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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JULY 4-10, 2005
WEATHER: Clear skies at the end of the week were welcome after expecting cloud cover from the disturbance and tropical storm that had starting developing down around Acapulco. We had expected to get a heavy cloud deck as it worked its way up the west coast. Didn’t happen and we are glad! What did occur was glassy water during the middle of the week and then the winds picked up again on Friday, continuing through out the weekend, but as I said, clear skies. Day time highs were in the mid 90’s and night time lows in the mid 70’s.
WATER: At the beginning of the week the water on the Pacific side turned very choppy, then calmed at the middle of the week. At the end of the week it had chopped up again. It looked as if the California current started to push hard and brought the cool water to wrap around the point again as the water was in the high 60’s to low 70’s on the Pacific side out to the banks, and green as well. This water wrapped around the Cape and continued up to just short of the Gordo banks and out to a distance of 20 miles. Outside of this cold plume the water was 76-78 degrees and blued up again, but was choppy.
BAIT: Caballito and Mackerel at $2 per bait with a few Mullet in the mix.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The cold water on the Pacific side brought in reports of Swordfish and a Panga was reported to have caught one weighing at just around 160 pounds. Striped Marlin were out there but it was 25 miles before you got into any serious action. Fish were found closer to the Cape, as close as 6 miles, but there was nothing steady or consistent about them. I did not hear of any large Blue or Black Marlin in our area this week, but I am going off of reports from other Captains and anglers received over the last 1 ½ days as I just returned from a boat delivery to Puerto Vallarta.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I did not hear of any large Tuna this week, but then again I was gone for most of the week. The fish I did see come in this weekend were all smaller fish in the football and school category. I heard a rumor (that’s all it was!) that there were big fish found at the Gorda Banks, but talked to no one who could give me any solid information on that. The football and school fish were found 25-35 miles to the south-southwest, right around where there was a temperature break from 72 to 74 degrees.
DORADO: Apparently you needed to go up the Sea of Cortez, chasing the warmer water for the Dorado this week. The cold water chased them out and few fish were found close to home.
WAHOO: I can give you very little information on the Wahoo bite. I did see a few flags flying this week end but did not get a chance to talk to the Captains or anglers flying them.
INSHORE: A good solid discussion with a much respected Panga Captain revealed that the bite had been off this week, as well as his bookings. During a trip for food, with a diving friend on board, they were able to get into some very good Pargo action on the Pacific side and catch a few Roosterfish as well. The comment was that most of the boats were not going far enough up the coast, most of the fish were found up around Migrainos.
NOTES: Fingers are crossed that the cold water goes away and the winds die down. It’s not terrible, but who wants to run for 25 miles and get bounced around to get into the fish? We were just getting some great action going when I left for Vallarta and maybe it will turn around quickly! Meanwhile this report was written to the music of “Arcano”, the brother/sister duo of Erika and Vick del Real Alvarado, with violin and viola. I heard them at the square doing a public show in Vallarta and bought one of the three releases they had for sale. Classical and covers of easy listening music, great stuff! By the way, Russ, thanks for the across the board comp at the Four Seasons resort course at Punta Mita, totally awesome experience! Until next week, tight lines! |
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2005
WEATHER: A little wind was around this week but it was gentle and blowing from the south for the most part at around 5-10 knots, except for Friday when the clouds looked like race cars as a remnant feeder band from the south raced past us. Along with the feeder band came overcast skies with the threat of rain, but nope, no rainfall happened. Our day time highs were in the high 90’s while our night time lows were in the mid 70’s. We had high humidity accompany the overcast skies.
WATER: Good water on the Pacific side with large swells later in the week... The water was blue and the temperature averaged 77 degrees except for just along the shore where it was tinged with green and dropped in temperature to 75 degrees. On the Cortez side of the Cape almost the exact same conditions applies, temperature and color wise. There were no significant temperature breaks found.
BAIT: Caballito at $2 per bait with a few Mullet in the mix.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: At the end of the week you could tell that the Striped Marlin bite was dying off. There were fewer of them caught even with the good moon phase. There were still fish being found and caught but not in the numbers we were seeing last month. Scattered fish were found at the 1150 and beyond as well as around the San Jaime banks. Blues are starting to show up with a few fish in the 200-400 range being caught and released. A good friend of mine reported hooking the largest Black Marlin he has ever seen and loosing the fish (popping the leader at the side of the boat) after a 30 hour fight and the clients had given up.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A repeat of last week with Yellowfin taking the “fish of the week” position. The big boys are still out there with at least two over 200 pounds being landed this week. Of course most of the fish are footballs, but there is always the chance at one of the tequila fish. The big gals have been mixed in with the black porpoise. There were also 100 pound fish seen feeding on the Pacific side with no dolphin in evidence but I am not sure if anyone was able to get a hook into them. As normal, small dark feathers for the footballs and the big ones seemed to like live bait or Marlin lures.
DORADO: There have been some nice fish taken this week with an average size of just around 15 pounds, but the big ones were in the 45-50 pound class. Live bait dropped back after a trolling hook up more often than not brought a second fish to the boat. Best bets were just off shore along the Pacific side or out at the San Jaime banks. There were reports of scattered big fish up around the Punta Gorda area as well.
WAHOO: Not as many fish were found as last week, but there were still Wahoo flags flying this week almost every day. Best areas were the Gorda Banks and Punta Gorda. Fish were reported striking in the blind way off shore as well; we got one in the blind on Thursday that was around 55 pounds.
INSHORE: Repeat of last week’s inshore report. Most of the inshore action was concentrated on Roosterfish, as the action became red-hot for fish between 25 and 40 pounds almost everywhere along the coast. Working the rocky points on both sides of the cape, as well as the beach areas resulted in almost all the action you could handle on both the Roosterfish and some nice Pargo. A few Sierras and a few Yellowtails were in the mix as well and they were found on the Pacific side of the cape.
NOTES: Good fishing is here, and while not red hot yet, there looks to be good things happening in the future! This weeks report was written to the music of Boz Scaggs on the 1994 Virgin release “Some Changes”. Happy 4th of July everyone. Until next week, Tight lines! |
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 20-26, 2005
WEATHER: As of the end of the week it is looking really good on the weather front here in Cabo. The winds we had been experiencing for the last few weeks finally died out and since Thursday the weather has been great! Our night time lows have been in the low to mid 70’s while our day time highs have been in the mid to high 90’s, real summer weather for us. We had a very slight sprinkle in some parts of town on Tuesday, just enough to dot the dust on the windshields.
WATER: The Pacific finally lived up to its name, thanks to the wind dying down this week. There were swells but little if any chop out there and many of the boats went in the direction of the Golden Gate and San Jaime Banks looking for fish. The water is just a little green close to shore on the Pacific, and a little cooler than the off shore water at 67-70 degrees, out for a couple of miles. Past that it warms to around 72 at the banks and 73-74 degrees just to the south of the Jaime. On the Cortez side of the cape we have that cool water extending in a plume out to the 95 spot. All the other areas have water in the 72-75 degree range with water up at the East Cape in the 78 degree range. The water color still has a very faint green tinge to it but that should go away soon.
BAIT: Caballito at $2 per bait with a few Mullet in the mix.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: With the coming of the full moon the bite from the Striped Marlin has died down a bit, they are still being found but not in the quantities they were being seen in last week. One of the areas that has been producing them is along the Pacific coast where that cool water and warm water meet. I would venture to guess that one out of 5 boats were able to get hooked up to a Striped Marlin this week, and it was largely a matter of being in the right place at the right time. On an up note, the water is warming up and the Blue Marlin are starting to show up. A few fish in the #200-#300 range have been seen cruising the lure patterns and a few of them have been coaxed into striking. Live bait has been the best producer for the Striped Marlin while lures in dark colors have gotten the attention of the Blue Marlin.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Fish of the week. No doubt about it, with the full moon and the currents changing things busted wide open on small Yellowfin in the football class. Almost any boat that tried was able to catch all they wanted of the Tuna in the 6-15 pound class and there were a few in the 25-35 class as well. Most of the action took place south of the arch early in the week and then moved up the Pacific side. Many of the fish were found via blind strikes with no indicators in the area. Hooking up a multiple on the footballs, once they were in the boat and the lines re-set, passing over the same area would result in strikes again. The larger fish were found with the Dolphin, and the “tequila” fish over #200 were not in evidence as the black Porpoise they were associated with last week have moved on. Feathers and hootchies in all colors worked well on the football fish and cedar plugs and dark colors worked on the slightly larger fish with the Dolphin.
DORADO: Last week I said that the water is warming up so keep your fingers crossed. Well, the water warmed up and it worked! For quite a few boats Dorado may have been the fish of the week. Most of the action was found on the Pacific side, and while it may not have been due to the warmer water I am sure it helped. The main action came as a result of floating Kelp paddies found off shore. As these paddies drifted down from the northern Baja they accumulated a food chain under them and having been untouched until arriving here, they were loaded with fish. The action began on Thursday when boats found the patches up the coast and offshore where the warm water met the cool water. The kelp paddies were anywhere from just a few strands to one we saw that was at least 100 feet in diameter. Live bait worked well as did trolling lures, and if you were the first one to the paddy there was an almost guarantee of getting hooked up. The fish ran from 10 to 40 pounds with most of them around 15 pounds.
WAHOO: Associated with the Kelp paddies and helped by the full moon phase, lots of boats were able to get Wahoo this week. Early in the week it was mostly coastal contour fish, found around the 50 fathom line. At the end of the week the action moved to the kelp paddies. Not being ready for them, a lot of boats were bit off on mono leaders when they first approached the paddies as Wahoo ranging from 20-60 pounds struck before the Dorado got there. The same thing went for working live bait; the Wahoo would bite through the mono leader. Putting on wire leader kept the bite-offs to a minimum but also resulted in fewer Dorado. Let’s see, Wahoo or Dorado, sigh, what a terrible choice to have to make! Heavy metal heads on wire leader as well as “Marauder” type plugs worked very well on the Wahoo and resulted in more fish in the box. It was not uncommon for a boat to be flying between 2 and 6 Wahoo flags if they were the first to a producing kelp paddy.
INSHORE: Most of the inshore action was concentrated on Roosterfish, as the action became red-hot for fish between 25 and 40 pounds almost everywhere along the coast. Working the rocky points on both sides of the cape, as well as the beach areas resulted in almost all the action you could handle on both the Roosterfish and some nice Pargo. A few Sierras and a few Yellowtails were in the mix as well and they were found on the Pacific side of the cape.
NOTES: The fishing is turning on! Keeping our fingers crossed worked and it looks like it is going to be a good way to end the month. I saw three whales the other day, which was a surprise since they were Humpbacks that are normally out of our area by now. This weeks report was written to the music of “Cheap Yellow Mustard” on their self titled album recorded tat the Bakersfield School of Music in 2003. Many thanks to Cameron Melville, the keyboardist, for getting me a copy of this great album, whenever I need a good funky blues lift I pull this one out! Until next week, tight lines! |
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 13-19, 2005
WEATHER: Things have been improving a little bit on the weather scene here in Cabo. The wind that has been plaguing us for the past month seems to be slowly dying down. It is still blowing in the afternoons but it is starting later and is not quite as strong. This is not to say it has disappeared, but it is getting better out there. Our day time highs have been right around 90 degrees this week and out night time lows in the low 70’s. It is starting to look and feel a little like summer!
WATER: The Pacific side of the Cape is cold and very windy. I went 10 miles out yesterday at 170 degrees and in the 50’ there was no way I was going to turn back up-swell. The wind is slowly dying down but it is still victory at sea out past a mile anywhere north of the light house. With water temperatures ranging from 57 to 67 degrees, why get beat up and break a boat? The only fishing on the Pacific has been close in and close to home. The Sea of Cortez side has been wonderful, especially in the morning before the wind shifts and picks up. The warmer water we have been waiting for is moving in and while there are some swells to deal with, having water up to 79 degrees has meant that there are fish out there! While there has been no strong temperature break, there has been a slight one accompanied by a current line running east-west around 5 miles past the 95 spot and the 1150.
BAIT: Caballito at $2 per bait with a few Mullet in the mix. Very few Mackerel and no Sardinas that I heard of.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Fish of the week was Striped Marlin, no doubt about it. They were concentrated along the current line out past the 95 and 1150 and most boats were having no problem finding the fish, getting them to bite was another story. While some boats have it down to a science and consistently come in with two to six flags flying, others just aren’t able to find the right fish and tossed baits at dozens without a bite. Down-size the leader and hooks, it might work. There were fish between 100 pounds and up to 180 pounds caught this week, and you could see free jumping fish all over the place. The current line was not the only place to find them either, we worked off of Punta Gorda a few day ago and they were all over the place out 12 miles. Listening to the radio I am hearing guys up at the East Cape talk about finding fish within a mile of the beach. It sure is good to hear the action! Live bait worked well and fast trolled lures; in excess of 9 knots did the trick as well. Most of the fish caught and brought to the side of the boat were stuffed with foot long squid, tossing out fresh squid as they thrashed. On a side note, there were two Swordfish reported caught this week, one of them was released by the angler and was reported at around #250, I am not sure of the size on the other fish. And folks, these are fish sighted on the surface during the day, not drifting at night.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Yellowfin Tuna were a close runner-up for fish of the week Lets see, there are plenty of football size fish south of the arch, and most of them are fairly close to shore and the water is not too bad, but how many fish around 8 pounds so you really need? They are not associated with Porpoise, and the farther out you go the more you get beat up. I did see my first few large fish of the year, but I was not the one who caught it. A Yellowfin in excess of #200 was caught outside the Gorda Banks by a boat working the warm water and Black Porpoise looking for a Blue Marlin. The fish grabbed a blue/white lure (think “flying fish”) and took the first time lady angler 30 minutes to bring to the boat on #80 class line. One other fish weighed in at #280 and was caught by Mark Austin on #40 line, taking him 2 hours and 10 minutes to land. He was fishing in the Lucas Billfish Challenge, a charity tournament raising funds for S.I.D. research. There were a few other reported hook ups on large fish as well but I am not sure if any of them made it back to the dock.
DORADO: The water is warming up so make sure you keep those fingers crossed.
WAHOO: Again, keep those fingers crossed, the fish should show up, at least a few of them as the water warms up.
INSHORE: Some Sierra were still showing up in the catch from the Pacific side as well as a few Yellowtail, but there was no wide open bite on them. Small football Yellowfin showed in quite a few Panga fish boxes and there was the occasional nice Pargo as well. Most of the effort was concentrated on Roosterfish, and they have been making a good showing off the beaches on the Cortez side of the Cape. I have talked to a few anglers who have had luck with them off the beach while surf casting.
NOTES: It is getting more like summer, thank goodness. Before you know it things will bust wide open. I can’t wait! The big Tuna showing up is just a start, at least we hope so! An apology for last weeks music listing, it should have been David Grismon instead of John Grishman on the “Dawgs” album. I listened to it again this week! Until next time, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 6-12, 2005
WEATHER: We still have the wind that has been pestering us for so long, and we wish it would go away! The breeze has been pretty steady from the WNW all week with the exception of two nights when it died down and yesterday when it switched and came from the WSW. I know that later in the year we will look back and wish we had this cool wind with us again, but for now it is getting tiresome. Our night time lows have been in the range of 58-62 here in town; reports from friends who live on the Pacific side say they have recorded 54 degrees there. Our day time highs have been up to 91. Still no rain, but a good fog band moved through on Saturday.
WATER: If you drew a line from east to west across the peninsula a few miles above Cabo and recorded the temperature difference you would see a 17 degree difference with 57 degrees along the Pacific coast and 74 degrees on the Sea of Cortez. Guess that almost tells the whole story, huh? The warm water on the Cortez side extends from 1 mile here in Cabo to 7 miles offshore up at the Punta Gorda area. From there until 20 miles out the water is on the mid 60’s, then it warms to around 69 degrees. The cold water is green and there is not a lot of good, solid blue water around, at least not until you get way off shore, up around the East Cape. The Pacific has been almost un-fishable; the few boats that have gone out there in the mornings have had a quick return. The Cortez side has had much better surface conditions once you got past the Gray Rock area.
BAIT: Back to getting Mackerel at the usual $2 per bait plus a few mullet, there were some Sardinas early in the week at San Jose for $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Striped Marlin were the Billfish of the week as I did not hear of any Swordfish caught. There were boats fishing for them but I did not hear results going around town. The Striped Marlin were in the warmer water starting from the Gorda Banks area to up around the Estiladera area. A lot more fish were seen than were hooked. Some boats were getting up to four fish a day and a few boats reported as many as six. Live bait was the favorite and lures came in second with green/yellow working well.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was a good bite for football Yellowfin from 8-15 pounds along the temperature-color break 18 miles out at 160 degrees early in the week, but boats working the area later on reported little luck. An occasional fish was caught around the Gorda area but there was nothing consistent. Finding the Dolphin was the key, but only one out of 6 pods held any Tuna.
DORADO: Just like last week and the week before. I think I saw a total of 15 Dorado flags this week, and that should say it all. Wait for warmer water.
WAHOO: What?
INSHORE: A repeat of last week’s section. Rough water on the Pacific side of the Cape made most of the boats concentrate on the area from the lighthouse and around to the arch, plus along the beach on the Cortez side of the Cape. There were still Sierra being caught and some of them were very nice sized, from 6-10 pounds. One positive note was that the cold water brought the Yellowtail with it. The bite turned on fairly well in the middle of the week with fish being found from the lighthouse to Gray Rock. Live bait dropped deep and iron worked deep caught the most fish, but trolling plugs along the coast in 60-100 feet of water worked well also. There were Roosterfish caught on the Cortez side, fish to 40 pounds were reported both from Pangas and from the beach. Red Snapper were biting as well if you could get a live bait right into the rocks and not get snagged.
NOTES: Seems more like spring time that summer here, when the sun goes down and the wind is blowing I need a light jacket and long pants. We all know that it can’t last forever, but I wish it would end soon! This weeks report was written to the sounds of John Grisham on the 1990 release “Dawg’s”, and it is worth a listen! Until next week, tight lines! |
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MAY 30-JUNE 5, 2005
WEATHER: Wind, wind and more wind. That pretty much summed it up for us this week on the weather front as every day the wind blew from the NNW to the SSW at between 10 and 20 knots. We did have a few mornings when it seemed that it had died off, but when you poked your nose around the corner to try the Pacific side, you go smacked in the face with the cold wind. Some mornings on the Pacific side the temperature was in the high 50’s. In town our daytime highs were in the mid to high 80’s while our night time lows were around 60 degrees. No rain at all but we did have partly cloudy skies on Sunday morning.
WATER: On the Pacific side this week we had very cold water, at places it was as cold as 58 degrees right along the shore. Out around the Golden Gate and San Jaime Banks the water warmed to 67 degrees. Due south of the cape the water was cold at 66 degrees until 14 miles out then it warmed to 68 degrees. On the Cortez side of the cape we had a band of warmer 72 to 76 degree water along the shore up to the Punta Gorda area, and this band extended from just along the beach here in Cabo to across the outer Gorda Banks and the Punta Gorda region. Outside the band of warmer water the temps dropped to 64-65 degrees and went out at least 20 miles. There was no really well defined temperature break as the wind and currents moved the water around, blending the temperatures and the colors. We had strongly colored green water to the south and on the Pacific side.
BAIT: Back to getting Mackerel at the usual $2 per bait and there were some Sardinas early in the week at San Jose for $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Just as the report stated last week, the bite for Striped Marlin has died off since the water cooled off so much. The few fish that were caught this week were mostly from the warm water areas up around Punta Gorda. There were a few fish found outside to the south in the slightly warmer water 14 miles out, but they were few and far between, and the water was rough as well. There were Swordfish found again this week and I did hear of a private boat that got two of them on Friday.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Scattered football size Yellowfin to 15 pounds and a few fish in the 25-30 pound class were pretty much it for the boats this week. The fish were not concentrated in any one particular area and a lot of them were caught while trolling in the blind. Finding porpoise did not mean you were going to get into the Tuna this week, there were a lot of pods of porpoise that were fishless.
DORADO: Just like last week. I think I saw a total of 10 Dorado flags this week, and that should say it all. Wait for warmer water.
WAHOO: I saw a few Wahoo flags this week but I am not sure they were for fish caught this week or not. I did not hear of any fish caught; just saw a few flags flying on the boats.
INSHORE: Rough water on the Pacific side of the Cape made most of the boats concentrate on the area from the lighthouse and around to the arch, plus along the beach on the Cortez side of the Cape. There were still Sierra being caught and some of them were very nice sized, from 6-10 pounds. One positive note was that the cold water brought the Yellowtail with it. The bite turned on fairly well in the middle of the week with fish being found from the lighthouse to Gray Rock. Live bait dropped deep and iron worked deep caught the most fish, but trolling plugs along the coast in 60-100 feet of water worked well also. There were Roosterfish caught on the Cortez side, fish to 40 pounds were reported both from Pangas and from the beach. Red Snapper were biting as well if you could get a live bait right into the rocks and not get snagged.
NOTES: Once again Swordfish have the angler’s attention. I expect a few more fish to be caught this week before the water warms and turns blue again. Meanwhile the off shore action is pretty sorry; the only bright spot this week was the inshore fishery with Yellowtail and Snapper taking the spotlight. It sure is strange to have April conditions at the beginning of June! Or fingers are again crossed (seems like we never get them uncrossed for one reason or another) that the water warms up and brings along the Tuna, Wahoo, Dorado and Marlin! This weeks report was written to the music of Deep Purple on their 1972 release “Machine Head”. Until next week, Tight Lines! |
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MAY 23-29, 2005
WEATHER: Afternoon winds here in town gave everyone a good idea of what to expect out on the water this week. The wind was from the NW and fairly steady most of the week, shifting to come from the South or SW in the late afternoons. A steady 10-15 knots most of the time. The skies were only partly cloudy for most of the week and we had no rain. Our day time highs were in the low 90’s and high 80’s and the night time lows were in the mid 60’s here in town.
WATER: This week the conditions are just the same as last week with the exception that the intrusion of cold water we had wrapping around the Cape due to the California current was much stronger, colder and with green water. This finger ran from the Cape and up the Sea of Cortez from a half mile to mile offshore to just outside the 95 and 1150 spots. With temperatures in the 65 and 66 degree range this finger extended up to five miles past the outer Gorda Banks. There was a temperature break of almost 5 degrees just along the outside edge of the finger of water and it ran from the NE to the SW. We did have the continued NW winds causing very rough conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape, so rough that few, if any, boats tried to fish past the lighthouse. On the Cortez side the conditions were much better if you got past the Chileno area; the way the winds blew it was still lumpy to the southeast of the cape. Up in the Punta Gorda and Gorda Banks area it was a bit choppier than last week. Having the water between 63 and 67 degrees on the Pacific side was not a problem since the conditions were so rough.
BAIT: Back to getting Mackerel at the usual $2 per bait and there were some Sardinas early in the week at San Jose for $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The cold water intrusion from the Pacific side of the Cape pushed the Striped Marlin that had been concentrated at Punta Gorda farther up the coast to the Los Frailles area, an easy 40 mile run, easy that is until you turned and came back against the wind and chop! There were also Marlin found on the warm side of the temperature break at the outside of the cold finger of water. Boats fishing the Frailles area reported a fair early morning bite with two to three fish per day as long as they were there before 10 am. There was almost no action after that. The bite outside the finger of cold green water was a bit more consistent even though not as many fish were seen in the area. Almost everyone fishing in this area had at least one shot at a hook up. On the way to the temperature break you went through the green water and there were Swordfish sighted there, I found one on the surface yesterday just to the south of the 95 spot, but I have not heard of any boats hooking up to them, although I am sure some have.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Tuna that were holding at the Gorda Banks last week seem to have either gone off the bite or gone somewhere else. A few are still being caught but not enough to make the trip worthwhile just for them. There have been small football Yellowfin everywhere along the temperature break on the Cortez side and I have heard guys on the radio discussing finding Tuna in the cold green water on the Pacific side early in the morning. A lot of these fish were blind strikes, no porpoise in the area. Cedar plugs worked great and once you got a strike and hooked up you worked the area for a while. It was not uncommon to get multiple hits each pass on the fish.
DORADO: I think I saw a total of 10 Dorado flags this week, and that should say it all. Wait for warmer water.
WAHOO: There are still Wahoo out there but they are not holding around the usual structure. Fish are being found off the 50 fathom drop at Red Hill and at Punta Gorda, as well as along the temperature break outside the 95 spot. While fishing there yesterday (and getting beat up in the 50’ Viking) we had a double strike on nice fish, losing one lure and landing a Wahoo of about 70 pounds. Making another pass on the spot we hooked up two Bonita and had one of the 8 pound fish sliced cleanly in half by a Wahoo we estimated at over #100 just before trying to lift the Bonita out of the water. An hour later and four miles away we had another Wahoo hooked as part of a double strike. We lost the Wahoo just before the boat but brought in the 10 pound Yellowfin that struck at the same time.
INSHORE: A few boats were able to work along the shoreline on the Pacific side up as far as the lighthouse, but the water was rough. There were Sierra and some Yellowtail in the area that provided some action. The Cortez side had better water conditions early in the morning most days and there were Snapper, Grouper and a few Sierra as well.
NOTES: Swordfish have everyone’s attention this week and hopefully the winds will die down and allow better sighting of the fish. I wouldn’t mind a night on the water drifting baits for them either! If the winds do die we should have some great action for the coming week, with such a defined temperature break there should be steady action all along the edge. This weeks report was written to the music of Rick Wakeman on his very relaxing 2002 Master Music CD “The Natural World Trilogy”. Until next week, tight lines! |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MAY 16-22, 2005
WEATHER: My how things change every week! This week we had night time lows in the high 60’s here in town, into the mid 50’s out on the Pacific side beaches. Our daytime highs were in the mid 80’s and for most of the week it was windy. The winds were mostly from the north-west but late in the week shifted and came from the southwest. No rain and only partly cloudy all week long.
WATER: The surface conditions were almost a repeat of last week as we did have the continued NW winds causing very rough conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape, so rough that few, if any, boats tried to fish past the lighthouse. On the Cortez side the conditions were much better if you got past the Chileno area; the way the winds blew it was still lumpy to the southeast of the cape. Up in the Punta Gorda and Gorda Banks area it was almost glass-like with just a bit of a bump and no wind chop. Having the water between 63 and 67 degrees on the Pacific side was not a problem since the conditions were so rough. At the start of the week we had the temperature break that ran from the Cape to the SSW, as the week continued and the California current kept the cold water flowing, we had an intrusion just offshore where a finger of the cold water worked it’s way around the Cape in a band from just outside the 95 spot to up around the 1150 spot and out for around five miles. This pushed the warmer water in to the coast and up toward the Punta Gorda area.
BAIT: Once again we had a difficult time getting local bait this week. At the end of last week the large seiner that supplies the Sol mar fleet and long range boats with bait arrived with a load of Mackerel and it was a good thing, as the local bait supply almost dried up. At the end of the week those supplies were almost gone as well and many boats that left a bit late could not get bait. Even with the lack of supplies the price remained the same with both Mackerel and Caballito at the usual $2 per bait. A few boats also had small jacks, around two pounds each and some big silvery sided fish that looked like jacks but nothing likes to eat. Well, something is better than nothing I guess, but that is why I have a supply of frozen bait on board!
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Wow, it’s amazing, but this weeks report on Marlin is almost a repeat of last week’s report, almost a prediction, if you will. This week we had the 2005 IGFA/Rolex Offshore Championship Tournament here and it was an all-release format with over 70 teams from around the world. Four days of fishing resulted in over 500 Striped Marlin released. That works out to an average for two fish per boat per day, which was the average I reported last week. The top boat for any one day had 11 releases and many of them had three or four with a couple of boats having seven or eight. Of course a few boats only had one release for four days, but that fishing. The areas the fish were caught remained the same as last week with the biggest concentration just off shore up at Punta Gorda, around the 50-100 fathom line. The difference from last week was that this week the big concentration of Mackerel schools were gone; there were just small bait balls in the area so it was had to catch live bait. One boat did get a Blue Marlin estimated at #250 pounds and released it after a two hour fight on #30 test line. Unfortunately the bite died off the day after the tournament ended. We were still seeing Marlin all over the place but they were not hungry. Hopefully they will start biting again soon.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This is a repeat of last week’s section. Once again there were football sized fish showing up under the Dolphin, but not every pod held fish and not all the fish found would bite. When they did it was not uncommon to limit out on Tuna in the 10-25 pound range. Most of the fish were found near the temperature break south of the cape about 25 miles, where the water was a bit bumpy. There were nice fish holding on the Gorda Banks as well, but they were very picky fish. Nice Yellowfin from 30 to 100 pounds could be seen busting the water but the only anglers having any luck on them were the Panga fishermen out of San Jose who were there at gray light in the morning and using Sardinas for bait on #60 fluorocarbon leader.
DORADO: Very few Dorado this week and they were not very large. With 70 tournament boats fishing four days, on day one only 8 Dorado were caught, and most of them were less than 10 pounds. We should see more action as the water continues to warm.
WAHOO: No change from last week’s report. Wahoo were out there this week and there were still a number of them caught out at Punta Gorda and around the inner Gorda Banks and the Red Hill area. A few of the fish caught went to 80 pounds and there were a lot of surprised anglers when they checked lures and found that there was nothing at the leader, a Wahoo had sliced through the leader and taken the lure without them even noticing. Dark colored lures in Petrelero and Green/Black seemed to be a favorite.
INSHORE: Mixed action on Roosterfish, small Dorado, Skipjack Tuna, Jack Crevalle and a few Sierra, with an occasional nice sized Grouper tossed in. I saw a couple of Grouper in the 60-80 pound class that were taken this week, one on a slab yo-yo’d in 80’ of water and the other on a live bait at around the same depth. Almost all the action was on the Sea of Cortez side since the Pacific was so rough and cold.
NOTES: This week’s report was written to the music of Blue Oyster Cult on their self titled 1972 debut album “Blue Oyster Cult”, just a bit before their full “rock” image music. Until next week, enjoy the music of the world and have “Tight Lines” whenever you get out! |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MAY 9-15, 2005
WEATHER: Day time highs in the mid to low 90’s and night time lows in the high 60’s have us feeling pretty good right now, and it’s really nice to have the humidity low! We ended up with a little overcast at the end of the week, nothing heavy and nothing that should bring any rain. Most of the week the wind was out of the north-west and it picked up a bit in the afternoons.
WATER: This week the water conditions were almost a repeat of last weeks. The Pacific side of the cape is still much cooler than the Cortez side with the average temperature at 67-68 degrees while on the Cortez side the water has been mostly between 74-78 degrees. The temperature break that formed last week along the edge of the California current has stayed there and runs from the light house on the Pacific side in a SSW direction and keeps going for over 40 miles. Surface conditions on the Pacific side have been a bit rough due to the fairly steady NW winds but the Sea of Cortez has been really smooth and with almost no wind chop to be found. Once in a while in the afternoon the wind would shift and come from the SW and then things would chop up, but not often and not for long.
BAIT: Early in the week getting bait was not a problem and mostly it was Caballito at the usual $2 per bait. Later in the week there seemed to be a bit of a problem if you were late getting out and some boats ended up leaving with no bait at all. There were some Sardinas found up at San Jose at the normal $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Striped Marlin remain the fish of the week once again. There was a great concentration of them up to the north on the Cortez side this week, around the Punta Gorda area. At any one time you could see between 60 and 80 boats working the area, and many of them were hooked up. While the Caballito were getting a few fish, most of the boats were having better luck catching their own Mackerel at the site and using them, sort of matching the hatch. Drifting with the live bait, slow trolling them both live and rigged dead worked well, and toward the end of the week there seemed to be a bit of an increase tendency to strike on trolled lures. At the end of the week the fish had either moved closer to home or a new group had come in because things started to take off around the 1150 spot. Not as concentrated as the fish at the Punta Gorda, they were there in numbers strong enough to make it a first stop destination for a lot of the boats. Average Marlin catch for those targeting the fish were two per boat, but many of the boats were releasing four and five per day. Of course there were a few boats that did not catch any, but that is why the stats are called averages!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again there were football sized fish showing up under the Dolphin, but not every pod held fish and not all the fish found would bite. When they did it was not uncommon to limit out on Tuna in the 10-25 pound range. Most of the fish were found near the temperature break south of the cape about 25 miles, where the water was a bit bumpy. There were nice fish holding on the Gorda Banks as well, but they were very picky fish. Nice Yellowfin from 30 to 100 pounds could be seen busting the water but the only anglers having any luck on them were the Panga fishermen out of San Jose who were there at gray light in the morning and using “Chilwillies” they caught themselves.
DORADO: Still not a happening fish, there are a few more of them showing up every week. As the water continues to warm they should start to come on strong. There were fish found this week mixed in with the Yellowfin at the temperature break, and there were still fish found out at the 1,000 fathom line on the Cortez side of the cape. These Dorado averaged 15 pounds and were striking bright colored lures.
WAHOO: Wahoo were out there this week and there were still a number of them caught out at Punta Gorda and around the inner Gorda Banks and the Red Hill area. A few of the fish caught went to 80 pounds and there were a lot of surprised anglers when they checked lures and found that there was nothing at the leader, a Wahoo had sliced through the leader and taken the lure without them even noticing. Dark colored lures in Petrelero and Green/Black seemed to be a favorite.
INSHORE: There was not a lot of change in the inshore fishing, there are still a few Sierra being found on the Pacific side of the cape and a few Roosterfish as well. Everyone I talked to that had been Panga fishing said that they had good action, and pretty steady at that on a good mix of fish, with no one fish showing exceptionally strong.
NOTES: I am going to be pretty busy this week since we are having the Roles/IGFA Championship Tournament in Cabo this coming week. Four days of fishing for 74 teams from around the world. You had to have won a qualifying tournament to be invited and it is a billfish release tournament on 30 pound line. It is being filmed by the Outdoor Network for an hour special later in the season. I don’t get to fish it but will be running the video boat if things don’t change. Sure is a good thing the Marlin fishing has been so good, now we are keeping our fingers crossed that it continues to stay good. This week the report was written to the music of Pink Floyd off the 1996 Capitol CD “Relics”. Until next week, Tight Lines! |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MAY 2-8, 2005
WEATHER: We continued to have northwest winds this week and that meant there was only one day with partly cloudy skies. No rain fell on us and our daytime highs were in the low 90’s with night time lows in the mid 70’s. Sunny skies with cool mornings and evenings, low humidity, it just makes me feel good!
WATER: The California current has kept the water on the Pacific side of the cape cold with most of the area between 64 and 68 degrees, at least until the San Jaime where the water warmed up to 70-71 degrees. On the Cortez side of the cape the water has been much warmer with a ridge of water in the 77 degree range running from the Gorda to the 95 spot and then to the southeast. The strong California current has been at around 2 knots and collapsed the small hook of warm water we had just to the south so that now we just have a 5 mile wide band of warm water along the coast toward San Jose for about 5 miles. Elsewhere on the Cortez side the water has been in the mid 70’s. The Pacific side has been rough and the Cortez side to the east of the 95 spot has been decent, but a bit lumpy.
BAIT: There were Caballito available at the normal $2 per bait and if you went up toward San Jose early in the morning there was a chance of getting Sardinas at $20 per bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Still the fish of the week, the bite on Striped Marlin has been improving. Most of the fish have been holding in the warmer water on the Cortez side out toward the 95 spot or up the coast past the Gorda Banks area, up around Punta Gorda. Between one and four fish have been caught per boat with a pretty even mix between live bait and lure caught fish.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Football Tuna in among the Dolphin were a fairly common catch this week and there were a few larger fish found as well, fish up to 30 pounds. Still none of the #100 fish showing up, but hopefully they will be here soon. A few fish were caught in the blind this week but most of them were associated with the Dolphin. Feathers in dark colors and cedar plugs worked well when the fish were found.
DORADO: The best bite on Dorado this week was on the Cortez side out around the 1000 fathom curve. There were strong current lines and rips in the area and they had the fish excited and feeding heavily. As the water has warmed up there have been more flying fish in the area and there were good concentrations of them out at the drop. This also bodes well for a showing of Blue Marlin soon!
WAHOO: There was a pretty fair pick on the Wahoo this week but most of the fish were found up around the Punta Gorda area by boats fishing for Marlin. The Gorda Banks had fish showing up there as well and Mackerel Scad rigged with a short wire bite leader and dropped to around 100 feet caught some nice fish for a few boats slow trolling them on the east side of the inner Gorda.
INSHORE: Most of the inshore bite was close to home with a half dozen decent Sierra per boat, fish to 8 pounds. There were also Jack Crevalle mixed in with them. A Roosterfish bite occurred of the beach at San Cristobal for a day or so with fish to 35 pounds being caught, but the wind only allowed for a few hours in the morning before the water became too rough to stay. There are big concentrations of Mullet moving into the area so hopefully the Roosterfish bite will pick up soon.
NOTES: Like I said last week, the fishing continues to improve. That’s a good thing and we hope it continues. This weeks report was written to a mix of songs off the internet, almost all of them blues by Sam “Lightnin” Hopkins, the legendary Texas bluesman. Until next week, Tight Lines! |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT APRIL 25-May 1, 2005
WEATHER: The wind this week was pretty steady from the northwest and that meant that we had a dust haze hanging over Cabo all week long. You could really notice it from the ocean; I had clients ask if that was smog. Thank goodness, not yet! There were a few scattered clouds at the beginning of the week but the rest of the week it was warm and sunny. Friday and Saturday were probably two of the most perfect weather days we have had here in a long time. The daytime temperatures were around the mid 80’s and our night time lows were right at the low 70’s and there was almost no humidity. Of course we had no rain this week!
WATER: Once again the water on the Pacific side was consistently colder than the Sea of Cortez. Pacific temps were mostly in the 67-69 degree range with a little spot of warmer 71 degree water just off the beach up toward Migraino at the end of the week. If you followed a direct line to the southeast following the direction of the coast from the Pacific edge you would be following a temperature break where it warmed to 71-72 degrees, out to a distance of 20 miles. There has been a little hook formed by the warm water that has this break as the western edge, inside the temp’s drop a couple of degrees and it warms up again right around the 95 Spot. There was a ridge of warm water running from the northeast to the southwest in the Sea of Cortez from the Gorda Banks to and past the 1150 this week and the water was right around 74-75 degrees. Surface conditions on the Pacific were pretty choppy all week long but on the Cortez side it was nice.
BAIT: There were Caballito available at the normal $2 per bait and if you went up toward San Jose early in the morning there was a chance of getting Sardinas at $20 per bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: For the third or fourth week in a row Striped Marlin have taken the top spot as fish of the week. While not biting with the same amount of enthusiasm as they were last week, they are still out there and almost every boat is getting one a day hooked up. As the week came and went the concentration of fish has moved closer to us. At the beginning of the week there was a heavy concentration up on Punta Gorda and at the head of the San Jose canyon, right off the beach at San Jose. At the end of the week they were a bit more scattered, but there were strong showings between Red Hill, off the Westin, and all the way to just outside the arches. While the fish were there in large numbers, getting them to eat was a problem. One of the best methods early in the week was to pull up to where the fish were concentrated, find the bait on the fish-finder them make bait on the spot. While we were getting Caballito from the bait guys here in Cabo, it seemed that most of the Marlin were feeding on Mackerel. With fresh mackerel as bait, slow trolling the area or deep dropping the bait resulted in quick hook-ups. At the end of the week the Mackerel seemed to have scattered and better results were had slow trolling dead bait through the area. Oh, the best location for the Stripers was within 5 miles of shore! That’s right, where the water was nice and flat! It was a good week for Marlin, all things considered.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Most of the Yellowfin caught this week were footballs, and as a surprise, most of them were caught in the blind. There were very large pods of Porpoise found in the cooler waters on the Pacific side out around the Golden Gate and San Jaime banks, but there were very few Tuna caught around them. Most of the Yellowfin caught were found within 5 miles of shore, from the Lighthouse on the Pacific side to the Red Hill area. The mix was about 60% Skipjack and Bonito and about 40% Yellowfin and the Yellowfin averaged 8-10 pounds, like I said, football fish. Small dark colored feathers and hootchies worked on these fish.
DORADO: Same as last week, some Dorado were found this week but they were found mixed in with the football Tuna. There were not the numbers caught that were found last week though, and some of the fish were a bit larger. I talked with one Captain that said one Dorado they caught was at least 50 pounds.
WAHOO: Unlike last week, I did see a Wahoo this week, at least for a short time. We had a strike on the short rigger on Thursday and I was watching when the estimated #70 Wahoo hit and started screaming out line. We got the lure back after loosing 100 yards on the first run. The leader was cut up a bit, as were the skirts, but it sure woke everyone up! I was hearing of other boats on the Radio that were getting an occasional bite as well. Almost all the action was taking place in the same areas as the Marlin.
INSHORE: The Sierra action picked up at the end of the week with a good concentration of fish found just off the beach on the Pacific side, from just north of the lighthouse to the Pedregal area. Working with small Rapallas in bright colors, Sierra from 4 to 8 pounds were making all the Panga anglers happy. If you were in the middle of the schools early there was a chance of getting 15 of these great tasting fish (I know several Pangas that did it) but most of the boats were happy with a half dozen or so, with a few Jack Crevalle mixed in. There have been a few Roosterfish caught as well and that is not surprising as we are seeing more Mullet in the area now.
NOTES: All right, things are looking up! The fishing continues to improve, slowly but steadily. With the water warming up it should not be long before we start to get showings of Blue and Black Marlin as well as more Dorado and Yellowfin. There were giant Humboldt Squid this week as well, for those that were looking for something different, all you had to do to find them was look for concentrations of Seagulls, then drop down a bait fillet or squid jig and work the spot. This weeks report was written to the music of surf guitarist Dick Dale on his newest CD, “Spacial Disorientation”. Until next week, Tight lines! |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT APRIL 18-24, 2005
WEATHER: It is the time of year when we have varied winds, sometimes from the east, sometimes the west and sometimes no wind at all. It seemed this week that we had a little bit of everything and there was no predicting from which direction it might blow, if it did. The majority of the time it was from the north or west so there was always nice water on the Sea of Cortez side. Our daytime highs have been rising and at the end of the week we were seeing the low 90’s during the middle of the day. We had a little rise in the humidity as well. The evening lows were in the mid 60’s.
WATER: Water temps on the Pacific side were varied depending on where you were at the end of the week. We had cool water up around the Jaime and Golden Gate Banks, mostly in the 67-68 degree range and a finger of cool water directly to the south of us as well. The warmer water was on the Cortez side of the Cape with water ranging from 72 to 78 degrees. There were few sharp temperature boundaries; the change was spread over a fairly large area for the most part with the exception of directly to the south where there was a distinct break of 4 degrees early in the week. Water conditions were good almost all week long but it was just a bit uncomfortable on the Pacific side early in the week. For most of the week conditions on the Sea of Cortez were nice, more like being on a lake.
BAIT: There were Caballito available at the normal $2 per bait and if you went up toward San Jose early in the morning there was a chance of getting Sardinas at $20 per bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Once again Striped Marlin took first place as the fish of the week. Much like the action several months ago, we had a large group of fish move into the area and while they started out close to home, the main concentration of them was up around the Gorda Banks and Punta Gorda. From just off the beach to 6 miles out early in the week, the bite was on with lots of Marlin being seen and quite a few being hooked up. There has been a lot of squid in the area so lures in the petrelero color were particularly effective, as was dead bait. As the week progressed the main concentration was found a bit farther north and then the action went almost wide open. Most of the boats going the distance returned with up to six flags flying and almost everyone was able to catch and release two or three. I fished off of the 1150 last Sunday, just before this reporting period and went 4 for 5 on Marlin while on a Tuna hunt. I went again on Wednesday and brought up over 2 dozen fish, with 15 of them into the lures while working 4 miles to the southeast of the Outer Gorda. Great fishing this week!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: At the end of the week there were some football Tuna found, after a long absence. Most of the fish were to the south of the Cape, and around the area to the south of the San Jaime. Spotting the Porpoise was the key, as usual, and the catch ranged from one to 8 fish per boat, with the fish mostly in the 10-20 pound class. Small feather in dark colors and small dark hootchies worked best on these fish.
DORADO: Some Dorado were found this week but strangely enough, they were found mixed in with the football Tuna. Almost every boat that returned with a Tuna flag had Dorado as well, and the fish were between 10 and 15 pounds.
WAHOO: I didn’t see a Wahoo this week but did see a few flags flying. With the concentration of Marlin close to shore and around the Gorda Banks that comes as no surprise; the surprise is that there were not more of them caught.
INSHORE: There was no change in the inshore report this week; it was a repeat of last week’s action. The Sierra action moved back to the Pacific side of the Cape this week but it was not easy, most of the Pangas were scratching to get a half dozen of the good eating fish in the boat. There was action on Jack Crevalle and small Roosterfish as well as some decent Pargo, but no wide open bite on any one species. With the Marlin moving in close to the beach at the end of the week, many of the Pangs were focusing on them.
NOTES: The water is warming up and the fishing is improving as it happens. We are returning to summertime weather and hopefully summertime fishing as well! This weeks report was written to the blues music of the Carvin Jones Band from the 2000 CD “I Walked All Night Long”. Thank you Charlie! Until next week, Tight Lines! |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT APRIL 11-17, 2005
WEATHER: The wind died early in the week and our weather started to improve right away. At the end of the week the wind was blowing just a little at night and that kept the bugs down. Our night time lows were in the mid to high 60’s and our day time highs were in the mid to high 80’s.
WATER: On the Pacific side of the Cape the water continued to remain a little on the cool side with temperatures in the high 60’s. The warmer water was on the Sea of Cortez with water staying in the low 70’s. 30 miles to the south the water warmed then the edge ran past the 95 spot as the warm water approached the Cape. Surface conditions on both sides of the Cape were good this week with calmer water on the Cortez side.
BAIT: Mostly Caballito this week with a few Mackerel at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Strange to say, I have to pick Striped Marlin as the fish of the week. The bite did not turn on until Friday, but then you did not have to travel far to find the fish. Most of the action was within 7 miles of the shore on the Cortez side of the Cape from Gray Rock to Gorda Banks. Almost every boat came in flying at least one Marlin flag and those that were not flying one had plain bad luck, most likely hooking their fish and then losing it. I fished on Sunday and went four for five on the Stripers, with the fish averaging right around 110 pounds. Catch results on artificial lures and live bait was mixed an almost even 50/50. There was little action early in the week unless you were very lucky. Our fingers are crossed that the action continues this week!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Very few fish were to be found and those that were found were football size mixed in with Porpoise, and most of the action was either to the south or close to shore on the Pacific side of the Cape.
DORADO: This is a repeat of last week! The few Dorado found this week were almost all associated with floating debris or small kelp fronds. The fish ranged from 10 pounds (and a few even smaller) to 25-30 pounds, but they were scarce. My guesstimate is there may have been one Dorado caught for every 15 boats. Naturally a few boats caught multiple fish, but they were the exception and very lucky.
WAHOO: There were a few fish caught, but with all the boats that were working for Marlin close to shore that was no surprise. The fish that were caught were in the 30-40 pound range.
INSHORE: The Sierra action moved back to the Pacific side of the Cape this week but it was not easy, most of the Pangas were scratching to get a half dozen of the good eating fish in the boat. There was action on Jack Crevalle and small Roosterfish as well as some decent Pargo, but no wide open bite on any one species. With the Marlin moving in close to the beach at the end of the week, many of the Pangs were focusing on them.
NOTES: Once again it was a mostly “miss” kind of week for the fishing here. Thank goodness that the Marlin showed at the end of the week or there would have been nothing to write about! As it is, this is probably the shortest fish report I have done since Hurricane Juliet! I hope things improve in the coming week, but even if it does not, I’d rather be on the water than on the beach! This weeks report was written to the 1991 Warner Bros. release of their self-titled album, “Fourplay”. |
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT APRIL 4-10, 2005
WEATHER: This week started out just great as far as weather went, but it sure ended up on a windy note. In a continuation of last weeks weather, every day through Thursday was just fine with light breezes in the afternoons and daytime highs in the mid 80’s with night time lows in the high 60’s. On Friday the wind began and it blew all the way through Sunday morning. Coming from the north-west, it was a steady 12-15 knots and dropped the temperature about 10 degrees at night. On Sunday morning I registered 60 degrees at my house! Heck, I was just thinking about hooking up the air conditioner on Wednesday! No rain of course, we don’t expect to get any this time of year.
WATER: The week ended with rough water on the Pacific side all the way to the south, due to the wind. Even in front of Cabo it was rough and didn’t calm down until you were a little way up the Sea of Cortez. Once past the 95 spot outside or Punta Ballena on the inside the water mellowed out quite a bit. The Pacific side was cold with water ranging from the mid 60’s to high 60’s. On the Cortez side it was a bit warmer up to the 1150 and Gorda Banks areas, and then it jumped to 75 degrees.
BAIT: There was no problem getting bait this week, only it was mostly Mackerel, with a few Caballito, and they were the usual $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: What Marlin action we had this week was all Striped Marlin. I was fishing last Sunday and another Captain had a Blue Marlin he estimated at #400 nail a lure and they were able to get several jumps out of him, but that was the only non-Striper I heard of. The few Marlin that were found were either fairly close to Cabo, and I mean within three miles of the shore on the Cortez side, or way up north on the Cortez, up in the East Cape area, 60 miles away. Those fish (the East Cape ones) were just a rumor, I know a couple of boats that went up there looking for them, but have not heard back from them yet. Supposedly the action up there was as good as we had it here two months ago! Close to home there were fish sighted, but they were not in a very hungry mood for the most part.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I find it almost unbelievable that for the third week in a row I could almost repeat word for word the Yellowfin section. Find the Porpoise and you had a shot at Yellowfin. The fish were not large, mostly in the 10-15 pound range with a few smaller and a few larger ones. It took small lures to get them; most of the boats that were successful were jigging hootchies in pink or root beer colors, three inches long. Maybe they were matching the small squid in the area or perhaps there were red crab, but that was almost the only thing that worked. If you did find the Porpoise that were holding fish, you had to work them hard! There were larger fish spotted on the Gorda Banks, Tuna in the 80 pound class, but no one I am aware of had any luck with them except a few of the Pangas from La Playita in San Jose. Those Pangas were able to get Sardinas for bait and were n the banks at gray light in the morning.
DORADO: The few Dorado found this week were almost all associated with floating debris or small kelp fronds. The fish ranged from 10 pounds (and a few even smaller) to 25-30 pounds, but they were scarce. My guesstimate is there may have been one Dorado caught for every 15 boats. Naturally a few boats caught multiple fish, but they were the exception and very lucky.
WAHOO: A few boats had luck on Wahoo, and it was luck, not skill since they were not targeting the fish. The best catch I heard of this week was three fish on one trip, tow of them at #30 and one at #70. For the rest of the boats, there was maybe one Wahoo strike per 20 boats, and one fish caught for 50 boats. Gives you an idea, huh?
INSHORE: There were scattered Sierra schools this week, most of them found on the Cortez side of the Cape but there was decent action as well on the Pacific early in the week before the wind blew up. The fish were averaging 4 pounds with a few to 8 pounds. Good colors were yellow and chartreuse. Some great Pargo action happened around the rocky points for the boats willing to get right in there, and there was good Snapper action as well in water from 150 to 250 feet deep. Some small Roosterfish action happened also, nothing great but there were scattered fish in the 5-15 pound range.
NOTES: Last week I said it was a hit or miss kind of week for fishing, this week I would have to say it was mostly miss. If I could only predict what the fishing would be like I might be rich, as it is I just report how it was. With hindsight I would have to say that I personally would have stayed home the last three days of the week rather than go fishing, but hey, some boats did all right. Our fingers and toes are crossed that the fishing improves soon, and hopefully the wind will die down as well, it is Sunday morning now and it looks like it is starting to slacken off a bit! This weeks report was written to the music of Van Morrison on his 1990 Polydor release “The Best of Van Morrison”. Thanks folks, and until next week, Tight Lines!
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 28-APRIL 3, 2005
WEATHER: We had great weather this week, almost no wind and calm seas. There were some small swells from the north-west and some wind swell from the east once you were to the south of the Cape, but it was very comfortable. Oh, except for a slight chop in the afternoon close to home. Our daytime highs were in the mid to low 80’s while the night time lows were in the mid 60’s.
WATER: Cold water at the end of the week on the Pacific side from just south of the San Jaime Banks on up, the water stayed in the mid 60’s from 10 miles south of the Banks and up to 5 miles from the coast. In close to the coast it warmed up by a few degrees. Due south the water was 68 to 70 degrees and to the east there was a pocket of cold water in the mid 60’s that formed early in the week and got pinched off with a northern movement of the warm water to the south. This pocket of cool water was in the mid 60’s. Elsewhere on the east side the water remained 68-70 degrees until you got 30 miles off shore, then it was 71-73 degrees. There was a pretty well defined temperature break on the Pacific side south of the San Jaime and that break held some floating kelp, these paddies were scattered along the break and occasionally worked loose of the line and eventually formed up to the south of the Cape.
BAIT: There was no problem getting bait this week, only it was Caballito, nice size ones, and they were the usual $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: While still not being caught in large numbers, the fish have moved closer to home. There was a concentration of Striped Marlin within 7 miles of the lighthouse on the Pacific side this week, lots of jumpers in there but they were difficult to catch. Lucky boats were able to get hooked up to one that stayed hooked, sometimes to several, others were just able to get some line stripped from the reels. Luck was pretty evenly split between lures and live bait, some of the guys think that there is so much giant squid in the area that the Marlin are full and don’t have to work that hard for food. There were Swordfish sighted this week again, but I did not hear of anyone catching them. There may have been some landed though, some of the boats did night-time fishing this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Wow, I am just going to repeat what I wrote last week! Look for the Porpoise and if you get lucky there will be Tuna mixed in. That was the key for this week, and the key word there is “lucky”. Many of the Porpoise pods found did not have any Tuna with them, so you often had to try and find as many pods as possible. Those fish that were caught were mostly in the 10-15 pound range with a few to 40 pounds. Cedar plugs and feathers worked and boats that were able to get a good bite going found themselves able to catch a limit. Other boats, not so lucky, ended up a trip with just one Tuna in the box.
DORADO: The kelp finally moved to the south of the San Jaime and into the warmer waters, there were a fair number of Dorado, some of them very nice fish, found under a few paddies. Most of the fish were small ones, from 6 pounds and up. The problem was finding a paddy that held fish! You might work a couple of dozen of them, and they were mostly small ones, before you found one that had fish under it. Getting hit on a lure was a start, but most of the boats had better luck soaking live bait around them.
WAHOO: Wow, we had the best day I have seen in a long time on Wednesday as far as the Wahoo catch is concerned! One boat found a big kelp and there must have been several dozen big Wahoo, ranging in size from 60 to 105 pounds taken from it. A few other smaller kelps in the area kicked out a few fish as well. For the rest of the week there were scattered fish found here and there under kelp as well as along the drop offs on the Cortez side of the Cape.
INSHORE: There were scattered Sierra schools this week, most of them found on the Cortez side of the Cape. The fish were averaging 4 pounds with a few to 8 pounds. Good colors were yellow and chartreuse. A few decent bottom fish were caught as well but most of the Pangas were working offshore since the water was in great condition.
NOTES: It was a hit or miss kind of week fishing, not a lot of fish for most of the boats and a few of them were very lucky and really got into the Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo. I would venture a guess that an average catch for the week was a Marlin and maybe a Dorado or a Tuna per boat, or a couple of each except for Marlin. There are still Humpback whales out there but they are continuing to thin out. This weeks report was written to the sounds of Jimmy Buffet on the 1990 MCA release “Feeding Frenzy”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 21-27, 2005
WEATHER: One day the wind blows, the next day there is no wind. This is typical weather for Cabo this time of year but it can make for interesting fishing, for sure! Thankfully most of the week the wind was tolerable, blowing from the north-west or the west and not coming from the south or east. No rain this week and our day time highs were around the low 80’s with the night time lows around the low to mid 60’s.
WATER: Every day that the wind blew the conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape began to erode. If the wind blew for two days, the second day became “Victory at Sea” kind of conditions. With the cold water being pushed into our area by the currents from the north, most of the fish were looking for warmer water anyway so most of the boats ended up fishing to the east or north on the Sea of Cortez. In those areas the surface conditions were much better and the water was warmer. On the Pacific, the cold 67 degree water extended from the shore and out past the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks. Along with being cold, the water was green. On the Cortez side the water close to shore was warmer, mostly in the 70-72 degree range and blue.
BAIT: This was a hard week for getting bait. Some of the bait Pangas limited their customers to 5 baits per day in an attempt to keep everyone happy. What was available was brought in from San Jose and was available at $2 per bait, mostly Mackerel.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin are still shy, but I had a customer this week that fished for 12 hours for two days and managed to release two Striped Marlin and one Blue Marlin, along with having shots at a few more fish. All of his action, along with all the Marlin action that I heard of came from the Cortez side of the Cape and happened close to shore, actually within 5 miles for the Striped, and 30 miles out for the Blue. What a lot of the guys have been looking for this past week were Swordfish. With the water cool and green to the Pacific side and the south, there have been quite a few of them sighted and a few hooked up. Never here in any large numbers, this is the time of year we start seeing them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Look for the Porpoise and if you get lucky there will be Tuna mixed in. That was the key for this week, and the key word there is “lucky”. Many of the Porpoise pods found did not have any Tuna with them, so you often had to try and find as many pods as possible. Those fish that were caught were mostly in the 10-15 pound range with a few to 40 pounds. Cedar plugs and feathers worked and boats that were able to get a good bite going found themselves able to catch a limit. Other boats, not so lucky, ended up a trip with just one Tuna in the box.
DORADO: Again the floating Kelp was the key to a good Dorado catch, but the currents were not taking much of it to the warmer Cortez side. We found a lot of small paddies in the current lines at the San Jaime Banks, but with the water cold and green there were no fish associated with them. Dorado that were found were on the Cortez side and most of them ranged from 6-20 pounds.
WAHOO: The Wahoo bite improved a bit this last week, but there were still not a lot of them caught. The full moon on the 25th may have had something to do with the improved bite; it seems to happen that way. Most of the fish were 25-35 pounds but a few were reported at 80-90 pounds. Dark colored lures run very long, I mean back on the 12th wake, did very well on Wahoo, as did Marauders run close to the boat.
INSHORE: Just as last week, the Sierra continued to move around. Most of the fish have been 4-8 pounds and now have been found on the Cortez side of the Cape, the green water on the Pacific pushed them around. Along with Sierra there has been a good bite on Skipjack to 10 pounds along with some small Dorado. For anglers working the bottom or mid depths there have been a few nice Pargo and Amberjack mixed in and only a few Grouper and Yellowtail. Next to the beach a few small Roosterfish have been found as well with sizes mostly around 5-8 pounds
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NOTES: I have not seen any Gray Whales this week and have seen only a few Humpbacks. The fish have been scattered and not here in great numbers so having the Whales around made things better, now we have to be satisfied with the Porpoise! Having the Swordfish begin to show makes every trip more interesting, as this is probably the premier billfish available. Catching one of them is like winning the lottery! This weeks report was written to the music of Boz Scaggs on the 1994 Virgin Records release “Some Change”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 14-20, 2005
WEATHER: The winds that we started the week with disappeared mid-week and as of now the weather is great! No clouds to speak of, daytime in the high 70’s and night time in the low 60’s, just about perfect. No rain this week, wow, two weeks in a row, maybe we are getting back to normal?
WATER: As the wind disappeared so did the choppy conditions that we began the week with. There are still some decent swells on the Pacific side, and occasionally a wind line, but there is almost pool-table like conditions on the Cortez side of the Cape. Green water close to shore and extending out 15 miles in places on the Pacific side, almost to the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks and it was in the 66-67 degree range, warmer at the end of the week. Once past the cool green water the temperature rose to hit 72 degrees and the water became blue. The cool water wrapped around the Cape in a band that extended north up the Sea of Cortez almost all the way up the East Cape, getting warmer as it went. This band was 15 miles wide as well, with the warmer waters well past the 95 spot and the 1150. At the end of the week the cool water band was getting pinched off at the tip of the Cape as an eddy of warm water pushed our way.
BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for the bait of the month, Pacific Mackerel, and there were some small Caballito in the mix. The bait guys were saying that it has been hard to get any good bait this week.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin continue to be shy and most seem to have taken a vacation. There were a few caught this week but I would have to say that the success rate was around 20-25 percent. Most of the fish caught were on live bait dropped back to Marlin appearing in the lure pattern, but the fish that did come in were often hungry enough that they got hooked on the lure before a bait reached them. Quite a few of the Marlin have been found mixed in with the Porpoise and Tuna and most of the action was due south or on the Cortez side of the Cape.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again the fish of the week, there still have not been a lot of big ones caught. Watching the fish landed and listening to the reports on the radio it seems that the larger fish are pushing 40 pounds while the averages are around 10-15 pounds. They have been found with Porpoise and without Porpoise. Around the San Jaime Banks there were fish caught on blind strikes right along the edges of the drops, elsewhere Porpoise were the key. We metered good fish almost every day when we found the Porpoise, but they have been shy and have been staying 150 feet down. Dropping live bait on them worked if you were able to get the line of travel guessed correctly.
DORADO: What a change from last week! I almost decided to call the Dorado the fish of the week, but while the action was hot, it died off a bit at the tail end. The thing that changed so much from last week was the appearance of scattered clumps of kelp brought to us on the currents from the northern Baja. Anything larger than a single strand seemed to hold fish and the first boats to the kelp really loaded up. Live bait worked well and after the fish became scattered, tossing chunks out brought them together again. The fish ranged from 6-20 pounds.
WAHOO: There were a few Wahoo caught this week, and they were associated with the kelp as well. Most of the fish were 20-25 pounds and there were not very many of them.
INSHORE: Inshore fishing continues to be a bit confusing. There are still plenty of Sierra around but the schools have been moving around a lot. The Yellowtail bite that we expected to have started by now just hasn’t happened yet. With the calming of the seas the chance to bottom fish has improved and that has shown in the inshore catches as more Pargo and Grouper, as well as Amberjack and Jack Crevalle were landed.
NOTES: The Whales are beginning to move back north and we are seeing fewer every trip. It is spring break and the town and beaches are filled with students. I was feeling a bit funky today and listened to a bit of jazz while writing this report. I was tapping my toes instead of my fingers on the keyboard, maybe that is one of the reasons this report is a bit brief! Check out (if you can find it) the 1963 Polygram release called “Jazz Samba” with Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 7-13, 2005
WEATHER: We had a week with no rain! At least here in Cabo that is. I saw some dark clouds in the middle of the week and it looked as if they may have been dropping rain in the mountains. Our local weather was fairly normal for March with the week starting out windy and ending windy but with some beautiful warm summer-like day between. Night time lows were in the high 50’s and daytime highs came up to the high 70’s
WATER: The water temperatures on the Pacific side of the Cape were cooler this week with water out to 15 miles in the 67-68 degree range. Once past that it warmed up a few degrees. This stream of cool water wrapped around the Cape and extended out to near the 1150 and Cabrillo Seamount, warming slightly as it went. The cool water was slightly green in color and there was a fairly well defined color break during the middle of the week. Along with the cool water there were some pretty good sized swells as a result of the wind that started blowing from the NW. The conditions were choppy enough that a few boats returned early with seasick clients. On the Cortez side of the Cape things were a bit different as the Cape protected the water from the Pacific swell. Things did get choppy in the afternoon though as the wind kicked into high gear around noon every day. There was a lot of warm water at the end of the week between San Jose and Cabo that extended out to almost the 1150 spot, this water was in the 71-72 degree range.
BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for the bait of the month, Pacific Mackerel.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Hmm, it was a confusing week for Billfish. The Striped Marlin seemed to have taken a vacation as few boats were able to find fish willing to bite, or any fish at all for that matter. A few were found on the Pacific side at the color break, about 15-18 miles south of the lighthouse. I heard that one boat caught a Black Marlin of around #700, but I had no confirmation of that or any other information. A few of the Captains I have spoken to have told me that this cool water coming in close to shore on the Pacific should bring in some Swordfish so I am looking forward to that possibility.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change this week from last week on the location and sizes of Yellowfin Tuna. They were definitely the fish of the week, or at least the Pelagic fish of the week, as if a boat was flying a flag the chances were almost 90% that it was a white one. The Tuna were found both on the Pacific side of the Cape and also due south. All the fish were associated with Porpoise and while most of them were 10-15 pound footballs there were fish to #80 caught. Feathers in dark colors worked for the football fish and the school fish, most of the larger Tuna were caught by boats dropping live bait ahead of the moving schools, waiting for the fish to pass under them.
DORADO: Cool water moving in on the beach on the Pacific has chased almost all the Dorado away from the area; the few fish that were caught this week were from the warm water between San Jose and Cabo. There were not many of them, and they were not large, but at least they were hungry!
WAHOO: ?
INSHORE: The co-fish of the week are the Sierra. The schools keep moving around but the action this week was happening on the Pacific side up around Migraino. Of course there were the wind and swells to contend with, but the action was steady on fish averaging 5 pounds but with a few going to 10 pounds. There was little if any bottom fish action on the Pacific this week but the bite was fair on the Cortez side for Snapper, Grouper and Amberjack. There were a few Yellowtail reported from the Arch and Gray Rock as well.
NOTES: The Marines have been stopping every boat leaving the Marina in the morning, checking that all papers are in order. The fishery guys are there as well as the Port Captain and all boats, charter as well as private, are being checked to ensure that the temporary importation papers, insurance papers, Captains license, mates license, boats fishing license and individual fishing licenses are on board. If you were missing any of them you were turned around and sent back. They have been checking the boats almost every day for the past few weeks, ever since the federal government decided that the fishing license revenue would stay in the state of origin. With that said, it was a perfect time to move the fishing license office. Originally at the Marina near the main dock they had moved to the middle of town in the same building as the museum. That was convenient as the Papalaria (to buy the needed Form-5’s at and make copies) was just 100 feet away and there were two banks (where you needed to go and pay for the licenses) within two blocks. Just when it seemed they had everything dialed in they decided to move the office, and of course there was no notice, no message on the door of the old office and no sign on the new one! The new office is across the street from the hotel “Mar de Cortez” on the second floor, above the internet place. Oh, and now you can’t pay at the bank, you have to go to the state office of finance at the other end of town. Sigh. This weeks report was written to the music of the Doobies on the 1976 Warner release “Best of the Doobies”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6, 2005
WEATHER: Once again we are in the zone, the weather zone that is! I don’t really know what to think about the weather we have been having since the beginning of the year. Almost every week but one so far we have had some kind of rain. This week it was just a sprinkle on Friday, but we have been overcast almost all week long. This is not a bad thing as it has been very good for the plants, but for everyone visiting it has been somewhat of a bummer. No sun? Why did we come here if there is no sun? I have heard that a few times this week. About the best I can say is that it sure beats snow and 5 degrees! Our night time lows have been in the high 50’s and the day time highs in the high 70’s. As you can tell from above, most of the week it has been either overcast or mostly cloudy. At the end of the week we had some strong winds blow from the NNW, then it switched just a bit and came from the West.
WATER: As strange as it may seem, things actually changed quite a bit this week, at least as far as the water temperatures were concerned. On the Pacific side of the Cape we had cool water close in to shore, and the temperature there was mostly in the 67-68 degree range. Once you got out to 15 miles the surface temperature picked up to 70 degrees, but the change was over a few miles distance and there was no really defined break. The surface conditions were about what we experienced last week with winds from the northwest causing a swell that was mostly in the 3-5 foot range. At the end of the week, during the weekend, the strong wind caused the surface conditions to be pretty choppy and there were quite a few boats that returned early. On the Sea of Cortez we had surface conditions that were much better with some swell from the Pacific reaching around the Cape but no wind really affecting it. From 10 to 25 miles out there was almost mirror conditions, farther than that the wind went into effect and closer in the currents really changed things around. Out to 10 miles for most of the week there was a fairly strong current causing mixed seas, we saw the same thing last week at the tail end, and thankfully it died off during the middle of this last week.
BAIT: Mackerel, Mackerel, Mackerel, and at the normal $2 per bait. Sometime soon I hope there will be some Sardinas showing up!
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were a few Striped Marlin caught at the beginning of the week and they started biting again at the end of the week, but the three days during the middle of the week were like a holiday for the billfish! I have no idea what was going on, but even if you saw the Marlin on the surface getting them to eat was a case of “mission impossible” for almost everyone. Even the high liner boats were lucky to get a Striped Marlin this week, and of course that made no one happy. As the week came to a close the Marlin were appearing close to shore and tossing a live bait to five fish would result in an average of one getting a mouth around the bait. Most of the action that took place happened within five miles of the beach on the Pacific side and live bait was the key.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change on the Yellowfin Tuna from last week to this week with the exception that they were getting a little bit closer every day. At the end of the week you still had to travel a while, and for most of the boat getting out 25 miles on the Pacific side with the swell out there made for almost a two hour trip. But hey, if Tuna were what you wanted, that is where you needed to be. The fish were not large, most of the fish were in the 10-15 pound range, but fish in the 30-40 pound class were common enough that if you got into them everyone was happy. Of course the fish were associated with the Dolphin and that was the clue to getting Tuna in the boat, be one of the first five boats to the Dolphin and you had a chance. I did talk with a number of anglers whose boats were flying white flags and found that there are a pretty large number of Captains who are flying white flags for Bonita and Skipjack.
DORADO: There were scattered Dorado fairly close to the beach on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. The fish have not been big with the average around 10 pounds, but slow trolling live bait in 100 feet of water ensures a catch. For most of the anglers that is better than coming in skunked.
WAHOO: ?
INSHORE: Sierra action picked back up this week and we are sure happy that it did. If you were fortunate enough to fish with a Captain that knew what was happening there were lots of fish available, and they were decent size with fish ranging from 4 to 10 pounds. Not only Sierra, but the Pargo bite has remained fair and there were decent Grouper and Amberjack being found as well. Most of the bottom fish were being found on the Cortez side of the Cape while the Sierra and Yellowtail (yes, Yellowtail) action was on the Pacific. Yellowtail were not plentiful but there were fish found to 15 pounds by anglers dropping live bait around 60 feet deep off of the rocky points on the Pacific side, or working iron in glow colors in the same areas.
NOTES: I took a lot of heat this week for the report I posted last week, but all I can say if “Bite my %$#!” I report on what happened during the previous week, I don’t try and predict what is going to happen. If the fishing sucked, well, that’s the way it is (or actually, the way it was”. Fishing changes week to week and as a fisherman I have learned to be optimistic. If I offended a few people who say that I am discouraging people from fishing on their vacation. “Mea culpa”. Get over it! I have found that most fishermen appreciate honesty in regards to how things have been, and if you have people contacting you and you are promising them great fishing, I want your crystal ball!! Folks, fishing changes day to day, the Marlin fishing has started to pickup once again, the Tuna are getting closer and if you want to give it a chance don’t let what happened last week make you shy off. That said and done, I have been busy doing work on the “Senor Moment” and have not had a chance to get any driving range practice in. I did get a chance to drive to La Paz on Friday for materials that were not available in Cabo and spent a total of four hours on the road listening to Chet Atkins “The Master and His Music” and Joe Cocker on the CD “Organic”! Great music and I didn’t hit any of the horses, cows or goats along the side and in the middle of the road! My best to all of you and until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 21, 2005
Dan Barrow and his wife along with another couple were our fishermen today and they were really looking forward to getting out on the water. While Marlin was not their primary target, they wanted some fish to eat and if a Marlin came along they would not turn it down! Well, they took off at 7am and headed out to the southeast. The captain of the boat told me that they went 17 miles out and found Porpoise. With no other boats around they had the fish to themselves for a little while, other boats started to show up then. Back in the marina at 12:30 with a full cooler, the action was enough that they were very happy. None of the fish were big ones, the largest of the catch was around 20 pounds, but there were enough of them to fill the fish box. Beside the fishing action they were kept entertained watching the whales and porpoise. Thanks folks, we are glad you had a good time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 22, 2005
I fished on the big boat today with a group here from central California. The object for the day was meat fish as opposed to Marlin. Not a problem I thought, there have been Dorado inshore and we had a chance at finding, or at least hearing of, some Tuna as well. My idea was to head on up the Pacific coast to inside of the Golden Gate Banks area. Well, the two ladies were not sure about their sea legs and the guys were a bit hung over so we decided to try the Cortez side instead. We cruised on out, looking for some indicators and at about 10 miles northeast we found Dolphin. In went the lines and we worked them for almost two hours without a bite. I was metering some fish but not a lot and eventually decided to try the Outer Gorda Bank instead. We cruised over there and man, that spot was just packed with Whales. The ladies got a kick out of it as that was all they really wanted anyway. There was a concentration of Skipjack on the banks and we managed to get everyone hooked up to one of them over 30 minutes and then I got a call from a friend who runs a Panga out of San Jose about some Dorado a little farther up the coast. We trolled in their direction and found the concentration of Pangas. Every one of them was bottom fishing for Pargo, the Dorado bite had been earlier. Thinking that the bits of bait down current of the boats may have attracted some stray fish I made a couple of passes and sure enough, one Dorado of about 15 pounds pounced on a long rigger lure. It didn’t take long for the experienced angler to get the fish to the boat and Marko gaffed the fish and put it in the ice box. Back toward Cabo now as the time was running out. At five miles from the Outer Gorda we spotted a large pod of Dolphin and swung over to them. I metered a few fish and then all of a sudden the school popped up about 250 yards away! Nice fish in the 50 pound range were just pounding bait and then they went down as we were halfway there. With signs like this we stayed for a while! The fish popped up again about 10 minutes later and again went down before we got there. The Dolphin settled down and the fish stayed down for the next half hour, although we were still marking them deep, about 150 feet. They were moving around pretty good and then all of a sudden they were boiling just off out starboard side, not 50 feet away. A hook up was going to happen for sure, right? No way, we even dropped a live Caballito by the boil and did not get a hit. Folks, we tried everything we had. Maybe if we had Sardines we may have gotten hooked up, but even the little silver hootchies did not work. Well, at least everyone had a good time and they knew we had tried so the cruise back home was a smooth one with everyone having gotten to crank on a fish and no one seasick! I am fishing again tomorrow and will let you know what happens then.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 23, 2005
Today on the big boat I had a couple from North Carolina. John helps a friend out on his charter boat and has done a lot of fishing, White Marlin on the east coast, fished Hawaii, Bahamas and now Cabo. Today the search is on for Marlin. One for John would be just great, but if we could manage to find one for his wife, Kim, to fight that would just be an added bonus. The bite yesterday had been out toward the Cabrillo Seamount, almost 40 miles out. We cruised out there and my plan was to stop about five miles short of where the bit had been yesterday and start the search. As we approached the area the water temperature started going up and in went the lines. On the cruise out I had talked to and listen to a few of the other Captains and we agreed to call each other if we found the fish. As we worked our way east a boat north of us hooked up. They quickly released a small Striped Marlin and then another boat hooked up. They lost the fish but I thought, great, we are in the right area! We spotted a small piece if 4x4 floating on the water and as we turned toward it got a knockdown on the stinger line. Marko reeled it in and the rigged Ballyhoo had been stripped off, just the head remained wired on. We worked the area for a while with no other action by anyone, and then I received a call over the radio from my friend Darcy. He said “See the freighter over here. You should get here; it’s going off with a good bite!” That was all I needed to hear and we raced to crank in the lines. Jeff, on one of the other boats had gotten the call as well and it was a sight to see, both of these big boats roaring off past the pack at 30 knots, heading 8 miles to the south. Man, are we glad Darcy called! As soon as we got near we could see the Marlin jumping! At first I thought that Darcy had called us in on Tuna action and these were Dolphin jumping all over the place, but then I realized that they were feeding Marlin! I marked fish from 150 to 200 feet so thick that they liked like a Tuna school. Before we had all the lines in the water we had a double strike. One of them fell off right away but John worked on the second fish, getting it to the boat in about 15 minutes. Now that he had his fish released it was time for Kim to get her shot at one. Once again not all the lures were in the water before we had one come up on the short rigger. Marko dropped back a bait but the fish faded away. With the number of fish were seeing we decided to leave the bait out for a few minutes and sure enough, not three minutes later we were bit! Kim fought the fish from the chair with 30 pound gear. It took her about 30 minutes but she was finally able to whip its butt and Marko grabbed the leader. The hook was in the corner of the jaw and we cut the leader about 5 inches away from the hook. Now we had two fish on the board and both John and Kim had caught one! By this time there were about five boats in the immediate area and everyone was enjoying the same kind of action. By 2:30 most of the boats had turned for home but we stuck with it a while longer, when you cruise at 25 knots that’s allowed! By the time we had to leave we had racked up two Striped Marlin for Kim (I’m not fighting another one, I’m supposed to be the Photographer!), both fought from the chair, and a grand total of seven, yep, count them, seven Striped Marlin for John, all fought stand up style! Four hours of non-stop action with nine Marlin released, and a few more that were hooked then lost. What a day! Thanks John and Kim, you had a chance to enjoy an outstanding day on the water, and Kim, I promised you Whales, didn’t I? If the fishing hadn’t been so good maybe I would have been able to get a little closer to those we saw blowing on the way home. Thanks guys, you were great! I am fishing again the day after tomorrow; I hope that we have some more good luck then. And Darcy, thanks buddy!!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2005
On the big boat today I had Lars and his wife Robin and their friend Rueben. Rueben’s wife was going to come along as well but since she felt a bit queasy after the airplane trip she thought that it might be better for all concerned if she just stayed back at the resort. The water was a bit lumpy out to 16 miles on the way out and the way back so that may have been a decision for the best. No one had any experience catching anything larger than a small trout and this was the first saltwater excursion for Rueben. Lars and Robin have been out before but without any luck. All they wanted to do was catch a fish. I explained to them that the best chance for that right now was Marlin, and while they were large fish, the right technique would enable them to bring one to the boat. The Dorado and Tuna had been spotty so we all decided the Marlin would be the target, if we caught something else that would be fine. I also told them that the fish had been quite a ways out the last week and it would be a run of at least an hour before we put lines in the water, so sit back with a cup of coffee and relax. An hour after starting out I started to see signs that the water was warming up, the surface temperature started rising from 69 degrees to 71 degrees. Some Whales spouted off in the distance and then some birds appeared along with a few Dolphin. We were five miles short of my goal but it looked fishy so in went the lines. Looking back on the radar I could see boats coming up. The Dolphin disappeared, the water started to cool down as we continued east and the boats that had been coming up behind us cruised on past. I continued on toward the east and at the original target area the water again began to warm. As soon as I saw the temperature at 72.5 degrees we spotted our first Striped Marlin. It was a sleeper and as we turned to approach it I pointed it out to everyone and warned them that the chance of this fish eating a live bait or striking a lure was extremely slim, but we always give it a shot anyway, one in a thousand might be in the mood to fill its belly. As usually happens with sleepers, it sunk out of sight as we came near. But at least everyone was awake and ready now!
About two miles in the distance I saw a boat hook up so we started to work the temperature break, from the southwest to the northeast. We quickly figured out that this was a hook shaped extension of warm water covering a distance of about five miles so we worked the edges. A few times I marked Marlin on the depth sounder as deep as 200 feet. For the next three hours we saw several sleepers, a few tailers and one of those was a giant fish we were unable to get to bite, plus we saw a couple of free jumping fish. We were 36 miles from the Marina and at around 12:30 many of the boats turned around and headed back. A bunch of the fleet boats had been working some Frigate birds with Dolphin under them but those of us with the larger boats did not want to get into the pack, sometimes they get a bit crazy gunning the boats and running to diving birds. As the pack thinned out I went toward the area. By the time I arrived there were only about five small boats still there and the fish began to go crazy, Tuna feeding and the Dolphin going nuts. In the mix I could see Marlin tailing and feeding as well. We had heard that some of the boats during the morning had gotten strikes from fish on bright colored lures, green/yellow being one of the better colors. That surprised me since we had heavy cloud cover, normally dark lures worked better. Knowing that things had been happening with bright colored lures I rigged a pin-rigged horse Ballyhoo behind a neon-green Illander lure and ran it in the shotgun position. On the first pass on the Dolphin we got nailed! The snap of the center rigger got the attention of everyone, but the fish failed to hook up right away. My deck hand for today, Armando, frees pooled the rig back another 15 feet then cranked it in fast for 30 feet. The Marlin came back on the rig and Armando raised the rod tip up high, let the fish eat the bait, lowered the tip as the fish ate, and then set the hook as the fish turned away. Hook up! Rueben was in the fighting chair and he went to work. Of course since it was his first fish it took a few minutes for him to settle down but then he got into the groove and worked the fish hard. We had a great series of jumps to start out but then the fish sounded. Another boat started to come across our stern but Armando waved them off. I was not worried about them so much as I was worried that one of the hundred or so Dolphin feeding around us would brush against the line and break it. After 20 minutes I forgot about worrying about the Dolphin because the fish was close enough to the back of the boat to be able to see it. Armando grabbed the leader and quickly removed the hook from the Marlin as we estimated its weight as right around 150 pounds. The fish had been bill wrapped and came loose easily. A couple of quick pictures of the fish alongside the boat then an easy release and there were high fives all around! Rueben was shot, and said that from now on he would coach instead of fight a fish! He got the chance fairly quickly.
We bobbed around for about ten minutes as I re-rigged with a new Ballyhoo and took a bathroom break. Armando got the rest of the gear set up and then off we went. I had just barely reset the teasers off the bridge reels and we had only gotten three lures out when the yellow/red plunger on the port corner brought the attention of another Marlin! Lars saw it first as its dorsal fin broke the water behind the lure. He yelled that there was a fish out there then we all saw the bill come out of the water as it charged the lure. The Marlin struck at the lure but only took about five yards of line before letting it go. Lars was in the chair so as soon as the fish struck Robin and Rueben had started to clear the other two lines in the water. Armando had dropped back a live bait as soon as the fish struck and let go, but the Marlin ignored the live bait and came back on the lure a second time. This time it stuck and took off in a series of grey-hounding jumps. No one was around us and the Dolphin had moved a bit to the south so I was not worried this time about getting cut off. Lars quickly settled into the rhythm of pumping and reeling as Rueben (the fish master) coached him along. It took only 15 minutes for Lars to bring his fish to the boat and it was a bit smaller than Rueben’s, about 120 pounds. Once again a quick couple of photos along the side of the boat then a release and once again there were high fives all around! It was 1:30 by now but we still had hope that one more Marlin would find our lures attractive and we could hook Robin up to a fish.
As Armando re-set our lures I looked around to see where the Dolphin and birds had gone to and could not see them. The few boats left had spread out searching for hungry fish. I headed a bit south in the direction they had been working when we first came into them and then I spotted one Frigate bird working in circles about 50 feet high. On the second pass under the bird the center line, with the rigged Ballyhoo, snapped out of the clip. This time there was hesitation again because the fish had only struck at the lure, not eaten it. Armando tried the drop back, reel fast attempt again without success. We put the rig back in the snap, ran it up and I made one more pass under the Frigate. By this time several other boats in the area had seen us working the bird and were headed over to us. Snap! The center rigger went off again and this time there was no hesitation as a very nice fish came out of the water shaking its head. We could tell by the size of the fish at that distance and the speed with which it was taking line that this one was a bit bigger than the other two. Robin was in the chair and thought she was doing something wrong since the fish was not stopping! As soon as the lines were cleared and I had the teaser up to the riggers we started to back up. Fro 10 minutes I continued to bump the engines in reverse, first the port, then the starboard, as Robin worked her way into a rhythm and slowly started to gain on the fish. Thank goodness the fish put on a good surface show during the fight, after 30 minutes Robin had the fish to the boat, tired from all the activity (both Robin and the Marlin). For the third time today we had pictures along the side of the boat and a healthy fish was released. Everyone had caught a Marlin and it was 2:30 in the afternoon. With feeding Marlin still in the area Armando put out a live bait as we went forward on one engine while getting everything ready for the 90 minute run back to the Marina. We were 36 miles out and at 4:00 had returned to the slip with three Marlin flags and three release flags flying. Lars, Robin and Rueben had a wonderful time and we really enjoyed their company on the water with us today! Thanks folks, and we look forward to you coming back to try it again some day!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY21-27, 2005
WEATHER: Back to the rain once a week! That is not a bad thing as living in the desert is so much nicer when everything is green. Of course it can make being on the water uncomfortable if it comes with a lot of wind and the rain is heavy, but this week we had what I consider to be just enough! We had clouds move over the area Thursday night and started to get a bit of sprinkles coming down. On Friday it was cloudy all day and as heavy concentrations moved over us they let down a light rain every few hours. Everything is starting to bloom now. There was no wind to speak of with the rain so the conditions on the water remained good. The rest of the week was partly cloudy to sunny and our highs were in the high 70’s and the lows in the low 60’s.
WATER: Surface conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape were a bit lumpy this week and there was enough of a breeze most days to make it a little choppy as well, but most boats did not feel that as the water on the Pacific side was in the 68-69 degree range at the end of the week, at least out to the Golden Gate and San Jaime Banks areas. It warmed up just a degree or so past the banks. On the Cortez side there was warmer water to be found but you still had to get past the cold water that wrapped around the Cape. !0 miles to the south there was a temperature break that stayed there all week long and at the end of the week it had started to concentrate some fish. Out farther on the Cortez side the water warmed to 72 degrees, but you had to go a ways to get there, at least at the end of the week. There was still some lump on the water as the swells were at 2-4 feet, but there was almost no wind until Saturday, and then just in the afternoon.
BAIT: Mackerel was the bait of the week with the price at the normal $2 per bait. Sardines were not available here and were difficult to get even up in San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin concentration that had been 24 miles off shore to the east last week continued to move to the east at about 5 miles per day, following the warm water edge the first piled up on. At the end of the week the fish were 50 miles out, just past the Cabrillo Seamount, and Captains were saying that if clients wanted to get into the hot Marlin action they were going to have to start doing overnight trips! There were still some Marlin closer to home in the warm water break to the south, but not in the great concentration the farther edge had provided. That concentration of Marlin provided some great action for the boats able to get there and stay for the tide change, with boats able to release 4-9 fish a trip. Some of the Striped Marlin were small fish, in the 40 pound class, but most of them were 120-140 pounds. We were able to get the full range with Marlin at #40 up to #180. Unless the currents change and bring the concentration back, we will be looking at the scattered fish closer to home this coming week. Lure colors that worked were the full range, but surprisingly the heaviest overcast day, Friday, the fish preferred bright colors and we had great luck with neon green and red/yellow.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There are Tuna beginning to show but they are still not here in great concentration or close to home. I saw several good schools breaking water mixed in with Dolphin and Marlin this week, but they were concentrating on the food and would not look at a lure or the live bait we had. If we had Sardines it may have made a difference. The fish were running between football sizes to #60, and there were a few boats able to get into fish to #80. Up past the Gorda Banks, out toward the Cabrillo Seamount, 25-35 miles to the south and out past the San Jaime Banks in the Pacific were where most of the schools were found. There were a few fish found in closer to home but not in any numbers. I saw a lot of white Tuna flags flying at the end of the week but upon talking with the anglers from some of the boats, the fish the flags were flying for were Skipjack Tuna, at least for the most part.
DORADO: There are still some Dorado out there, but the fish that were close to shore have moved on, the water is pretty cool. Most of the Dorado have been coming from the temperature break to the south, and a few boats were able to get hooked up to 4 or 5 fish per trip. The sizes are not large with the average 15 pounds, but there have been a few fish in the 30 pound class. This is pretty much the average size for this time of year.
WAHOO: Just as was the case last week, a few Wahoo were reported this week but there were no large amounts of them found, nor any large concentration of fish.
INSHORE: The Sierra bite slowed a bit this week, but that does not mean that they are not out there. It just means that you are not going out and loading the cooler in a couple of hours! It may take a bit longer than that, perhaps all day now. There is still a decent bite on Pargo, Grouper and a few Amberjack for boats bottom fishing. There are a few Yellowtail beginning to show up and of course there are loads of Skipjack close to shore, ranging up to 12 pounds in size.
NOTES: Whales, Dolphin and Turtles continue to keep everyone entranced until the fish bite. Surface conditions are great. I fished three days this week for a total of 12 Striped Marlin released. I golf in a couple of hours, hopefully I will be done in time to get to the radio station for the 6:00 program, I am supposed to talk about the Humboldt Squid tonight. Sitting at the computer listening to Credence Clearwater Revival on the 1991 Fantasy Records release “Chronicle; the 20 greatest hits” CD. Life is good! I think I’ll take one of my good cigars to the golf course and smoke it on the back nine; after all, I deserve it! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY 13-19, 2005
WEATHER: Finally a week with no rain! We did have pretty heavy condensation most mornings but no rain falling from the sky. Most of the week was partly cloudy but we did have two days in the middle of the week where it was sunny all day. Our day time highs were in the high 70’s and our night time lows were in the 60 degree range.
WATER: Great surface conditions this week with almost no swell and very little wind chop with the exception of Friday afternoon when the wind picked up as a small piece of cloud cover blew in. Most of the week the wind was at 5-10 knots so the chop was small. The Pacific side remained cool with a bit of warmer water moving in up to the north of the Golden Gate Banks late in the week. On the Cortez side there was a 20 mile wide band of cooler water in the 71-73 degree range running off the coast from the shore line. Once past the cool water there was water steadily in the 75 degree range and it curved in to the Punta Gorda area.
BAIT: Mackerel and some small Caballito were the choice of the week at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The concentration of Striped Marlin that were south of the Cape last week seemed to have moved a bit farther out and to the east. This week we were running almost 24 miles to the east-southeast, where the water turned 74 degrees and out to the 1,000 fathom line. On each trip to the area this week there were feeding fish everywhere, tails popping up, swirls in the water and occasional free-jumping fish. There were a lot of fish but they were being picky. Getting to the area early definitely improved the chance of hooking up, but as it always is, being in the right place at the right time sure helped. The Marlin were feeding on small baits so most of the time you threw a Mackerel at them they ignored it. Trolling very small hootchies or feathers with single hooks started working for a lot of the boats, as well as trolling small Mackerel fillets. High speed trolling small lures at 9-10 knots produced fish for some boats as well. With all the fish in the area you would have thought it would be a snap to get hooked up, but on average half the boats went fishless, but not without trying hard. A few boats with the right techniques and the right timing did well with three to four fish per boat.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Some Tuna were found this week but they were very far off shore. There were reports of football to 30 pound fish being found 35 miles and farther to the west, past the San Jaime banks and also some found to the north of the San Jaime and to the north of the Golden Gate Banks. The fish were mixed in with Porpoise and that was the key. Of course not all Porpoise pods held Tuna and it was not uncommon to have to work four or five groups of Porpoise before finding a pod that held Tuna. On some of the pods you could see fish on the sonar but they would not come up and bite, instead they stayed 100-150 feet deep. Once you found fish that were up, small feathers and cedar plugs worked fine.
DORADO: Just as it was last week, working close in on both sides of the Cape produced Dorado. The fish were not large but they were there consistently. Working water from 60-150 feet in depth with small bright lures or slow trolling live Mackerel enabled several boats to score fish counts as high as 8 fish per boat. The Dorado ranged from 6-20 pounds. A few larger fish were picked up off shore with weights ranging from 15-50 pounds.
WAHOO: A few Wahoo were reported this week but there were no large amounts of them found, nor any large concentration of fish.
INSHORE: No changes from last week as Sierra once again are the inshore fish of the week. Anglers have been able to catch as many as they want. The Pacific side of the coast has been going off from the lighthouse up to Migraino on fish from three to six pounds. Small green hootchies live Sardinas and small Rapallas have all been working well, just don’t forget to use wire leader! There were also some nice Pargo found up in the rocks at the points with the sizes from 5-10 pounds. They were caught on live bait pitched in around the boilers.
NOTES: Whales, Porpoise, Turtles and Marlin, it was almost like Sea World out there this week! The water was great, the fishing decent and almost everyone that went out had fun. As for me, I spent a couple of hours at the driving range (I am getting better!), fished four days, got picked up as contributing editor for the fishing section on “Discover Cabo” bi-monthly magazine as well as the fishing commentator for the weekly Anglo-Mexican information hour on Cabo Mil Radio at 6pm on Sunday evenings. Enough to keep me busy! Thanks for everyone’s support and comments on the report, I would not still be doing it without your encouragement! This weeks report was written to the music of one of my guitar gods, Chet Atkins, on the 1994 Sony release “Read My Licks”. Unfortunately my guitar playing has not been getting a lot of practice lately, at this rate it will be several centuries before anyone other than my wife Mary will hear me play! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2005
John McDonnell and his sister Molly were here in Cabo for a wedding and decided to do a family day of fishing. It was Molly’s first time to go Deep sea fishing and she was excited but a little worried about getting sea sick. It turned out that she had nothing to worry about, she handled it fine! The day got off to a bit of a slow start but about mid morning, after seeing plenty of Whales around the area, they hooked up to a Striped Marlin. The fish was not hooked up for very long and it threw the hook fairly quickly. It was supposed to Molly’s fish but at least she got to feel it on! The next fish was John’s, and instead of a Marlin, it was the Dorado of a lifetime! After fighting the fish for 45 minutes and at first thinking it was a Marlin, they had a chance to leader it. The fish was back and forth to the boat a few times before the gaff was placed in the bull that ended up taking the weighing scale to 63 pounds! Way to go John. Molly followed up a little while later with a smaller fish, a Dorado that was in the 12 pound range. That was all the fish for the day, but a great time was had between Whale watching and getting some rod bending action. We are glad you had a chance to introduce Molly to the sport and very happy that you had a great time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 2005
These days were booked by the Bill DeVito group from New Jersey. On the 5th they were out on two boats and had a bit of a side bet going. Both boats hooked up to and released a Striped Marlin but one of them also picked up two Dorado. On the 6th just one boat went out and they again managed to hook up one Striped Marlin that they got to the boat then released. One other fish was hooked up but they lost the fish. On the 7th they again took two boats and went inshore. One of the boats picked up 6 Dorado and the other managed to get 16 Sierra, an Amberjack, several Pompano, two Snapper, one Grouper and a small Roosterfish, quite a variety! On the 8th both boats went out again and once more both boats caught and released a Striped Marlin. On the 10th the clouds started moving in and the weather changed a bit. No excuse, but neither boat got hooked up. They saw plenty of fish, but none that were interested in biting. Well, it was a few good days of catching mixed in with a few good days of fishing, but then, that’s what it’s about, right? We were glad to see you again, and I will be getting in contact about the reels! That Avet MXL 6/4 really impressed me!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY 6-12, 2005
WEATHER: As strange as it may seem, this week’s weather section could be a repeat of last weeks with the exception of the day it rained. Our weather this week moved in on Thursday after noon, it started raining Friday morning and stopped early Saturday morning. A little over two inches fell, almost a third of our yearly average. Our high for the week (unofficial, from my house in town) was 82 degrees while the low was 58 degrees.
WATER: The water was beautiful for most of the week except for Friday when the wind with the rain gusted in. The water on the Pacific side has remained cool. At the end of the week we were seeing temperatures in the 67-70 degree range. A finger of this cooler water wrapped around the Cape and extended up the Cortez coast to outside San Jose. Farther out on the Cortez side the water was 71-72 degrees. Surface conditions remained excellent except for Friday.
BAIT: Mackerel was the bait of the week as is usually the case this time of year. They could be obtained at the normal price of $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: At the end of the week the Striped Marlin were concentrated 14 miles to the south of the Cape. Mixed in with some Porpoise these fish were actively feeding over a very large area. Actively feeding does not mean actively biting though. There was plenty of bait in the area and it took a bit of luck as well as plenty of presentations to get one of these fish to bite. A few of the Marlin were a bit larger than the average with fish pushing #200 in the mix. Slow trolling dead baits, working the general area and live baits thrown to active feeders worked, but you had to be very fast with the love bait as the fish were really moving around.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin bite was off this week for most of the boats though a few were able to find fish on different days. Finding Porpoise was the key, but even then not all the Porpoise marked Tuna. Fish caught were averaging 20 pounds and bit on dark colored feathers and the usual Tuna killer, the cedar plug.
DORADO: Working close in on both sides of the Cape produced Dorado for boats willing to forgo the Marlin craze. The fish were not large but they were there consistently. Working water from 60-150 feet in depth with small bright lures or slow trolling live Mackerel enabled several boats to score fish counts as high as 8 fish per boat. The Dorado ranged from 6-20 pounds.
WAHOO: A few Wahoo were reported this week but there were no large amounts of them found, nor any large concentration of fish.
INSHORE: Once again Sierra are the inshore fish of the week. Anglers have been able to catch as many as they want. The Pacific side of the coast has been going off from the lighthouse up to Migraino on fish from three to six pounds. Small green hootchies live Sardinas and small Rapallas have all been working well, just don’t forget to use wire leader!
NOTES: The Whales continue to provide entertainment and it is a good thing as for some boats that was all the excitement to be had this week. The bite was off until the end of the week and even then luck played a big part in getting a good catch. This weeks report was written to the music of the 1972 release of his self-titled first album, “Roy Buchanan”. What a great guitarist he was! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 6, 2005
WEATHER: It seems that every week now we have had a little bit of rain, at least since the beginning of the year. This week was an exception, we did not have a little bit of rain, we had a lot! On Friday afternoon the clouds rolled in and it started raining. I had fished that day and it was a bit of a relief to not have to wash the exterior of the 50’ Viking. The last bit of it fell early Saturday morning. With the rain came wind, on Saturday it was kicking out of the NW in the morning and switched to the ESE in the afternoon. The rest of the week was nice, partly cloudy with highs in the low 80’s and lows in the mid 60’s for the most part although I did read 55 on my house thermometer on Wednesday morning.
WATER: The water was beautiful for most of the week except for Saturday, when swells from the ESE appeared out of nowhere. We all wondered if there was a Hurricane somewhere close! Those, combined with wind from the same direction, made the day a bit bouncy. The water on the Pacific side has remained cool. At the end of the week we were seeing temperatures in the 67-70 degree range with the warmer water within 5 miles of shore. On the Cortez side of the Cape the near shore water was the colder stuff with water out to 5 miles in the 70-71 degree range. Once past the five mile area it warmed to 72-74 degrees with a few spots up to 75 degrees. There was a pretty good break running NE to SW about 5 miles in front of Cabo and it ran just inside the 95 spot as well.
BAIT: Mackerel was the bait of the week as is usually the case this time of year. They could be obtained at the normal price of $2 per bait. There were also some Sardinas as well, but they were a bit pricy at $20 for a sparse bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Just as was the case last week, the action on Billfish took place around the 95 spot, at least that was where the big concentration was. There were fish found closer to shore as well and also up the coast to outside the Gorda Banks. A few fish were caught by dropping live bait and drifting, but it seemed that more were caught on lures than live bait. One of the favorite colors this week was a Mackerel Green with Cream undersides. Most of the fish were averaging #110, but there were fish up to #180 caught. A friend of mine got one that size that had a bill curved like a hook! A good day produced three or four shots at a Marlin with at least one solid hook up and a great day was going four for four on them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Yellowfin Tuna continue to be out quite a ways with the main areas being between 20 and 35 miles to the south and south-east. They have been associated with Porpoise and most of the fish have been between 15 and 35 pounds. Trolling dark colored feathers and Cedar Plugs resulted in most of the hook ups, but chumming with Sardinas once you found the fish made for some light tackle excitement as long as the wind was not blowing too hard.
DORADO: The Dorado bite was still off but there were times when you cold do well. Most of the fish were found up toward the Gorda Banks area and the ranged in size from little shakers (5-8 pounds) to nice fish in the 15-30 pound class. Dark colored lures worked on them as I know from personal experience. Saturday we had three Marlin strikes, all on the Mackerel/Cream outrigger lure and five Dorado strikes, and all on a Purple/Black outrigger lure. Dropping back a live bait after a hook up resulted in more fish being hooked.
WAHOO: There were more Wahoo caught this week than last week and a few of them were nice size, in the 70 pound class. Dark colored lures were what most of them hit on but there was no concentration of fish; it was a matter of luck. The warmer water on the Cortez side of the Cape held the fish.
INSHORE: Sierra, Sierra, Sierra, those are the inshore fish of the week. The Pacific side of the coast has been going off from the lighthouse up to Migraino on fish from three to six pounds. Small green hootchies live Sardinas and small Rapallas have all been working well, just don’t forget to use wire leader!
NOTES: Lots of Whales this week, breaching mammals everywhere! Both Humpbacks and Gray Whales have been giving us lots of excitement. This weekend here in Cabo has been strange. It is Super bowl Weekend and it is also a federal election day on the 6th. That means that there can be no alcohol served between midnight Friday and midnight Sunday. The streets have looked like a ghost town! There are private parties taking place so everyone stocked up for them on Friday. Well, that’s it for this week. The music for the week was Edgar Winters on the album “Let it In”, and there is no finer was to wake in the morning than to the rocking blues! Until next week, Tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2005
I fished today with Jay and Ted on the 46’ Hattaras. Jay has fished Maui four times looking for Marlin and finally managed to get one that weighed 148 pounds. Ted has never fished saltwater before. Jay wants to try and beat his record weight on Marlin and also try and catch a Dorado, Ted just wants to catch a fish. The water is in great condition with small swells from the NW and almost no wind at all. We started out pulling lures right off the Arch since there had been fish in the area a few days ago. We worked out about 6 miles and had no luck so I started us in toward the lighthouse. My deckhand heard on the radio that a Panga working that area had hooked up two Marlin, so off we went. When we arrived there were 9 other boats there, and all of them were drifting live bait. I decided to make a pass around them trolling lures while looking for the concentration on bait. Halfway around on the pass we got hit on the short outrigger and Jay got into the chair. His fish had one hook in the upper jaw and one fish in the lower so the fight was fairly quick. In about 20 minutes or less he had the Marlin to the boat for a release, and the healthy #140 Striped Marlin swam away to fight another day. We put the lures back in the water and as we finished the pass we had a strike on the shotgun line. That was a nice fish and really started screaming line out. As we started to pass that rod down for Ted we had another Marlin come up on the long rigger and take it. The rigger fish started jumping right away and just as it completed the first three jumps the shotgun fish came off. Ted settled into the fight and it took him about 35 minutes to work the fish to the boat for a good release. His fish was a bit smaller at around #130 but put on a great show for us! By the time we had released the second fish there were 30 boats in the area. We decided that if the fish were that concentrated we might have good luck with lighter line and live bait s we tried it for about an hour but did not have a bite. That was it for the day but even though we caught no other fish, the guys were very happy. So were my deckhand and I, it is nice to be able to catch what the client wants because it often doesn’t work out that way! Thanks guys, we hope to see you again next year.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 4 FEBRUARY, 2005
Today I took the owner of the 50’ Viking and two friends out. Herb invited his regular guest John and also a friend, Richard. We had heard about some decent Yellowfin being caught yesterday out almost due south between 25 and 35 miles. Herb decided that he wanted to target them, take home some raw Tuna and of course John wanted to be reassured that there were still Tuna in the Cabo area. I got two buckets of Sardinas as well as five Mackerel in the morning and we were on our way at 7:30. It took us an hour to run out 25 miles. No sign of Porpoise and no boats stopped so we kept on going. At 36 miles I thought I saw some Porpoise breaking water in the distance so we made a slight turn. No sign of them when we arrived in the area but I decided to put the lines in the water anyway as we searched the area. After about 30 minutes I noticed three boats about five miles distant that were staying together and working toward us. It sure is nice to have good radar! We pulled in lines and cruised in their direction. About a mile before meeting them we spotted one Frigate bird working and then Porpoise under it. In went the lines and on our first pass both of the flat lines went off. Since we were fishing for Tuna all we had out were feathers and cedar plugs. The first fish to the boat was a small Skipjack but the second one was a decent 15 pound Yellowfin. The second pass resulted in another double strike but one pulled hook. John worked the fish I close and eventually the gaff was placed in a 35 pound Yellowfin. Back into the water went the lines. A few minutes later a Marlin came up on the short rigger feather. The Marlin knocked the line from the outrigger clip but did not hook up. Herb dropped back a live bait and the fish came in on it really fast and lit up! The bait was eaten and herb set the hook. Two jumps and the leader broke at the knot. Oh oh. By then the Porpoise and Frigate bird had disappeared. We continued to work the area for several hours and got another Marlin hooked up on the feather. Richard fought the fish for 7 minutes standing up and had to pass the rod off. Herb got on it and the fish was to the boat in about 10 minutes. A good release and then for the next hour we tossed bait to sleeping fish. We did have one more Marlin show an interest in a live bait but it did not eat. That was it for the day, the last hour we spent drifting live bait at the light house ledge, but the wind was beginning to come up and the drift was not all that great. I hope that next time we target Tuna we are able to get a few more in the box!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2005
I fished today again on the big boat and the water was no nearly as nice as it was yesterday! There was a big storm swell from the ESE as well as wind from the NE in the morning and the ESE in the afternoon. We started off at the 95 spot looking for Marlin. I spotted some good bait at 200 feet but then saw Porpoise and birds working about a mile away. Once I got there I saw good Tuna marks on the depth sounder but the fish were at 150-200 feet. We worked the Porpoise for about an hour with no luck. The clients wanted Marlin so we left the Porpoise and went in closer to shore off of the Westin. In that area we had a knock down on the long rigger, a Mackerel and Cream colored lure but the fish did not hook up. About an hour later we had a hook up on the same lure but the fish only jumped twice before throwing the hook. I turned up toward the Gorda Banks and got into some Dorado. Every one of the fish hit a purple/black lure on the short rigger. Out of five strikes we hooked four fish, releasing two small ones and keeping a 15 pound and a 25 pound fish. I turned the boat back toward the 95 spot and it was a nice downhill, downwind run. About five miles from the 95 we had a solid hookup on the same Mackerel/cream lure. This was a nice sized Striped Marlin and it did a lot of jumping and took a lot of line. After 25 minute we had the fish close enough to the boat to see it was tail wrapped and after unwrapping it we spent 15 minutes towing the fish by the bill while holing on through the transom door. Eventually the fish regained its energy and when it started kicking with its tail again we let it go. That was it for the day but the guys decided to book the boat for Monday as well. We sure hope the fishing is good!
We also had clients on a pair of 31 Bertram’s today, four guys to each boat. One of the boats got a Wahoo that was around 40 pounds while the other boat found two hungry Striped Marlin that were fought to the boat and released, as well as two Dorado that were kept. They fished the area of the 95 spot and closer to shore. Bill and his buddies have a few more days of fishing ahead of them so I’ll give more information on their fishing experience in next weeks report.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 6 FEBRUARY, 2005
Three of the guys that fished the Bertram have yesterday decided to put in an extra day of fishing today. The water was much better than yesterday, almost like a lake. Of course the fish had moved. They started out at the 95 spot and had one fish hooked up before the line back-lashed and parted. That was on the clients gear. They then worked their way out to the 1150 and while they spotted more Marlin and tossed bait at them they could not find another hungry fish. I hope they have better luck tomorrow! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JANUARY 24-30, 2005
WEATHER: Once again we had just a little spit come down on us during the middle of the week. It was not much, just enough to pattern the dust on the windshields, but that’s all right, we can always use it this time of year. Along with the spit came a bit of cloud cover but it moved away fairly quickly and we had the sun shine on us again during the last part of the week. Our night time lows have been a pretty chilly (for us) mid 50’s and our day time highs in the high 70’s. The winds have been from the NNW and North at 5-15 knots with the higher speeds in the afternoons. Farther up the Cape on the Sea of Cortez side there have been some afternoons where the wind switched to the NNE and blown a bit harder.
WATER: Surface conditions on the Cortez side of the Cape have been fair in the mornings up to Punta Gorda, once past there the swells and wind kicked in. In the afternoons late in the week the rougher water worked its way as far down as red hill in the afternoons. On the Cortez side there has been a small band of cooler water running from the beach to just a mile off that has been 70 degrees, any farther out and the temperature has been about 73-74 degrees over the 95 spot, the 1150 and Gorda Banks. On the Pacific there were some large swells at the end of the week but the surface conditions were fair, with just wind chop on top in the afternoons. The water near shore has been in the 67-68 degree range out to a mile or two and then warmed up slightly to 69-70 degrees out all the way to out past the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks.
BAIT: This week the bait has been almost all Mackerel with just a few very small Caballito in the mix. The price has been the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin have scattered a bit and are not quite as concentrated as they were the last few weeks, but it seems that almost everyone had a shot at a fish. Most of the angling has been taking place in the Sea of Cortez around the 95 spot and the 1150 as that has been where the water has been the right color and temperature. There was a story circulating of a boat having landed a Blue Marlin in the #700 range this week, but I have no idea if it was true. The water is still warm enough on the Cortez side that it would no surprise me though. There has been plenty of food out there for the fish so they have been slow to take a live bait, the mix this week was about half the fish on live bait and half on lures.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Football size Yellowfin Tuna associated with Porpoise were found scattered through out the area this week but there was no concentration of fish. One of the exceptions was the Inman Bank, just to the north of the Gorda where there were fish in the 15-40 pound class being found by boats drifting with live Sardinas. A long run from Cabo and no guarantee you could get bait or the fish would bite kept most boats from making the trip. There was a brief showing of fish in a slightly larger size class at the end of the week between 25 and 30 miles to the south. These fish were with Porpoise as well and while most of them were between 30 and 40 pounds there were a few in the 70-80 pound range as well.
DORADO: With the influx of cooler water on the Pacific side this week the Dorado bite dropped off a bit. Most of the fish were found on the Cortez side and they were still fairly small with an average weight of 8 pounds. Frigate birds working close to shore showed where these smaller fish were while the slightly larger fish found farther off shore were mostly blind strikes.
WAHOO: What Whoo?
INSHORE: The cooler water on the Pacific side has brought the Sierra down and closer to home. The hot spot for the week was the Migraino area, both from boats and from the beach. Small hootchies and bright colored Rapallas fished from the boats and silver spoons fished from the beach caught their share of fish in the 4-5 pound class. I also have it directly from the angler that there was a nice #35 Roosterfish caught from the beach in the same area. Our fingers are crossed that the Yellowtail will start biting this week, and hopefully in numbers that make targeting them worthwhile.
NOTES: I just got back from taking a boat to La Paz and had the wind and waves in my face the whole way. Next time I am taking a Navy Pea-coat, that 15 knot wind and 10 knot forward movement with spray in your face and mid 50’s temperature make this guys thin blood turn to ice! Now that I am back I am warming up, and I am going to the marina in about an hour to go fishing. Maybe some Tuna for Sashimi? My fingers are crossed. On the drive back from La Paz we could see Whales almost everywhere on the Pacific just off the beach. My golf game has improved a bit, but it’s a tough game as I am learning. No music this week as I am in a quiet mode and Mary is still sleeping. Next week I’ll rock! Until then, Tight Lines!
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 24, 2005
Andy and Gary, along with their wives Dale and Cathy were fishing today and they went up on the Pacific side looking for anything that swam! Lucky for them that there were fish out there, and hungry ones at that. The action was steady in the morning but as the day wore on it died off a little. They were able to hook up to two Striped Marlin that stayed on all the way to the boat for successful tag and releases. They also had three Dorado that came to the boat, but they were not very big, maybe around 8 pounds. The one big Dorado came to the boat, but not into the boat as the hook pulled loose on the estimated #40 fish just as the mate took the leader in hand. The water was in great condition and everyone had a good time. Thanks guys, and congratulations!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 25, 2005
Tom Stuehler and his buddy fished today for the second time, their wives decided to give it a pass as they were seasick the day before yesterday. This morning they said that since they did not get a Marlin on the last trip they wanted to give food fish a shot, maybe some Tuna and Dorado. Guess what happened? Yep, that’s just the way it works sometimes, they had 8 different Marlin that they threw bait at, and none of them would eat. Maybe there was just too much food around. They finally did find a hungry fish though, and that one took a trolled lure. We are glad they were able to get a Marlin but too bad it wasn’t two days ago!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JANUARY 17-23, 2005
WEATHER: We had rain this week! On Tuesday the wind started to blow strong from the west and then the clouds rolled in on Wednesday. In the evening the drops started coming down sporadically and dotted the windshields on the cars. When we woke up on Thursday morning the streets were wet and there were puddles in the low lying areas. All the plants got dusted off and the boats had a soft water rinse. That was the big news. Other than that, things have remained about the same with our night time lows in the low to mid 60’s and our day time highs in the mid 80’s.
WATER: Surface conditions were very good this week on both sides of the cape with the exception of Tuesday when the winds picked up before the front moved in. There was a strongly defined temperature break over the San Jaime banks but there was no fish in the area in the latter half of the week. The water temperature near shore has been in the 72-73 degree range and a bit farther off shore the water warmed to 75-77 degrees. This warm water area was shaped like and upside down horseshoe at the cape and ran about 8 miles off shore.
BAIT: This week the bait has been almost all Mackerel with just a few very small Caballito in the mix. The price has been the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Unbelievable as it may be, this weeks report is almost identical to last weeks! Wednesday was a banner day for Striped Marlin this week as the fish were packed up and close to home. The area to be was within 8 miles of shore just off the arch to the lighthouse, and they were feeding heavily. Most boats that worked the area were able to get at least several fish hooked up and almost everyone came in flying at least two Marlin flags. The most I heard of on one boat was 9 Striped Marlin released that day, and they were biting anything offered even dead bait on a drop back. That night the wind kicked up and by the morning the fish had scattered. The bite from Thursday on was not as good with the fish moving off the spot, but there were still a few fish in the area. It seemed that the fish started a slow move to the east and at the end of the week the Pacific side was pretty much dead and the action had moved to the area of the 95 spot.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was very little Tuna action this week, at least on anything of size. Every day a few boats were flying Tuna flags and when asked, the anglers all said they were for small, football size fish. There were Yellowfin at the Golden Gate Banks area and also a few miles off shore around the Los Arcos area on the Pacific and the fish were associated with Porpoise. One of the Private boats worked well to the west of the San Jaime at the end of the week and found nothing out there at all. We sure thought that the temperature break would be holding fish. Sigh.
DORADO: Dorado action picked up this week and the action was close to home. The edge of the warm water band as close as 8 miles out held fish this week and most boats that worked the area were able to get at least a few fish in the boat. Most of them were on the small side, less than 12 pounds, but there were a few in the 20-30 pound class as well. Almost any thing bright colored worked on them.
WAHOO: What Whoo?
INSHORE: It was a slow inshore bite this week but with the water being as calm as it has been, most of the Pangas have been working the off shore waters. There was a slow down on the Sierra bite but you could still get a few fish in the 3-5 pound class if you were in the right spot. Every thing else was spotty.
NOTES: Finished the Golf lessons and now I am ready to kick some butt! I was supposed to play this morning but we made reservations too late and could not get a tee time until 1 pm so guess it means the driving range instead. The football playoffs this afternoon. My goodness how a day can fill up! Next week I will be getting in some boat work and fishing as will post the next report for you on what is going on here in Cabo. Until then, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 21, 2005
Six guys from Florida came to Cabo as a short working vacation and ended up fishing with me today. John was the head honcho but Raul was the fisherman. Raul just bought a 55’ 2003 Viking but has not fished it yet and none of the guys have ever caught a Marlin before, so that was the objective today. The bite has been close to home, most of the action happening less than 10 miles out for the Striped Marlin, so that is where we focused our efforts. Watching for the Frigate birds working over fish, we ended up almost 12 miles outside Cabo Falso, hooking up to small Dorado, less than 8 pounds, on almost every pass under the birds. Enough was enough and after getting four of six fish to the boat we changed tactics and headed in closer to land, hoping for the Marlin to appear. At almost straight on noon there was a strong strike on the Whisky line and I was sure we had finally had a Marlin hit. Nope, it was a nice Dorado though, around 25 pounds. It was a good fight but that was all the action for us today. Everyone caught fish except for Raul, but he had some fine pictures to take home with him! Thanks guys, and have a safe trip home.
James, Paul and Mark are from Texas and are here for three days of fishing. James runs a Charter Service in the Gulf and while they are all fishermen, they have never caught Marlin before. That means that there are three days to get three Marlin. Never mind the Tuna; they can get plenty of them at home! That’s a good thing since there have not been all that many of them around. Well, they were out today and The Captain worked up north in the Sea of Cortez, up past the Gorda Banks area. Not a bad day on the water either, with a total catch of five Dorado and a Striped Marlin release! They saw several other Stripers, but there was only one that they were able to hook up and get to the boat. Maybe tomorrow they will get another one!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 22, 2005
James, Paul and Mark had their second day of fishing today and did end up getting the second Striped Marlin of the trip! They also picked up a couple more Dorado. They were fishing the same area as yesterday, up around the Gorda Banks area. Tomorrow they are fishing a different boat, but we hope that they are able to get that third fish hooked up!
I was fishing today with the owner of the boat I am Captain on and we had no luck at all. There had been good Marlin and Dorado action yesterday just off the arch and light house so we started out 2 miles in front of town. One rigged Squid on the whiskey line, a rigged Ballyhoo on each outrigger and a live Mackerel on each flat line as well as a daisy chain of artificial squid on each teaser. Two hours after starting and having worked our way to the lighthouse with not one fish up and hearing that every one else was having the same kind of luck, we pulled lines and ran out to the San Jaime Banks. I had heard that someone had found Porpoise out there and was marking fish under them, but when we arrived there was no one around and no Porpoise. Just air stories I guess. There was a very nice temperature break there but it was not holding any bait or fish. We did see one feeder Striped Marlin but the fish had no interest in anything we had out. Skunked with the boss on board, sigh. We are trying again on Wednesday and I hope my luck changes!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 23, 2005
The third day of fishing for James, Paul and Mark resulted in the third Striped Marlin of the trip, so all three guys were able to boast of having caught and released a Marlin! Way to go guys! They also caught several Dorado today, one of them around 30 pounds. With a different boat and Captain today, they went up the Pacific side about 10 miles. At one point they had five Striped Marlin in the pattern, that is when the hooked the one that was released. Mark said that if he had a fly rod on board he might have had a good chance at them! We are glad thing worked out just the way you wanted and look forward to your next trip! Thanks guys!
Today was also the first day of a scheduled three days of fishing for the Tom Stuehler party of four and they really want a Marlin for Tom’s wife’s 50th birthday. They fished on the same boat that James, Paul and Mark fished on their first two days and the Captain went to the same area up the Sea of Cortez that they had been working before. The results were a bit different though, and the water was a lot rougher than it has been. Both the women got sick, everyone got wet and the fishing was slow. They ended up with one very small Dorado, one small Yellowfin, and the crew saw two Marlin but could not get them to eat. We hope that the trip on Tuesday has better results!
Until next week, Tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 13, 2005
Today I had a solo angler on the 50’ boat. Paulo (his real name is impossible for me to spell) is from Italy and has a boat there, but has never fished before. He wanted a nice boat to fish from for his first experience and had the money to spend. He had one more day left of his month long Mexican vacation so decided to give the fishing a chance. As the owner of a fourth generation wine bottle making company he has had and will continue to have a chance to fish all over the world if he likes the experience. Well, he had a great time even though the fishing was slow by our standards. We started the fishing just off the light house on the Pacific side and the lines were not in the water even 5 minutes before a Dorado came slicing through the water at the short rigger lure. Hookup! Paulo got in the chair and started to horse the fish in. I quickly gave him a few pointers on technique and after about 15 minutes he got the #25 Dorado to the side of the boat. One fish in the box and it was a great way to start the day! Things slowed down from there. There were Porpoise out at 16 miles so we worked our way out, hoping to get into some Yellowfin, but there were so many boats working them that the fish had gone down and the Porpoise had scattered. Eventually we found a small piece of Styrofoam floating on the water with about five feet of line attached to it. Our first pass produced a small Yellowfin of about 6 pounds and then we worked it with live bait and jigs. Nada. No other fish were home on the debris so we continued working back toward the shore. We got a call on the cell phone about a concentration of Marlin about 8 miles off of Los Arcos and worked our way to the area. Once we got there we switched over to bait, pulling two live Mackerel from the flat lines, one rigged Ballyhoo from the short rigger and the whisky line and one rigged squid from the long rigger. We saw one other boat hook up and of course everyone was running toward and Frigate the started to dive. Paulo informed me that he had a tennis lesson at 3 PM so we pulled lines and ran in. Paulo was happy with his first experience fishing and said that he would definitely do it again! Thanks Paulo, we hope to see you again one day!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 15, 2005
Today we had Tom, his wife Dawn and their friend John out fishing. They are friends of a friend and they had a great time. They started off fishing right outside of the light house on the Pacific side and worked their way out to the south side of the Jaime Banks. On the way out they had a Marlin spotted on the surface and were able to get it to eat a live bait. It did not take too long before the fish was brought to the side of the boat for pictures and then released. A little while later they were able to find some Porpoise that were feeding and there were Tuna with them. The bite was not red hot, but the fish were nice size with the average at 30 pounds. They ended up getting six of them in the fish box, and spent quite a while working the last one hooked up. The Captain and crew estimated its weight at between 80 and 100 pounds, but it pulled the hook just before the mate was able to grab the leader. Oh well, that’s fishing! They ended the day with some excellent fillets and great action to remember it by! Good going guys, we hope you get to do it again!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 16, 2005
Terrance Fails fished with us again today after returning from his long-range diving trip to the Socorro Islands. He fished on the 5th and wanted Marlin but caught 4 nice Dorado. Today he fished on the same boat and they started up on the Pacific side about 8 miles, drifting live bait hoping a Marlin would show up. The area had been producing Marlin on a fairly regular basis but after several hours with no bite, or any signs of fish, they received a call on the radio. A friend of the Captain had found Frigate birds working a group of Marlin about 8 miles farther north so they picked up the lines and went there. Of course, by the time they arrived there were a lot of boats in the area. It’s impossible to keep a radio communication secret down here and everyone close had pulled lines and run to the area. Terrance had one shot at a Marlin as they had one pick up a live bait and run with it. He said the fish was only on for about five seconds and then they lost it. Sigh. It happens a lot with Marlin. Anyway, that was it for the day, but Terrance is trying again tomorrow, we hope he has better luck then! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JANUARY 10-16, 2005
WEATHER: It’s been cold enough in the mornings and evenings that a sweater has been needed, at least by those of us with thin blood. I guess that if it has been -10 degrees where you are at the 60 degrees we have here in the evenings may feel tropical, but not to us! Our night time lows have been down to the mid 50’s and our day time highs in the high 70’s. Partly cloudy most of the wee and on Wednesday we had pretty strong winds from the northwest but they died down on Thursday. No rain this week, but that is no surprise.
WATER: There was no big change in water temperatures this week with the exception of a cold upwelling right at the Cape that worked its way up the coast on the Cortez side. This water was 68-70 degrees and only extended about ½ mile off shore. The water within 20 miles of the coast on both sides of the Cape was pretty steady at 73-74 degrees this week while farther out the temperature dropped to the 70-71 degree range. There was a fairly sharp edge running across the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks at the end of the week. There was a circulation of warm water to 76 degrees just past that 20 mile distance on the Cortez side of the Cape. On the Pacific side, the warm water band close to shore ran all the way up to Todo Santos.
BAIT: This week the bait was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel. They have been the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Tuesday was a banner day for Striped Marlin as the fish were packed up and close to home. The area to be was within 8 miles of shore just off the arch to the lighthouse, and they were feeding heavily. Most boats that worked the area were able to get at least several fish hooked up and almost everyone came in flying at least two Marlin flags. The most I heard of on one boat was 8 Striped Marlin released that day, and they were biting anything offered, even dead bait on a drop back. That night the wind kicked up and by the morning the fish had scattered. The bite from Wednesday on was not as good with the fish scattered all over the place, but there were still pockets of fish popping up here and there feeding hard. Watching for the Frigate birds stooping on flying fish was the key to getting on the feeders before they went down, and once the fish were found it was often a race between boats to be the first on to the spot and to toss the bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This week’s action on Yellowfin Tuna is a repeat of last weeks with the exception of the Jaime Banks area. One of the long range boats out of San Diego has been working the area for a while and they have gotten several big Tuna, some of them over #300. A few of the local boats have been lucky to be there at the right time and have hooked up on nice fish as well. One Captain relayed to me a story of hooking up to one he swears would go over #400 and having the hook pull just as the leader was taken in hand. There were fish in the 35-45 pound class found between 30 and 40 miles to the west during the middle of the week, but they were moving around a lot. A few fish were found up around and just to the north of the Golden Gate Banks as well. The best baits for the Tuna this week were feathers in dark colors if you were trolling and Sardinas and Chiwillies if you were live baiting.
DORADO: Dorado action continues to be slow with the cooler water we have now, but there are still a few around. I don’t think I would be targeting any of them from now on, at least not if I wanted to catch one bigger than 10 pounds. There are still small fish found close to shore and a few larger ones off shore, but they have almost all been incidental catch.
WAHOO: A few fish have been turning up every day but they have been incidental catches. The bite that we had last week for a few days died off quickly as the fish passed through. There may still be a decent bit at the banks but I have not heard of it.
INSHORE: The Sierra action continued this week with the fish moving i9n closer to home. Up around the light house and Margarita there was good action just outside the breakers on fish to 6 pounds. A few boats that concentrated on them were able to fill fish boxes with these ceviche favorites. Other near shore fish were scattered and we are waiting for the Yellowtail to show up. Scattered Jacks and Needlefish as well as some Pompano round out the surface action and there have been some decent Snapper and grouper caught in the hours before and after high tide.
NOTES: For this week’s music I went back to the Pink Floyd “Echoes-Best of Pink Floyd” album2001, EMI. I grew up on the music and can’t get enough! Mary bought me golf lessons for Christmas; I had my first one a couple of days ago. Jack Gibson is a terrific teacher and has gotten rid of my slice already, this morning I will have to see if it helps on the course! The Whales are still here and the fishing is good. See you next week! Tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 3, 2005
We had two boats go out today and both groups had good luck. The John Woods party had an early return, back at the marina at 9 AM due to a case of intestinal disorder, but they were able to catch and release one Striped Marlin and kept one Dorado. Their action took place within 5 miles of the Light House on the Pacific side.
I took out the other guys on a 46 Hattaras, and Sid, Henry and the other three (I told you guys I wouldn’t remember!) had a great time as well. We started fishing right off the arch, and as other boats were blasting by us we were setting out the lines. With three lines in the water and two still to go we had a hard hit on the Whisky line as a Wahoo that I estimated at 60+ pounds nailed the rigged Ballyhoo and took off on the first of several runs. The fish came close to the boat several times, once on a run that made us think it was gone. Of course the fish came unbuttoned before we could get a gaff in it, but it was a good way to start the day. More action was had just a bit farther out as we spotted working Frigate birds and caught the first of five Dorado. The last Dorado was caught at the end of the day right in front of the arch as we were about to clear lines. In between we had two Marlin come in to the lures; one of which actually tried to eat some plastic. Neither of the Marlin hooked up, but there was a bit of excitement there to keep every one on their toes!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 4, 2005
The John Wood group had their second day of fishing today and while they were in early yesterday, today they stayed for the full trip. Yesterday the action started early, but today it was a bit different. For most of the morning there was nothing happening at all, but they worked their way out to the San Jaime Banks. While there, the Captain got a call on the radio about some Yellowfin Tuna action a bit farther out and they pulled the lines in and ran another 12 miles to the west. It was a great decision as they got into the fish with only one other boat in the area. A total of 18 Yellowfin hit the deck, and that resulted in 85 pounds of trimmed, cleaned fillets! John had half of the fish smoked and the other half vacuum packed and frozen. A great trip for them and no one got sick!
I had my friend (and excellent professional fly fishing guide) Jeff DeBrown and a long-time client of his out today looking for something to pull on. We were lucky because as we left the marina it looked and felt as though we might get blown out. Up the Pacific coast is the direction we went, hoping to get into some of the Dorado action I had yesterday and get a chance to send a fly out to them. Either that, or get lucky with some Tuna. Of course things started out slow. We trolled conventional gear hoping to get a Dorado hooked up then toss a fly at any followers, but the fish had moved up the coast and it was not until about 9 AM that we had the first signs of fish. A 10 pound Dorado hit the whisky line lure and was brought to the boat and held there for a while. Chum was tossed but there were no other interested fish following. We continued to troll and Jeff had a fly out there as well. The next Dorado was a small fish that came into the pattern from way outside. Jeff saw it first and yelled to the angler to hang on, and then the fly got nailed! It was not a big fish, but we estimated it at 6 pounds and it sure did a lot of jumping! That was all the Dorado action we had so Jeff said we should try and find some Sierra close to the beach. Farther up the coast we spotted one boat working in close and we crept into the 25 foot deep water. Tossing out some chum to attract the fish we soon had Sierra zipping around all lit up and a big school of African Pompano came in as well. In no time at all the angler was hooked up to a Sierra and eventually the tally was a half dozen fish kept (my deck hand Andreas wanted them), a bunch more released and quite a few lost. We were not able to hook up a Pompano and we had several nice Jacks come to the boat as well but every time they appeared the gear was not ready, a fly was being replaced or something like that. Oh well, they really had fun and we trolled offshore for Marlin or Dorado on the way home. It was a good trip and we had a great time.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 5, 2005
Terrance Fails was our angler today and while he really wanted a Marlin, he was happy to get some fish to take home. This was the first time he had done a trip solo and was glad of it, he said it was nice not sharing the boat and getting to catch all the fish himself. The next day or so he is taking off for a multi-day diving trip up the Sea of Cortez, we hope he has just as much fun doing that as he had on the fishing trip. Oh, he caught four nice Dorado!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 6, 2005
Allan MacDonald and family were our anglers today and we had them off to a late start. The boat we had arranged for them was not able to start the engines, the battery charger had tripped off and there was not enough juice to get them going, so it took a while to get another boat arranged. They were out of the Marina at about 7:00 and at 8 AM had a Dorado in the boat. They returned to the Marina at 4:30 with only the one fish to show for all that time. The Captain and crew had worked up the Sea of Cortez looking for the fish that had been hanging around the Red Hill area, but the fish had moved on. It was a nice boat and they said the Captain and crew tried really hard, but it was just not meant to be. Allan said that next time he will go with me so he will be sure to catch a Marlin. Now, is that putting the pressure on, or what? Thanks Allen, we look forward to your next visit!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JANUARY 3-9, 2005
WEATHER: Brr! This has been the coldest week of the year so far. Of course it’s also the first week of the year so there is not a lot of comparison but still, when the early morning thermometer reading outside the kitchen window shows 55 degrees, its cold! Our day time highs have been into the low 80’s and high 70’s so that has been fine, but better have a sweater for the mornings! We had mostly clear days this week with a few light clouds and at the end of the week the wind that had been coming up in the afternoons had disappeared.
WATER: The water within 20 miles of the coast on both sides of the Cape was pretty steady at 72-73 degrees this week and there was a band of warm water to 76 degrees just past that distance on the Cortez side of the Cape. On the Pacific side, once you got up past the Golden Gate Bank the water temperature dropped to 71 and the same thing happened on the Cortez side once you got past Punta Gorda.
BAIT: This week the bait was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel. They have been the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: As the week progressed the Striped Marlin bite continued to drop off, and at the end of the week most boats that were having good luck were flying one or two Marlin flags, with an occasional boat flying three. Quite a few boats came in flying no flags at all, let alone a Marlin flag. The bite happened near to home at the end of the week, with most of the action taking place within 8 miles of the coast. Many boats were just flying past the fish as they tried to get out to the high spots. Live bait dropped back to fish coming into the lures was the way most of the fish were caught; there were not a lot of tailers found. A few Sailfish were caught up around the Gorda Banks but there were not any big concentrations of them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Yellowfin action at Gorda Banks on fish to 80 pounds happened early in the morning this week, but you had to be there at grey light and have either Sardinas or Chiwillies (Mackerel Scad) to have any luck on these fish. There were fish in the 35-45 pound class found between 30 and 40 miles to the west during the middle of the week, but they were moving around a lot. A few fish were found up around and just to the north of the Golden Gate Banks as well. The best baits for the Tuna this week were feathers in dark colors if you were trolling and Sardinas and Chiwillies if you were live baiting.
DORADO: The Dorado action dropped off as the water continues to cool. Scattered small fish were found near shore, less than 1 mile off the beach on the Pacific side, but these fish were averaging only around 6-8 pounds. Bright lures trolled at 8+ knots brought the hungry kids to the pattern. Matching the tackle to the fish gave some good action but on heavy gear it was boring. There were a few larger fish found off shore, up to 30 pounds, but there were no large numbers of them this week, at least that I heard of.
WAHOO: While there were not many, if any Wahoo flags flying from the riggers of the fleet boats, there were private boats that managed to get into decent bites on the speedsters of the ocean. Most of the action was near shore on the Pacific side or on the edge of the Banks on the Pacific side. High speed heavy lures worked right on the 40-50 fathom edge brought as many as four fish per boat into the fish box. Of course not everyone caught; it’s always a matter of the right place at the right time!
INSHORE: The Sierra bite finally turned on, at least for those willing to make a bit of a trip up the coast on the Pacific side. Up around Margarita and farther the fish were concentrated in water between 15 and 25 feet deep, some of the guys were having good luck casting from shore. Hootchies in green or chartreuse were killers. Most of the fish were about 4-5 pounds, no real big ones, but hopefully they will show up soon. There were Pompano and Jacks in the mix as well. Many of the Pangas were mixing the Sierra fishing with Dorado action by working the Sierra early then trolling back a little further off the coast on the way home.
NOTES: The Whales are here and every trip I have been out on we have had great sightseeing for the Gray and Humpbacks. It is an awesome sight to have a big Humpback do a full breach only 100 yards away! The fishing was a bit off this week but as we pass the new moon on the 10th I hope it picks up. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NEW YEARS WEEKEND, 2005
WEATHER: Welcome to the New Year! This weeks report will be brief as there is a lot on my plate at the start of the year. Our weather was a bit unusual for this time of year as we had mostly cloudy skies during the middle of the week with some actual rain falling on Wednesday night. Not a lot, but it was enough to knock the dust off of everything in most parts of Cabo. The rest of the week was partly to mostly cloudy with night time lows in the mid 60’s and day time highs in the low 80’s.
WATER: The water this week seemed to be fairly const6ant throughout our cruising range with temperatures in the 74-75 degree range predominate. There was no defined temperature break but there were a few areas where the water was a degree or two warmer. Surface conditions on the Pacific side got a bit rough in the afternoons when a westerly wind would spring up, sometimes from the northwest and sometimes from the southwest. The Sea of Cortez side of the cape was consistently calm, except when the wind was from the southwest and on Sunday when a strong East-Northeast wind came up. Then we whd some very choppy water on the Cortez side.
BAIT: This week the bait was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel. They have been the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: A friend of mine caught a #500 Blue Marlin this week 33 miles to the south of the cape in 77 degree water! Just goes to show you never know when the big boy (or girl) will show up! Nice fish Dan! The Striped Marlin bite has been sporadic as the fish move first one way then another. There was fairly consistent action out near the San Jaime Banks this week and there were a lot of sleepers found. The fish that were tailing were moving fast and it took concentration to get a bait in front of them. The bite seemed to be mainly on live bait, but some of the fish came to dark colored lures. Dan’s big fish was on a blue/silver lure though, so you never know.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Scattered football fish to 25 pounds under porpoise on the Sea of Cortez side less than 5 miles from shore during the middle of the week ended up in some fish boxes this week, but over all the Yellowfin action was a bit slow. Some fish were reported from almost all areas this week, but there was no steady bite, and no really large fish have been showing up yet.
DORADO: Dorado action moved away from the cape this week with most of the fish being found at lest 15 miles up either coast. On the Pacific side there was a good bite taking place inside the Golden Gate Banks and one day, Friday, there was a chunk of floating wood found 8 miles farther north that held quite a nice load of fish. On the Cortes side, the action was off of the Westin and slowly moved up toward Punta Gorda. Most of the fish were small but there were enough fish over 20 pounds to make a good fight and a decent stock for the house.
WAHOO: Very few Wahoo were caught this week, and those that were found were incidental fish in the 30-40 pound class, close to shore on the Cortez side.
INSHORE: Inshore fishing remained slow this week but there are some Sierra beginning to show up. A few small scattered Roosterfish (and one at 35 pounds) were caught by clients on a Panga fishing the Pacific coast this week. Jack Crevalle, Snapper and Pompano round up the major species caught next to the beach and most of the Pangas have been heading out a bit farther looking for Dorado and Striped Marlin.
NOTES: Happy New Year and may this one be even better than the last! May all the fish you hook be big ones! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 2, 2005
Well, Happy New year and welcome to the new edition of the daily fish reports from “Fly Hooker” Sportfishing! I have had some comments in the past month asking why we have had no weekly listing of our daily catch report and the reason has been pretty simple. The “Fly Hooker” has been out of the water having some major work done, too much to list really and I have taken that as a chance to relax a bit on the report writing. Of course, I have still been doing the weekly report, but the daily catch has fallen by the wayside. There is no real excuse though, as our clients have still been fishing. With that in mind, I will attempt, as best that I am able, to keep you updated on what they are hooking into on a daily, blow by blow basis. Today we had two couples from Denver out fishing. They headed north, up the Sea of Cortez and the wind was blowing strong from that direction. It was very cloudy and cold and the conditions did not look good. They got into the Dorado up off the Westin Resort, working that area all morning until the final slide downhill to Cabo. They ended up keeping three Dorado ranging between 10 and 20 pounds and releasing five others that were smaller than 10 pounds. The last fish was caught just outside the Arch on the way in. Good fishing and no one got sick. We also had clients on another boat, but they came in early, being back at the dock by 9 AM. They did not catch as many fish and they did not return due to sea sickness either. One of the group must have eaten or drank something bad yesterday as the whole morning was spent in the bathroom on the boat. They went to the Pacific side of the Cape, about five miles outside the lighthouse and caught a nice Dorado and released a Striped Marlin as well. They are going to try again tomorrow! Good luck! As for the rest of the report, I’ll continue in this fashion next week!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT DECEMBER 20-26, 2004
WEATHER: We had mostly sunny skies this week with our high temperatures in the high 70’s to low 80’s and our night time lows in the low 60’s. Cold enough to make you want a sweater and remember why we live where it is warm! No rain this week of course, but it did look like we might have gotten a bit up in the mountains. We had pretty strong afternoon breezes from the south-east on most afternoons later in the week.
WATER: At the beginning of the week the water was warmer than it had been for the past several weeks, but later on it cooled off again. Our highest water temperatures were at the beginning of the week when we saw 78 degree water all along the coast on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. Now, at the end of the week, the highest I could find was 75 degrees, and that was 30 miles to the south. We still have a band of warm water running along the Pacific coast out to a distance of around 20 miles to the west of the Cape and 10 miles farther up the coast. The temperature break seems to have run across the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Bank all week.
BAIT: Once again almost the only bait available was Mackerel. They have been the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite dropped off a bit from the action we had last week, but that was mostly because the fish have been moving around a lot. Once you found the fish it was an average of three bites per boat, except for the first couple of boats to the action, and some of them were getting multiple hook ups. Early in the week all the action was up the coast on the Pacific side, with most of the boats working the area to the inside of the Golden Gate Banks. Getting there early was the key, as late in the morning the wind started to blow hard. As the week went on the fish moved south and at the end of the week the action was centered about five miles to the south of the 95 Spot, then moved off to the south-west. Most of the bites were on live Mackerel, but rigged Ballyhoo got some attention as well, and lures seemed to fill in third place.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This weeks section on Yellowfin is a repeat of last weeks with the exception that there was a bit of very early morning action had within 500 meters of the arch on football fish, using both feathers and iron. There were more Yellowfin found this week than there were last week, but the big ones have not shown up yet. Almost all the Yellowfin caught this week were football fish or smaller school fish, the largest fish I saw was around 40 pounds. There were reports of a few large fish found out past the San Jaime Banks, but I never did find out who caught them. The Fish closer to home were found in Porpoise pods and bit fairly well on small feathers. The best action this week seemed to be on the Pacific side about 15 miles out, but there was some good action had as well on the Sea of Cortez up around the Gorda Banks. At the Gorda, Sardinas were the ticket for a good catch and for some reason the fish were just a bit larger up there.
DORADO: Not the fish of the week, but there were still some nice fish being found mixed in with the Striped Marlin. These fish were averaging 20 pounds with a few to the 45 pound mark. Live Mackerel caught their attention, and many anglers hooked up thinking that there was a Striped Marlin at the end of the line. A few fish were found close to shore on both sides of the Cape but the action on them was not as strong as it was last week.
WAHOO: Very few Wahoo were caught this week, and those that were found were incidental fish in the 30-40 pound class, close to shore on the Cortez side.
INSHORE: Inshore fishing remained slow this week but there are some Sierra beginning to show up. A few scattered Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle round up the major species caught next to the beach and most of the Pangas have been heading out a bit farther looking for Dorado and Striped Marlin.
NOTES: Merry Christmas to all of you, and I hope it has been and will continue to be a good holiday experience. I got my wife a double CD, the “Echoes, the Best of Pink Floyd”, 2001, EMI, as one of her Christmas presents and am listening to it as I write this report. Until next year, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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Striped Marlin: 2 @ tagged and released
Dorado: 1@ 20 lb
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 7, 2004
The Johnson group from South Dakota Is fishing today and tomorrow on the “Fly Hooker” and ideally everyone would be hooking up a Marlin. All three of them. Well, it almost happened today! The water was in good shape and Juan and Manuel headed out to the south side of the San Jaime banks where the fish had been yesterday. They were still in the area and it was not long before they had the first Striped Marlin hooked up. A fight of about 25 minutes resulted in one fish of around #120 being released unintentionally while still about 50 feet from the boat! Guess the hook came out, huh? Anyway, they were in the right area and not very long afterward they hooked up again. This fish was a Dorado of about #20 and came to the boat fairly quickly. Juan gaffed the fish then pulled a back muscle when trying to get it in the boat and Manuel had to come down from the fly bridge to assist. Later on (not very long though) another Striped Marlin hooked up and after a quick 15 minute battle the fish was alongside the boat for a tag placement, an in-the-water- photo and a release. Next up! One more Striped Marlin to the boat, this one around #140 and another tagged and released fish! Not a bad day and the guys are looking forward to tomorrow. We hope Juan’s back is better then!
The Fly Hooker is going into dry dock to have some work done. We will try to keep stories going in the meantime of our friends fishing on other boats.
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Capt. George Landrum
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Striped Marlin: 8 fish released, one fish kept (#80-#140)
Yellowfin Tuna: 5 fish kept (#10-#15)
Dorado: 2 fish kept (#12-#15)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1, 2004
Lonnie Hanson and Doug Shore shared the “Fly Hooker” today and the action was a bit slow for them. They managed to get one Dorado that weighed about 12 pounds to the boat. Doug has never caught a fish bigger than 10 pounds so he really wanted a big fish and Juan and Manuel were able to hook him up to one. A Striped Marlin gave him the action but Lonnie said that Doug was so busy staring at the jumping Marlin that he forgot to reel! Oh well, Doug is going again on Sunday so maybe he will get the “big one” then!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2, 2004
Peggy Bennit, her Dad, Mom and Husband were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today, and they are fishing on Friday and Saturday as well. Marlin are the target for this trip and everyone was ready to go first thing in the morning. Today was Juan’s day off though, and the Deckhand that had been arranged for did not show up so we had a last minute fill in. Pancho works on one of the other boats on our dock but is a good fisherman. Manuel went up the Pacific coast toward the Golden Gate banks then out to the San Jaime area. They saw one Marlin that would not eat a bait and they got into the football Yellowfin, ending up with five of them ranging from 10 to 15 pounds, plus four big Skipjack. Hopefully there will be a bit more Marlin action tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 3, 2004
Juan and Manuel were on the boat today and Manuel decided to work the area off of Los Arcos on the Pacific side of the Cape. The rocky point there has been holding lots of bait and yesterday on the radio his friends said that they had been getting Marlin bites. There were lots of Frigate birds working the area and there ended up being almost 50 boats working about 5 miles of area. There was a lot of bait around and they ended up with three fish hooked up, one at 8 am, one at 9 am and one a few minutes after 10. All the fish were tagged and released. Good action early in the morning but it died off afterward. Let’s hope that there is at least one more fish out there for them tomorrow so everyone gets to fight one!
“FLY HOOKER “FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 4, 2004
Peggy Bennit, her Dad, Mom and Husband were out today for the final of three days and the action they had was just unbelievable! Juan and Manuel decided to head just a little farther up the coast and avoid the crowd of boat all jockeying for a spot under a feeding Frigate bird and it really paid off for them. One Dorado ended up in the boat early in the trip and then the action was all Marlin. One fish was hooked up and released at around 8 am, another at 9 am. One more fish came in on the lures and Juan dropped back a bait that got eaten. That fish was fought to the boat for a tag and release. Somewhere in there another fish was hooked up then came off not far from the boat. At about 10 am they hooked one more Striped Marlin on a trolled lure, then another one, then one more and finally the fourth line went off! Four Marlin on at once! Think there was a bit of action in the cockpit? Juan orchestrated the weaving in and out of the lines as Manuel tried to keep the boat in the best position possible for all four fish. One of the fish came off finally but they were able to get the other three to the boat for two tag and releases but the other fish had swallowed the lure and was bleeding pretty heavily so the boated that one. What a day! Six Striped Marlin to the boat with five released and one fish kept. One Dorado for dinner! I noticed that there were not enough flags on the boat for all the fish, but that’s not a bad thing. Everyone had a great time and accused Juan and Manuel of saving the best for last, just teasing them along for the final day of fishing! Thanks guys, we are glad you had such a good time and look forward to your getting a chance to come down again next year!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 5, 2004
WEATHER: Mostly cloudy skies this week gave us a bit of a break from the sun, but there was still enough showing through for everyone to work on their tans! The cloud cover brought us a bit of a rise in our evening temperatures as our lows barely reached the high 60’s and kept our daytime temps low as well with the average at 83 degrees. No rain was dropped on us from the clouds but you could see a bit come down in the mountains.
WATER: There was little change in the water temperatures this week as the Pacific remained just a bit cooler than the Sea of Cortez side. On the Pacific the average temperature was still 77 degrees with cooler water found to the west of the San Jaime Banks. The water was calm with low rolling swells and no wind chop. On the Sea of Cortez the water averaged 78-79 degrees but due to the mostly north-east winds it did develop a bit of a chop later in the day, but there were few swells of any size.
BAIT: Almost all Mackerel this week with a few Sardinas as well. Big baits were $2 each while the Sardinas were $20-25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Again Striped Marlin were the fish of the week. Almost every boat out there got shots at Marlin on every trip. The fish are passing through and while they have been moving around there are a few areas that seem to hold them on a daily basis. The ledge off of the Lighthouse on the Pacific has been one such place, as has the point just to the north, San Cristobel. Quite a few boats were just parking and dropping down live Mackerel and getting at least one good bite per boat. While that is not exciting fishing to me, it does produce results. The big producer was the Frigate birds working just off shore, from 1 to 5 miles out. The Striped Marlin have been in big packs, following the Mackerel schools. Running to the diving birds and tossing out live bait resulted in many boats getting fish counts as high as 6-9 fish a day. Of course some also got no fish, but that was the best shot this week. These fish have been a bit smaller on the average, with most weighing less than 100 pounds and being around 100 to 110 inches long, tip to tip.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Porpoise were the key once again but most of them have been far offshore, just like they were last week. One exception was inside the Golden Gate Banks where for a few days during the middle of the week a big pod stayed around and anyone who got there early was able to pick up all the football Yellowfin they wanted. Other scattered groups were found 20+ miles off shore to the south and the sizes were a bit bigger with some of the fish in the 35 pound class. Feathers and cedar plugs worked, and the dark colors were better.
DORADO: Just like last week the Dorado have become a bit scarce. There seems to be more of them close to shore, almost right on the beach on both side of the Cape than there are off shore. Of course, finding something floating in the water sure helps out but this week those floating objects were a bit scarce. We had fair luck this week trolling feathers and small lures close in to the beach at higher than normal speeds, around 9-9.5 knots and were picking up a fish or two every day. There was nothing really big, most of them in the 15 pound class, but great for dinner.
WAHOO: There were very few Wahoo caught this week here in Cabo, and those that were brought in were all in the 35-40 pound class. There were maybe one or two flags a day for the entire fleet.
INSHORE: With the water calm on the Pacific side and the Marlin close in, a lot of the Pangas were targeting the Billfish. Also the Dorado action was fair for the boats working live bait along the beach and there were a few reported Sierra biting the tails off the live bait when the boats got too close. I had several nice Roosterfish reported to me, fish in the 40 pound class, but I did not see the fish myself. The action was supposed to have taken place on the Pacific side in front of the Pueblo Bonito Sunset resort.
NOTES: Marlin, Marlin, Marlin! If things go as they did last year the action should continue through February as the fish move through the area. Just after the full moon looks like a good bet if you are planning a trip. January’s full moon is the 25th and February’s full moon is the 23rd. Second best time would be around the new moon as well. Best of luck to you if you are planning a trip! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 24, 2004
Michael Eng was the guinea pig today as he was the first client to get to go out on the “Fly Hooker” with the newly re-built starboard engine. That is a story by itself and I was way optimistic to think that job could be done in a few days. As it turned out, it took three weeks. Anyway, Michael fished alone but had orders from those in his party back at the resort for fresh Tuna. There have not been a lot of them around but Juan and Manuel were able to get him hooked up to five of them, boating four of the fish. They had no other action as Marlin and Dorado were of secondary importance. The action was sudden as the first pass on the fish they found resulted in a triple hook up with one fish dropping off, then two singles on later passes. The fish were not large, with the biggest around 15 pounds, but there was fresh tuna to take back! Thanks Michael, we are glad you were able to get the fish you wanted, perhaps next time there will be some giants in the school!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2004
Our good friend Andy Cline is back in Cabo with his daughter Lauren and this time he was not supposed to touch a rod with a fish on it. On the last trip out he decided she would not be able to handle the #350 Blue Marlin that hooked up and he ended up with the fish. This trip it was supposed to be her turn to get the big one. Well, it sort of worked out that way. They were able to get a Striped Marlin hooked up early in the day while they were just outside of the lighthouse on the Pacific side of the Cape and Lauren fought the fish. It hooked up on the bridge rod and took her about 20 minutes to get the estimated #140 Striped Marlin to the boat for a release. The next action took them quite a bit longer as nothing happened until they were on the west side of the San Jaime Bank. Almost the second that they came off of the drop there was a strike on the short rigger lure. Lauren got in the chair and started to reel on the fish and then the long outrigger lure came down. Another fish on! With two fish hooked up at the same time Andy had no choice but to work the second hook up. A double on Wahoo was the result! Lauren fish took her about five minutes and the result was a Wahoo that was estimated at 50-55 pounds. Just a minute later Andy got his fish to the boat and it was about five pounds larger. That was all the action for the trip but it was a great trip with quality fish. Thanks Andy, and by now Juan realizes who it was that got him started on the Ballyhoo and Islander combinations! We are looking forward to seeing you on the boat again the day after tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER “FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2004
Once again we had Andy Cline and his daughter Lauren on the “Fly Hooker” and Andy invited his girlfriend Gigi and her daughter Bridget to join them. The objective for the day was to get the girls hooked up to a Marlin and Juan and Manuel were successful in fulfilling the request. The boat headed out toward the area that had been holding fish the day before (at least according to other Captains) and guess what? Yep, the fish were still there! The end result was three Striped Marlin hooked up and two fish brought to the boat for release. All the girls got to fight a Marlin and in addition Gigi was able to bring dinner to the boat with a nice Dorado estimated at 25 pounds. The water was in great condition and they had a lot of fun. I hope you girls got hooked! Thanks again Andy, and we look forward to seeing you again next year!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NOVEMBER 22-28, 2004
WEATHER: I am not sure if I should call the skies this week partly cloudy or partly sunny, guess it depends on how you look at it. Anyway, there were clouds every day but also plenty of sun. Our temperatures were almost perfect with nights getting down as low as 60 degrees with our day time highs in the high 80’s. No rain came with the clouds and the wind varied between 5 and 12 knots from the northwest early in the week and the northeast later in the week.
WATER: The water on the Sea of Cortez remained in the 77 degree range with blue water but as you approached the area of the Gorda Banks the northeast wind became noticeable and the water became pretty rough. Darn those winter winds! On the Pacific side of the Cape at the end of the week there was a finger of warm water about 80 degrees on the San Jaime Bank. Everywhere else the water was in the 77-78 degree range. Choppy water was the norm on the Pacific side early in the week but as the wind changed later on the water became smooth.
BAIT: Almost all Mackerel this week with a few Sardinas as well. Big baits were $2 each while the Sardinas were $20-25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: I only heard of two Blue Marlin and one Black Marlin being caught this week, but the bite on the Striped Marlin has begun to take off. The fish have been fairly close as well which really helps. The Striped Marlin had been stacking up on the rocky points on the Pacific side early in the week and as the week progressed some of the fish started moving off shore a bit. At the end of the week the Striped Marlin fishing was best about 7 miles off shore of the light house toward the west. Slow trolled live bait worked pretty good as did rigged dead baits. Lures were a distant third choice but still brought fish up.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A few boats got into the footballs early in the week among the offshore Porpoise pods but there were not many of these fish showing later on as they had pretty much moved way off shore. One boat did get into a good showing of fish off the Outer Gorda Banks on Friday. Being the only boat there helped as he was able to get around two dozen quality fish in the 30-40 pound class and one fish around #80.
DORADO: The Dorado were scarce in numbers this week unless you were able to find something floating and then you needed to be the fist boat there to do well. Two Dorado a day was a good catch this week and many of the fish that were found were small ones in the #8-10 class. A few good fish in the 30 pound range were landed but all in all things were a bit slow. Best bets for fish not associated with floating debris was the points on the Sea of Cortez side, close to shore, using small live baits or chumming for them.
WAHOO: Here in Cabo it was a fairly slow week for Wahoo, but I had an invitation from a friend to fish with him up at Inman banks on the Cortez side on Friday, and I was shown what a good Wahoo bite is! We had 10 strikes on live bait and landed two fish in the 40 pound class. It was difficult to set the hook well on these fish while using #30 and #25 line, but we had a blast. That was the only consistent action for Wahoo this week as far as I know.
INSHORE: Calm water on the Pacific side allowed the Panga fleet to work the shore line hard, and the fishing is starting to pick up. A few dinky Sierras are showing up and there are still a few nice Roosterfish scattered around. Bottom fishing for Snapper and Grouper is still a fair bet and just off the beach smaller game such as Skipjack and Bonito as well as small Dorado can keep the light tackle angler happy.
NOTES: The Marlin action heated up and every thing else has remained about the same as we came on to the full moon. I expected the Tuna bite to improve with the full moon and maybe it has, but the fish are too far out for us to find out! It will be a busy week for us and I am out of here this morning as I have a four hour trip to go on, sure hope we get into the Marlin! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NOVEMBER 15-21, 2004
WEATHER: Once again we have had a great week weather wise. Our night time lows have been in the low 70’s and our day time highs around 87 degrees. Partly cloudy skies most of the week have helped to keep things cool while the breeze from the northwest has kept the humidity down.
WATER: The high temperatures this week were on both sides of the Cape with the surface on some days reaching 81 degrees. There was a finger of cooler water coming down from the north on the Pacific side and that finger came along the inside of the Golden Gate bank then traveled along the Pacific shoreline, ending up in an eddy of cooler 77 degree water right off the tip of the Cape and extending to the south for about 10 miles. The water up to the north was a bit green but the Cortez side had great colored blue water.
BAIT: There were a lot more Mackerel available this week and only a few Caballito. The normal price is still $2 per bait. There were some Sardinas available as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were a few Blue and Black Marlin reported this week but the focus and emphasis was on Striped Marlin. The yearly migration has started and the fish are starting to come down from the north, following the cool water. The near shore area on the Pacific side, where the cool water has been, was a favorite this week. All of the area on the Pacific shoreline, from the Golden Gate to the lighthouse had Striped Marlin showing up off the points. While there were tailing fish spotted and live baits cast to, most of the fishing was done by either slow trolling live Mackerel or deep dropping the bait. Working water in 250 t0 600 feet deep, Mackerel was slow trolled until concentrations of bait were spotted on the fish finder, then bait was dropped down to them. Boats without fish finders watched others or worked the current lines as the tide shifted. The average was almost a Marlin per boat but there were a few boats getting double hook ups, a few of them getting several of them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Football fish among the Porpoise were near the coast at the start of the week but at the end of the week they had moved almost 35 miles off shore. There were also some nicer fish among them and an occasional shot at a real sow, as many boats working the Tuna saw fish approaching the #200 mark breaking water. A few of the better fish were hooked up, but most of the bigger fish were in the #40 range, approaching the #100 in a few cases. The bigger fish were had on live bait dropped back and away while the footballs were on small lures.
DORADO: As the water has cooled the Dorado bite has dropped off as well. There were a few scattered fish on the Pacific side but most of the action came on the Cortez side close to shore. Good areas this week were off of the lighthouse at Gray Rock and off of the Westin and Palmilla. Sardinas used as chum got the bite going but most of the fish were smaller, in the 8-15 pound class. Average catch was about 2-3 fish per boat.
WAHOO: It is still a slow bite for Wahoo this week and most of the fish have been found along the shore in the 50 fathom areas. I was lucky and able to get two fish this week but most boats were happy to get one strike. The fish are smaller; one of mine may have been 10 pounds, the other about #40. Darker colored lures and Marauders worked for the Wahoo and also drew strikes from Marlin.
INSHORE: The water has been fairly calm this week so we had a lot of the Pangas off shore chasing Tuna and Marlin, working th4e same areas as the cruisers. Those that stayed in shore found action on the Cortez side for Skipjack and Bonita as well as lots of Needlefish. Small Grouper and Snapper rounded up the expected catch, and everyone is waiting for the water to cool enough for the Sierra and Yellowtail to show up!
NOTES: There have been lots of boats out this week and almost everyone is finding fish, but there have been no big numbers posted by anyone as far as I know. As the week ended the fishing dropped off and most boats were coming in with a couple of Tuna, a couple of Dorado or a Marlin flag or two. An occasional boat was lucky and got into the Tuna first and scored, but the action was far away and not consistent. As the moon gets full perhaps the action will heat up? Anyway, keep your fingers crossed and check out the report next week! Until then, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NOVEMBER8-14, 2004
WEATHER: The first part of the week had us experiencing mostly sunny skies and cool (for Cabo) fall temperatures. We did not have any evenings where we dropped to 60 degrees (like last week) but our night time lows stayed down around the low 70’s and high 60’s. Day time highs were in the high 80’s on land with a cooling effect when you were on the water. Toward the end of the week clouds moved in and while we still had plenty of sun, the sunsets became even more spectacular.
WATER: Our off shore water continues to cool and while we still have a warm water band wrapping around the Cape we have had the average temperature drop by three degrees. Within 15 miles of the shore on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez the water has remained 79-80 degrees. Immediately to the south out about 10+ miles there is a pocket of warmer water at 82 degrees and on the Cortez side up past the Gorda Banks it starts to cool off to the 78 degree level. Surface conditions on the Pacific have been great all week for morning fishing but the wind has been starting to kick up a bit in the early afternoon giving us a bit of wind chop on top of the 2-4 foot swells. The Sea of Cortez has remained fairly calm as far as surface conditions go.
BAIT: Caballito are still the most available bait this week but I did see a few Mackerel showing up in a few bait tanks. The normal $2 per bait remains except for Sardinas, and if they are available they have been going for the usual $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: While the Blue and Black Marlin bite has dropped off the Striped Marlin have started to return and take up their rightful place as our most common Billfish. There are still some Sailfish being caught, but not in the same numbers as they were being found the last two weeks. The Striped Marlin are being found in small groups, with three areas holding fish for a few days this week. Early in the week there was a group just off the lighthouse on the Pacific side of the Cape, about 5 miles off shore. At the end of the week there was another group about 12 miles out at 160 degrees. Smaller groups of fish were found just offshore, about three miles, on the Cortez side both during the middle and the end of the week. Luck always takes a part in fishing for Billfish and those anglers that had it this week were able to catch and release as many as three Striped Marlin per trip. Live bait worked the best, both tossed at tailing fish and slow trolled through the areas that had the concentrations.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Well, the Yellowfin Tuna finally showed up close to home! There were not any giants caught this week but there were nice fish in the 40-80 pound class brought in the boats, and plenty of fish in the 10-20 pound range as well. The fish were found from the Golden Gate Banks to just off of the Arches as the end of the week and they were associated with the Porpoise. Cedar plugs were the ticket for the football fish and live bait dropped deep appeared to account for most of the larger ones. A number of fish were caught on hootchies in dark colors as well, but the cedar plugs seemed to out catch them. Spotting Frigate birds working was the key to finding the Porpoise, and they were the key to finding the Tuna.
DORADO: There were scattered fish found close to shore on both the Cortez and Pacific side of the Cape, but there seemed to be more fish on the Pacific side. There was no need to go offshore as most of the fish were found within two miles of the beach, and a lot of them considerably less. The fish averaged 12 pounds with a few of them in the 20 pound range. Farther off shore there were scattered Dorado and if you were able to find something floating in the water there were nice fish in the 25-40 pound class around it. A friend was the first to a small piece of wood that he was able to get limits of Dorado in the 30 pound range from, and then a Striped Marlin as well. Later boats had no luck, but there were other floating objects found during the week by other boats as well.
WAHOO: There was no real Wahoo bite this wee, sad to say, but it appears that as the week progressed things started to pick up a bit, so perhaps this coming week will start producing more of these sought after fish. The Wahoo that did hit the decks this week were found fairly near shore, mostly in water around 50 fathoms deep. The sizes ranged from 20 to 40 pounds.
INSHORE: Dorado and Tuna were the target of the Panga fishermen this week. Most of the action was concentrated just off of the beach down past Gray Rock, out in about 30 fathoms of water. Chumming with Sardinas brought in football Yellowfin, Skipjack and Bonita as well as lots of needlefish. Small Dorado shoed up after a while and there was an occasional Wahoo appearing and cutting off hooks. Late in the week as the Porpoise came closer to the Cape there were Panga fishermen out working the Yellowfin and doing well. The traditional inshore fish such as Sierra, Roosterfish, Jacks and Snapper have bee shy this week.
NOTES: I know that the Tuna are appearing in numbers because on Saturday a Super Seiner appeared in front of Cabo and just drifted around for the day. When you have a mile of net stacked on the deck and a helicopter for spotting fish on the bow, you are not here for fun and partying. We just have to keep our fingers crossed that they leave the fish alone close to us and that no more of them show up for a while. The weather is getting nice, football season is progressing well, I have television at home now, my golf game is improving and my starboard engine is being re-built and should be back in the boat on Wednesday. Life is good and just keeps getting better! For those of you going fishing this week, tight lines! Try playing a little bit of Jimmy Buffet from his 1990 MCA release “Feeding Frenzy” and get in the mood, it works for me!
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Capt. George Landrum
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Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: 2 fish tagged and released (#120, #140)
Sailfish: 2 fish released (#70, #90)
Dorado: 24 fish kept, 7 released (#10-#45)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2004
Today we had returning client Steven and local friends Tim and Jose on the boat. Tim brought along his own spinning rod hoping to get a chance at some of the Dorado. Steven really wanted to get a shot at a Marlin. Juan and Manuel received a call from another boat about a coil of rope found floating out by the Golden Gate Banks and joined them there. It had Dorado all around and the guys were able to do a little pick and choose as they proceeded to bring an even dozen fish to the boat, releasing about 6 more. The largest fish may have been around 40-45 pounds and Steven fought that one for quite a while. Tim caught three Dorado on his spinning rod. After that action the box was full and it was time to look for Marlin. They did have one fish eat a bait and Steve fought it for around 5 minutes, but the hook had become turned back into the boat and the fish was able to shake loose. The water was good, but just a little bumpy and everyone had a great time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2, 2004
Terry Matheson booked the “Fly Hooker” for today as he does every year on this date and his buddies were with him as well, a group of seven total. It took two boats to handle them all and Terry was fishing with Juan and Manuel. Off to the coastal area on the Pacific side for Dorado and they did manage to get into the fish, bringing back an even dozen ranging between 10 and 35 pounds. If you keep seeing 12 fish listed as the catch in the reports it’s because that is about all that the cooler on the boat can handle without having fish spoil, we sure would hate to waste fish! They had a great time finding fish through out the day, a few here, a few there and a couple of times with multiple hook ups. Thanks Terry, we hope to see you again next year!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 4, 2004
Today we had four guys from Louisiana fishing the “Fly Hooker” for the Tuna Tournament, both today and tomorrow. Juan and Manuel went toward and past the 95 spot trying to find Porpoise so they could get a shot at some big Tuna, but all they were able to come up with was one Striped Marlin tagged and released and two Sailfish. Not a bad day on the water but they needed Tuna, not Billfish! We hope they get into some tomorrow. The boat that I captained had a great group also but all we were able to come up with was one Dorado. The big Tuna of the day was #206 and there were three fish over #100 and three fish in the #70 class, pretty slow compared to most years. And it was really slow when you consider that there were 179 teams entered! We sure hope things improve tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2004
The same group was out on the “Fly Hooker” again, but the action was even slower today. Yesterday most of the Tuna that were found were on the Pacific side, up around the Golden Gate Bank area so that is where Juan and Manuel went. They had no Tuna at all but were able to land and release one Striped Marlin. Lines out was at 4PM and then they cruised back toward the marina. As the “Fly Hooker” was rounding the point out at the arch Juan heard a funny noise and checked the Starboard engine. It looks like we are going to have to re-build as a piston knocked a hole in the block. They came into the slip on one engine, I sure am glad it did not happen during the fishing time! We will be down for a few days but up and running by the middle of next week! Until then, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NOVEMBER 1-7, 2004
WEATHER: Every week it seems to get a bit cooler and this week we had night time lows in the mid to low 60’s, really good evening temperatures. Our day time highs ranged from the mid to high 80’s with one day in there where it hit 90. Very little cloud cover, light breezes and no rain at all pretty much cover the conditions we experienced this week.
WATER: A band of water in the 82-83 degree range wrapped around the Cape this week and extended up the Pacific 15 miles north of the Golden Gate Banks. The closest cooler water was 35 miles to the south-west where it dropped to 80 degrees. Surface conditions were great all week with very light surface chop and swells in the 2-3 foot range with an occasional 4 foot one on the Pacific side.
BAIT: The usual $2 per bait and almost all of it was Caballito. There were Sardinas available as well at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Most of the Billfish this week were Striped Marlin and Sailfish and they were found on the Pacific side of the Cape. Slow trolled live bait at the Banks hooked up quite a few of both species as anglers looked for Yellowfin Tuna. There were reports of a stray Blue Marlin or two but there was no consistency to them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin received a lot of pressure this week as 179 teams were entered in the Tuna tournament. Quite a few of the teams’ pre fished the tournament on Wednesday and they all fished on Thursday and Friday. The fishing was not very good as there were only 9 fish weighed that were over 50 pounds. The minimum qualifying weight for Yellowfin Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo was 40 pounds. There was one big fish at #206, three fish over 100 pounds and three fish over 70 pounds as well as one fish that weighed 50 pounds. There were no qualifying Dorado weighed and only two Wahoo over 40 pounds, one at 55 pounds and my teams fish at 40 pounds, one ounce. Almost all of the Tuna were found on the Pacific side, both around the Golden Gate Banks, west of the San Jaime Banks and north of the Golden Gate.
DORADO: There were not as many Dorado caught this week as there were last week but there were still fish out there. Not many over 40 pounds as the results from the Tuna tournament can attest to, but there were still fish to be found. It seemed that they moved a bit farther to the north and a bit off shore this week. The Pacific side held the bulk of the fish and spotting Frigate birds working as well as finding floating objects
WAHOO: Let’s see, two fish over #40 for a total of 350 man days on the water during the Tuna tournament. I guess we can say that the bite was not on this week and leave it at that.
INSHORE: Slow inshore fishing with small Dorado here and there since the bulk of the fish have moved off shore and to the north. There were reports of a few small Sierra and the action on Skipjack and Bonita has been very good early in the morning for boats using Sardinas as chum and bait.
NOTES: The last tournament of the year is over, the weather is cooling down and the bite has dropped off a bit. Our next big fish influx will probably be Yellowfin Tuna since the tournament is over! Our fingers are crossed that things improve and we hope you get a chance to come yourself and find out! Until next week, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT OCTOBER 25-31, 2004
WEATHER: We are still experiencing the cooling weather as our night time lows have been in the low 70’s and the day time highs have been in the mid 80’s. I love this time of year! This week we had overcast skies and actually experienced a bit of rain as clouds moved through the area. The rain took all the dust off the plants and buildings and really greened up the desert! At the end of the week it cleared up for a couple of days and now it looks like we might have more cloudy days coming at us. That is a good thing, really!
WATER: There was not much change this week in the warm water and cool water borders, just the slight variance you might expect from normal tidal action and currents. There was still a band of warm water just off the shore on the Cortez side and it extended out to the San Jaime Banks on the Pacific side an up the coast there as well. Farther out, at a distance of around 15 miles the water began to cool off a bit and was a little off color. Warm water in the band was in the 84-85 degree range while the coldest water in the area was a seemingly frigid 75 degrees. Surface conditions were great all week as what wind we had was slight and only gave the surface a slight chop on top of the small 2-3 foot swells.
BAIT: The usual $2 per bait and almost all of it was Caballito. There were Sardinas available as well at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were still some Blue and Black Marlin being hooked up this week and it was not uncommon for boats to have a shot at several Striped Marlin and Sailfish as well. The Black and Blue Marlin seemed to be more concentrated on the Cortez side of the Cape and were found in the warm water band. The Pacific side was holding the Sailfish and the concentrations of Striped Marlin. Good luck was had on the Pacific side from Cabo Falso to the Golden Gate area from 1 mile to 5 miles off the shoreline. Trolled lures in petrelero, blue/pink/silver and green/black worked well for the Blue Marlin, live bait (small tunas) for the Black Marlin and small brightly colored lures and Caballito for the Striped Marlin and Sailfish.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was no change in the status of the Yellowfin Tuna this week, the same areas and same conditions as the previous week still held. Almost all the Yellowfin reported this week were caught as bait for the tournament fishermen and by Pangas working the same areas. These areas were just off the light house on the Pacific side, on the ledge there, and just off the beach in 200 feet of water on the Cortez side in front of the Hacienda Del Mar Resort and Gray Rock. Chumming with live Sardines brought up the fish and they were almost all footballs between 8 and 15 pounds. We sure hope that the bigger fish show up this week as we are all looking forward to the Tuna Tournament on Thursday and Friday.
DORADO: Once again fish of the week, smaller lures in bright colors, live Caballito and Sardinas were the keys to getting a cooler full of Dorado, and most boats that were working for them had no problem. I guess the pressure had no effect, unlike my thoughts for last week (I thought that the pressure was less because of the Marlin tournaments) as almost every boat that seriously tried for them was able to get plenty of fish in the box. The fish were concentrated near shore, feeding on the abundant bait on the Pacific side of the Cape. Quite a few fish were found on the Cortez side as well, again near the shore. Any floating object was worth checking out, from dead seals (an amazing number of nice sized Dorado came off of one found inside the Golden Gate Banks) to bits of trash floating in the water, almost everything held a fish or two.
WAHOO: Not quite as many Wahoo were caught as there were last week and it may have to do with the moon phase (or maybe not, I always get in trouble trying to figure these fish out). Still, there were orange flags flying every day so fish were being found. Most of them came while boats were fishing for the Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna, so there was no concentrated effort for them. I am sure that has someone specifically targeted them they would have had success.
INSHORE: Almost every Panga Captain that I talked to this week and every one I saw on the water have been concentrating on the Yellowfin Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo.
NOTES: The next big tournament is the last of the year and there is going to be a large number of boats entered. The Tuna Tournament has been a blast so far every year and I hope this year is the same. This week was a bit of a rest for most of us as there was only one tournament, the “For Pete’s Sake” charity tournament. The fishing has been great, the bookings filling up and I am almost ready for a vacation (don’t I wish!). I decided that this week music would be one of my old standbys, “The Brian Flynn Band” on the special “Cabo” edition. Check him out at http//brianflynnband.com and enjoy the music along with me! Until next week, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: 2 fish released (#120, #130)
Sailfish: 2 fish released (#40, #45)
Wahoo: 1 fish kept (#25)
Dorado: 39 fish kept, a whole lot released (#12-#35)
Yellowfin Tuna: 5 fish kept (#10-#20)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 25, 2004
Ed and Paula Weis are fishing with us again today and on Wednesday. Juan and Manuel were up and ready for the fishing and headed out toward the inside of the Golden Gate Bank area on the Pacific side. The water has been just a bit cooler there and there have been Striped Marlin and Dorado scattered everywhere. Right off the bat at 8 am they had all four lines hook up with small Sailfish, and ended up getting two of them to the boat for tagging and releases. Later on Ed fought a Striped Marlin to the boat for another tag and release and Paula watched while he enjoyed the fight. There were Dorado in the area also and they ended up with four of them in the fish box.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 27, 2004
Ed and Paula were out again and it was almost a repeat of the first day of fishing except there were no Sailfish today. Ed fought a Marlin to the boat for a good tag and release and they got into some Dorado again, boating a few nice ones and releasing some small fish. Ed really liked the idea of fishing every other day; it gave him a chance to rest up between the fish!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 28, 2004
Aaron and Jerry fished with Manuel and Mauricio today (Juan took the day off). Heading up the Pacific side once again, they were the second boat to a dead Seal found floating in the water about three miles off shore inside the Golden Gate Bank. Being the second boat meant that they had the best shot and all the Dorado the dead Seal had attracted and they had a blast, boating 8 big Dorado, all between 25 and 40 pounds. They lost several others after fighting them for a while, and they had one fish just jump off after taking a live bait. When they finally left the Seal, there were over thirty boats trying to work the area, and the ones that arrived late had no luck at all. A Marlin appeared during the trip and struck twice at the lures but did not hook up, and they tossed bait at another fish found tailing, but the fish would not eat. A Wahoo struck a trolled lure and took off with the hooks, lure and some leader after cutting through the monofilament leader almost at the strike. Good fishing and great action added up for a really fine trip. Thanks guys, and we hope you decide to do it again on Saturday.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 29, 2004
Rob Powers and his buddy Craig fished with us for the first of two days booked. They will be fishing again on Sunday. They really had a blast as Juan and Manuel were able to get them into some steady action with Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna. Fishing 20 miles up on the Pacific side they were almost the only boat in the area. In the morning they had gotten some Sardinas for bait and while in the area to the north they saw some boils from Tuna feeding. Chumming with the Sardinas they were able to get them to come to the boat and ended up with five of them, between 10 and 20 pounds in size. The action continued as Dorado came into the area as well and while not all the fish were large ones they were able to pick and choose the ones they kept. They ended up with 8 male Dorado between 15 and 40 pounds in the fish box and released five smaller female fish. A good time was had and now Craig needs to go out and buy a cooler as Rob’s will be filled up! Let’s hope the action continues on Sunday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 31, 2004
The second day of fishing for Rob and Craig ended up early as the cooler was full and they were tired of pulling in the fish! Manuel and Mauricio headed back to the same area that has been producing so well for them, but without Sardinas. They got into the Dorado though, and had triple hook ups three different times. With there being so many fish around they were able to be pretty picky and selective about the ones they kept, and ended up with 10 fish over 20 pounds and only had two that were in that 8-10 pound class (they kept them because they were badly hurt). They released 8 smaller fish. Rob had purchased a Marauder at a local tackle store for use today as he wanted to catch a Wahoo. With the lure in the water less than 30 minutes they had a hook up with a #25 one! Great fishing and a good day on the water, they were back at the Marina by 12:30. Thanks guys, we are so glad you had a good time with us! We look forward to seeing you again next year!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT OCTOBER 18-24, 2004
WEATHER: Our temperature at night has varied between the low 70’s and the low 80’s with the warmer temps during the later part of the week as we had cloud cover (along with rain) move into the area, trapping the warm air. Our day time highs have been around the low 90’s, with the beginning of the week sunny and cooler and the end of the week cloudy and a bit damp. The winds have varied, but generally from the north as light breezes.
WATER: The band of warm water off the Cortez side narrowed this week as cooler water (and a bit greener as well) moved in from the south. The warm water band was only about 6 miles off shore but again it extended past the Cape and out toward the San Jaime Banks. The water up the Pacific coast was a bit cooler but maintained a fairly good light blue color. Surface conditions were great as we had only light winds this week with a bit of surface swell.
BAIT: The usual $2 per bait and almost all of it was Caballito. There were Sardinas available as well at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Billfish had pretty intense pressure put on them this week with the Bisbee Open and the Bisbee Black and Blue tournaments taking place. The Blue and Black Marlin seemed to be more concentrated on the Cortez side with almost all the money fish coming from that area. The big fish for both tournaments were Black Marlin. The Pacific side had the concentrations of Striped Marlin as they seemed to prefer the slightly cooler water found there. The best areas for the Striped seemed to be between one and five miles off shore, the Blacks on the Gorda Banks and on the 50 fathom drops and the Blues along the 100 fathom drops.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Almost all the Yellowfin reported this week were caught as bait for the tournament fishermen and by Pangas working the same areas. These areas were just off the light house on the Pacific side, on the ledge there, and just off the beach in 200 feet of water on the Cortez side in front of the Hacienda Del Mar Resort and Gray Rock. Chumming with live Sardines brought up the fish and they were almost all footballs between 8 and 15 pounds.
DORADO: The Dorado became the fish of the week as major numbers moved in just off the beach between Gray Rock on the Cortez side and north of the Golden Gate Banks on the Pacific side, as well as almost all the areas between. It was common for boats to limit out this week on fish between #10 and #25 with a few larger fish and lots of smaller ones (hopefully most of which were released). Smaller lures in bright colors, live Caballito and Sardinas were the keys to getting a cooler full of fish, and most boats that were working for them had no problem. It may have helped that there were so many boats entered in the tournaments, it may have taken a lot of pressure off of the Dorado.
WAHOO: There were a lot more Wahoo caught this week than we normally get and they seem to be concentrated near shore. It may be because of the number of small bait fish we are seeing, but almost every boat fishing close in for Dorado ahs had at least one Wahoo bite per day. Some boats have been getting multiple fish per day and they are ranging in size from #20 to #40. The same areas that are holding the Dorado are holding the Wahoo as well, from Gray Rock on the Cortez side to inside the Golden Gate on the Pacific side.
INSHORE: Almost every Panga Captain that I talked to this week and every one I saw on the water have been concentrating on the Yellowfin Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo.
NOTES: Now that there is only one tournament to go I may have time to get some stuff around the house taken care of! And there are a few boats that need some work as well, don’t worry guys, I am on it this week. Comfortable weather this week, less pressure and crowds in the week ahead, I just might be able to get some rest! No music this week, I have been getting a bit of this typed at a time as things get taken care of here at home. Next week I hope to have something new for you, so stay tuned! Until then, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: 3 fish released, 1 kept (died during the fight) (#120-#150)
Sailfish: 1 fish released (#120)
Wahoo: 7 fish kept (#20-#45)
Dorado: 33 fish kept, a whole lot released (#12-#35)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 18, 2004
Steve and Linda Shipley are fishing for the second day of this trip and while Linda got a 40 pound Yellowfin on the 16th, it was no fish for Steve on that trip. Today he was able to make up a little bit as he managed to hook and bring to the boat a very nice Pacific Sailfish of around #120 for a good tag and release. One other Sailfish was struck but it came off and there were three Dorado lost as well. We hope that next time they come down the action will be a bit better for them!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 19, 2004
Tim and Jill Lawrence are back down from Anchorage again and this was the second of four days fishing they had scheduled. Juan and his brother Juan headed up the Pacific side and got into the fish big time, with most of the action taking place just off shore near the Golden Gate Banks. They ended up the trip with three nice Dorado, two Wahoo about 20-25 pounds each and Tim fought, then tagged and released a Striped Marlin of around 140 pounds.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOROCTOBER 20, 2004
Jason Walker and his buddy Taz fished the same area as Tim and Jill did yesterday, only just a bit farther north and they got into the fish as well. Jason is the godson of our good friend Dave Reese and he was really looking forward to the trip. Let’s see, they ended up with two Wahoo between 35 and 40 pounds each as well as 8 Dorado between 15 and 35 pounds and released about four or five smaller Dorado as well. They had a chance to throw bait at one Marlin and had one other strike, but none of them hooked up. Not a bad trip though as they had a cooler of fillets by the time the “Smokehouse” had filleted, trimmed and vacume bagged their fish!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 21, 2004
Tim and Jill fished again today and it was with Manuel and Mauricio (Juan’s day off). Since the action has been so good up the Pacific coast for meat fish, that is where they headed. Tim’s mom and two of her friends accompanied them and everyone had a blast! The action was steady and the water in great condition as they managed to fill the fish box with Dorado. They ended up with 9 Dorado between 12 and 30 pounds and released a bunch more. Tim’s mom will have to buy a cooler so they are able to take fish with them!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 22, 2004
Today’s trip was a mixed bunch with us having four anglers on the boat and there being two other boats in the group. They worked the same area they had been going to, but the action changed a bit as they had more Marlin bite than Dorado. They managed to get one Dorado to the boat and into the fish box and fought, tagged and released one Striped Marlin of about 120 pounds. Another Striped Marlin of 150 pounds died during the fight because it became tail wrapped and that fish was boated. They ended the day with two Marlin and one Dorado, more marlin than the other two boats together, but not nearly as many Dorado.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 23, 2004
The George Besser group of four guys fished with Juan and Manuel today and they had a great time. Harry was the top angler with the largest fish as he fought, tagged and released a Striped Marlin of #120. They caught another 8 Dorado between 12 and 25 pounds and released a few smaller ones as well. The action had moved just a bit farther up the coast, past the Golden Gate Banks, but still close to shore.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 24, 2004
Today was the second day of fishing for the George Besser group and I had a call from Juan at 10:30 this morning that they already had three Wahoo in the fish box!
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Capt. George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2004
WEATHER: As the week came to an end we were able to sleep at night without the use of an air conditioner so you know it has cooled off a bit. Our night time lows were in the mid 70’s while the day time highs were around 90 degrees. We had an afternoon breeze from the northwest that kept us cool and the water just a little bit choppy on the Pacific side. Most of the week it was clear skies with a few clouds at times, but no rain at all. October is normally the month when all this happens (things cool down and the weather gets great) and this year everything seems to be on schedule.
WATER: On the Pacific side of the Cape we have had a band of warm water running along the coast then turning out to the southwest. It looks like it is the edge of a cool water eddy working it’s way south out around the area of the San Jaime Banks and it has been holding fish. The cool water center has been showing at 80 degrees while the warm water edges have been around 84 degrees. Directly south of the Cape during the early and mid part of the week the water was in the 81 degree range and on the Cortez side it was 83 degrees almost everywhere except up around Punta Gorda where it climbed to 85 degrees. Surface conditions on the Pacific were good with an occasional morning where it was choppy but in general the swells were not bad and the wind light. On the Cortez side it was almost like a lake most of the week.
BAIT: The usual Caballito were available but not everyone was able to get what they wanted as on some mornings supplies were limited. This has been normal for this time of the year since I have been here. In a surprise to me, we were able to get large Sardines one morning, nice 7” baits. As normal, the price remained at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There was not a lot of change in Billfish activity or availability this week. Just as last week the Sailfish that were found were mixed in with the Dorado up on the Pacific side within 2 miles of the beach at Golden Gate Bank area. The Gorda Banks, Punta Gorda and Los Frailles were supplying some nice Blue Marlin for boats making the long trip up there and there were both Blue and Striped Marlin to be found around the 92 spot and the 1150. A lot of boats have been pulling large lures for Blue Marlin, getting in practice for the tournaments coming up, and they have been having fair success, not great results this week, but that may be due to the moon phase more than the availability of fish.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Strangely the Yellowfin bite dropped off quite a bit this week. With the full moon I would expect it to pick up but most of the fish I did see were small footballs. Every day I got excited seeing lots of white flags but upon asking anglers found that they were being flown for Bonita and Skipjack. Porpoise on the Pacific side held fish if you were there early and there were footballs found in the blind near shore on the Pacific, but overall the bite was off. It’s really too bad because being able to get those large Sardines really had my hopes up for a big Tuna!
DORADO: The Dorado were definitely the fish of the week as every boat I saw was flying at least one yellow flag. Boats that left early seemed to bet bit a few more times and for the schooling fish the area inside the Golden Gate Banks and just off shore on the Pacific side seemed to be a favorite place to feed. Spotting feeding Frigate birds or keeping the first fish hooked in the water until the school showed up worked great on fish that were mostly in the 10-12 pound range. Off shore on both the Pacific and the Cortez side there were larger fish, some in the 40-50 pound class. If a fish came in on the lures and did not hook up, working the area for a few passes often brought another chance.
WAHOO: There were still Wahoo being caught, but it seems no one is really concentrating on them. Most of the fish are being caught by boats concentrating on Dorado so they have been an incidental catch. The average size has been 25 pounds but a few fish to 60 pounds have hit the deck this week as well.
INSHORE: Almost solely a Dorado show this week, with a few bottom fish tossed in. No Sierra showing yet as the water is still warm, and the Rooster bite is off as well.
NOTES: The moon phase was full this week and that had a strong effect on the Marlin bite, as the moon gets smaller the bite should improve. The town has been almost full each day as Cruise ships, between one and three a day, anchor out in the bay. Charter bookings have been great as well. I may be gone for part of the coming week, bringing a boat down from San Diego, but I will try and get updated as soon as I get back. Anyone interested in a 2001 50’ Viking for any of the tournaments with me as Captain please contact me for more information. This weeks report was written to the music of Rod Stewart on the 2001 Warner release “The Very Best Of” album. Until next week, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
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Fish count for the week:
Dorado: Thirty Six fish kept (#10-#30)
Yellowfin Tuna: Four fish kept (#10-#12)
Wahoo: Two fish kept (#20, #25)
Lots of Bonita and Skipjack released
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
Greg Chaney and Vance Martin fished the Fly Hooker today and were in competition with Greg Hurt, Dave Reese and Don Cartner fishing on another boat. The final was pretty even with our guys getting 6 Dorado and the opponents getting seven. They fished the same area as yesterday, up the Pacific side off the beach around the Margarita area. They will be fishing again on Thursday and Friday so I will let you know what happens then.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2004
Today the Peterson party of six fished with Juan and Manuel. With all the fish lately being found up on the Pacific coast around 12 miles up, that is where they headed today. No one got sick and they found plenty of fish, enough that everyone stayed busy most of the time. There were lots of Bonita and Skipjack but the main target was eating fish so the three Dorado of around 15 pounds each, the two Yellowfin of about the same size as the Dorado and the #20 Wahoo were very welcome. A great time, good water and good fishing made the trip a great success!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2004
Today Chip Lawson was supposed to fish with us, but we have needed a little work done on the stbd. Engine and today was the first day that the mechanic has been available so Chip and his wife fished another boat. They were back at noon having caught and released a Sailfish. Of course our mechanic showed up at 1 pm and only part of the work we wanted to get done was taken care of, and the work that he did only took two hours. Sigh.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
Today Dave Reese, Greg Chaney and Vance Martin fished with Juan and Manuel. Again targeting the Pacific coast up to the north, Manuel was able to put them in the right area. The action was steady from 8:30 on as singles, doubles and triples hooked up. The day ended with 16 Dorado, the largest around #30 and the smallest about #10, two Yellowfin Tuna of the football persuasion and one Wahoo of around #25. Unknown numbers of Bonita and Skipjack were released as well. A great day on the water with the 100 pounds of fillets ending up filling a large cooler once the Smokehouse trimmed, packaged and froze the fish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1, 2004
We were supposed to have Dave, Greg, Vance and Don on the boat today, but they went to a carnivore restaurant last night and were not feeling well in their stomachs this morning so cancelled the trip. Ouch, keep close to the bathrooms guys! Of course Juan thought the real reason was that they were too tired after all the action yesterday.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2, 2004
John and Amber Austin are newlyweds from Virginia. They each separately booked a fishing trip for today but Mary realized it a week ago when they both referred to being honeymooners with John saying he was getting married to a girl named Amber and her saying that her groom to be was named John! Thank goodness that got straightened out in time! Amber has decided that she is not an ocean kind of girl as she did not feel well the entire trip. Juan and Edgar (Manuel needed the day off) were able to get them three nice Dorado early in the day and lost three others. John really wanted a big Marlin but after the Dorado and putting out the big lures they were not able to raise a billfish. Maybe on the next trip John, you just have to keep trying! Congratulations on your marriage and we hope you enjoyed your honeymoon in Cabo!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 3, 2004
Today we had our returning customer James Fu, his wife Sabrina and her brother Pi Ming along with a few friends as our clients on the “Fly Hooker”. Juan and Manuel went to the Pacific side looking for meat fish and around 8 miles offshore between the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks they were able to get into the Dorado. They ended up with 8 fish kept and released on small #8 female. The fillets on the fish they kept ended up weighing 50 pounds so the average weight of the fish was probably around 15 pounds. There were a few Bonita caught as well but they were released. James had a great time but everyone else on the boat was sick and didn’t even eat their lunches. Sorry about that Lames, but maybe next time they will be all right staying on the beach and enjoying the fish dinners based on the fish you catch! Thanks guys, we are glad you had a good time (considering).
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Capt. George Landrum
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Fish count for the week:
Dorado: Nine fish kept (#18-#35)
Yellowfin Tuna: Seven fish kept (#18-#100)
Striped Marlin: Three fish released, one of them tagged
Sailfish: One fish tagged and released
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2004
Brian Howell, his father John and uncle Bob were fishing on the “Fly Hooker” today and they wanted to get some meat to take home. Since Juan and Manuel had been able to find two big Dorado south of the San Jaime Banks yesterday they decided to return to the area. It was a good thing they did as there were still fish in the area. The catch for the day ended up being almost two fish per person as they boated 5 Dorado weighing between #25 and #40, lost one other and had a big Wahoo make two slashing passes on the short bait toward the end of the trip. The fillets totaled out at #55, skin off and required a new cooler to get them packed up in! Good going guys and good luck on the Panga tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 21, 2004
Our friends Tom and Nancy booked the “Fly Hooker” for today and we were expecting to meet them last night at the Tanga-Tanga bar. Well, we did meet them but they are not the ones fishing, instead, they had recommended the boat to some friends and had done the booking for them. Not a bad way to do it and the three guys who went fishing today loved it! David, his son Donny and their friend Harry had a great time with Juan and Manuel. In fact, they had such a good time that they booked the boat for tomorrow as well! Juan and Manuel decided the area they worked yesterday should still be holding fish and back they went to the south of the San Jaime. They ran for an hour before putting lines in the water then trolled for another hour when Manuel spotted Porpoise several miles ahead. The water was a bit rough as they made the first pass on the Porpoise and that is when they picked up the smallest fish of the trip, a Yellowfin of about #18. With that fish quickly cranked in they made another pass and had a triple strike. These fish were a bit larger; the first two to the boat were in the #25-30 range. The third fish showed quickly that he outclassed all the others when he took the line well into the backing, taking out the 200 yards of top-shot and almost 300 yards of backing! David was on the fish for almost 40 minutes before Juan was able to place the flying gaff in the Yellowfin that they all estimated at well over #100! They were able to hook up with two other Yellowfin before the bite turned of and the area became crowded with boats. As they worked their way back toward the Marina they landed two Dorado of about #25 and had a nice Wahoo make a pass on a lure and just cut up the skirts! A great day with 6 Yellowfin and two Dorado, lets see what they can do tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 22, 2004
The second day of fishing for David, Donny and Harry started out at the dock as they came on the boat with a camera that had a good battery (no pictures yesterday because the battery died) and a new cooler (on wheels) for the fillets they were going to get. Well…..maybe they should have brought them yesterday because it was really slow for them today. Donny caught the largest fish of today’s trip, a Bonita about 6 pounds. They tossed a live bait at a Sailfish and the Sailfish just picked the bait off the hook. Around 10am they got a call about some Tuna action happening 8 miles from their location and they brought the lines in and ran to the action. By the time they got there, 13 boats were working the fish and they were down and not biting, the action was already over for the day. Oh well, one day fish, one day scales. They are heading up to the East Cape for the weekend; I hope they have good luck up there. Have a great time guys, and thanks for fishing with us!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 24, 2004
Rick Parsons and Lee Peevy are here again and will be fishing aboard the “Fly Hooker” today and tomorrow. This morning as he was loading ice on the boat Juan pulled a muscle in his back so Manuel worked the deck and Juan stayed on the bridge. They headed out to a temperature break 20 miles to the south of the lighthouse and it was there that they found fish. One Sailfish tagged and released, one that picked at the bait but would not eat and two Dorado, the largest about #35. Not a lot of action but there were fish out there. Tomorrow things may be different!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2004
It was the second day of fishing for Rick and Lee and today Edgar worked the deck as Juan stayed at home helping his back to heal with ice packs and heat pads. Manuel decided that the area they were at yesterday held promise again as the temp break had not moved so off they went. This time both Rick and Lee caught a Striped Marlin, but neither fish was tagged, just released. There was a nice #30 Yellowfin Tuna as well and lots of Porpoise around. They guys get to head for home with fish and with the knowledge that two day of fishing resulted in three Billfish released. Not bad!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2004
Greg and his wife Laura along with Vance and his wife Patty were on the “Fly Hooker” today. Back in Cabo with their group they will be fishing and mixing on our boat and another for four days this week and I will be taking them all out on a big boat on Tuesday. Anything was fair game today and it started out with quick action not too far from the Arch as a nice Blue Marlin struck one of the lures and got hooked up for around a minute. It was long enough for Vance to get to work the fish, or at least hold on as it pulled drag and jumped! After 60 seconds it threw the hook. Greg is now known as Mr. Marlin (or at least he would like to be know as that) because he caught his first Striped Marlin today and has film to prove it! He won the pot for the biggest fish between the two boats with the tag and release of a #145 jumping son-of-a-gun Marlin. One other Striped Marlin came in and struck a lure but it did not hook up and “Mr. Release-them Quick” Vance did his duty with a decent Dorado, using the “Palm Beach Release” technique and letting the fish go while it was still 30 feet from the boat. Good action, good water and good friends, it doesn’t get much better! Let’s hope the fishing improves a bit so you guys get the coolers filled!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT SEPTEMBER 20-26, 2004
WEATHER: The weather this week was just awesome, that about the best way to put it. Our humidity was down, our high temperatures were in the low to mid 90’s, nights were in the high 70’s and there was just enough of a breeze that things stayed cool. At least it was cool if you were not hunkered down in the engine room wrenching on stuff! I saw a lot of that this week as boats were getting ready for the tournaments coming up. We had partly cloudy skies early in the week and that helped things a lot also.
WATER: In an unexpected change of conditions, the water on the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape was actually cooler by a few degrees than the Pacific side at the end of this week. Between Cabo and San Jose we were seeing water temps in the 83 degree range and on the Pacific side around the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks there was mostly 85-88 degrees. There was a small temperature break to the south of the cape around 20 miles that seemed to have some fish concentrated but otherwise things were really spread out. The surface conditions were great this week with just a slight swell and very little wind.
BAIT: No change in bait availability this week, the normal summer Caballito at $2 per bait and some Mullet as well.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Marlin and Sailfish cooperated this week as conditions continue to improve. There were plenty of Sailfish to be found and often small packs of them would attack the spread. Striped Marlin showed themselves as well and live bait seemed to be the key for them. Blue Marlin appeared in the spread on almost every trip this week but bites were a little more difficult to come by. The Sailfish action was almost all on the Pacific side with most of the action around the temperature break to the south of the lighthouse and also close to shore up inside the Golden Gate area. Blue Marlin were almost everywhere but not in any concentration, they were found from the Gorda Banks to the Golden Gate Banks and well offshore as well as in close.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It was a good week for Yellowfin Tuna and it was a bit of a toss-up as to which fish would take my fish of the week award, the Yellowfin or the Dorado. I saw Tuna flags on almost every boat that returned to the Marina this week and some of the fish were beauties! Many boats were able to get into triple digit fish if they were the first to the Porpoise and some of them got multiple hook-ups. These fish were found offshore as well as just a few miles off of the lighthouse near the ledge drop-off. Fish in the #18-#35 range were more common though and they could be found near the temperature break 20 miles south. Football size Yellowfin to #10-#12 could be found nearer shore, sometimes as close as a half mile, and almost all of them were on the Pacific side.
DORADO: The inshore fish this week ran between #10 and #25 on the Pacific side and the key was to watch the Frigate birds at the beginning of the week and work the Turtles at the end of the week. Off shore the fish were larger and fish in the #50-#60 were not uncommon. Of course, for multiple hook-ups live bait dropped behind a fish hooked on a lure often resulted in great action. The offshore fish were scattered but almost all of them came from the Pacific side.
WAHOO: There were a lot more Wahoo caught this week than last week and about 50% of the boats at least had a Wahoo strike. The areas near drop offs seemed to show a bit more promise as the fish came in, and that was making it worth putting in a bit of effort at the edges of the Banks and ledges. Most of the fish were between #20 and #50 with a few larger ones in the #80 range being boated by a few lucky anglers.
INSHORE: Skipjack, Yellowfin, Dorado and Sailfish provided action for the Panga fishermen this week. There were not very many Roosterfish caught, but the ones that were found were really nice sized, going to #50 on the high end and #30 on the low. Bottom fishing improved as well with a good variety of Snapper and Grouper being caught on large live baits as well as cut bait.
NOTES: The fishing continues to improve as does my golf game (hahaha, a joke, come on, I shot a 153 last week, and no, that was not for 36 holes!). At least the fishing is getting better and we are looking forward to the Blue Marlin bite turning on. We know the water is just right as there are a large number of Turtles to be found on the Pacific side, and every year I have been here that has been a good indicator of a great Marlin bite about to happen. Keep checking and I’ll try and let you know how it is going. Until next week, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
Fish count for the week:
Dorado: 4 fish kept (#15, #18, #35, and #60)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 14, 2004
Jeff Tanis fished his second day with us but his girlfriend Lindsey stayed at the resort after getting sunburned last time out until she was a bright lobster red. Jeff promised her that he would be back at the resort by 1 pm so today was a little short. Without Lindsey along our focus was solely on Billfish and we had only hook less teasers in the water. Unfortunately we did not see a fish the entire morning while working the area between the Arch and Los Arcos about 6 miles off shore. Sorry Jeff but maybe next time the pointy nose guys will show up!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 18, 2004
Today was a last minute charter arranged last night when the people who fished were not able to contact the boat they were supposed to call. Chris and two of his buddies and his wife decided that they had to go fishing and met us at the boat this morning at 6:15. The Port Captain opened the port at 7 am and the hunt was on. With no one fishing for the past two days it was a search to find where the fish had gone. Juan and Manuel finally got into the Dorado while searching near shore up the Pacific side toward the Golden Gate Bank. Only going two for six (not great numbers) they were able to get dinner on the boat. One of the guys tried to assist by chumming for the fish the entire time and it may have worked. He also won awards for the first to get sick and catching the largest fish! All right guys, less tequila the night before next time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2004
Today we had half of a mixed group on the “Fly Hooker”. If you remember him from a while back, Steve Henline did a few days of video work on the boat for a television show and this group (seven beautiful ladies) was referred to us from him. We split the group to fish two boats with four of them on the “Fly Hooker”. Fishing was slow today and Juan and Manuel tried working the area off of “Los Arcos” close to shore for Dorado but had no luck at all. Around 12:30 they received a call on the radio about some big Tuna being found 18 miles south of the light house and they pulled lines and steamed that way. Big Tuna were jumping out of the water and Juan said that they were over #100 pounds in size, but they would not bite. The guys worked them hard but with no success and as they turned around to head back they finally got bit. Not a Tuna bite though, it was a Dorado! A nice #35 female was fought to the boat and a live bait was dropped back The live bait was inhaled by a big Bull Dorado estimated at an easy #60, and I believe that as I saw the fillets (and am having some of it for dinner!). The ladies had a great time and are having the Dorado fixed up at a local restaurant for dinner this evening. Thanks Steve, and ladies, we are glad you enjoyed fishing with Juan and Manuel!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT SEPTEMBER 13-19, 2004
WEATHER: This week we watched as Hurricane Javier came toward us and we sighed with relief as it passed well to the west. It did bring cloudy skies on Wednesday and we had a few light sprinkles early in the week from passing clouds before the aft cloud deck of the Hurricane came over us and gave us some real rain. Not too
much, but enough to water the plants, knock the dust down and not wash out any of the streets. The swells were large enough and the winds high enough (35 mph) that the Port Captain closed the port on Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. It re-opened Saturday morning at 7 am.
WATER: It sure is amazing what a weather system can do for the surface temperatures. It seemed that everything dropped by about 10 degrees over the last few days. Where we were reading 87 degrees on the Pacific side before the Hurricane passed by, on Saturday it was 76 degrees out front all the way to the San Jaime Banks. It was not until the inside area of the Golden Gate Banks that the water got up to 81 degrees. Due to the cloud cover there was no temperature chart available for the area and after the port was re-opened it was a matter of searching for the right area and hoping the fish had not moved very much. The water had some good swells and was a bit choppy on Saturday morning but settled down in the afternoon.
BAIT: No change in bait availability this week, the normal summer Caballito at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It was slow on the Billfish this week and having the port close for a while and a Hurricane move through did not help anything. At the end of the week there were a few Sailfish found out in front of the Cape but there were very few Striped or Blue Marlin. Hopefully as things settle back into the normal pattern fishing will improve.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This week is just about the same as last week’s Yellowfin report. Almost all the Yellowfin found this week were in the football category and most of them were found on the Pacific side within 5 miles of shore. No Porpoise were around as indicators, the fish were found on blind strikes. Cedar plugs and small feathers were good for getting anywhere between 2 to 10 fish in the boat. Quite a few small Bonita were mixed in with the schools of Yellowfin and these indicators had a lot of boats working the areas for Marlin as well. There were some larger Yellowfin caught by boats chunking for them up on the Cortez side early in the week. The Gorda and Inman Banks areas produced a few fine fish to triple digit size and the pressure was not too heavy.
DORADO: Surprisingly the Hurricane had almost no effect on the Dorado bite and the fish were in the same area after the storm passed. Close to shore in the Los Arcos area in water between 150 and 350 in depth held quite a few fish after the Hurricane went by and the water was a bit warmer in there as well with temperatures in the 81 degree range. Most of the Dorado were between 12 and 20 pounds with a few fish in the 40 pound range.
WAHOO: A few fish were caught early in the week and after the weather improved I saw a couple of flags on boats returning from the Pacific side, but the fish were not concentrated and were incidental catches.
INSHORE: Just as in last weeks report, lots of Skipjack and Bonita with a few Dorado in the mix accounted for most of the inshore action this week. A few boats were bottom fishing and reported fair catches of Snapper, Grouper and Amberjack.
NOTES: The end of the week saw us receiving what I consider perfect weather with low humidity, highs in the low 80’s and not having to use the air conditioner at night! Of course it was caused by the Hurricane cloud deck, and it will not last for long, but it sure is fine right now! As the water settles down and the clouds move away we should have a better idea of how the water temperatures are spread and that will help us find the fish again. Fingers are crossed that we do not have another Hurricane come our way this year! This weeks report was written to the sounds of Celine dion on an album with “live in las vegas” in the title (a copy). What a great voice! Until next week, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT SEPTEMBER 6-12, 2004
WEATHER: We had partly cloudy skies this week but no rain. Sometimes it felt as though we had been rained on as the air was very humid. Our day time highs were in the high 90’s while the night time lows averaged 80 degrees.
WATER: At the end of the week you could see the warmer water on the charts up around Punta Gorda, the dark brown color indicated water temps around 89-90 degrees, way too warm for most fish. Water from 88 to 86 degrees came to us from that area and wrapped just around the Cape out to a distance of 15 miles then it dropped to a much better 85 degrees. On the Pacific side water temperatures in the 86 degrees area were at the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks and extended just past them to the west and all the way east to the shore line.
BAIT: No change in bait availability this week, the normal summer Caballito at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Billfish bite still has not picked up, but this time of year the Striped Marlin bite drops off anyway as the water warms up. The Blues and Blacks are not here in any concentration but boats are getting shots every day at some kind of Billfish, at least on the average. There have been Blue Marlin found on both the Pacific side and on the Cortez side but they seem to bite better on the Pacific side where the water temperatures stay in the 85-86 degree range. The Blue Marlin have ranged between #200 and #600, a few Blacks brought in have been between #200 and #400 and most of the Stripers have been around #100. Quite a few Sailfish have been caught on the Pacific side as well, most of them being found within 5 miles of the coast between the lighthouse and toward the Golden Gate Bank. They have been between 50 and 110 pounds.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Almost all the Yellowfin found this week were in the football category and most of them were found on the Pacific side within 5 miles of shore. No Porpoise were around as indicators, the fish were found on blind strikes. Cedar plugs and small feathers were good for getting anywhere between 2 to 10 fish in the boat. Quite a few small Bonita were mixed in with the schools of Yellowfin and these indicators had a lot of boats working the areas for Marlin as well.
DORADO: Most of the boats returning from the Pacific side of the Cape were flying Dorado flags on their return and quite a few of the fish were found by watching for diving Frigate Birds then tossing live bait under them or slow trolling live bait in the area. There were anchoring floats out on the Golden Gate Banks that held some Dorado as well and the first or last boats to work them were almost always able to get a few fish in the boat. Most of the Dorado were between 12 and 20 pounds with a few fish in the 40 pound range.
WAHOO: I only saw a few Wahoo flags this week and those fish were an incidental catch, there was no rhyme or reason, just blind strikes in open water.
INSHORE: Lot’s of Skipjack and Bonita with a few Dorado in the mix accounted for most of the inshore action this week. A few boats were bottom fishing and reported fair catches of Snapper, Grouper and Amberjack.
NOTES: The heat and humidity are nice, but in moderation please! I am sure my electric bill is going to be high as we have been using the air conditioner almost every night in order to sleep. Hopefully we will have no more bad weather this season, I am knocking on wood after typing this! We are keeping an eye on Hurricane Javier, hoping it continues to be influenced towards the west. This weeks report was written to the sounds of singer Nora Roberts. My father copied a CD of hers and sent it to me, I am not sure of the year, title or company. Great mellow music! Until next week, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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Fish count for the week:
Blue Marlin: 1 fish released (#200)
Dorado: 7 fish kept (#12-25) 1 released (#15)
Yellowfin Tuna: 5 fish kept (#10-12)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 6, 2004
This was the second day of fishing for our anniversary couple, Jere and Roz Foust. They didn’t get a Blue Marlin yesterday, just the two Wahoo so they have their fingers crossed that today will be the day. Juan and Manuel headed up toward the Gordo banks area and had no signs of life there. They turned to the east and worked out to the 1000 fathom ledge then back toward the 1150 spot. It was around the 1150 spot that they finally had a hint that there were fish around. The fish hit on the short corner lure and made a few jumps at the beginning and at the end of the fight. It took Jere 20 minutes to get the estimated #200 Blue Marlin to the boat for a good tag and release. Juan said the fish was in great shape and swam off strong. That was all the Marlin action for the day; let’s hope that Wednesday provides a Marlin for Roz as well!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
The last day of fishing for the Fousts did not provide any action on Billfish for Roz, in fact it was really slow as they did not even spot a Marlin all day. They did get one Dorado that they caught after Juan spotted it swimming under a Turtle. Juan said that they lost three other Dorado as well. We’re sorry Roz, perhaps next time you guys get down here you will get your Blue! Thanks for the good company and the fishing though, we really enjoyed having you fish with us!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 9, 2004
Mike and Katy Berger are newlyweds and are here in Cabo for several weeks on their honeymoon. They just want to go out and have a good time and catch fish! Great idea and our guys did their best to help them out. The big story of the day, besides the action on two Dorado in the boat, three others lost and six Skipjack caught was the Marlin that Mike fought for 2 hours and 40 minutes. They were just trolling along and had a strike on one of the rigger lures. The fish did not hook up and just a few seconds later the other rigger gets a hit. Neither Juan nor Manuel were able to see the fish so Juan pinned a live Caballito to the #40 live bait outfit and dropped the bait out. Imagine his surprise when the bait skittered to the top, followed by a large Blue Marlin that just gulped it down! The fish made a few jumps at the beginning and Katy got them on video then had some more video of Mike fighting the fish. Back and forth, back and forth. The fish came as close as 50 feet to the boat and then would take off again. Eventually after 2 hours and 40 minutes the line gave out and the fish got away. Guess Mike’s arms were hurting after that! Anyway, a good day on the water with plenty of action!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 10, 2004
I did not get to meet the two couples, who fished the “Fly Hooker” today as I had Captains duties on another boat, but Mary told me they had fished Cabo on their last trip here and were looking for another outfit to help them this year as last trips boat and Captain left a lot to be desired. Thankfully we were able to assist them this year and make the experience a good one. Juan and Manuel had the boat ready to go when they showed up this morning and all they had to do was enjoy! The water was nice and Manuel decided to work the Pacific side up toward the Golden Gate Banks. On the way there they got into some football Yellowfin, about 10 pounds each and were able to get four of them, along with some Bonita. Later they had action with Dorado, getting two of them into the fish box. Sometime during the trip they had a decent hook up with a Striped Marlin and fought the fish almost to the boat before it came off, but hey, they said they were going to let it go anyway! A good time was had, the fishing and water were great and they said they defiantly would hook up with us again on their next trip to Cabo. That’s what we like to hear! Thanks folks, have a great vacation!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2004
Jay Walker, his dad J.R. and friend Robert were our anglers today on a late booking from last night. They have fished here before and Jay has caught plenty of Dorado, Tuna and Striped Marlin so his target for the day was Blue Marlin. Juan and Manuel went out to the 95 Spot and worked it hard, then worked out to the 1150 area hoping to find a big one. They had one fish come into the pattern early in the trip and try to jump on a lure, but that was all the action they had, other than that there were no fish spotted. Jay was understanding and knows the guys tried hard for him and that he could have had Dorado and Tuna if he had wanted to try the Pacific side for them. Thanks guys, and J.R., sorry you did not get to catch a fish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2004
Jeff Tanis and his girlfriend Lindsey are fishing with us today and on Tuesday. Jeff is an experienced salt water fly fisherman, but Lindsey has never caught a fish. Today we decided to troll conventional gear so we could get a fish for Lindsey and have the fly rods standing by in case things worked out right. Jeff would really like to get a Marlin on a fly and has the gear to do the job. With a mixed bag the target, Juan and Manuel took the boat up toward the inside of the Golden Gate Bank. We cruised for about 45 minutes and were one of the first few boats to the area, starting our trolling as soon as the sun came up. Several other boats started at the same time and in the same area and as I watched, I saw one of them hook up to a Billfish, with lots of jumping and splashing behind their boat. About 15 minutes after that Juan spotted a bill behind the bridge rod lure and quickly dropped a live bait back as I cleared the rods on the port side in case Jeff got a chance to cast a fly. Juan got bit twice on the live bait trying to work the fish toward the boat and on the third try the Sailfish managed to eat it. Juan set the hook but the fish came off right away. Good action to start the day with! I decided to put out a small fly and troll it off of my fly rod, rigged with a swivel, in case there were Skipjack, Bonita or Yellowfin in the area and right after I put it out a Bonita decided it looked good. Lindsey reeled in her first fish ever, a Bonita that weighed about 5 pounds! Jeff could not get any of the cameras to work so we got no picture but later, after working on them a bit, we had plenty of opportunities. We continued up the coast and during the course of the day, or at least the morning, we caught two more Bonita on the troll, one more by Lindsey and one brought in by Jeff, three Dorado on conventional gear, two by Lindsey and one by Jeff, plus one 10 pound football Yellowfin Tuna on conventional gear, brought in by Lindsey. After the Yellowfin Manuel spotted a big splash and turned the boat toward the area. Getting there he saw a Billfish in the water and as we cleared lines and Juan rigged a live bait Jeff got the fly ready. Just when everything was looking good the fish swam into the pattern and somehow the long rigger line or the bridge rod line came in contact with the fish and it jumped several times, away from the boat without even feeling a hook. That was pretty much it for the day for us and it was only 10:30. We slowly worked back and forth over the area we had found fish but by noon the tide was ripping and we returned to the dock at 2:30 flying three Dorado flags with one release flag and one Tuna flag. Hopefully we will get more shots on a Billfish for Jeff on Tuesday, and I really hope that Lindsey’s sunburn has turned to a tan by then!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5, 2004
WEATHER: Well, we didn’t have to worry about getting into triple digit weather this week! It is hard to do when you are overcast all the time. September is well know here as Hurricane time and while we don’t often get hit by one, the feeder bands that are associated with them often affect us. Hurricane Harold sent us some clouds and rain this week as it passed well to the west of us, and the rain was welcome. We had mostly clear skies at the beginning of the week but on Tuesday felt the first few scatterings of rain, then it cleared on Wednesday. On Thursday we got a bit more sprinkles and then Thursday night it moved in. Rain and wind were the words for the end of the week, and it sure knocked the dust off of everything!
WATER: Water temps at the beginning of the week were in the 85 degree range on the Pacific side and in the upper 80’s on the Cortez side. With the overcast from the feeder bands I am not sure what they were at the end of the week in most of the areas but I do know that out in front the water remained in the 83 degree range and was just a bit off color, at least compared to earlier in the week. Surface conditions were rough to moderate at the end of the week and the Port Captain closed the port Thursday at noon, re-opened it Friday (with advisories for heavy seas and high winds). A few boats tried to stick it out but almost every one was back in within an hour. Saturday the seas had moderated and the winds died a bit and it was very fishable, but bumpy.
BAIT: No change in bait availability this week, the normal summer Caballito at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Perhaps the moon, or maybe the rough water, but something made the Billfish bite drop off. Not that there weren’t Marlin being caught, along with some Sailfish, there were fish out there, just not in the numbers of the last two weeks. The same areas were holding them and the 95 Spot as well as the 1150 had fish early in the week. At the tail end of the week there were a few fish found close to shore on the Cortez side but we won’t be sure where the concentrations went to until later on.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again there were plenty of Tuna to be found early in the week and the action was great up around the Golden Gate Banks and farther north on the Pacific, close to shore. Some of the fish were in the 80 pound range but most of them were smaller schoolies, in the 20-25 pound class. Find the Porpoise and you had found the fish. Cedar plugs, bright colored feathers and live bait worked well. There were Tuna in other places as well, but they were mostly scattered football fish. At the end of the week it appeared that the fish had moved much farther offshore, but things may settle down now the feeder bands are gone.
DORADO: The Dorado action was concentrated on the Pacific side up around the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks, as well as there being some wide open action for boats lucky enough to find one of the few paddies floating out there. Most of the fish were in the 12-20 pound class and at the end of the week the bite had moved. More fish farther offshore and slightly larger ones at that!
WAHOO: I only saw one Wahoo flag at the beginning of the week but after the rough weather, on Sunday, there were quite a few flying. Our boat picked up two nice fish, one on the Pacific side at the lighthouse and one on the Cortez side as they were clearing lines. The fish were between #40 and #65.
INSHORE: Plenty of action on Skipjack early in the week but at then end of the week there was no inshore fishing due to the sea conditions.
NOTES: Sigh, September. It is either the best fishing or the worst weather of the year, and this year we have had both! Hopefully we will avoid getting a direct hit this year! While the Billfishing slowed this week, there are some nice Blues out there. On Monday an American boat reported over the radio that they had released a very nice Blue Marlin after a four hour fight and gave the GPS numbers over the radio. The brother of my Captain went to the area about two hours later and found a #700 Blue floating belly up, it appeared that the fish had been tail wrapped and died during the fight or shortly after release. At least the fish did not go to waste, but I wish the original anglers had stayed with it long enough to be sure it had recovered. This weeks report was written to the various artists recording for Higher Octave Music (Ottmar Liebert, Craig Chaquico, The Soto Koto Band, Cusco, Nightingale, Himekami, EKO, Randy Tico, William Aura and Tri Atma) on the 1993 release “The Higher Octave Collection; “Music from around the World for around the clock””.
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
Fish count for the week:
Wahoo: 2 fish kept (#65, #40)
Dorado: 2 fish kept (#40, #25)
Yellowfin Tuna: 1 fish kept (#10)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 3, 2004
Ken Shatzer and his friend Mark were supposed to be our anglers today. Yesterday we had feeder bands from a hurricane move through the area and they brought rain and a lot of wind, enough so that around noon the Port Captain closed the port to any outgoing traffic. Mary picked up Ken and Mark at the hotel this morning and told them that there was a possibility that he might keep the port closed. With everyone there and standing on the dock we waited until first light for the Marines to go out and check the bay and give word to the Captain on conditions out there. While waiting Juan heard on the radio one of the two cruise ships that was supposed to call today tell the Port Captain that they were going to give us a pass due to the high winds and seas. At 7 am the Captain reported that he was opening the port with the advisory that there were high winds and big seas and to proceed with caution. We let Ken and Mark have the option of going or not, and did not feel bad at all when they said that they preferred to give it a pass for today and would keep their fingers crossed that the water and winds would pass by tomorrow. Boats that did try and fish today all returned within an hour of leaving, the conditions were just too rough to fish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 4, 2004
The wind and seas had calmed down quite a bit by yesterday afternoon and today was a fishable day so Ken and Mark were able to get out and give it a shot. Manuel and Juan headed out toward the lighthouse on the Pacific side and found a large piece of wood early in the trip. The first cast of live bait on the wood resulted in the bait coming off but the second bait cast hooked them up to a nice #45 Dorado. They were not able to get any more fish off of that piece of wood so they kept heading out looking for more fish. They were able to get one more Dorado a little while later, and this fish was around #25. It was slow fishing, and after weather like that there are always a couple of days where it is necessary to search and figure out where the fish went to. They were able to get one small Yellowfin Tuna and a few Skipjacks hooked up but that was about it for them. The water has calmed down some but it was still bumpy and they decided that nest years they might change the week they visit Cabo, 3 of the past 5 years during Labor Day weekend have resulted in weather similar to this. Well, we hope to see you next year at a different time then! Thanks guys, and good luck!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 5, 2004
Today is the first of three days fishing for Jere and Roz Foust. They are here for their 40th wedding anniversary and Jere really wants to catch a Blue Marlin. This morning he said that Dorado would be nice, but a Blue is the target. The wind and rain have all but disappeared here in Cabo but our Captain, Manuel, lives in the area of San Jose known as “La Playita” and there is a large arroyo between the village and San Jose that always has run off during heavy rains. He called and said that the road was impassable so Juan called our back up and it was Juan and Edgar on the boat this morning. Juan had heard reports on the radio that there had been a few Blues found on the Pacific side out toward the south so they headed for the lighthouse this morning to start. First fish in the box was early and it was a decent Wahoo of about #40, not a Marlin, but a nice fish none the less. About 10:30 they had a Striped Marlin on the surface that they tossed a bait to and Juan said the fish came down on the line on one of its first jumps and broke off. That was all the Marlin action they had, but on the way in, just as they were getting ready to clear lines they hooked up another Wahoo. Roz was the angler on this fish and brought in a very nice one estimated at #65! Good going guys, and our fingers are crossed that tomorrow you will get hooked up to that Blue!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: 9 fish released
Sailfish: 1 fish released
Dorado: I fish kept
Yellowfin Tuna: 12 fish kept
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 23, 2004
Greg and his wife Chris are back in Cabo this week. Greg says he really needed this trip, he was starting to stress out at work and relaxation was in order. He is fishing today, tomorrow and Thursday with us and the goals for this trip are to catch a Sailfish and a Blue Marlin. This is the best time of year to try and accomplish both goals and today he was able to get half of them taken care of. Chris stayed at the resort and Greg took of out of the marina at about 6:30. Juan and Manuel headed toward the 95 Spot as there had been a lot of action in the area over the past few days. There were still fish there today and it did not take long before they hooked into a Sailfish! Andy Cline got Juan to start using his secret method several years ago, and now when things are right Juan does well with it, today things were right. They were able to get several other Sailfish into the spread but could not get a solid hook up, but they were able to get one Striped Marlin to the boat for a release. Other fish were seen but were not interested. Greg has invited me to go with him tomorrow as he like some company. I’ll let you know how we do!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 24, 2004
Today Greg W and I went fishing. Juan and Manuel headed out to the 95 Spot again, this time to search for a Blue Marlin for Greg to put on his “caught” list. We started to cruise out and around 6 miles out started to see lots of current rips. Manuel spotted a sleeping fish and we slowed to throw bait. Of course the sleepers don’t bite very often and this one stayed true to form, going down as we arrived. With one fish spotted on the surface and all the rips in the area, we decided to start trolling. This was at 6:50. At 7:00 we had a small Striped Marlin hit on the stinger (bridge rod). The fish kept coming back on the lure (Andy Cline special) until finally Greg was able to get a good hook set on it. The fish did not take long to get to the boat as it was a little overpowered by the heavy gear and it only weighed around 70 pounds. A quick release and it was 7:15 with the possibility of getting skunked put away for the day. Our next action came at 8:00 when again the stinger got hit, but this was a bigger fish and hooked up right away. Greg is a good angler so this Striped Marlin that we estimated at #120 only took him about 15 minutes and after a couple of good pictures along the side of the boat it was released. Amazingly enough, our next strike was almost exactly one hour later as the stinger was again struck and the fish hooked up after a few attempts. This time the Striped Marlin put up quite a show on the surface with lots of jumping and running. Greg kept the pressure up and had the fish to the side of the boat in about 25 minutes. I joked with him that either the fish were getting bigger or he was getting tired, but it was the fish getting bigger! The Striped Marlin that we released was around #140! 30 minutes later we had a bull Dorado of about 30 pounds hit on the stinger (what was wrong with the rest of our lures?) but after about 10 minutes and getting him half way to the boat he was able to throw the hook on one of his jumps. Shoot, that was dinner swimming away! We continued trolling and we were getting real close to the 1150 area when Manuel spotted birds and Dolphin in the distance. As we got closer we were able to see the action as well and discussed changing out one lure just in case there were Tuna in there and they were willing to bite. Greg decided to put out his Dixie Dancer (a High-5 special) and leave the rest of the big stuff out there. We finally got into the Dolphin, they were the large gray ones with the big spots, and there were no other boats there! All right, first boat on the scene, and as we made our pass where the birds were, both outriggers and the flat line got slammed! Nice sized swirls on the lures showed that these were not football fish, except for the one that I fought and then lost! Juan and Greg continued to fight their fish and shortly I was able to gaff Juan’s fish, about 25 pounds, then Greg’s fish, about 30 pounds. Sashimi in the boat! The lures were put back in the water as the fish were bled and Manuel called a few boats to let them know where the action was. In the distance you could see the diesel smoke as boats came running in. We were able to get one more pass on the fish before the other boats got there, and this time it was a double strike. Bigger swirls than last time and the fish were a bit larger also. Both of the fish that came to the boat were around #40 and again they were bled and the lures placed back out. By then there were around 7 or 8 other boats working the fish, and at least five of them were hooked up. Right after getting the lures back in the water the right rigger lure got slammed. Manuel kept the boat going, hoping for a multiple hook up, but then we saw the silver flashing and knew that it was not a Tuna, instead we had hooked the fourth Marlin of the day! Another boat just a short distance away watched as we fought the fish and had lots of surface action while they fought the Tuna they had hooked up. Oh what a day! Several more passes on the Tuna resulted in two more for the box, one of them around #40 and one around #25, plus Greg lost one quite a bit larger when the hook pulled half way to the boat. One time during the action while Greg was fighting fish I put out a live bait. It was taken almost right away but I didn’t get a good hook up. I put another bait on and hooked it by the tail so it would go down and it ended up getting mauled, but again, I did not get a solid hook up. By now it was noon and we were 28 miles out, had caught and released four Striped Marlin (four for four!), lost a Dorado and three Tuna and had six nice Tuna in the box. We changed to all bigger Marlin lures and started the troll home. As we came top about 15 miles out we had one more Striped Marlin come in on the left rigger and pop the line from the clip. The fish then went to the stinger lure and tried that several times. Juan dropped back a live bait and about two minutes later we were hooked up to the fifth Striped Marlin of the day! It was a fairly quick fight because even though it was light line (#40), the fish weighed about the same! Juan held it up for a quick photo and then we released it and watched it swim away. It was time to pull in the lures and run in. Maybe Greg will get his Blue Marlin on Thursday; he sure had the practice today! Oh, and did I mention that all this was done stand-up style? Scroll on down and on Thursday I’ll let you know how Greg did on his last day.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 25, 2004
Michael Jackson (no, not him) and friends were our anglers on the Fly Hooker today. Michael last fished with us 5 years ago, right after we had bought the boat. The goal for the day was to get a fish and have a good time on the water. Juan and Manuel went looking in the same area where they have been having such great success the last few days, out around the 95 Spot and the 1150. I received a call from Juan around 10:30 that they had just lost the lure we had been running in the stinger position, the one we had been getting so many fish on. He said (Michael confirmed it) that a very large Wahoo, estimated at #100, had made one jump on the lure and cut it off. At that time they had already released one Marlin and lost another one. As of the end of the day they lost another Wahoo due to the fish severing the leader. Michael and friends were happy with the released fish, they had good action and the water was nice. All in all a good day! We hope to see Michael again soon!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 26, 2004
Today was Greg’s last day of fishing aboard the Fly Hooker and his last shot this trip for a Blue Marlin. Juan and Manuel went a little to the south of the 95 Spot hoping to find one there but on the way out they came across a wooden pallet floating on top of the water. There was another boat there already but Juan noticed that the other boat was only trolling, not using live bait. Manuel pulled up to the pallet and Juan tossed out a live bait and it was soon eaten by a Dorado about 15 pounds in size. Another bait was put out and a larger fish estimated at 40 pounds was hooked up. Unfortunately that fish came off after a few jumps and that was the end of the Dorado action. Later in the morning the came across a school of Yellowfin Tuna and caught six fish from the school, ranging in size from #8 to #40. That looked like all the action for the day as they turned toward home, but on the way in a Striped Marlin tried to eat the stinger lure. Greg pinned a live bait on and dropped it back. When the bait was in position Manuel slowed the boat. The Marlin made one attempt to eat the bait and Greg tried to set the hook. No luck, but the bait was still on. The fish came back again and this time Juan told Greg to wait about 6 seconds before setting the hook. Greg did that and was hooked up! The fight was about 15 minutes on a #120 Striped Marlin. That makes 7 Striped Marlin and one Sailfish for Greg, along with a dozen Tuna and a Dorado in three days of fishing, not a bad count at all! Thanks Greg, we hope we get to see you again next year, and of course it will be time for that Blue Marlin!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 27, 2004
Today we were part of a larger group, totaling three boats and we had four anglers aboard. Juan and Manuel headed out to the same area they had found the Tuna yesterday but were not able to get to the fish in time to get bit. As normal, the first few boats there caught the fish and later boats just got to watch porpoise! They caught no Tuna, but they were able to catch, tag and release a Striped Marlin for the day’s effort. Our next scheduled trip is on Sunday, I’ll let you know if things change out there then!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT AUGUST 23-29, 2004
WEATHER: Once again we had a very warm week here in Cabo, and there was a threat of rain in the air for a few days as well. Hurricane Frank at the beginning of the week had a few feeder type bands of clouds come over us and we did get a bit of overcast at the beginning of the week and then we had Hurricane Georgette develop to the south and head west, bringing us more clouds and dropping some rain with it’s feeder bands, but the rain was up toward La Paz and the mountains. So, partly cloudy for most of the week with the night time lows in the high 70’s and day time highs up to triple digits.
WATER: Water temperatures in the area have remained in the mid to high 80’s all week with the predominate feature being the warm band (by about one degree) that is running along the Sea of Cortez coast from the Gordo Banks, out about 12 miles and wrapping around the Cape to the San Jaime Banks. This water has been 84 to 85 degrees while water elsewhere has been 82-83 degrees. The passing of the Hurricanes to the south of us has brought large swells to the area and on Friday they were very large, Saturday the started to die down. Combined with the afternoon winds conditions became uncomfortable later in the day at the end of the week, but not unsafe.
BAIT: No change in bait availability this week, the normal summer Caballito at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: This week was a great one for Marlin, as long as you wanted to catch Stripers! There were Blues caught, as well as a few Blacks, but they were not common. The Striped Marlin were concentrated in the area of the 95 Spot again, and there were some Sailfish as well, just not the numbers as last week. Live bait worked as well as lures did and most boats were able to get one or two to the side for releases. It appeared that there were Blue Marlin if you went much farther out, or up off of Punta Gordo, but as I said, they were scarce.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna were found almost anywhere and everywhere this week, with there being large fish found at Gordo Banks, the 1150 and off of Migraino on the Pacific side. A few of these fish went into triple numbers with a few almost touching #200, but most of the fish were in the 25-40 pound range and a few schools were 40-80 pound fish. Live bait dropped way back hooked up some of the larger fish while Marlin lures accounted for a lot of the schoolies. There were football size fish to be found closer to the beach on the Cortez side and most boats had no trouble getting a few of them.
DORADO: This weeks Dorado section is word for word the same as last week. The Main Dorado action this week was on the Pacific side with some large fish being found on the Cortez side by boats fishing bigger lures for Marlin. Most of the fish on the Pacific side were between 15 and 20 pounds, and a few boats were able to limit out for their anglers. Live bait was the key, with a Caballito being dropped back as soon as a troll caught fish approached the boat. A few boats were lucky enough to find a piece of kelp holding fish, and every day or so one of them came in with lots of yellow flags flying.
WAHOO: There was a brief flurry of Wahoo activity at the middle of the week on fish that were reported to 90 pounds but then the bite dropped off.
INSHORE: The large swells caused by the hurricanes slowed down the inshore fishing this week. Most of the Pangas that went out were looking a few miles out for Yellowfin and Dorado and they did fairly well, but the traditional inshore fish such as Roosterfish, Jack Crevalle and Amberjack were not the focus.
NOTES: All right! With the great Marlin action, the Yellowfin bite picking up and Dorado showing up it has turned out to be a very nice week! If only the Hurricanes stay away maybe it will continue! My friend Brian Flynn was in town this week and played for a few nights at Cannery Row. Good news from him is that he might be headlining at one of the larger casinos in Vegas shortly! Good on you Brian, and get Knemu up there with you on Bass and you guys will rock the house down! I can see “The Brian Flynn Band” up on the marquee now! Check Brian out at www.brianflynnband.com. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT AUGUST 16-22, 2004
WEATHER: It was a warm week here in Cabo but at least the afternoon breezes kept us from sweating like we did last week! Our night time lows were in the 80 degree range while our day time highs ranged from 93 to 100 degrees. Very little cloud cover in our area this week and of course, no rain at all. It looks like we have had a slight shift in our weather patterns and we may have a bit of a cooling trend coming, at least that is what some people have been saying to me. I am not a meteorologist so heck, I just keep my fingers crossed!
WATER: At the end of our week we had a band of warm 85 degree water running out to 15 miles off shore on the Cortez side of the Cape and it wrapped around and extended out to the San Jaime Bank. Just up the coast on the Pacific side it dropped to 81-82 degrees and that cooler water extended off shore for 5-8 miles. That cooler water was also green earlier in the week and extended quite a bit farther off shore. Both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez had very nice water in the mornings but as noon approached every day the wind started to pick up and the Pacific became choppy. Not uncomfortable, just lots of whitecaps.
BAIT: Pretty much the same as last week with almost the only bait available being Caballito at the usual $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: With the moon phase at the first quarter at the end of the week and the water temperatures the way they are, it was no surprise that the action on Billfish picked up this week. The hot area was around the 95 Spot and in toward Gray Rock and from the 95 Spot out to the 1150. There were plenty of Striped Marlin and Sailfish in the area and most boats had at least a dozen shots a day at one or the other. There were lots of Blue Marlin showing up in the patterns (a relative term as I feel that one or two shots a day is a lot), but they were hard to get hooked up well. The Striped Marlin were of varied size, with our boat catching them from #70 to #210. The Sailfish were of decent size with most around #70, and the Blue Marlin that showed up looked to be between #250 and #350. The Striped Marlin showed a preference for lighter colored lures with Bleeding Mackerel doing very well. The Blues liked the darker lures run short while the Sailfish preferred small, light colored lures. Live bait accounted for about 50% of the catch this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin were not that hard to find at the beginning of the week and at the end of the week, but when that cold green water moved in off the coast on the Pacific side at the middle of the week things just shut off. Early and late, the bite seemed to be about 5 miles off the beach on the Pacific for football size fish, but I did hear eyewitness accounts of schools of Tuna as large as #200 busting baitfish as close as ½ mile off the beach early in the week. There were good catches of Tuna made at the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks as well with fish averaging 20-30 pounds. Dark colored feathers and cedar plugs were the ticket, but when the bite got finicky those who did well put out very small hootchies and down-sized the leader, or went directly to the main line with no leader at all.
DORADO: The Main Dorado action this week was on the Pacific side with some large fish being found on the Cortez side by boats fishing bigger lures for Marlin. Most of the fish on the Pacific side were between 15 and 20 pounds, and a few boats were able to limit out for their anglers. Live bait was the key, with a Caballito being dropped back as soon as a troll caught fish approached the boat. A few boats were lucky enough to find a piece of kelp holding fish, and every day or so one of them came in with lots of yellow flags flying.
WAHOO: I heard of one boat getting 8 Wahoo in one day, but that was second hand information. I was told it was two miles north of the 1150. Most of the Wahoo I heard of were caught off of Gray Rock and the lighthouse on the Pacific as well as some at the San Jaime Banks. Most of the fish were between 20 and 30 pounds. Bright colored lures worked for the sharp toothed guys, and bright Marauders in bleeding Mackerel and Dorado colors worked well.
INSHORE: Inshore action this week was almost a repeat of last week with a few Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle making up most of the catch, at least according to the Panga captains I talked to. Most of them preferred to work the Dorado and football Yellowfin off the Pacific side this week, as the action was more consistent than the inshore fishing.
NOTES: The Billfish bite is picking up and everyone is walking around town with smiles on their faces! Combine that with the eating fish that are being caught and everyone is happy. Let’s hope it stays that way for a while! I haven’t had a music choice listed in a while so this week I went back to a recent favorite to listen to while writing this weeks report. Oscar Lopez’s 2000 Narada release “Armando’s Fire” kept me on the edge of my seat while typing away on the computer. Give it a listen and let me know what you think! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: Four fish, two released, two taken (#70,#140,#180,#210)
Sailfish: Four fish, three released, one taken (#70,#70,#70,#90)
Yellowfin Tuna: 16 fish taken (#10-#35)
Dorado: Two taken (#15,#20)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 16, 2004
The Getty parties of three fished aboard the “Fly Hooker” today and were referred to us by our friend from New Jersey, Joe Baczuski. A Marlin was the ultimate goal, but they did not want to focus solely on that and have a chance of missing out on taking home some fillets, so Juan and Manuel decided to take off up the Pacific side and find some Tuna or Dorado, with a chance of getting a Striped Marlin as well. The Tuna were there, and they ended up with 16 of them, ranging in size from 10 to 35 pounds. Juan said that they lost one fish that was well over 60 pounds. All this action was not too far from shore and after they had enough they went out to the Golden Gate banks to check it out. They got one Dorado on the way out there but there was no action for them on the bank itself. Not one Marlin was sighted by then today, but everyone had a fairly good time anyway (except for one very seasick angler). Thanks guys, and don’t forget to share the fish when you get home!
“FLY HOOLER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 17, 2004
Liam Ruddy and his new wife Rachel were our anglers today. They just got married this weekend in Palm Beach, and Hurricane Charley did not interfere with their plans! They have a 31’ Contender at home and do a lot of fishing there, so they did not have a lot of interest in any Tuna or Dorado, Liam wanted Billfish, Marlin preferred! Juan and Manuel took off and headed out to the 95 spot where they put in lines. I got a phone call about 10:30 from Juan and he told me that they had just taken a Striped Marlin that had been bleeding from the gills. Later on in the morning Liam got hooked up to a Sailfish and got it to the boat for a successful tag and release. Rachel fought a #20 Dorado up to the boat and then the guys saw a big #50 bull Dorado following so they left Rachel’s fish out and tried to hook the big guy on live bait. Eventually they were able to get a hook in him, but then both fish came off! Oh well, that’s fishing! Things apparently slowed down after that and with the Marlin caught and fishing slow, they decided to come in a bit early. Congratulations Liam and Rachel, I hope your life has many more days like this one!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 AUGUST 2004
Steve Henline, his son Jack and friends Max and Scott are fishing aboard the “Fly Hooker” for the next three days. Today was a great day on the water for them as the target for the day was Billfish and everyone except Steve got one to the boat. Steve is waiting for the big boy, the Blue Marlin! Max caught the smallest fish of the day, and unfortunately it was also bleeding heavily when they got it to the boat. His Sailfish weighed approximately #90 and ate a live Caballito tossed to it. Jack’s fish was the first one hooked up and it was hooked on a lure. The #140 Striped Marlin was fought for about 20 minutes before coming to the boat for a tag, photos and then a good release. The last fish of the day was Scotts, and it was also the largest one! Caught on live bait, his Striped Marlin was estimated to weigh #180 and it took him around 30 minutes to get it to the boat. Again there was a good tag and release. Steve got some great video and says that of 50 days on the water this trip today was the best he has ever had. Thanks Steve, we have our fingers crossed that the big Blue shows up for you tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 20 AUGUST, 2004
For the second day of video shooting and Billfish hunting Steve, Jack, Max and Scott had a good time. Juan and Manuel worked the same area as yesterday, out around the 95 Spot, and there were still fish in the area. They had a lot of fish come into the pattern but were only able to go two for four on Sailfish, and blanked out on two Striped Marlin and one Blue that made attempts at eating lures. Not a lot of fish to the boat, but there was a lot of action! Maybe Steve will get his shot at a Blue tomorrow.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 21 AUGUST, 2004
Today was the last of three days fishing for Steve, Jack, Scott and Max. It was supposed to be Steve’s day for a Blue Marlin, but it turned out to be a day for Scott, but not on a Blue! Starting in the same area around the 95 Spot early in the morning, Juan and Manuel started the search for a Blue. Of course the guys were not going to turn any fish down, but a big Blue was the target for the day. With nothing showing on the surface, and no reports of action in the area, they worked their way farther north, to outside of Cabo Real about 12 miles. Still nothing happening and they decided to get farther offshore. Out to 22 miles they went and finally had a solid strike. No one really saw the fish, and while it was a strike, it did not hook up. Juan dropped back a live bait, the bait got bit, the hook was set and then the water exploded! Both Juan and Manuel thought it was a Blue of a bit over 200 pounds. Now, a Blue was supposed to be Steve’s fish, right? Well, Scott happened to be closest to the rod when the fish was struck so he became the angler. There was a lot of jumping, and some great video of the action, then about 30 minutes into the fight the fish became tail wrapped during one of the jumps and died shortly after that. It ended up taking Scott over an hour to get the fish to the boat. At the dock, the fish weighed #210 pounds, an extremely nice Striped Marlin! They did have a few fish that they tossed bait to later on in the day, but no more hook-ups. Three days of fishing, three Striped Marlin, three sailfish and shots at others. Scott was the big fish guy for the trip with one Striped at #210 and another estimated at #180. Thanks guys, we enjoyed your company and are glad you had a great time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 22, 2004
Todd, his father Max and his wife Cheryl went fishing on the Fly Hooker today and wanted to catch the biggest of their lives. That was not to be too hard an assignment as the biggest fish they had caught before was about the size of our bait! Well, that’s assuming that they were able to get anything to the boat. For the longest time on this trip it looked like they were going to get skunked, then around 10:30, when they were 22 miles to the east, a nice Striped Marlin of about #140 hit on one of the lures. One jump that everybody got to see and the fish came back down on the line and broke off. Juan said that a little later on a Sailfish came into the lures but did not hook up. Cheryl said that since the Marlin got away they would probably get a fish on the way in. She called that one right, because around 10 miles form the Marina they had a Dorado hook up on a lure and finally got a fish in the boat! The Dorado was about #20 and filleted out real nice! Thanks guys, we enjoyed having a beer after the trip and talking with you!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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1Yellowfin kept (#25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 10, 2004
Bill and his wife Peg had this trip arranged for them by one of my best friends. Bill is Tom’s accountant and Tom was going to pay for the fishing while on a cruise ship stopover here in Cabo. Well, Juan and Manuel got them out at 10 am but about 30 minutes into the trip noticed that the oil pressure on the Starboard. Engine had dropped. Juan went and checked it out and found that we had engine oil in the fresh water so they shut the engine down and came back. The mechanic was called and that afternoon we determined that we had an oil cooler failure. The cooler was removed and taken to a local welding shop, repaired and replaced on the engine. Oil was replaced, the fresh water system flushed many times and everything worked fine. No charge to Tom, and Mary got to spend the rest of the day with Bill and Peg, showing them around the town.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 11, 2004
Today’s three anglers were from another Sportfishing outfit that needed another boat for the day and they were really looking forward to the trip. Imagine my feelings when I received a call from Juan at 9 am saying that the oil cooler had failed and they were working their way back. I told him to stay in the area they were at since they had already boated a 25 pound Yellowfin and that I would contact another boat to come and get the anglers to finish their trip. I found someone else and they went on to catch 4 Dorado so they had a good day and were happy that it did not have to finish early. Meanwhile, the mechanic was not in town so Juan and I removed the oil cooler ourselves. Luckily there was one available at Diesel Professionals, but it hurt, to the tune of $500. But we did not have to pay a Mechanic this time. Getting the job done at 4:30 in the afternoon we proceeded out to test it for an hour, discovered one little other problem, got it fixed and were done and cleaned up by 6:30. Maybe I should take up golf?
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 14, 2004
A split trip with another boat arranged through another agent was scheduled for today. We had four guys on our boat and there were four on the other boat. All these guys had fished together on a larger boat yesterday and had caught a couple of football Yellowfin. The other boat caught one Dorado today. Juan and Manuel worked the 95 spot since our guys wanted Marlin. Juan said they spotted 5 fish on the surface but could get only one of them to bite, and that fish did not hook up well. That was all the action for the day for us. Sorry guys, but that is the way fishing goes sometimes!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT AUGUST 9-15, 2004
WEATHER: Tropical weather is the norm this time of year and we are in the midst of it for sure as our day time highs have touched above the three digit level a few times this week, at least here on shore, and the humidity has been high. Our night time lows have been 80 degrees and there has not been much breeze at night so having air conditioning has been a good thing (even though the electric bills are outrageous!). We have had no rain but there has been some cloud cover.
WATER: Summertime warm water conditions continued this week as the water on the Cortez side of the Cape reached temperatures as high as 88 degrees off of Punta Gorda. As you went south toward the Cape the temperatures started to drop, and at the tip it was about 85 degrees. On the Pacific side our cold water was 80-82 degrees and on Saturday this covered a band of water that ran 15 miles up the Pacific coast and went out to the San Jaime Banks. The surface conditions were good all week with little morning wind except for Tuesday, and just light winds in the afternoons.
BAIT: $2 a piece for Caballito and not much else easily available this week.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin bite continues to improve as we get to the new moon phase. There have been some nice Blue and Black Marlin caught on the Cortez side and there seems to be a few Sailfish out there as well. The hot areas this past week were the 95 spot for Striped Marlin and the 1150 for Blue Marlin and Sailfish. Out toward the Seamount there were a mixed bag to be found and at the Gorda Banks you had a chance at both Blue and Black guys. A few fish were found on the Pacific side but they were mostly Striped Marlin. The Striped Marlin were best hooked on live bait while fast trolled lures worked on the Blues. Slow trolled live bait around the Banks and drop offs was the most successful method for Black Marlin.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This weeks Tuna section should be run just as a copy of last weeks! There were football fish to be found with Dolphin and in the blind on the Pacific side, and fairly close to shore at that. These fish ran from 6 to 15 pounds. A few pods of Dolphin held slightly larger fish to 30 pounds, but the real bruisers were farther off shore. I heard one account of nice fish to #200 being hooked up out at the Seamount in the Dolphin, but while they were hooked, none were landed. The area to the south of the San Jaime kicked out a few nice fish as well, but they were mixed in with a lot of the smaller fish. Best results were on small feathers and cedar plugs for the footballs and larger, Marlin sized lures for the larger fish.
DORADO: This week is a repeat of last week Dorado action. The Dorado bite was all about being out there. That was all you had to do, and the earlier the better. Most of the fish were found on the Pacific side, and the sizes were not large, averaging perhaps 12 pounds. Not big fish, but a good catch on light tackle and great as fillets. Best results were had by boats spotting Frigate birds working then running under them and tossing out live bait. There were larger fish found, but not in any quantities, by boats working the banks and off shore current breaks. These fish went upwards of 35 pounds, but they were few and far between.
WAHOO: There were some Wahoo caught this week, but none of them I heard about were very large fish. Most of them were in the 20-30 pound range and were found on the edges of the Banks or around the drop-offs. Regular Marlin lures seemed to attract them just as well as the normal Wahoo lures such as Marauders.
INSHORE: Scattered Roosterfish close to the beach, with some of the fish reported as large as #50 provided a bit of inshore action, but there were not a lot of them found. Most of the Pangas focused on the Dorado and Yellowfin found within three miles of the beach on the Pacific side.
NOTES: Fishing is picking up again as we get to the new moon! Thank goodness for that, because we are going to be busy this week! I played the “El Dorado” course last week. Well, I guess if you were really kind you could say I played it. Today I go to the driving range and try to see if I can drive a ball far enough to get out of the tee box area. Maybe I should stick to fishing, buy a new boat with a fuel sucking engine and all new gear, it might save me some money! Until next week, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT AUGUST 2-8, 2004
WEATHER: It has stayed hot and humid here in Cabo, as we expect from this time of year. Our daytime highs have been in the 95+ range, over three digits if you are in the direct sun with no wind, and the night time lows have been in the low to mid 80’s. You know what that means; the air conditioner is on every night this week! Our only saving grace, helping us to beat the high daytime temps has been the mostly cloudy skies we had for the first 6 days of the week. No rain for us here in Cabo, but up towards San Jose and at the East Cape there was significant rain, we just got the cloud cover.
WATER: This weeks report on the water conditions could almost be a repeat of last weeks except for the timing and the locations. Our week began with an incursion of warm water along the shore from the Sea of Cortez. As the week progressed this warm water pretty much took over the local area and the water temperatures jumped to the 83-83 range across the available water, except for the San Jaime Banks where it was just a degree or two cooler. At the end of the week we had an upwelling of cooler water on the Sea of Cortez side between the Palmilla and the Punta Gorda area. In this area the water dropped from the 85-86 degree water we saw at the beginning of the week to 78-79 degrees, out to a distance of 12 miles. Pretty sudden and it did change the way the area was fished.
BAIT: The normal summertime Caballito at $2 per bait with a few Mullet available as well. No Sardinas that I was aware of here in Cabo. Sure would be nice for us if one of the bait guys was able to get fresh Ballyhoo, the bait is here and I sure would like to have some!
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin bite picked up a bit, but it was still not wide open, and probably won’t be for a while. The reason is the water temperatures. Striped Marlin run in pretty good concentrations, but like the water a little bit cooler than it has been lately. What we do have to offer is a great shot at either a Black or Blue Marlin, and there were some nice fish caught this week. As a side note, the Bisbee East Cape Tournament was held this week, and while there was only one qualifying fish over #300 weighed (reportedly #389 by the boat “Karma” on a Hi-5 lure) almost every boat caught and released at least one Blue or Black Marlin between #200 and #300 each day, along with numerous Dorado, Tuna and Wahoo. More locally, there were Striped Marlin to be had south of the Cape and Blue and Black Marlin both close to shore on the Pacific side early in the week and at the Gorda Banks area later in the week. Live bait was the key for the Striped Marlin while bigger lures in purple/black, purple green and purple red (purple, get it?) got the nod for the bigger members of the family.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Football fish were the Yellowfin of the week but there were larger fish both seen and caught, but you had to be the special boat at the special spot (it constantly changed) in order to catch the bigger fish. Most of the footballs were caught in the blind off the Pacific side from the “Cabo Falso” area up to Marguerite beach area. These fish ranged from 8 to 15 pounds. There were larger fish seen and a few of them caught in the Dolphin pods to the south of the San Jaime Banks and just south of the Cape, but it took a lot of time for the bite to happen. Most boats made a pass or two on the fish then left, the better results came for the boats that stuck it out and waited in the area. It took a long time, often the whole trip, and sometimes there was no result at all, but a few boats were able to pull fish to #150 from the Dolphin. It was very frustrating if all you wanted to do was catch fish, but for the few that wanted only large Tuna, it was worth the wait. Live baits drifted back using the run-and-gun method got a few hits and hook-ups, as did soaking live bait deep in the same area.
DORADO: This week the Dorado bite was all about being out there. That was all you had to do, and the earlier the better. Most of the fish were found on the Pacific side, and the sizes were not large, averaging perhaps 12 pounds. Not big fish, but a good catch on light tackle and great as fillets. There were larger fish found, but not in any quantities, by boats working the banks and off shore current breaks. These fish went upwards of 35 pounds, but they were few and far between. For boats concentrating close to home and not minding smaller fish, the area between the Arch and the beach south of the San Cristobal area had plenty of fish concentrated there. As I said, the best bite was early, and smaller bright colored lures were the best choice. Many boats were able to limit out for their clients, while others were able to get at least one or two in the box.
WAHOO: I saw many more red Wahoo flags this week than I did last week and one of the reasons had to be the concentration of both the Dorado and Tuna found just off shore of the Pacific beaches. There is a drop off in the area that tends to hold fish, and I know for a fact that there were a few boats that were able to get one or two of the razor teeth fish from the area. This was not the only action in town however; the banks on both the Pacific and the Cortez side were able to put some nice fish in the boats box for the lucky ones. Most of the fish ranged from 20 to 40 pounds with an occasional fish to 60 pounds in the mix.
INSHORE: Some Roosterfish to 35 pounds and a few good Grouper were the inshore action for this week. Of course there were the normal Jack Crevalle as well and Bonita and Skipjack, but until the end of the week when the wind picked up most of the Pangas were getting into the offshore action. With the Dorado and Tuna as close as one mile off the beach, few Panga Captains wanted to chance the sketchy inshore possibilities and by-pass the almost guaranteed offshore action.
NOTES: I did get a chance to check out the offshore action this week on my own as I have a few boats I do maintenance on that need to have their ashes hauled every once in a while. Now, next week it may be different, but the action this week was pretty darn good by any measure of the word. Let us hope that it continues! I am not going to get to fish tomorrow; instead I have been invited to play a round of Golf. This is the first time in 19 years that I have picked up a club, but hey, it’s almost free! I just hope my partner is not too disappointed, the last time I played it was at the Interbay 9 hole, par three in Seattle! I have heard that it has changed since then; they actually have grass on the course now! At least we are playing best ball, and my partner is good (he is a marshal at the course “El Dorado”) so maybe I wont have to buy the after round drinks! Hey guys, until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
7 Dorado kept (#10 - #35)
6Yellowfin kept (#10)
1 Wahoo kept (#55)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 3. 2004
I waited too long to write this days report as well as tomorrows report. Normally I try to do it at the end of every day’s trip, but sometimes things just get in the way. My apologies, but there are no names in this report. The catch, as best as I remember, was several Dorado and several Football Yellowfin Tuna., all caught on the Pacific side.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 4, 2004
A great time was had today by our clients as Juan and Manuel took them to the area of the 95 Spot and the near shore Cortez side. A nice #55 pound Wahoo and two three Dorado in the 25 pound class, along with one small Yellowfin gave them a decidedly mixed bag of fish for the day. The water was smooth and everyone had a good time (they left a couple of beers on board for us as well!)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 7, 2004
David McMahon is a return client/friend of ours who was supposed to come down and fish today with his friend “Blackie”. But thing just didn’t work out. David had the boat o himself and had a great time! The action started off with a bang as he was able to get tow Dorado into the fish box at almost the beginning of the trip. There were a lot of boats in the area and Juana and Manuel decided to try fishing a little bit further up the Pacific side and it was not too much farther before all of a sudden three lines went off at the same time. There were no Dolphin in the area, but it was Yellowfin Tuna that hit! Dave was able to get all three fish to the boat and Juan was able to get them into the box, not a difficult undertaking since they were just footballs, but at least there were some fish in there! For other action, there were four strikes the David said he was just unable to set the hook on, and that they were most likely Tuna as well, but they will never know for sure. They also got one nice Bonito in the boat. Not a bad day all in all, no Marlin sighted and no big fish, but some action and food in the freezer!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JULY 26-AUGUST 1, 2004
WEATHER: Hot and humid again with light winds in the afternoons keeping us from baking. Our night time lows have been in the mid to high 70’s while the daytime highs have been averaging around 93 degrees, and once in a while hitting 107 in the direct sun. No rain this week and none expected for the next week either.
WATER: We had warm water across the area at the beginning of the week but around Wednesday night there was a cold water upwelling at the Cape. The cold water was around 73 degrees and forced many of the fish away from the immediate area. As of now there is a band of cold water running down the Pacific coast and out to the south 20 miles, but there is a band of warm water about 83 degrees coming back across the front of the Cape from the Sea of Cortez. All the banks have pretty much remained their same temperatures this week with the Gorda, 1150 and 95 Spot staying 83 to 84 degrees and the San Jaime staying about 80-81 degrees. Surface conditions have been very good close to shore and there have been some fair sized swells farther out, along with a bit of wind chop in the afternoons.
BAIT: No change on bait availability, the normal summer selection with Caballito and Mullet at $2 per bait and occasionally Sardinas available at around $25 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Perhaps our Blue Moon this week was a bad omen, but the Marlin bite dropped off once again as the week came to an end. Most boats were seeing one or two Striped Marlin on the surface and if they were lucky they were getting a bite from one of them, but it was not a consistent thing, for sure. There were still Blue Marlin making their presence known, but again, they were not plentiful. The best areas this week seemed to be around the Cortez banks, with the better luck being had at the Gorda, 1150 and 95 Spot. Live bait was the key to success for the boats that found Striped Marlin and lures brought up the Blue and Black guys.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: We still had action on the Football fish this week but there were also a couple of flurries of action on the bigger fish as well. For the boats that were able to be at the right place at the right time, Tuesday at the San Jaime kicked out some nice Yellowfin in the 80-100 pound class with the best results being had by the early boats in the area and using large dark colored lures. These fish were associated with a large school of Porpoise, and as the week continued there were more Porpoise seen and more large fish seen, but bite dropped off. Friday saw some of those #100 fish caught at the Gorda banks by boats working live Sardinas on light lines, but that was almost the only thing that worked on them. There were plenty of Porpoise and Tuna seen on the other high spots on the Cortez, but the Yellowfin bite was very sporadic and the bigger fish were very line shy. Most boats were lucky to get a fish or two in the box.
DORADO: Fishing is all about being in the right place at the right time, and the Dorado bite this week was a perfect example. I know of many boats that never even saw a Dorado this week and others that caught as many as a dozen in one trip. The area off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side was a great area before the cold water flared up, and then the fish seemed to go away. Boats that worked the banks on the Pacific side had a few bites on nice fish to 60 pounds, but there was no wide open action found. Close to shore on the Cortez side there were a few more fish later in the week and they were averaging 15 pounds, but there were not the large schools we have been hoping for. Getting a fish or two was as much as most boats could hope for this week. Best action was had by slow trolling live Caballito.
WAHOO: Still little action on the Wahoo, but I expect the action to pick up this week with us going past the full moon.
INSHORE: Some action was had on Amberjack and Grouper, but the Roosterfish near Cabo seemed to be off the bite. The Pez Gallo action seemed to be happening a little further up the coat on the Cortez side, and the key to getting a good bite going was the use of live Mullet as bait. Inshore Dorado to 15 pounds provided a surprise now and then as well.
NOTES: This weeks fishing remained slow, and I am not going to predict what nest week will bring, but my fingers are crossed and if I don’t have a charter I will be out there scoping it out on my own! This weeks report was written to the silence of my speakers as I needed an aural break. Construction going on across the street from the house and a race week has cars and bikes screaming up and down the road. I sure am glad our street was paved last year! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JULY 19-25, 2004
WEATHER: The week was mostly cloudy every day and windy as well. That was not a bad thing as it kept us cool, and we did without the air conditioner this week. Our daytime highs were in the mid to high 90’s while our night time lows were in the mid to high 70’s. With all the clouds we thought that there was going to be a bit of rain here, but it looked as if it all dumped up in the mountains.
WATER: The week started with Warm water in the 84 degree range right in front of town, but as the week went on this water disappeared and as of now the warmest we have within 20 miles is 80 degrees. Up the coast on the Cortez side it gets to 85 degrees, up around Punta Gorda, and there are a couple of small spot where it reaches 82 degrees on the Gorda Banks, but other than that almost everything is in the 79-80 degree range. The water is nice and blue though! Surface conditions on the Pacific and offshore on the Cortez side have been a bit choppy in the afternoons as the wind picks up, but it has been fishable.
BAIT: Plenty of Caballito available at the normal $2, some Mullet at the same price and I heard that one of the bait boats had some Sardinas as well, and that they were pretty proud of them.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Last weeks fishing was great for Billfish, but this weeks fishing definitely dropped off. Maybe it is the moon phase (the new moon was the 17th), maybe it is the water (temps dropped), but there were a lot of boats disappointed in the action this week. Of course there are always exceptions, and I did see a few boats come in with two or three Marlin flags flying. The fish that were found were in the warm water and that meant going at least 25 miles out and up on the Cortez side. Live bait worked well on the Striped Marlin that were found, with lures coming in a decidedly second place. Due to the water temps changing, the Blue Marlin were scarce unless you had the time and range to get up around the East Cape.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Footballs and small school fish were the catch this week for most of the boats. The best action was out around the 1150 spot in Porpoise schools and those fish were also the slightly larger ones, with most of the in the 25 pound class. Closer to home there were footballs found while trolling blind and the action could be fairly steady on them if you used small hootchies. Almost all of this action was on the Cortez side of the Cape.
DORADO: This week was almost a repeat of last week as far as action on the Dorado go. There was good fishing to be found not far from shore up around the Westin and Punta Gorda areas. The fish were averaging 15 pounds with a few big ones and a few small ones in there, and the boats that worked it were getting 3-6 fish per trip. Offshore there were larger fish, but fewer of them. Bright colored feathers and small Marlin lures worked well on the Dorado this week (as they do almost every week!).
WAHOO: I saw almost no Wahoo flags this week, and did not talk to anyone who had Wahoo strikes.
INSHORE: Dorado and small Tuna seemed to be the targeted species for the Pangas this week, but there was still some decent inshore action taking place for the boats targeting Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle. Roosterfish were averaging 15 pounds with a few really nice ones in the 30+ pound class being caught as well, but there were more Jacks being found than Roosters, and they were a bit bigger on average as well! The bottom fishing was pretty much “pick here, pick there” kind of thing, with a little of everything and not a lot of any one species being caught.
NOTES: The fishing was a lot slower this week than last week, but the weather is starting to clear up so maybe the fishing will get better as well. Thanks to all of you who wrote to me about my music pick last week! I did not realize that so many of you read the notes section! The information I received helped me a lot as I learned that Harlow Wilcox from the album is not the same guy as the announcer from the late 30’s and the “Fibber and Molly McGee” show. Not even related as far as I found out. Plus, the song “Groovy Grubworm” hit number 6 on the Cashbox top 40 in 1969. Thank you to all of you who helped me on this. This weeks report was written to the music of Phillip Glass on the 1986 release “Songs from Liquid Days”. Now you know I have an eclectic taste in music! Until next week, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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1 Striped Marlin tagged and released (#120)
7 Dorado kept (#10 - #35)
1Yellowfin kept (#10)
1 Hammerhead Shark released (7 feet)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 21, 2004
The Hasko group is fishing with us today and they will be fishing again on the 23. Marlin is the target for both days, but of course no fish will be refused! Juan and Manuel went offshore today, straying as far out as 18 miles in search of fish willing to bite. Slightly choppy conditions and some nice swells, combined with a fairly good overcast slowed down the ability to sight Marlin tailing on the surface, and the water was just a bit cooler out there as well. The only action of the day was sighting one fish tailing and that one refused to eat. We sure hope things are better on Friday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 22, 2004
Mark Bailey and his wife Sue are our anglers for the day and Mark sure would like to tangle with a Marlin! They were supposed to fish on another boat today, but the Captain was a no-show and they went with us instead. It was Juan’s day off so Manuel had to get a replacement marinero and came up with Estephan (“Tebby”). Mark was impressed with him and so was Manuel. With those recommendations we were able to hook him up with a full-time job on a friend’s boat. Back to the Bailey’s trip though, Manuel and Tebby went north on the Sea of Cortez and worked the area off of Palmilla. Not getting out until 7:30 was odd, but things worked out all right. There were plenty of Dorado in the area and Mark got two fish in the 20-25 pound class in the boat, had two more around 12-15 pounds and then several “peanuts” of about 6-8 pounds. One small Yellowfin Tuna chewed on a lure and managed to get himself hooked and then Manuel saw a Hammerhead shark. The guys asked Mark if he wanted to try and catch it so he gave it a shot. Not very impressed with the fight of a Hammerhead, Mark said “It was like fighting a bucket”. Maybe if it had been a Mako things would have been different! Anyway, they go the Shark to the side of the boat for a couple of pictures then released it. Mark said they had seen one Marlin all day and it would not eat, but he and Sue had fun. Thanks guys, we are glad things worked out for you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 23 JULY, 2004
This was the Hasko groups second day of fishing and now the pressure was on. All four guys wanted a shot at a Marlin but the bite had been off. This was surprising because on Sunday it had been going off strong! Juan and Manuel talked to a few of the other Captains on the radio and headed offshore again, this time 25 miles to the east, out around the 1150 spot. Juan said there was a lot of Marlin in the area and they had two on at one time, both hooked on live bait. One of the fish was fought to the boat for a successful tag and release. Unfortunately the dog gear on the other TLD 25 stripped and they were not able to get any line on the reel. Juan had to try and hand line the fish and the line ended up breaking. There were other fish in the area but they would not eat. They guys were also able to get one nice Dorado that Juan said would have been around 25 pounds, and lost one other “Big” one that hit a large Marlin lure but did not hook up well. At least the guys were able to get some action on the Billfish today, much better than on Wednesday. And now there is a new TLD 25 on the boat. Until next week, tight lines!
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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