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Sep 6, 2004; 10:40AM - 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 AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5, 2004
WEATHER: Well, we didn’t have to worry about getting into triple digit weather this week! It is hard to do when you are overcast all the time. September is well know here as Hurricane time and while we don’t often get hit by one, the feeder bands that are associated with them often affect us. Hurricane Harold sent us some clouds and rain this week as it passed well to the west of us, and the rain was welcome. We had mostly clear skies at the beginning of the week but on Tuesday felt the first few scatterings of rain, then it cleared on Wednesday. On Thursday we got a bit more sprinkles and then Thursday night it moved in. Rain and wind were the words for the end of the week, and it sure knocked the dust off of everything!
WATER: Water temps at the beginning of the week were in the 85 degree range on the Pacific side and in the upper 80’s on the Cortez side. With the overcast from the feeder bands I am not sure what they were at the end of the week in most of the areas but I do know that out in front the water remained in the 83 degree range and was just a bit off color, at least compared to earlier in the week. Surface conditions were rough to moderate at the end of the week and the Port Captain closed the port Thursday at noon, re-opened it Friday (with advisories for heavy seas and high winds). A few boats tried to stick it out but almost every one was back in within an hour. Saturday the seas had moderated and the winds died a bit and it was very fishable, but bumpy.
BAIT: No change in bait availability this week, the normal summer Caballito at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Perhaps the moon, or maybe the rough water, but something made the Billfish bite drop off. Not that there weren’t Marlin being caught, along with some Sailfish, there were fish out there, just not in the numbers of the last two weeks. The same areas were holding them and the 95 Spot as well as the 1150 had fish early in the week. At the tail end of the week there were a few fish found close to shore on the Cortez side but we won’t be sure where the concentrations went to until later on.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again there were plenty of Tuna to be found early in the week and the action was great up around the Golden Gate Banks and farther north on the Pacific, close to shore. Some of the fish were in the 80 pound range but most of them were smaller schoolies, in the 20-25 pound class. Find the Porpoise and you had found the fish. Cedar plugs, bright colored feathers and live bait worked well. There were Tuna in other places as well, but they were mostly scattered football fish. At the end of the week it appeared that the fish had moved much farther offshore, but things may settle down now the feeder bands are gone.
DORADO: The Dorado action was concentrated on the Pacific side up around the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks, as well as there being some wide open action for boats lucky enough to find one of the few paddies floating out there. Most of the fish were in the 12-20 pound class and at the end of the week the bite had moved. More fish farther offshore and slightly larger ones at that!
WAHOO: I only saw one Wahoo flag at the beginning of the week but after the rough weather, on Sunday, there were quite a few flying. Our boat picked up two nice fish, one on the Pacific side at the lighthouse and one on the Cortez side as they were clearing lines. The fish were between #40 and #65.
INSHORE: Plenty of action on Skipjack early in the week but at then end of the week there was no inshore fishing due to the sea conditions.
NOTES: Sigh, September. It is either the best fishing or the worst weather of the year, and this year we have had both! Hopefully we will avoid getting a direct hit this year! While the Billfishing slowed this week, there are some nice Blues out there. On Monday an American boat reported over the radio that they had released a very nice Blue Marlin after a four hour fight and gave the GPS numbers over the radio. The brother of my Captain went to the area about two hours later and found a #700 Blue floating belly up, it appeared that the fish had been tail wrapped and died during the fight or shortly after release. At least the fish did not go to waste, but I wish the original anglers had stayed with it long enough to be sure it had recovered. This weeks report was written to the various artists recording for Higher Octave Music (Ottmar Liebert, Craig Chaquico, The Soto Koto Band, Cusco, Nightingale, Himekami, EKO, Randy Tico, William Aura and Tri Atma) on the 1993 release “The Higher Octave Collection; “Music from around the World for around the clock””.
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Sep 6, 2004; 10:39AM - Fly Hooekr 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:
Wahoo: 2 fish kept (#65, #40)
Dorado: 2 fish kept (#40, #25)
Yellowfin Tuna: 1 fish kept (#10)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 3, 2004
Ken Shatzer and his friend Mark were supposed to be our anglers today. Yesterday we had feeder bands from a hurricane move through the area and they brought rain and a lot of wind, enough so that around noon the Port Captain closed the port to any outgoing traffic. Mary picked up Ken and Mark at the hotel this morning and told them that there was a possibility that he might keep the port closed. With everyone there and standing on the dock we waited until first light for the Marines to go out and check the bay and give word to the Captain on conditions out there. While waiting Juan heard on the radio one of the two cruise ships that was supposed to call today tell the Port Captain that they were going to give us a pass due to the high winds and seas. At 7 am the Captain reported that he was opening the port with the advisory that there were high winds and big seas and to proceed with caution. We let Ken and Mark have the option of going or not, and did not feel bad at all when they said that they preferred to give it a pass for today and would keep their fingers crossed that the water and winds would pass by tomorrow. Boats that did try and fish today all returned within an hour of leaving, the conditions were just too rough to fish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 4, 2004
The wind and seas had calmed down quite a bit by yesterday afternoon and today was a fishable day so Ken and Mark were able to get out and give it a shot. Manuel and Juan headed out toward the lighthouse on the Pacific side and found a large piece of wood early in the trip. The first cast of live bait on the wood resulted in the bait coming off but the second bait cast hooked them up to a nice #45 Dorado. They were not able to get any more fish off of that piece of wood so they kept heading out looking for more fish. They were able to get one more Dorado a little while later, and this fish was around #25. It was slow fishing, and after weather like that there are always a couple of days where it is necessary to search and figure out where the fish went to. They were able to get one small Yellowfin Tuna and a few Skipjacks hooked up but that was about it for them. The water has calmed down some but it was still bumpy and they decided that nest years they might change the week they visit Cabo, 3 of the past 5 years during Labor Day weekend have resulted in weather similar to this. Well, we hope to see you next year at a different time then! Thanks guys, and good luck!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 5, 2004
Today is the first of three days fishing for Jere and Roz Foust. They are here for their 40th wedding anniversary and Jere really wants to catch a Blue Marlin. This morning he said that Dorado would be nice, but a Blue is the target. The wind and rain have all but disappeared here in Cabo but our Captain, Manuel, lives in the area of San Jose known as “La Playita” and there is a large arroyo between the village and San Jose that always has run off during heavy rains. He called and said that the road was impassable so Juan called our back up and it was Juan and Edgar on the boat this morning. Juan had heard reports on the radio that there had been a few Blues found on the Pacific side out toward the south so they headed for the lighthouse this morning to start. First fish in the box was early and it was a decent Wahoo of about #40, not a Marlin, but a nice fish none the less. About 10:30 they had a Striped Marlin on the surface that they tossed a bait to and Juan said the fish came down on the line on one of its first jumps and broke off. That was all the Marlin action they had, but on the way in, just as they were getting ready to clear lines they hooked up another Wahoo. Roz was the angler on this fish and brought in a very nice one estimated at #65! Good going guys, and our fingers are crossed that tomorrow you will get hooked up to that Blue!
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Aug 30, 2004; 12:36PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landurm
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT AUGUST 23-29, 2004
WEATHER: Once again we had a very warm week here in Cabo, and there was a threat of rain in the air for a few days as well. Hurricane Frank at the beginning of the week had a few feeder type bands of clouds come over us and we did get a bit of overcast at the beginning of the week and then we had Hurricane Georgette develop to the south and head west, bringing us more clouds and dropping some rain with it’s feeder bands, but the rain was up toward La Paz and the mountains. So, partly cloudy for most of the week with the night time lows in the high 70’s and day time highs up to triple digits.
WATER: Water temperatures in the area have remained in the mid to high 80’s all week with the predominate feature being the warm band (by about one degree) that is running along the Sea of Cortez coast from the Gordo Banks, out about 12 miles and wrapping around the Cape to the San Jaime Banks. This water has been 84 to 85 degrees while water elsewhere has been 82-83 degrees. The passing of the Hurricanes to the south of us has brought large swells to the area and on Friday they were very large, Saturday the started to die down. Combined with the afternoon winds conditions became uncomfortable later in the day at the end of the week, but not unsafe.
BAIT: No change in bait availability this week, the normal summer Caballito at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: This week was a great one for Marlin, as long as you wanted to catch Stripers! There were Blues caught, as well as a few Blacks, but they were not common. The Striped Marlin were concentrated in the area of the 95 Spot again, and there were some Sailfish as well, just not the numbers as last week. Live bait worked as well as lures did and most boats were able to get one or two to the side for releases. It appeared that there were Blue Marlin if you went much farther out, or up off of Punta Gordo, but as I said, they were scarce.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna were found almost anywhere and everywhere this week, with there being large fish found at Gordo Banks, the 1150 and off of Migraino on the Pacific side. A few of these fish went into triple numbers with a few almost touching #200, but most of the fish were in the 25-40 pound range and a few schools were 40-80 pound fish. Live bait dropped way back hooked up some of the larger fish while Marlin lures accounted for a lot of the schoolies. There were football size fish to be found closer to the beach on the Cortez side and most boats had no trouble getting a few of them.
DORADO: This weeks Dorado section is word for word the same as last week. The Main Dorado action this week was on the Pacific side with some large fish being found on the Cortez side by boats fishing bigger lures for Marlin. Most of the fish on the Pacific side were between 15 and 20 pounds, and a few boats were able to limit out for their anglers. Live bait was the key, with a Caballito being dropped back as soon as a troll caught fish approached the boat. A few boats were lucky enough to find a piece of kelp holding fish, and every day or so one of them came in with lots of yellow flags flying.
WAHOO: There was a brief flurry of Wahoo activity at the middle of the week on fish that were reported to 90 pounds but then the bite dropped off.
INSHORE: The large swells caused by the hurricanes slowed down the inshore fishing this week. Most of the Pangas that went out were looking a few miles out for Yellowfin and Dorado and they did fairly well, but the traditional inshore fish such as Roosterfish, Jack Crevalle and Amberjack were not the focus.
NOTES: All right! With the great Marlin action, the Yellowfin bite picking up and Dorado showing up it has turned out to be a very nice week! If only the Hurricanes stay away maybe it will continue! My friend Brian Flynn was in town this week and played for a few nights at Cannery Row. Good news from him is that he might be headlining at one of the larger casinos in Vegas shortly! Good on you Brian, and get Knemu up there with you on Bass and you guys will rock the house down! I can see “The Brian Flynn Band” up on the marquee now! Check Brian out at www.brianflynnband.com. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Aug 30, 2004; 12:34PM - 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: 9 fish released
Sailfish: 1 fish released
Dorado: I fish kept
Yellowfin Tuna: 12 fish kept
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 23, 2004
Greg and his wife Chris are back in Cabo this week. Greg says he really needed this trip, he was starting to stress out at work and relaxation was in order. He is fishing today, tomorrow and Thursday with us and the goals for this trip are to catch a Sailfish and a Blue Marlin. This is the best time of year to try and accomplish both goals and today he was able to get half of them taken care of. Chris stayed at the resort and Greg took of out of the marina at about 6:30. Juan and Manuel headed toward the 95 Spot as there had been a lot of action in the area over the past few days. There were still fish there today and it did not take long before they hooked into a Sailfish! Andy Cline got Juan to start using his secret method several years ago, and now when things are right Juan does well with it, today things were right. They were able to get several other Sailfish into the spread but could not get a solid hook up, but they were able to get one Striped Marlin to the boat for a release. Other fish were seen but were not interested. Greg has invited me to go with him tomorrow as he like some company. I’ll let you know how we do!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 24, 2004
Today Greg W and I went fishing. Juan and Manuel headed out to the 95 Spot again, this time to search for a Blue Marlin for Greg to put on his “caught” list. We started to cruise out and around 6 miles out started to see lots of current rips. Manuel spotted a sleeping fish and we slowed to throw bait. Of course the sleepers don’t bite very often and this one stayed true to form, going down as we arrived. With one fish spotted on the surface and all the rips in the area, we decided to start trolling. This was at 6:50. At 7:00 we had a small Striped Marlin hit on the stinger (bridge rod). The fish kept coming back on the lure (Andy Cline special) until finally Greg was able to get a good hook set on it. The fish did not take long to get to the boat as it was a little overpowered by the heavy gear and it only weighed around 70 pounds. A quick release and it was 7:15 with the possibility of getting skunked put away for the day. Our next action came at 8:00 when again the stinger got hit, but this was a bigger fish and hooked up right away. Greg is a good angler so this Striped Marlin that we estimated at #120 only took him about 15 minutes and after a couple of good pictures along the side of the boat it was released. Amazingly enough, our next strike was almost exactly one hour later as the stinger was again struck and the fish hooked up after a few attempts. This time the Striped Marlin put up quite a show on the surface with lots of jumping and running. Greg kept the pressure up and had the fish to the side of the boat in about 25 minutes. I joked with him that either the fish were getting bigger or he was getting tired, but it was the fish getting bigger! The Striped Marlin that we released was around #140! 30 minutes later we had a bull Dorado of about 30 pounds hit on the stinger (what was wrong with the rest of our lures?) but after about 10 minutes and getting him half way to the boat he was able to throw the hook on one of his jumps. Shoot, that was dinner swimming away! We continued trolling and we were getting real close to the 1150 area when Manuel spotted birds and Dolphin in the distance. As we got closer we were able to see the action as well and discussed changing out one lure just in case there were Tuna in there and they were willing to bite. Greg decided to put out his Dixie Dancer (a High-5 special) and leave the rest of the big stuff out there. We finally got into the Dolphin, they were the large gray ones with the big spots, and there were no other boats there! All right, first boat on the scene, and as we made our pass where the birds were, both outriggers and the flat line got slammed! Nice sized swirls on the lures showed that these were not football fish, except for the one that I fought and then lost! Juan and Greg continued to fight their fish and shortly I was able to gaff Juan’s fish, about 25 pounds, then Greg’s fish, about 30 pounds. Sashimi in the boat! The lures were put back in the water as the fish were bled and Manuel called a few boats to let them know where the action was. In the distance you could see the diesel smoke as boats came running in. We were able to get one more pass on the fish before the other boats got there, and this time it was a double strike. Bigger swirls than last time and the fish were a bit larger also. Both of the fish that came to the boat were around #40 and again they were bled and the lures placed back out. By then there were around 7 or 8 other boats working the fish, and at least five of them were hooked up. Right after getting the lures back in the water the right rigger lure got slammed. Manuel kept the boat going, hoping for a multiple hook up, but then we saw the silver flashing and knew that it was not a Tuna, instead we had hooked the fourth Marlin of the day! Another boat just a short distance away watched as we fought the fish and had lots of surface action while they fought the Tuna they had hooked up. Oh what a day! Several more passes on the Tuna resulted in two more for the box, one of them around #40 and one around #25, plus Greg lost one quite a bit larger when the hook pulled half way to the boat. One time during the action while Greg was fighting fish I put out a live bait. It was taken almost right away but I didn’t get a good hook up. I put another bait on and hooked it by the tail so it would go down and it ended up getting mauled, but again, I did not get a solid hook up. By now it was noon and we were 28 miles out, had caught and released four Striped Marlin (four for four!), lost a Dorado and three Tuna and had six nice Tuna in the box. We changed to all bigger Marlin lures and started the troll home. As we came top about 15 miles out we had one more Striped Marlin come in on the left rigger and pop the line from the clip. The fish then went to the stinger lure and tried that several times. Juan dropped back a live bait and about two minutes later we were hooked up to the fifth Striped Marlin of the day! It was a fairly quick fight because even though it was light line (#40), the fish weighed about the same! Juan held it up for a quick photo and then we released it and watched it swim away. It was time to pull in the lures and run in. Maybe Greg will get his Blue Marlin on Thursday; he sure had the practice today! Oh, and did I mention that all this was done stand-up style? Scroll on down and on Thursday I’ll let you know how Greg did on his last day.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 25, 2004
Michael Jackson (no, not him) and friends were our anglers on the Fly Hooker today. Michael last fished with us 5 years ago, right after we had bought the boat. The goal for the day was to get a fish and have a good time on the water. Juan and Manuel went looking in the same area where they have been having such great success the last few days, out around the 95 Spot and the 1150. I received a call from Juan around 10:30 that they had just lost the lure we had been running in the stinger position, the one we had been getting so many fish on. He said (Michael confirmed it) that a very large Wahoo, estimated at #100, had made one jump on the lure and cut it off. At that time they had already released one Marlin and lost another one. As of the end of the day they lost another Wahoo due to the fish severing the leader. Michael and friends were happy with the released fish, they had good action and the water was nice. All in all a good day! We hope to see Michael again soon!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 26, 2004
Today was Greg’s last day of fishing aboard the Fly Hooker and his last shot this trip for a Blue Marlin. Juan and Manuel went a little to the south of the 95 Spot hoping to find one there but on the way out they came across a wooden pallet floating on top of the water. There was another boat there already but Juan noticed that the other boat was only trolling, not using live bait. Manuel pulled up to the pallet and Juan tossed out a live bait and it was soon eaten by a Dorado about 15 pounds in size. Another bait was put out and a larger fish estimated at 40 pounds was hooked up. Unfortunately that fish came off after a few jumps and that was the end of the Dorado action. Later in the morning the came across a school of Yellowfin Tuna and caught six fish from the school, ranging in size from #8 to #40. That looked like all the action for the day as they turned toward home, but on the way in a Striped Marlin tried to eat the stinger lure. Greg pinned a live bait on and dropped it back. When the bait was in position Manuel slowed the boat. The Marlin made one attempt to eat the bait and Greg tried to set the hook. No luck, but the bait was still on. The fish came back again and this time Juan told Greg to wait about 6 seconds before setting the hook. Greg did that and was hooked up! The fight was about 15 minutes on a #120 Striped Marlin. That makes 7 Striped Marlin and one Sailfish for Greg, along with a dozen Tuna and a Dorado in three days of fishing, not a bad count at all! Thanks Greg, we hope we get to see you again next year, and of course it will be time for that Blue Marlin!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 27, 2004
Today we were part of a larger group, totaling three boats and we had four anglers aboard. Juan and Manuel headed out to the same area they had found the Tuna yesterday but were not able to get to the fish in time to get bit. As normal, the first few boats there caught the fish and later boats just got to watch porpoise! They caught no Tuna, but they were able to catch, tag and release a Striped Marlin for the day’s effort. Our next scheduled trip is on Sunday, I’ll let you know if things change out there then!
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Aug 23, 2004; 11:05AM - 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: Four fish, two released, two taken (#70,#140,#180,#210)
Sailfish: Four fish, three released, one taken (#70,#70,#70,#90)
Yellowfin Tuna: 16 fish taken (#10-#35)
Dorado: Two taken (#15,#20)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 16, 2004
The Getty parties of three fished aboard the “Fly Hooker” today and were referred to us by our friend from New Jersey, Joe Baczuski. A Marlin was the ultimate goal, but they did not want to focus solely on that and have a chance of missing out on taking home some fillets, so Juan and Manuel decided to take off up the Pacific side and find some Tuna or Dorado, with a chance of getting a Striped Marlin as well. The Tuna were there, and they ended up with 16 of them, ranging in size from 10 to 35 pounds. Juan said that they lost one fish that was well over 60 pounds. All this action was not too far from shore and after they had enough they went out to the Golden Gate banks to check it out. They got one Dorado on the way out there but there was no action for them on the bank itself. Not one Marlin was sighted by then today, but everyone had a fairly good time anyway (except for one very seasick angler). Thanks guys, and don’t forget to share the fish when you get home!
“FLY HOOLER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 17, 2004
Liam Ruddy and his new wife Rachel were our anglers today. They just got married this weekend in Palm Beach, and Hurricane Charley did not interfere with their plans! They have a 31’ Contender at home and do a lot of fishing there, so they did not have a lot of interest in any Tuna or Dorado, Liam wanted Billfish, Marlin preferred! Juan and Manuel took off and headed out to the 95 spot where they put in lines. I got a phone call about 10:30 from Juan and he told me that they had just taken a Striped Marlin that had been bleeding from the gills. Later on in the morning Liam got hooked up to a Sailfish and got it to the boat for a successful tag and release. Rachel fought a #20 Dorado up to the boat and then the guys saw a big #50 bull Dorado following so they left Rachel’s fish out and tried to hook the big guy on live bait. Eventually they were able to get a hook in him, but then both fish came off! Oh well, that’s fishing! Things apparently slowed down after that and with the Marlin caught and fishing slow, they decided to come in a bit early. Congratulations Liam and Rachel, I hope your life has many more days like this one!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 AUGUST 2004
Steve Henline, his son Jack and friends Max and Scott are fishing aboard the “Fly Hooker” for the next three days. Today was a great day on the water for them as the target for the day was Billfish and everyone except Steve got one to the boat. Steve is waiting for the big boy, the Blue Marlin! Max caught the smallest fish of the day, and unfortunately it was also bleeding heavily when they got it to the boat. His Sailfish weighed approximately #90 and ate a live Caballito tossed to it. Jack’s fish was the first one hooked up and it was hooked on a lure. The #140 Striped Marlin was fought for about 20 minutes before coming to the boat for a tag, photos and then a good release. The last fish of the day was Scotts, and it was also the largest one! Caught on live bait, his Striped Marlin was estimated to weigh #180 and it took him around 30 minutes to get it to the boat. Again there was a good tag and release. Steve got some great video and says that of 50 days on the water this trip today was the best he has ever had. Thanks Steve, we have our fingers crossed that the big Blue shows up for you tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 20 AUGUST, 2004
For the second day of video shooting and Billfish hunting Steve, Jack, Max and Scott had a good time. Juan and Manuel worked the same area as yesterday, out around the 95 Spot, and there were still fish in the area. They had a lot of fish come into the pattern but were only able to go two for four on Sailfish, and blanked out on two Striped Marlin and one Blue that made attempts at eating lures. Not a lot of fish to the boat, but there was a lot of action! Maybe Steve will get his shot at a Blue tomorrow.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 21 AUGUST, 2004
Today was the last of three days fishing for Steve, Jack, Scott and Max. It was supposed to be Steve’s day for a Blue Marlin, but it turned out to be a day for Scott, but not on a Blue! Starting in the same area around the 95 Spot early in the morning, Juan and Manuel started the search for a Blue. Of course the guys were not going to turn any fish down, but a big Blue was the target for the day. With nothing showing on the surface, and no reports of action in the area, they worked their way farther north, to outside of Cabo Real about 12 miles. Still nothing happening and they decided to get farther offshore. Out to 22 miles they went and finally had a solid strike. No one really saw the fish, and while it was a strike, it did not hook up. Juan dropped back a live bait, the bait got bit, the hook was set and then the water exploded! Both Juan and Manuel thought it was a Blue of a bit over 200 pounds. Now, a Blue was supposed to be Steve’s fish, right? Well, Scott happened to be closest to the rod when the fish was struck so he became the angler. There was a lot of jumping, and some great video of the action, then about 30 minutes into the fight the fish became tail wrapped during one of the jumps and died shortly after that. It ended up taking Scott over an hour to get the fish to the boat. At the dock, the fish weighed #210 pounds, an extremely nice Striped Marlin! They did have a few fish that they tossed bait to later on in the day, but no more hook-ups. Three days of fishing, three Striped Marlin, three sailfish and shots at others. Scott was the big fish guy for the trip with one Striped at #210 and another estimated at #180. Thanks guys, we enjoyed your company and are glad you had a great time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 22, 2004
Todd, his father Max and his wife Cheryl went fishing on the Fly Hooker today and wanted to catch the biggest of their lives. That was not to be too hard an assignment as the biggest fish they had caught before was about the size of our bait! Well, that’s assuming that they were able to get anything to the boat. For the longest time on this trip it looked like they were going to get skunked, then around 10:30, when they were 22 miles to the east, a nice Striped Marlin of about #140 hit on one of the lures. One jump that everybody got to see and the fish came back down on the line and broke off. Juan said that a little later on a Sailfish came into the lures but did not hook up. Cheryl said that since the Marlin got away they would probably get a fish on the way in. She called that one right, because around 10 miles form the Marina they had a Dorado hook up on a lure and finally got a fish in the boat! The Dorado was about #20 and filleted out real nice! Thanks guys, we enjoyed having a beer after the trip and talking with you!
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Aug 23, 2004; 11:03AM - 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 AUGUST 16-22, 2004
WEATHER: It was a warm week here in Cabo but at least the afternoon breezes kept us from sweating like we did last week! Our night time lows were in the 80 degree range while our day time highs ranged from 93 to 100 degrees. Very little cloud cover in our area this week and of course, no rain at all. It looks like we have had a slight shift in our weather patterns and we may have a bit of a cooling trend coming, at least that is what some people have been saying to me. I am not a meteorologist so heck, I just keep my fingers crossed!
WATER: At the end of our week we had a band of warm 85 degree water running out to 15 miles off shore on the Cortez side of the Cape and it wrapped around and extended out to the San Jaime Bank. Just up the coast on the Pacific side it dropped to 81-82 degrees and that cooler water extended off shore for 5-8 miles. That cooler water was also green earlier in the week and extended quite a bit farther off shore. Both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez had very nice water in the mornings but as noon approached every day the wind started to pick up and the Pacific became choppy. Not uncomfortable, just lots of whitecaps.
BAIT: Pretty much the same as last week with almost the only bait available being Caballito at the usual $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: With the moon phase at the first quarter at the end of the week and the water temperatures the way they are, it was no surprise that the action on Billfish picked up this week. The hot area was around the 95 Spot and in toward Gray Rock and from the 95 Spot out to the 1150. There were plenty of Striped Marlin and Sailfish in the area and most boats had at least a dozen shots a day at one or the other. There were lots of Blue Marlin showing up in the patterns (a relative term as I feel that one or two shots a day is a lot), but they were hard to get hooked up well. The Striped Marlin were of varied size, with our boat catching them from #70 to #210. The Sailfish were of decent size with most around #70, and the Blue Marlin that showed up looked to be between #250 and #350. The Striped Marlin showed a preference for lighter colored lures with Bleeding Mackerel doing very well. The Blues liked the darker lures run short while the Sailfish preferred small, light colored lures. Live bait accounted for about 50% of the catch this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin were not that hard to find at the beginning of the week and at the end of the week, but when that cold green water moved in off the coast on the Pacific side at the middle of the week things just shut off. Early and late, the bite seemed to be about 5 miles off the beach on the Pacific for football size fish, but I did hear eyewitness accounts of schools of Tuna as large as #200 busting baitfish as close as ˝ mile off the beach early in the week. There were good catches of Tuna made at the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks as well with fish averaging 20-30 pounds. Dark colored feathers and cedar plugs were the ticket, but when the bite got finicky those who did well put out very small hootchies and down-sized the leader, or went directly to the main line with no leader at all.
DORADO: The Main Dorado action this week was on the Pacific side with some large fish being found on the Cortez side by boats fishing bigger lures for Marlin. Most of the fish on the Pacific side were between 15 and 20 pounds, and a few boats were able to limit out for their anglers. Live bait was the key, with a Caballito being dropped back as soon as a troll caught fish approached the boat. A few boats were lucky enough to find a piece of kelp holding fish, and every day or so one of them came in with lots of yellow flags flying.
WAHOO: I heard of one boat getting 8 Wahoo in one day, but that was second hand information. I was told it was two miles north of the 1150. Most of the Wahoo I heard of were caught off of Gray Rock and the lighthouse on the Pacific as well as some at the San Jaime Banks. Most of the fish were between 20 and 30 pounds. Bright colored lures worked for the sharp toothed guys, and bright Marauders in bleeding Mackerel and Dorado colors worked well.
INSHORE: Inshore action this week was almost a repeat of last week with a few Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle making up most of the catch, at least according to the Panga captains I talked to. Most of them preferred to work the Dorado and football Yellowfin off the Pacific side this week, as the action was more consistent than the inshore fishing.
NOTES: The Billfish bite is picking up and everyone is walking around town with smiles on their faces! Combine that with the eating fish that are being caught and everyone is happy. Let’s hope it stays that way for a while! I haven’t had a music choice listed in a while so this week I went back to a recent favorite to listen to while writing this weeks report. Oscar Lopez’s 2000 Narada release “Armando’s Fire” kept me on the edge of my seat while typing away on the computer. Give it a listen and let me know what you think! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Aug 16, 2004; 11:17AM - 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 AUGUST 9-15, 2004
WEATHER: Tropical weather is the norm this time of year and we are in the midst of it for sure as our day time highs have touched above the three digit level a few times this week, at least here on shore, and the humidity has been high. Our night time lows have been 80 degrees and there has not been much breeze at night so having air conditioning has been a good thing (even though the electric bills are outrageous!). We have had no rain but there has been some cloud cover.
WATER: Summertime warm water conditions continued this week as the water on the Cortez side of the Cape reached temperatures as high as 88 degrees off of Punta Gorda. As you went south toward the Cape the temperatures started to drop, and at the tip it was about 85 degrees. On the Pacific side our cold water was 80-82 degrees and on Saturday this covered a band of water that ran 15 miles up the Pacific coast and went out to the San Jaime Banks. The surface conditions were good all week with little morning wind except for Tuesday, and just light winds in the afternoons.
BAIT: $2 a piece for Caballito and not much else easily available this week.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin bite continues to improve as we get to the new moon phase. There have been some nice Blue and Black Marlin caught on the Cortez side and there seems to be a few Sailfish out there as well. The hot areas this past week were the 95 spot for Striped Marlin and the 1150 for Blue Marlin and Sailfish. Out toward the Seamount there were a mixed bag to be found and at the Gorda Banks you had a chance at both Blue and Black guys. A few fish were found on the Pacific side but they were mostly Striped Marlin. The Striped Marlin were best hooked on live bait while fast trolled lures worked on the Blues. Slow trolled live bait around the Banks and drop offs was the most successful method for Black Marlin.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This weeks Tuna section should be run just as a copy of last weeks! There were football fish to be found with Dolphin and in the blind on the Pacific side, and fairly close to shore at that. These fish ran from 6 to 15 pounds. A few pods of Dolphin held slightly larger fish to 30 pounds, but the real bruisers were farther off shore. I heard one account of nice fish to #200 being hooked up out at the Seamount in the Dolphin, but while they were hooked, none were landed. The area to the south of the San Jaime kicked out a few nice fish as well, but they were mixed in with a lot of the smaller fish. Best results were on small feathers and cedar plugs for the footballs and larger, Marlin sized lures for the larger fish.
DORADO: This week is a repeat of last week Dorado action. The Dorado bite was all about being out there. That was all you had to do, and the earlier the better. Most of the fish were found on the Pacific side, and the sizes were not large, averaging perhaps 12 pounds. Not big fish, but a good catch on light tackle and great as fillets. Best results were had by boats spotting Frigate birds working then running under them and tossing out live bait. There were larger fish found, but not in any quantities, by boats working the banks and off shore current breaks. These fish went upwards of 35 pounds, but they were few and far between.
WAHOO: There were some Wahoo caught this week, but none of them I heard about were very large fish. Most of them were in the 20-30 pound range and were found on the edges of the Banks or around the drop-offs. Regular Marlin lures seemed to attract them just as well as the normal Wahoo lures such as Marauders.
INSHORE: Scattered Roosterfish close to the beach, with some of the fish reported as large as #50 provided a bit of inshore action, but there were not a lot of them found. Most of the Pangas focused on the Dorado and Yellowfin found within three miles of the beach on the Pacific side.
NOTES: Fishing is picking up again as we get to the new moon! Thank goodness for that, because we are going to be busy this week! I played the “El Dorado” course last week. Well, I guess if you were really kind you could say I played it. Today I go to the driving range and try to see if I can drive a ball far enough to get out of the tee box area. Maybe I should stick to fishing, buy a new boat with a fuel sucking engine and all new gear, it might save me some money! Until next week, tight lines!
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Aug 16, 2004; 11:15AM - Fly Hooker Daily Catch 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
1Yellowfin kept (#25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 10, 2004
Bill and his wife Peg had this trip arranged for them by one of my best friends. Bill is Tom’s accountant and Tom was going to pay for the fishing while on a cruise ship stopover here in Cabo. Well, Juan and Manuel got them out at 10 am but about 30 minutes into the trip noticed that the oil pressure on the Starboard. Engine had dropped. Juan went and checked it out and found that we had engine oil in the fresh water so they shut the engine down and came back. The mechanic was called and that afternoon we determined that we had an oil cooler failure. The cooler was removed and taken to a local welding shop, repaired and replaced on the engine. Oil was replaced, the fresh water system flushed many times and everything worked fine. No charge to Tom, and Mary got to spend the rest of the day with Bill and Peg, showing them around the town.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 11, 2004
Today’s three anglers were from another Sportfishing outfit that needed another boat for the day and they were really looking forward to the trip. Imagine my feelings when I received a call from Juan at 9 am saying that the oil cooler had failed and they were working their way back. I told him to stay in the area they were at since they had already boated a 25 pound Yellowfin and that I would contact another boat to come and get the anglers to finish their trip. I found someone else and they went on to catch 4 Dorado so they had a good day and were happy that it did not have to finish early. Meanwhile, the mechanic was not in town so Juan and I removed the oil cooler ourselves. Luckily there was one available at Diesel Professionals, but it hurt, to the tune of $500. But we did not have to pay a Mechanic this time. Getting the job done at 4:30 in the afternoon we proceeded out to test it for an hour, discovered one little other problem, got it fixed and were done and cleaned up by 6:30. Maybe I should take up golf?
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 14, 2004
A split trip with another boat arranged through another agent was scheduled for today. We had four guys on our boat and there were four on the other boat. All these guys had fished together on a larger boat yesterday and had caught a couple of football Yellowfin. The other boat caught one Dorado today. Juan and Manuel worked the 95 spot since our guys wanted Marlin. Juan said they spotted 5 fish on the surface but could get only one of them to bite, and that fish did not hook up well. That was all the action for the day for us. Sorry guys, but that is the way fishing goes sometimes!
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Aug 2, 2004; 11:52AM - 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 JULY 26-AUGUST 1, 2004
WEATHER: Hot and humid again with light winds in the afternoons keeping us from baking. Our night time lows have been in the mid to high 70’s while the daytime highs have been averaging around 93 degrees, and once in a while hitting 107 in the direct sun. No rain this week and none expected for the next week either.
WATER: We had warm water across the area at the beginning of the week but around Wednesday night there was a cold water upwelling at the Cape. The cold water was around 73 degrees and forced many of the fish away from the immediate area. As of now there is a band of cold water running down the Pacific coast and out to the south 20 miles, but there is a band of warm water about 83 degrees coming back across the front of the Cape from the Sea of Cortez. All the banks have pretty much remained their same temperatures this week with the Gorda, 1150 and 95 Spot staying 83 to 84 degrees and the San Jaime staying about 80-81 degrees. Surface conditions have been very good close to shore and there have been some fair sized swells farther out, along with a bit of wind chop in the afternoons.
BAIT: No change on bait availability, the normal summer selection with Caballito and Mullet at $2 per bait and occasionally Sardinas available at around $25 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Perhaps our Blue Moon this week was a bad omen, but the Marlin bite dropped off once again as the week came to an end. Most boats were seeing one or two Striped Marlin on the surface and if they were lucky they were getting a bite from one of them, but it was not a consistent thing, for sure. There were still Blue Marlin making their presence known, but again, they were not plentiful. The best areas this week seemed to be around the Cortez banks, with the better luck being had at the Gorda, 1150 and 95 Spot. Live bait was the key to success for the boats that found Striped Marlin and lures brought up the Blue and Black guys.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: We still had action on the Football fish this week but there were also a couple of flurries of action on the bigger fish as well. For the boats that were able to be at the right place at the right time, Tuesday at the San Jaime kicked out some nice Yellowfin in the 80-100 pound class with the best results being had by the early boats in the area and using large dark colored lures. These fish were associated with a large school of Porpoise, and as the week continued there were more Porpoise seen and more large fish seen, but bite dropped off. Friday saw some of those #100 fish caught at the Gorda banks by boats working live Sardinas on light lines, but that was almost the only thing that worked on them. There were plenty of Porpoise and Tuna seen on the other high spots on the Cortez, but the Yellowfin bite was very sporadic and the bigger fish were very line shy. Most boats were lucky to get a fish or two in the box.
DORADO: Fishing is all about being in the right place at the right time, and the Dorado bite this week was a perfect example. I know of many boats that never even saw a Dorado this week and others that caught as many as a dozen in one trip. The area off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side was a great area before the cold water flared up, and then the fish seemed to go away. Boats that worked the banks on the Pacific side had a few bites on nice fish to 60 pounds, but there was no wide open action found. Close to shore on the Cortez side there were a few more fish later in the week and they were averaging 15 pounds, but there were not the large schools we have been hoping for. Getting a fish or two was as much as most boats could hope for this week. Best action was had by slow trolling live Caballito.
WAHOO: Still little action on the Wahoo, but I expect the action to pick up this week with us going past the full moon.
INSHORE: Some action was had on Amberjack and Grouper, but the Roosterfish near Cabo seemed to be off the bite. The Pez Gallo action seemed to be happening a little further up the coat on the Cortez side, and the key to getting a good bite going was the use of live Mullet as bait. Inshore Dorado to 15 pounds provided a surprise now and then as well.
NOTES: This weeks fishing remained slow, and I am not going to predict what nest week will bring, but my fingers are crossed and if I don’t have a charter I will be out there scoping it out on my own! This weeks report was written to the silence of my speakers as I needed an aural break. Construction going on across the street from the house and a race week has cars and bikes screaming up and down the road. I sure am glad our street was paved last year! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Jul 26, 2004; 11:35AM - Cabo bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JULY 19-25, 2004
WEATHER: The week was mostly cloudy every day and windy as well. That was not a bad thing as it kept us cool, and we did without the air conditioner this week. Our daytime highs were in the mid to high 90’s while our night time lows were in the mid to high 70’s. With all the clouds we thought that there was going to be a bit of rain here, but it looked as if it all dumped up in the mountains.
WATER: The week started with Warm water in the 84 degree range right in front of town, but as the week went on this water disappeared and as of now the warmest we have within 20 miles is 80 degrees. Up the coast on the Cortez side it gets to 85 degrees, up around Punta Gorda, and there are a couple of small spot where it reaches 82 degrees on the Gorda Banks, but other than that almost everything is in the 79-80 degree range. The water is nice and blue though! Surface conditions on the Pacific and offshore on the Cortez side have been a bit choppy in the afternoons as the wind picks up, but it has been fishable.
BAIT: Plenty of Caballito available at the normal $2, some Mullet at the same price and I heard that one of the bait boats had some Sardinas as well, and that they were pretty proud of them.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Last weeks fishing was great for Billfish, but this weeks fishing definitely dropped off. Maybe it is the moon phase (the new moon was the 17th), maybe it is the water (temps dropped), but there were a lot of boats disappointed in the action this week. Of course there are always exceptions, and I did see a few boats come in with two or three Marlin flags flying. The fish that were found were in the warm water and that meant going at least 25 miles out and up on the Cortez side. Live bait worked well on the Striped Marlin that were found, with lures coming in a decidedly second place. Due to the water temps changing, the Blue Marlin were scarce unless you had the time and range to get up around the East Cape.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Footballs and small school fish were the catch this week for most of the boats. The best action was out around the 1150 spot in Porpoise schools and those fish were also the slightly larger ones, with most of the in the 25 pound class. Closer to home there were footballs found while trolling blind and the action could be fairly steady on them if you used small hootchies. Almost all of this action was on the Cortez side of the Cape.
DORADO: This week was almost a repeat of last week as far as action on the Dorado go. There was good fishing to be found not far from shore up around the Westin and Punta Gorda areas. The fish were averaging 15 pounds with a few big ones and a few small ones in there, and the boats that worked it were getting 3-6 fish per trip. Offshore there were larger fish, but fewer of them. Bright colored feathers and small Marlin lures worked well on the Dorado this week (as they do almost every week!).
WAHOO: I saw almost no Wahoo flags this week, and did not talk to anyone who had Wahoo strikes.
INSHORE: Dorado and small Tuna seemed to be the targeted species for the Pangas this week, but there was still some decent inshore action taking place for the boats targeting Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle. Roosterfish were averaging 15 pounds with a few really nice ones in the 30 pound class being caught as well, but there were more Jacks being found than Roosters, and they were a bit bigger on average as well! The bottom fishing was pretty much “pick here, pick there” kind of thing, with a little of everything and not a lot of any one species being caught.
NOTES: The fishing was a lot slower this week than last week, but the weather is starting to clear up so maybe the fishing will get better as well. Thanks to all of you who wrote to me about my music pick last week! I did not realize that so many of you read the notes section! The information I received helped me a lot as I learned that Harlow Wilcox from the album is not the same guy as the announcer from the late 30’s and the “Fibber and Molly McGee” show. Not even related as far as I found out. Plus, the song “Groovy Grubworm” hit number 6 on the Cashbox top 40 in 1969. Thank you to all of you who helped me on this. This weeks report was written to the music of Phillip Glass on the 1986 release “Songs from Liquid Days”. Now you know I have an eclectic taste in music! Until next week, tight lines!
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