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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
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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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May 22, 2006; 11:19AM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
May 15-21, 2006
WEATHER: We are having summer weather this week with our daytime temperatures in town around the low 90’s and our nighttime low in the mid 70’s. With the humidity starting to kick in I have been running the air conditioner on some evenings. No rain this week and we had mostly sunny skies all week long.
WATER: The Sea of Cortez is warming up so quick that I am a little bit worried. On the charts from Terrafin we are seeing water at 83 degrees already. On the Pacific side it is quite a bit cooler with a slight warm water extension onto the San Jaime Banks with temperatures around 71 degrees but the rest of the Pacific area has much warmer water with most of it in the mid 60’s. The clarity of the water is a mirror of the temperature with the Pacific side mostly green and on the Cortez side the hot 83-degree water is almost a purple color. I thing the Blue sand Blacks are just around the corner!
BAIT: This week the bait was almost all Mackerel with some of the bait boats having Caballito and Lisa at the normal $2 per bait. I did not hear of any Sardinas available.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: We just finished up the inaugural World Championship Billfish Catch and Release Tournament this week. There were 24 teams entered and over the three days of fishing, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday there were a total of 224 Striped Marlin released. That was an average of almost 3 Striped Marlin per boat per day. Of course not everyone caught the average, these were professional teams for the most part and they approach the sport that way. Lots of fresh bait, never mind the lures, throw bait to as many fish as possible and the numbers should work out. The top team released 30 Striped Marlin in three days of fishing and believes they threw bait to over 100 fish per day! One of the reasons it was difficult to find hungry fish was the full moon that just passed. The fish were feeding at night and stuffing themselves on squid. Most of the charter boats were lucky to release two fish per day since they were out for Dorado and Tuna as well. I did not fare as well as the professional teams; we were able to release one Marlin each day of the tournament. Maybe next year!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It appeared that there were plenty of football fish out there this week; it was just that they were on the Pacific side in the rougher water. For most of the boats that was just a little bit too rough for their clients and with no Marlin in the same area, it was either Yellowfin or nothing. From 5 miles in front of the arches to just this side of the San Jaime Bank there were Yellowfin found with Porpoise and a few small schools were found in the blind. I did not hear of any reports of big Tuna from our area this week, but there is a good chance that they will show up soon.
DORADO: There were scattered Dorado this week and for the most part they were found closer to shore than almost any of the other species. From the Punta Gorda area to just off the lighthouse on the Pacific, they were found from ˝ to 5 miles off the beach. Bright colored lures and slow trolled live bait were the best attractors for these fish. The sizes were not great but it is early in the season. Most of the fish were averaging 8 pounds but an occasional 25-pound fish made things interesting.
WAHOO: There were few Wahoo reported this week but at least there were a few. I thought that the full moon would have kicked the bite into gear but the fish were shy. A few fish in the 30-40 pound class were caught and they were found on the Cortez side of the cape, for the most part up around the Punta Gorda and Gorda Banks areas.
INSHORE: I was busy with the tournament this week so never did get a good feel for the inshore action but the few people I did speak to about it said that there were still a few Sierra to be found and on the Pacific there were still Yellowtail off of the rocky points. Roosterfish have started a fairly strong showing on the Cortez side of the Cape, as the Mullet have been more numerous this past week. This weeks report was written to the music of Pink Floyd on the 1990 Capitol release “Piper at the Gates of Dawn.” Until next week, Tight Lines!
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May 15, 2006; 10:16AM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
May 8-14, 2006
WEATHER: It was a beautiful week with mostly sunny skies. Our daytime highs were in the high 80’s and our nighttime lows in the high 60’s and reached the low 70’s this weekend. We did have steady winds from the northwest all week long at 8-15 knots.
WATER: Checking the charts at the end of the week you could see the progression, slow though it is, of warm water from the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape toward the Pacific. On the Cortez side our water temperatures were in the 75-80 degree range with the warmer water up around Punta Gorda. Right in front of Cabo the water was a cooler and greener 67-70 degrees and on the Pacific side of the Cape the water was very green and a cool 60-67 degrees. There was no really defined break between the cool and green water and the warm and blue water.
BAIT: There was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel this week at the usual $2 per bait, and there were reports of some Sardinas as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Rolex/IGFA Offshore Tournament is over and while I have no actual numbers, reports were of approximately 77 Striped Marlin released on day one, 167 released on day two, over 200 fish on day three and over 100 fish on day four, all that between 66 teams. Apparently most of the action came from between the Gorda Banks, Punta Gorda and the 1150. Day one was a mostly lure fish day as the teams searched the area for concentrations of fish and day two and three were almost all rigged dead bait fish. There was a Black Marlin reported released as well on day one. We have another tournament this coming week and I will be fishing in it so I will have a good idea of details for next weeks report.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were quite a few white Tuna flags flying this week as the football size fish have shown up close to home. Most of the action on these fish was found within three miles of the Cape where the cool and warm waters mixed. The water was rough and bumpy and the fish were caught in the blind, but many boats came in early due to the number of fish they found. There were also reports at the end of the week of bigger fish to #100 showing up around the Punta Gorda area, and these fish were mixed with Porpoise.
DORADO: There were plenty of small fish to be found this week and they were in the same area as the football Tuna. These Dorado were small, I mean between 5 and 8 pounds so most of them were released. A few larger fish were taken up north in the warmer water and a few of them went over 35 pounds, but there were no large numbers of them.
WAHOO: The full moon kicked out a few Wahoo this week, most of them from the Gorda Banks area and north of there. If may be because that is where the tournament boats were concentrating, but with only 10 Wahoo caught (or reported caught) for 240 fishing days, you can see that the picking are still pretty slim, at least from areas where the Marlin are. Reports form the rest of the fleet as well as the Pangas out of La Playita were a bit better, with more action obtained closer in to the beach.
INSHORE: The Sierra bite fell off a bit this week and it seemed that the fish became a bit smaller as well with the average size down to 6 pounds. Off of the Rocky points there were still Yellowtail being found with fish to 30 pounds, the average size was around 15 pounds. A scattering of Amberjack and grouper rounded out most of the inshore catch with the exception of Roosterfish. These fish finally showed up in decent numbers on the Cortez side with lots of fish in the 8-15 pound class and a few larger ones to 35 pounds.
NOTES: My fingers are crossed for my teams’ chances in the tournament this week. As an inaugural event there are bound to be a few bumps, but it appears that the event coordinators have it together. This week’s music selection was a Mark Knopfler soundtrack (again), the 1983 release of “Local Hero” on Phonogram Records. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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May 8, 2006; 10:35AM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
May 1-7, 2006
WEATHER: We continued this week with partly cloudy skies and our daytime highs in the low 90’s. In the evenings we saw lows in the mid 60’s. The wind howled all week long but thankfully it ended over this weekend.
WATER: The wind and currents pushed the cold water from the Pacific across the Cape and up into the Cortez side. Thankfully it has only gotten as far as 8 miles up, but the water is off color and cool up to the 95 spot as of Sunday. The area around the San Jaime banks is in the mid 60’s and the cool water extends 30 miles south of us, where it finally warms up to 70 degrees. We are seeing 78 degree water around the Gorda Banks and the Cabrillo Seamount with the water to the north of there and outside the 1,000 fathom line warming up a bit more than that. Accordingly, very little fishing has taken place on the Pacific side this past week, most of the activity has been concentrated in the warm water areas.
BAIT: There was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel this week at the usual $2 per bait, and there were reports of some Sardinas as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There is still a load of Striped Marlin out there, almost everyone is seeing plenty of fish, it’s just a bit of a pain and takes some time to find one that will bite. Those that have been brought to the side of the boat have been spitting up plenty of squid, so they are stuffed on easy pickings. A few boats have been having luck pulling dark colored artificial lures at 9 ˝ to 10 knots, they must be getting fish that are ready to eat or are getting pissed off, and it’s the only reason I can think of. The last quarter moon is coming up on the 11th, maybe the bite will pick up. A lot of boats are coming in skunked but the lucky (or skilled) ones are flying two or three release flags per trip. Dead bait trolled in the long position has also worked well for a lot of anglers, and with the IGFA/Rolex tournament starting Monday; a lot of the teams have been pre-fishing this weekend. Hopefully I will have good news to report next week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Still scattered football Tuna, and mixed in with the porpoise. I had a report from one Captain that during the early part of the week he had a double blind strike on Yellowfin estimated in excess of #200 at the Gorda Banks, but lost both fish after 1 ˝ hours. Elsewhere there has been scattered fish to 50 pounds, but very few larger than that. Live bait dropped on good marks found with the porpoise has resulted in these larger fish, trolling feathers on top has gotten the footballs.
DORADO: Almost 50% of the boats have gotten Dorado this week, and the size of the fish has been small, almost 10 pounds on the average. A few larger fish in the #40 class have been caught, but in either size bracket there are not a lot of fish yet. Hopefully the warm water will bring more of them our way.
WAHOO: What Hoo?
INSHORE: The north end of San Lucas bay was providing plenty of action early in the week for anglers targeting Sierra and Pargo. Live bait and hootchies were the ticket with the larger fish biting on live bait. Sierra to 10 pounds and Pargo to 15 pounds provided the action, but it died off a bit later in the week with the encroachment of cool green water from the Pacific.
NOTES: Going back to one of my favorite artists, the sound track from the movies “Cal” was written by Mark Knopfler and released on CD in 1997 by Polygram Records. There is just something about that man’s style that gets my ears excited! This week is the Rolex/IGFA tournament, next week I will be fishing the inaugural “World Championship Billfish Catch and Release Tournament”, hopefully I will be able to provide some color commentary in next weeks report! Until then, Tight Lines! Oh, by the way, they are once again checking fishing licenses when you leave the Marina, so be prepared!
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May 1, 2006; 01:25PM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
April 24-30, 2006
WEATHER: We continued this week with partly cloudy skies and our daytime highs in the low 90’s. In the evenings we saw lows in the mid 60’s and a slight increase in wind although the wind died down later in the middle of the week, then picked up again over the weekend. No rain of course.
WATER: The wind and currents kept the Pacific side cold for the first part of the week, and the water green, but by the end of the week the wind had died down and the warm water had pushed across the Cape and encroached to the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks. At the end of the week this warm water was evenly spread across the Cortex side of the Cape and up to the two Pacific banks and it was a uniform 73-74 degrees up to 15 miles to the south of us and there it dropped to 69-70 degrees. Just a mile or two past the San Jaime and the Golden Gate, the water dropped in temperature from 73 degrees to 65 degrees.
BAIT: There was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel this week at the usual $2 per bait, and there were reports of some Sardinas as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin bite really fell off this week for most of the fleet. I did see a few boats flying multiple Marlin flags but that was definitely not the norm. If I had to guess, it would be that 30-40% of the boats were able to get a Marlin to the boat for a release. The fish appeared to have moved a bit at the weekend with boats reporting good action on Striped Marlin on deep dropped live bait at the lighthouse on the Pacific side. The water was a bit bumpy but the action was worth it if you were there on the tide change. While the bite on Striped Marlin fell off, the warming water did bring us our first flurry of Blue Marlin, if only for a short while. The water just past the 95 Spot produced a few Striped Marlin on Friday and there were also reports of several Blue Marlin in the #250 range caught. The big fuss was over the reported #820 Blue caught by one of the boats in the same area. #820? Guess they killed it, and not even for money in a tournament, sigh. Anyway, hopefully a sign of things to come, maybe it’s time to break out the big gear!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I think the Long-liners and Purse Seiners ended up with all the Tuna, there were very few footballs reported this week. Perhaps this coming week will have the Tuna show up at the Pacific banks.
DORADO: There were still a few Dorado out there but not in the numbers we had last week. All in all it seems as if the bite slowed way down for everything this week.
WAHOO: There were a couple of early morning fish reported from the Gorda Banks and the 1,000 fathom line south-east of the 95 Spot, but that was about it for Wahoo.
INSHORE: Inshore seemed to be the place to go this week as almost all the action was within 100 yards of the beach. Offshore it was slow fishing but the action just off the beach was red-hot on occasion with roving schools of Sierra tearing up the surface and Roosterfish to 25 pounds chasing finger Mullet onto the beach. The majority of the action described took place on the Pacific side this week; you just had to time it right as there were some very big swells early in the week. A few Yellowtail continued to be found off of the rocky points and bottom fishing resulted in some nice Snapper, Grouper and Amberjack, all to 15 pounds with the exception of a few Jacks to 40 pounds.
NOTES: This weeks short report was written to the music of Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan on the 1989 double CD “Fire and the Fury”. Live from the L.A. Sports Arena. Rock on!
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Apr 24, 2006; 10:55AM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
April 17-23, 2006
WEATHER: Once again most of the week it was partly cloudy skies. We had plenty of sun, just not all the time. Our daytime highs were in the low 90’s and our nighttime lows in the low 60’s. Light winds most of the week from the NW early in the mornings and picking up a bit in the afternoon.
WATER: If you swept across the map from east to west you would see the Cortez side of the cape with water in the mid 70’s, the water from the south of us and out to the San Jaime Banks in the high 60’s to low 70’s and the water to the west and north of there in the mid 60’s. There was no strongly defined temperature break in any of the areas and no strongly defined color break either. The water closer to shore on the Cortez side and off-shore on the Pacific tended to be a bit greener than off shore on the Cortez side. Out around the 1150 spot, the Cabrillo Seamount and to the west of the Outer Gorda Banks the water was occasionally found to 77 degrees.
BAIT: There was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel this week at the usual $2 per bait, and there were reports of some Sardinas as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The fish of the week this week was definitely Striped Marlin. You did not have to go very far either in order to get hooked up. Early in the week the fish were showing very close to shore on the Cortez side, within 2 miles of the beach. Later in the week they moved off a bit and the biggest concentration was found at the 95 spot. On Saturday I went out and there were plenty of fish to be found just 3 miles off of Gray Rock and the Santa Maria Bay area. We went one for one for 45 minutes of trolling (lures only as it was a late trip) and saw at least a dozen tailing Marlin in the area. Most of the boats were still concentrated on the 95 spot, on the radar it looked like an armada coming in from the east at 2 PM. A dark colored lure (green/black) at 9 knots worked for us but we were one of the few boats that had any luck on lures, almost everyone was getting bit only on live bait or rigged dead bait. It seems from what I was hearing and was told that the key to getting a lot of action was rigging dead bait and trolling it way back in the spread. Tossing live bait at tailing fish was not working very well, but stunning bait and then tossing it out was better. Almost every fish caught was stuffed full of squid.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were still a few Tuna to be found this week, we are hoping that concentrations begin showing up soon. The fish that were caught were in the 10-15 pound class with a few to 30 pounds, and they were almost all found in the porpoise on the Cortez side, and in the blind on the Pacific side. On the Pacific side they were just 2-4 miles offshore from the arch to the lighthouse. On the Cortez side they were within the boundaries of the 95 spot, the 1150 and the Gorda Banks.
DORADO: The Dorado bite continued to improve this week with a lot more boats finding multiple fish. Most of the action has been in the warmer water on the Cortez side of the Cape. The fish have been ranging in size from 8 to 20 pounds with most of them around 15. The Dorado have been in closer to shore than the Marlin, most of them found just 2 miles form the beach. Bright colored lures have always worked well on them and they continued to do so this week.
WAHOO: There were still some Wahoo caught this week but not the numbers we had last week. Action on these speedsters was found around the inner and outer Gorda Banks as well as on the ledge at Red Hill. Average size was 30 pounds with an occasional fish to 60 pounds. Not only were a few found on the structure, there were also some open-ocean fish found out in the deeps, and these were the larger fish. The 1,000-fathom line to the southeast kicked out at least a couple of fish a day.
INSHORE: The Sierra bit went wide open on the Pacific side up around Punta Cota, even the surf casters were catching until their arms got tired! The fish averaged 7 pounds and were down at 10 feet or more and bright colors or live bait worked great. There were still some Yellowtail being caught just off the arch and yo-yo’s in scrambled egg as well as live bait worked better than other offerings. A few of the fish kicked the scales up to 40 pounds, but the average was more in the line of 12 pounds. Action on other species was off and on with a fair showing of Bonita and Skipjack, a few Amberjack but lots of Jack Crevalle and quite a few Pompano.
NOTES: Good fishing and writing music this week with a Mark Knopfler soundtrack from the 2000 movie, “Shot at Glory”. I just love this one! Until next week, tight lines!
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Apr 17, 2006; 09:58AM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
April 10-16, 2006
WEATHER: We had partly sunny skies most of the week with our daytime highs in the high 80’s and our night time lows in the low 70’s, as you can see it is starting to warm up here! On Monday we had a sudden blast of humidity roll in, it was just in time for Easter week! No rain of course, but very summer-like conditions.
WATER: There was no change in the water this week from last week as far as where the cold and warm waters are; it’s just increased by about 2 degrees everywhere. The cold, high 60’s green water is on the Pacific side with a warm water plume running across San Jaime Banks from the south, the water on the Cortez side has been warmer at the mid 70’s and much clearer. The wind was mainly from the NW but on Friday it shifted and came from the west on the Pacific side and the East on the Cortez side. It was a bit confusing for the smaller boats!
BAIT: Almost all Caballito this week at the usual $2 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It was a Striped Marlin kind of week this week with some boats getting into the fish and getting double number releases. Of course there were not a lot of boats doing that, but most of us were able to get at least two or three releases per trip at the end of the week. There were fish everywhere you went, from the warm water on the Cortez side at Punta Gorda, the 95 spot and even in the greener water at the south and inside of the San Jaime. It was mostly a matter of being out there in the “right” spot when the tide was changing. The bite was a fairly even mix of bait and lures with lures trolled at 9 knots working better than slower trolling.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: We finally saw some Tuna come in this week. There were Porpoise everywhere out there and while most of them were not on fish, there were a few pods that had good schools under them. Most of the fish were footballs but a few to 60 pounds did come in. The bite was on a mix of jigs, plugs and feathers with a few of the nicer fish caught on live bait dropped back after the first strike. The majority of the action happened either just 5 miles off the beach due south or 25 miles to the south and west.
DORADO: The Dorado showing continued to improve this week with about 35% of the boats coming in with at lest one flag flying. The size of the fish has been spread all over the map with the average being 15 pounds, but a few large ones of 45-50 pounds as well. Bright colored lures were the ticket.
WAHOO: The full moon action on Wahoo continued this week with at least one boat coming in with four fish averaging 40 pounds. There were quite a few fish in the #30 range being caught in a warm water band 5-8 miles off-shore and up around the Gorda Banks. A few boats tried at the San Jaime but it appears that the water there is not warm or clear enough yet.
INSHORE: The Sierra bite slowed down just a little bit but there was a good bit of action right off the front of the Marina during the middle of the week early in the morning on fish to 10 pounds. Boats slow trolling live bait were able to score up to 10 fish each of those two mornings. Other fish also provided action this week with Roosterfish averaging 6 pounds biting fairly well along the beach on the Pacific side up to the lighthouse area. There were Bonita and Skipjack just a bit farther out and some interesting results for boats trolling live bait in 100 feet of water with a few Dorado, Wahoo and Striped Marlin appearing unexpectedly and getting everyone excited.
NOTES: This weeks report was written to a compilation entitled “Cabo 2006” given to me by our client Hughie. Great music Hughie, thanks! Until next week, tight lines!
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Apr 10, 2006; 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
Cabo Fish Report
April 3-9, 2006
WEATHER: Sunny skies all week long except on Saturday when we had a fairly strong cloud cover, daytime highs in the mid 80’s and nighttime lows in the high 60’s and we had no rain. There was a bit of wind from the NW in the mornings but most days it died of in the afternoon.
WATER: We had a definite split in the water situation this week with the water on the Pacific side of the Cape being considerably cooler that that on the Cortez side. On the Pacific we saw temperatures from 65-69 degrees with the warmer water being very close to shore right at the Cape and in a warm plume that ran across the San Jaime Bank from the south. On the Cortez side the water was much warmer with most of it 72-76 degrees. The warmest water was a ridge that ran from just to the north of the Outer Gorda Banks and then south across the 95 spot. There was a very strong temperature and color division in the water 10-20 miles directly south of us; the break was 69 degrees to the west and 74 degrees to the east across a distance of about 1 mile. The water on the cold side was also very green.
BAIT: This past week there were Caballito available at the usual $2 per bait, some small Mackerel and on a couple of days, Sardinas at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There are still a few Swordfish being found in the cold, green water on the Pacific side and directly south, but they have been hard to get hooked up too. There has been the on-off Striped Marlin taking place again with one day being great and the next sucking. One boat could release five fish on Tuesday and then go 0 for 12 on Wednesday when the fish would not open their mouths. The fish are out there but sometimes they just won’t eat! Most boats are seeing plenty of fish, on occasion 20 or more on a trip and all the fish have been found on the Cortez side with most of them between 15 and 30 miles out to the SE and East. Dark colored lures and rigged dead baits have produced the best results since it seems the fish are stuffing themselves on squid.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: What Tuna? I haven’t seen a Yellowfin of over 15 pounds in a month or so. There have been a few small footballs caught just a couple of miles off of the beach on the Cortez side but not in any numbers. There are still Purse Seiners out at the Jaime Bank area, and you can see one of the Super Seiners (with the helicopter on it) looking very loaded and anchored in San Lucas bay. If they are around there has to be fish out there, but no one has been able to find them yet. Maybe they are all inside the holds of the Seiners?
DORADO: A few scattered fish have been reported in the 40-50 pound class this week but for the most part the fish have been considerably smaller as well as fairly scarce. Those that have been found have come from the warm water on the Cortez side of the Cape, and up around the Punta Gorda area has seemed to produce the best action. While not consistent in a day-to-day manner, it has been consistent over the week.
WAHOO: The Wahoo are biting better according to friends of mine. One Captain caught a #70 fish on Friday and a #60 on Saturday while the boat directly behind me caught one about #60 on Saturday. These fish were caught at the 95 spot (2) and 30 miles to the SE (1). I saw other Wahoo flags as well so there is the possibility that they were not all for Sierra.
INSHORE: Sierra, small Roosterfish, Bonita and Skipjack as well as the occasional Yellowtail continue to make the inshore fishing the way to go for action. Best results have been either right at the Arch, up the Pacific at Los Arcos and on the Cortez side in front of Cabo Real. Sardines have resulted in the best action but small Caballito and Mackerel worked also.
NOTES: Once again I wrote a report to a Mark Knopfler soundtrack, this time the 2000 Mercury release to the movie “A Shot At Glory”. Keeping our fingers crossed for better fishing in the near future, until next week, tight lines!
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Apr 3, 2006; 11:35AM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
March 27-April 2, 2006
WEATHER: Just the usual this past week, mostly sunny skies with the daytime highs in the mid 80’s and the nighttime lows in the mid 60’s. No rain of course and light winds.
WATER: At the end of the week everything had cooled off considerably on both sides of the Cape. On the Pacific the warmest water was on the San Jaime Bank at 69 degrees, but with blue water. The rest of the Pacific side had water around 65-67 degrees but it was off color, pretty green in some places. On the Cortez side the warm water was out at the 1150 spot and in front of San Jose, but it was being slowly pushed to the north every day. Warm at 73-75 degrees, it was also pretty green and off color. Not until you got out by the Cabrillo Seamount did it clear up. The water right in front of the cape was also off color and a fairly cool 66-70 degrees, depending on exactly where you were. The surface conditions were good at the end of the week but we did have one day of rough stuff during the middle of the week when things kicked up a bit with a day of strong wind from the west.
BAIT: This past week there were Caballito available at the usual $2 per bait as well as some Sardinas at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There are still plenty of Striped Marlin in the area and most of the fish have been seen on the Cortez side, continuing the pattern of last week. The bite was pretty good at the beginning of the week but dropped off later on, even though plenty of fish were still being seen. I fished with a couple of friends on Tuesday and we had one good bite lost on a lure, one lost on a live bait dropped back and two releases on rigged dead bait. That seemed to be pretty standard early in the week but things slowed down later on. The fish have been stuffed with squid which they have been tossing up when brought close to the boat so darker colored lures have been having better luck. Having the squid around might also be the reason there have still been sightings, and occasional hook-ups with Swordfish this past week. A friend hooked, fought and lost at boat side an estimated #250 on Monday, the fish eating a dead bait pulled in front of it.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were very few Yellowfin heard of this past week and the few that were caught were reported to be in the football class. These fish were from up around the Punta Gorda area and were caught while chumming and fishing with Sardinas. Boats heading out to the San Jaime area looking for Tuna reported few Porpoise in the area but there have to be fish there since two Purse Seiners have been hanging around all week.
DORADO: A few fish are being caught, and they are getting a little larger, mostly in the 20-25 pound class, but not in any numbers here. I heard of good reports from 40 miles out up at the East Cape area, but it was also reported that the fish were following a small band of warm water that ended up disappearing close to shore after several days. Locally there have been a few smaller fish still being found with 5 miles of the beach.
WAHOO: A friend of mine (a captain on a private boat) reported that he lost two lures to Wahoo and caught one fish of about 35 pounds from the Inner Gorda Bank early in the week. That was the only fish I heard of but there had to have been others found.
INSHORE: My friend, fly-fishing guide Jeff DeBrown, had clients on Saturday who caught 10 small Roosterfish of 5-6 pounds, 5 Sierra, one Ladyfish, one 20 pound Yellowtail, lost one Pompano and saw lots of #20 Jacks, all within Ľ mile of the arch. The Yellowtail and seven of the Roosterfish were on live bait while the rest were on the fly. I guess that give you an indication of the action, huh? There were also excellent catches of Sierra made from 5 miles up the coast on the Pacific side with hootchies in white working very well on fish to 6 pounds, and live bait doing better on larger fish.
NOTES: Eternal optimism is the name of the game if you are a fisherman so we are once again keeping our fingers crossed that the Tuna start showing up. Meanwhile the usual cool, green water we have this time of year means that there is always a chance at the most difficult of billfish, the Swordfish! This weeks report was written to an excellent musical selection, one of my favorite artists, Mark Knopfler on the soundtrack to the movie “Sailing To Philadelphia”, a 2000 Mercury Records release. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Mar 27, 2006; 11:36AM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
March 20-27, 2006
WEATHER: The week started out very windy and then for the past four days it has been great with just light breezes and lots of sun. Our nighttime lows have been in the low 60’s while the daytime highs have been in the mid 80’s, great weather all around! We had only one day with clouds, Friday saw a bit of overcast for most of the day, but no bad stuff with it.
WATER: At the end of the week the water on the Pacific side was 66 degrees out to past the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks, and up to 69 degrees to the West of there. To the immediate South the water was a bit warmer as the warmer water from the Sea of Cortez pushed its way past the Cape with temperatures up to 72 degrees. Out at the 95 Spot and to the South and Northeast of there the water was a warm 74-75 degrees with 76-degree water showing up around the Cabrillo Seamount. Surface conditions were excellent at the end of the week regardless of where you went with a slight 2-4 foot swell on the Pacific and 1-3 foot on the Cortez side and winds at 5-10 knots giving just a few small whitecaps to the water.
BAIT: This past week there were Caballito available at the usual $2 per bait as well as some Sardinas at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite continued to improve but a lot of boats still came in without having gotten a Marlin to the boat. The fish were concentrated between the 95 Spot and the 1150 at the end of the week and while there were a lot of fish out there they weren’t being all that aggressive. A lot of boats were getting strikes but not hooking the fish up, and dropping back the Caballito often only interested the fish for a second. The best results seemed to come for boats trolling dark colored plastic lures at 9-91/2 knots. Lures in black/purple, black/green, black/red received the most attention from the fish. A few boats came in with two or three flags; most boats had either none or one flying from the outriggers. One item of special interest this week was a brief, one day showing of Swordfish on the surface in the same area on Friday. From what I heard there were about seven fish sighted, four hooked and one landed, all from a small 1 square mile area. Hmm, maybe a night trip, follow the temp break and see what happens? There was plenty of bait showing in the area down between 50 and 150 feet.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Still slow for Tuna the past week with some fish showing up 40 miles to the south of us. Nothing big to be reported close to home although I did overhear someone just on the outer range of reception on the radio talk about finding fish over #100 but not getting bit. That’s just a tease, I know, since I have no idea where they were, but at least there are some out there. Hopefully we will see them in our area soon. Several boats made the trip to the San Jaime Banks in the hope of getting lucky but the water was like a desert out there. On Wednesday a boat did get into some 30-40 pound fish in a fast moving school to the south of the bank, but they did not stick around.
DORADO: Early in the week there was decent Dorado action reported from the Punta Gorda-Los Frailles area, but by the end of the week the fish seemed to have disappeared, at least the numbers were gone. Boats in the area were still picking a fish or two but it was not worth the effort to go up there for the few fish that were found. Elsewhere there were occasional fish found close to the beach, within 3 miles, they were not large but at least they were Dorado.
WAHOO: I didn’t get any reports of Wahoo this week but that does not mean there weren’t any caught, just that I have no clue (not the first time!).
INSHORE: There was a good Sierra bite on the Pacific side in water from 50-60 feet in depth at the end of the week, and the bite was in the shallow water just behind the breakers earlier in the week. There were a few small 5-pound class Roosterfish caught as well. Boats fishing live bait deep off the rocky points got into Yellowtail averaging 12 pounds with one fish reported at 42 pounds. Not a wide-open bite but worth the effort with an average of one or two fish per boat. There was a scattering of other inshore species caught, among them Bonita and Skipjack along with Jack Crevalle and Needlefish.
NOTES: Fishing continues to improve, thank goodness! Some anglers are still striking out as far as getting anything to the boat, but most of them are seeing at least some action and it seems to be improving every day. This weeks report was written to the great music of Mark Knopfler on his second solo album, the 2004 Mercury release “Shangri-La”. Thanks Mark for continuing to make my ears happy! Until next week, tight lines!
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Mar 13, 2006; 10:20AM - 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
Cabo Fish Report
March 6-12, 2006
WEATHER: It looks like we have finally had a bit of spring weather come our way. This time of year we often get a month or so of on-off windy time, and this last week the wind started blowing on Tuesday. It blew hard (and it was cold) until Friday and since then it has been great. Our daytime highs have been in the mid to low 80’s while the night time lows were around 60 degrees. There was a pretty good cloud cover during mid-week but by Sunday it had cleared up.
WATER: It was very choppy and pretty rough on the Pacific side most of the week and the conditions were bouncy on the Cortez side as well. Very few, if any, boats fished on the Pacific, as there were extremely large swells and very rough conditions through Saturday. If anyone had made it out there they would have found cold water at 64-65 degrees out to the San Jaime, but warm water at 74 degrees past there to the west. On the Cortez side the water remained pretty much around 71-73 degrees with cool 68-70 degree water to the immediate south of the Cape.
BAIT: Bait was tough to get toward the end of the week, but if you did manage to get some it was still the normal $2 per bait. The bait guys attributed it to the full moon.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: At least the bite for Striped Marlin seemed to steady a little bit; we did not have the wild swings of good-bad days we saw for the last few weeks. The bite was not wide open by any means but the fish were there on the Cortez side. From the 95 Sport to 4 miles inside the 1150 to the Outer Gorda banks seemed to be the place to go with most boats catching at least one Marlin a day and some getting three. The bite was a mix of live bait and lures but the lures seemed to work best at slightly higher than normal speeds, mostly around 9 ˝ knots instead of the normal 7 ˝ to 8 knots. There were plenty of feeders out there and watching the Frigates dive or circle was a key to the live bait fishing. There were plenty of tailing and free jumping fish as well, but the tailing fish didn’t seem to be very hungry. Maybe after the full moon the bite will turn on for them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: What, you want Tuna? Try some other week, as there were almost no Yellowfin caught this week. An occasional pod of Porpoise held some small fish to 15 pounds, but they were few and far between. Most of the boats that managed to get Tuna found them on Friday and Saturday within 5 miles of the coast on the Pacific side.
DORADO: Success rates on Dorado this week looked to be about 15% with some boats getting fish to 25 pounds and a few to 50 pounds. The fish were on the Cortez side of the Cape in the warm water and were caught by boats looking for Striped Marlin. There was the occasional double, but not many.
WAHOO: What Hoo?
INSHORE: This is a repeat of last weeks inshore report with the note that all the fish were found on the Cortez side due to the rough conditions on the Pacific. There was a pretty decent Sierra bite, mostly in the afternoons but occasionally early in the morning. Large groups of Jacks in the 25-35 pound class were spotted close to the beach but they were not very hungry, possibly spawning concentrations. A fair to good bite from bottom species such as red Snapper and Grouper in 100-150 feet of water off almost all the points started at the end of the week and there were some decent Yellowtail to 25 pounds caught in the same area by anglers using live bait fished just off the bottom.
NOTES: It’s not wide open by any means even though some of the booths around the Marina will tell you that it is for the Striped Marlin. Go out with a good attitude and your fingers crossed, plenty of beer in the cooler and some good friends and you will have fun, and just might get dinner and a trophy. That is all you can really expect right now, but that’s not a bad thing. If the Tuna ever show up things might get kicked into higher gear, at least we hope so. Meanwhile, listen to some good music and plan your trip! This week’s report was written to the sounds of Alison Krauss & Union Station on their 2002 CD “Live”. Until next week, tight lines!
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