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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 21, 2025
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Mar 25, 2012; 08:40PM - FROM GO TO SLOW
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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From go to slow
Early in the week we experienced an incredible bite of
quality yellowtail off the high spot at La Ribera. Lots
of boats were there and everyone was bent. Several
came away with limits. That same afternoon billfish
were very aggressive from the light house to Los
Frailes charging at lures and baits presented to them.
The wind blew for a couple of days and everything
changed. Today we could see yellowtail in our fish
finder in the same location where the action was early
in the week but now only a few boats were able to get
them to go. Off shore we sighted marlin, wahoo and
sailfish but they were more finicky than Morris the
cat.
For daily East Cape updates check out our new
Facebook page.
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
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Mar 19, 2012; 12:34PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
March 12-18, 2012
WEATHER: The week started out great with clear skies, light winds and the perfect temperatures with the nighttime lows in the low 60's and the daytime highs in the low 80's. As the week progressed we had cloud cover move in, the breeze from the northwest pick up a bit and the temperatures raise a few degrees, along with the humidity moving up a few points. At the end of the week we were beginning to feel the approaching low pressure system as the winds started to blow on Saturday. Hopefully this will pass in a day or two, but it would be nice if there was a bit of rain in it for us!
WATER: As the clouds moved in the last clear water temp shot we received was on Wednesday and it showed 70-71 degrees across our local Sea of Cortez area with a spot of 68 degree water from the beach to 5 miles offshore between Cabo and San Jose. This water was also a bit green. On the Pacific side of the Cape the 71 degree water extended from the beach out to the San Jaime Banks and up to the Golden Gate Banks. From there out to a distance of 45 miles it dropped a bit to 87 degrees and outside of the 45 mile area it dropped again to 65 degrees but became blue again. Surface conditions on the Sea of Cortez were almost glassy most of the week with very little wind and small swells. On the Pacific side the swells were a bit larger at 3-5 feet and some light winds early in the week, growing to strong breezes at the end of the week with significant white caps.
BAIT: Caballito and Mackerel as well as a few Mullet could be had for $3 per bait. A few of the bait boats had “frozen” ballyhoo for between $3-4, each, but you never know how many times they had been “frozen”.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, it's still not great but it is getting better as more boats are coming in with Marlin flags flying. A few are reporting getting shots at up to six fish a day and releasing one to three, and a few boats going farther offshore are reporting finding fairly large schools of Striped Marlin but they are not biting well yet. The better area seemed to be off the Vinorama area up the Sea of Cortez, around the 1150 area and 30 miles to the west on the Pacific side. On a really positive note, there were at least two Swordfish taken this week, with several others seen. One of the Swordfish was in the mid #200 range and the other was reported to be at least twice as large.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna fishing was still slow for most of the boats early in the week with the fleet boats finding football fish in the normal areas such as south of the San Jaime and out past the 1,000 fathom line due south. Later in the week the reports became better with larger fish caught due west at the temperature change and due south at 40 miles. Several fish were caught that went over 100 pounds and there were decent fish to 60 pounds as well. Daisy chains and spreader bars brought good bites as did deep trolled plugs.
DORADO: For a couple of days at least Dorado were kings as a dead whale was found and the massive numbers of small Dorado provided fast action on the acrobats. Most of these small fish were released but there were a few boats that could not control themselves and kept everything they hooked, sigh. Elsewhere there were few Dorado to be found this week, but that may change if the water continues to warm up.
WAHOO: ? There may have been a few caught this week but I did not hear of them.
INSHORE: This week was pretty much a repeat of last weeks inshore action as there was a decent, but not hot bite on Yellowtail. The Sierra action was good on larger fish to 8 pounds, found on both sides of the Cape, and there were a few nice Snapper and Grouper caught as well. Most of the action was on the Pacific side from the lighthouse up to Migraino.
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: Good weather except for the end of the week combined with better fishing than we have seen in a few weeks made a lot of anglers happy. The beach is crowded as are the bars and nightspots in town as we experience Spring Break once again. This weeks report was written to the music of Craig Chaquiso on his 2000 release “Panorama”, basicaly a “best of” album of his music up to that time.
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Mar 18, 2012; 02:33PM - SEA OF CORTEZ-EAST CAPE ROCKS!
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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EAST CAPE ROCKS!
The bite is sick! East Cape is having the best
yellowtail action I have ever seen with fish that look
like they are on steroids plus striped marlin have
shown up with a big appetite.
I love providing the catching experience for first
timers. Gary and Cindy Green of Chico CA stopped by
with their daughter and granddaughter to set up a
fishing trip on Jen Wren. Cindy was very reluctant
stating she never had any luck and wanted the rest of
the family to go without her. I explained that there
was a good chance of sighting whales, porpoise,
turtles, sea lions and other sea life and that a great
time could be had without catching fish.
Yesterday Cindy elected to join the family and what a
time it turned out to be. 15 year old granddaughter
Shai-Anne and Gary both landed nice yellowtail in the
morning. Then we headed a little further off shore
where Gary caught and released his first marlin ever.
Shortly after that we spotted 4 tailers in a group and
hung 2 of them. Gary and Cindy battled both fish to
leader and we released them.
At the end of the day Cindy had not only seen all the
sea life hoped for she had also released the largest
fish.
For a lot more great photos check out my blog.
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
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Mar 14, 2012; 08:06PM - LET THE GAMES BEGIN
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN
I just returned to the East Cape after 10 days in the
Los Angeles area. Visiting family and exhibiting at the
Long Beach Fred Hall fishing show was the main
purpose of the trip.
Exhibiting at Fred Hall was work but it was also loads
of fun seeing old friends and making new ones.
During the time I was gone this place has gone from
windy winter conditions to warm beautiful spring
weather. More boats are being put in the water
everyday and everybody is buzzing about how good
the bite is. A big volume of yellowtail has moved in
on most of the high spots up and down the coast.
Many quality fish south of 40 pounds are being
landed daily. Striped marlin have also become more
active and showing in bigger numbers. The most
exciting news to me is the sighting of a couple of
broadbill swordfish. That news gives me goose
bumps.
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
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Mar 12, 2012; 01:29PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
March 5-11, 2012
WEATHER: Great weather once again with our nighttime lows in the mid 60's and the daytime highs in the mid to high 80's and just a bit of cloud cover during the middle of the week. The winds were variable in direction and strength depending on your location. On Thursday it was blowing hard in San Jose but calm in Cabo, the reverse the next day. We were on the Pacific Thursday and Friday and it was calm with just a slight breeze from the southwest.
WATER: On the Pacific side the water was 71 degrees within four miles of the beach and 73 degrees from there to 8 miles east of the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks. Due south at 12 to 15 miles we had 77 degree water and to the east past the 115o and the Gorda Banks we saw 70 degree water. Surface conditions were good with swells at three to five feet on the Pacific and one to three feet on the Cortez side.
BAIT: Mackerel and Caballito were the baits available at the normal $3 each but there appeared to be few Sardinas available this week. Many of the bait boats would sell only five live baits and try to talk you into buying large frozen ballyhoo as well, but the fishery right now doesn't really need these large ballyhoo.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Still an on and off fishery, the beginning of the week saw quite a few Striped Marlin showing themselves from the arch to San Cristobal on the Pacific side and a few of them were willing to eat. A few boats managed to release as many as three fish while drifting live baits deep but then the fish moved on and the bite stopped. On Thursday we saw a few fish on the south side of the Golden Gate and managed to release one, but on Friday we baited two fish at the San Jaime and east of there with no action at all. Other boats were reporting the same results from all over. Perhaps the full moon on the 8th had something to do with this?
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The area known as the “herradura”, south of the San Jaime held porpoise that were with football Yellowfin early in the week then they moved on. At the end of the week there were reports of the same size fish being found in the warm water 12 to 15 miles to the south of the Cape. No great numbers were caught by any boat, but getting four or five was the average while the fish were there, plus you had shots at a Marlin or two.
DORADO: A repeat of last week as there were scattered Dorado found offshore in the warm 74 degree water. These fish were nice sized, but there sure were not many of them. A few boats caught fish to 30 pounds but they were not there thick enough to focus on, instead they were incidental catches for boats focusing on Marlin and Yellowfin. There were scattered smaller fish to 10 pounds caught near shore by boats fishing for Sierra and Yellowtail, but once again not enough of them for any focused effort.
WAHOO: I was surprised that I heard of no Wahoo caught this week considering the full moon is normally a good time to catch them, and the warmer water we have seen is perfect. Oh well, like last week, what hoo?
INSHORE: I said it best in last weeks report when I made the comment “Things sure can change from week to week”. True words as the great Yellowtail fishing we had been having took a turn toward the down side. Boats were still fishing for them but instead of getting five or six per trip on average, the results were quite a bit worse with many boats not getting any at all. A lucky few were able to catch one or two of them, but that was the exception. There was a better bite on Sierra though, and some of the fish were decent size, up to 8 pounds. Toss in some good Pargo and Grouper fishing and there was action to be had inshore.
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: Great weather, decent fishing and smooth seas, what more do you want? Yeah, I know, great fishing would be better, but you don't always get what you want, sometimes you get what you need. Guess what music I listened to this week for the report?
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Mar 5, 2012; 11:30AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
February 27 – March 4, 2012
WEATHER: We once again started the week with gusty days and partly cloudy skies, but by the end of the week we had great weather. With lows in the mid 60's and highs in the high 80's you could not ask for more perfect weather! As the week worked it's way toward the end, the winds started to die off a bit and when they did start each day, it was later and later. As I said, at the end of the week it was as god as you can get!
WATER: At the end of the week the water along the Pacific side from the shore out to the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks showed a pretty even 71 degrees as far north as Todo Santos. On the Cortez side of the Cape the water remained the same 71 degrees but extended much farther offshore, out to the 1,000 fathom line, and then it warmed up to 74 degrees just to our south.
BAIT: Mackerel and Caballito were the baits available at the normal $3 each and there were actually some decent numbers of Sardines to be found at the normal $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: One day the bite is on, the next day it is off, no consistency in anything except in the area the fish were found. Most of the fish were in the area between the 95 Spot and the 1150. Catches varied between 0 and 3 fish per boat and more fish were seen than were caught. The best bait appeared to be Mackerel, but at times they would ignore the mackerel and only eat a Caballito, other times they would not eat anything. There are some decent schools of Mackerel showing up on the Pacific side but for some reason not a lot of Marlin are in the same areas.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: These fish were pretty much non-existent for much of the week, at least until Saturday. All of a sudden, less than 6 miles off the arch several schools showed up and the boats that were there managed to limit out on fish to 25 pounds. Cedar plugs and small feathers were the key to multiple hook-ups. Elsewhere Yellowfin were scarce to absent.
DORADO: There were scattered Dorado found offshore in the warm 74 degree water, and these fish were nice sized, but there sure were not many of them. A few boats managed to catch fish to 30 pounds but they were not there thick enough to focus on, instead they were incidental catches for boats focusing on Marlin. There were scattered smaller fish to 10 pounds caught near shore by boats fishing for Sierra and Yellowtail, but once again not enough of them for any focused effort.
WAHOO: What Hoo? No reports this week, at least from anyone I heard from.
INSHORE: Well, things sure can change from week to week. This week Yellowtail re-gained the title of fish of the week, but you had to go to the Pacific side to have a decent shot at them. On the Cortez side of the Cape things inshore pretty much were concentrated on Sierra, Snapper and Grouper. Up in the San Jose area the water was calm, there were few Yellowfin or Yellowtail and it seems that the effort was mainly in the area of the San Louis Bank. On the Pacific side the yellowtail were fairly thick, and with a good depth sounder a boat could get on the fish time after time. Spread out between the arch and Marguerite, fishing in water between 120 and 200 feet in depth brought in consistent catches of fish between 15 and 30 pounds, often limits for anglers. A mix of live bait, yo-yo's and diamond jigs did well. There were Sierra in the area as well for anglers whose arms grew too tired to reel in another Yellowtail!
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: Perfect weather at the end of the week as well as some absolutely great inshore fishing. Now if only the Striped Marlin would show up in force and the Tuna arrive and stay it would be perfect fishing as well, but we will take what we can get, and that is not at all bad right now! Full moon is in four days so if the warm water stays we might see a decent showing of Wahoo, we will just have to wait and see.
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Mar 3, 2012; 10:35AM - JAIL BAIT
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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JAIL BAIT
Last week I opened my mouth too soon saying we are
getting as many calm days as windy ones. This week
has brought nothing but strong winds and small craft
advisories. I should know better. Every year at this
time we are teased with a few nice days and smacked
right back up on the porch with hard weather.
Fishing before this blow we had a very difficult time
finding mackerel for bait. One day there are loads and
the next day they are gone. Can't blame it on a full
moon but there are other contributing factors.
Recently a pod of bottlenosed dolphin have been
hanging out near the drop off where bait is generally
easy to catch. There has also been a pod of common
dolphin cruising up and down the coast near shore. I
can't imagine how many tons of fish a whole pod of
dolphin consume in a day but it has to be a bunch.
Until they move on I believe the bait situation will
remain grim. The mackerel also disappear when the
humbolt squid move in. I'm certain the squid play
havoc with bait fish.
Bait is key so we have learned to adjust when the live
stuff can't be had. Rigged properly a frozen ballyhoo
will swim like a live bait and can be just as deadly and
work even better sometimes. Trolling what the locals
call a 'bruja' (ballyhoo with a small skirt on the nose)
on a stinger or whisky line can be magic. Unlike
artificials the bruja should be trolled with as little
pressure on the drag as possible without the line free
spooling. Accurate Boss reels are the bomb for this
because they can be left in free spool and enough
pressure can be applied with the cast control. Unlike
an artificial lure the ballyhoo has the right texture and
flavor so the game fish will suck it down.
Properly curing the ballyhoo before freezing makes
much better bait. There are many secret recipes for
curing. I have found brining them for a couple of days
in a mixture of rock salt and baking soda with
crushed ice works best. When they are ready we
vacuum package them in seal-a-meal bags and they
will stay good in the freezer until we need them.
On many occasions we are able to catch live bait off
shore and always keep a Sabiki rigged for when the
opportunity arises. A sabiki is a ganion of small
hooks garnished with a little dried fish skin or colored
yarn. Sometimes a spot of bait can be seen on the
surface and several can be caught at a time by
pitching the sabiki at them. Other times bait can be
found with our depth sounder. Last year the shark
buoys off shore was loaded for months. There was a
smorgasbord of bait there and we caught horalijtos,
caballitos, bullet tuna, scad and camiseta. All are
excellent for marlin, tuna and dorado.
The camiseta is an interesting little fish. It is really a
pilot fish but the local fishermen call them 'camiseta'
because it's strips look like a jail uniform.
It is off to Gringolandia for me. If you find yourself in
Long Beach Ca between the 7th and 11th stop by and
see us at the Fred Hall show.
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
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Feb 27, 2012; 11:31AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
February 20 - 26, 2012
WEATHER: This was a strange week as one day the wind was howling and the next it was calm. I was fishing with friends on a Panga Thursday, nice when we left the marina and by 9am there were whitecaps everywhere. It seemed that the winds did not really start blowing hard until about 10am, and sometimes the switched direction 180 degrees. There was no way to forecast this and every trip was a crap-shoot as to how the water was going to be. We did have sunny skies all week with just a bit of cloud cover on Tuesday and Saturday. Highs were in the mid 80's and lows were in the low 60's.
WATER: As of the end of the week that large area of warm water which had been approaching from the east had entered and begun to affect our area. Starting about Tuesday the water from the Gorda Point area in a line to the southwest had 74 degree water on the east side and 66 degree water on the west side. At the end of the week this warm water had pushed it's way along the Cortez side until we had 70 degree water inside of the 1,000 fathom line and 74 degree water outside the line with a still existing plume of the warm water running from Punta Gorda through the 1150 and southward. On the Pacific side the 69 degree water expanded to the north and west as well, with water inside of boundaries set by Todo Santos, the Golden Gate Bank and the San Jaime Bank and to the south being a steady 69 degrees. Outside of these areas the water dropped several degrees to 67. Surface conditions varied widely due to the inconsistent winds, rough as a cob on the Pacific side one day, smooth there and rough on the Cortez side the next.
BAIT: Mackerel and Caballito were the baits available at the normal $3 each and there were actually some decent numbers of Sardines to be found at the normal $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Most of the boats had a great deal of difficulty finding Marlin this past week, my guess is that perhaps only 10-15% of them managed to get a Striped Marlin to eat. There were, however, a few magicians out there. T.J. Managed to be consistent in getting four to six fish per trip and a few other boats (not many) managed to hook up every trip. For the most part though, the fleet boats were not very successful close to home and the fish were scarce. The best areas appeared to be off the San Jose Canyon early in the week, as well as outside the 95 and 1150 area, and it is possible that the better catches were had up in the Vinorama area, a long way from home for us.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Except for two days, the Tuna were absent in any numbers in our area. The exception was Thursday and Friday when several pods of Porpoise 6 miles out from the arch managed to produce a few fish in the 15-25 pound class. Not great numbers, with the better boats only getting three or four fish, but better than we have seen in several weeks. I heard that the bite that had been happening up on the Inman Bank for Yellowfin had dropped off quite a bit as well, and combined with the wind boats fishing there were lucky to get one fish to the boat while using live Sardines and chunk baits.
DORADO: The warm water that moved in brought some Dorado with it as evidenced by quite a few fish caught out by the 95 and 1150 that weighed 25-30 pounds. There were still a few small fish found close to shore in the San Jose area but other than that, almost nothing was happening with the Dorado. The ones caught offshore were hooked by boats fishing for Striped Marlin.
WAHOO: I did hear of four nice Wahoo caught this week, all in the 60 pound range. All of them were caught just outside the 1150 and 95 spot in the warmer water when it first moved into our area at the beginning of the week.
INSHORE: Yellowtail lost the title of fish of the week as the bite dropped off considerably. Most of the schooling fish had been coming from just off the arch, and that is supposed to be a no-fishing zone. I guess after seeing 35-40 boats fishing out there for four days in a row, the marines decided to do something about it and started chasing the boats away. Just as well it appears, because the fish had either been caught out or had moved on to a different area. Boats that extended their search range found more fish up around the Los Arcos and Margarita area. Larger fish to 35 pounds were caught while trolling large-lipped plugs under diving pelicans and frigates while smaller fish were caught while drifting live mackerel and Caballito. We managed to get one Yellowtail that weighed 23 pounds during our windy Thursday trip, as well a one Amberjack and several more good bites. Sierra are still available and one of the favorite area depending on the wind conditions has been just outside of the Chileno Beach area. There were some decent grouper caught this week by the inshore fishermen as well, one of them almost 150 pounds!
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: Great temperatures, if just the wind would settle down! Inshore fishing has been fine while offshore has been sketchy, but there are some nice fish to be caught. Lets see what this area of warm water brings us in the next week!
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Feb 25, 2012; 07:52PM - LIVING IN NAIROBI
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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LIVING IN NAIROBI
Word on the street is that East Cape fishing is lighting
up. Dorado and striped marlin are starting to show in
good numbers off shore a few miles south of Punta
Arena Light house. Only a boat or two have been out
there most days and are consistently having success.
In shore sierra mackerel continue to bite with El
Cardonal area producing the most action. Just a
couple miles off the beach in Buena Vista quality
sized yellowtail have made a showing. Live bait is key
to get the yellows going. I was out there yesterday
morning and had a hard time making bait. It took
until 8:30 to finally catch a mackerel. After pinning it
on and pitching it out it only took a 5 minutes to
hang a 25 pound yellowtail. Unfortunately I forgot my
camera but we had some great sashimi last night.
The weather is changing and we are now getting as
many calm days as windy ones. I've put away my Ugg
boots and we are not needing the fire place to warm
our home. We are going to put Jen Wren in tomorrow
for the first trips of the season and see what we can
stir up.
Back in 92 I was in LA for a long weekend and wanted
to pick up a spear gun that had been advertised in a
skindiving magazine. It was frustrating calling dive
shop after shop to find nobody had one in stock.
Finally talking to a shop owner I explained where we
live, why I wanted that particular gun and asked why
nobody in the Los Angeles area stocked them. He
said sir, where you are living is like Nairobi and we
just don't get calls for elephant guns. That reply has
always stuck with me and is a very good description
of the East Cape.
The areas we fish everyday on the Sea of Cortez have
produced 1,000 pound marlin, cow yellowfin tuna in
excess of 300 pounds and yes, the 'gladiator of the
sea' broadbill swordfish. We may not get a shot at
these trophies every day but the possibility is always
there. For just this reason we keep an elephant gun
rigged and ready on both Jen Wren boats. When the
opportunity for a trophy of a lifetime arises there is
no fumbling around for the right gear. We just grab
the stick that is prepared and always within short
reach for the occasion.
I love breaking out the big guns.
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
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Feb 20, 2012; 11:12AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
February 13 - 19, 2012
WEATHER: It's only February but the March winds have started. On Tuesday a breeze started up and continued to grow stronger throughout the morning, to the point that the Port Captain closed us to the exit of Pangas about 11AM. The clouds started to move in during the afternoon and we had cloudy skies with a stiff wind on Wednesday, Thursday the clouds had gone away but the wind was still blowing. Bu Saturday the winds had died down so there was just wind in the afternoon, and that was not too strong. The wind also brought us cold weather, I believe that on Wednesday the warmest we saw was 71 degrees while the coldest we reached was 51 degrees. Of course last year we got down to 47 degrees so we do have a little to be thankful of!
WATER: At the end of the week there was a band of 65 degree water running along the beach on the Pacific side that extended out a distance of 8 miles. West of there, across the Golden Gate and San Jaime banks to warmed just a touch to 66 degrees. Right in front of the Cape we had 68 degrees while farther up on the Cortez side, from Red Hill to the 1150 and across to Punta Gorda the water was a balmy 72 degrees. The cool water on the Pacific was slightly green while the water on the Cortez side was a nice blue color.
BAIT: Mackerel and Caballito were the baits available at the normal $3 each and there was a very limited supply of Sardinas to be found if you went to San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: While the bait stays away so do the Marlin and very few Striped Marlin were caught this week, at least in comparison to years past. Not that there were not fish out there, boats reported seeing three or four per day, but they are not eating. On Tuesday I watched the boats coming in and saw only one Marlin flag flying for about 20 boats. The fish that were caught this week seemed to bite live bait rather than striking lure, at least most of them did. And, to toss a bit of surprise into the fishing pot out there, a 575 pound Blue Marlin was brought in by a boat on Thursday. I did not get much information on the fish but assume it was caught in the warmer water on the Cortez side of the Cape.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Way offshore and far away were the Yellowfin Tuna this week. You either traveled 35 miles to the south and west or 35 miles up the coast on the Cortez side. Either direction it was a crap-shoot as if you did find the fish they would not always bit. To the south and west boats were looking for, and occasionally finding pods of porpoise, and some of them held fish. A good location might result in three or four of them, and once in a while a dozen or so, but the sizes were not great averaging just 12 pounds. Boats traveling up the Sea of Cortez were going to the Inman Bank area, chumming and drifting with Sardinas and chunk bait. Light leader and a quite boat were the key to these fish which were in the 30-50 pound class, but shy. You had to weed your way through the skip-jack, but at least you had a shot.
DORADO: I thought that the Dorado were gone, but there were a few caught this week, a big surprise since the water is so cool. Most of the fish I saw and heard of were small ones, less than 10 pounds but there were a few that may have been 18 pounds or so. Anglers getting them were fishing for Yellowtail just off the beach or Yellowfin up by the Inman Banks. Live bait was the key but some of them bit on chunks baits as well.
WAHOO: I did not see or hear of a Wahoo caught this week, but don't doubt there were a few caught. All the red and orange flags I saw were being flown for Sierra.
INSHORE: Yellowtail were the fish of the week but shared the title with Sierra. More Sierra than Yellowtail, but the Yellowtail were larger and fought harder. Almost all the action on both species happen just off the beach on the Pacific side on the cool water. Both live bait and yo-yo's worked and the clue as always was to be in the right spot. Finding marks on the depth sounder, or drifting until a bite happened was necessary, then figuring out the current and drift and going over the spot time after time resulted in some fine catches. One of the boats we had out had one angler aboard and landed 5 Yellowtail that were between 15 and 25 pounds, a real nice result for 5 hours fishing. Other species available were grouper and snapper as well as some small rooster-fish.
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: Cold weather or not, it's nice that we have some fish to target out there, and Yellowtail is not only great to eat, they also fight like the devil! Offshore fishing was sketchy this week, the best fishing occurred near the beach, and there was the added bonus of being able to watch the whales as well. Thanks for reading the blog and the report!
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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