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Dec 6, 2004; 11:12AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 5, 2004
WEATHER: Mostly cloudy skies this week gave us a bit of a break from the sun, but there was still enough showing through for everyone to work on their tans! The cloud cover brought us a bit of a rise in our evening temperatures as our lows barely reached the high 60’s and kept our daytime temps low as well with the average at 83 degrees. No rain was dropped on us from the clouds but you could see a bit come down in the mountains.
WATER: There was little change in the water temperatures this week as the Pacific remained just a bit cooler than the Sea of Cortez side. On the Pacific the average temperature was still 77 degrees with cooler water found to the west of the San Jaime Banks. The water was calm with low rolling swells and no wind chop. On the Sea of Cortez the water averaged 78-79 degrees but due to the mostly north-east winds it did develop a bit of a chop later in the day, but there were few swells of any size.
BAIT: Almost all Mackerel this week with a few Sardinas as well. Big baits were $2 each while the Sardinas were $20-25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Again Striped Marlin were the fish of the week. Almost every boat out there got shots at Marlin on every trip. The fish are passing through and while they have been moving around there are a few areas that seem to hold them on a daily basis. The ledge off of the Lighthouse on the Pacific has been one such place, as has the point just to the north, San Cristobel. Quite a few boats were just parking and dropping down live Mackerel and getting at least one good bite per boat. While that is not exciting fishing to me, it does produce results. The big producer was the Frigate birds working just off shore, from 1 to 5 miles out. The Striped Marlin have been in big packs, following the Mackerel schools. Running to the diving birds and tossing out live bait resulted in many boats getting fish counts as high as 6-9 fish a day. Of course some also got no fish, but that was the best shot this week. These fish have been a bit smaller on the average, with most weighing less than 100 pounds and being around 100 to 110 inches long, tip to tip.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Porpoise were the key once again but most of them have been far offshore, just like they were last week. One exception was inside the Golden Gate Banks where for a few days during the middle of the week a big pod stayed around and anyone who got there early was able to pick up all the football Yellowfin they wanted. Other scattered groups were found 20 miles off shore to the south and the sizes were a bit bigger with some of the fish in the 35 pound class. Feathers and cedar plugs worked, and the dark colors were better.
DORADO: Just like last week the Dorado have become a bit scarce. There seems to be more of them close to shore, almost right on the beach on both side of the Cape than there are off shore. Of course, finding something floating in the water sure helps out but this week those floating objects were a bit scarce. We had fair luck this week trolling feathers and small lures close in to the beach at higher than normal speeds, around 9-9.5 knots and were picking up a fish or two every day. There was nothing really big, most of them in the 15 pound class, but great for dinner.
WAHOO: There were very few Wahoo caught this week here in Cabo, and those that were brought in were all in the 35-40 pound class. There were maybe one or two flags a day for the entire fleet.
INSHORE: With the water calm on the Pacific side and the Marlin close in, a lot of the Pangas were targeting the Billfish. Also the Dorado action was fair for the boats working live bait along the beach and there were a few reported Sierra biting the tails off the live bait when the boats got too close. I had several nice Roosterfish reported to me, fish in the 40 pound class, but I did not see the fish myself. The action was supposed to have taken place on the Pacific side in front of the Pueblo Bonito Sunset resort.
NOTES: Marlin, Marlin, Marlin! If things go as they did last year the action should continue through February as the fish move through the area. Just after the full moon looks like a good bet if you are planning a trip. January’s full moon is the 25th and February’s full moon is the 23rd. Second best time would be around the new moon as well. Best of luck to you if you are planning a trip! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Nov 29, 2004; 11:11AM - 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 NOVEMBER 22-28, 2004
WEATHER: I am not sure if I should call the skies this week partly cloudy or partly sunny, guess it depends on how you look at it. Anyway, there were clouds every day but also plenty of sun. Our temperatures were almost perfect with nights getting down as low as 60 degrees with our day time highs in the high 80’s. No rain came with the clouds and the wind varied between 5 and 12 knots from the northwest early in the week and the northeast later in the week.
WATER: The water on the Sea of Cortez remained in the 77 degree range with blue water but as you approached the area of the Gorda Banks the northeast wind became noticeable and the water became pretty rough. Darn those winter winds! On the Pacific side of the Cape at the end of the week there was a finger of warm water about 80 degrees on the San Jaime Bank. Everywhere else the water was in the 77-78 degree range. Choppy water was the norm on the Pacific side early in the week but as the wind changed later on the water became smooth.
BAIT: Almost all Mackerel this week with a few Sardinas as well. Big baits were $2 each while the Sardinas were $20-25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: I only heard of two Blue Marlin and one Black Marlin being caught this week, but the bite on the Striped Marlin has begun to take off. The fish have been fairly close as well which really helps. The Striped Marlin had been stacking up on the rocky points on the Pacific side early in the week and as the week progressed some of the fish started moving off shore a bit. At the end of the week the Striped Marlin fishing was best about 7 miles off shore of the light house toward the west. Slow trolled live bait worked pretty good as did rigged dead baits. Lures were a distant third choice but still brought fish up.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A few boats got into the footballs early in the week among the offshore Porpoise pods but there were not many of these fish showing later on as they had pretty much moved way off shore. One boat did get into a good showing of fish off the Outer Gorda Banks on Friday. Being the only boat there helped as he was able to get around two dozen quality fish in the 30-40 pound class and one fish around #80.
DORADO: The Dorado were scarce in numbers this week unless you were able to find something floating and then you needed to be the fist boat there to do well. Two Dorado a day was a good catch this week and many of the fish that were found were small ones in the #8-10 class. A few good fish in the 30 pound range were landed but all in all things were a bit slow. Best bets for fish not associated with floating debris was the points on the Sea of Cortez side, close to shore, using small live baits or chumming for them.
WAHOO: Here in Cabo it was a fairly slow week for Wahoo, but I had an invitation from a friend to fish with him up at Inman banks on the Cortez side on Friday, and I was shown what a good Wahoo bite is! We had 10 strikes on live bait and landed two fish in the 40 pound class. It was difficult to set the hook well on these fish while using #30 and #25 line, but we had a blast. That was the only consistent action for Wahoo this week as far as I know.
INSHORE: Calm water on the Pacific side allowed the Panga fleet to work the shore line hard, and the fishing is starting to pick up. A few dinky Sierras are showing up and there are still a few nice Roosterfish scattered around. Bottom fishing for Snapper and Grouper is still a fair bet and just off the beach smaller game such as Skipjack and Bonito as well as small Dorado can keep the light tackle angler happy.
NOTES: The Marlin action heated up and every thing else has remained about the same as we came on to the full moon. I expected the Tuna bite to improve with the full moon and maybe it has, but the fish are too far out for us to find out! It will be a busy week for us and I am out of here this morning as I have a four hour trip to go on, sure hope we get into the Marlin! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Nov 29, 2004; 11:08AM - Fly Hooker Daily 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 NOVEMBER 24, 2004
Michael Eng was the guinea pig today as he was the first client to get to go out on the “Fly Hooker” with the newly re-built starboard engine. That is a story by itself and I was way optimistic to think that job could be done in a few days. As it turned out, it took three weeks. Anyway, Michael fished alone but had orders from those in his party back at the resort for fresh Tuna. There have not been a lot of them around but Juan and Manuel were able to get him hooked up to five of them, boating four of the fish. They had no other action as Marlin and Dorado were of secondary importance. The action was sudden as the first pass on the fish they found resulted in a triple hook up with one fish dropping off, then two singles on later passes. The fish were not large, with the biggest around 15 pounds, but there was fresh tuna to take back! Thanks Michael, we are glad you were able to get the fish you wanted, perhaps next time there will be some giants in the school!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2004
Our good friend Andy Cline is back in Cabo with his daughter Lauren and this time he was not supposed to touch a rod with a fish on it. On the last trip out he decided she would not be able to handle the #350 Blue Marlin that hooked up and he ended up with the fish. This trip it was supposed to be her turn to get the big one. Well, it sort of worked out that way. They were able to get a Striped Marlin hooked up early in the day while they were just outside of the lighthouse on the Pacific side of the Cape and Lauren fought the fish. It hooked up on the bridge rod and took her about 20 minutes to get the estimated #140 Striped Marlin to the boat for a release. The next action took them quite a bit longer as nothing happened until they were on the west side of the San Jaime Bank. Almost the second that they came off of the drop there was a strike on the short rigger lure. Lauren got in the chair and started to reel on the fish and then the long outrigger lure came down. Another fish on! With two fish hooked up at the same time Andy had no choice but to work the second hook up. A double on Wahoo was the result! Lauren fish took her about five minutes and the result was a Wahoo that was estimated at 50-55 pounds. Just a minute later Andy got his fish to the boat and it was about five pounds larger. That was all the action for the trip but it was a great trip with quality fish. Thanks Andy, and by now Juan realizes who it was that got him started on the Ballyhoo and Islander combinations! We are looking forward to seeing you on the boat again the day after tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER “FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2004
Once again we had Andy Cline and his daughter Lauren on the “Fly Hooker” and Andy invited his girlfriend Gigi and her daughter Bridget to join them. The objective for the day was to get the girls hooked up to a Marlin and Juan and Manuel were successful in fulfilling the request. The boat headed out toward the area that had been holding fish the day before (at least according to other Captains) and guess what? Yep, the fish were still there! The end result was three Striped Marlin hooked up and two fish brought to the boat for release. All the girls got to fight a Marlin and in addition Gigi was able to bring dinner to the boat with a nice Dorado estimated at 25 pounds. The water was in great condition and they had a lot of fun. I hope you girls got hooked! Thanks again Andy, and we look forward to seeing you again next year!
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Nov 22, 2004; 10:32AM - 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 NOVEMBER 15-21, 2004
WEATHER: Once again we have had a great week weather wise. Our night time lows have been in the low 70’s and our day time highs around 87 degrees. Partly cloudy skies most of the week have helped to keep things cool while the breeze from the northwest has kept the humidity down.
WATER: The high temperatures this week were on both sides of the Cape with the surface on some days reaching 81 degrees. There was a finger of cooler water coming down from the north on the Pacific side and that finger came along the inside of the Golden Gate bank then traveled along the Pacific shoreline, ending up in an eddy of cooler 77 degree water right off the tip of the Cape and extending to the south for about 10 miles. The water up to the north was a bit green but the Cortez side had great colored blue water.
BAIT: There were a lot more Mackerel available this week and only a few Caballito. The normal price is still $2 per bait. There were some Sardinas available as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were a few Blue and Black Marlin reported this week but the focus and emphasis was on Striped Marlin. The yearly migration has started and the fish are starting to come down from the north, following the cool water. The near shore area on the Pacific side, where the cool water has been, was a favorite this week. All of the area on the Pacific shoreline, from the Golden Gate to the lighthouse had Striped Marlin showing up off the points. While there were tailing fish spotted and live baits cast to, most of the fishing was done by either slow trolling live Mackerel or deep dropping the bait. Working water in 250 t0 600 feet deep, Mackerel was slow trolled until concentrations of bait were spotted on the fish finder, then bait was dropped down to them. Boats without fish finders watched others or worked the current lines as the tide shifted. The average was almost a Marlin per boat but there were a few boats getting double hook ups, a few of them getting several of them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Football fish among the Porpoise were near the coast at the start of the week but at the end of the week they had moved almost 35 miles off shore. There were also some nicer fish among them and an occasional shot at a real sow, as many boats working the Tuna saw fish approaching the #200 mark breaking water. A few of the better fish were hooked up, but most of the bigger fish were in the #40 range, approaching the #100 in a few cases. The bigger fish were had on live bait dropped back and away while the footballs were on small lures.
DORADO: As the water has cooled the Dorado bite has dropped off as well. There were a few scattered fish on the Pacific side but most of the action came on the Cortez side close to shore. Good areas this week were off of the lighthouse at Gray Rock and off of the Westin and Palmilla. Sardinas used as chum got the bite going but most of the fish were smaller, in the 8-15 pound class. Average catch was about 2-3 fish per boat.
WAHOO: It is still a slow bite for Wahoo this week and most of the fish have been found along the shore in the 50 fathom areas. I was lucky and able to get two fish this week but most boats were happy to get one strike. The fish are smaller; one of mine may have been 10 pounds, the other about #40. Darker colored lures and Marauders worked for the Wahoo and also drew strikes from Marlin.
INSHORE: The water has been fairly calm this week so we had a lot of the Pangas off shore chasing Tuna and Marlin, working th4e same areas as the cruisers. Those that stayed in shore found action on the Cortez side for Skipjack and Bonita as well as lots of Needlefish. Small Grouper and Snapper rounded up the expected catch, and everyone is waiting for the water to cool enough for the Sierra and Yellowtail to show up!
NOTES: There have been lots of boats out this week and almost everyone is finding fish, but there have been no big numbers posted by anyone as far as I know. As the week ended the fishing dropped off and most boats were coming in with a couple of Tuna, a couple of Dorado or a Marlin flag or two. An occasional boat was lucky and got into the Tuna first and scored, but the action was far away and not consistent. As the moon gets full perhaps the action will heat up? Anyway, keep your fingers crossed and check out the report next week! Until then, tight lines!
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Nov 15, 2004; 10:32AM - 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 NOVEMBER8-14, 2004
WEATHER: The first part of the week had us experiencing mostly sunny skies and cool (for Cabo) fall temperatures. We did not have any evenings where we dropped to 60 degrees (like last week) but our night time lows stayed down around the low 70’s and high 60’s. Day time highs were in the high 80’s on land with a cooling effect when you were on the water. Toward the end of the week clouds moved in and while we still had plenty of sun, the sunsets became even more spectacular.
WATER: Our off shore water continues to cool and while we still have a warm water band wrapping around the Cape we have had the average temperature drop by three degrees. Within 15 miles of the shore on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez the water has remained 79-80 degrees. Immediately to the south out about 10 miles there is a pocket of warmer water at 82 degrees and on the Cortez side up past the Gorda Banks it starts to cool off to the 78 degree level. Surface conditions on the Pacific have been great all week for morning fishing but the wind has been starting to kick up a bit in the early afternoon giving us a bit of wind chop on top of the 2-4 foot swells. The Sea of Cortez has remained fairly calm as far as surface conditions go.
BAIT: Caballito are still the most available bait this week but I did see a few Mackerel showing up in a few bait tanks. The normal $2 per bait remains except for Sardinas, and if they are available they have been going for the usual $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: While the Blue and Black Marlin bite has dropped off the Striped Marlin have started to return and take up their rightful place as our most common Billfish. There are still some Sailfish being caught, but not in the same numbers as they were being found the last two weeks. The Striped Marlin are being found in small groups, with three areas holding fish for a few days this week. Early in the week there was a group just off the lighthouse on the Pacific side of the Cape, about 5 miles off shore. At the end of the week there was another group about 12 miles out at 160 degrees. Smaller groups of fish were found just offshore, about three miles, on the Cortez side both during the middle and the end of the week. Luck always takes a part in fishing for Billfish and those anglers that had it this week were able to catch and release as many as three Striped Marlin per trip. Live bait worked the best, both tossed at tailing fish and slow trolled through the areas that had the concentrations.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Well, the Yellowfin Tuna finally showed up close to home! There were not any giants caught this week but there were nice fish in the 40-80 pound class brought in the boats, and plenty of fish in the 10-20 pound range as well. The fish were found from the Golden Gate Banks to just off of the Arches as the end of the week and they were associated with the Porpoise. Cedar plugs were the ticket for the football fish and live bait dropped deep appeared to account for most of the larger ones. A number of fish were caught on hootchies in dark colors as well, but the cedar plugs seemed to out catch them. Spotting Frigate birds working was the key to finding the Porpoise, and they were the key to finding the Tuna.
DORADO: There were scattered fish found close to shore on both the Cortez and Pacific side of the Cape, but there seemed to be more fish on the Pacific side. There was no need to go offshore as most of the fish were found within two miles of the beach, and a lot of them considerably less. The fish averaged 12 pounds with a few of them in the 20 pound range. Farther off shore there were scattered Dorado and if you were able to find something floating in the water there were nice fish in the 25-40 pound class around it. A friend was the first to a small piece of wood that he was able to get limits of Dorado in the 30 pound range from, and then a Striped Marlin as well. Later boats had no luck, but there were other floating objects found during the week by other boats as well.
WAHOO: There was no real Wahoo bite this wee, sad to say, but it appears that as the week progressed things started to pick up a bit, so perhaps this coming week will start producing more of these sought after fish. The Wahoo that did hit the decks this week were found fairly near shore, mostly in water around 50 fathoms deep. The sizes ranged from 20 to 40 pounds.
INSHORE: Dorado and Tuna were the target of the Panga fishermen this week. Most of the action was concentrated just off of the beach down past Gray Rock, out in about 30 fathoms of water. Chumming with Sardinas brought in football Yellowfin, Skipjack and Bonita as well as lots of needlefish. Small Dorado shoed up after a while and there was an occasional Wahoo appearing and cutting off hooks. Late in the week as the Porpoise came closer to the Cape there were Panga fishermen out working the Yellowfin and doing well. The traditional inshore fish such as Sierra, Roosterfish, Jacks and Snapper have bee shy this week.
NOTES: I know that the Tuna are appearing in numbers because on Saturday a Super Seiner appeared in front of Cabo and just drifted around for the day. When you have a mile of net stacked on the deck and a helicopter for spotting fish on the bow, you are not here for fun and partying. We just have to keep our fingers crossed that they leave the fish alone close to us and that no more of them show up for a while. The weather is getting nice, football season is progressing well, I have television at home now, my golf game is improving and my starboard engine is being re-built and should be back in the boat on Wednesday. Life is good and just keeps getting better! For those of you going fishing this week, tight lines! Try playing a little bit of Jimmy Buffet from his 1990 MCA release “Feeding Frenzy” and get in the mood, it works for me!
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Nov 8, 2004; 10:15AM - 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 NOVEMBER 1-7, 2004
WEATHER: Every week it seems to get a bit cooler and this week we had night time lows in the mid to low 60’s, really good evening temperatures. Our day time highs ranged from the mid to high 80’s with one day in there where it hit 90. Very little cloud cover, light breezes and no rain at all pretty much cover the conditions we experienced this week.
WATER: A band of water in the 82-83 degree range wrapped around the Cape this week and extended up the Pacific 15 miles north of the Golden Gate Banks. The closest cooler water was 35 miles to the south-west where it dropped to 80 degrees. Surface conditions were great all week with very light surface chop and swells in the 2-3 foot range with an occasional 4 foot one on the Pacific side.
BAIT: The usual $2 per bait and almost all of it was Caballito. There were Sardinas available as well at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Most of the Billfish this week were Striped Marlin and Sailfish and they were found on the Pacific side of the Cape. Slow trolled live bait at the Banks hooked up quite a few of both species as anglers looked for Yellowfin Tuna. There were reports of a stray Blue Marlin or two but there was no consistency to them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin received a lot of pressure this week as 179 teams were entered in the Tuna tournament. Quite a few of the teams’ pre fished the tournament on Wednesday and they all fished on Thursday and Friday. The fishing was not very good as there were only 9 fish weighed that were over 50 pounds. The minimum qualifying weight for Yellowfin Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo was 40 pounds. There was one big fish at #206, three fish over 100 pounds and three fish over 70 pounds as well as one fish that weighed 50 pounds. There were no qualifying Dorado weighed and only two Wahoo over 40 pounds, one at 55 pounds and my teams fish at 40 pounds, one ounce. Almost all of the Tuna were found on the Pacific side, both around the Golden Gate Banks, west of the San Jaime Banks and north of the Golden Gate.
DORADO: There were not as many Dorado caught this week as there were last week but there were still fish out there. Not many over 40 pounds as the results from the Tuna tournament can attest to, but there were still fish to be found. It seemed that they moved a bit farther to the north and a bit off shore this week. The Pacific side held the bulk of the fish and spotting Frigate birds working as well as finding floating objects
WAHOO: Let’s see, two fish over #40 for a total of 350 man days on the water during the Tuna tournament. I guess we can say that the bite was not on this week and leave it at that.
INSHORE: Slow inshore fishing with small Dorado here and there since the bulk of the fish have moved off shore and to the north. There were reports of a few small Sierra and the action on Skipjack and Bonita has been very good early in the morning for boats using Sardinas as chum and bait.
NOTES: The last tournament of the year is over, the weather is cooling down and the bite has dropped off a bit. Our next big fish influx will probably be Yellowfin Tuna since the tournament is over! Our fingers are crossed that things improve and we hope you get a chance to come yourself and find out! Until next week, tight lines!
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Nov 8, 2004; 10:14AM - Fly Hooker 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
Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: 2 fish tagged and released (#120, #140)
Sailfish: 2 fish released (#70, #90)
Dorado: 24 fish kept, 7 released (#10-#45)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2004
Today we had returning client Steven and local friends Tim and Jose on the boat. Tim brought along his own spinning rod hoping to get a chance at some of the Dorado. Steven really wanted to get a shot at a Marlin. Juan and Manuel received a call from another boat about a coil of rope found floating out by the Golden Gate Banks and joined them there. It had Dorado all around and the guys were able to do a little pick and choose as they proceeded to bring an even dozen fish to the boat, releasing about 6 more. The largest fish may have been around 40-45 pounds and Steven fought that one for quite a while. Tim caught three Dorado on his spinning rod. After that action the box was full and it was time to look for Marlin. They did have one fish eat a bait and Steve fought it for around 5 minutes, but the hook had become turned back into the boat and the fish was able to shake loose. The water was good, but just a little bumpy and everyone had a great time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2, 2004
Terry Matheson booked the “Fly Hooker” for today as he does every year on this date and his buddies were with him as well, a group of seven total. It took two boats to handle them all and Terry was fishing with Juan and Manuel. Off to the coastal area on the Pacific side for Dorado and they did manage to get into the fish, bringing back an even dozen ranging between 10 and 35 pounds. If you keep seeing 12 fish listed as the catch in the reports it’s because that is about all that the cooler on the boat can handle without having fish spoil, we sure would hate to waste fish! They had a great time finding fish through out the day, a few here, a few there and a couple of times with multiple hook ups. Thanks Terry, we hope to see you again next year!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 4, 2004
Today we had four guys from Louisiana fishing the “Fly Hooker” for the Tuna Tournament, both today and tomorrow. Juan and Manuel went toward and past the 95 spot trying to find Porpoise so they could get a shot at some big Tuna, but all they were able to come up with was one Striped Marlin tagged and released and two Sailfish. Not a bad day on the water but they needed Tuna, not Billfish! We hope they get into some tomorrow. The boat that I captained had a great group also but all we were able to come up with was one Dorado. The big Tuna of the day was #206 and there were three fish over #100 and three fish in the #70 class, pretty slow compared to most years. And it was really slow when you consider that there were 179 teams entered! We sure hope things improve tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2004
The same group was out on the “Fly Hooker” again, but the action was even slower today. Yesterday most of the Tuna that were found were on the Pacific side, up around the Golden Gate Bank area so that is where Juan and Manuel went. They had no Tuna at all but were able to land and release one Striped Marlin. Lines out was at 4PM and then they cruised back toward the marina. As the “Fly Hooker” was rounding the point out at the arch Juan heard a funny noise and checked the Starboard engine. It looks like we are going to have to re-build as a piston knocked a hole in the block. They came into the slip on one engine, I sure am glad it did not happen during the fishing time! We will be down for a few days but up and running by the middle of next week! Until then, tight lines!
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Nov 1, 2004; 10:44AM - Fly Hooker 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
Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: 2 fish released (#120, #130)
Sailfish: 2 fish released (#40, #45)
Wahoo: 1 fish kept (#25)
Dorado: 39 fish kept, a whole lot released (#12-#35)
Yellowfin Tuna: 5 fish kept (#10-#20)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 25, 2004
Ed and Paula Weis are fishing with us again today and on Wednesday. Juan and Manuel were up and ready for the fishing and headed out toward the inside of the Golden Gate Bank area on the Pacific side. The water has been just a bit cooler there and there have been Striped Marlin and Dorado scattered everywhere. Right off the bat at 8 am they had all four lines hook up with small Sailfish, and ended up getting two of them to the boat for tagging and releases. Later on Ed fought a Striped Marlin to the boat for another tag and release and Paula watched while he enjoyed the fight. There were Dorado in the area also and they ended up with four of them in the fish box.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 27, 2004
Ed and Paula were out again and it was almost a repeat of the first day of fishing except there were no Sailfish today. Ed fought a Marlin to the boat for a good tag and release and they got into some Dorado again, boating a few nice ones and releasing some small fish. Ed really liked the idea of fishing every other day; it gave him a chance to rest up between the fish!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 28, 2004
Aaron and Jerry fished with Manuel and Mauricio today (Juan took the day off). Heading up the Pacific side once again, they were the second boat to a dead Seal found floating in the water about three miles off shore inside the Golden Gate Bank. Being the second boat meant that they had the best shot and all the Dorado the dead Seal had attracted and they had a blast, boating 8 big Dorado, all between 25 and 40 pounds. They lost several others after fighting them for a while, and they had one fish just jump off after taking a live bait. When they finally left the Seal, there were over thirty boats trying to work the area, and the ones that arrived late had no luck at all. A Marlin appeared during the trip and struck twice at the lures but did not hook up, and they tossed bait at another fish found tailing, but the fish would not eat. A Wahoo struck a trolled lure and took off with the hooks, lure and some leader after cutting through the monofilament leader almost at the strike. Good fishing and great action added up for a really fine trip. Thanks guys, and we hope you decide to do it again on Saturday.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 29, 2004
Rob Powers and his buddy Craig fished with us for the first of two days booked. They will be fishing again on Sunday. They really had a blast as Juan and Manuel were able to get them into some steady action with Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna. Fishing 20 miles up on the Pacific side they were almost the only boat in the area. In the morning they had gotten some Sardinas for bait and while in the area to the north they saw some boils from Tuna feeding. Chumming with the Sardinas they were able to get them to come to the boat and ended up with five of them, between 10 and 20 pounds in size. The action continued as Dorado came into the area as well and while not all the fish were large ones they were able to pick and choose the ones they kept. They ended up with 8 male Dorado between 15 and 40 pounds in the fish box and released five smaller female fish. A good time was had and now Craig needs to go out and buy a cooler as Rob’s will be filled up! Let’s hope the action continues on Sunday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 31, 2004
The second day of fishing for Rob and Craig ended up early as the cooler was full and they were tired of pulling in the fish! Manuel and Mauricio headed back to the same area that has been producing so well for them, but without Sardinas. They got into the Dorado though, and had triple hook ups three different times. With there being so many fish around they were able to be pretty picky and selective about the ones they kept, and ended up with 10 fish over 20 pounds and only had two that were in that 8-10 pound class (they kept them because they were badly hurt). They released 8 smaller fish. Rob had purchased a Marauder at a local tackle store for use today as he wanted to catch a Wahoo. With the lure in the water less than 30 minutes they had a hook up with a #25 one! Great fishing and a good day on the water, they were back at the Marina by 12:30. Thanks guys, we are so glad you had a good time with us! We look forward to seeing you again next year!
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Nov 1, 2004; 10:43AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT OCTOBER 25-31, 2004
WEATHER: We are still experiencing the cooling weather as our night time lows have been in the low 70’s and the day time highs have been in the mid 80’s. I love this time of year! This week we had overcast skies and actually experienced a bit of rain as clouds moved through the area. The rain took all the dust off the plants and buildings and really greened up the desert! At the end of the week it cleared up for a couple of days and now it looks like we might have more cloudy days coming at us. That is a good thing, really!
WATER: There was not much change this week in the warm water and cool water borders, just the slight variance you might expect from normal tidal action and currents. There was still a band of warm water just off the shore on the Cortez side and it extended out to the San Jaime Banks on the Pacific side an up the coast there as well. Farther out, at a distance of around 15 miles the water began to cool off a bit and was a little off color. Warm water in the band was in the 84-85 degree range while the coldest water in the area was a seemingly frigid 75 degrees. Surface conditions were great all week as what wind we had was slight and only gave the surface a slight chop on top of the small 2-3 foot swells.
BAIT: The usual $2 per bait and almost all of it was Caballito. There were Sardinas available as well at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were still some Blue and Black Marlin being hooked up this week and it was not uncommon for boats to have a shot at several Striped Marlin and Sailfish as well. The Black and Blue Marlin seemed to be more concentrated on the Cortez side of the Cape and were found in the warm water band. The Pacific side was holding the Sailfish and the concentrations of Striped Marlin. Good luck was had on the Pacific side from Cabo Falso to the Golden Gate area from 1 mile to 5 miles off the shoreline. Trolled lures in petrelero, blue/pink/silver and green/black worked well for the Blue Marlin, live bait (small tunas) for the Black Marlin and small brightly colored lures and Caballito for the Striped Marlin and Sailfish.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was no change in the status of the Yellowfin Tuna this week, the same areas and same conditions as the previous week still held. Almost all the Yellowfin reported this week were caught as bait for the tournament fishermen and by Pangas working the same areas. These areas were just off the light house on the Pacific side, on the ledge there, and just off the beach in 200 feet of water on the Cortez side in front of the Hacienda Del Mar Resort and Gray Rock. Chumming with live Sardines brought up the fish and they were almost all footballs between 8 and 15 pounds. We sure hope that the bigger fish show up this week as we are all looking forward to the Tuna Tournament on Thursday and Friday.
DORADO: Once again fish of the week, smaller lures in bright colors, live Caballito and Sardinas were the keys to getting a cooler full of Dorado, and most boats that were working for them had no problem. I guess the pressure had no effect, unlike my thoughts for last week (I thought that the pressure was less because of the Marlin tournaments) as almost every boat that seriously tried for them was able to get plenty of fish in the box. The fish were concentrated near shore, feeding on the abundant bait on the Pacific side of the Cape. Quite a few fish were found on the Cortez side as well, again near the shore. Any floating object was worth checking out, from dead seals (an amazing number of nice sized Dorado came off of one found inside the Golden Gate Banks) to bits of trash floating in the water, almost everything held a fish or two.
WAHOO: Not quite as many Wahoo were caught as there were last week and it may have to do with the moon phase (or maybe not, I always get in trouble trying to figure these fish out). Still, there were orange flags flying every day so fish were being found. Most of them came while boats were fishing for the Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna, so there was no concentrated effort for them. I am sure that has someone specifically targeted them they would have had success.
INSHORE: Almost every Panga Captain that I talked to this week and every one I saw on the water have been concentrating on the Yellowfin Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo.
NOTES: The next big tournament is the last of the year and there is going to be a large number of boats entered. The Tuna Tournament has been a blast so far every year and I hope this year is the same. This week was a bit of a rest for most of us as there was only one tournament, the “For Pete’s Sake” charity tournament. The fishing has been great, the bookings filling up and I am almost ready for a vacation (don’t I wish!). I decided that this week music would be one of my old standbys, “The Brian Flynn Band” on the special “Cabo” edition. Check him out at http//brianflynnband.com and enjoy the music along with me! Until next week, tight lines!
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Oct 25, 2004; 10:30AM - Fly Hooker 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
Fish count for the week:
Striped Marlin: 3 fish released, 1 kept (died during the fight) (#120-#150)
Sailfish: 1 fish released (#120)
Wahoo: 7 fish kept (#20-#45)
Dorado: 33 fish kept, a whole lot released (#12-#35)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 18, 2004
Steve and Linda Shipley are fishing for the second day of this trip and while Linda got a 40 pound Yellowfin on the 16th, it was no fish for Steve on that trip. Today he was able to make up a little bit as he managed to hook and bring to the boat a very nice Pacific Sailfish of around #120 for a good tag and release. One other Sailfish was struck but it came off and there were three Dorado lost as well. We hope that next time they come down the action will be a bit better for them!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 19, 2004
Tim and Jill Lawrence are back down from Anchorage again and this was the second of four days fishing they had scheduled. Juan and his brother Juan headed up the Pacific side and got into the fish big time, with most of the action taking place just off shore near the Golden Gate Banks. They ended up the trip with three nice Dorado, two Wahoo about 20-25 pounds each and Tim fought, then tagged and released a Striped Marlin of around 140 pounds.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOROCTOBER 20, 2004
Jason Walker and his buddy Taz fished the same area as Tim and Jill did yesterday, only just a bit farther north and they got into the fish as well. Jason is the godson of our good friend Dave Reese and he was really looking forward to the trip. Let’s see, they ended up with two Wahoo between 35 and 40 pounds each as well as 8 Dorado between 15 and 35 pounds and released about four or five smaller Dorado as well. They had a chance to throw bait at one Marlin and had one other strike, but none of them hooked up. Not a bad trip though as they had a cooler of fillets by the time the “Smokehouse” had filleted, trimmed and vacume bagged their fish!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 21, 2004
Tim and Jill fished again today and it was with Manuel and Mauricio (Juan’s day off). Since the action has been so good up the Pacific coast for meat fish, that is where they headed. Tim’s mom and two of her friends accompanied them and everyone had a blast! The action was steady and the water in great condition as they managed to fill the fish box with Dorado. They ended up with 9 Dorado between 12 and 30 pounds and released a bunch more. Tim’s mom will have to buy a cooler so they are able to take fish with them!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 22, 2004
Today’s trip was a mixed bunch with us having four anglers on the boat and there being two other boats in the group. They worked the same area they had been going to, but the action changed a bit as they had more Marlin bite than Dorado. They managed to get one Dorado to the boat and into the fish box and fought, tagged and released one Striped Marlin of about 120 pounds. Another Striped Marlin of 150 pounds died during the fight because it became tail wrapped and that fish was boated. They ended the day with two Marlin and one Dorado, more marlin than the other two boats together, but not nearly as many Dorado.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 23, 2004
The George Besser group of four guys fished with Juan and Manuel today and they had a great time. Harry was the top angler with the largest fish as he fought, tagged and released a Striped Marlin of #120. They caught another 8 Dorado between 12 and 25 pounds and released a few smaller ones as well. The action had moved just a bit farther up the coast, past the Golden Gate Banks, but still close to shore.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 24, 2004
Today was the second day of fishing for the George Besser group and I had a call from Juan at 10:30 this morning that they already had three Wahoo in the fish box!
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