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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Nov 24, 2003; 10:07AM - 'Fly Hooker Daily 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
Blue Marlin 1 about 240 lbs. died coming in
Striped Marlin 3 tagged and released, one tail wrapped
1 Sailfish 110# tagged and released
8 Dorado
19 Yellowfin Tuna 8-50 #’s small ones released
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 16, 2003
Larry Hanson and friend Wayne, Wayne’s son Roger and our friend Paul were the
anglers aboard the “Fly Hooker” today. They will be fishing again on Friday, everyone
except Paul. He has to return to Seattle on Tuesday. Larry was nice enough to invite
me along for the day, just to ride as guest and have a few beers. We had a great time!
Juan and Manuel took us to the south almost 12 miles before putting lines in the water
and about a half hour later they turned the boat to the west. Manuel had spotted
something a long way away. We continued trolling that direction for about 30 minutes
before he kicked up the speed a bit. About 10 minutes later he put the binoculars to his
face and kicked us up another notch. 15 more minutes and the rest of us could see the
Porpoise jumping and feeding. Gad, Manuel sure had good eyes! We were the first
boat to the pod and on our first pass hooked up to a triple on Yellowfin Tuna. They
were about 15-20 pounds each and we got all of them to the boat. We worked to
porpoise again for a while and had a double strike. These fish were a bit bigger at 30
pounds, both in the boat. Another pass and a big strike. Roger worked this fish for a
while and Juan and I saw the fish below the boat. Juan wanted the gaff for this one
and I agreed as it looked quite a bit larger than the others. We will never know as the
fish pulled the hook free when about 20 feet down, but Juan and I agreed the fish was
well over 50 pounds. One more pass resulted in the landing of the largest Yellowfin of
the trip, it weighed 35 pounds. Working the fish for a while longer we hooked a
quadruple and got three of the fish to the boat, all of them about 20-25 pounds. The
other fish was another large one and we lost it. Manuel had been on the radio, letting
other boats know what we had found and inviting them to try their luck. We could see
the boats charging in, but it was a bit late for them. We hooked up four more fish
before they arrived, but these were all small fish, in the 8-10 pound class, and since the
box was full with the eight fish already in there, we let them go. Other boats were
working the school by then, so we left in the hopes of getting another species. Well,
we tossed bait at four different Striped Marlin and could not get any of them to eat!
That’s the way it goes sometimes, but we had a great day on the water anyway! Lonnie
has invited me to go along on Thursday and if nothing comes up, I just might go!
Thanks guys, we hope you have a lot of luck on Thursday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 17 NOVEMBER, 2003
Dan, Barb and Raz Nieblas, along with friends Bill and Tony, are fishing with us
today and tomorrow. This will be the first time with us for Bill and Tony and we are
hoping for a great fishing experience. We were lucky with that wish as it turned out!
Juan and Manuel took the boat to the west, even though the wind started to really howl
last night. I went out today on another boat, a 46’ Hatteras, and we turned around
when only five miles out. Juan and Manuel babied the boat out to 12 miles when they
got into the fish. I don’t know exactly the order the fish came in so I will just list the
catch for you. Raz hooked into a giant Striped Marlin. The fish got hooked at the
dorsal fin and never jumped. Juan and Manuel were convinced it was a giant Yellowfin
since another boat had landed one well over #200 in the area the day before. The
flying gaff was out and at the ready 30 minutes into the fight. When the fish finally
came up under the boat, they saw what had happened and unfortunately the tag stick
was not ready. Both Juan and Manuel have a lot of experience with Marlin and both of
them swear that the fish was not less than #230! There was another Striped Marlin
caught and released that weighed about #140. Dan hooked up and landed a Mako
shark that might, just maybe, have pushed a scale to #10, the shark was released!
Four nice Yellowfin to #35 and a couple of Dorado rounded out a great day of fishing.
No one got sick even though the water was so rough, they just all got soaked all day
long, but they had a great time. The wind started to die down this afternoon so
hopefully the water conditions will be better tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 18 NOVEMBER, 2003
This was the second day of fishing for Dan, Barb, Raz, Bill and Tony. Juan and
Manuel went to the same area, about 12 miles to the west of the arch, about halfway to
San Jaime Bank. It was good to them again as The total catch for the day was one
Sailfish released, approximately #110, One Striped Marlin kept, approximately #140
(the fish was hooked in the eye and gill, bleeding badly so it was kept), Four Dorado
kept, all around #30 with several smaller fish released, and Four Yellowfin Tuna kept,
approximately #30-35. The water had settled down quite a bit as the wind did not blow
last night. A lot more comfortable, that’s for sure! Once again I would like to thank you
guys for being so great, it’s a good feeling knowing your clients are also your friends!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 NOVEMBER, 2003
Our friend Big John, from Canada, along with his friends Ron, Jim and Chris, went
fishing on the “Fly Hooker” today. It was a fair day on the water with comfortable
conditions but they were not able to get any eating fish in the boat. They did have
shots at eight different Marlin though! One of the fish was a Blue Marlin approximately
#200 that was kept, the fish became tail wrapped and died during the fight. The other
fish that was caught was a Striped Marlin approximately #120 that was tagged and
released. They had a good time with Juan and Manuel and want to go again! Thanks
big guy, we are working on it for you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FROM 20 NOVEMBER, 2003
Lonny Hanson and his friend Wayne and Wayne’s son Roger are our anglers again
today on the “Fly Hooker” This is the second trip for them this week. Lonny invited me
to come along again, but I had to decline as I had a bunch of stuff to de in order to get
ready for maintenance day on Saturday. Once again Manuel and Juan went out tot he
Pacific side, around 12 miles off the Lighthouse, looking for more Tuna, Dorado and
Marlin. It was a slow day though as they only had two strikes all day long, both of them
from Striped Marlin. One of the fish escaped pretty quickly, the other one was tagged
and released. It is amazing how quickly the fishing conditions can change and the fish
can move! We hope that next time Lonny comes to fish, the bite stays on the whole
time he is here! Thanks for the invite Lonny, sorry I was not able to go. Like you said,
being out on the water sure beats not being there!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 21 NOVEMBER, 2003
John Westerman and his wife Dorothy fished with Juan and Manuel today. They
started just 12 miles out to the southeast as the Pacific side had not been producing
well for the past several days. There was no action for a while and when they got 25
miles out, Manuel got a radio call from a friend giving him GPS numbers where he had
just found a large pod of Porpoise and had started catching fish. In came the lines and
off they went. 12 miles later, at a distance of 35 miles out, they arrived. Fishing for
about an hour and a half in the Porpoise, they managed to get 4 Yellowfin Tuna, all of
them around 45 pounds, and lost one more. It was a lucky thing that Manuel got that
call because they did not see anything else the entire day! A cooler of fillets was the
result and everyone had a good time!
MAINTENANCE DAY NOVEMBER 22, 2003
Both shaft couplings were replaced with brand new ones, the port engine had new
engine mounts installed and the engines were re-aligned. No vibrations!!!! A little
wood work was done.
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Nov 24, 2003; 09:55AM - 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 FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 16 TO NOVEMBER 22, 2003
WEATHER: Windy days at the beginning of the week and the end of the week with
wonderful weather between! Our night time lows were down into the low 60’s, it
actually reached 62 degrees here at the house Monday morning, this was while the
wind was blowing and a cold front moved through. At the end of the week the mornings
had warmed up to 70 degrees. All week long the highs were in the mid to high 80’s. All
in all a great week on the weather side. A few cloudy days at the beginning as that
front moved through, clear skies the rest of the time.
WATER: As we change into the winter weather pattern the waters are cooling down.
On the Pacific side of the Cape our warm waters have been 79-80 degrees while on the
Sea of Cortez side the average has been a couple of degrees higher. The Gorda
Banks area has been showing temperatures in the 82 degree range and that has been
about the highest around. With that cold front that moved through the area early in the
week came some good winds, as we also experienced on Saturday. Rough water with
swells at 4-8 feet and white caps everywhere. Thank goodness the winds were of short
duration and it calmed right down, still some swells but nice rollers, not short, steep
stuff.
BAIT: With the new moon we were getting Caballito, as the water continues to cool we
should start to get more Mackerel as well. The normal price of $2 per bait. There have
been Sardinas as well at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There are still a few Blue and Black Marlin around, but I did not hear of any
really large fish caught this week. There was a very good bite on Striped Marlin just off
the lighthouse ledge on the Pacific side early in the week. Dropping live bait halfway to
the bottom during the tide change resulted in hook ups for a lot of boats, and those that
persisted at it often had the luck to catch two or three fish. Live or dead bait seemed to
be the way to go on the Striped Marlin and the average size seems to be getting a bit
larger. On the other Billfish, there has been no concentration, the fish have been
scattered, but the slightly warmer water on the Cortez side seems to be producing a
few more of the Blues and Blacks.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A friends boat got a nice Yellowfin this week that was well over
the #200 mark, I mean well over! Not us though, almost all of our fish were under #50.
They were with the Porpoise and the area that seemed to be the best producer early in
the week was a band of water that ran from about 12 miles west of the lighthouse on
the Pacific side to about 25 miles to the south. There was a good bite late in the week
but it was very far, 37 miles to the southeast, it had a lot of Porpoise and Tuna action.
The bite was fair at the end of the week with the Porpoise and Tuna scattering, but on
Friday there was a concentration of fish just inside the 95 spot and about 50 boats were
working them. Dark colored lures and live bait were the key this week.
DORADO: Almost all the Dorado this week were fish caught way up on the Pacific
side, close to shore. That was early in the week. At the end of the week these fish had
disappeared and boats going back there had a long run for very few bites. Closer to
home the water was a bit warmer and the key to getting more than one fish was to
watch the Frigate birds. More than one Frigate working meant that there were Dorado
in the area, and boats the tossed out live bait under the Frigates seemed to do fairly
well on fish ranging from #30 to #15.
WAHOO: Very few Wahoo this week, sure wish that bite early last week had lasted a
bit longer!
INSHORE: No change from last week. Inshore action picked up just a little bit with a
very good bite on Skipjack and Bonita to 10 pounds. That bite was early and on
Sardinas. There were Sierra reported being caught off the Solmar beach and up north
to the lighthouse, but the fish were small, most of them under three pounds. Scattered
Dorado and an occasional Jack Crevalle kept things interesting.
NOTES: The water and air is starting to cool off, the holidays are coming up, the
Whales are starting to show up and the football playoffs are being talked about! My
time of year! Treat yourself to a great Christmas present and come on down between
Thanksgiving and Christmas, the town will not be too crowded yet and the weather
ought to be just beautiful! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Nov 17, 2003; 01:36PM - 'Fly Hooker' Daily Reports
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
'Fly Hooker' Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#130)
DORADO: SIX KEPT TO #30
BONTIA: BUNCHES
SKIPJACK: MEGA BUNCHES
YELLOWFIN TUNA: FOUR KEPT TO #25, ONE RELEASED
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 9, 2003
John Chinundet and his wife Tanya fished with Juan and his brother Juan today.
John is fishing with us again on the 14th. The action started early and then died off as
a Striped Marlin was spotted early in the trip with the lines in the water for only a very
short time. A live bait was tossed and Tanya got to fight the fish for about 30 minutes
before the fish was brought to the side of the boat for photos and tagging. A very nice
way to start the trip, but the action went downhill from there. Working their way up the
Pacific coast they found fish when they had reached the area inside the Golden Gate
Banks. A few nice Bonita were caught and John had a chance at a good sized Dorado
as well. That was all the shots they were going to get though, and they returned with a
Marlin and a release flag flying. Good job on the fish, Tanya! John has invited me to
go with him on Friday as Tanya is going to be attending conferences this week. Ok, I’m
up for it, and I’ll let you know how it turned out when we get back!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 10, 2003
Roger and Dot Salyer and their son Canyon are fishing the “Fly Hooker” today, and
Juan and Manuel decided to go to the area inside the Golden Gate Banks once again.
It was a good choice as they ended up the day with five Dorado to 30 pounds and
almost a dozen Bonita to 12 pounds. Canyon was the top fisherman for the day,
catching both more and larger fish than anyone else! Thanks for coming back and
fishing with us, we are glad it was a successful trip for you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 11, 2003
Another day that I get to go on the boat! We had two anglers, Skip Smith and Walter
John, plus their guide, our friend Jeff, from “Baja On The Fly”. The wind has been
howling up on the East Cape so they decided to give the fishing here a try. Fly
fishermen are working under a handicap to start with so anything we can do to make
things easier we try and accomplish. With that in mind, we loaded up on the Sardinas
and cruised out in search of fish. Well, we ended up cruising for over two hours before
stopping to work a piece of tree trunk floating in the water. On the way we had spotted
several other pieces of debris, but none of them held any gamefish, just some small
baitfish. On the piece of wood we did stop at, Jeff and I saw a Dorado cut through the
water about 30 yards away, so out went a couple of handfuls of Sardinas and we
waited to see what would happen. It did not take long before a couple of Dorado
showed up and started slashing in on the bait and Walter and Skip started casting.
Walter got the first hook-up and it was short lived as he was standing on the fly line
when the fish struck. A very short run and the leader popped. Shoot! A little while
later he had another hook up and again, the fish popped the leader after a bit longer
run. Finally, after quite a while and a lot of chum, a few new fish moved in and Skip
had a shot. Everything went well for him and we were excited as the Dorado, estimated
at near #30, did a lot of jumping on its long run. For some reason though, the leader
parted about 5 feet from the fly and the fish was lost. Skip did have the chance to feel
the power though! Our chum was gone so we gave the log a few passes with trolled
flies. The first pass resulted in Skip hooking up to a small Yellowfin Tuna of around 8
pounds. He fought it to the boat for a picture and the fish was released. One more
pass resulted in another Yellowfin hook up but this time the fish got away. That was it
for the day as we were running out of time. We tried trolling flies for about an hour,
then picked up and ran in. Thanks guys, it was fun fishing with you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 12, 2003
Taylor, Linda, Jim and Laurie were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today. Jim and
Laurie were supposed to have come down to Cabo with our friend Skip but it was when
we had either Hurricane Marty or Isabelle approaching. Since they live in the Keys,
they decided that they would pass on the trip! No problem, they are here now and
since Taylor and Linda had been looking for someone to share the boat with, it all
worked out. Juan and Manuel went to the Pacific side, looking for the same piece of
wood we had found yesterday. They got lucky and eventually found it, but the fish were
not there in the numbers they had been before, either that or someone else had
already hit it. They did manage to get one Dorado hooked up on live bait and Laurie
was the angler. Not much fish today but at least they got dinner in the boat! The same
group is fishing again tomorrow so we have our fingers crossed that the fishing will
improve for them.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 13 NOVEMBER, 2003
One more day of fishing for Taylor and Linda Toussaint and Jim and Laurie. This
time Juan and Manuel headed up the Pacific coast towards the Golden Gate Banks
and had a little more luck than yesterday. The got into the Bonito and caught a
“BUNCH!” of them, and a little later on found Porpoise that were holding Yellowfin
Tuna. They ended up getting four fish out of the porpoise and the fish ranged in size
from 8 pounds to 25 pounds. Not a bad day on the water and certainly better than
yesterdays fishing! Thanks guys, we are glad you had a good time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 14 NOVEMBER, 2003
Today was the second day of fishing aboard the “Fly Hooker” for John Chinuntdet
and since his wife Tanya could not join him today, he invited me. Yesterday he had
fished out of San Jose on a Panga and had good action on Yellowfin and a Wahoo up
at Punts Gorda. He said that a lot of the guys staying at the Presidente had been
working that area and almost everyone had been getting Wahoo, so off we went! Juan
and his brother Juan started us out at the Chileno area and we worked the coast up to
the Palmilla where we turned out and trolled to and over the inner Gorda Bank. There
were a few boats there but no action happening so we continued on to Punta Gorda.
Arriving in the area we could see about 20 boats drifting around and when we were set
up we started chumming with Sardinas. In no time at all we had fish boiling behind us,
but almost 50 yards away, they just wouldn’t come closer. We could see they were
Yellowfin Tuna of about 20-25 pounds. I drifted a Sardina back until it was in the area
and had a good, solid pickup, but after setting the hook and getting only a short run, the
line was either cut or the knot came undone. Hey, I didn’t tie the knot, all right? We
got more hits then, but everyone of them was a Skipjack or Bonita. Oh, also a
Needlefish in on the chum that did not hook up. About 90 minutes into the chumming,
Juan saw a Dorado behind the boat. John hooked it up on one of his light outfits and
after about ten minutes Juan released the Dorado, about 10 pounds, and we continued
to try. We did not have any other action though, and saw none of the other boats
hooking up to Tuna. Juan got on the radio and said the other captains were reporting
only Skipjack and Bonita, just like us. Apparently there had been a bite, but it was
really early in the morning. We had a bit of a nap on the way back home and I thanked
John for the invitation and told him I just wish the fishing had been better for us. Next
time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2003
Our fly fishing friend and guide Jeff, from “Baja On The Fly” brought two of his clients
to Cabo today, Richard and Julie Laws, from San Francisco. They had tried to fish the
East Cape yesterday but the wind was blowing so hard by 10 am that it was impossible.
Jeff called yesterday and asked how the weather had been down here and I let him
know that we had fished the Cortez side yesterday and it had a bit of a breeze and
there had been some afternoon winds on the Pacific as well. All right, we would do the
best we could. We started out heading almost due south to look for Yellowfin Tuna or
Dorado, even a Marlin, but the wind was blowing hard and the water was too rough for
casting. Julie was not feeling well so we turned the boat around and worked the area
off the lighthouse, looking for Bonita or Skipjack, maybe even Sierra. As long as we
hooked something on the troll we could start chumming and get them behind the boat.
Well, after about an hour the strategy paid off. We hooked something up, tossed
Sardinas out and almost right away had fish boiling behind the boat. To make a long
story short, Dick, Jeff, Juan and myself proceeded to catch over 60 Skipjack between 3
and 10 pounds, releasing all but three of them. The three we kept had been attacked
by Triggerfish and needle fish and we thought we might be able to chunk them later on.
I managed to catch a Triggerfish on the fly and Dick got a 4 foot long needlefish as
well. Also Manuel spotted a Dorado come into the chum and Dick managed to place
his fly perfectly for a good hookup. The Dorado was a very nice sized fish and did a lot
of jumping, stripping a lot of line off the reel. With around 100 yards of line and
backing out the 16 pound tipped finally popped, but at least Dick got to feel the hook up
and runs! Julie finally gave up and taking sympathy on her, Dick agreed on returning
to the Marina. I would like to thank both Dick Laws and Jeff for letting Juan and myself
get in on the long rod action, it was a blast!
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Nov 17, 2003; 01:20PM - 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 FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 9 TO NOVEMBER 15, 2003
WEATHER: It was nice and sunny at the start of the week but we ended up with
overcast skies for most of the weekend. There was a threat of rain that did not
materialize here in Cabo but we could see it falling in the mountains. Our day time
highs were in the low 90’s, up a bit from last week, while our night time lows were
mostly in the very low 70’s. It was a fairly comfortable week all the way around!
WATER: Surface temperatures this week were mostly in the 81 degree range almost
all around. There was a warm water finger pointing at us down south at 30 miles, and
the water there was in the 83 and 84 degree range. On the Sea Of Cortez the wind
was minimal for most of the week, at least until you got to the Punta Gorda area, then it
really kicked in. On the Pacific side we had great surface conditions up until Friday
afternoon, then the wind turned on from the north-west and really raised a commotion.
It seemed to die down a bit on Saturday afternoon.
BAIT: Plenty of Sardinas available this week at the normal $20 a bucket and there
were a few Caballito starting to show up as well. They were the normal $2 each.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Blue Marlin action continues to wind down but there were a few caught this
week. The best area, both for the Blue Marlin and the Striped Marlin, seemed to be
close to town, just within 8 miles of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. For the Blue
Marlin, lures were the ticket and the preferred colors were blue/green and blue/silver.
The Blues were mostly in the #250 range though there were a couple released which
were reported as being in the #500 class. The striped Marlin seemed to prefer live bait
this week and there were quite a few spotted. They were not staying on the surface
long though, you needed to cast to quite a few before you hooked up with a hungry
one. That was tough to do as sighting them was difficult, they were just under the
surface and went down quickly.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were football and school fish out there this week, but the
really big cows were few and far between. 20 miles and more to the south seemed to
be where they were, and it looked like that was around the boundary area where the 81
degree water met the 83 degree water. Most of the fish were caught on lures as they
were moving around pretty fast with the porpoise, but when things got slow, heavy
chumming with Sardinas brought the bite back on. Not everyone got into the fish, but
those that made the trip and were among the first there averaged three or four fish per
boat.
DORADO: There is not much I can say about the Dorado that I have not already said
in each weeks report for the last month. Again, the key to a good catch was finding a
floating piece of debris that held fish. You might see 5 or six pieces of wood over the
course of the day and maybe one of them would hold some fish. If you were lucky, no
one else had found it yet and the fish would be willing to bite! There were Dorado
caught by boats slow trolling live bait just outside the beach area as well, but the fish
were not very large, most of them were reported in the 15 pound range, but I did talk to
one angler who came up with a #40 fish working live bait.
WAHOO: Some decent Wahoo were caught this week and it seemed that they were a
bit more concentrated than normal. Or at least they were in the areas where you would
expect to find them! On the Banks and on the drop-offs the bite was sporadic but there.
One of the hot spots this week was up at Punta Gorda, just a few miles off the beach.
Most of the Pangas working out of La Playita in San Jose were getting at least one fish
a day, up to 90 pounds. The bite was early and on the tide change. Lots of bite-offs on
live bait, most of the fish were fooled with live bait run on very small wire leader.
INSHORE: Inshore action this week picked up just a little bit with a very good bite on
Skipjack and Bonita to 10 pounds. That bite was early and on Sardinas. There were
Sierra reported being caught off the Solmar beach and up north to the lighthouse, but
the fish were small, most of them under three pounds. Scattered Dorado and an
occasional Jack Crevalle kept things interesting.
NOTES: All the tournaments are over for the year, thank goodness, and now we just
have to make it through the holidays. The fishing is slowly improving as the weeks roll
by and we are really hoping for a great Striped Marlin season. I have talked to a few
people who have been fishing up in Mag Bay and the story is “wide open bite on
everything except Striped Marlin”, it appears they have just not come down from up
north yet. That may mean that we will be a little late on the bite this year, but it should
happen really strong when it takes off. Meanwhile, we are hoping the fish that are
making the bite “wide open” up there, move on down to our area! Well, that’s it for this
week. If you get a chance to get a line in the water, go do it! I heard from a friend of
mine that they were catching Yellowfin Tuna 5 miles off the beach at Newport Beach,
Cal., unbelievable! Until next week, tight lines!
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Nov 10, 2003; 10:39AM - 'Fly Hooker Daily 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 TAGGED AND RELEASED (#150)
DORADO: ONE KEPT (#50)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: SIXTEEN KEPT (#5-#35)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2, 2003
We had two guys on the “Fly Hooker” today who were booked by another company
and I cant remember their names, shame on me. They did have a good day fishing,
even if the fish were scattered. They finally found Porpoise that had Yellowfin Tuna
with them and were able to get hooked up to a nice one that Juan said would have
gone an easy #50, but it pulled hook just below the boat. They did get another one
hooked up that weighed right around #20, some nice fillets on that fish! A little later on
they got a blind strike and were hooked up to a Dorado that was right around #50! A
great fight and fillets for dinner! Not a lot of fish today but they were quality ones!
Thanks guys, we are glad you enjoyed fishing with us!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 3, 2003
Terry Matheson was back in Cabo with a group of 18 people and got a few of them to
fish with us today. We had four on our boat and four went on another boat. Juan and
Manuel managed to get into the Tuna today on the Cortez side out toward the 1150
spot. A friend found the fish first and gave them a call. In came the lines and off they
went. The Porpoise were working hard when the boat got there and the rods started
going off, sometimes four lines at once. It was a hectic hour and terry said they could
have filled the boat if they had wanted to, but they caught enough Yellowfin to 35
pounds that they were ready for something else, Marlin perhaps. The rest of the day
was spent in an unsuccessful search for another species. They had a great time and
we sure were glad to know that there were fish out there! Thanks Terry, we look
forward to a repeat!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2003
Yesterday we turned down a charter in order to get the boat ready for the Western
Outdoors Tuna Tournament, we don’t need any problems taking place when there is
big money on the line for our clients. Well, our tournament team is supposed to be
Tom and Ted Pianko, Mark Rangell and Gary Scherping. Tom and Mark are fishing
today, Ted and Gary are supposed to arrive tonight and fish the tournament tomorrow.
Being as this was a day to get used to the area and search out fish, Juan and Manuel
decided to head back to the Cortez side and see if there were still Tuna around where
they had found them a couple of days ago. They went as far as the 1,000 fathom line
up to the northeast of the Gorda Banks and while they did see a few fish break water,
they didn’t get any bites from the Tuna. Mark did get a chance to tangle with a Striped
Marlin that they estimated at #150, and was able to tag and release the fish after about
30 minutes of fighting time. That was it for the day, we sure hope that the Tuna are
biting tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 6, 2003
This was the first day of the Tournament and unfortunately, Ted Pianko was not able
to make it to Cabo. he is an attorney and a judge held him over for court. He is also
the one who arranged everything and was bringing down all the personal gear the team
was to use. He was also the fisherman of the group! What a sad story! Almost like
being in the military! Anyway, Juan and Manuel had heard that there were some nice
fish found yesterday up on the Pacific side of the Cape and decided to head up there
today. Maybe the wrong decision since they found no fish that would bite. They did
see Porpoise and Tuna Jumping, but no takers. The big fish for the day in the
Tournament was #86, second place was #75 and third was #64, not big fish and easily
beat if one of the nice ones had come along. We have our fingers crossed that they do
better tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2003
Tom, Mark and Gary were out again for the second day of the tournament and today
Juan and Manuel decided to go back to the Cortez side, up past the Gordo Banks
again. Juan said that the area they had been fishing on the Pacific side yesterday was
too crowded and the fish were extremely boat shy, wanting to get into fish that did not
have as much pressure put on them, they headed northeast. Wow, 37 miles out! They
did find the fish, but were only able to get one little, tiny, baby Yellowfin to bite. The
fish may have weighed 5 pounds, a perfect live bait for the Bisbee Marlin Tournament,
but not even close to a winner for this one. One of the boats in the tournament was
able to get a big fish and it weighed #176! Should have been us, darn it! Well, it was
quite the experience, and we are sorry that Ted was not able to make it for the fishing.
perhaps next year? Thanks guys!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2002
Once again we were booked by another company and took two guys out on the
“Fly Hooker”. They were supposed to go on another boat, but it had a fresh water
pump go out on one of the engines. These guys brought some of their own gear and
we had Juan’s brother Juan on board, along with Manuel. Juan attached a big Rapalla
to a length of #400 Mono and they used it while fishing. Manuel went up on the Pacific
side, in the vicinity of Golden gate Banks. They only fish they saw and the only strike
they had came on the Rapalla, but the Wahoo it attracted ended up biting through the
#400 mono leader. No fish for the day, but it was nice on the water. We hope you
have better luck on your next trip!
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Nov 10, 2003; 10:27AM - Cabo 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
CABO FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2 TO NOVEMBER 8, 2003
WEATHER: Our evening lows have been in the high 60’s to low 70’s while the day
time highs have been in the mid to high 80’s. Great weather and the fact that the winds
have been light all week just added to the comfort level while on the water. We had a
slight overcast during the first half of the week with clearing skies at the end but
received no rain.
WATER: At the end of the week we had warm water in the 81-82 degree range up to
three miles off shore on the Pacific side while the temperature farther off shore were in
the 80-81 degrees. The Sea of Cortez had 82 degree water and this trend continued
around the Cape until you reached an area 30 miles to the south. In this area the water
temperatures boomed and over a very short distance went from 81 degrees to 84
degrees. Surface conditions were great all week long with just a bit of wind kicking up
some chop in the late afternoons. There was a slight swell of 2-4 feet from the north
west.
BAIT: It was a very tough week to get bait for almost all the boats, at least the normal
Caballito and Mackerel. The full moon made it difficult for the bait boats to catch the
Caballito and the water is a little too warm for the Mackerel. There were plenty of
Sardinas available at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Once again action was slow on the Billfish this week, perhaps due to the
coming full moon. There were Striped Marlin, Blue Marlin and Sailfish caught, but not
in any great numbers. Almost all of the action seemed to be either just off the
lighthouse on the Pacific side, at the 95 spot or up the Pacific coast past the Golden
Gate Banks. Lures in darker colors for the Blue Marlin and Dorado colors seemed to
work well for almost everything.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Tuna fishing sure was not as good this week as we had been
hoping. Last year when the tournament was held there were a lot of fish found that
were over #100, this year there was just one and it weighed #176. There were fish out
there and some of the boats reported getting into schools where you cold see the big
fish jumping, but they would not eat. Most of the fish were found more than 15 miles
out and some boats reported traveling as far as 70 miles from the Cape in search of the
winning fish. As is normal, the first boat to a school had the best chance of getting bit,
but even then the bites were slow to come. With few Caballito and Mackerel for bait
most of the boats had to make do with catching small Skipjack for baits, or else just go
with the Sardinas. Even boats using frozen baits such as squid and ballyhoo, brought
in from the states, had a very hard time getting bit. Most of the fish were slightly larger
than footballs, the 19th largest fish weighed in at just over 40 pounds. The Sardinas
worked well on the fish in the football size up to about 35 pounds but most of the larger
fish were caught on lures, and it seemed that as is normal, the darker colored feathers
did well.
DORADO: As was the case last week, the key to a good catch of Dorado was finding a
piece of floating debris that held fish. Once you had that, then you needed to have live
bait. Thank goodness that Dorado like Sardinas! Most of the Dorado action was on
the Pacific side up in the warmer water towards Golden Gate banks and at the San
Jaime. There were fish scattered around that were picked up as incidentals and there
seemed to be more of them close in to the shore than there were off shore.
WAHOO: There were some nice Wahoo caught this week and it was probably because
there were a lot of boats working the areas where they like to feed, such as the edge of
the banks! That is also a good area to concentrate for Yellowfin Tuna, so it is no
surprise that there were Wahoo caught as well. I saw quite a few fish in the 40# and
over category brought in by the boats in the Tournament and that is the where they
were found. Many fish were lost due to cut off on mono leader.
INSHORE: No change from last week. There was really not a lot happening inshore
this week with the exception of the Dorado on live bait. I talked with a lot of people who
had gone out on Pangas and who had gotten no fish, and talked to a few Captains who
said that they were still catching the occasional Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle, but that
yes, the inshore was slow.
NOTES: Tuna Tournament week and things were a bit hectic in town! There were
over 180 teams entered in the tournament and about half of them decided to pre-fish on
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday were the big days and they were eventful. On day
one, one team had a member have a heart attack and they got him picked up by
helicopter, the report was that he was in good condition at the hospital. There was also
a boat collision during the shotgun start and the report was a Glacier Bay catamaran
went down, but the team members were all right and were picked up by another boat.
The fishing was slow and the fish were far out. Some boats working way up on the
Pacific side reported getting into fish in the #200 to #300 range, but there was no way
anyone was getting bit by them. Most of the fish brought in were in the #30 and under
class, the largest fish of the day was #86. Day two saw the fishing get even slower but
it did produce the tournament winner of #176! Most of the boats entered in the
tournament found fish, but the majority of them had no luck getting them to eat. Now
that the tournaments are all over, maybe we can get back to some normal fishing!
Thanks for reading the report, and see you next week!
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Nov 3, 2003; 11:00AM - 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: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#120)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: NINE FISH KEPT (1@#65, 2@#50, 4@#45, 2@#25)
DORADO: ONE FISH KEPT (#12)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 26, 2003
I had a chance to fish with Bob Deeter today, his second of three days on the “Fly
Hooker”. Some people say it is bad luck for the owner of a charter boat to be on board
with clients and maybe they are right. We ended up the day with no flags on the
outriggers. Juan and his brother Juan started us out fishing just outside the lighthouse
on the Pacific side and a little while later, maybe a half hour, we spotted a Marlin on
the surface. We ran up to it and as we approached the fish, it went down. A bait was
cast anyway and left to soak for a while with no action happening. The same thing
happened a short time later as we worked our way up the Pacific coast, looking for
Dorado and Tuna. About mid morning a Striped Marlin came in on the long rigger, hot
on the lure. As normal, Juan gunned the boat to keep the fish off of the lure as a live
bait was dropped back. I think the fish was so focused on the lure that it never even
saw the bait, and the fish left when the lure lost it’s action. We kept hunting and
worked a fishy looking area off of the Los Arcos for quite a while before starting back.
At 1:40, just outside the Pedregal, where we had seen Marlin this morning, we had a
strike on the bridge rod. Bob was watching the lures and he saw the fish come up on
the lure. At first he thought it was a Striped Marlin but then realized how large the bill
was and yelled “big fish on the stinger!”. We all looked and sure enough, there she
was! The fish bit and Juan set the hook and passed the rod down. As Bob took the rod
into the chair the fish began a great series of jumps, both vertical and grey-hounding
ones. The fish would jump towards the boat and Juan would gun the engines, then the
fish would jump away. Bob worked on the fish for about 5 minutes when all of a sudden
the rod tip came up abruptly and the fish was gone. The hook had pulled out! Oh well,
it was a nice way to end the day, hooked up to a Blue Marlin that we all estimated at
between #250 and #300. Maybe tomorrow without me on board they will do better and
get Bob into some meat fish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 OCTOBER, 2003
Juan and Manuel took Bob Deeter to the same place off of the Pedregal/lighthouse
area that we had lost the Blue Marlin at on yesterdays trip and started there. The plan
was to work as far to the south-east as needed to find some Tuna. The lures had been
set out no longer than 5 minutes when a large Marlin that everyone estimated at
between #400 and #500 came up on the bridge rod and struck. From the look of the
leader, it was a large fish. No hook-up happened, just a bill swipe and they brought the
lure in to check it out. The #300 leader was chafed almost 3/4 of the way through, just
on the strike! As they were looking at the leader, the short rigger went down on a hard
strike. The hook was set and the fight was on for a whole three pumps when the hook
pulled. The fish never jumped so there was no way to tell if it had been the same fish,
but everyone agreed that it had been a large one. The trolling continued, searching for
Dorado or Tuna. It was not until they got 27 miles out that the Porpoise were found,
and there were Tuna jumping among them. After 10 minutes of working the fish with
lures and no results, Juan changed to slow trolling live bait with no leader, the hook
tied directly to the line. It worked and Bob fought two #50 Yellowfin to the boat and into
the box! Finally some meat fish in the boat! Bob is taking tomorrow off but will go
fishing again on Wednesday on another boat. We were already booked for that day
but arranged a good boat for him to fish on. We hope he has a lot of luck and finishes
filling that cooler with fillets! P.S.- Talked with Bob and Paula on the 31st, and they
are going to try and get away again around Thanksgiving and come to Cabo again! He
did get to fill the cooler!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 29, 2003
Ron and Jo Flora are fishing with us for the next three days. Ron is 72 years young
and he really wants to get a chance to tie in to a Yellowfin Tuna of over 100 pounds.
Now you know he is not a novice at the sport, he brought new reels and rods with him
in order to be sure the equipment he used was up to the task. Jo is a wonderful wife
and they get along great, she loves to fish as much as Ron does. Ron used to run
marathons, and was an Olympic runner in the 60’s. His knees are shot now and he
says that had he known what was going to happen to them, he would have taken us
swimming instead! Anyway, Juan and Manuel took them out this morning and put the
lines in the water about 5 miles out from the Lighthouse on the Pacific side and things
were real slow until they got out 27 miles. Then they had a strike! The first fish was a
Marlin and Jo fought it for just a few seconds before it came off, then another fish struck
a purple/black straight runner on the long rigger. That was about 11:30, and Ron
settled in for the fight. It took almost an hour, and it was on his gear. After the fish
finally was in the boat, Ron swore it had to be #80, but Juan said that it was more in the
#60-#65 range. Not a problem at the time, as Ron was pretty wore out on the fish.
Now the reason he wants a big Cow Tuna is that it had always been his fathers dream
to get a chance at a big fish like that, but he never had the money or the time to give it
a try. In his place, Ron wants to catch one for him! Nice, huh? All right, we will keep
our fingers crossed that in the next two days it happens!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 30, 2003
Juan and Manuel took Ron and Jo back to the same area that they had found the
Tuna yesterday but there were no large fish for them today. Juan told me that they
could see the bigger fish in the school but they just would not bite anything they tried.
They did manage to hook up to two Yellowfin in the 25 pound class, but no big fish
today. The wind picked up a little bit and they have decided that because of Ron’s
knees they will probably try the Cortez side of the Cape tomorrow, the water should be
a bit smoother over there, and there have been some fish reported from the area
around the 1150.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 31, 2003
The water was nicer on the Cortez side of the Cape than on the Pacific side, but
again, there were no really large fish. Right after they had started out, Manuel received
a call from a friend that he had found a pod of porpoise and gave Manuel directions.
They ran all the way out there and ended up about 17 miles out from Palmilla. There
were Porpoise everywhere, and since they were one of the first boats to the spot, the
action happened quickly. Four nice Yellowfin of about #45 were caught, then the other
boats started showing up, putting the scare into the Tuna. Jo brought in a small
Dorado of about 12 pounds that they caught on live bait tossed at a small piece of
wood, and that was the end of the action for the day. The rest of the day was spent
looking for a Marlin for Jo to fight, but they saw not one fin nor did they have a fish
come up on the lures. They did have a good time however, and after returning to port
we spent a couple of hours at Tanga-Tanga sipping Pacificos and talking about all
kinds of stuff. Thanks Ron and Jo, we really enjoyed your company and are looking
forward to seeing you when you get a chance to come down again, hopefully and catch
the #100 Yellowfin!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2003
Russ Colby fished with us back on January 12th, and then he was on a Marlin
search. We did not have any luck with the Billfish, but did get into the action on small
football Yellowfin on light tackle (finally!) and lost a nice Dorado. Well, once again he
is looking for a Marlin, but would not turn down a fish for the table as well! Juan and
Manuel went out looking for Tuna for the table to start off with, but instead the almost
blanked out on any fish at all, The only fish they did find was a Striped Marlin, and he
struck on a lure! Finally Russ got his Marlin, a Striper estimated at #120 that they
tagged and released. Congratulations Russ, nice to see that Blue flag flying with a
release flag below it!
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Nov 3, 2003; 10:56AM - 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 FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 2, 2003
WEATHER: Great weather here in Cabo as Fall settles in. Our evening lows are in
the high 60’s and the day has highs in the mid 80’s to low 90’s. Mostly sunny all week
with only a few days of slight overcast. No rain of course! The winds have been mostly
light with an occasional pick up in strength in the early afternoon with wind from the
northwest kicking up to maybe 12 knots.
WATER: The temperature break we have been observing just to the outside of the San
Jaime Banks is spreading the boundary out a bit more and moving in closer to land as
it cools down across the board as well. The water on the Jaime now is mostly in the 82
degree range while water closer in is 85. On the Sea of Cortez side the same thing is
happening with the warmer water closer to land and everything cooling off a bit as well.
That is good for the fishing as those high temperature we had been seeing were not
carrying a lot of fish with them. Surface conditions have been excellent as well, with
just a slight chop and swell on the Pacific in the morning and kicking up to quite a few
whitecaps later on in the day. on the Cortez side the conditions have been just
beautiful with blue, calm water!
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was Caballito, and if you were late leaving the
Marina you might have had a hard time getting it. The price remains unchanged at the
usual $2 per bait. The Sardinas were very scarce again but a few bait boats had some
early in the week, they sold out quickly at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The action this week almost all seemed to be located on the Pacific side of
the Cape with the concentration of Striped Marlin between the Lighthouse and Golden
Gate Banks. Blue action was happening a lot closer to home with many boat getting
strikes from nice sized fish as close as two miles from the Cape and as far out as the
Jaime Banks. There were boats flying as many as three blue flags this week and I
heard of a couple that released 6 or seven fish in one day. The Blues have been
averaging between #250 and #300 and have been striking on lures in the Dorado color
as well as Petrelero. The Striped Marlin have been a mix of bait and lure fish with the
average weight at #110 and an occasional #160 to #180 being hooked. Boy, at that
size they almost look like small Blue Marlin when they open their mouth behind a lure!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: For those of you checking out my report in the hope of finding a
secret that will assist you in winning the up coming Tuna Tournament, good luck! My
boat is fishing as well and we want to win! Anyway, its great fun and the fish move
around a lot, lets just hope that by this time next week there will have been some big
ones weighed. From the way things are going so far, it does not look like we will be
seeing as many large fish (over #100) coming to the scales as we had last year. We
are seeing some fish that size in the Porpoise pods, mixed in with smaller school fish,
but they have not been biting all that well. The area around the 1150 spot and the area
just to the south side of the Jaime Banks were holding fish this week, but who knows if
they will still be there next week. The larger fish this week were taken on live bait slow
trolled along the leading edge of the Porpoise pods, using feathers and cedar plugs
resulted in smaller fish, at least for most boats. Lets keep our fingers crossed that the
secret weapons we bring (and we all have some!) work on the winning fish this year!
Good luck!
DORADO: The key to getting Dorado this week was finding floating debris. There was
enough of it out there last week that you really had to work hard to find something that
was holding fish, but this week there was not as much around and most of it had at
least one fish associated. The best results on Dorado were had up around and past
the Golden Gate Banks and some boats were able to really limit out with fish to #40.
Closer to home, slow trolling live bait arround 1/2 to 1 mile off the beach on the Pacific
side resulted in a few fish that averaged 15 pounds. Live bait was the key to Dorado
this week.
WAHOO: To use a favorite expression of mine, “What Hoo?”. There were very few
caught this week and they were incidental catches of fish averaging #35.
INSHORE: There was really not a lot happening inshore this week with the exception
of the Dorado on live bait. I talked with a lot of people who had gone out on Pangas
and who had gotten no fish, and talked to a few Captains who said that they were still
catching the occasional Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle, but that yes, the inshore was
slow.
NOTES: This coming week is going to be a barn burner with the Tuna Tournament
having over 200 teams entered. Pre fishing is on Wednesday and the Tournament is
on Thursday and Friday. I think that every Charter boat I know is booked for the game
and most of them have been for a few months. I know that we have a waiting list of
people who want to know if someone drops out and a boat opens up. There are a few
boats available, but they are the ones who are trying to make a killing. One owner of a
#1 and @8 foot boat was asked by a friend of mine if he was available for the
tournament. The guys said yes and when my friend asked him how much he wanted
per day, the owner told him “$1,000”! Guess he won’t be fishing the tournament.
Anyway, I am going to be very busy this week and will try to give a good report on the
fishing action in next weeks report. Until then, Tight Lines (and keep your fingers
crossed for me, huh?)!
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Oct 27, 2003; 01:41PM - 'Fly Hooker Daily 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
BLUE MARLIN: 1 RELEASED (#250)
STRIPED MARLIN: 3 RELEASED (110-150#)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 1 KEPT (#15)
DORADO: 1 KEPT (#15)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 19, 2003
Tim and Jill Lawrence shared the “Fly Hooker” today with Tim and Marrissa Kyle.
Tim and Marrissa were looking forward to the trip as this was their first experience on
the Salt water, having some experience fishing inland waters. They wanted a chance
to catch a fish “at least 300 pounds!”. Unfortunately Marrissa was sick as soon as
Manual slowed the boat down after the 90 minute run to the fishing area. There were
some porpoise there and Tun as well and Tim Kyle reeled in a Yellowfin of about 15
pounds and was very happy with his sore arm from that fish. Things were very slow
after that and it was not until there was only a few miles to go before lines needed to
come out of the water that the big fish hit. It was the turn for Tim Lawrence and it was a
Blue Marlin. Tim worked the fish for 30 minutes, getting it to the boat several times only
to have the fish take off on another run. Finally Juan was able to get the leader and as
the fish made another try at a run the leader slipped through his hand and before he
could release it the line slipped through and broke. Well, it counts as a legal catch,
and a good workout for Tim! Thank goodness they got something other than just one
Yellowfin. Thanks guys, sorry Marrissa, the Tuna sure was good grilled last night!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 21, 22 AND 23, 2003
Tim and Jill fished these days and the fishing was pretty darn slow. Not just for us
though, it was slow for everyone. The pressure brought on the fish and fishermen due
to the tournaments going on was felt, that’s for sure! Well, on the 21st, Jill got a Striped
Marlin and Tim got a Dorado, they worked an area way out to the west, around the
Jaime Banks, but did not get any fish until they were almost home. On the 22nd they
went out to the 1150 area. The water was too warm, but very blue, and they worked a
pod of porpoise they found on the way back. They could see the Tuna jumping but
could not get bit no matter what they tried. On the 23rd they worked the Pacific coast
close to shore and had a nice boat ride, not even spotting a fish. Sorry guys, we really
enjoyed your company and hope to see you here again soon!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 25 OCTOBER, 2003
Bob Deeter was our angler today. His wife Paula was supposed to go along but
elected to stay at the resort today. Bob will be fishing the next two days with us as well.
He really wanted to get some eating fish so Juan and Manuel worked Tuna about 6
miles off the coast on the Pacific side but could not get a bite,. They saw one other
boat hook up but that was all. Whole trolling live bait in the porpoise they got bit by a
Striped Marlin and Bob fought the fish for 20 minutes before the line broke. On the way
back in they had a Blue Marlin strike one of the lures twice but it did not hook up. Also,
they did get to fight another Striped Marlin that was tagged then released and after
taking the lines out of the water and cruising in, Manuel spotted another fish that Bob
was able to get to the boat for a tag and release after a 15 minute fight. Great fishing,
and I am going tomorrow!
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Oct 27, 2003; 01:25PM - Cabo 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
CABO FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 19 TO OCTOBER 26, 2003
WEATHER: The week started out sunny and warm and ended up cloudy and warm.
An overcast moved into the area on Friday afternoon giving us a relief from the glare on
the water we had early in the week. Our daytime highs were in the mid 90’s and at
night we did have as low as 74 degrees. The breezes were slight to non-existent until
Friday afternoon and then we cooled off a bit as the winds blew from the west at 5-10
knots. (Swinging Doors)
WATER: Again, the only significant temperature break in fishing distance for us has
been out past the San Jaime and Golden Gate banks on the west side. There the
water changes as much as three degrees over a few miles and the water is blue with a
touch of green. On the Sea of Cortez side the water has been much warmer, as high
as 89 degrees in a few areas such as the 1150 spot. The water has been cobalt blue
but way to warm for good fishing with little sign of surface activity such as porpoise or
flying fish. Surface conditions on both sides of the Cape have been great, with just
slight swell and a good ripple from the light breeze. (Mama Tried)
BAIT: This week there was no problem getting bait, and for a change there were
Sardinas available as well. The bigger baits were Caballito and were the normal $2 per
bait while the Sardinas were going for $20 a bucket. Many of the boats fishing the
tournaments this week were catching their own live bait early in the morning at sun-up
just off the lighthouse on the Pacific side. The baits were Skipjack Tuna, Blackfin Tuna
and a few Frigate Mackerel. These fish were biting on Sardinas after you had
chummed for a while and the bigger baits were caught on diamond jigs. (I’m A
Lonesome Fugitive)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, it took a while but the Blue Marlin finally made a showing on the last
day of the Bisbee tournament with 4 fish over the #300 minimum boated and weighed.
There were a lot more Striped Marlin caught and released and almost all of the action
took place on the Pacific side of the Cape. The San Jaime area and inside between
there, the Golden Gate and off the Lighthouse provided most of the fish. Live bait
accounted for many of the Striped Marlin but almost every big Blue Marlin fell to a
trolled lure. The big fish for the tournament was #565. The lighter colored lures
seemed to do better on the Blue Marlin with two qualifying fish on the first day both
falling for lures with lots of orange and the pattern was followed on the third day. On
the second day no qualifying fish were brought in. (I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And
Drink)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna fishing was slow again this week with the fish mostly being
found far offshore. Of course it is the new moon and the Tuna bite is normally slow
during this moon phase anyway. Those boats willing to make the run sometimes found
the fish and often did not, but when they did the action was good on fish ranging from
20 to 60 pounds. A few fish in the #150 class were caught as well and they fell for live
bait pulled in front of the Porpoise. The smaller fish were eating cedar plugs and dark
feathers, the normal call for the football and school fish. A few pods of Porpoise were
found nearer to Cabo but they were worked very heavily. Sometimes Sardines were
the key here as the fish would be shy on anything larger and the Sardinas when used
both as chum and as a fly-lined bait brought the fish up and biting. (Branded Man)
DORADO: Even with a few good pieces of floating debris around the Dorado were
slow this week. We spotted and fished a large number of logs with only one of them
having any fish around, and then there were just two. Inshore seemed to be where the
action was on the Dorado and the Pacific side had more fish. Slow trolled live bait
within a mile of the beach produced fish to 50 pounds with a few boats getting three or
four in that size range. The rest of the time the Dorado were found while trolling lures
and getting blind strikes. (My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers)
WAHOO: To give you an idea, day three of the tournament, when the fishing was
better, produced only three Wahoo for 160 boats. (The Bottle Let Me Down)
INSHORE: Nearshore the action was predictable on the Skipjack, Bonita and Jack
Crevalle. There were Roosterfish in the 25 pound class found on the Pacific side as
well and there were a few Sierra caught. Many anglers when fishing early in the
morning were hooking into some nice Red Snapper in 60 feet of water around the
points while using Sardinas fished about 5 feet off the bottom. (Workin’ Man Blues)
NOTES: The Black and Blue Tournament is over. Day one had only two fish over the
minimum qualifying weight of #300 brought in. The biggest was 412 pounds and took
home around $330,000. Day two resulted in no qualifying fish so the money rolled over
into day three. On the third day the biggest qualifier was #565 and was worth over
$1,000,000, taking the money for the second and third day jackpots and the biggest fish
award as well. There were few fish caught until the last day when the bite happened at
the afternoon tide change. Next tournament coming up is the “For Pete’s Sake” charity
tournament, then the “W.O.N. Tuna Tournament” in November. This weeks report was
written to the country music of the great Merle Haggard on the C.D. “The Platinum
Collection” released by Direct Source in 2002. Thanks for the music Dad! Until next
week, Tight Lines!
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