day on the water and certainly better than
yesterdays fishing! Thanks guys, we are glad you had a good time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 14 NOVEMBER, 2003
Today was the second day of fishing aboard the “Fly Hooker” for John Chinuntdet
and since his wife Tanya could not join him today, he invited me. Yesterday he had
fished out of San Jose on a Panga and had good action on Yellowfin and a Wahoo up
at Punts Gorda. He said that a lot of the guys staying at the Presidente had been
working that area and almost everyone had been getting Wahoo, so off we went! Juan
and his brother Juan started us out at the Chileno area and we worked the coast up to
the Palmilla where we turned out and trolled to and over the inner Gorda Bank. There
were a few boats there but no action happening so we continued on to Punta Gorda.
Arriving in the area we could see about 20 boats drifting around and when we were set
up we started chumming with Sardinas. In no time at all we had fish boiling behind us,
but almost 50 yards away, they just wouldn’t come closer. We could see they were
Yellowfin Tuna of about 20-25 pounds. I drifted a Sardina back until it was in the area
and had a good, solid pickup, but after setting the hook and getting only a short run, the
line was either cut or the knot came undone. Hey, I didn’t tie the knot, all right? We
got more hits then, but everyone of them was a Skipjack or Bonita. Oh, also a
Needlefish in on the chum that did not hook up. About 90 minutes into the chumming,
Juan saw a Dorado behind the boat. John hooked it up on one of his light outfits and
after about ten minutes Juan released the Dorado, about 10 pounds, and we continued
to try. We did not have any other action though, and saw none of the other boats
hooking up to Tuna. Juan got on the radio and said the other captains were reporting
only Skipjack and Bonita, just like us. Apparently there had been a bite, but it was
really early in the morning. We had a bit of a nap on the way back home and I thanked
John for the invitation and told him I just wish the fishing had been better for us. Next
time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2003
Our fly fishing friend and guide Jeff, from “Baja On The Fly” brought two of his clients
to Cabo today, Richard and Julie Laws, from San Francisco. They had tried to fish the
East Cape yesterday but the wind was blowing so hard by 10 am that it was impossible.
Jeff called yesterday and asked how the weather had been down here and I let him
know that we had fished the Cortez side yesterday and it had a bit of a breeze and
there had been some afternoon winds on the Pacific as well. All right, we would do the
best we could. We started out heading almost due south to look for Yellowfin Tuna or
Dorado, even a Marlin, but the wind was blowing hard and the water was too rough for
casting. Julie was not feeling well so we turned the boat around and worked the area
off the lighthouse, looking for Bonita or Skipjack, maybe even Sierra. As long as we
hooked something on the troll we could start chumming and get them behind the boat.
Well, after about an hour the strategy paid off. We hooked something up, tossed
Sardinas out and almost right away had fish boiling behind the boat. To make a long
story short, Dick, Jeff, Juan and myself proceeded to catch over 60 Skipjack between 3
and 10 pounds, releasing all but three of them. The three we kept had been attacked
by Triggerfish and needle fish and we thought we might be able to chunk them later on.
I managed to catch a Triggerfish on the fly and Dick got a 4 foot long needlefish as
well. Also Manuel spotted a Dorado come into the chum and Dick managed to place
his fly perfectly for a good hookup. The Dorado was a very nice sized fish and did a lot
of jumping, stripping a lot of line off the reel. With around 100 yards of line and
backing out the 16 pound tipped finally popped, but at least Dick got to feel the hook up
and runs! Julie finally gave up and taking sympathy on her, Dick agreed on returning
to the Marina. I would like to thank both Dick Laws and Jeff for letting Juan and myself
get in on the long rod action, it was a blast!
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 9 TO NOVEMBER 15, 2003
WEATHER: It was nice and sunny at the start of the week but we ended up with
overcast skies for most of the weekend. There was a threat of rain that did not
materialize here in Cabo but we could see it falling in the mountains. Our day time
highs were in the low 90’s, up a bit from last week, while our night time lows were
mostly in the very low 70’s. It was a fairly comfortable week all the way around!
WATER: Surface temperatures this week were mostly in the 81 degree range almost
all around. There was a warm water finger pointing at us down south at 30 miles, and
the water there was in the 83 and 84 degree range. On the Sea Of Cortez the wind
was minimal for most of the week, at least until you got to the Punta Gorda area, then it
really kicked in. On the Pacific side we had great surface conditions up until Friday
afternoon, then the wind turned on from the north-west and really raised a commotion.
It seemed to die down a bit on Saturday afternoon.
BAIT: Plenty of Sardinas available this week at the normal $20 a bucket and there
were a few Caballito starting to show up as well. They were the normal $2 each.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Blue Marlin action continues to wind down but there were a few caught this
week. The best area, both for the Blue Marlin and the Striped Marlin, seemed to be
close to town, just within 8 miles of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. For the Blue
Marlin, lures were the ticket and the preferred colors were blue/green and blue/silver.
The Blues were mostly in the #250 range though there were a couple released which
were reported as being in the #500 class. The striped Marlin seemed to prefer live bait
this week and there were quite a few spotted. They were not staying on the surface
long though, you needed to cast to quite a few before you hooked up with a hungry
one. That was tough to do as sighting them was difficult, they were just under the
surface and went down quickly.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were football and school fish out there this week, but the
really big cows were few and far between. 20 miles and more to the south seemed to
be where they were, and it looked like that was around the boundary area where the 81
degree water met the 83 degree water. Most of the fish were caught on lures as they
were moving around pretty fast with the porpoise, but when things got slow, heavy
chumming with Sardinas brought the bite back on. Not everyone got into the fish, but
those that made the trip and were among the first there averaged three or four fish per
boat.
DORADO: There is not much I can say about the Dorado that I have not already said
in each weeks report for the last month. Again, the key to a good catch was finding a
floating piece of debris that held fish. You might see 5 or six pieces of wood over the
course of the day and maybe one of them would hold some fish. If you were lucky, no
one else had found it yet and the fish would be willing to bite! There were Dorado
caught by boats slow trolling live bait just outside the beach area as well, but the fish
were not very large, most of them were reported in the 15 pound range, but I did talk to
one angler who came up with a #40 fish working live bait.
WAHOO: Some decent Wahoo were caught this week and it seemed that they were a
bit more concentrated than normal. Or at least they were in the areas where you would
expect to find them! On the Banks and on the drop-offs the bite was sporadic but there.
One of the hot spots this week was up at Punta Gorda, just a few miles off the beach.
Most of the Pangas working out of La Playita in San Jose were getting at least one fish
a day, up to 90 pounds. The bite was early and on the tide change. Lots of bite-offs on
live bait, most of the fish were fooled with live bait run on very small wire leader.
INSHORE: Inshore action this week picked up just a little bit with a very good bite on
Skipjack and Bonita to 10 pounds. That bite was early and on Sardinas. There were
Sierra reported being caught off the Solmar beach and up north to the lighthouse, but
the fish were small, most of them under three pounds. Scattered Dorado and an
occasional Jack Crevalle kept things interesting.
NOTES: All the tournaments are over for the year, thank goodness, and now we just
have to make it through the holidays. The fishing is slowly improving as the weeks roll
by and we are really hoping for a great Striped Marlin season. I have talked to a few
people who have been fishing up in Mag Bay and the story is “wide open bite on
everything except Striped Marlin”, it appears they have just not come down from up
north yet. That may mean that we will be a little late on the bite this year, but it should
happen really strong when it takes off. Meanwhile, we are hoping the fish that are
making the bite “wide open” up there, move on down to our area! Well, that’s it for this
week. If you get a chance to get a line in the water, go do it! I heard from a friend of
mine that they were catching Yellowfin Tuna 5 miles off the beach at Newport Beach,
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#150)
DORADO: ONE KEPT (#50)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: SIXTEEN KEPT (#5-#35)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2, 2003
We had two guys on the “Fly Hooker” today who were booked by another company
and I cant remember their names, shame on me. They did have a good day fishing,
even if the fish were scattered. They finally found Porpoise that had Yellowfin Tuna
with them and were able to get hooked up to a nice one that Juan said would have
gone an easy #50, but it pulled hook just below the boat. They did get another one
hooked up that weighed right around #20, some nice fillets on that fish! A little later on
they got a blind strike and were hooked up to a Dorado that was right around #50! A
great fight and fillets for dinner! Not a lot of fish today but they were quality ones!
Thanks guys, we are glad you enjoyed fishing with us!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 3, 2003
Terry Matheson was back in Cabo with a group of 18 people and got a few of them to
fish with us today. We had four on our boat and four went on another boat. Juan and
Manuel managed to get into the Tuna today on the Cortez side out toward the 1150
spot. A friend found the fish first and gave them a call. In came the lines and off they
went. The Porpoise were working hard when the boat got there and the rods started
going off, sometimes four lines at once. It was a hectic hour and terry said they could
have filled the boat if they had wanted to, but they caught enough Yellowfin to 35
pounds that they were ready for something else, Marlin perhaps. The rest of the day
was spent in an unsuccessful search for another species. They had a great time and
we sure were glad to know that there were fish out there! Thanks Terry, we look
forward to a repeat!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2003
Yesterday we turned down a charter in order to get the boat ready for the Western
Outdoors Tuna Tournament, we don’t need any problems taking place when there is
big money on the line for our clients. Well, our tournament team is supposed to be
Tom and Ted Pianko, Mark Rangell and Gary Scherping. Tom and Mark are fishing
today, Ted and Gary are supposed to arrive tonight and fish the tournament tomorrow.
Being as this was a day to get used to the area and search out fish, Juan and Manuel
decided to head back to the Cortez side and see if there were still Tuna around where
they had found them a couple of days ago. They went as far as the 1,000 fathom line
up to the northeast of the Gorda Banks and while they did see a few fish break water,
they didn’t get any bites from the Tuna. Mark did get a chance to tangle with a Striped
Marlin that they estimated at #150, and was able to tag and release the fish after about
30 minutes of fighting time. That was it for the day, we sure hope that the Tuna are
biting tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 6, 2003
This was the first day of the Tournament and unfortunately, Ted Pianko was not able
to make it to Cabo. he is an attorney and a judge held him over for court. He is also
the one who arranged everything and was bringing down all the personal gear the team
was to use. He was also the fisherman of the group! What a sad story! Almost like
being in the military! Anyway, Juan and Manuel had heard that there were some nice
fish found yesterday up on the Pacific side of the Cape and decided to head up there
today. Maybe the wrong decision since they found no fish that would bite. They did
see Porpoise and Tuna Jumping, but no takers. The big fish for the day in the
Tournament was #86, second place was #75 and third was #64, not big fish and easily
beat if one of the nice ones had come along. We have our fingers crossed that they do
better tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2003
Tom, Mark and Gary were out again for the second day of the tournament and today
Juan and Manuel decided to go back to the Cortez side, up past the Gordo Banks
again. Juan said that the area they had been fishing on the Pacific side yesterday was
too crowded and the fish were extremely boat shy, wanting to get into fish that did not
have as much pressure put on them, they headed northeast. Wow, 37 miles out! They
did find the fish, but were only able to get one little, tiny, baby Yellowfin to bite. The
fish may have weighed 5 pounds, a perfect live bait for the Bisbee Marlin Tournament,
but not even close to a winner for this one. One of the boats in the tournament was
able to get a big fish and it weighed #176! Should have been us, darn it! Well, it was
quite the experience, and we are sorry that Ted was not able to make it for the fishing.
perhaps next year? Thanks guys!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2002
Once again we were booked by another company and took two guys out on the
“Fly Hooker”. They were supposed to go on another boat, but it had a fresh water
pump go out on one of the engines. These guys brought some of their own gear and
we had Juan’s brother Juan on board, along with Manuel. Juan attached a big Rapalla
to a length of #400 Mono and they used it while fishing. Manuel went up on the Pacific
side, in the vicinity of Golden gate Banks. They only fish they saw and the only strike
they had came on the Rapalla, but the Wahoo it attracted ended up biting through the
#400 mono leader. No fish for the day, but it was nice on the water. We hope you
have better luck on your next trip!
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2 TO NOVEMBER 8, 2003
WEATHER: Our evening lows have been in the high 60’s to low 70’s while the day
time highs have been in the mid to high 80’s. Great weather and the fact that the winds
have been light all week just added to the comfort level while on the water. We had a
slight overcast during the first half of the week with clearing skies at the end but
received no rain.
WATER: At the end of the week we had warm water in the 81-82 degree range up to
three miles off shore on the Pacific side while the temperature farther off shore were in
the 80-81 degrees. The Sea of Cortez had 82 degree water and this trend continued
around the Cape until you reached an area 30 miles to the south. In this area the water
temperatures boomed and over a very short distance went from 81 degrees to 84
degrees. Surface conditions were great all week long with just a bit of wind kicking up
some chop in the late afternoons. There was a slight swell of 2-4 feet from the north
west.
BAIT: It was a very tough week to get bait for almost all the boats, at least the normal
Caballito and Mackerel. The full moon made it difficult for the bait boats to catch the
Caballito and the water is a little too warm for the Mackerel. There were plenty of
Sardinas available at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Once again action was slow on the Billfish this week, perhaps due to the
coming full moon. There were Striped Marlin, Blue Marlin and Sailfish caught, but not
in any great numbers. Almost all of the action seemed to be either just off the
lighthouse on the Pacific side, at the 95 spot or up the Pacific coast past the Golden
Gate Banks. Lures in darker colors for the Blue Marlin and Dorado colors seemed to
work well for almost everything.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Tuna fishing sure was not as good this week as we had been
hoping. Last year when the tournament was held there were a lot of fish found that
were over #100, this year there was just one and it weighed #176. There were fish out
there and some of the boats reported getting into schools where you cold see the big
fish jumping, but they would not eat. Most of the fish were found more than 15 miles
out and some boats reported traveling as far as 70 miles from the Cape in search of the
winning fish. As is normal, the first boat to a school had the best chance of getting bit,
but even then the bites were slow to come. With few Caballito and Mackerel for bait
most of the boats had to make do with catching small Skipjack for baits, or else just go
with the Sardinas. Even boats using frozen baits such as squid and ballyhoo, brought
in from the states, had a very hard time getting bit. Most of the fish were slightly larger
than footballs, the 19th largest fish weighed in at just over 40 pounds. The Sardinas
worked well on the fish in the football size up to about 35 pounds but most of the larger
fish were caught on lures, and it seemed that as is normal, the darker colored feathers
did well.
DORADO: As was the case last week, the key to a good catch of Dorado was finding a
piece of floating debris that held fish. Once you had that, then you needed to have live
bait. Thank goodness that Dorado like Sardinas! Most of the Dorado action was on
the Pacific side up in the warmer water towards Golden Gate banks and at the San
Jaime. There were fish scattered around that were picked up as incidentals and there
seemed to be more of them close in to the shore than there were off shore.
WAHOO: There were some nice Wahoo caught this week and it was probably because
there were a lot of boats working the areas where they like to feed, such as the edge of
the banks! That is also a good area to concentrate for Yellowfin Tuna, so it is no
surprise that there were Wahoo caught as well. I saw quite a few fish in the 40# and
over category brought in by the boats in the Tournament and that is the where they
were found. Many fish were lost due to cut off on mono leader.
INSHORE: No change from last week. There was really not a lot happening inshore
this week with the exception of the Dorado on live bait. I talked with a lot of people who
had gone out on Pangas and who had gotten no fish, and talked to a few Captains who
said that they were still catching the occasional Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle, but that
yes, the inshore was slow.
NOTES: Tuna Tournament week and things were a bit hectic in town! There were
over 180 teams entered in the tournament and about half of them decided to pre-fish on
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday were the big days and they were eventful. On day
one, one team had a member have a heart attack and they got him picked up by
helicopter, the report was that he was in good condition at the hospital. There was also
a boat collision during the shotgun start and the report was a Glacier Bay catamaran
went down, but the team members were all right and were picked up by another boat.
The fishing was slow and the fish were far out. Some boats working way up on the
Pacific side reported getting into fish in the #200 to #300 range, but there was no way
anyone was getting bit by them. Most of the fish brought in were in the #30 and under
class, the largest fish of the day was #86. Day two saw the fishing get even slower but
it did produce the tournament winner of #176! Most of the boats entered in the
tournament found fish, but the majority of them had no luck getting them to eat. Now
that the tournaments are all over, maybe we can get back to some normal fishing!
Thanks for reading the report, and see you next week!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 2, 2003
WEATHER: Great weather here in Cabo as Fall settles in. Our evening lows are in
the high 60’s and the day has highs in the mid 80’s to low 90’s. Mostly sunny all week
with only a few days of slight overcast. No rain of course! The winds have been mostly
light with an occasional pick up in strength in the early afternoon with wind from the
northwest kicking up to maybe 12 knots.
WATER: The temperature break we have been observing just to the outside of the San
Jaime Banks is spreading the boundary out a bit more and moving in closer to land as
it cools down across the board as well. The water on the Jaime now is mostly in the 82
degree range while water closer in is 85. On the Sea of Cortez side the same thing is
happening with the warmer water closer to land and everything cooling off a bit as well.
That is good for the fishing as those high temperature we had been seeing were not
carrying a lot of fish with them. Surface conditions have been excellent as well, with
just a slight chop and swell on the Pacific in the morning and kicking up to quite a few
whitecaps later on in the day. on the Cortez side the conditions have been just
beautiful with blue, calm water!
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was Caballito, and if you were late leaving the
Marina you might have had a hard time getting it. The price remains unchanged at the
usual $2 per bait. The Sardinas were very scarce again but a few bait boats had some
early in the week, they sold out quickly at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The action this week almost all seemed to be located on the Pacific side of
the Cape with the concentration of Striped Marlin between the Lighthouse and Golden
Gate Banks. Blue action was happening a lot closer to home with many boat getting
strikes from nice sized fish as close as two miles from the Cape and as far out as the
Jaime Banks. There were boats flying as many as three blue flags this week and I
heard of a couple that released 6 or seven fish in one day. The Blues have been
averaging between #250 and #300 and have been striking on lures in the Dorado color
as well as Petrelero. The Striped Marlin have been a mix of bait and lure fish with the
average weight at #110 and an occasional #160 to #180 being hooked. Boy, at that
size they almost look like small Blue Marlin when they open their mouth behind a lure!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: For those of you checking out my report in the hope of finding a
secret that will assist you in winning the up coming Tuna Tournament, good luck! My
boat is fishing as well and we want to win! Anyway, its great fun and the fish move
around a lot, lets just hope that by this time next week there will have been some big
ones weighed. From the way things are going so far, it does not look like we will be
seeing as many large fish (over #100) coming to the scales as we had last year. We
are seeing some fish that size in the Porpoise pods, mixed in with smaller school fish,
but they have not been biting all that well. The area around the 1150 spot and the area
just to the south side of the Jaime Banks were holding fish this week, but who knows if
they will still be there next week. The larger fish this week were taken on live bait slow
trolled along the leading edge of the Porpoise pods, using feathers and cedar plugs
resulted in smaller fish, at least for most boats. Lets keep our fingers crossed that the
secret weapons we bring (and we all have some!) work on the winning fish this year!
Good luck!
DORADO: The key to getting Dorado this week was finding floating debris. There was
enough of it out there last week that you really had to work hard to find something that
was holding fish, but this week there was not as much around and most of it had at
least one fish associated. The best results on Dorado were had up around and past
the Golden Gate Banks and some boats were able to really limit out with fish to #40.
Closer to home, slow trolling live bait arround 1/2 to 1 mile off the beach on the Pacific
side resulted in a few fish that averaged 15 pounds. Live bait was the key to Dorado
this week.
WAHOO: To use a favorite expression of mine, “What Hoo?”. There were very few
caught this week and they were incidental catches of fish averaging #35.
INSHORE: There was really not a lot happening inshore this week with the exception
of the Dorado on live bait. I talked with a lot of people who had gone out on Pangas
and who had gotten no fish, and talked to a few Captains who said that they were still
catching the occasional Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle, but that yes, the inshore was
slow.
NOTES: This coming week is going to be a barn burner with the Tuna Tournament
having over 200 teams entered. Pre fishing is on Wednesday and the Tournament is
on Thursday and Friday. I think that every Charter boat I know is booked for the game
and most of them have been for a few months. I know that we have a waiting list of
people who want to know if someone drops out and a boat opens up. There are a few
boats available, but they are the ones who are trying to make a killing. One owner of a
#1 and @8 foot boat was asked by a friend of mine if he was available for the
tournament. The guys said yes and when my friend asked him how much he wanted
per day, the owner told him “$1,000”! Guess he won’t be fishing the tournament.
Anyway, I am going to be very busy this week and will try to give a good report on the
fishing action in next weeks report. Until then, Tight Lines (and keep your fingers
crossed for me, huh?)!
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Capt. George Landrum
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#120)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: NINE FISH KEPT (1@#65, 2@#50, 4@#45, 2@#25)
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#12)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 26, 2003
I had a chance to fish with Bob Deeter today, his second of three days on the “Fly
Hooker”. Some people say it is bad luck for the owner of a charter boat to be on board
with clients and maybe they are right. We ended up the day with no flags on the
outriggers. Juan and his brother Juan started us out fishing just outside the lighthouse
on the Pacific side and a little while later, maybe a half hour, we spotted a Marlin on
the surface. We ran up to it and as we approached the fish, it went down. A bait was
cast anyway and left to soak for a while with no action happening. The same thing
happened a short time later as we worked our way up the Pacific coast, looking for
Dorado and Tuna. About mid morning a Striped Marlin came in on the long rigger, hot
on the lure. As normal, Juan gunned the boat to keep the fish off of the lure as a live
bait was dropped back. I think the fish was so focused on the lure that it never even
saw the bait, and the fish left when the lure lost it’s action. We kept hunting and
worked a fishy looking area off of the Los Arcos for quite a while before starting back.
At 1:40, just outside the Pedregal, where we had seen Marlin this morning, we had a
strike on the bridge rod. Bob was watching the lures and he saw the fish come up on
the lure. At first he thought it was a Striped Marlin but then realized how large the bill
was and yelled “big fish on the stinger!”. We all looked and sure enough, there she
was! The fish bit and Juan set the hook and passed the rod down. As Bob took the rod
into the chair the fish began a great series of jumps, both vertical and grey-hounding
ones. The fish would jump towards the boat and Juan would gun the engines, then the
fish would jump away. Bob worked on the fish for about 5 minutes when all of a sudden
the rod tip came up abruptly and the fish was gone. The hook had pulled out! Oh well,
it was a nice way to end the day, hooked up to a Blue Marlin that we all estimated at
between #250 and #300. Maybe tomorrow without me on board they will do better and
get Bob into some meat fish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 OCTOBER, 2003
Juan and Manuel took Bob Deeter to the same place off of the Pedregal/lighthouse
area that we had lost the Blue Marlin at on yesterdays trip and started there. The plan
was to work as far to the south-east as needed to find some Tuna. The lures had been
set out no longer than 5 minutes when a large Marlin that everyone estimated at
between #400 and #500 came up on the bridge rod and struck. From the look of the
leader, it was a large fish. No hook-up happened, just a bill swipe and they brought the
lure in to check it out. The #300 leader was chafed almost 3/4 of the way through, just
on the strike! As they were looking at the leader, the short rigger went down on a hard
strike. The hook was set and the fight was on for a whole three pumps when the hook
pulled. The fish never jumped so there was no way to tell if it had been the same fish,
but everyone agreed that it had been a large one. The trolling continued, searching for
Dorado or Tuna. It was not until they got 27 miles out that the Porpoise were found,
and there were Tuna jumping among them. After 10 minutes of working the fish with
lures and no results, Juan changed to slow trolling live bait with no leader, the hook
tied directly to the line. It worked and Bob fought two #50 Yellowfin to the boat and into
the box! Finally some meat fish in the boat! Bob is taking tomorrow off but will go
fishing again on Wednesday on another boat. We were already booked for that day
but arranged a good boat for him to fish on. We hope he has a lot of luck and finishes
filling that cooler with fillets! P.S.- Talked with Bob and Paula on the 31st, and they
are going to try and get away again around Thanksgiving and come to Cabo again! He
did get to fill the cooler!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 29, 2003
Ron and Jo Flora are fishing with us for the next three days. Ron is 72 years young
and he really wants to get a chance to tie in to a Yellowfin Tuna of over 100 pounds.
Now you know he is not a novice at the sport, he brought new reels and rods with him
in order to be sure the equipment he used was up to the task. Jo is a wonderful wife
and they get along great, she loves to fish as much as Ron does. Ron used to run
marathons, and was an Olympic runner in the 60’s. His knees are shot now and he
says that had he known what was going to happen to them, he would have taken us
swimming instead! Anyway, Juan and Manuel took them out this morning and put the
lines in the water about 5 miles out from the Lighthouse on the Pacific side and things
were real slow until they got out 27 miles. Then they had a strike! The first fish was a
Marlin and Jo fought it for just a few seconds before it came off, then another fish struck
a purple/black straight runner on the long rigger. That was about 11:30, and Ron
settled in for the fight. It took almost an hour, and it was on his gear. After the fish
finally was in the boat, Ron swore it had to be #80, but Juan said that it was more in the
#60-#65 range. Not a problem at the time, as Ron was pretty wore out on the fish.
Now the reason he wants a big Cow Tuna is that it had always been his fathers dream
to get a chance at a big fish like that, but he never had the money or the time to give it
a try. In his place, Ron wants to catch one for him! Nice, huh? All right, we will keep
our fingers crossed that in the next two days it happens!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 30, 2003
Juan and Manuel took Ron and Jo back to the same area that they had found the
Tuna yesterday but there were no large fish for them today. Juan told me that they
could see the bigger fish in the school but they just would not bite anything they tried.
They did manage to hook up to two Yellowfin in the 25 pound class, but no big fish
today. The wind picked up a little bit and they have decided that because of Ron’s
knees they will probably try the Cortez side of the Cape tomorrow, the water should be
a bit smoother over there, and there have been some fish reported from the area
around the 1150.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 31, 2003
The water was nicer on the Cortez side of the Cape than on the Pacific side, but
again, there were no really large fish. Right after they had started out, Manuel received
a call from a friend that he had found a pod of porpoise and gave Manuel directions.
They ran all the way out there and ended up about 17 miles out from Palmilla. There
were Porpoise everywhere, and since they were one of the first boats to the spot, the
action happened quickly. Four nice Yellowfin of about #45 were caught, then the other
boats started showing up, putting the scare into the Tuna. Jo brought in a small
Dorado of about 12 pounds that they caught on live bait tossed at a small piece of
wood, and that was the end of the action for the day. The rest of the day was spent
looking for a Marlin for Jo to fight, but they saw not one fin nor did they have a fish
come up on the lures. They did have a good time however, and after returning to port
we spent a couple of hours at Tanga-Tanga sipping Pacificos and talking about all
kinds of stuff. Thanks Ron and Jo, we really enjoyed your company and are looking
forward to seeing you when you get a chance to come down again, hopefully and catch
the #100 Yellowfin!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2003
Russ Colby fished with us back on January 12th, and then he was on a Marlin
search. We did not have any luck with the Billfish, but did get into the action on small
football Yellowfin on light tackle (finally!) and lost a nice Dorado. Well, once again he
is looking for a Marlin, but would not turn down a fish for the table as well! Juan and
Manuel went out looking for Tuna for the table to start off with, but instead the almost
blanked out on any fish at all, The only fish they did find was a Striped Marlin, and he
struck on a lure! Finally Russ got his Marlin, a Striper estimated at #120 that they
tagged and released. Congratulations Russ, nice to see that Blue flag flying with a
release flag below it! |
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
BLUE MARLIN: 1 RELEASED (#250)
STRIPED MARLIN: 3 RELEASED (110-150#)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 1 KEPT (#15)
DORADO: 1 KEPT (#15)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 19, 2003
Tim and Jill Lawrence shared the “Fly Hooker” today with Tim and Marrissa Kyle.
Tim and Marrissa were looking forward to the trip as this was their first experience on
the Salt water, having some experience fishing inland waters. They wanted a chance
to catch a fish “at least 300 pounds!”. Unfortunately Marrissa was sick as soon as
Manual slowed the boat down after the 90 minute run to the fishing area. There were
some porpoise there and Tun as well and Tim Kyle reeled in a Yellowfin of about 15
pounds and was very happy with his sore arm from that fish. Things were very slow
after that and it was not until there was only a few miles to go before lines needed to
come out of the water that the big fish hit. It was the turn for Tim Lawrence and it was a
Blue Marlin. Tim worked the fish for 30 minutes, getting it to the boat several times only
to have the fish take off on another run. Finally Juan was able to get the leader and as
the fish made another try at a run the leader slipped through his hand and before he
could release it the line slipped through and broke. Well, it counts as a legal catch,
and a good workout for Tim! Thank goodness they got something other than just one
Yellowfin. Thanks guys, sorry Marrissa, the Tuna sure was good grilled last night!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 21, 22 AND 23, 2003
Tim and Jill fished these days and the fishing was pretty darn slow. Not just for us
though, it was slow for everyone. The pressure brought on the fish and fishermen due
to the tournaments going on was felt, that’s for sure! Well, on the 21st, Jill got a Striped
Marlin and Tim got a Dorado, they worked an area way out to the west, around the
Jaime Banks, but did not get any fish until they were almost home. On the 22nd they
went out to the 1150 area. The water was too warm, but very blue, and they worked a
pod of porpoise they found on the way back. They could see the Tuna jumping but
could not get bit no matter what they tried. On the 23rd they worked the Pacific coast
close to shore and had a nice boat ride, not even spotting a fish. Sorry guys, we really
enjoyed your company and hope to see you here again soon!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 25 OCTOBER, 2003
Bob Deeter was our angler today. His wife Paula was supposed to go along but
elected to stay at the resort today. Bob will be fishing the next two days with us as well.
He really wanted to get some eating fish so Juan and Manuel worked Tuna about 6
miles off the coast on the Pacific side but could not get a bite,. They saw one other
boat hook up but that was all. Whole trolling live bait in the porpoise they got bit by a
Striped Marlin and Bob fought the fish for 20 minutes before the line broke. On the way
back in they had a Blue Marlin strike one of the lures twice but it did not hook up. Also,
they did get to fight another Striped Marlin that was tagged then released and after
taking the lines out of the water and cruising in, Manuel spotted another fish that Bob
was able to get to the boat for a tag and release after a 15 minute fight. Great fishing,
and I am going tomorrow! |
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 19 TO OCTOBER 26, 2003
WEATHER: The week started out sunny and warm and ended up cloudy and warm.
An overcast moved into the area on Friday afternoon giving us a relief from the glare on
the water we had early in the week. Our daytime highs were in the mid 90’s and at
night we did have as low as 74 degrees. The breezes were slight to non-existent until
Friday afternoon and then we cooled off a bit as the winds blew from the west at 5-10
knots. (Swinging Doors)
WATER: Again, the only significant temperature break in fishing distance for us has
been out past the San Jaime and Golden Gate banks on the west side. There the
water changes as much as three degrees over a few miles and the water is blue with a
touch of green. On the Sea of Cortez side the water has been much warmer, as high
as 89 degrees in a few areas such as the 1150 spot. The water has been cobalt blue
but way to warm for good fishing with little sign of surface activity such as porpoise or
flying fish. Surface conditions on both sides of the Cape have been great, with just
slight swell and a good ripple from the light breeze. (Mama Tried)
BAIT: This week there was no problem getting bait, and for a change there were
Sardinas available as well. The bigger baits were Caballito and were the normal $2 per
bait while the Sardinas were going for $20 a bucket. Many of the boats fishing the
tournaments this week were catching their own live bait early in the morning at sun-up
just off the lighthouse on the Pacific side. The baits were Skipjack Tuna, Blackfin Tuna
and a few Frigate Mackerel. These fish were biting on Sardinas after you had
chummed for a while and the bigger baits were caught on diamond jigs. (I’m A
Lonesome Fugitive)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, it took a while but the Blue Marlin finally made a showing on the last
day of the Bisbee tournament with 4 fish over the #300 minimum boated and weighed.
There were a lot more Striped Marlin caught and released and almost all of the action
took place on the Pacific side of the Cape. The San Jaime area and inside between
there, the Golden Gate and off the Lighthouse provided most of the fish. Live bait
accounted for many of the Striped Marlin but almost every big Blue Marlin fell to a
trolled lure. The big fish for the tournament was #565. The lighter colored lures
seemed to do better on the Blue Marlin with two qualifying fish on the first day both
falling for lures with lots of orange and the pattern was followed on the third day. On
the second day no qualifying fish were brought in. (I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And
Drink)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna fishing was slow again this week with the fish mostly being
found far offshore. Of course it is the new moon and the Tuna bite is normally slow
during this moon phase anyway. Those boats willing to make the run sometimes found
the fish and often did not, but when they did the action was good on fish ranging from
20 to 60 pounds. A few fish in the #150 class were caught as well and they fell for live
bait pulled in front of the Porpoise. The smaller fish were eating cedar plugs and dark
feathers, the normal call for the football and school fish. A few pods of Porpoise were
found nearer to Cabo but they were worked very heavily. Sometimes Sardines were
the key here as the fish would be shy on anything larger and the Sardinas when used
both as chum and as a fly-lined bait brought the fish up and biting. (Branded Man)
DORADO: Even with a few good pieces of floating debris around the Dorado were
slow this week. We spotted and fished a large number of logs with only one of them
having any fish around, and then there were just two. Inshore seemed to be where the
action was on the Dorado and the Pacific side had more fish. Slow trolled live bait
within a mile of the beach produced fish to 50 pounds with a few boats getting three or
four in that size range. The rest of the time the Dorado were found while trolling lures
and getting blind strikes. (My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers)
WAHOO: To give you an idea, day three of the tournament, when the fishing was
better, produced only three Wahoo for 160 boats. (The Bottle Let Me Down)
INSHORE: Nearshore the action was predictable on the Skipjack, Bonita and Jack
Crevalle. There were Roosterfish in the 25 pound class found on the Pacific side as
well and there were a few Sierra caught. Many anglers when fishing early in the
morning were hooking into some nice Red Snapper in 60 feet of water around the
points while using Sardinas fished about 5 feet off the bottom. (Workin’ Man Blues)
NOTES: The Black and Blue Tournament is over. Day one had only two fish over the
minimum qualifying weight of #300 brought in. The biggest was 412 pounds and took
home around $330,000. Day two resulted in no qualifying fish so the money rolled over
into day three. On the third day the biggest qualifier was #565 and was worth over
$1,000,000, taking the money for the second and third day jackpots and the biggest fish
award as well. There were few fish caught until the last day when the bite happened at
the afternoon tide change. Next tournament coming up is the “For Pete’s Sake” charity
tournament, then the “W.O.N. Tuna Tournament” in November. This weeks report was
written to the country music of the great Merle Haggard on the C.D. “The Platinum
Collection” released by Direct Source in 2002. Thanks for the music Dad! Until next
week, Tight Lines! |
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE RELEASED (#120)
DORADO: 8 KEPT (15-25#)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 14, 2003
We had a young newlywed couple on board the boat today and they just wanted a
chance to get out and catch some fish. It ended up a short day because of a blown
transmission oil seal but they did catch a nice Dorado on the way back in. Juan said
that several more Dorado were lost and the water was really nice out there. The
transmission oil seals were replaced this afternoon and everything is fine now.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 15, 2003
Our friend Joe Baczewski, his son Joey and Joey’s girlfriend Casey are fishing on
the “Fly Hooker” today and tomorrow. Several years ago Joey was fortunate enough to
catch a #450 Blue Marlin while fishing with Juan and Manuel and both him and Joe
have been looking for another large fish since then. This week it was difficult to get any
live bait and today was no exception, no bait available. It was also the first day of the
“Los Cabos Billfish Tournament” so there was a lot of pressure on the billfish with
everyone working for them. With over 60 boats in the tournament plus normal charters
the pressure was fairly intense. Juan and Manuel worked up the Pacific coast and
caught two Dorado but only saw two Striped Marlin. One of these fish they may have
had a shot at with live bait but the other one went down right away. Casey did not feel
well during the trip and slept most of the time. We hope the fishing is better for them
tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 16, 2003
Casey decided not to go today so it was just Joe and Joey Baczewski today. Again,
there was little live bait available and what was there was not good. Juan and Manuel
headed up the Pacific side of the Cape and found Dorado about 15 miles up the coast.
They were able to get 5 fish in the boat, all around 20 pounds, plus they lost several
more. On the way back in they saw two Marlin on the surface out by the lighthouse but
with no live bait to entice them it was a frustrating experience. I surely hope that next
time they come to Cabo the Marlin fishing is better for them.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 17, 2003
Jerry French, his wife and their friends booked the boat for today and any kind of fish
would have been fine for them. Juan had things to take care of at home so it was
Manuel and Mauricio on the boat. The girls got sick almost right away, started to chum
in an attempt to attract fish according to Jerry! It did not work though. Manuel stayed
in the area off the Lighthouse on the Pacific side, mostly within 10 miles while looking
for a Dorado or a Marlin, but they had no luck at all. It was a nice day on the water and
a good boat ride for the guys and the girls were good sports about it. Sorry Jerry, I
hope that your next trip has better results.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 18 OCTOBER, 2003
Our friend Tim and Jill Lawrence from Anchorage are in Cabo again and they will be
spending a few days over the next week on the “Fly Hooker” with Juan and Manuel.
Today they went up the Pacific coast to an area inside the Golden Gate Banks and
finally found a Striped Marlin. Since they were able to get some live bait this morning
Juan was able to cast on the fish and it ate! Jill got to fight the fish and after about 15
minutes Juan was able to grab the leader for a release. That was all the action for the
day, we were surprised that they were not able to get at least one Dorado! Maybe on
Monday.
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 12 TO OCTOBER 18, 2003
WEATHER: Warm days in the mid 90’s, cool evenings in the mid 70’s and very little
cloud cover made for great weather one again. The only thing I am wishing for is a little
less humidity. Of course, when you are out on the water you don’t notice it!
WATER: This week the water has changed very little except that the green water on
the Pacific side has narrowed and only extends a very short distance off shore. There
is still a significant temperature break on the Pacific side just past the San Jaime Banks
and it is still producing fish at times. On the Cortez side of the Cape the water is very
warm, in places up to 88 degrees. Most of it is a good color, but a bit too warm for
great fishing.
BAIT: Again, just like last week, there was little good bait available at the beginning of
the week. At the end of the week there was some Caballito to be found, but they were
not in good supply and many boats were still unable to get good bait. The normal $2
per bait price has held this week.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Ok, maybe I was premature on the good Blue Marlin showing last week, but
at least there were some caught then. This week things got much slower. To give you
an idea, the “Los Cabos Billfish Tournament” was held this Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, with 59 teams entered. For the three days of fishing there were only three
Qualified fish weighed, all between 300 and 400 pounds. Two more fish that did not
meet the minimum weight were brought in. Almost all these fish hit on lures and the
bite was scattered. The best result on tagged and released Billfish was 2 in one day,
and that was for any species of Billfish. Hope the bite is better next week!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change in the Tuna this week from last
week. The fish were with the porpoise and it was pretty much hit or miss on finding
them, then getting them to bite. We had times where there were Tuna jumping out of
the water and nothing we tried would work. Most of the fish were running 15-30 pounds
with a few larger fish to 50 pounds being hooked up. I think that if we had small
Sardinas that the results may have been a bit better, but the best most of us could do
was to run a hootchie directly off 30 pound test with no leader and hope that we did not
get broken off if we were lucky enough to get bit. The fish were 20 miles out at least,
regardless of the direction you decided to go, and at times they could only be found 40
miles out. Of course, as usual, the first couple of boats to the fish got the action, and
the last ones just got to see the fish jumping. You may have noticed that this little
section is the same this week as last week, that is because things did not change at all.
The Billfish Tournament did have a category for Yellowfin Tuna, and first place this
week was one that weighed almost #150. Second place was one that reached almost
75 pounds.
DORADO: The Dorado bite dropped off as the fish seemed to move further up the
Pacific coast. There were still fish around, but not in the numbers we were seeing last
week. Best action was on the Pacific side, close to the coast, and on bright colored
lures. The fish were averaging 15-20 pounds and they were not thick, mostly scattered
singles and doubles.
WAHOO: Just like last week, I did see a few red flags, so there were fish found, but not
in any numbers or any seeming concentration.
INSHORE: This weeks inshore action was a repeat of last weeks, and the week
before. Jack Crevalle, Roosterfish and a few Sierra were reported by Captains and
anglers fishing the shore breaks, live bait was the key as lures were mostly ignored.
The best action seemed to come from the Pacific side around the lighthouse.
NOTES: Tournament time in Cabo! The Marina is full and there is life in the town.
Now all we need is for the fishing to turn on! This weeks short report was written to the
music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on the 1974 Atlantic release “So Far”. |
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
BLUE MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#300)
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#120)
PACIFIC SAILFISH: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#90)
WAHOO: ONE KEPT (#70)
DORADO: FIVE KEPT (#15-#35)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: SIX KEPT (#15-#25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 5, 2003
Greg, Vance and Patty were aboard the “Fly Hooker” today and were glad to see
Juan again. I got to go along as it was Manuels day off and we were not sure of being
able to pick up a deck hand this morning. We finally did, on the way out of the Marina
and we did all right as Rigo is a pretty good guy and is normally right on top of things.
Juan decided that our best chance was south of the Arch so off we went. We cruised
for about 45 minutes before Juan started spotting debris in the water, then the dorsal
fin of a Striped Marlin. I pinned on a live Caballito and dropped it back as we drifted to
a stop. After a very long wait with no pick-up I started to reel the bait in and got it half
way to the boat when it got bit. I must not have given the Marlin long enough because
when I set the hook I could feel it pull out of the bait, but not into the Marlin! The leader
was chafed up so we were sure what had taken the bait. We worked the debris line,
lots of small stuff and a few occasional logs, and finally went further south, looking for
action. At a distance of 21 miles we came across another debris line, this one with a lot
of big stuff in it. A few seconds after having the port rigger clip release because of a
branch that was snagged, we had the center, long line go off. This one was no snag!
Vance fought the fish stand-up and after a little while Rigo was able to sink the gaff into
a very nice Bull Dorado of around 35 pounds. We drifted a live bait back as the fish
was being fought but could not get another pick-up. Back to trolling and then we
spotted Porpoise, actually Spinner Dolphin. We could see Tuna breaking water and
tried everything we had and could not get looked at. Really frustrating! We worked
them for quite a while and then started the trip home. At least we had not gotten
skunked, a lot of boats had. Let us hope that the fishing picks up on Tuesday and
Thursday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 6, 2003
Ed and Jennifer Buccigross are fishing with us today and Wednesday. They are
experienced anglers and have fished Cabo before. Unfortunately there was no good
live bait available this morning so the entire days effort was done on lures. Juan said
that Manuel decided to try the San Jaime Banks today and that is where they found the
fish. One nice Dorado and six Yellowfin Tuna were the catch for the day, but Ed said
that there were Porpoise by the thousands and Tuna jumping everywhere, they were
just hard to catch. Not having any live bait also made it hard to get a good shot at the
two Striped Marlin that they spotted on the surface. Hopefully there will be live bait the
rest of the week! Ed and Jennifer had a great time and were nice to say that Juan and
Manuel were without a doubt the best crew they had ever fished with. Lets hope it
stays that way! Thanks guys, and we shall keep our fingers crossed for Wednesdays
fishing!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 07 OCTOBER, 2003
Today we had Don Cartner and his girlfriend June, Vance and Patty on the “Fly
Hooker” with Juan and Manuel. There was a late start due to having a problem with the
transmission coupling for the starboard engine, but they were on their way by 8 AM.
No live bait again and it’s too bad because there was a chance to toss bait to at least
two Striped Marlin during the trip. One of them showed an interest in the lures but
would not bite and the other went down right away. Don did hook up to a very nice
Wahoo late into the trip, the fish was around 70 pounds. Sure did make a nice load of
fillets! They were also able to get two of three Dorado that bit into the boat. That was it
for the day, but at least there were fish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 10 OCTOBER, 2003
Nick and Carol Fedorka were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today and Nick just
celebrated his 50th birthday. His birthday present was supposed to be a Marlin so
Juan and Manuel did their best to make it a good trip. Guess what, sometimes good
things happen to good people! Carol was along for the boat ride and the sun, plus she
was forced into the role of official photographer, getting proof of the fish. Only two
Marlin gave Nick a workout, one of them was an hour and a half fight with a Blue
estimated at #300, tagged and released. The other fish was a Striped Marlin estimated
at #120, also tagged and released. To top it off he caught and kept a nice 25 pound
Dorado, perfect for dinner! It just doesn’t get any better than this folks! Thanks Nick,
we are glad it worked out!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 11 OCTOBER, 2003
Kurt Kennery, Richard Shannon and Mike Sherer were the anglers on the “Fly
Hooker” today, and they really wanted to get something to eat, but more importantly
they wanted some action. Juan and Manual went to the same area they had taken Nick
and Carol yesterday but the action was not as great. The started off the morning with a
Striped Marlin hot on one of the lures, but the fish would not eat it, and when Manual
dropped back a live bait the fish showed no interest in it, who can figure them out? A
little later on they were lucky and hooked up a Pacific Sailfish that they were able to tag
and release after a short fight. Much later on they had another shot at a Striped Marlin,
but this fish was a bit lazy, not hungry, and no action resulted. No strikes from Dorado,
Wahoo or Tuna were to be found on this trip. Sorry about that guys, we hope that next
time the food fish action is red hot! |
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 5 TO OCTOBER 11, 2003
WEATHER: Once again we are blessed with great weather. Now that fall is
approaching (the only way we can tell is the weather!) the nighttime temperatures are
dropping into the low 70’s and the daytime highs are staying in the low 90’s, plus the
humidity is dropping so it is nice to be out and about. We had light breezes from the
northwest and west this week, not a lot in town due to the ridge blocking it, but very
nice on the water.
WATER: A bit of green water was found out about 3 miles on the Pacific side of the
Cape this week and it came on a bit strong at the tail end of the week. Everywhere
else we have had very blue, warm water. The temperatures within 20 miles of the Cape
on the Pacific side have been in the low 80’s while the same distance out on the Sea of
Cortez side has had temperatures in the mid 80’s. This is looking great for the
tournaments coming up this month. The swells have been small and the wind chop
very light for the most part, we did have a few days when the chop picked up quite a bit
in the afternoon. There has been a temperature break on the Pacific side out at 25
miles to the west, just past the San Jaime Banks, and trailing down to the southwest
from there where the break has been two degrees over a very short distance, and at
times the area really produced well.
BAIT: At the beginning of the week it was hit or miss on live bait while at the end of the
week there was no problem getting Mackerel. The normal $2 per bait when you could
find it.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Thank goodness there are some Blue Marlin beginning to show themselves.
We were afraid that after the hurricanes something had changed and forced them away
from the area. There were quite a few of them hooked up this week, and there was a
good showing on the Striped Marlin as well. These fish were not everywhere though,
you had to be in the right areas. One of the biggest concentrations of Striped Marlin
was in the 1150 area, and they were there in packs. One of the best lures at the time
was a small Dorado colored lure, there must be a lot of the small fish swimming around
there. For the Blue Marlin, the Gordo Banks area and off the Punta Gordo were good
spots, but the action there occurred for boats dropping live Skipjack. There were fish
hooked up on lures while trolling the area, but the results were better on the live bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change in the Tuna this week from last
week. The fish were with the porpoise and it was pretty much hit or miss on finding
them, then getting them to bite. We had times where there were Tuna jumping out of
the water and nothing we tried would work. Most of the fish were running 15-30 pounds
with a few larger fish to 50 pounds being hooked up. I think that if we had small
Sardinas that the results may have been a bit better, but the best most of us could do
was to run a hootchie directly off 30 pound test with no leader and hope that we did not
get broken off if we were lucky enough to get bit. The fish were 20 miles out at least,
regardless of the direction you decided to go, and at times they could only be found 40
miles out. Of course, as usual, the first couple of boats to the fish got the action, and
the last ones just got to see the fish jumping.
DORADO: The Dorado bite was better this week than last with fish scattered all over
the area on the Pacific side of the Cape. The Sea of Cortez side was not providing the
same quality of action as the Pacific but there were still a few fish being found. On the
Pacific, ranging from just outside the shore break out tot he Banks, action was
scattered in the open and good when you could find the right floating objects. The
concentration of debris we had last week and the week before has thinned out and now
when you are able to find something floating the chances are good that there are fish
under it. Bright colored lures and live bait accounted for most of the fish, and when the
action died off at the floating debris, often starting a little chunk line brought the action
back to life. Most of the fish were between 15 and 25 pounds around the debris, but
the fish in the open were a bit larger on average, between 25 and 40 pounds.
WAHOO: Very surprisingly there was little Wahoo action this week. I thought that the
full moon would bring us a lot of fish, but they decided to hold back. I did see a few red
flags, so there were fish found, but not in any numbers or any seeming concentration.
INSHORE: This weeks inshore action was a repeat of last weeks. Jack Crevalle,
Roosterfish and a few Sierra were reported by Captains and anglers fishing the shore
breaks, live bait was the key as lures were mostly ignored. The best action seemed to
come from the Pacific side around the lighthouse.
NOTES: With the cooler temperatures and fall approaching, the Cruise Ships are
back. This means that on almost any given day there will be at least one ship out in the
bay, some days we have had three of them anchored. All the rain we received over the
last 60 days has the hills bright green, it doesn’t look like a desert until you get close!
The town has pretty much cleaned up most of the streets after all the sand washed into
them from Hurricane Marty and you would have a hard time being able to tell we had
anything happen here. The Marina is filling back up as all the war wagons arrive for
the tournaments, and all the talk in town is about fishing, where they are, what they are
biting, what kind of new gear folks have and what their plan of attack will be this year!
Good sounds to my ears and I always learn something new from the pros on the docks.
Thanks for checking out this weeks report, I hope it has helped you somewhat, or at
least been informative. It was written to the sound of Roy Buchanan on his CD “Roy
Buchanan” , a 1972 release. Thanks for the sounds Charlie! |
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 28 TO OCTOBER 4, 2003
WEATHER: We had wonderful weather in Cabo this week! Sunny skies with just an
occasional cloud, daytime highs in the low to mid 90’s, nights were cooler with the lows
in the mid 70’s. A light breeze most of the time to keep thing from becoming too
muggy. Unfortunately, when the breeze did die, it was humid enough that you just
sweated! Well, that should only last a few more weeks.
WATER: Blue water everywhere you went, both the Pacific and Sea of Cortez. Also
warm water in the 85-87 degree range. Not until you got over 30 miles out on the
Pacific side were you able to get into water as cool as 85 degrees. With so little wind
this week the water had only small ripples on it, still some swell, but no wind chop at all.
BAIT: Mixed bait was around this week with Mackerel and Caballito both showing up
in the Bait Pangas, fish wells. The normal price of $2 seemed to prevail although I do
know of one guy asking $3 per bait. Seems to happen almost every year as
tournament time starts to roll around.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Marlin were scarce this week and those that were found were not specially
hungry. Most Striped Marlin turned down offerings, and those that were caught had
been stuffing themselves on squid. The Blue Marlin were not on the feed either
although again, some were caught. Of course, with the number of boats going out
every day you would expect there to be Marlin flags flying at the end of the day, and
there were, but not in the numbers we were seeing last week. Best lure colors seemed
to be the old standby black/green and of course the Petrolero.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: On again, off again, that was the Tuna story. One day they were
here and biting good, the next day they were there and the bite was off. One thing for
sure, they were not found close to home this week. Most of the boats were finding
them at least 20 miles offshore and more on the Pacific side. The Tuna were
associated with the Porpoise and most of the fish were school ones, in the 20-40 pound
class. I did hear of a few larger fish caught this week but did not learn where they were
found. Dark feathers and cedar plugs worked, as did dropping back live baits and slow
trolling them in the area.
DORADO: Find the right floating fish condo and you caught Dorado, fish the wrong
ones and they were just not there! There was so much debris in the water that it took a
while to find the pieces the fish were concentrated under. If you were lucky and were
the first boat there, the catch could be great on fish from 15 to 40 pounds. A few nice
fish in the 60-70 pound class were caught as well, and most of these came on the troll
in the same areas. There was a big debris line out 18 miles on the Pacific side that had
a few fish condos in it, but most of them were empty. Closer to shore, a lot of the
Pangas were having luck on smaller fish by pulling live bait about a half mile to mile
offshore.
WAHOO: There were few Wahoo caught this week, at least compared to the previous
week. Again the fish seemed to be found under floating debris and the first boat there
had the best chance. The fish were running 30-50 pounds.
INSHORE: Jack Crevalle, Roosterfish and a few Sierra were reported by Captains and
anglers fishing the shore breaks this week. Live bait was the key as lures were mostly
ignored. The best action seemed to come from the Pacific side around the lighthouse.
NOTES: The fuel pumps on the new dock are hooked up and pumping great, no more
long lines waiting to get fuel. All right, every once in a while I have to say this again. If
you rent a boat from someone on the beach or walking around the Marina, don’t give
them a big deposit, make sure you have the full information needed for the next day
and get a written, signed receipt with phone numbers and a business address so you
can find them again. Every day I see anglers walking around looking lost. When I offer
to help them I find out that they have been taken by a coyote for $100, been told to be
at a certain place in the morning and they will be taken to their boat. Well, they were
taken all right. Get the name of the boat, the slip it is in, the name of the Captain, the
time you are supposed to meet, a written receipt with phone numbers stating exactly
what is included in the price and what the balance is. Don’t let this happen to you!
This weeks report was written to the guitar sounds of Joe Satriani on his CD “Surfing
With The Aliens”. Once again, thanks Charlie! Until next week, Tight Lines! |
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: 1 RELEASED (#180)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 15 KEPT (20-80#)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2003
This was the last day for Roger and Doug Arnold and while the fishing was not great,
it did provide the largest fish of the trip! After a very late start (they could not leave
until 8am due to difficulties with the new fuel dock), they managed to get bait and get
out of the Marina. I am not sure of any of the details but they were back at the Marina
at around 4:30 flying a Marlin and a release flag. Mary said that the Striped Marlin was
estimated at #180, a real beast for here! Way to go guys, and thanks for the fun we
had with you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2001
Today the “Fly Hooker” has Carter Fourrier, his brother Brad and Brad’s wife
Charlene and their friend Paul. All visiting Cabo from the New Orleans area, Carter’s
father has a 31 Bertram up there as well so they are all experienced fishermen. The
idea for the day was to get some fishing action, preferably at least something for dinner
and a shot at a Marlin. Juan and Manual took the boat to the southwest about 12 miles
and there they got into the Tuna. There were only four boats working what Carter
called “thousands” of Porpoise, and the fish were not shy about eating. After hooking
and landing a couple of small ones on lures, out went the live bait and the bigger boys
started to bite. Charlene fought and landed the biggest fish and Carter said it would
have weighed 80 pounds, the rest of them were in the 40 pound range. After getting 13
fish the had enough fun and Juan suggested that they start the search for Marlin.
Leaving the school still biting, they came in closer to the coast looking for either Striped
or Blue Marlin. As the beer level in the cooler slowly lowered and no Marlin bit, they
talked about the Tuna fishing. When the boat arrived back at the Marina, they were
still talking about it. Now they are talking about possibly going for one more day later in
the week. If they decide to do it, I’ll let you know how they did. Thanks guys, we sure
are glad you had a good time, and hope to see you again!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1, 2003
The Kosloski group from the cruise ship “Rotterdam” were our anglers for a short
fishing trip today. The original schedule was for us to pick them up at 10am at the
cruise ship dock and to return them just before 5pm so they could catch the last shuttle
back to the ship. It seemed the ship had a slight problem that delayed it’s arrival until
11am, then they were only able to get three shuttles into service, and of course the
tours that were scheduled through the ship were the clients that were unloaded first.
basically, what this comes down to is that the Koslowski group of 6 persons were not
able to get on board the “Fly Hooker” and out of the harbor until almost noon. No live
bait was available so Juan and Manuel decided to work the area off the lighthouse on
the Pacific side (Juan had gotten a phone call from his brother that he had caught a few
nice Tuna in the area five miles off shore). It was slow for the “Fly Hooker” though, and
until a Blue Marlin of just over 200 pounds struck, it looked as if the trip was going to
blank out (get skunked, in other words). Unfortunately the fish came unbuttoned after
about 5 minutes, and while Juan and Manuel say it was a Blue Marlin, because the fish
never jumped, I think there is a possibility of it being a Black Marlin (not just the fight,
but the location as well). After that it was quiet for a while and the group decided to
return to town and get a quick walk through before returning to the ship, therefore they
were back at the slip at 4 pm. Well, a little action, but no fish, guess that next time they
get lines in the water they will have a lot better luck! Thanks guys, we wish that things
had been a little bit better for you on your visit to Cabo, but also wish you a safe and
smooth return trip!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 4, 2003
David Hirsch and his two buddies decided to get out today and do some fishing.
David has been coming down here for quite a while, last year they were able to catch a
small Striped Marlin and some other very small fish, on todays trip they wanted to get
some fish to eat. Hopefully there would be Dorado and Tuna. Juan and Manuel tried
to get the Dorado for them by working a lot of debris around 18 miles to the south west,
but even though there were some very large logs, and in one case an entire tree, there
were no fish on any of the stuff they tried. Several miles further out they spotted two
boats working and headed that way, thankfully they got into the Tuna and were able to
hang on to two fish in the 25-30 pound class, good for eating, of course. That was the
action for the day, but they were able to catch fish, I saw quite a few boats that came up
skunked. Thanks guys, we are glad you had a good time. |
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CABO FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 22-28, 2003
WEATHER: Like I said last week, this week started with a solid overcast and lots of
rain. The reason for this is the passing of Hurricane Marty right over the top of us.
Nothing like an eye passage! The fact that the Hurricane sped up during the final
approach saved us. As of the morning of the 21st the storm was reported to be moving
in our direction at a slow 3-5 knots. When we had the eye pass over the top of us at 3
this morning it had a forward speed of 20 knots, and passed fairly quickly. A lot of rain
and winds to 100mph caused some damage, mostly to the roads. As of today, the 28th,
we are still digging out, but it is almost finished. The remainder of the week was very
pleasant with daytime highs in the high 80’s and nighttime lows down to 70 degrees,
mostly sunny skies and a few light breezes.
WATER: After the Hurricane the water on the Pacific was green out to 10 miles and on
the Sea of Cortez it was green out to 5 miles. Big swells but little to no chop for the
remainder of the week. The Port was closed on Monday but re-opened Tuesday. The
swells on the Pacific at the time were a solid 4-6 foot with a few larger, and a light 1-2
foot cross swell on top. South and west of the Cape the water temperature has been
81-82 degrees and to the east around the 1150 and 95 spots the water has been
warmer, in the 84-85 degree range.
BAIT: Bait was unavailable early in the week and it was not until Friday that anything
respectable was to be had. Now we have no problem, and it is mostly Mackerel with a
few Caballito mixed in, at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There are still a lot of Sailfish being found and as the week progressed the
Marlin bite turned on. Most of the fish have been Striped Marlin, but there have been a
few Blues in the mix. Live bait was the key to getting bit on a regular basis, but a few
fish were falling on artificials with dark colors in black/green and petrolero getting the
nod for being the most attractive to the fish. The majority of the action on all fish this
week seemed to occur to the south or the east with the areas east of the 95 spot
kicking out quite a bit of action. Smaller lures pulled for Tuna got hit by Sailfish and
they seemed to like the darker colors as well.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again, getting into the porpoise was the key, but not all the
porpoise had fish on them. The fish were ranging from small 8 pound footballs to
several fish reported over 200 pounds, but the majority of them seemed to be in the
20-35 pound class with an occasional fish kicked out that ran to 100 pounds. The
usual lures worked, dark feathers and cedar plugs, and when the action was slow, a
live bait dropped way back hooked an occasional nice sized fish. The biggest
concentration of Tuna seemed to be to the south around the 1000 fathom line and an
area just to the southeast of the San Jaime Banks.
DORADO: The Dorado bite continued to improve as the floating debris brought into the
ocean by Hurricane Marty began to attract and hold baitfish. On the Pacific side, out to
10 miles along the current line the action was steady on smaller fish to 15 pounds and
further to the south where the currents collide the action was good on larger fish to 35
pounds around the same type of debris. Thank goodness that live bait became
available as that was the key to getting a good catch, as opposed to just flying one flag.
WAHOO: More Wahoo this week as the floating debris was holding the fish for a while.
A lot of cut offs, but some of the fish were very respectable, in the 80-100 pound range.
The key seemed to be getting there first, as they Wahoo usually beat the Dorado to the
lures.
INSHORE: The discolored water made inshore fishing almost impossible and the
Pangas were focusing on working up to 10 miles offshore for Dorado.
NOTES: We are almost back to normal now, with most of the cleanup completed.
Thank goodness the Hurricane season is almost over! The past few weeks have been
very stressful on everyone, both weather wise and fuel wise. The Marina is in the
process of changing the fuel dock, putting in a new one that will accommodate more
boats and more pumps. In the interim, we have had to deal with just three hoses
delivering diesel, and at gravity feed speeds. That has meant long lines, with it not
being uncommon at all for Captains and crew to be camped out overnight in line to get
fuel. When gravity feed is at speeds in the 50 gallon per hour ranges, it takes a long
time! The good news is that the new dock is supposed to be open this morning! Yeah,
I’ll believe it when I see it! This weeks report was written to the music of “Genisis” in
their 1973 release “Selling England By The Pound”. Thanks Charlie! Until next week,
Tight Lines! |
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WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: 2 TAGGED AND RELEASED (80#, 120#)
SAILFISH: 3 TAGGED AND RELEASED (60#, 70#, 80#)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 8 FISH KEPT (15-35#)
WAHOO: 1 KEPT (80#)
DORADO: 3 KEPT (15-35#)
MAKO SHARK: 1 RELEASED (30#)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2001
Joe and Mark Shemroske and their dad Lee are fishing today for the second day of
the scheduled three, and they have their fingers crossed that the fishing is good after a
Hurricane! I got to go with them on the trip so at least I can check it out myself! The
Shemroskes were supposed to fish Sunday and Monday, but the Port Captain closed
the port on Sunday due to the approach of Hurricane Marty and of course, no one was
going anywhere Monday morning! Juan and Juan II had the boat ready to go this
morning and we took it slow leaving the marina. There was a lot of trash in the water
and we did not want to suck anything up into the engines. There was no bait available
(no surprise) and it was slow going for the first 5 miles as we went past the arch with
swells to 8 feet and a nice 2 foot cross swell on top of that. It was not until we were at
least 5 miles out that we were able to open the throttles and make any speed, and then
the swells were still 4-6 feet and the water was green. Once we were 10 miles out the
water turned blue and we started to troll. We had headed due south of the arch and
finally at a distance of 17 miles we spotted Dolphin jumping. There was one other boat
in the area and he stopped as we got there, hooked up to a tuna. On our first pass we
had a triple header and everyone got a rod! Joe got his fish in, then Lee’s fish made
another run and the line cut off on the swim step. I got Mark’s fish in the boat and Juan
headed us back to the fish. Both of these fish were around 20-25 pounds, nice Tuna.
On the next pass we hooked up again and since Lee had not gotten a fish in the boat,
he got to fight this one. It took him a while, he really had to work on the fish and
eventually I was able to get the gaff into the 35-40 pound Yellowfin. Way to go Lee, it’s
not a Marlin, but still a nice Tuna! One more time around the fish and another hit, this
time it was Mark’s turn. As he picked up the rod we had another boil on the short rigger
and I started jigging the lure, taking another strike but could not hook the fish up.
Mark’s fish was taking a long time and we were hoping that it was a big one, but when
he was able to get the fish close, we could see that the Tuna had been snagged in the
tail! No wonder it took so long! His fish was the smallest of the bunch and took the
longest time to land! Four Tuna in the box, six boats now working the fish and they had
gone down. It was time to go looking for something else and Juan worked us closer to
shore and toward the Cortez side, as that is where he said a friend of his had found
Sailfish and Marlin. Since these trips were for Lee, and to catch him a Marlin, that was
fine with us. Time dragged on and the sea was empty. We all took a little nap and
hours later we thought we had finally hooked into the Marlin we were looking for. The
bridge rod went of and the line started singing off the reel as Juan II set the hook and
passed the rod down. The fish slowed down right away and now we were not sure
what we had on. Hoping it was a billfish, we got Lee in the chair and he set to work.
About 15 minutes later we could see that what we had hooked up was a small Mako
shark, about 30 pounds in size. The trailing hook had caught the fish in the mouth and
the lead hook had snagged him on the side of the head. We were able to get the
hooks out of him without injury and let him go, our fingers crossed that he would grow
up into a bigger shark in the future! That was all the action we had for the day, no
Marlin but better than getting skunked!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 24 SEPTEMBER, 2003
I was supposed to join Joe, Mark and Lee again today but apparently I ate something
bad last night and ended up spending all day in bed with the cramps. Juan and Juan II
went out to the same area we fished yesterday, then turned toward the 95 spot looking
for a Marlin for Lee, but they had no action at all. Other boats in the area were able to
get into fish but for some reason they did not like our lures today. I am sorry Lee, we
really wanted for you to get your Marlin. I hope it will work out for you on your next trip,
and hopefully it won’t be during a Hurricane!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 25 SEPTEMBER, 2003
Our friend Roger Arnold is back in Cabo, this time with his brother Doug, and they are
fishing today, tomorrow and Sunday. Today was a rather good day, and one that I wish
the Shemroske’s had a chance to experience. Juan and Manuel (the arroyo water
dropped so he was able to get into town) headed due east of the 95 spot today and
found fish. Not a bad trip as they were able to catch and release three Sailfish, a triple
header, all on at once, and all on lures! Nice going! Later Doug spent a little bit of
time getting a 80 pound Wahoo to the boat for Juan to gaff, and they were lucky as the
hook fell out as soon as the gaff went in. What a lot of good eating meat on that fish!
A little later they were able to round the day out with three Dorado, the largest one
about 35 pounds, and lost one that was larger. What a great day! I hope tomorrow is
as good for them!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 26 SEPTEMBER, 2003
The second day of fishing for Roger and Doug Arnold was not as spectacular as the
first, but they did get to catch something different! A small Striped Marlin was quickly
brought to the boat by Doug, the fish jumped six times then pretty much gave up. Juan
tagged the fish and it was released. They were able to get into some Tuna today as
well and ended up with four fish in the box, the largest about 35 pounds. Juan said that
it seemed the fish had moved a little further to the south and west today so they are
going to try just to the south of the San Jaime Banks tomorrow.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 SEPTEMBER, 2003
Stavros Triant and his buddy Paul went fishing today and it was a long, very quiet
trip. Juan and Manuel went to the south side of the San Jaime banks. They found
Porpoise, and they could see Tuna jump occasionally but could not get a strike. One of
the boats working the fish got lucky and hooked up, but that was the only one for all the
boats there. It was not until they had pulled all the lines in the boat in preparation for
the short cruise back to the Marina (they were only three miles out) the Manuel spotted
a Striped Marlin finning downswell. Juan cast out a bait and the fish ate it! Paul was
first up and after 15 minutes his arms were hurting and Stavros took over. Another 15
minutes went by and Juan was able to tag the fish and release it unharmed and alive.
A last minute save, boy, it does not get any closer than that! |
George Landrum (Capt_george)
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Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: 2 TAGGED AND RELEASED (80#, 120#)
SAILFISH: 3 TAGGED AND RELEASED (60#, 70#, 80#)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 8 FISH KEPT (15-35#)
WAHOO: 1 KEPT (80#)
DORADO: 3 KEPT (15-35#)
MAKO SHARK: 1 RELEASED (30#)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2001
Joe and Mark Shemroske and their dad Lee are fishing today for the second day of
the scheduled three, and they have their fingers crossed that the fishing is good after a
Hurricane! I got to go with them on the trip so at least I can check it out myself! The
Shemroskes were supposed to fish Sunday and Monday, but the Port Captain closed
the port on Sunday due to the approach of Hurricane Marty and of course, no one was
going anywhere Monday morning! Juan and Juan II had the boat ready to go this
morning and we took it slow leaving the marina. There was a lot of trash in the water
and we did not want to suck anything up into the engines. There was no bait available
(no surprise) and it was slow going for the first 5 miles as we went past the arch with
swells to 8 feet and a nice 2 foot cross swell on top of that. It was not until we were at
least 5 miles out that we were able to open the throttles and make any speed, and then
the swells were still 4-6 feet and the water was green. Once we were 10 miles out the
water turned blue and we started to troll. We had headed due south of the arch and
finally at a distance of 17 miles we spotted Dolphin jumping. There was one other boat
in the area and he stopped as we got there, hooked up to a tuna. On our first pass we
had a triple header and everyone got a rod! Joe got his fish in, then Lee’s fish made
another run and the line cut off on the swim step. I got Mark’s fish in the boat and Juan
headed us back to the fish. Both of these fish were around 20-25 pounds, nice Tuna.
On the next pass we hooked up again and since Lee had not gotten a fish in the boat,
he got to fight this one. It took him a while, he really had to work on the fish and
eventually I was able to get the gaff into the 35-40 pound Yellowfin. Way to go Lee, it’s
not a Marlin, but still a nice Tuna! One more time around the fish and another hit, this
time it was Mark’s turn. As he picked up the rod we had another boil on the short rigger
and I started jigging the lure, taking another strike but could not hook the fish up.
Mark’s fish was taking a long time and we were hoping that it was a big one, but when
he was able to get the fish close, we could see that the Tuna had been snagged in the
tail! No wonder it took so long! His fish was the smallest of the bunch and took the
longest time to land! Four Tuna in the box, six boats now working the fish and they had
gone down. It was time to go looking for something else and Juan worked us closer to
shore and toward the Cortez side, as that is where he said a friend of his had found
Sailfish and Marlin. Since these trips were for Lee, and to catch him a Marlin, that was
fine with us. Time dragged on and the sea was empty. We all took a little nap and
hours later we thought we had finally hooked into the Marlin we were looking for. The
bridge rod went of and the line started singing off the reel as Juan II set the hook and
passed the rod down. The fish slowed down right away and now we were not sure
what we had on. Hoping it was a billfish, we got Lee in the chair and he set to work.
About 15 minutes later we could see that what we had hooked up was a small Mako
shark, about 30 pounds in size. The trailing hook had caught the fish in the mouth and
the lead hook had snagged him on the side of the head. We were able to get the
hooks out of him without injury and let him go, our fingers crossed that he would grow
up into a bigger shark in the future! That was all the action we had for the day, no
Marlin but better than getting skunked!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 24 SEPTEMBER, 2003
I was supposed to join Joe, Mark and Lee again today but apparently I ate something
bad last night and ended up spending all day in bed with the cramps. Juan and Juan II
went out to the same area we fished yesterday, then turned toward the 95 spot looking
for a Marlin for Lee, but they had no action at all. Other boats in the area were able to
get into fish but for some reason they did not like our lures today. I am sorry Lee, we
really wanted for you to get your Marlin. I hope it will work out for you on your next trip,
and hopefully it won’t be during a Hurricane!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 25 SEPTEMBER, 2003
Our friend Roger Arnold is back in Cabo, this time with his brother Doug, and they are
fishing today, tomorrow and Sunday. Today was a rather good day, and one that I wish
the Shemroske’s had a chance to experience. Juan and Manuel (the arroyo water
dropped so he was able to get into town) headed due east of the 95 spot today and
found fish. Not a bad trip as they were able to catch and release three Sailfish, a triple
header, all on at once, and all on lures! Nice going! Later Doug spent a little bit of
time getting a 80 pound Wahoo to the boat for Juan to gaff, and they were lucky as the
hook fell out as soon as the gaff went in. What a lot of good eating meat on that fish!
A little later they were able to round the day out with three Dorado, the largest one
about 35 pounds, and lost one that was larger. What a great day! I hope tomorrow is
as good for them!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 26 SEPTEMBER, 2003
The second day of fishing for Roger and Doug Arnold was not as spectacular as the
first, but they did get to catch something different! A small Striped Marlin was quickly
brought to the boat by Doug, the fish jumped six times then pretty much gave up. Juan
tagged the fish and it was released. They were able to get into some Tuna today as
well and ended up with four fish in the box, the largest about 35 pounds. Juan said that
it seemed the fish had moved a little further to the south and west today so they are
going to try just to the south of the San Jaime Banks tomorrow.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 SEPTEMBER, 2003
Stavros Triant and his buddy Paul went fishing today and it was a long, very quiet
trip. Juan and Manuel went to the south side of the San Jaime banks. They found
Porpoise, and they could see Tuna jump occasionally but could not get a strike. One of
the boats working the fish got lucky and hooked up, but that was the only one for all the
boats there. It was not until they had pulled all the lines in the boat in preparation for
the short cruise back to the Marina (they were only three miles out) the Manuel spotted
a Striped Marlin finning downswell. Juan cast out a bait and the fish ate it! Paul was
first up and after 15 minutes his arms were hurting and Stavros took over. Another 15
minutes went by and Juan was able to tag the fish and release it unharmed and alive.
A last minute save, boy, it does not get any closer than that! |
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