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May 3, 2013; 07:58PM - Terrace BC Canada Spring Fishing Report May 3, 2013
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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Fishing Report from Noel Gyger http:// www.noelgyger.ca for Thursday March 21, 2013 Terrace, BC
Current LIVE Fishing Report can be read anytime 24-7 at: http://www.noelgyger.ca/current-fishing-reports.htm
Weekend Fishing Forecast:
Good weather forecast for the weekend. All rivers are in good shape except for the mainstem Skeena. It is off colour and borderline fishable. Steelhead is the target fish now. The lower Copper, Skeena, Lakelse and Kalum Rivers are the best choice. Spring Steelhead are coming into the Kitimat River now. Kitimat and Lakelse Rivers are both good for Trout and Dolly Varden Char. There have been many Steelhead seen spawning in the Lakelse River; PLEASE do not harass the spawning Steelhead. Steelhead run in isolated coastal rivers is good. Chinook (King) Salmon are entering the Kalum River now. The have been seen rolling in some pools. It is now possible to catch both Steelhead and Chinook on the same day. Winter Springs are in both Kitimat Douglas Channel and Prince Rupert. Dungeness Crab and Prawning is excellent!
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Apr 28, 2013; 09:56PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo April 28, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Bricston
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
April 28, 2013
Anglers –
Ideal weather conditions are attracting tourists to Los Cabos, while parts of the
United States are still experiencing winter like storms, crazy patterns for sure,
makes this a great time to head south for a vacation in paradise, with warm
sunshine. Winds have been light and anglers enjoyed great offshore conditions, ocean
water temperatures are back on a warming trend in the direction of San Jose del Cabo
and towards Vinorama, now up to 75 degrees, while off of Cabo San Lucas and around
the corner on the Pacific temperatures are in the 60s. For this reason the majority
of sportfishing fleets are fishing in the direction of Gordo Banks and to the north.
Bait sources have consisted of caballito, jurelito, moonfish, chihuil, skipjack and
bolito, no sardinas, as these baitfish are not within range at this time. Chihuil
has been the most productive offshore bait, they have been found schooling on the
Inner Gordo Bank and are being jigging up on sabiki rigs at first light, for sale by
the commercial fleet on a limited basis.
Striped marlin action had been spread out more, no concentrations, though in recent
days the Desteladera Bank has come alive and charters were accounting for multiple
billfish days, two, three or more fish per boat, as the marlin were schooling up in
this area where baitfish have been abundant, reports of the billfish feeding on
squid. The fish were striking lures, as well as dropped back or cast bait, average
size striper was in the 90 to 130 lb. range. Dorado were less numerous, but we have
seen more of them showing up in the warmer waters, particularly closer to shore
where they could be seen chasing schools of ballyhoo, for the few that were caught,
most were in the 10 to 15 pounds class. Only a few wahoo reports heard, we do expect
these elusive fish to become more active now that the water is reaching closer to
their preferred zone and there is also plenty of food sources to help lure them in.
We are now on the full moon phase, things can be more
unpredictable, anything could happen from day to day, the way conditions are really
shaping up. No yellowfin tuna action being reported locally, you would expect that
we should start to see some more reports of migrating porpoise holding tuna schools
traveling offshore, perhaps the next couple of weeks this will develop.
Yellowtail action tapered off compared to how red hot it had been last week, these
jacks were found close to shore, mixed in where roosterfish up to 30 lb. were also
encountered, but larger schools of yellowtail in the 25 to 35.lb. range were being
hooked into off of the Gordo Banks, live chihuil for bait was the most productive,
the yellows did not want to strike the yo-yo jigs, preferring the deep drifted
baitfish. Sea lions have been a factor on the banks, spooking both the baitfish and
the yellowtail. The warmer water can cause lock jaw on these fish as well, which do
prefer cooler currents.
A mix of bonito, amberjack, huachinango (red snapper) and leopard grouper (cabrilla)
have rounded out the structure action and inshore there were sierra, jack crevalle
and roosterfish. So all around the options have been producing a mixed bag of
species and this should be the same deal in the coming weeks. Anything can happen
from day to day, conditions are now very favorable.
Surprisingly there were still quite a few numbers of whales in the area, mostly
humpbacks, surely they will be migrating north soon.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent
out approximately 70 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
28 striped marlin, 2 wahoo, 90 yellowtail, 10 amberjack, 76 dorado,13 sierra, 24
huachinago, 44 bonito, 22 cabrilla, 32 roosterfish, 28 jack crevalle and 7 mako
shark.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
http://www.gordobanks.com/
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Apr 24, 2013; 01:29AM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo April 21, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
April 21, 2013
Anglers
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Paradise
like weather conditions in Southern Baja is now attracting moderate crowds of
visitors, slack period for tourism, as spring break is over and people are now planning
new adventures. Sunny days, with temperatures in the upper 70s and light winds,
all made for the perfect time to make a trip south.
Ocean
water conditions continue to be fluctuating daily, from favorable warming
trends and then having currents turn around and cool off. Just a week ago we
saw some areas of 75 degrees found offshore, now we are seeing temperatures on
the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas dip down to 66 degrees and highs of 70
degrees are found in the direction of San Jose del Cabo. There was a couple of
days earlier in the week when the south wind blew and pushed in cooler Pacific waters.
Ocean clarity has remained clean for the most part, despite being cooler than
we would normally expect for this time period.
Striped
marlin action were the main species being found while trolling offshore, though
the fish are more scattered than in previous weeks. Marlin were found in
limited numbers anywhere from 5 to 15 miles from shore, striking lures and
baits, at times they were groups of marlin found feeding, other times anglers reported
blind lure strikes. Only a handful of dorado are being encountered, most of
them under 15 pounds, notably fewer of these fish in the cooler currents. No
yellowfin tuna being reported on the local fishing grounds. Only an occasional
wahoo strike be reported, we will look to see more activity for these sought
after species as ocean temperatures warm back into the mid 70s range.
There
were fair numbers of roosterfish being hooked into while trolling live baits
close to shore, some of the roosters weighed up to 15 lbs., though as water
temps dropped this action also slowed down. Bait supplies consisted of
caballito, moonfish, jacks, chihuil and skipjack. Sardinas continue to not be
available, due to the schools of these baitfish now being out of normal range.
The
most prized catch being encountered in recent days for the local panga fleets
have been the yellowtail. These jacks have been found throughout the area, from
Chileno, Palmilla, Salinas, Gordo Banks and even right off of the Puerto Los
Cabos Marina rock jetties. Very nice quality, most of these fish were weighing
20 to 35 lbs. These fish are striking on various baits, sardineta, chihuil,
caballito and moonfish are working. The numbers of these fish have varied from
day to day, some charter worked hard to account for one or two of these fish,
while other days boats landed limits. Most anglers were fortunate to land just
one of these quality eating and incredible powerful fighting gamefish. These
jacks are strong fighters that can easily cut off anglers leaders on the
nearest rock outcropping. The season is shaping up to be a banner year for
yellowtail, La Paz and the East Cape experienced epic action for these prized
fish during the previous month. The yellowtail were found close to shore and on
the surface sometimes, mixed in with hog sized jack crevalle, though the
majority of the yellows were being found in depths ranging 100 to 180 feet. A
few cabrilla, amberjack and pargo were rounding out the catches off of the
bottom structure. In the upper water column over these same spots there were
feisty bonito striking on rapalas, these are the good eating variety and as
close to any tuna we are finding at this time.
The
combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent
out approximately 72 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count
of: 2 wahoo, 26 striped marlin, 22 dorado, 96 yellowtail, 12 amberjack, 15
sierra, 82 bonito, 13 cabrilla, 115 roosterfish and 8 mako shark.
Good
Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos 011 52 624 142-1147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
gordobanks@gmail.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Apr 15, 2013; 03:14PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo April 14, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Bricston
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
April 14, 2013
Anglers –
As the spring break season has now come to an end and schools are all back
in session, we have seen lighter crowds of tourists compared to previous
weeks. Weather patterns continue to be unpredictable, changing rapidly,
winds were now more predominate out of the south and actually gusts were so
strong that port authorities decided to close the Cabo San Lucas Marina for
a couple of days earlier in the week. Currents were pushing in warmer
waters, then reversing and bringing back in cooler Pacific waters once
again. At this time local ocean temperatures are ranging 68 to 71 degrees,
actually warmer water was found closer to shore in recent days off of San
Jose del Cabo and outside of three miles cooler water temperatures were
present. Of course this pattern will surely switch around just as fast as
it developed.
The up and down changing conditions has scattered fishing action some, the
great striped marlin action slowed down to just a few fish here and there,
some feeding marlin were found off of the La Laguna and Punta Gorda area,
within several miles of shore, nice sized stripers up to 150 pounds. So far
this season we have seen quality sized striped marlin, many of them in the
120 to 150 lb. class. We do expect to see the billfish action improve once
again as conditions stabilize and the warming trend returns. Baitfish
remain plentiful, more caballito now than mackerel, also some bolito,
skipack and chiuil on the fishing grounds. For the past couple of weeks
there have not been any sardinas available, this is because the schools are
congregating along beaches far to the north, out of normal range for the
commercial fleet.
No yellowfin tuna action was being reported locally, the La Paz fleet did
report seeing yellowfin in the 50 to 100 pound class near Cerralvo Island,
but few of these fish were hooked into, apparently too many skipjack were
competing for the same baits. They also had a big bite on wahoo this past
week, while off of the San Jose grounds there have been few wahoo in the
counts, normally there is a time frame near the later part of April where
the wahoo become more active on the grounds from the Gordo Banks towards
San Luis, we have seen a taste of this and are anticipating more in the
coming weeks.
Along the shoreline the juvenile roosterfish action continued, a few of
these fish are now up to 15/20 pounds, though the majority are smaller
sized. Sierra and jack crevalle are also being found in the same areas, as
are a few roaming dorado, actually more dorado were found close to shore
this week, than were found offshore, dorado always seems to go where more
bait schools are congregated.
The bottom action was not as consistent as we would expect for this time of
year, mixed success was reported on species such as pargo, amberjack,
yellowtail and bonito. More of these bonito are appearing over the
structure, bottom spot areas, they seem to prefer cooler waters, these are
a good eating variety of bonito, not the same as found in So. Calif., they
have been readily striking on smaller sized raplalas and are ranging in
sizes up to ten pounds, similar fillets as found on small yellowfin tuna,
sushi quality.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 82 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 1 sailfish, 4 wahoo, 28 striped marlin, 29
dorado, 9 amberjack, 14 yellowtail, 16 sierra, 165 bonito,22 huachinango,
15 cabrilla, 124 roosterfish and 5 mako shark.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Apr 9, 2013; 01:58PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo April 7, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Bricston
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
April 7, 2013
Anglers –
Spring vacation is now winding down to the final days, large crowds of
tourists have been arriving in Los Cabos, many college students on break
and many families traveling together. They have all been enjoying the
exceptional weather conditions, as winds have resided, sunny days have been
warming into the upper 70s, perfect climate to get outside and enjoy all of
the available activities. Beaches have been busy with crowds of vacationers
taking advantage of the miles of pristine beaches that abound in this
tropical desert paradise.
More anglers were in town this past week, appreciating the improved
offshore conditions, calm seas for the most part, with sportfishing fleets
concentrating on the grounds straight outside of Cabo San Lucas and north
in the direction of the Sea of Cortez. Water temperatures as cool as 65
degrees were reported outside of Todo Santos on the Pacific and outside of
the Gordo Banks there were readings of 75 degree water, most of the region
is averaging in the 70 to 73 degree range. Currents have been moving
swiftly, cooling off and then warming back up just as quickly, lots can
happen from day to day during the spring season. Baitfish schools are also
moving according to their preferences, this in turn have the gamefish
scattered and following their food source.
This week there were schools of skipjack, mackerel and sardinetas
encountered sporadically on the fishing grounds, also early in the week
there were pelagic red crabs found drifting to the surface in a masses
around the Gordo Banks, this natural occurrence lasted for a couple of days
and anglers, both commercial and recreational, were catching good numbers
of the true Pacific red snapper using these small crabs for bait, locally
known as huachinango, this was the first significant bite on these prized
table fare species for the season, encouraging to see these quality fish in
the area. These fish normally range 6 to 12 pounds and are very fun sport
on light to medium weight tackle and of course produce very fine eating
fillets.
Dorado numbers were down this recent period as well, only a handful of
these fish are being encountered, some on the offshore billfish grounds and
others were found near the shore, where they were attracted by baitfish
activity, sizes ranging up to 25 pounds. Same deal for yellowfin tuna, not
many were found this past week, many reports of large pods of porpoise
being found, but more often than not these was no tuna action was found
associated with them. The main attraction offshore has now been for striped
marlin, good concentrations of these billfish are now scattered on the
fishing grounds off of San José del Cabo and north towards Los Frailes,
many charters are accounting for multiple catch and release days. These
fish were encountered in feeding frenzies at times, other times they came
up as blind strikes on trolled lures, readily taking dropped back baits, it
is shaping up now for some wide open marlin action in this same region for
the next several months, as this is typically peak season for the striped
marlin.
Yellowtail action tapered off, only scattered fish being found on the
various rock piles, these jacks were not being found on the surface like
during the previous week. Mixed in were some nice amberjack, a few cabrilla
and various pargo species. Along the shore there were sierra and this week
we saw more numbers of juvenile roosterfish moving in along the beach
stretches. Live sardinas became harder to obtain in recent days, as these
baitfish are now schooling off the beaches far north of Punta Gorda and
this has not been practical for the commercial fleet to travel these
distances. We do hope that these baitfish move back within normal range.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 88 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 2 sailfish,
3 wahoo, 46 striped marlin, 7 yellowfin tuna, 43 dorado, 22 amberjack, 18
yellowtail,
55 sierra, 225 huachinango, 12 cabrilla, 115 roosterfish and 6 mako shark.
Good Fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Mar 27, 2013; 08:14PM - Cork Blackwater
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Category: Ireland
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Author Name: Ian Powell
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We are having a period of dry weather now which is due continue until well into next week.
Following the big flood on the 22nd., the river is now fining off very well
and will only improve further in the coming days.
The Ballyduff gauge is on 0.70m at 5.00pm today.
Beats on the upper river are now in fly order, and some of the lower beats
should be fly-fishable by tomorrow & all of them should be in fly order by the weekend.
Temperatures are cold with the air struggling to get to 5C during the day & is about 0 to 2C at night.
The water on the lower river is just over 7C & on the upper river it is only about 4.5C
We have high (3.9m) tides for the next couple of days, so hopefully this
- combined with the flood fining off - will encourage more fish to move in.
Prospects are looking very good for the Easter weekend.
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Mar 24, 2013; 03:10PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo March 24, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Brictson
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
March 24, 2013
Anglers
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This
past week was super busy with all of the events going on during the annual
traditional carnival days of San Jose del Cabo. There was a noticeable increase
in numbers of tourists arriving in the area. Spring season is now officially
here and this is the time when we see more spring break vacationers incoming.
Just like clockwork the weather is quickly warming and we are seeing
temperatures ranging in the upper 80s. Actually the climate is perfect now,
great time to visit, before the heat of the summer arrives and when the
humidity seriously rises.
Overall
offshore conditions improved, as winds resided and warmer currents pushed into
the region. Then we saw south wind that brought back in some cooler Pacific
currents. So just like the conditions, the fishing action has varied from day
to day, but we did see much improvement for a variety of species, from close to
shore and on the offshore grounds. At this time local ocean temperatures are down
to 65 degrees near the 95 spot and outside of the Gordo Banks there are spots
up to 72 degrees.
Early
in the week fleets found great yellowfin tuna action outside of the El Cardon
area, about 10 to 14 miles offshore, schooling yellowfin in the 15 to 25 lb.
class traveling with rapidly moving porpoise. These fish were striking cedar
plugs, feathers and live sardinas. Later
in the week this action scattered, this is the pattern we should see for
yellowfin during the spring, scattered offshore, moving and feeding with
porpoise. There are still chances at hooking into a nicer grade of tuna, on
Sunday there was a 120 pound tuna landed off of the Gordo Banks, this fish was
landed by team “Reina de Wahoo” and proved to be the winner of a local
government sponsored tournament out of La Playita.
Dorado
were harder to find this week, just a scattering of these fish being
encountered, no particular place, inshore and offshore, weights up to 25 lb., a
percentage are striking on lures and others on bait. As the ocean currents warm
back up, there will be more of these gamefish moving in. Also this will be the
time we start to hear reports of some wahoo. A
few of these speedsters were encountered this past week, a couple them were
hooked in an area very close to shore near Cardon, same spot where the sierras
have continued to provide fun light tackle sport.
Yellowtail
action started off with a fury for anglers that were lucky to just happen to
get in on the action. Close by, off of the Estuary Hotel Zone, with a mile or two
of shore, in about 150 feet of water, anglers landed good numbers of yellowtail
in the 15 to 28 pound range. These fish were hitting best on larger baits, such
as caballito, sardinetas, moonfish, jacks, etc.. Also some hit on yo-yo’s.
Baitfish were not always easy to obtain, same with the smaller sardinas being
netted off the beaches north of La Fortuna, increased swells and lower tides
made it more challenging for the pangeros. This was the hot spot now, for close
by bottom action, not the normal local grounds where yellowtail are usually
found, so who knows where these migrating jacks will go next. We have perfect
conditions now for more schools of yellows to arrive, encouraging to finally
see these fish and of such nice quality.
Striped
Marlin action broke wide open again off of San Jose del Cabo, from 3 to 15
miles out. Good numbers of marlin were found, sometimes free jumping in all
directions, others seen feeding on the surface, as well as tailing on the
surface and coming up into to trolled lure spreads was a common scenario,
dropping back live baits resulted in solid hook ups. The striped marlin were
ranging in sizes up to 130 pounds, many charters accounted for two, three or
four fish per morning.
The
combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent
out approximately 96 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count
of: 1 wahoo, 42
striped marlin, 108 yellowfin tuna, 85 dorado, 330 sierra, 3 amberjack, 86
yellowtail, 32
various pargo,13 bonito, 3 mako shark and 30 triggerfish.
Good
Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos 011 52 624 142-1147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
gordobanks@gmail.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Mar 19, 2013; 06:07PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo March 17, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Bricston
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
March 17, 2013
Anglers –
Up until now we are only seeing moderate crowds of visiting spring break
vacationers, though this coming week will be a very busy time for local
residents. The annual San Jose del Cabo Fiesta Week has just begun, many
events are planned, including a world class full length triathlon, off road
vehicle race, carnival rides, fishing tournaments, etc.. Should be a fun
time for all, but remember that there will be some annoying street closures
during this period, traffic and parking will be challenging. The weather is
now as nice as it gets, scattered cloud cover, residing winds, with high
temperatures up to 85 degrees.
With the spring time fishing season just starting to show signs of coming
to life, anglers are still finding the action to be up and down. Northern
winds have been more persistent than usual this year, they do seem to be
tapering off some now, ocean water temperatures are ranging 67 to 73
degrees, at this time there is a warming trend and this should help improve
the all around conditions. Baitfish schools have become scattered for the
past week, some days there have been reports of balled up mackerel found
offshore and along the shoreline near San Luis is where schooling sardinas
are being netted, tides and increased swell activity made this job tougher
for commercial pangeros.
Charters launching from Cabo San Lucas Marina are finding large numbers of
yellowfin tuna in the 15 to 20 pound range on the Pacific side near the San
Jaime Banks, los of porpoise activity in this same area. This action is out
of range for the San Jose fleets, though there has been a chance at hooking
into a much larger sized yellowfin tuna on the Gordo Banks, only a few of
these fish have actually been landed, but these tuna are all in the 50 to
200 pound class. We are hopeful that some warmer weather can help improve
this action. There are some yellowtail on these banks as well, but only a
handful are being landed, too many hammerhead sharks on the same grounds,
makes fishing with bait impossible and the yellows are not consistently
striking on yo-yo jigs at this time, preferring the same larger baitfish
that the sharks do.
Fleets based out of La Paz and the East Cape region reported great
yellowtail action on the days that the north winds allowed them to
comfortably reach the grounds. The overall bottom action for the San Jose
fleet has not been up to expectations, mixed success for various pargo
species, amberjack, cabrilla and an occasional yellowtail. This is never
peak season during this time frame and we do expect to see improved action
with the arrival of spring just around the corner.
After last week’s wide open striped marlin bite around the Gordo Banks the
cooler windy conditions over the weekend scattered this bite and just in
the past couple of days we are starting to see more marlin showing up
within local charter boat range. We do expect that the main concentration
for striped marlin will now shift to the grounds from San Jose del Cabo
towards the East Cape, this is the typical pattern. This is also the time
when whales move out of this area and head to their northern summer feeding
grounds.
The fishing close to shore remains consistent for sierra, with a few dorado
mixed in. More sierra action than anything else, sizes ranging up to 5
pounds, using live sardinas for bait was the best bet, slow trolling or
drift fishing. A handful of much larger dorado were found further offshore
by charters targeting billfish.
This week the combined panga fleets launching out of Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 68 charters and anglers accounted for a fish
count of: 16 striped marlin,
22 yellowfin tuna, 26 dorado, 315 sierra, 8 roosterfish, 16 amberjack,18
cabrilla, 33 various pargo species, 8 yellowtail, 15 bonito, 3 mako shark
and 25 triggerfish.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Mar 13, 2013; 11:07PM - San Jose Del Cabo Fish Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Bricston
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
March 11, 2013
Anglers –
We saw weather patterns change during this first week of March, as
conditions felt much more spring like, overcast, scattered clouds,
increased humidity and high temperatures in the mid 80s. Not so cold in the
early mornings, as near of a perfect climate as anyone could wish for.
Great time to visit the Southern Baja area now, crowds are increasing as
spring break has begun for some, not overly busy, just about right amount
of visitors. North winds let up finally and this gave a chance for offshore
ocean conditions to settle down and anglers reported having some epic
marlin action on the fishing grounds of the famed Gordo Banks.
On Wednesday fleets fishing offshore of San Jose del Cabo reported finding
concentrations of mackerel and other baitfish balled up on the surface and
started to see number of striped marlin on these same grounds. The next day
this baitfish activity switched to the Gordo Banks, where anglers were able
to jig up their own mackerel in a hurry and then witness incredible marlin
action, similar to what happens on the Pacific banks, such as Golden Gate.
Striped marlin were seen in schools, at times by the hundreds and many
charter boats accounted for multiple hook ups and three, four or five
marlin landed in a short period of time. It is incredible how action can
change just overnight, conditions switch around, currents move, cleaner
water pushes in and with the huge influx of mackerel, the gamefish were
right behind, following their food source. Will be interesting to see how
long this action can sustain, local pangeros need to remember to not become
overly greedy and take too many of these marlin for themselves, this is a
good time for authorities to enforce regulations, such as no commercial
sale of any billfish.
The marlin bite was definitely the highlight of the week, but the bottom
action also started to heat up, particularly off of the rock piles further
north, towards San Luis and Vinorama, this is where anglers reported
quality action while using yo-yo jigs for amberjack up to 40 pounds,
grouper, cabrilla, pargo and a couple of yellowtail in the mix. East Cape
and La Paz areas are now reporting very impressive catches on large sized
yellowtail and we are encouraged that these same fish will also take up
residence on the local grounds off San Jose del Cabo. Promising signs now,
with the winds residing, loads of baitfish on the fishing grounds, supplies
of sardinas rebounding near San Luis, water clarity improving and with the
weather now on a noticeable warming trend, these favorable conditions
should only improve. Though we most certainly will have some more northern
winds this month, it does appear that the worst of these persistent
northerlies are over with and we will start to have more options open up as
offshore conditions become more comfortable.
Ocean temperatures are now ranging from 68 to 72 degrees. There are still
significant numbers of whales in the area, expecting that they will be
headed north soon as the weather continues to warm. Sierra are the most
common fish found close to shore, also some smaller sized roosterfish, jack
crevalle and a handful of dorado found near shore, often seen chasing
ballyhoo.
Not much yellowfin action found recently, though there were reports of
seeing yellowfin outside of Gordo breaking the surface, but they were hard
to hook into. On Thursday a couple of tuna up to 120 pounds were taken on
chunk bait off of the Outer Gordo Bank, first of these fish caught off of
these grounds that we have heard about for over a week. This does provide
proof that tuna are still hanging around the Gordo Banks, plenty of food on
these grounds, so the tuna proved finicky as they normally are.
This week the combined panga fleets launching out of Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 74 charters and anglers accounted for a fish
count of: 22 striped marlin, 3 yellowfin tuna, 46 dorado, 240 sierra,
16 roosterfish, 10 jack crevalle, 20 amberjack,19 cabrilla, 48 mixed pargo
species, 5 yellowtail, 14 bonito and
16 triggerfish.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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Mar 6, 2013; 09:51PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo March 3, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Brictson
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
March 3, 2013
Anglers –
The month of February is now over, there was lots of wind throughout the
period, this last week was no exception, as northerly winds up to 20 mph
prevailed. This created very choppy ocean conditions offshore and limited
options on where anglers were able to comfortably fish. Water temperatures
were now ranging from 69 to 72 degrees throughout the zone. March is the
time when we can see have unpredictable winds, most of the time from the
north, but usually the worst of the winds are over with and we start to see
warmer and calmer days. This is what you would call a seasonal transition
period, winter to spring, great time of year to visit the area while the
climate is so ideal and there will be a wide variety of fishing
opportunities available, from offshore, inshore, as well as bottom action.
Crowds remain light at this time, but we are starting to see the first wave
of spring breakers arrive. Whales remain very active throughout local
waters, this is the final period now, as these mammals will be heading
north soon.
Schools of mackerel and sardinetas are now gone from the grounds off of San
Jose del Cabo, there are some caballito on these same spots and sardinas
are being netting off the beach stretches near San Luis. Ballyhoo are also
available for purchase and have been an option for enticing dorado.
This week there were reports of yellowfin tuna to 30 pounds being found in
good numbers on the Jaime Banks, a long run for most charters and too far
for San Jose fleets. Offshore marlin action slowed during the period,
scattered fish, more billfish found off of the Pacific than towards the Sea
of Cortez. This is the month we normally we would see the striped marlin
moving in this direction, so we do expect to see this same pattern. No tuna
found on the Gordo Banks this week and it was the same story on San Luis
Bank, where the persistent winds made this area off limits most days.
Local fleets out of Puerto Los Cabos found the most consistent action to be
closer to shore, in the direction of San Luis, Cardon, La Fortuna and Punta
Gorda. There were more sierra than any other species found, striking
readily on sardinas and also on rapalas and hoochies, some of these fish
weighed up to 5 lb. Despite it being off season for dorado, there were
surprisingly quite a few of these gamefish still being found, more of them
close to shore where baitfish have been concentrated, compared to offshore
where numbers were limited. Charters were accounted for as many as 4,5 or 6
dorado per day, average weights being 5 to 15 lb., with a few larger
specimens mixed in. Some days these fish preferred the larger sized
ballyhoo baits and on others sardinas worked just as well, a matter of
finding the schools of these fish, not large concentrations of dorado, but
when found the action was fast.
Bottom action was limited due to choppy conditions, but there was some
quality eating fish available when conditions allowed, cabrilla, yellow
snapper, barred pargo, huachinango and triggerfish were the most common
species now accounted for off of the rocky structure. Anglers reported
mixed success while using yo-yo jigs and various whole and cut baits.
This week the combined panga fleets launching out of Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 62 charters and anglers accounted for a fish
count of: 6 yellowfin tuna, 192 dorado, 255 sierra, 19 roosterfish, 12 jack
crevalle, 3 amberjack, 16 cabrilla, 26 yellow snapper, 15 huachinango ( red
snapper), 12 barred pargo and 16 triggerfish.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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