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| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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| In three decades, the world's oceans will contain more discarded plastic than fish when measured by weight, researchers say. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 21, 2025
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Feb 19, 2012; 08:16PM - A WHALE OF A PRIZE!
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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A WHALE OF A PRIZE
After a few days of windy weather the Sea of Cortez
has laid down nicely today. The water along our
beach is clear, blue and loaded with bait fish. I am
excited that conditions look right for fishing to go off
as spring arrives.
The change in weather came just in time for the newly
formed non profit 'East Cape Sportfishing Club'
consisting of 14 members to hold their first
tournament today. Five entries fished for 3 hours with
a target species of sierra mackerel. Winning was
based on total weight for a 5 fish maximum.
I witnessed the tournaments shot gun start from the
beach at the Gaviota palapa in Buena Vista at 7AM for
the 3 boats that arrived on time. Wining 2,800 pesos
in 1st place with total weight of 7.995 for 5 fish was
Isrial 'Cayuyu' Castro. 2nd prize of 1,200 pesos was
taken by Winslow who also weighed 5 fish. Cayuyu
also won the 1,350 peso jack pot with a 2.33 kilo
fish.
Felipe Valdez said 15 other applications to join the
new club have been received from local Mexicans and
Americans. The club is waiting for final approval of
their paper work from Hacienda and other
governmental agencies before accepting more
members. He also went on to say the club was formed
by the community and is for the community of the
East Cape. Besides introducing sportfishing to our
youth they will promote and support independent
charter operators and have a voice in regulation and
protection of sport fish in our area.
During our high season April though November Jen
Wren boats are constantly on the water and our
fishing tackle gets put to the test everyday. Fishing
rods need some required maintenance at the end of
the season but on a daily basis just rinsing the salt of
the guides and reel seats and then drying them has
worked for me. Fishing reels require more attention.
Before washing a reel we make sure the drag is on
full. This assures that no water will get to the drag
while washing. Then we make sure they are
completely dried. Once a month or so I lubricate the
handle, clicker and drag adjustment knob with Reel X.
If I know a reel is not going to get used for more than
a month we remove the mono top shot. If this is not
done, moisture can be trapped on the Spectra
backing causing it to rot and shorten it's life.
Seven years ago I received my first Accurate reel as a
gift. To tell you the truth, being a tried and true gold
reel man, I didn't think much of it at the time. As time
went along I came to really like that little platinum
reel. Then the light came on. Twin drags are the real
deal. It is not a gimmick. Having stopping power on
both sides of the reel spool is what makes their drag
smoothest in the industry. The spool doesn't torque
to one side as your car would with just brakes on one
side.
Over the last 6 years I have migrated to using
Accurate reels exclusively and have never looked
back. Now Jen Wren boats are fully equipped with
them. It is amazing we have NEVER had to change a
drag washer in an Accurate reel. Since using these
reels we have never lost a fish due to reel failure.
When we send a reel to Accurate for service it returns
with a full written report. There is a check list the
technician fills out which gives assurance everything
has been checked. There is a list of any parts
replaced along with the old parts. My reports this year
even told how long each reel was worked on. The
average was 55 to 65 minutes. Seems like a long time
in the right environment with the right tools. That
gives me confidence the reels come out like new. I
was surprised to learn all this information goes into
Accurate's data base. If they find a certain model reel
is wearing the same part they want to know and will
investigate why.
Wow, not sure how I got off on that but my feelings
are strong. As promised last week, here is my story
on how Jen Wren got involved with the Fred Hall show
in Long Beach that will be from March 7th through
the 11th.
Last month I was invited by long time friend Pete Gray
to be on his radio show Let's talk Hook Up. The
anticipation was nerve racking but fielding questions
from callers and talking about the East Cape turned
out to be a kick in the pants.
Pete always asks his guests if they will donate a prize
to give away to his callers. Wanting to get the biggest
bang for my buck I asked John Ireland if he would
participate. To my surprise he ponied up a 3 night
stay at Rancho Leonero. In addition to that, we gave
away a days fishing on Jen Wren III. Pete's phones
rang off the hook.
The next thing I know I'm being contacted by the Fred
Hall Show promoters. Every year they give away a
grand prize to one lucky winner who attends their
show. They liked the prize given away by Pete and
were thinking about something similar. One thing led
to another and with the graciousness of John Ireland
and Jack Nilsen we came up with a whale of a prize.
HERE IS A WHALE OF A PRIZE
Go fishing with Jack!!! Accurate Fishing is sponsoring
the Fred Hall Grand Prize trip giveaway this year. An
awesome trip for (2) to Rancho Leonero in the east
cape for 5 days including 2 days fishing aboard Jen
Wren Sportfishing with Accurate's own Jack Nilsen as
your newest fishing partner and personal
photograher. This prize includes airfare and ground
transportation too. Just visit the Accurate booth at the
Fred Hall Shows and enter to win. This is an
opportunity you don't want to miss!
If you plan on attending the show please stop by. We
will be located next Michael Fowlkes 'Inside
Sportfishing' and across from Accurate Reels on
tackle row.
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
US cell 310 308 5841
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Feb 13, 2012; 12:33PM - 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 6-12, 2012
WEATHER: We started last week with some very nice weather and then mid week we had some heavy clouds and rain move in. Wednesday was cloudy and had some decent rain in a few areas around here, up to an inch in scattered locations, but only a light scattering here in town. During the week were the low's were in the 50's while highs were lucky to break the 80 degree mark early in the week, but by Saturday we had gotten 82 degrees showing here at the house. Late in the week saw some heavy wind from the north, the rest of the week it had been from the west.
WATER: The water on the Cortez side of the Cape changed this week after the cold front that brought us rain moved through. Early in the week there had been a hot area of 74 degree water just inside the 1,000 fathom line as well as a hot spot on top of the San Jaime Bank on the Pacific side. At the end of the week the water across our area had cooled to an average of 70 degrees on both side of the Cape with a cooler band of 68 degree water running along the beach on the Pacific side. Surface conditions early in the week were great but as the cold and rain moved in so did the wind and by Wednesday the Pacific side had really gotten rough and choppy, but it had calmed down by Friday. On the Cortez side the same conditions occurred but with less effect, and then at the end of the week the winds switched and started to come from the north, bringing up choppy conditions from San Jose and northward.
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: It appears that the Striped Marlin are scarce this week as few boats were returning with blue flags flying. Those that were getting fish were finding them offshore from 10 to 20 miles on both sides of the Cape, but there seemed to be slightly higher concentrations around the 1150 and 95 spots than in other areas. Fish were spotted on the surface on the Pacific side but most of them were not in the feeding mood, ignoring lures and live bait. My best guess is that less than 15% of the boats managed to hook a billfish this week, but not for lack of trying.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Just like last week, the offshore fishing for Yellowfin remained slow. There were pods of porpoise out there but you were only able to catch fish if you were in the right spot at the right time. The first boat to a school might get four of five fish and the second boat get nothing, or the first boat might just get one fish, it varied, but most of the porpoise found had no fish under them. Just like last week, the best action on Yellowfin seemed to happen close to the beach on the Cortez side up at the Inman Banks. Boats from San Jose were fishing there and an occasional boat from Cabo went the distance to try, but even for them it was scratchy fishing with fish from 20 to 80 pounds being the result of weeding through the skip-jack that were everywhere. Drifted Sardinas and chunks of skip-jack fished on fluro-carbon leader was the key.
DORADO: The fishing for Dorado remained slow this week, just like last week. Very few are being caught and the majority of them are no larger than 10 pounds. Close to shore on the Pacific side and along the beach off of Palmilla have been where the majority of fish have been and the best results have been from drifting with live sardinas and chumming heavily. There have been a few fish in the 15-20 pound class, but they have been the exception.
WAHOO: Most of the red or orange flags we have seen have been for Sierra or Shark instead of for Wahoo. The water is just on the cool side of the Wahoo preference so there have been very few of them caught this week.
INSHORE: A repeat of last week with as many Sierra as you want, there does not seem to be a scarcity of them! Of course they are small, most between 2 and 4 pounds, but great smoked or used for ceviche. Trolling small hootchies or rapallas right outside the surf break resulted in most of the fish, but live bait on wire leader also worked. There were some very nice Yellowtail caught as well, but most of them were caught on live bait dropped down to just off the bottom on the rock piles. Unlike last week, iron worked just off the bottom did produce some fish, but unless it was blue/silver you worked your arms off for little result. There were some small Roosterfish as well as some Pompano and skip jack inshore. Those that targeted bottom fish managed to find snapper to 20 pounds in the rock piles right on the beach and there were plenty of trigger fish in water between 60 and 120 feet deep as well as some grouper to 15 pounds.
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe! We made a quick trip to Mag Bay and came home with fresh shrimp, Yummy!!!!
NOTES: Football is over for the year so it's time to watch some golf and maybe play a few rounds, get in some time on the water to catch some Yellowtail and do some cooking on the grill on Sundays. Great weather and some fine inshore fishing should result in a fine week to come. This weeks report was written the the sounds of Tawny snoring at my feet, waiting for the trip to the beach and some swimming.
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Feb 6, 2012; 11:53AM - 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
January 30-Feb 5, 2012
WEATHER: Our cool winter days continue as the nighttime temps are down in the mid 50's. The good news is that the days have been warming up nicely and we are seeing 80 degrees in the daytime. The winds have been moderate from the northwest and occasionally early in the morning a light breeze springs up from the northeast. We did experience a bit of cloud cover toward the end of the week and it appears as if the coming week may cool things down just a bit more.
WATER: Both sides of the Cape are seeing water between 69 and 70 degrees with the cooler water right in front of us. On the Pacific side the warmer water is on the San Jaime Bank and to the southwest of there, on the Cortez side it extends from Chileno Bay up to Los Frailles and out to the 1,000 fathom line. Surface conditions have been great on the Cortez side with small swells and smooth water. On the Pacific side the water has been a bit more rough with swells at 2-5 feet and a bit of wind chop starting mid-morning.
BAIT: No change from last week, small Caballito, some Mackerel and some junk baits were available at $3 each, frozen horse Ballyhoo could be had for between $3 and $4 each and there were some sardines to be found toward San Jose at $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: We had one day this week where it looked as if things were really starting to take off, but the next day the bubble had already burst. Early in the week the Golden Gate Bank had bait all over the place and there were feeding Marlin, cruising Marlin and birds working the bait boils everywhere. Boats were getting multiple hook-ups and releasing between three and six fish in a trip. The next day almost 35 boats made the trip and there were about two or three fish caught. What a disappointment! There were occasional fish showing up to the south of the San Jaime Bank as well as near the shore on the Pacific side. I also heard reports that off of the San Jose Canyon there had been some fish showing up. All the week long, except for one day, it was a matter of putting in the time and keeping your fingers crossed.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: As the warm water on the Pacific side shifted back toward the southwest the fish moved as well. The cruiser were having to travel 35 to 40 miles to get into the fish, and even then there was no guarantee you could find them since many of the porpoise pods did not have fish on them. To go along with that, many of the fish were in the football class instead of schooling fish, 10-15 pounds instead of 15-30 pounds. That's a long run for a few small fish. I did hear that on Friday and Saturday, the end of our week, the action picked up at the Inman Bank up off Punta Gorda on the Cortez side. Boats drifting the Bank and chumming with Sardinas were getting into some decent Yellowfin Tuna, a few to 80 pounds, but you still had to week through the skip jack for them. A good morning would result in five or six decent fish.
DORADO: Very few are being caught and the majority of them are no larger than 10 pounds. Close to shore on the Pacific side and along the beach off of Palmilla have been where the majority of fish have been and the best results have been from drifting with live sardinas and chumming heavily.
WAHOO: Most of the red or orange flags we have seen have been for Sierra or Shark instead of for Wahoo. The water is just on the cool side of the Wahoo preference so there have been very few of them caught this week.
INSHORE: Go out and catch as many Sierra as you want, there does not seem to be a scarcity of them! Of course they are small, but great smoked or used for ceviche. Trolling small hootchies or rapallas right outside the surf break resulted in most of the fish, but live bait on wire leader also worked. There were some very nice Yellowtail caught as well, but almost everyone of them was caught on live bait dropped down to just off the bottom on the rock piles. Anglers were reporting that yo-yo'ing iron was not working at all. There were some small Roosterfish as well as some Pompano and skip jack inshore. Those that targeted bottom fish managed to find snapper to 20 pounds in the rock piles right on the beach and there were plenty of trigger fish in water between 60 and 120 feet deep as well as some grouper to 15 pounds.
FISH RECIPE: Mary's post this week was a Snapper recipe with poblano rice! That combination was fantastic and we will be doing that one again as soon as we get some more snapper!
NOTES: Superbowl today! I am just hoping for a good game and don't really care who wins. I take that back, I hope we win on one of the squares we bought at Tanga-Tanga! Leaving the house soon for the Sunday walk on the beach, then home for breakfast, some gardening and then down to watch the game. Music for the week was thanks to Mark Rau who loaned me the CD “Lower Case Letters” by guitarist Shawn Hopper, released by Favored Nations Records. Thanks Mark, great acoustic guitar!
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Feb 3, 2012; 06:11PM - I CALL IT THE MPS
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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I CALL IT THE 'MPS'
When the wind doesn't blow the marlin want to go.
I just spoke with a couple of fishermen who stayed at
the Los Barriles Hotel and fished a local charter boat
for the last three days. The first two days weather was
calm and they accounted for 2 striped marlin and 10
dorado. Their last day the wind hooped up and the
count was a goose egg.
This is typical for winter time fishing on the East
Cape. The bite can be good but is never consistent. I
believe all the ups and downs in weather is the
largest contributing factor. It has been the same deal
fishing for yellowtail. No doubt they are in the
neighborhood. One day a guy can go out and bag a
couple 30-35 pounders and the next day they are
gone. Two or three days later they bite again.
Personally I can't wait to get past February. Entering
March we are over the hump and the bite is much
more consistent. Warming water and more active bait,
turns sea life on. Turns me on also. In March the
marlin start to pile up in large schools and sometimes
yellowfin tuna make an early showing. Roosterfish
become active and the whole sea starts to wake up
from winter. It is also when sightings and the shot at
a swordfish are at their best. Talk about a turn on!
When I moved to the East Cape in 1991 GPS's were
not available and Loran's did not work in this area.
Navigating the Sea of Cortez was done with a
compass and a wrist watch. The local fishermen
would find their sweet spots and relate their location
to each other by using a triangulation method. Not
knowing the names of mountain peaks or different
beach areas, I installed a direction finder on my boat.
With that, I could at least tell which direction they
were broadcasting from. The direction finder never
did work very well but learning the Mexican method
has. Now folks will ask how did you find that other
boat or sweet spot without your GPS. My anwser is
the MPS ...
'Mexican Positioning System'.
Can't hardly wait for spring!
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
US cell 310 308 5841
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Jan 30, 2012; 10:58AM - 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
January 23-29, 2012
WEATHER: Having just returned from visiting family in Oklahoma I thought I would be nice and warm when I got back here, but I found myself wearing a sweater all day yesterday even though everyone else was walking around in t-shirts. Guess it may take a while for me to thaw out! It was actually pretty nice this week with our daytime highs in the mid 80's and the lows in the mid 60's. I was told that it was cloudy and a bit breezy earlier in the week and that I brought the sun back with me when I returned Tuesday. Since then we have had mostly sunny skies with a bit of a breeze starting up in the middle of the morning.
WATER: I ran a loop on the water temperatures this week and it appears that the warm water we have been seeing just to the west of the San Jaime bank earlier in the week has slowly moved toward us, to the point that it is now on top of the San Jaime. This is 70 degree water, three degrees warmer that the expanse of ocean between the Banks and Cabo. Right along the beach on the Pacific side we are seeing much cooler water at 63 degrees, but this only extend off the beach about a mile. The water on the Pacific side has been a very nice blue while the water immediately off the Cape has been greenish and the water in the Sea of Cortez has had a slight green tinge. Right in San Lucas bay we have 64 degree water, I am not gong swimming anytime soon, I don't want to freeze! Swells on the Pacific side have been moderate at an average of 3-5 feet, slightly larger in the current lines off the points and down current of the sea-mounts. On the Cortez side they have been smaller as normal at 2-4 feet.
BAIT: No change from last week, small Caballito, some Mackerel and some junk baits were available at $3 each, frozen horse Ballyhoo could be had for between $3 and $4 each and there were a few sardines to be found toward San Jose at $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Normally in the cooler water, this week they Striped Marlin seem to have concentrated (if you can call it that) in the warmer water atop the San Jaime Bank and just offshore in the San Jose Canyon. Still not there in great numbers, and still very picky due to all the 15 inch squid they have been feeding on, it is tough to get them to bite. With patience and enough fish to present to, some of the boats managed to release as many as four fish during a charter, but most of them were happy to get one or two releases. One thing the presence of this size squid signifies is that sometime soon we should start seeing more Swordfish, as these squid are the perfect prey for them. They also seem to show up in the slightly green water so I expect the next one caught will be from outside the Gorda Banks.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: With the warm water on the Pacific side moving in closer to us the run to the fish has lessened, but that does not mean that running to the warm water will guarantee you Yellowfin. The fish are scattered out in the porpoise and not all the porpoise have tuna associated with them. As you can see it is a bit of a crap-shoot, but if you do manage to get into the fish there have been some nice ones to 60 pounds being caught. Of course those are the exception, most of the fish have been between 12 and 25 pounds with a decent number of them 20-40 pounds. On the Cortez side of the Cape the most and steadiest action has taken place up on the Inman bank area. Chumming with sardinas from a dead, quiet boat while using very light flouro-carbon leader as small as 20 pound test has resulted in quite a few hook-ups on fish to 80 pounds. The only problem has been weeding through all the Bonita and skip jack to get to the Yellowfin! On a positive note, this also allows you to start using chunks if you run out of sardinas.
DORADO: I am very surprised that we are still seeing any Dorado at all coming in to the docks as the water is much cooler than they normally like. While there have been a few nice fish in the 20# and over size class, most of the fish have been 10#'s or less. The focus of those fishing for Dorado has shifted from the Pacific side to the Cortez side, mainly due to the very clod water just off the beach on the Pacific side. Boats working the rocky points off of Palmilla and off of Punta Gorda while chumming heavily have been having the best luck with an occasional limit for their anglers, but as I said, most of these have been small fish.
WAHOO: New moon phase is here so most of the red or orange flags we have seen have been for Sierra. The water is just on the cool side of the Wahoo preference so there have been very few of them caught this week.
INSHORE: The good news is that the Sierra bite is going good on small fish, there has been no problem with most anglers being able to limit out on these little razor-tooth fish. Also good news is the showing of Yellowtail along the rocky areas, some of them very nice size as well. I had a report of a boat that landed two of the, both over 25 pounds while fishing for Yellowfin Tuna on the Gorda Bank, and decent size schools of smaller fish averaging 8-10 pounds on the Pacific side. Small Roosterfish to 12 pounds have been schooling along the beach between Grey Rock and Cabo Del Sol as well. Toss in some nice snapper going up to 25 pounds and some scattered bottom fish as well and there is action and food to be had fishing along the beach!
FISH RECIPE: Mary posted a shrimp recipe we had this week, wow was that good stuff!
NOTES: Superbowl is not going to be as interesting as I was hoping since there will not be a west coast team this year, but I had a great time watching the playoffs with my Dad. I am glad to be back in the land of warmth and will be walking the beach this morning with Mary and our pup Tawny and our friends Mark and Shar. I wont be going in the water since it is too cool for me, but the pup will have a great time as usual. This weeks report was written to the music of Ernest Ranglin, check out some of his music on you-tube! “Below the Baseline” is awesome as well as my favorite, “Catch That Train”. Until next week, tight lines!
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Jan 23, 2012; 11:56AM - 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
January 16 - 22, 2012
WEATHER: The week started off nice warm and sunny. Temps in the low 80's. Moving towards the end of the week the cloud cover moved in and out temps were a mid to hi 70's. Which isn't bad unless the wind picks up. For the most part, it is beautiful weather of course. We don't get anything else here in Cabo! These high clouds have made for some awesome sunrise and sunset pictures.
WATER: The warmer waters have been south and around to San Jaime Bank, temps 73-75, while Gordo Banks is cooling off with only 70 degree water. The warmer water is holding the striped marlin.
BAIT: Small Caballito, some Mackerel and some junk baits were available at $3 each, frozen horse Ballyhoo could be had for between $3 and $4 each and there were a few sardines to be found toward San Jose at $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Billfish finally picked up this week. The warm waters out by San Jaime Bank are holding marlin. A few boats are catching them. They have lots of squid to feed on, so you need to work them to take your bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Pretty much the same as last week, if this is what you want to target. Probably the fish of the week in terms of numbers, at least for the off-shore species, they were not the fish of the week in terms of size. Most of the fish found were football sized, and they were being very picky when it came to feeding. Scattered pods of Porpoise were found from just off the beach to 30 miles out on the Pacific side and one out of three held these smaller fish. The key to success was small hootchies, as small as two inches fished on 20 pound leader. With the fish ranging in size from 6 to 15 pounds you still got a good fight if you were using the lighter tackle, but if one of the very few fish in the 35 pound class happened to bite. Boats traveled up to 50 miles to the west trying to find larger fish in the warmer water but did not have any success.
DORADO: They are still hanging around. Most likely because of the 70 degree water is still around. As our water temps drop into the 60's they will disappear until June. I saw a couple of really nice ones in the 25-30 lb range, but most of them are in the l0 lb range.
WAHOO: Lots of wahoo flags this week, of course this time of year, mostly they are flown for sierra. The sierra seem a little small to me this year, but still some decent numbers being caught.
INSHORE: Most of my inshore clients this week have been fly-fishing. The roosterfish are here along with sierra. Make sure you bring sinking leader. Snappers showing up if you know where to get them. They have been catching a few small tuna and dorado inshore also.
FISH RECIPE: I wasn't happy with what I came up with last week, so I didn't post it. Tried to do some dorado with a balsamic vinegar and honey sauce. I used fresh honey instead of store bought and it came out way too sweet. I'll try again and get it right. Tawny on the other hand loved it!
NOTES: Report is a little short this week as it usually is when I write it. George is visiting his family in Oklahoma city. I am not as creative as he is. He will be back writing the reports next week! Tight lines, I am off to take Tawny for her Sunday romp at the beach so she will sleep through football. (am I a bad Mom?) Rooting for the 49er's today. I think the Superbowl needs a West Coast Team.
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Jan 21, 2012; 12:27PM - THE RISING SUN
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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The rising sun
This week the East Cape has experienced more calm
days with warmer weather than in the past several
weeks. With the break in weather private boaters
fishing in shore have been getting some early
morning action. Sierra, white bonito, roosterfish, jack
cravell and even a few small dorado have been
busting large schools of sardines up and down Buena
Vista beaches.
Humpback whales with their calfs and huge schools
of mobula manta rays have also arrived and can be
seen putting on a show from shore.
Most of our local resorts have closed for the winter
and only one or two charter boats have been fishing
daily. Traveling long distances and fishing off shore
has not paid off. The best action has remained near
shore.
The Sea of Cortez is one of the most magnificent
bodies of water on this planet. I have posted a few
random photos of the sunrise I wake up to every
morning. Looking out my window it is impossible to
wake up without a happy face.
I am reminded of one of my all time favorite movies
'Groundhog Day' staring Bill Murry. In the movie
Murry wakes up every morning to his alarm clock with
Sonny and Cher singing 'I Got You Babe'. He
experiences groundhog day, day after day after day.
Every Groundhog Day it is always a treat to watch the
movie.
Bill Murry got 'You Babe', I get a much better deal
with these sunrises every morning.
Slept in this morning and caught this before even
getting out of bed.
For some great photos check out my blog
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
US cell 310 308 5841
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Jan 16, 2012; 11:25AM - 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
January 9-15, 2012
WEATHER: The weather had a few fluctuations this week as our lows varied from 57 to 71 degrees depending on the amount of cloud cover and the wind. With a cloud deck that moved in during the middle of the week we had warmer weather with early in the week being the coolest. Daytime highs were pretty much the same with an average of 82 degrees. We did experience a little spit of rain on Friday evening and early Saturday morning with more being felt toward San Jose than here in San Lucas.
WATER: Surface conditions were pretty good this week with the exception of Saturday when we had some strange winds happen. Early in the morning until about 8AM the wind was almost gale force blowing from the north up in the Sea of Cortez causing great amounts of chop on the water and some larger than normal swells, then it died off. About 11 AM it returned for 30 minutes but in the opposite direction, coming in from the south, then we were back to normal light winds. Sea surface temperatures on the Cortez side were 74 degrees inside the 1,000 fathom lone and 73 degrees outside that area. On the Pacific side there were three bands of water, 72 degrees close to the beach and then out to the banks, 71 degree water across the San Jaime and the Golden Gate, then warm 76 degree water to the west of the San Jaime on the 1,000 fathom line.
BAIT: Small Caballito, some Mackerel and some junk baits were available at $3 each, frozen horse Ballyhoo could be had for between $3 and $4 each and there were a few sardines to be found toward San Jose at $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Fishing is so strange, one day they are there and the next day they are gone. This past week they seemed to have been gone, maybe on vacation to visit relatives. There were still some Striped Marlin being caught, but my guess is that only 20-30% of the boats were getting hooked up, and most of the action was incidental with fish being seen while targeting other species. Scattered fish were found on the Pacific side from one to three miles off the beach by boats working that area for Dorado and there were still a few small concentrations scattered about to the north 25-35 miles. A few fish were reported from the Palmilla area toward the end of the week but they were not biting well. Perhaps the full moon had something to do with the bite not being on. We had one fly fisherman who had a fish come into the teasers but just eyeballed his fly, then refused to eat a live bait. Go figure....
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Probably the fish of the week in terms of numbers, at least for the off-shore species, they were not the fish of the week in terms of size. Most of the fish found were football sized, and they were being very picky when it came to feeding. Scattered pods of Porpoise were found from just off the beach to 30 miles out on the Pacific side and one out of three held these smaller fish. The key to success was small hootchies, as small as two inches fished on 20 pound leader. With the fish ranging in size from 6 to 15 pounds you still got a good fight if you were using the lighter tackle, but if one of the very few fish in the 35 pound class happened to bite, well, Katy bar the door, you were in for a struggle and more than likely were going to lose the fish. Boats traveled up to 50 miles to the west trying to find larger fish in the warmer water but did not have any success.
DORADO: This week was almost a repeat of last week's action as the fish are small and few in number. As the water continues to cool we will observe this trend continue. The best concentrations of Dorado were found off of the Palmilla area close to the beach. Chumming heavily with Sardinas brought the fish around then it was a matter of getting them to eat. Since the limit is two Dorado per person, it was hard to justify the run up there and the time spent just to catch some of these fish which averaged 8 pounds. On the Pacific side there were fish scattered between just off the beach to three miles out, most of them in the warmer water up above San Cristobal. Slow trolled live bait worked if you were willing to put in the time, at least there were plenty of whales to watch while waiting for a bite!
WAHOO: I saw a couple of Wahoo flags flying this week but there is a distinct possibility they were for Sierra as I did not hear of any Wahoo caught.
INSHORE: While the offshore fishing has been spotty and mostly consists of smaller members of normally larger species, the inshore fishing has been pretty darn good. While most of them are not large, we have been having great success with Sierra, almost everyone has been able to limit out on these fish. Average size is under 5 pounds but there have been a few schools out there that have been averaging 7-8 pounds. As well as the Sierra, there have been some decent reports of Yellowtail being caught on the Pacific side, some of the fish over 30 pounds. An average, at least this week, was 15 pounds but while there were good numbers out there, not all the boats that were trying for them had success. You had to fish a rock or ledge in 150-250 feet of water that showed marks on the depth sounder and make repeated drifts over it. With the target area so small it was easy to get off the mark and only end up with one or two fish. Also, jigging or yo-yo'ing was the way to get to the fish and not a lot of anglers are familiar with the correct method of working these lures. Also on these rock-piles were Grouper, some to 30 pounds and they were just as likely to grab a lure and tangle in the rocks as a Yellowtail was! A scattering of Roosterfish were reported but no large numbers, and there was plenty of action on Bonito and Skipjack.
FISH RECIPE: Most often posted on the blog on Thursdays, check it out once in a while to see what is new!
NOTES: While the fishing has slowed down, the weather has been great! All we need is for the Marlin to start biting and we will be having a great season. With the inshore species picking up the slack it is almost impossible to get skunked out there, but you have to be patient. Plenty of Dolphin to watch offshore, whales along the beach, good water conditions, it all makes for a nice day on the water. Return with fish for dinner and it's a success! This weeks report was written to the sounds of Sirius Radio channel 6. Until next week, tight lines!
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Jan 14, 2012; 07:50PM - THE TYPICAL HOOT
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: MARK RAYOR
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THE TYPICAL HOOT
The buzz of reports that a few nice yellowtail have
been landed on the East Cape has locals excited. The
largest problem is that strong north winds typical of
this time of year are keeping anglers on the beach
most days.
Tired of watching the wind blow we took our annual
camping trip to Mag Bay. This is the time of year on
the full moon and new moon that we experience
extreme tides.
La Paz is our first stop where we load up on supplies
for the week. Then it is up highway 1 toward Ciudad
Constitucion. Turning off the highway we head
toward the water down a washboard dirt road for
about 20 miles until reaching a small fish camp. The
pangeros there work mostly at night for shrimp and
crab and we are able to buy all we want. Just past the
fish camp is a tiny naval base. Past the base the road
leads us to a beautiful deserted beach where we can
camp at the waters edge.
Mag is about as close to utopia for an outdoorsman
that I can imagine. On the low tide there are areas
where we can harvest a bucket of chocolate clams in
about an hour. On high tide fishing the mangroves is
always action packed for a variety of species. That is
not to mention sighting hoards of different birds,
whales and porpoise close up.
For a complete report with lots of great photos check
out my blog.
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
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Jan 9, 2012; 10:43AM - 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
January 2 - 8, 2012
WEATHER: Our lows this week were in the mid 60's and the highs in the mid 80's, just about perfect once again! If you want to get away from that cold white stuff come on down! We had partly cloudy skies mid-week but the week started and ended with plenty of sun. It was a bit strange though in the fact that for the past several years we have had at least one day of at least sprinkles in each of the first four weeks of the year, now we have broken that pattern.
WATER: The swells stayed small all around the cape, in fact they were so small on the Sea of Cortez side between San Jose and San Lucas that it almost seemed we were on a lake. On Saturday the water on that side looked like a mirror as well with almost no wind ripples. On the Pacific side the swells were 2-4 feet and again with almost no wind for most of the week. The breeze did kick up just a little bit on Sunday morning but it only put a small chop on the almost flat water for a short time. At the end of the week water temperatures almost across the entire fishing area were 71 degrees with the exception of cooler, greener water of 70 degrees in the area of the Golden Gate Banks, a small intrusion of 73-74 degree water on the 95 spot and south of there. To get to any consistent 74-76 degree water you had to go 50 miles to the southwest.
BAIT: Small Caballito, some Mackerel and some junk baits were available at $3 each, frozen horse Ballyhoo could be had for between $3 and $4 each and there were a few sardines to be found toward San Jose at $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite is still down from what we were seeing at the beginning of the week before when some boats were getting double digit numbers just to the inside of the Golden Gate and slightly north along the beach, but the fish seemed to have started biting again as this week toward the end of the week a few boats fishing the same area were getting between two and five releases per day. Of course there were a few scattered fish elsewhere, but this seemed to be the best place to go for a good shot. There was a problem however. You HAD to have the right bait to get them, they were not biting on lures or on junk baits or on Caballito, they were focused on Mackerel. If you were not at the bait boats early, or could not find and mackerel in the area to catch on your own, you may as well give it up, the fish were that picky. But....if you had the right stuff and were there early you stood a decent chance of getting bit. Naturally our fingers are crossed that more Mackerel maker it into our area and the fish follow them. On another good note, we had a Panga fishing on the 3rd that spotted and tried to bait what is the first Swordfish I have heard of this year. The Captain and experienced angler both estimated the fish at between 400 and 500 pounds and found him on the Pacific side just off the lighthouse. They baited the fish only to have it sink out after several attempts to get it to eat both dead and live bait. A sign of things to come?
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The great bite we had last week continued into the beginning of this week as boats were able to get on decent quality fish of between 25-35 pounds only 18 to 25 miles offshore on the Pacific side. How quickly things can change! Almost the next day the currents changed and the larger fish were gone, only to be found in the warmer 74 degree water 40 miles to the southwest. Closer to home there were still Yellowfin to be caught but they were smaller fish in the 8-15 pound class, and even they were being a bit picky. I did not hear of any reports of Yellowfin coming from the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape, even the Gorda Banks did not seem to have any of the home guard fish on it. If you did get into the smaller Yellowfin the best lure was small hootchies in darker colors, small red being one of the favorites.
DORADO: The Dorado bite continues to wind down as the water cools. And the fish are getting smaller. On the Cortez side the fish were found between Red Hill (the Westin Resort) and the Gorda Banks. These were small fish, a 10 pound fish was cause for celebration and they were not easy to come by. The best bait was sardines. Chumming heavily and fly-lining them on light flouro-carbon leader resulted in limits of these smaller fish. On the Pacific side the fish were slightly larger, but not much, and there were fewer of them. Slow trolling live bait just off the beach in 200 feet of water resulted in most of the better catches, and a large fish this week would have been 15 pounds with most of them barely reaching 10 pounds in size.
WAHOO: I saw a couple of Wahoo flags flying this week but there is a distinct possibility they were for Sierra as I did not hear of any Wahoo caught.
INSHORE: The good news is that there are some decent Yellowtail out there, just not a lot of them yet. One boat trolling lures just off the beach landed a fish of about 30 pounds during the middle of the week and several Pangas reported fish to 20 pounds, but not in any numbers. A few larger Roosterfish to 30 pounds were caught while drifting live bait along the beach searching for Yellowtail and Dorado and there were fair numbers of smaller fish right on the beach. Sierra have started to make a showing along the sandy stretches of the beach as well but the sizes have been small, so far only one school of large fish has been reported. Most of the ones I have heard of have been in the 3-4 pound class.
FISH RECIPE: Mary just posted a great recipe of a Dorado lettuce wrap, darn that was good stuff! Hopefully we will have another recipe up this week as well, hope it is as good!
NOTES: This has been a good week for fishing, not great, but pretty good. Mostly a matter of the right place at the right time, as it most often is. With great weather, good fishing, whales to watch and the holiday crowds gone it is pretty darn nice! Time to take the pup to the beach for the Sunday walk, home for a good breakfast and a Bloody Mary then down to town for some football! This weeks report was written to the sounds of and the feel of my pup panting and nosing me to “get done now dad, it's time for the beach!”. Until next week, tight lines!
Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
January 8, 2012
Anglers –
As vacationing families now return home so children can resume their school
schedules, crowds of tourists are much lighter than how they were during the holiday
season. The weather has been on a warmer trend, mostly sunny skies, light winds,
with high temperature ranging into the 80s. Ocean water temperatures were now
ranging from 70 to 74 degrees. Clarity varied from area to area, but overall
conditions were improved over previous weeks.
Anglers were able to find live sardinas for bait without much difficulty and there
were schools of mackerel and sardinetas found locally. Fleets were fishing in all
directions, this past week there were more consistent reports coming from the
Pacific side of Cabos San Lucas, this is where water temperatures were warmest.
Areas off of Chileno, Palmilla, Cardon and Iman also produced scattered action.
The striped marlin bite was most productive off of Cabo San Lucas and the Old Light
House areas, three to fifteen miles from shore, scores of tailing billfish could be
seen on any given charter, though these fish proved to have lock jaw at times,
different techniques were used with varied success, trolling lures, casting and
soaking live baits, etc..Even though mackerel were still found schooling off of San
Jose del Cabo, charters in this region have not seen much in the way of marlin this
past week on these grounds.
Dorado were being found in smaller sized schools, fish averaged 5 to 15 pounds, with
a percentage of larger fish up to 25 pounds accounted for. The dorado were found
close to shore and also out on the offshore fishing grounds. These fish can grow up
to five pounds per month, better to release smaller sized dorado so that they can
spawn and have the chance to grow to maturity. Dorado have been fairly abundant in
recent weeks, considering that this is the tail end of the normal season for them.
This is the time when more inshore action typically begins, so far there has been
limited activity for sierra, with juvenile roosterfish also being found, we look for
this action to improve as the season progresses. This is also the season when more
bottom species become more prevalent, so far only mixed results for some cabrilla,
pargo, bonito, amberjack and yellowtail have been found. Trolling with live bait,
hoochies and rapalas worked close to shore and jigging with yo-yo’s over structure
produced a mix of cabrilla, amberjack, bonito and snapper. Lots of hammerhead sharks
are congregated on rocky high spots now, they proved to be a nuisance when trying to
catch the targeted species.
Yellowfin tuna action has switched this past month from the Sea of Cortez to off of
the Pacific and Chileno, associated with porpoise most of the time, more often
anywhere from 10 to 20 miles offshore. Most of these fish were in the 15 to 30 pound
range, though there were reports of tuna up to 100 pounds or more encountered. With
fluctuating conditions this bite was hit or miss. In recent days there were signs of
more yellowfin action.
No shortage of whales now, the Iman Bank has been a hot spot for humpback whales,
while the gray whales prefer the inshore waters off of the Pacific beaches.
There have been news bulletins about a new Mexican law now starting to be enforced
this month, Tourist Visas are now required for all anglers fishing in Mexican
waters. This will not be a factor for anglers traveling by air to Los Cabos, since
tourist visas are officially processed and stamped on arrival at the SJDC airport.
This law is going to impact anglers departing by sea from Southern California and
the heading south to fish in Mexican waters, these anglers will need to obtain their
tourist visas in advance.
The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out
approximately 46 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 2
wahoo, 5 yellowfin tuna, 235 dorado, 14 roosterfish, 112 sierra, 8 amberjack, 2
yellowtail, 12 hammerhead shark, 25 bonito, 18 cabrilla, 3 dogtooth snapper and 28
pargo.
Good fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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