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Mar 7, 2005; 11:59AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6, 2005
WEATHER: Once again we are in the zone, the weather zone that is! I don’t really know what to think about the weather we have been having since the beginning of the year. Almost every week but one so far we have had some kind of rain. This week it was just a sprinkle on Friday, but we have been overcast almost all week long. This is not a bad thing as it has been very good for the plants, but for everyone visiting it has been somewhat of a bummer. No sun? Why did we come here if there is no sun? I have heard that a few times this week. About the best I can say is that it sure beats snow and 5 degrees! Our night time lows have been in the high 50’s and the day time highs in the high 70’s. As you can tell from above, most of the week it has been either overcast or mostly cloudy. At the end of the week we had some strong winds blow from the NNW, then it switched just a bit and came from the West.
WATER: As strange as it may seem, things actually changed quite a bit this week, at least as far as the water temperatures were concerned. On the Pacific side of the Cape we had cool water close in to shore, and the temperature there was mostly in the 67-68 degree range. Once you got out to 15 miles the surface temperature picked up to 70 degrees, but the change was over a few miles distance and there was no really defined break. The surface conditions were about what we experienced last week with winds from the northwest causing a swell that was mostly in the 3-5 foot range. At the end of the week, during the weekend, the strong wind caused the surface conditions to be pretty choppy and there were quite a few boats that returned early. On the Sea of Cortez we had surface conditions that were much better with some swell from the Pacific reaching around the Cape but no wind really affecting it. From 10 to 25 miles out there was almost mirror conditions, farther than that the wind went into effect and closer in the currents really changed things around. Out to 10 miles for most of the week there was a fairly strong current causing mixed seas, we saw the same thing last week at the tail end, and thankfully it died off during the middle of this last week.
BAIT: Mackerel, Mackerel, Mackerel, and at the normal $2 per bait. Sometime soon I hope there will be some Sardinas showing up!
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were a few Striped Marlin caught at the beginning of the week and they started biting again at the end of the week, but the three days during the middle of the week were like a holiday for the billfish! I have no idea what was going on, but even if you saw the Marlin on the surface getting them to eat was a case of “mission impossible” for almost everyone. Even the high liner boats were lucky to get a Striped Marlin this week, and of course that made no one happy. As the week came to a close the Marlin were appearing close to shore and tossing a live bait to five fish would result in an average of one getting a mouth around the bait. Most of the action that took place happened within five miles of the beach on the Pacific side and live bait was the key.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change on the Yellowfin Tuna from last week to this week with the exception that they were getting a little bit closer every day. At the end of the week you still had to travel a while, and for most of the boat getting out 25 miles on the Pacific side with the swell out there made for almost a two hour trip. But hey, if Tuna were what you wanted, that is where you needed to be. The fish were not large, most of the fish were in the 10-15 pound range, but fish in the 30-40 pound class were common enough that if you got into them everyone was happy. Of course the fish were associated with the Dolphin and that was the clue to getting Tuna in the boat, be one of the first five boats to the Dolphin and you had a chance. I did talk with a number of anglers whose boats were flying white flags and found that there are a pretty large number of Captains who are flying white flags for Bonita and Skipjack.
DORADO: There were scattered Dorado fairly close to the beach on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. The fish have not been big with the average around 10 pounds, but slow trolling live bait in 100 feet of water ensures a catch. For most of the anglers that is better than coming in skunked.
WAHOO: ?
INSHORE: Sierra action picked back up this week and we are sure happy that it did. If you were fortunate enough to fish with a Captain that knew what was happening there were lots of fish available, and they were decent size with fish ranging from 4 to 10 pounds. Not only Sierra, but the Pargo bite has remained fair and there were decent Grouper and Amberjack being found as well. Most of the bottom fish were being found on the Cortez side of the Cape while the Sierra and Yellowtail (yes, Yellowtail) action was on the Pacific. Yellowtail were not plentiful but there were fish found to 15 pounds by anglers dropping live bait around 60 feet deep off of the rocky points on the Pacific side, or working iron in glow colors in the same areas.
NOTES: I took a lot of heat this week for the report I posted last week, but all I can say if “Bite my %$#!” I report on what happened during the previous week, I don’t try and predict what is going to happen. If the fishing sucked, well, that’s the way it is (or actually, the way it was”. Fishing changes week to week and as a fisherman I have learned to be optimistic. If I offended a few people who say that I am discouraging people from fishing on their vacation. “Mea culpa”. Get over it! I have found that most fishermen appreciate honesty in regards to how things have been, and if you have people contacting you and you are promising them great fishing, I want your crystal ball!! Folks, fishing changes day to day, the Marlin fishing has started to pickup once again, the Tuna are getting closer and if you want to give it a chance don’t let what happened last week make you shy off. That said and done, I have been busy doing work on the “Senor Moment” and have not had a chance to get any driving range practice in. I did get a chance to drive to La Paz on Friday for materials that were not available in Cabo and spent a total of four hours on the road listening to Chet Atkins “The Master and His Music” and Joe Cocker on the CD “Organic”! Great music and I didn’t hit any of the horses, cows or goats along the side and in the middle of the road! My best to all of you and until next week, Tight Lines!
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Feb 28, 2005; 11:11AM - Daly Catch Reports
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 21, 2005
Dan Barrow and his wife along with another couple were our fishermen today and they were really looking forward to getting out on the water. While Marlin was not their primary target, they wanted some fish to eat and if a Marlin came along they would not turn it down! Well, they took off at 7am and headed out to the southeast. The captain of the boat told me that they went 17 miles out and found Porpoise. With no other boats around they had the fish to themselves for a little while, other boats started to show up then. Back in the marina at 12:30 with a full cooler, the action was enough that they were very happy. None of the fish were big ones, the largest of the catch was around 20 pounds, but there were enough of them to fill the fish box. Beside the fishing action they were kept entertained watching the whales and porpoise. Thanks folks, we are glad you had a good time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 22, 2005
I fished on the big boat today with a group here from central California. The object for the day was meat fish as opposed to Marlin. Not a problem I thought, there have been Dorado inshore and we had a chance at finding, or at least hearing of, some Tuna as well. My idea was to head on up the Pacific coast to inside of the Golden Gate Banks area. Well, the two ladies were not sure about their sea legs and the guys were a bit hung over so we decided to try the Cortez side instead. We cruised on out, looking for some indicators and at about 10 miles northeast we found Dolphin. In went the lines and we worked them for almost two hours without a bite. I was metering some fish but not a lot and eventually decided to try the Outer Gorda Bank instead. We cruised over there and man, that spot was just packed with Whales. The ladies got a kick out of it as that was all they really wanted anyway. There was a concentration of Skipjack on the banks and we managed to get everyone hooked up to one of them over 30 minutes and then I got a call from a friend who runs a Panga out of San Jose about some Dorado a little farther up the coast. We trolled in their direction and found the concentration of Pangas. Every one of them was bottom fishing for Pargo, the Dorado bite had been earlier. Thinking that the bits of bait down current of the boats may have attracted some stray fish I made a couple of passes and sure enough, one Dorado of about 15 pounds pounced on a long rigger lure. It didn’t take long for the experienced angler to get the fish to the boat and Marko gaffed the fish and put it in the ice box. Back toward Cabo now as the time was running out. At five miles from the Outer Gorda we spotted a large pod of Dolphin and swung over to them. I metered a few fish and then all of a sudden the school popped up about 250 yards away! Nice fish in the 50 pound range were just pounding bait and then they went down as we were halfway there. With signs like this we stayed for a while! The fish popped up again about 10 minutes later and again went down before we got there. The Dolphin settled down and the fish stayed down for the next half hour, although we were still marking them deep, about 150 feet. They were moving around pretty good and then all of a sudden they were boiling just off out starboard side, not 50 feet away. A hook up was going to happen for sure, right? No way, we even dropped a live Caballito by the boil and did not get a hit. Folks, we tried everything we had. Maybe if we had Sardines we may have gotten hooked up, but even the little silver hootchies did not work. Well, at least everyone had a good time and they knew we had tried so the cruise back home was a smooth one with everyone having gotten to crank on a fish and no one seasick! I am fishing again tomorrow and will let you know what happens then.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 23, 2005
Today on the big boat I had a couple from North Carolina. John helps a friend out on his charter boat and has done a lot of fishing, White Marlin on the east coast, fished Hawaii, Bahamas and now Cabo. Today the search is on for Marlin. One for John would be just great, but if we could manage to find one for his wife, Kim, to fight that would just be an added bonus. The bite yesterday had been out toward the Cabrillo Seamount, almost 40 miles out. We cruised out there and my plan was to stop about five miles short of where the bit had been yesterday and start the search. As we approached the area the water temperature started going up and in went the lines. On the cruise out I had talked to and listen to a few of the other Captains and we agreed to call each other if we found the fish. As we worked our way east a boat north of us hooked up. They quickly released a small Striped Marlin and then another boat hooked up. They lost the fish but I thought, great, we are in the right area! We spotted a small piece if 4x4 floating on the water and as we turned toward it got a knockdown on the stinger line. Marko reeled it in and the rigged Ballyhoo had been stripped off, just the head remained wired on. We worked the area for a while with no other action by anyone, and then I received a call over the radio from my friend Darcy. He said “See the freighter over here. You should get here; it’s going off with a good bite!” That was all I needed to hear and we raced to crank in the lines. Jeff, on one of the other boats had gotten the call as well and it was a sight to see, both of these big boats roaring off past the pack at 30 knots, heading 8 miles to the south. Man, are we glad Darcy called! As soon as we got near we could see the Marlin jumping! At first I thought that Darcy had called us in on Tuna action and these were Dolphin jumping all over the place, but then I realized that they were feeding Marlin! I marked fish from 150 to 200 feet so thick that they liked like a Tuna school. Before we had all the lines in the water we had a double strike. One of them fell off right away but John worked on the second fish, getting it to the boat in about 15 minutes. Now that he had his fish released it was time for Kim to get her shot at one. Once again not all the lures were in the water before we had one come up on the short rigger. Marko dropped back a bait but the fish faded away. With the number of fish were seeing we decided to leave the bait out for a few minutes and sure enough, not three minutes later we were bit! Kim fought the fish from the chair with 30 pound gear. It took her about 30 minutes but she was finally able to whip its butt and Marko grabbed the leader. The hook was in the corner of the jaw and we cut the leader about 5 inches away from the hook. Now we had two fish on the board and both John and Kim had caught one! By this time there were about five boats in the immediate area and everyone was enjoying the same kind of action. By 2:30 most of the boats had turned for home but we stuck with it a while longer, when you cruise at 25 knots that’s allowed! By the time we had to leave we had racked up two Striped Marlin for Kim (I’m not fighting another one, I’m supposed to be the Photographer!), both fought from the chair, and a grand total of seven, yep, count them, seven Striped Marlin for John, all fought stand up style! Four hours of non-stop action with nine Marlin released, and a few more that were hooked then lost. What a day! Thanks John and Kim, you had a chance to enjoy an outstanding day on the water, and Kim, I promised you Whales, didn’t I? If the fishing hadn’t been so good maybe I would have been able to get a little closer to those we saw blowing on the way home. Thanks guys, you were great! I am fishing again the day after tomorrow; I hope that we have some more good luck then. And Darcy, thanks buddy!!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2005
On the big boat today I had Lars and his wife Robin and their friend Rueben. Rueben’s wife was going to come along as well but since she felt a bit queasy after the airplane trip she thought that it might be better for all concerned if she just stayed back at the resort. The water was a bit lumpy out to 16 miles on the way out and the way back so that may have been a decision for the best. No one had any experience catching anything larger than a small trout and this was the first saltwater excursion for Rueben. Lars and Robin have been out before but without any luck. All they wanted to do was catch a fish. I explained to them that the best chance for that right now was Marlin, and while they were large fish, the right technique would enable them to bring one to the boat. The Dorado and Tuna had been spotty so we all decided the Marlin would be the target, if we caught something else that would be fine. I also told them that the fish had been quite a ways out the last week and it would be a run of at least an hour before we put lines in the water, so sit back with a cup of coffee and relax. An hour after starting out I started to see signs that the water was warming up, the surface temperature started rising from 69 degrees to 71 degrees. Some Whales spouted off in the distance and then some birds appeared along with a few Dolphin. We were five miles short of my goal but it looked fishy so in went the lines. Looking back on the radar I could see boats coming up. The Dolphin disappeared, the water started to cool down as we continued east and the boats that had been coming up behind us cruised on past. I continued on toward the east and at the original target area the water again began to warm. As soon as I saw the temperature at 72.5 degrees we spotted our first Striped Marlin. It was a sleeper and as we turned to approach it I pointed it out to everyone and warned them that the chance of this fish eating a live bait or striking a lure was extremely slim, but we always give it a shot anyway, one in a thousand might be in the mood to fill its belly. As usually happens with sleepers, it sunk out of sight as we came near. But at least everyone was awake and ready now!
About two miles in the distance I saw a boat hook up so we started to work the temperature break, from the southwest to the northeast. We quickly figured out that this was a hook shaped extension of warm water covering a distance of about five miles so we worked the edges. A few times I marked Marlin on the depth sounder as deep as 200 feet. For the next three hours we saw several sleepers, a few tailers and one of those was a giant fish we were unable to get to bite, plus we saw a couple of free jumping fish. We were 36 miles from the Marina and at around 12:30 many of the boats turned around and headed back. A bunch of the fleet boats had been working some Frigate birds with Dolphin under them but those of us with the larger boats did not want to get into the pack, sometimes they get a bit crazy gunning the boats and running to diving birds. As the pack thinned out I went toward the area. By the time I arrived there were only about five small boats still there and the fish began to go crazy, Tuna feeding and the Dolphin going nuts. In the mix I could see Marlin tailing and feeding as well. We had heard that some of the boats during the morning had gotten strikes from fish on bright colored lures, green/yellow being one of the better colors. That surprised me since we had heavy cloud cover, normally dark lures worked better. Knowing that things had been happening with bright colored lures I rigged a pin-rigged horse Ballyhoo behind a neon-green Illander lure and ran it in the shotgun position. On the first pass on the Dolphin we got nailed! The snap of the center rigger got the attention of everyone, but the fish failed to hook up right away. My deck hand for today, Armando, frees pooled the rig back another 15 feet then cranked it in fast for 30 feet. The Marlin came back on the rig and Armando raised the rod tip up high, let the fish eat the bait, lowered the tip as the fish ate, and then set the hook as the fish turned away. Hook up! Rueben was in the fighting chair and he went to work. Of course since it was his first fish it took a few minutes for him to settle down but then he got into the groove and worked the fish hard. We had a great series of jumps to start out but then the fish sounded. Another boat started to come across our stern but Armando waved them off. I was not worried about them so much as I was worried that one of the hundred or so Dolphin feeding around us would brush against the line and break it. After 20 minutes I forgot about worrying about the Dolphin because the fish was close enough to the back of the boat to be able to see it. Armando grabbed the leader and quickly removed the hook from the Marlin as we estimated its weight as right around 150 pounds. The fish had been bill wrapped and came loose easily. A couple of quick pictures of the fish alongside the boat then an easy release and there were high fives all around! Rueben was shot, and said that from now on he would coach instead of fight a fish! He got the chance fairly quickly.
We bobbed around for about ten minutes as I re-rigged with a new Ballyhoo and took a bathroom break. Armando got the rest of the gear set up and then off we went. I had just barely reset the teasers off the bridge reels and we had only gotten three lures out when the yellow/red plunger on the port corner brought the attention of another Marlin! Lars saw it first as its dorsal fin broke the water behind the lure. He yelled that there was a fish out there then we all saw the bill come out of the water as it charged the lure. The Marlin struck at the lure but only took about five yards of line before letting it go. Lars was in the chair so as soon as the fish struck Robin and Rueben had started to clear the other two lines in the water. Armando had dropped back a live bait as soon as the fish struck and let go, but the Marlin ignored the live bait and came back on the lure a second time. This time it stuck and took off in a series of grey-hounding jumps. No one was around us and the Dolphin had moved a bit to the south so I was not worried this time about getting cut off. Lars quickly settled into the rhythm of pumping and reeling as Rueben (the fish master) coached him along. It took only 15 minutes for Lars to bring his fish to the boat and it was a bit smaller than Rueben’s, about 120 pounds. Once again a quick couple of photos along the side of the boat then a release and once again there were high fives all around! It was 1:30 by now but we still had hope that one more Marlin would find our lures attractive and we could hook Robin up to a fish.
As Armando re-set our lures I looked around to see where the Dolphin and birds had gone to and could not see them. The few boats left had spread out searching for hungry fish. I headed a bit south in the direction they had been working when we first came into them and then I spotted one Frigate bird working in circles about 50 feet high. On the second pass under the bird the center line, with the rigged Ballyhoo, snapped out of the clip. This time there was hesitation again because the fish had only struck at the lure, not eaten it. Armando tried the drop back, reel fast attempt again without success. We put the rig back in the snap, ran it up and I made one more pass under the Frigate. By this time several other boats in the area had seen us working the bird and were headed over to us. Snap! The center rigger went off again and this time there was no hesitation as a very nice fish came out of the water shaking its head. We could tell by the size of the fish at that distance and the speed with which it was taking line that this one was a bit bigger than the other two. Robin was in the chair and thought she was doing something wrong since the fish was not stopping! As soon as the lines were cleared and I had the teaser up to the riggers we started to back up. Fro 10 minutes I continued to bump the engines in reverse, first the port, then the starboard, as Robin worked her way into a rhythm and slowly started to gain on the fish. Thank goodness the fish put on a good surface show during the fight, after 30 minutes Robin had the fish to the boat, tired from all the activity (both Robin and the Marlin). For the third time today we had pictures along the side of the boat and a healthy fish was released. Everyone had caught a Marlin and it was 2:30 in the afternoon. With feeding Marlin still in the area Armando put out a live bait as we went forward on one engine while getting everything ready for the 90 minute run back to the Marina. We were 36 miles out and at 4:00 had returned to the slip with three Marlin flags and three release flags flying. Lars, Robin and Rueben had a wonderful time and we really enjoyed their company on the water with us today! Thanks folks, and we look forward to you coming back to try it again some day!
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Feb 28, 2005; 11:10AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY21-27, 2005
WEATHER: Back to the rain once a week! That is not a bad thing as living in the desert is so much nicer when everything is green. Of course it can make being on the water uncomfortable if it comes with a lot of wind and the rain is heavy, but this week we had what I consider to be just enough! We had clouds move over the area Thursday night and started to get a bit of sprinkles coming down. On Friday it was cloudy all day and as heavy concentrations moved over us they let down a light rain every few hours. Everything is starting to bloom now. There was no wind to speak of with the rain so the conditions on the water remained good. The rest of the week was partly cloudy to sunny and our highs were in the high 70’s and the lows in the low 60’s.
WATER: Surface conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape were a bit lumpy this week and there was enough of a breeze most days to make it a little choppy as well, but most boats did not feel that as the water on the Pacific side was in the 68-69 degree range at the end of the week, at least out to the Golden Gate and San Jaime Banks areas. It warmed up just a degree or so past the banks. On the Cortez side there was warmer water to be found but you still had to get past the cold water that wrapped around the Cape. !0 miles to the south there was a temperature break that stayed there all week long and at the end of the week it had started to concentrate some fish. Out farther on the Cortez side the water warmed to 72 degrees, but you had to go a ways to get there, at least at the end of the week. There was still some lump on the water as the swells were at 2-4 feet, but there was almost no wind until Saturday, and then just in the afternoon.
BAIT: Mackerel was the bait of the week with the price at the normal $2 per bait. Sardines were not available here and were difficult to get even up in San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin concentration that had been 24 miles off shore to the east last week continued to move to the east at about 5 miles per day, following the warm water edge the first piled up on. At the end of the week the fish were 50 miles out, just past the Cabrillo Seamount, and Captains were saying that if clients wanted to get into the hot Marlin action they were going to have to start doing overnight trips! There were still some Marlin closer to home in the warm water break to the south, but not in the great concentration the farther edge had provided. That concentration of Marlin provided some great action for the boats able to get there and stay for the tide change, with boats able to release 4-9 fish a trip. Some of the Striped Marlin were small fish, in the 40 pound class, but most of them were 120-140 pounds. We were able to get the full range with Marlin at #40 up to #180. Unless the currents change and bring the concentration back, we will be looking at the scattered fish closer to home this coming week. Lure colors that worked were the full range, but surprisingly the heaviest overcast day, Friday, the fish preferred bright colors and we had great luck with neon green and red/yellow.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There are Tuna beginning to show but they are still not here in great concentration or close to home. I saw several good schools breaking water mixed in with Dolphin and Marlin this week, but they were concentrating on the food and would not look at a lure or the live bait we had. If we had Sardines it may have made a difference. The fish were running between football sizes to #60, and there were a few boats able to get into fish to #80. Up past the Gorda Banks, out toward the Cabrillo Seamount, 25-35 miles to the south and out past the San Jaime Banks in the Pacific were where most of the schools were found. There were a few fish found in closer to home but not in any numbers. I saw a lot of white Tuna flags flying at the end of the week but upon talking with the anglers from some of the boats, the fish the flags were flying for were Skipjack Tuna, at least for the most part.
DORADO: There are still some Dorado out there, but the fish that were close to shore have moved on, the water is pretty cool. Most of the Dorado have been coming from the temperature break to the south, and a few boats were able to get hooked up to 4 or 5 fish per trip. The sizes are not large with the average 15 pounds, but there have been a few fish in the 30 pound class. This is pretty much the average size for this time of year.
WAHOO: Just as was the case last week, a few Wahoo were reported this week but there were no large amounts of them found, nor any large concentration of fish.
INSHORE: The Sierra bite slowed a bit this week, but that does not mean that they are not out there. It just means that you are not going out and loading the cooler in a couple of hours! It may take a bit longer than that, perhaps all day now. There is still a decent bite on Pargo, Grouper and a few Amberjack for boats bottom fishing. There are a few Yellowtail beginning to show up and of course there are loads of Skipjack close to shore, ranging up to 12 pounds in size.
NOTES: Whales, Dolphin and Turtles continue to keep everyone entranced until the fish bite. Surface conditions are great. I fished three days this week for a total of 12 Striped Marlin released. I golf in a couple of hours, hopefully I will be done in time to get to the radio station for the 6:00 program, I am supposed to talk about the Humboldt Squid tonight. Sitting at the computer listening to Credence Clearwater Revival on the 1991 Fantasy Records release “Chronicle; the 20 greatest hits” CD. Life is good! I think I’ll take one of my good cigars to the golf course and smoke it on the back nine; after all, I deserve it! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Feb 21, 2005; 11:00AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY 13-19, 2005
WEATHER: Finally a week with no rain! We did have pretty heavy condensation most mornings but no rain falling from the sky. Most of the week was partly cloudy but we did have two days in the middle of the week where it was sunny all day. Our day time highs were in the high 70’s and our night time lows were in the 60 degree range.
WATER: Great surface conditions this week with almost no swell and very little wind chop with the exception of Friday afternoon when the wind picked up as a small piece of cloud cover blew in. Most of the week the wind was at 5-10 knots so the chop was small. The Pacific side remained cool with a bit of warmer water moving in up to the north of the Golden Gate Banks late in the week. On the Cortez side there was a 20 mile wide band of cooler water in the 71-73 degree range running off the coast from the shore line. Once past the cool water there was water steadily in the 75 degree range and it curved in to the Punta Gorda area.
BAIT: Mackerel and some small Caballito were the choice of the week at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The concentration of Striped Marlin that were south of the Cape last week seemed to have moved a bit farther out and to the east. This week we were running almost 24 miles to the east-southeast, where the water turned 74 degrees and out to the 1,000 fathom line. On each trip to the area this week there were feeding fish everywhere, tails popping up, swirls in the water and occasional free-jumping fish. There were a lot of fish but they were being picky. Getting to the area early definitely improved the chance of hooking up, but as it always is, being in the right place at the right time sure helped. The Marlin were feeding on small baits so most of the time you threw a Mackerel at them they ignored it. Trolling very small hootchies or feathers with single hooks started working for a lot of the boats, as well as trolling small Mackerel fillets. High speed trolling small lures at 9-10 knots produced fish for some boats as well. With all the fish in the area you would have thought it would be a snap to get hooked up, but on average half the boats went fishless, but not without trying hard. A few boats with the right techniques and the right timing did well with three to four fish per boat.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Some Tuna were found this week but they were very far off shore. There were reports of football to 30 pound fish being found 35 miles and farther to the west, past the San Jaime banks and also some found to the north of the San Jaime and to the north of the Golden Gate Banks. The fish were mixed in with Porpoise and that was the key. Of course not all Porpoise pods held Tuna and it was not uncommon to have to work four or five groups of Porpoise before finding a pod that held Tuna. On some of the pods you could see fish on the sonar but they would not come up and bite, instead they stayed 100-150 feet deep. Once you found fish that were up, small feathers and cedar plugs worked fine.
DORADO: Just as it was last week, working close in on both sides of the Cape produced Dorado. The fish were not large but they were there consistently. Working water from 60-150 feet in depth with small bright lures or slow trolling live Mackerel enabled several boats to score fish counts as high as 8 fish per boat. The Dorado ranged from 6-20 pounds. A few larger fish were picked up off shore with weights ranging from 15-50 pounds.
WAHOO: A few Wahoo were reported this week but there were no large amounts of them found, nor any large concentration of fish.
INSHORE: No changes from last week as Sierra once again are the inshore fish of the week. Anglers have been able to catch as many as they want. The Pacific side of the coast has been going off from the lighthouse up to Migraino on fish from three to six pounds. Small green hootchies live Sardinas and small Rapallas have all been working well, just don’t forget to use wire leader! There were also some nice Pargo found up in the rocks at the points with the sizes from 5-10 pounds. They were caught on live bait pitched in around the boilers.
NOTES: Whales, Porpoise, Turtles and Marlin, it was almost like Sea World out there this week! The water was great, the fishing decent and almost everyone that went out had fun. As for me, I spent a couple of hours at the driving range (I am getting better!), fished four days, got picked up as contributing editor for the fishing section on “Discover Cabo” bi-monthly magazine as well as the fishing commentator for the weekly Anglo-Mexican information hour on Cabo Mil Radio at 6pm on Sunday evenings. Enough to keep me busy! Thanks for everyone’s support and comments on the report, I would not still be doing it without your encouragement! This weeks report was written to the music of one of my guitar gods, Chet Atkins, on the 1994 Sony release “Read My Licks”. Unfortunately my guitar playing has not been getting a lot of practice lately, at this rate it will be several centuries before anyone other than my wife Mary will hear me play! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Feb 14, 2005; 12:46PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FEBRUARY 6-12, 2005
WEATHER: As strange as it may seem, this week’s weather section could be a repeat of last weeks with the exception of the day it rained. Our weather this week moved in on Thursday after noon, it started raining Friday morning and stopped early Saturday morning. A little over two inches fell, almost a third of our yearly average. Our high for the week (unofficial, from my house in town) was 82 degrees while the low was 58 degrees.
WATER: The water was beautiful for most of the week except for Friday when the wind with the rain gusted in. The water on the Pacific side has remained cool. At the end of the week we were seeing temperatures in the 67-70 degree range. A finger of this cooler water wrapped around the Cape and extended up the Cortez coast to outside San Jose. Farther out on the Cortez side the water was 71-72 degrees. Surface conditions remained excellent except for Friday.
BAIT: Mackerel was the bait of the week as is usually the case this time of year. They could be obtained at the normal price of $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: At the end of the week the Striped Marlin were concentrated 14 miles to the south of the Cape. Mixed in with some Porpoise these fish were actively feeding over a very large area. Actively feeding does not mean actively biting though. There was plenty of bait in the area and it took a bit of luck as well as plenty of presentations to get one of these fish to bite. A few of the Marlin were a bit larger than the average with fish pushing #200 in the mix. Slow trolling dead baits, working the general area and live baits thrown to active feeders worked, but you had to be very fast with the love bait as the fish were really moving around.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin bite was off this week for most of the boats though a few were able to find fish on different days. Finding Porpoise was the key, but even then not all the Porpoise marked Tuna. Fish caught were averaging 20 pounds and bit on dark colored feathers and the usual Tuna killer, the cedar plug.
DORADO: Working close in on both sides of the Cape produced Dorado for boats willing to forgo the Marlin craze. The fish were not large but they were there consistently. Working water from 60-150 feet in depth with small bright lures or slow trolling live Mackerel enabled several boats to score fish counts as high as 8 fish per boat. The Dorado ranged from 6-20 pounds.
WAHOO: A few Wahoo were reported this week but there were no large amounts of them found, nor any large concentration of fish.
INSHORE: Once again Sierra are the inshore fish of the week. Anglers have been able to catch as many as they want. The Pacific side of the coast has been going off from the lighthouse up to Migraino on fish from three to six pounds. Small green hootchies live Sardinas and small Rapallas have all been working well, just don’t forget to use wire leader!
NOTES: The Whales continue to provide entertainment and it is a good thing as for some boats that was all the excitement to be had this week. The bite was off until the end of the week and even then luck played a big part in getting a good catch. This weeks report was written to the music of the 1972 release of his self-titled first album, “Roy Buchanan”. What a great guitarist he was! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Feb 7, 2005; 12:15PM - Daily Catching Reports
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2005
I fished today with Jay and Ted on the 46’ Hattaras. Jay has fished Maui four times looking for Marlin and finally managed to get one that weighed 148 pounds. Ted has never fished saltwater before. Jay wants to try and beat his record weight on Marlin and also try and catch a Dorado, Ted just wants to catch a fish. The water is in great condition with small swells from the NW and almost no wind at all. We started out pulling lures right off the Arch since there had been fish in the area a few days ago. We worked out about 6 miles and had no luck so I started us in toward the lighthouse. My deckhand heard on the radio that a Panga working that area had hooked up two Marlin, so off we went. When we arrived there were 9 other boats there, and all of them were drifting live bait. I decided to make a pass around them trolling lures while looking for the concentration on bait. Halfway around on the pass we got hit on the short outrigger and Jay got into the chair. His fish had one hook in the upper jaw and one fish in the lower so the fight was fairly quick. In about 20 minutes or less he had the Marlin to the boat for a release, and the healthy #140 Striped Marlin swam away to fight another day. We put the lures back in the water and as we finished the pass we had a strike on the shotgun line. That was a nice fish and really started screaming line out. As we started to pass that rod down for Ted we had another Marlin come up on the long rigger and take it. The rigger fish started jumping right away and just as it completed the first three jumps the shotgun fish came off. Ted settled into the fight and it took him about 35 minutes to work the fish to the boat for a good release. His fish was a bit smaller at around #130 but put on a great show for us! By the time we had released the second fish there were 30 boats in the area. We decided that if the fish were that concentrated we might have good luck with lighter line and live bait s we tried it for about an hour but did not have a bite. That was it for the day but even though we caught no other fish, the guys were very happy. So were my deckhand and I, it is nice to be able to catch what the client wants because it often doesn’t work out that way! Thanks guys, we hope to see you again next year.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 4 FEBRUARY, 2005
Today I took the owner of the 50’ Viking and two friends out. Herb invited his regular guest John and also a friend, Richard. We had heard about some decent Yellowfin being caught yesterday out almost due south between 25 and 35 miles. Herb decided that he wanted to target them, take home some raw Tuna and of course John wanted to be reassured that there were still Tuna in the Cabo area. I got two buckets of Sardinas as well as five Mackerel in the morning and we were on our way at 7:30. It took us an hour to run out 25 miles. No sign of Porpoise and no boats stopped so we kept on going. At 36 miles I thought I saw some Porpoise breaking water in the distance so we made a slight turn. No sign of them when we arrived in the area but I decided to put the lines in the water anyway as we searched the area. After about 30 minutes I noticed three boats about five miles distant that were staying together and working toward us. It sure is nice to have good radar! We pulled in lines and cruised in their direction. About a mile before meeting them we spotted one Frigate bird working and then Porpoise under it. In went the lines and on our first pass both of the flat lines went off. Since we were fishing for Tuna all we had out were feathers and cedar plugs. The first fish to the boat was a small Skipjack but the second one was a decent 15 pound Yellowfin. The second pass resulted in another double strike but one pulled hook. John worked the fish I close and eventually the gaff was placed in a 35 pound Yellowfin. Back into the water went the lines. A few minutes later a Marlin came up on the short rigger feather. The Marlin knocked the line from the outrigger clip but did not hook up. Herb dropped back a live bait and the fish came in on it really fast and lit up! The bait was eaten and herb set the hook. Two jumps and the leader broke at the knot. Oh oh. By then the Porpoise and Frigate bird had disappeared. We continued to work the area for several hours and got another Marlin hooked up on the feather. Richard fought the fish for 7 minutes standing up and had to pass the rod off. Herb got on it and the fish was to the boat in about 10 minutes. A good release and then for the next hour we tossed bait to sleeping fish. We did have one more Marlin show an interest in a live bait but it did not eat. That was it for the day, the last hour we spent drifting live bait at the light house ledge, but the wind was beginning to come up and the drift was not all that great. I hope that next time we target Tuna we are able to get a few more in the box!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2005
I fished today again on the big boat and the water was no nearly as nice as it was yesterday! There was a big storm swell from the ESE as well as wind from the NE in the morning and the ESE in the afternoon. We started off at the 95 spot looking for Marlin. I spotted some good bait at 200 feet but then saw Porpoise and birds working about a mile away. Once I got there I saw good Tuna marks on the depth sounder but the fish were at 150-200 feet. We worked the Porpoise for about an hour with no luck. The clients wanted Marlin so we left the Porpoise and went in closer to shore off of the Westin. In that area we had a knock down on the long rigger, a Mackerel and Cream colored lure but the fish did not hook up. About an hour later we had a hook up on the same lure but the fish only jumped twice before throwing the hook. I turned up toward the Gorda Banks and got into some Dorado. Every one of the fish hit a purple/black lure on the short rigger. Out of five strikes we hooked four fish, releasing two small ones and keeping a 15 pound and a 25 pound fish. I turned the boat back toward the 95 spot and it was a nice downhill, downwind run. About five miles from the 95 we had a solid hookup on the same Mackerel/cream lure. This was a nice sized Striped Marlin and it did a lot of jumping and took a lot of line. After 25 minute we had the fish close enough to the boat to see it was tail wrapped and after unwrapping it we spent 15 minutes towing the fish by the bill while holing on through the transom door. Eventually the fish regained its energy and when it started kicking with its tail again we let it go. That was it for the day but the guys decided to book the boat for Monday as well. We sure hope the fishing is good!
We also had clients on a pair of 31 Bertram’s today, four guys to each boat. One of the boats got a Wahoo that was around 40 pounds while the other boat found two hungry Striped Marlin that were fought to the boat and released, as well as two Dorado that were kept. They fished the area of the 95 spot and closer to shore. Bill and his buddies have a few more days of fishing ahead of them so I’ll give more information on their fishing experience in next weeks report.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 6 FEBRUARY, 2005
Three of the guys that fished the Bertram have yesterday decided to put in an extra day of fishing today. The water was much better than yesterday, almost like a lake. Of course the fish had moved. They started out at the 95 spot and had one fish hooked up before the line back-lashed and parted. That was on the clients gear. They then worked their way out to the 1150 and while they spotted more Marlin and tossed bait at them they could not find another hungry fish. I hope they have better luck tomorrow! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Feb 7, 2005; 12:12PM - Cabo bite report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 6, 2005
WEATHER: It seems that every week now we have had a little bit of rain, at least since the beginning of the year. This week was an exception, we did not have a little bit of rain, we had a lot! On Friday afternoon the clouds rolled in and it started raining. I had fished that day and it was a bit of a relief to not have to wash the exterior of the 50’ Viking. The last bit of it fell early Saturday morning. With the rain came wind, on Saturday it was kicking out of the NW in the morning and switched to the ESE in the afternoon. The rest of the week was nice, partly cloudy with highs in the low 80’s and lows in the mid 60’s for the most part although I did read 55 on my house thermometer on Wednesday morning.
WATER: The water was beautiful for most of the week except for Saturday, when swells from the ESE appeared out of nowhere. We all wondered if there was a Hurricane somewhere close! Those, combined with wind from the same direction, made the day a bit bouncy. The water on the Pacific side has remained cool. At the end of the week we were seeing temperatures in the 67-70 degree range with the warmer water within 5 miles of shore. On the Cortez side of the Cape the near shore water was the colder stuff with water out to 5 miles in the 70-71 degree range. Once past the five mile area it warmed to 72-74 degrees with a few spots up to 75 degrees. There was a pretty good break running NE to SW about 5 miles in front of Cabo and it ran just inside the 95 spot as well.
BAIT: Mackerel was the bait of the week as is usually the case this time of year. They could be obtained at the normal price of $2 per bait. There were also some Sardinas as well, but they were a bit pricy at $20 for a sparse bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Just as was the case last week, the action on Billfish took place around the 95 spot, at least that was where the big concentration was. There were fish found closer to shore as well and also up the coast to outside the Gorda Banks. A few fish were caught by dropping live bait and drifting, but it seemed that more were caught on lures than live bait. One of the favorite colors this week was a Mackerel Green with Cream undersides. Most of the fish were averaging #110, but there were fish up to #180 caught. A friend of mine got one that size that had a bill curved like a hook! A good day produced three or four shots at a Marlin with at least one solid hook up and a great day was going four for four on them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Yellowfin Tuna continue to be out quite a ways with the main areas being between 20 and 35 miles to the south and south-east. They have been associated with Porpoise and most of the fish have been between 15 and 35 pounds. Trolling dark colored feathers and Cedar Plugs resulted in most of the hook ups, but chumming with Sardinas once you found the fish made for some light tackle excitement as long as the wind was not blowing too hard.
DORADO: The Dorado bite was still off but there were times when you cold do well. Most of the fish were found up toward the Gorda Banks area and the ranged in size from little shakers (5-8 pounds) to nice fish in the 15-30 pound class. Dark colored lures worked on them as I know from personal experience. Saturday we had three Marlin strikes, all on the Mackerel/Cream outrigger lure and five Dorado strikes, and all on a Purple/Black outrigger lure. Dropping back a live bait after a hook up resulted in more fish being hooked.
WAHOO: There were more Wahoo caught this week than last week and a few of them were nice size, in the 70 pound class. Dark colored lures were what most of them hit on but there was no concentration of fish; it was a matter of luck. The warmer water on the Cortez side of the Cape held the fish.
INSHORE: Sierra, Sierra, Sierra, those are the inshore fish of the week. The Pacific side of the coast has been going off from the lighthouse up to Migraino on fish from three to six pounds. Small green hootchies live Sardinas and small Rapallas have all been working well, just don’t forget to use wire leader!
NOTES: Lots of Whales this week, breaching mammals everywhere! Both Humpbacks and Gray Whales have been giving us lots of excitement. This weekend here in Cabo has been strange. It is Super bowl Weekend and it is also a federal election day on the 6th. That means that there can be no alcohol served between midnight Friday and midnight Sunday. The streets have looked like a ghost town! There are private parties taking place so everyone stocked up for them on Friday. Well, that’s it for this week. The music for the week was Edgar Winters on the album “Let it In”, and there is no finer was to wake in the morning than to the rocking blues! Until next week, Tight lines!
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Jan 31, 2005; 11:47AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JANUARY 24-30, 2005
WEATHER: Once again we had just a little spit come down on us during the middle of the week. It was not much, just enough to pattern the dust on the windshields, but that’s all right, we can always use it this time of year. Along with the spit came a bit of cloud cover but it moved away fairly quickly and we had the sun shine on us again during the last part of the week. Our night time lows have been a pretty chilly (for us) mid 50’s and our day time highs in the high 70’s. The winds have been from the NNW and North at 5-15 knots with the higher speeds in the afternoons. Farther up the Cape on the Sea of Cortez side there have been some afternoons where the wind switched to the NNE and blown a bit harder.
WATER: Surface conditions on the Cortez side of the Cape have been fair in the mornings up to Punta Gorda, once past there the swells and wind kicked in. In the afternoons late in the week the rougher water worked its way as far down as red hill in the afternoons. On the Cortez side there has been a small band of cooler water running from the beach to just a mile off that has been 70 degrees, any farther out and the temperature has been about 73-74 degrees over the 95 spot, the 1150 and Gorda Banks. On the Pacific there were some large swells at the end of the week but the surface conditions were fair, with just wind chop on top in the afternoons. The water near shore has been in the 67-68 degree range out to a mile or two and then warmed up slightly to 69-70 degrees out all the way to out past the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks.
BAIT: This week the bait has been almost all Mackerel with just a few very small Caballito in the mix. The price has been the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin have scattered a bit and are not quite as concentrated as they were the last few weeks, but it seems that almost everyone had a shot at a fish. Most of the angling has been taking place in the Sea of Cortez around the 95 spot and the 1150 as that has been where the water has been the right color and temperature. There was a story circulating of a boat having landed a Blue Marlin in the #700 range this week, but I have no idea if it was true. The water is still warm enough on the Cortez side that it would no surprise me though. There has been plenty of food out there for the fish so they have been slow to take a live bait, the mix this week was about half the fish on live bait and half on lures.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Football size Yellowfin Tuna associated with Porpoise were found scattered through out the area this week but there was no concentration of fish. One of the exceptions was the Inman Bank, just to the north of the Gorda where there were fish in the 15-40 pound class being found by boats drifting with live Sardinas. A long run from Cabo and no guarantee you could get bait or the fish would bite kept most boats from making the trip. There was a brief showing of fish in a slightly larger size class at the end of the week between 25 and 30 miles to the south. These fish were with Porpoise as well and while most of them were between 30 and 40 pounds there were a few in the 70-80 pound range as well.
DORADO: With the influx of cooler water on the Pacific side this week the Dorado bite dropped off a bit. Most of the fish were found on the Cortez side and they were still fairly small with an average weight of 8 pounds. Frigate birds working close to shore showed where these smaller fish were while the slightly larger fish found farther off shore were mostly blind strikes.
WAHOO: What Whoo?
INSHORE: The cooler water on the Pacific side has brought the Sierra down and closer to home. The hot spot for the week was the Migraino area, both from boats and from the beach. Small hootchies and bright colored Rapallas fished from the boats and silver spoons fished from the beach caught their share of fish in the 4-5 pound class. I also have it directly from the angler that there was a nice #35 Roosterfish caught from the beach in the same area. Our fingers are crossed that the Yellowtail will start biting this week, and hopefully in numbers that make targeting them worthwhile.
NOTES: I just got back from taking a boat to La Paz and had the wind and waves in my face the whole way. Next time I am taking a Navy Pea-coat, that 15 knot wind and 10 knot forward movement with spray in your face and mid 50’s temperature make this guys thin blood turn to ice! Now that I am back I am warming up, and I am going to the marina in about an hour to go fishing. Maybe some Tuna for Sashimi? My fingers are crossed. On the drive back from La Paz we could see Whales almost everywhere on the Pacific just off the beach. My golf game has improved a bit, but it’s a tough game as I am learning. No music this week as I am in a quiet mode and Mary is still sleeping. Next week I’ll rock! Until then, Tight Lines!
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Jan 31, 2005; 11:45AM - Daily Catch Reports
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 24, 2005
Andy and Gary, along with their wives Dale and Cathy were fishing today and they went up on the Pacific side looking for anything that swam! Lucky for them that there were fish out there, and hungry ones at that. The action was steady in the morning but as the day wore on it died off a little. They were able to hook up to two Striped Marlin that stayed on all the way to the boat for successful tag and releases. They also had three Dorado that came to the boat, but they were not very big, maybe around 8 pounds. The one big Dorado came to the boat, but not into the boat as the hook pulled loose on the estimated #40 fish just as the mate took the leader in hand. The water was in great condition and everyone had a good time. Thanks guys, and congratulations!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 25, 2005
Tom Stuehler and his buddy fished today for the second time, their wives decided to give it a pass as they were seasick the day before yesterday. This morning they said that since they did not get a Marlin on the last trip they wanted to give food fish a shot, maybe some Tuna and Dorado. Guess what happened? Yep, that’s just the way it works sometimes, they had 8 different Marlin that they threw bait at, and none of them would eat. Maybe there was just too much food around. They finally did find a hungry fish though, and that one took a trolled lure. We are glad they were able to get a Marlin but too bad it wasn’t two days ago!
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Jan 24, 2005; 11:14AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JANUARY 17-23, 2005
WEATHER: We had rain this week! On Tuesday the wind started to blow strong from the west and then the clouds rolled in on Wednesday. In the evening the drops started coming down sporadically and dotted the windshields on the cars. When we woke up on Thursday morning the streets were wet and there were puddles in the low lying areas. All the plants got dusted off and the boats had a soft water rinse. That was the big news. Other than that, things have remained about the same with our night time lows in the low to mid 60’s and our day time highs in the mid 80’s.
WATER: Surface conditions were very good this week on both sides of the cape with the exception of Tuesday when the winds picked up before the front moved in. There was a strongly defined temperature break over the San Jaime banks but there was no fish in the area in the latter half of the week. The water temperature near shore has been in the 72-73 degree range and a bit farther off shore the water warmed to 75-77 degrees. This warm water area was shaped like and upside down horseshoe at the cape and ran about 8 miles off shore.
BAIT: This week the bait has been almost all Mackerel with just a few very small Caballito in the mix. The price has been the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Unbelievable as it may be, this weeks report is almost identical to last weeks! Wednesday was a banner day for Striped Marlin this week as the fish were packed up and close to home. The area to be was within 8 miles of shore just off the arch to the lighthouse, and they were feeding heavily. Most boats that worked the area were able to get at least several fish hooked up and almost everyone came in flying at least two Marlin flags. The most I heard of on one boat was 9 Striped Marlin released that day, and they were biting anything offered even dead bait on a drop back. That night the wind kicked up and by the morning the fish had scattered. The bite from Thursday on was not as good with the fish moving off the spot, but there were still a few fish in the area. It seemed that the fish started a slow move to the east and at the end of the week the Pacific side was pretty much dead and the action had moved to the area of the 95 spot.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was very little Tuna action this week, at least on anything of size. Every day a few boats were flying Tuna flags and when asked, the anglers all said they were for small, football size fish. There were Yellowfin at the Golden Gate Banks area and also a few miles off shore around the Los Arcos area on the Pacific and the fish were associated with Porpoise. One of the Private boats worked well to the west of the San Jaime at the end of the week and found nothing out there at all. We sure thought that the temperature break would be holding fish. Sigh.
DORADO: Dorado action picked up this week and the action was close to home. The edge of the warm water band as close as 8 miles out held fish this week and most boats that worked the area were able to get at least a few fish in the boat. Most of them were on the small side, less than 12 pounds, but there were a few in the 20-30 pound class as well. Almost any thing bright colored worked on them.
WAHOO: What Whoo?
INSHORE: It was a slow inshore bite this week but with the water being as calm as it has been, most of the Pangas have been working the off shore waters. There was a slow down on the Sierra bite but you could still get a few fish in the 3-5 pound class if you were in the right spot. Every thing else was spotty.
NOTES: Finished the Golf lessons and now I am ready to kick some butt! I was supposed to play this morning but we made reservations too late and could not get a tee time until 1 pm so guess it means the driving range instead. The football playoffs this afternoon. My goodness how a day can fill up! Next week I will be getting in some boat work and fishing as will post the next report for you on what is going on here in Cabo. Until then, Tight Lines!
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