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Jun 14, 2004; 10:57AM - Fly Hooker 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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE FISH KEPT (HOOKED IN EYE) (#130)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 8, 2004
This trip was a split share and unfortunately one couple was very ill from the beginning. Juan and his brother kept the “Fly Hooker” close to shore on the way up the Sea of Cortez in order to avoid the large swell and the chop farther out, and they were headed toward the Outer Gorda Bank. That is where the action has been on the Striped Marlin. The father and son half of the charter were fine, and gave the couple some Dramamine at the beginning of the trip. The problem with that is if is not in you for longer than 15 minutes, it does not have a chance to help you! They managed to get to the Outer Gorda Bank, just 2 miles from where the fish were, and then it became too much for the couple. Father and son were not very happy, but the couple was on a honeymoon so there was some sympathy there. Juan had the boat back at the slip at 12:30 with no flags flying.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 9, 2004
Another split charter, this time with two couples and a single guy. Don was the single guy, and he was first at the boat this morning. The wind died down a bit last night so we were hoping that the water had mellowed out as well. As things turned out, they had mellowed out quite a bit and everyone was fine. Don was the only one to get any action though, as he was standing next to the rod when a Striped Marlin of about #130 jumped on the lure. Juan said that there were two other fish that hit at the same time, but only this one hooked up. Don fought the fish for 30 minutes and planned to release it, but when it got close to the boat it was discovered that the fish had been hooked through one eye and would have been shark food if released. They spotted several other fish during the trip but could not get any of them to eat. They fished the same area, outside the Outer Gorda Bank, and Juan said that it looked as if the fish were slowly moving our way with the warmer water. I hope so! Thanks guys, I wish everyone had a chance to get a Marlin, but that is the way it goes sometimes!
Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Jun 14, 2004; 10:55AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JUNE 7 TO JUNE 13, 2004
WEATHER: This week our daytime highs were around the low 90’s while our night time lows were in the mid 70’s to high 60’s. Strong consistent winds early in the week and they kept blowing until Thursday. The wind was from the north at 10-15 knots with gusts to 20 knots. Partly cloudy and no rain!
WATER: It’s warming back up and that’s a good thing. Our coldest water at the end of the week was on the Pacific side up toward the Golden Gate Bank where we had water in the 67 degree range. Drop down toward the San Jaime Banks and it warmed up to 70 degrees and on the Jaime itself the temperature was up to 72 degrees. The water on the Sea of Cortez has also warmed up and we were getting readings as high as 81 degrees just a mile off the beach. This warm water has followed the coast down and extends out around three miles at the warmest and then gets in the 78 degree range out around the 95 and 1150 spots. Farther out it drops a bit more to 73 degrees. Due to the strong winds, the water on the Pacific side and the Cortez side off shore early in the week was uncomfortable with lots of chop along with some big swells. Later in the week things mellowed out a lot.
BAIT: Small Caballito at $2 per bait, some Mullet at $2 per bait and some Sardinas at $20 per bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Lots of Striped Marlin out there, just a bit difficult to get some of them to eat! The best results have been on lures this week. Early on the fish were off the outer Gorda Banks about two miles and as the warm water came toward us the fish followed. At the end of the week there was good action and good numbers of fish from one mile off shore to the 95 and 1150 spots. Most boats had shots at multiple fish during the day and few of them came in without any flags flying. There were Marlin found on the Pacific side as well, just not in the same numbers. I am starting to get reports of some Blue Marlin coming into the spreads and hopefully this will continue as well!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Again it was a slow week for Yellowfin Tuna. I did see a lot of white flags flying, but when I went to talk to the Captains and anglers I could see that there were Marlin on the flags. Just to confuse us I suppose. The few fish that were caught were found to the south of the San Jaime Banks, in the open and without any Porpoise around. A friend of mine reported seeing lots of Tuna on his depth sounder out 2 miles on the Cortez side but they were deep and would not come up. He said that is why there are three Purse Seiners anchored off the Beach here, they are waiting for the fish to come up. Or maybe they are here on vacation?
DORADO: There were a few more Dorado flags flying this week than there were last week and that is to be expected as the water warms up. We still do not have any great numbers of them but the size is getting better. It appeared as if around 20% of the boats out this week were able to get a Dorado or two, and they were being found all over the place, no particular area held more or bigger fish. I take that back, the larger fish were off shore while there were smaller fish found in close. Marlin lures worked well, but that may be because that is what most boats were running!
WAHOO: Again just a few fish. Hopefully with the warmer water and the moon changing the bite will pick up.
INSHORE: The Rooster fish have re-appeared on the Pacific beaches and there have been Jack Crevalle mixed in as well. The Roosters seem to be following the warm water as it creeps north. Most of the fish have been in the 20 pound class with a few larger ones in the mix. There were a couple of days when Pargo were biting off of the Lighthouse in close to the rocks. Of course, live bait was the key on all these fish, Mullet for the Roosterfish and Sardinas for the Pargo. A friend caught the largest Yellowtail of the year so far on live bait off of the arch, a nice 33 pound fish.
NOTES: It is starting to look like summer is here. The water is warming up, the Dorado, Roosterfish and Blue Marlin are beginning to come in and the water is starting to calm down. Fingers are crossed that the trend continues. For those of you that are interested, a lot of my water temperature information is based on charts and date from the guys at the terrafin web site. It is a pay site, but if you are on the water a lot it sure is a great tool. Give it a shot and go to the web site and click on the samples and you can see what I mean. This weeks report was written to the great sounds of Credence Clearwater Revival on the 1991 Fantasy Records release “Chronicle, The 20 Greatest Hits”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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May 31, 2004; 10:34AM - Fly Hooker Daily Fishing 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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#25)
WAHOO: ONE FISH KEPT (#35)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR MAY 23, 2004
This was the second day of fishing for Jason Thompson and his buddies Rory and Bill. Again, we had to fish another boat as the “Fly Hooker” was still down (will be ready by tomorrow). Today we headed to the 95 spot where the surface temperature was 72 degrees and the water was reported as nice and blue. It was! There were about 6 boats working the area and we did see fish, in fact, I almost ran over two Marlin during the trip! We had a couple of strikes that did not hook up and tried to slow troll live bait in the area, but the bait pump had stopped working for a while and the baits were in pretty sad shape. It was almost a the end of the trip, after working the area very hard, that we had a good hit. It was a Wahoo of about 35 pounds and there was fish for dinner once again! Thanks again guys, I am sorry we could not get you hooked up to a Marlin, but perhaps next time.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 MAY, 2004
Bo Whitehead and friends Ryan and Adam are fishing with us today and tomorrow. Bo is a fly fisherman and wants to get a shot at a Roosterfish on the fly. My fingers are crossed since the wind has been blowing so hard, but they also want a day of regular offshore fishing. We decided this morning that today would be the offshore day in the hope that the wind lays down for tomorrow. Juan and Manuel ran inside up the Sea of Cortez to the Red Hill area then worked out to the Outer Gorda, the 1150 then to the 95 spot. The wind was howling almost the whole time but they did hook up to a Sailfish for a short while, and had a few shots at Marlin, none of which really wanted to eat. Rough water, one guy sick; let’s keep our fingers crossed for tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 28 MAY, 2004
Today it was just Bo and Adam on the boat, as Ryan was still recovering from yesterday. The wind had not died down this morning, but they still gave the Roosterfish a shot for about 20 minutes. Bo decided that there was no way he was going to be able to cast a fly in the wind so they went ahead and headed off shore. I am not sure they actually got there, but the intention was to go to the San Jaime. I think that the water was rough enough that the idea was cancelled and they just headed south. Anyway, they ended up getting a nice Dorado of about 25 pounds, Adam’s first. Fish for dinner! Bo, when the time is right, it will happen, just keep trying.
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May 31, 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 MAY 23-29, 2004
WEATHER: Our day time highs here in town were in the mid 90’s this week and the night time lows got down to the mid 60’s. A friend reported that out at his place on the Pacific side the thermometer got down to 56 degrees one night. Out on the water it was at least 10 degrees cooler for most of the week and windy as well. The wind started blowing at around 10 or 11 in the morning and did not stop until just before sunrise. We had partly cloudy skies and no rain was reported.
WATER: As of the end of the week the water temperatures on the Sea of Cortez were seen as high as 76 degrees while the Pacific remained cooler at 62 to 65 degrees out almost as far as you could go. The cold water extended to the south about 30 miles and wrapped around the Cape as well. At the end of the week there was a fairly distinct temperature break running east/west from the Cape, but the off color green water normally associated with the cold side extended up almost to the Red Hill area. The water at the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks was reported to be blue, but cold, while the water close to the shore on the Pacific was reported as green.
BAIT: Almost all Caballito this week with some mullet available. The normal $2 per bait. Sardinas are available at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: This week there was no change in the Marlin situation. It was still a long run to get to where the fish have been concentrated. The area from 2 miles outside of the Outer Gorda Banks to the area off of Punta Gorda has been holding lots of Striped Marlin but they have been lazy fish and most of them have not been actively feeding. Some fish were showing 30 miles to the south as well, but they were fewer in number. Lures were getting a lot of attention from the fish, but the hook up ratio was poor. I am sure there were a few Blue Marlin hooked this week but did not hear of any.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Open water fish, not associated with porpoise, were reported at 30 miles to the south. The largest of these weighed 40 pounds with most of them in the 12-15 pound class. Cedar plugs were working well and so were small feathers in both dark and light colors. The boats that made it out to the San Jaime and the Golden Gate hoping for Tuna were disappointed with the results, but they did find a few fish.
DORADO: No change from last week on the Dorado front, again, scattered Dorado, with smaller fish being found inshore and the larger ones off shore. The bigger fish have been up the Sea of Cortez, around the Punta Gorda area, and they have been nice fish, mostly in the 30 pound and over range. Marlin lures in bright colors have been the ticket.
WAHOO: Fewer Wahoo were reported this week than last week, and again most of them were incidental fish. They ranged in size from 20 to 50 pounds and most were taken on Marlin lures.
INSHORE: Most of the inshore catch this week was small Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle, but there were not a lot of those found except for the area between El Tulle and Red Hill. There were Skipjack and Bonita found as well as small Dorado, and these fish were off the beach from ˝ to 3 miles, but the bite was off, probably due to the green water close to home.
NOTES: You had to go a long way this week to get into any fish unless you were very lucky, so there were not as many flags flying at the end of the day as there have been. At the end of the week it looks as if there is warmer water moving into the area and as it comes in the water close to home should blue up and the fishing should improve. This weeks report was written to the sound of various musicians on different channels as we listened to satellite radio! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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May 24, 2004; 11:31AM - 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 MAY 16-22, 2004
WEATHER: Fun in the sun with the exception of Saturday when we had a wee bit of cloud cover. Our average night time temps were just at 70 degrees while our daytime highs were in the low 90’s. Of course, out on the water it was cooler!
WATER: Warmer water on the Sea of Cortez with the area around Punta Gorda being in the high 70’s, cold water in the Pacific with the area just off the arch and out to the San Jaime being in the mid to low 60’s. The color on the Cortez side has a slight green tinge to it until you get about 15 miles out, then it turns deep blue. Go due east and around 15 miles out, blue water and it starts warming up to over 70 degrees, 24 miles out and you hit 73. The wind died down this week and surface conditions were much better than last week, but there are still some nice swells out there.
BAIT: Almost all Caballito this week with some mullet available. The normal $2 per bait. Sardinas are available at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The area up around Punta Gorda and outside the Gorda Banks has been holding Marlin this week, but they have not been easy to get. While a lot of fish are being seen, the bite has been slow on both lures and live bait. Not many of the boats want to run 30 miles to get to the fish only to find that they have lock jaw, so most of the fish caught this week have been produced closer to home. The area past the 95 spot is still holding a few fish as is the small temperature break to the south of the Cape. Of course the blue/green break running southwest/northeast up the Cortez side has fish on the blue side and they have been striking lures, just not getting well hooked!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were few Tuna found this week but at the end of the time frame a few were starting to show up to the north of the Golden Gate Banks and around the San Jaime, mixed in with the Porpoise. The fish have been from just a bit larger than footballs to around 25 pounds, and dark colored feathers have worked well on them.
DORADO: Again, scattered Dorado this week, with smaller fish being found inshore and the larger ones off shore. The bigger fish have been up the Sea of Cortez, around the Punta Gorda area, and they have been nice fish, mostly in the 30 pound and over range. Marlin lures in bright colors have been the ticket.
WAHOO: Scattered fish were found as incidental catches this week with the sizes ranging from 30 to 80 pounds. Off shore around the 95 spot and the 1150 produced most of the fish caught.
INSHORE: I saw one nice Roosterfish in the 50 pound range being filleted on a boat tied to the dock this week (I know, but it was not my boat or my anglers) but the majority of the ones being caught have been in the 5-10 pound class. There are still a few nice Sierra out there and there has been a fair bite on Grouper and a good bite on Snapper this week. There have been occasional big schools of Pargo found inshore and those fish have been from 10 to 15 pounds. Having the wind die down and having the Sardinas really helped this week.
NOTES: I have been really busy this week with friends in town and a broken engine, so my apologies for the abbreviated report, hopefully I will be back in the swing of things next week! Until then, Tight Lines!
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May 17, 2004; 11:06AM - '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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: THREE FISH RELEASED (#120-#180) ONE FISH KEPT (#110)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: TWO FISH KEPT (#5, #85)
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT ( #25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 11 MAY, 2004
Sanga, Charlie and Todd fished with us today. This is the first time Todd has fished with us and tomorrow it will be Sanga, Charlie and Christy with Todd coming back on Friday. Juan and Manuel took off to the Pacific side today and the water was a bit bouncy. Around the San Jaime area they found some small pieces of Kelp and were able to get some Dorado interested, but not enough so that they would eat. A couple of Striped Marlin were found as well and they were able to get Todd hooked up to his first Marlin ever! Sanga was still waiting for the Marlin to be pulled from the water in order to get a picture of it and that never happened, as Juan released the fish along the side of the boat. They came in flying a Marlin and a release flag, and with one happy guy!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 12 MAY, 2004
Sanga, Charlie and Christy today, and it ended up the Christy caught the fish that Todd had been hoping for! Charlie wanted some fish to be smoked and take home. He won’t kill a Marlin and for that I thank him, but anything else would do. Juan and Manuel returned tot eh Pacific side and worked the same area as yesterday hoping to get into the Dorado again. Instead they found a school of Yellowfin feeding hard. Just because they are feeding it does not mean they are willing to bite lures! These fish were chasing squid, and Juan was almost able to net a few that got chased under the boat. They worked the school hard for two hours and finally were able to get a double strike on small red feathers. Charlie got the first fish to the boat in just a few minutes, it was the easy one as it was small, about 5 pounds. Christy’s fish took a while longer, almost 25 minutes, and Juan estimated it at between #80 and #90, a very nice fish that produced some great fillets!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 13 MAY, 2004
Today we had three guys aboard the boat, Derrick, Eric and Rick. They were part of a larger group that totaled three boats. It was Juan’s day off so Manuel had his friend Mauricio fishing as deckhand. Manuel took off toward the Gorda Banks today and I guess it was the right choice. They did not see a lot offish, but everything they found bit! They ended the day releasing one Striped Marlin, having another one die on them and getting one 25 pound Dorado in the boat. Everyone got to catch a fish and the other boats did as well! A great day of fishing!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 14 MAY, 2004
It was Sanga, Charlie and Todd again today, and Juana and Manuel went up the Sea of Cortez toward the Gorda Banks one more time. More fish were seen today, and they had a few strikes that did not hook up, but they were able to get one Striped Marlin to the boat for a release! Thanks guys, we look forward to your coming to Cabo again!
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May 17, 2004; 11:04AM - 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 MAY 9-15, 2004
WEATHER: All right, we do have the summer weather with the days in the high 80’s and low 90’s and the nights in the mid 70’s, but this week we also started out with spring winds! It seemed that every day at the beginning of the week the wind started blowing around 10 or 11 in the morning and blew all day and night, not letting up until around daybreak. At the end of the week it finally let up and this weekend it was very nice with just slight breezes. No rain, of course, but lots of sun!
WATER: We started this week being wrapped with a band of cold water that came down the Pacific coast and decided to stay for a while. This water ran from 62-66 degrees and extended from that Pacific up by the Golden Gate to the Cortex up by Palmilla and off shore as far as 15 miles to the southwest of the Cape. The rest of the Pacific was an even 70 degrees while the Cortez had a warm 73-74 degree band of water about 15 miles out. At the end of the week the warm water on the Sea of Cortez side had managed to push the cold water back to the Pacific and we had that warm water only 10 miles off shore while there was a finger of water in the 77 degree ranged working its way toward us from up around Punta Gorda. The water displaced by the warm current worked its way out toward the San Jaime and Golden Gate banks and it was not until you got to them that the water got warmer than 67 degrees on the Pacific side. The surface conditions on the Pacific were pretty rough all week due to the steady winds, and the swells were fair sized, but the Sea of Cortez was not too bad in the mornings.
BAIT: We have had a good mix of both Caballito and Mackerel this week, with most of the Caballito fairly small but with some nice big Mackerel available. The normal price at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: While not as red-hot as last weeks bite, the Striped Marlin were still out there this week! Most of the action moved to either the San Jaime Banks, right along the eastern edge where there was a temperature break, the southern side of the 95 spot where the same thing occurred or up the Sea of Cortez toward the Gorda Banks and Punta Gorda. That cold water that came down the Pacific coast forced the fish out of the immediate area but they were still within range for a full day trip. Live bait was the favorite and either drifting with it or tossing it to tailing fish resulted in pretty good action. A few of the boats were able to get into the action and I saw as many as five Marlin flags on one boat for a day’s trip.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Almost a repeat of last weeks report as far as Yellowfin are concerned, but there was one day, Wednesday, when a school of nice fish showed up and a few were caught. For the most part the Yellowfin this week were small fish and there were not a lot of them. The nice fish showed up at the southern end of the San Jaime and there were four lucky boats there at the time. The largest fish that I actually saw caught was #141 and there were others in the 80-90 pound range hooked, but the Captains said there were a lot of big fish in the #150 to #250 range jumping clear of the water. They were feeding heavily on squid and it took time and patience to hook up.
DORADO: Again, the report is the same as last weeks, with the Dorado being scattered around and not particularly concentrated. Finding floating debris was the key and there were some small kelp paddies on the Pacific side that had fish in the #15-#25 class under them. Live and cut bait worked well when the kelp was found.
WAHOO: A few more flags were flying this week and there were some happy anglers as a fair bite on Wahoo in the 40 pound class happened at the inner and outer Gorda Banks. The best bite was early and it was around the tide change. Marauders and Marlin lures worked well, and dark colors seemed to out produce the bright ones.
INSHORE: The cold water that wrapped around us had the Roosterfish bite drop off, but the Pargo took up the slack with some nice fish ranging from 15 to 30 pounds being found in among the rocks. Not much else was happening this week inshore except for an occasional bite by Yellowtail off the arch. Early in the morning or late in the afternoon on live bait seemed to be the best time and best bait.
NOTES: A new computer and DSL instead of dial-up! Almost like Christmas for us, this makes such a difference. This weeks report was written to the music of ZZ Top on the 1985 Warner release “Afterburner”. Until next week, Tight lines!
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May 10, 2004; 01:47PM - '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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: SEVEN TAGGED AND RELEASED (#50 - #145), THREE FISH RELEASED (#120 - #185)
DORADO: TWO FISH KEPT (#10, #25)
WAHOO: ONE FISH KEPT (#85)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 3 MAY, 2004
Andy “Muscle-ini (it’s not fat, it’s muscle!) , Ronnie (Arnold snores like a pig), Tommy (secret agent 006 ˝ ) and Jim “Duke” are here in Cabo for the first time and fishing with us for three days, today Wednesday and Friday. They were referred to us by clients from New Jersey, and they are really looking forward to the fishing. Thank goodness the fishing has been pretty good. On this, the first day out, they worked the area just outside of town about form the 95 Spot to 20 miles out. Just past the 95 spot, they had two nice Wahoo strikes. One came off and the other had another Wahoo come through and bite the swivel. Juan dropped back a rigged bait and had it eaten and the leader was almost cut through on it as well and that fish was lost. A small Dorado in the same area came in the the boat for dinner and then the water started to kick up and they came in close to shore. In there they found a Marlin that struck and stuck! One fish to the boat, tagged and released. Good fishing guys!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 4 MAY, 2004
Roald Pettersen and his brother-in-law Steve are fishing with us today, Thursday and Saturday. Roald has fished with us before and really likes to catch Marlin! The mass of fish continue to stay close and today’s action was between the Westin and the Gorda Banks. I think it was Steve who got to reel in the first marlin today, but I am not real sure. The first fish was early in the trip and it was a very quick fight. Juan said the Striped Marlin may have been as big as #50, but not any larger that that! There were a few other stikes before they had another one hook up solidly. That fish was tagged and released after about 15 minutes. Not a bad day with two Marlin flags and two release flags flying when they arrived back at the Marina.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 5 MAY, 2004
The second day of fishing for the gang form New Jersey saw a bit of different slant on things as the Marlin could not be convinced t6o stay hooked up! They had one fish along side of the boat when the leader broke and they had a couple of other Marlin interested but not hungry. Today they worked the area off of the Palmilla to Punta Ballena, around 3 to 10 miles off shore. Oh they did get at least one fish in the boat though! After around 5-10 minutes, Ronnie reeled in a Wahoo that was estimated to be about 80-90 lbs! Thanks for the dinner invite guys, the meal was great!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 6 MAY, 2004
Roald and Steve were out for their second day of fishing and the action took place in the same area as before. Juan was suffering from a sore throat and Edgar filled in for him today. One fish was well hooked and fought to the boat for a tag and then released. They had another fish in the pattern but ate the bait and spit the hook. Oh well that was it for the day, but things were not all bad, the weather was great!
“FLY HOOKER’ FISH REPORT FOR 7 MAY, 2004
I fished with Muscle-ini, Arnold, 006 ˝ and the Duke today. They asked if I would go at least one day and this was the one I was available. Our intention was to get a little bottom fishing in , but the tide was wrong this morning so we went out for Marlin instead. I don’t think we ever got farther out than 10 miles, and that was straight out form the port. The first hook up was at 7:39 and Muscle-ini fought the fish for 17 minutes before getting it to the boat. I tagged the fish and Juan removed the hook from the bill. We were seeing fish all over the place, but they were difficult to entice them to eat. We had several more attempt at fish and on one of them one of a pair of Marlin struck the bait, but would not eat it. Later on we had another fish that had no interest in a live bait but ate a dead one tossed at it with no hook or leader attacked, another dead bait this time hooked up was thrown, but no interest! One of the most exciting times was spotting two Marlin tailing down swell , pulling in front of them to drop a dead bait back and while watching them approach having another fish free jump almost along the side of the boat.! We ran out of live bait at around 10:30, but managed to get another fish hooked up the Duke got it the side of the boat in about 22 minutes. This fish was a surprise as it did not look very big from a distance, but up close it was one fat dude. We estimated it at around #140. Juan had hold of the leader for a while as I tired to get a tag in the fish, but he was never able to get it close enough for me to stick him. After around three minutes the leader parted and the fish swam away. As we worked out way back in, Secret Agent 006 1/2 reeled in dinner; a nice #25 Dorado that struck on a mackerel rigged behind an Islander lure ran way back in the pattern. Just two miles form the marina as we headed back in we thought everyone was going to catch a fish when the bridge rod stretched a bit. Both Juan I looked at each other and he held the rod up waiting for a fish to appear. After a bit he put the rod back in the holder and we agreed that it had been the action of the sells that had stretched the line. Just then the reel screamed and a marling got his head and bill out of the water and threw the hook! Almost every one had a fish today! Thanks to the guys from “Joisy’ for a great time in the evenings, a couple of great meals and for being so much fun to be with! Have a safe trip home and we will see you again next year!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 8 MAY, 2004
Roald and Steve were out for their last day of fishing this trip and Juan was back on the boat as well. Fishing started just three miles out and they were glad that I suggested they get extra bait this morning! I explained what had happened yesterday and they used almost all fifteen baits they purchased before they left. Juan gave us a call about 21:45 and said they would be in around 1PM. I got to the boat a bit late, but found out that they had managed to tag and release two Marlins, released one other without getting a tag placed and unintentionally releasing one other fish that would not survive and bleeding heavily from the gills. Juan decided the fish would not survive and stuck the gaff in it. The fish took exception to this and took off with the gaff. Roald fought the fish back to the boat. This time the flying gaff was ready, the fish appeared to be tired and then just as Juan had the leader in hand, and was going to place the flying gaff, the leader broke. Well the fish was released but not he way or in the shape anyone wanted. Sometimes things just happen. Well, Roald you finally had you “Four Marlin day”! Congratulations, we’ll see you again next year!
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May 10, 2004; 01:43PM - 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 MAY 2-8, 2004
WEATHER: Summertime, summertime, summertime! I think we are getting there as the days are getting warmer, as are the nights. Sunny skies with our night time lows ranging from the mid 60’s to the mid 70’s and in the early morning you can smell the humidity. Our days are ranging from the low 80’s to the mid 90’s with plenty of sun, a bit of moisture in the air and mostly light breezes. Perfect weather for fishing!
WATER: Water temperatures this week have been from the high 60’s out near Golden Gate Banks to the high 70’s in the Sea of Cortez. The highest I saw this week was 78.9 degrees out near the 1150 spot. The water on the Pacific near shore and just off the Cape 1 mile has been a bit cooler than the surrounding water, but only by a degree or two, and has been a bit green from the large swells. Surface conditions got a bit choppy during the middle of the week on the Pacific side as the afternoon winds kicked in, but the Cortez side has remained very nice.
BAIT: We have had a good mix of both Caballito and Mackerel this week, with most of the Caballito fairly small but with some nice big Mackerel available. The normal price at $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Remember the last time you went fishing and were told “You should have been here last week!”? Well, this was “last week” for anglers wanting to catch a Striped Marlin, and we can only hope that it is not the “only week”. Almost every boat returning from a trip was flying at least one Marlin flag this week and the reason was easy to discover when you went out. The fish were close, and there were a lot of them! As was the case last week, the Marlin were close to shore, many of the fish were caught less than a mile from the beach. The hottest action toward the end of the week was right in front of town, at distances ranging from 3 miles to 10 miles out. A lot of boats ran out of live bait during the hot action and had to return to the marina to re-load! On my best day out we spotted over 24 fish, had two releases, lost a couple of others and ran out of bait at 11 AM. The next day my guys took our clients out and returned at 1 PM. They picked up 15 baits in the morning and returned with four Marlin flags flying. The fish were ranging from 50 to 180 pounds and live bait was the key. Few fish came in on the artificials, most of them were sighted tailing and had live bait tossed at them. If that didn’t work, a dead bait was dropped back. If the fish were not interested in that, a dead bait was thrown in front of the fish with no hook or line attached. Most of the time they would go for that one, then light up and eat the next one with a hook in it. Ah, great fishing and no long runs to get to the grounds! Now, if the fish just hold here close for a few more weeks we should have great action as the moon goes to the new phase!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna fishing has been on the back burner this week as the fish that have been around, and there have not been many of them, have mostly been small football sized fish (literally). Most of the action has been up on the Pacific side in Porpoise and the action has been sketchy. The best catch I heard of was 14 footballs, and the water was not in the best of condition that day. Small feathers in dark colors took honors this week, a change from the red ones that worked best last week.
DORADO: Scattered fish ranging in size from 10 to 35 pounds provided some action this week for anglers lucky enough to get hooked up. Most of the fish were found near shore mixed in with the Striped Marlin, but I understand there was some fair action farther up the Sea of Cortez off of Punta Gorda and Vinorama. The fish were found either in the open under Frigate birds, or under floating debris. Best action was on smaller Marlin lures in “Bleeding Mackerel” or “Dorado” colors, and of course, on live bait dropped back on hooking up with a lure accounted for approximately 20% of the second fish caught.
WAHOO: Again the bite has dropped off a bit, but there are still fish being found out there. While not specifically structure orientated, the best results have been close to shore and off the Banks. Of course, this may be because this is where the Marlin action has been and there have been a lot of boats working these areas! Most of the fish have been between 40 and 60 pounds, with an occasional fish to 90 pounds being caught.
INSHORE: There was no change in the inshore action this week, with the exception that the Sierra bite dropped off as the inshore waters warmed up, and the Roosterfish bite picked up. The Roosterfish are still small, most of them are between 5 and 15 pounds and they were being caught on small Caballito slow trolled just outside the first breaker. The best action was had on the Pacific side between the arches and Cabo Falso. There were some nice Jack Crevalle hooked up as well and for those willing to get in close to the rocks, some great Pargo were found ranging from 15 to 35 pounds, they had a preference for live Caballito.
NOTES: My apologies to everyone for last weeks report being either late or not getting out at all. And there were a few of you who received multiple copies! I just hope that this weeks report does not suffer the same problem. We had our computer crash and could not get on line; hopefully by the time Mary gets this for posting, the problem will have been resolved. Thanks so very much to all of you who e-mailed and were concerned about the reason; both of us are just fine! This weeks report was written to the country music of Vince Gill on his 1991 MCA release “Pocket Full Of Gold”. I felt a little bit country this week! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Apr 26, 2004; 01:02PM - Fly Hooker Daily Fishing 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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: TWO FISH TAGGED AND RELEASED (#120 EACH)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 15 FISH KEPT (#8-#25) LOTS OF SMALL ONES RELEASED
BONITA: 10 FISH KEPT (#15-#20) LOTS RELEASED
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#20 )
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 18 APRIL, 2004
Brad Meigs, his father-in-law Fred Tedtow (former charter captain on the east coast
for 20 years, now a young 82 years of age) and Brads friends Brian and John fished
aboard the “Fly Hooker” with Juan and myself today. It was Sunday and Manuels day
off. The relief deckhand we normally use, Phillipe, never showed up and did not
answer his phone, so I was the designated Deckhand! Not a bad deal since I seem to
rarely get a chance to get out and fish now days. We headed south for 16 miles before
we put lines in the water and we never saw a Porpoise the whole day out! Now I was
worried, since almost all the fish the guys had been catching had been with the
porpoise, but we seemed to do all right without them around, although we did not get as
many Yellowfin as we would have liked to. In all, we only came up with three Yellowfin
Tuna, the first fish of the day was one of them, and the smallest as well. That fish
would have been lucky to push the scales to 8 pounds, but we kept him, the first fish of
the day after all! As the trip went along we kept getting blind strikes, in the middle of
nowhere and for no apparent reason we could figure out. Two more Yellowfin were
hooked up and kept, both fish around 15 pounds. The bite on Bonita was steady as
well and most of them were larger, stronger fish. A 20 pound Bonita puts up a heck of
a fight, and if bled right away they are good eating as well! We kept about six of the
Bonita and released about 10 or 12 more. Not a bad day on the water and I ran the
Penn 12T as well, and the light tackle was a blast on the football fish! Thanks guys!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 APRIL, 2004
Fred Tedtow and Bob Gaede (Bob fished with us on Saturday, Fred fished with us
yesterday) went out today with Juan and Manuel and were able to get into some
Yellowfin. Early in the trip Bob hooked up with a Dorado that was around 20 pounds
and had a good time with that. Later they found the Porpoise and were able to get a
few fish that were actually large enough to supply some decent fillets. I believe that
they kept about six of the Yellowfin with the largest one being around 20 pounds, and
they released a bunch more. Not a bad day on the water and two strangers got to
know each other!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 20 APRIL, 2004
Alan McVey and his fiancée Laurie Kellogg were our anglers for the day, and Alan
brought along a couple of his own rods and reels to use on football Tuna or Dorado.
Manuel had a death in the family and had to leave last night for Ensenada so we
needed a relief deckhand for the day, and possibly for the week, depending on how
long he was going to be needed up there. Juan was able to get Bernardo on short
notice, but since Bernardo has never worked our boat before and I don’t know him or
how he is with people, I went along as well. We headed straight south for 4 miles
before we put lines in the water, and not until we reached 4.5 miles did we have the
first strike. The fish were close to the Cape for a change and there were Porpoise
everywhere! None of the fish were really large, most of them footballs and only a few
in the 15-20 pound class, but on Alan’s lighter rod and reel and on my Penn 12T
everyone had a blast. On occasion we had five fish on at once! We ended up keeping
6 of the biggest Yellowfin and released at least nine more, as well as quite a few
Bonita. A great time was had, and we saw lots of Porpoise, a couple of Turtles and a
few seals! Laurie spotted a Striped Marlin before we did but the fish went down when
we got close and did not take a bait. Thanks guys, we are glad you had a great time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 21 APRIL, 2004
Warren Leisi, his wife, son and two daughters are return clients and they are all
fishermen. They booked today and they have also reserved Monday for another trip
out on the “Fly Hooker”. Juan and Bernardo decide that they should try and make it out
to the San Jaime banks this morning since Juan’s brother had done very well on
Yellowfin Tuna out there yesterday. Well, the wind blew all night long and really
pushed up the swells and the chop, and it was still blowing this morning when they left.
After about an hour they gave it up when people started to fall down in the cockpit due
to the rough water. Juan turned downswell and came toward the 95 spot area and then
after several hours had a report on the radio of a kelp paddy found about 5 miles past
the 95 spot that had Wahoo and Dorado on it. Of course, everyone else heard the
information on the radio as well so the “Fly Hooker” was about the 15th boat there!
Even so, they were able to get bit by a Wahoo on live bait, but the ‘Hoo took the hook
with him! A little later they also had a Dorado bite, but it did not hook up well and they
lost the chance. That was it for the day, but Monday is another chance! Let’s keep our
fingers crossed that the warm water stays close and the winds die down!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 22 APRIL, 2004
Paul Watts, his close friend from England named Steve and a buddy named Tom
were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today. It was supposed to be a trip for Steve,
since he had never caught a Marlin before, or any large saltwater fish for that matter.
Paul was a little worried about getting into rough water since he is recovering from a
broken rib, but the water was fairly calm. He did say that after the trip he felt as if he
had spent 8 hours working out since every little movement of the boat brought him
some pain. Juan and Bernardo Started out just outside of Punta Ballena and then
worked their way offshore about 12 miles, then down around the Palmilla area and then
back. There was a very brief fight with a Dorado estimated at 30 pounds, and Tom was
the angler on that fish. That was early in the trip. As the day wore on they spotted
more fish but were not able to get into any of them. Not until the last few hours were
they able to find a fish that was hungry, and that fish bit on a dead Caballito rigged and
run way back on the bridge rod. Again, Tom was the first angler to the rod and it took
him around 15 minutes to bring the fish to the side of the boat for pictures and a
release. That was all for the day for them, but it was a good day all in all, except for
Paul and his ribs. Thanks guys, and Steve, perhaps you will have a chance to return to
our area for another shot at a Striped Marlin one of these days.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 24 APRIL, 2004
Kirt, Larry and their wives were our anglers aboard the “Fly Hooker” today for a half
day trip. This was their first time to do any of this style of deep sea fishing, their
previous experiences had been on the Oregon Coast out of Depoe Bay for rockfish and
they were not really sure what to expect. Mary warned them to be sure and get plenty
of sleep and stay away from excess consumption of Tequila the night before and they
followed those instructions very well. When we met them at the dock this morning (they
were there ahead of us!) we took them down to the boat and introduced them to Juan
and his nephew. After the introductions and a quick explanation of what to expect they
were on their way. Kirt and Larry had told us that they did not want to get into any
rough water as they were not sure if the ladies would be able to handle it, and that was
just fine as the fishing just off the coast on the Sea of Cortez has been going off for the
last several days, and the water has been calm. Juan started off just outside of Cabo
bay as there was a large pod of porpoise there. Let me make a long story short here.
They ended up having seven Striped Marlin come up into the pattern. One they caught
and released on a dead bait rigged behind a blue and white Islander lure, run wayyyyy
back, another one they lost at the side of the boat when the line broke just before they
were able to grab the leader, another one ate a live bait but came off after about a 5
minute fight. The other four fish just were window shopping and did not strike anything.
The dead bait fish and the lure fish were a double header! They also caught and
released a Skipjack Tuna. Not bad at all for a half day of fishing, huh? Congratulations
all the way around, and we were happy to be able to get another boat for you to fish on
for Monday since we are already booked. Have fun!
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