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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Jan 2, 2006; 12:38PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Dec. 26- Dec 31, 2005
WEATHER: Daytime highs right around 80 degrees and nighttime lows at 60 degrees make things just about as perfect as they can get for the last week of the year. We had a few cloudy days early in the week but it cleared up nicely at the end. No rain of course, and the wind did not blow too badly.
WATER: The swells on the Pacific side died down this week but we did have a couple of days of windy weather that kicked up some choppy conditions during the middle of the week. The same conditions existed on the Cortez side early in the week if you went up past the Gorda Banks, but still the conditions were fishable, just a bit bumpy. The water on the Pacific side has been right around 70-71 degrees with very green water close to shore but getting a bit bluer the farther out you go. On the Cortez side the water north of the Gorda Banks was off color and cool at an average of 68-69 degrees around Los Frailles to 70-71 degrees off of Punta Gorda. Going farther south until you reached the Cape the water became a great blue color and warmed up to 74 degrees once you got a mile off shore.
BAIT: There was a mix of Mackerel and Caballito available this week at the normal $2 per bait. Sardinas were available from Pangas up at Palmilla at the normal $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: I overheard one guy talking on the radio that the Striped Marlin bite at the Finger Bank was still going on as they had released 22 fish on Tuesday. The choppy conditions kept a lot of the smaller boats from getting up there, but the water was reported as blue and full of life. I can only hope that the bite continues! Closer to home, the Striped Marlin bite that had been happening just off the lighthouse has ended for the most part as the water turned a very pea-green color and the big bait ball that had been on the ledge moved away. There were reports that the Golden Gate still had a lot of fish on it with blue water so that may be the target for the coming week unless the bait and fish move over to the 95 spot. No Swordfish have been reported yet but with the cooling water and the green color coming it won’t be long until we start to see a few on the surface.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were quite a few football fish to 20 pounds taken off the lighthouse and the arch by boats that chummed and baited with Sardines this week, but that ended with the arrival of the green water. Other fish to 100 pounds were reported being found between 15 and 30 miles to the west and south, under the Porpoise. Much like last week, the larger fish were taken on live bait; the medium fish bit well on cedar plugs and the footballs were suckers for small hootchies in silver and blue. We did have one day of decent fish under Spinner Dolphin just 6 miles off shore toward the 95 spot. Dropping live bait deep in front of the slow moving fish brought between 2 and 6 Yellowfin per boat with the fish between 40 and 60 pounds.
DORADO: The Dorado bite remained poor this week with only a few boats finding more than one fish at a time and most of them were right around 10-15 pounds. A few fish to 30 pounds were caught as well, but they were few and far between. Most of the Dorado were found in the warmer water to the south of the Cape and they were caught on tuna feathers and live bait.
WAHOO: I saw one Wahoo brought in this week and it was only about 20 pounds. Of course there were more that I did not see or hear about, but the bite was very slow and the fish were an accidental catch. There was a brief bit up at Punta Gorda that lasted one day with the fish in the same 15-20 pound class, and they were caught on live bait.
INSHORE: Very little inshore fishing was done off of the Pacific side this week due to both the large swells and the green water. Boats working the shoreline on the Cortez side were reporting some Sierra to 8 pounds and a few decent Amberjack as well as a scattering of Pargo to 20 pounds found among the rocks. Most of the Panga fleet was working just offshore looking for Yellowfin and Bonita and they had decent luck with those fish as well as a few smaller Dorado.
NOTES: It’s the end of the old year and we have a new one on its way. We hope everyone has a safe and happy time, if you think you are going to get a little borracho while you are out, get an envelope and mail your keys to yourself and take a cab home! As always, our fingers are crossed for a successful fishing year to come and hope everyone out there gets a chance to come and visit Cabo this coming year.
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Dec 26, 2005; 01:36PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Dec. 19-25, 2005
WEATHER: Well, it’s Christmas week and I sort of feel a little coolness in the air since our night time lows have been around the high 50’s, not cold enough for snow, but then again, that might really mess us up here! Our daytime highs have been in the high 70’s, warm enough to not need a sweater during the day, and very comfortable if like me, you like to sun like a cat.
WATER: The word for the week on the Pacific side was “Big Swells”. As a result of storms moving across the northern Pacific region we have had ground swells to 12 feet move in on the offshore Pacific side. These ground swells have been large enough to hide a 31’ boat on the other side of the swell, but spaced far enough apart that you rarely noticed quite how large they were. They had no effect on the offshore fishing. There was little wind on the Pacific side and as far as 40 miles out and 50 miles up the surface conditions were great. The surface temperatures were 71-72 degrees almost everywhere with no temperature breaks worth noting. On the Cortez side of the Cape we had choppy conditions up past Punta Gorda at the beginning of the week but conditions improved later. There was a band of 68-degree water running east to west off of Los Frailles while the water closer to us remained 71-73 degrees.
BAIT: There was a mix of Mackerel and Caballito available this week at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It is amazing but the Striped Marlin bite up at the Finger Bank is continuing. A friend just spent Wednesday, Thursday and Friday fishing the area and released 15, 12 and 32 Striped Marlin. He reported that the third day they found a concentration of fish just a bit further north and really had a blast. Boats working the Golden Gate Bank continued to get a fair number of fish while drifting live bait and some of these fish have moved south down the canyon edge and are biting lures on the north side of the San Jaime Bank. There is still a fair bite on the Striped Marlin at the lighthouse, but it has been a last hour effort for a lot of boats on the way home as there is not a very large concentration of billfish there. On average, the boats drifting bait at the banks are getting one to three fish a day, the troll average up at the south of the San Jaime have been between one and four hook-ups with one to two fish released and the Finger Bank continues to be the hot spot with a dozen fish on the average.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was little change in the Yellowfin report this week. Almost all the fish were found between 15 and 30 miles out, from due south to the west side of the San Jaime bank. While many of the fish were footballs, there were some schools with fish crashing the surface at 40-50 pounds and a few fish much larger were taken on live bait soaked at 100 feet around the schools. You could not soak bait for long on many of the schools, as they were moving pretty fast. Almost all these fish were associated with Dolphin, and the better schools also had Frigate Bird piles on them. Dark colored lures worked at time as did white-silver-blue and of course, live bait.
DORADO: While the Dorado bite continues to be poor, there are still some fish out there as I found out on Thursday with a pair of fish at 30 and 45 pounds. First fish was on a lure and the larger male ate a live bait dropped back after the hook-up. There was about one flag for every ten boats this week.
WAHOO: There were Wahoo caught this week and the ones I heard of came from the 95 spot. They were nice fish at an average of 50 pounds and quite a few lures were lost in that area.
INSHORE: The big swells on the Pacific side have kept many of the Pangas from fishing close in but the ones that have done it are reporting a slow increase in the Sierra bite as well as a slow increase in the number of Yellowtail showing up. With the calm conditions on the Pacific side I have seen Pangas as far as 25 miles off shore.
NOTES: Striped Marlin and Yellowfin Tuna are going to be the holiday fish as they are the closest things we have to a sure bet this week. This week’s music selection is from one of my favorite guitarists, the amazing flamenco artist Ottmar Liebert with his 1990 Higher Octave collection of Christmas music, “Poets and Angels”. Check him out on-line and sit back and relax. Until next week, Tight lines!
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Dec 19, 2005; 11:21AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Dec. 12-18, 2005
WEATHER: This last week continued mostly cloudy as bands of clouds moved over us from the NW. It felt as though we should have gotten just a little bit of rain, but nope, not yet! Our daytime highs have been right around 80 degrees while the nighttime lows have been right at 60 degrees.
WATER: On the Pacific side we have had mixed conditions with one day being great with small swells and little or no wind and the next there being lumpy conditions with a fair chop on top of it. The water temperature has been warmer on the Pacific with most of the water between the Golden Gate and the Jaime and south at right around 74-75 degrees. There were a few cool spots down to 71, but they were few and far between. Most of the water has been nice and blue. On the Cortez side of the Cape the water has been a bit greener with the area between the 1150 and the Gorda Banks being off color and 72-73 degrees. That water temperature extends out to the area of the Cabrillo Seamount. The surface water conditions on the Cortez side have been good right in front of town but as you traveled up the Cape it got a bit more choppy as there were very windy conditions past the Punta Gorda area.
BAIT: There was no trouble getting bait this week as all the bait boats had plenty of Mackerel, at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The bite at the Lighthouse on the Pacific side has continued to improve as the Striped Marlin move closer. It is still a drift bait fishery for the most part with an occasional bait boil on the surface with Frigates diving to mark the spot. Running to the action and tossing a live Mackerel in the middle usually resulted in a hook-up for the first boat on the scene. In other area, the action at the Finger Bank continued with Striped Marlin balling up Sardinas. I made it up there on Thursday and we released 17 fish ranging from 60 to 130 pounds while fishing with live Mackerel, tossing them to the feeders. There have been a few fish showing off the points on the Pacific side while the action on billfish on the Cortez side has been almost non-existent.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Water conditions farther up on the Pacific side kept the one private boat that was going up to check out the large Tuna action from making the trip, so I don’t know if it is worth an overnight trip to find these reported bruisers, but closer to home there has been good to fair action on football and school size fish. The area around the San Jaime Bank continues to produce fish ranging from 10-40 pounds on lures and boats trying to drop bait deep, around 100 feet, are getting the occasional bite on fish to 100 pounds. These fish are associated with porpoise of course. Even closer to home, we had a fair bite at the end of the week on Tuna to 40 pounds just off the lighthouse on the Pacific side. The Marlin drift fishermen were getting the occasional fish to 40 pounds and then a decent pod of porpoise moved in and the surface action got good for two days. The best lures seemed to be dark colored and between 6 and 8 inches in length.
DORADO: The continued cold water has made the Dorado bite almost a thing of the imagination. This had to have been one of the worst Dorado seasons in quite some time as there was only a short timeframe, maybe one month, when you could be assured of a Dorado.
WAHOO: I did not hear of any Wahoo being caught this week.
INSHORE: Most of the Pangas have been fishing the ledge at the lighthouse and have been catching Marlin and Tuna. For those working the shore, Sierra averaging 5 pounds have continued to provide action, an occasional 8-pound fish keeps the hopes up. There have also been some nice Pargo to 20 pounds being caught out of the rocks along all the points.
NOTES: The focus continues to be on Striped Marlin and Yellowfin Tuna offshore while the inshore prospects are looking good for more and larger Sierra and the occasional Yellowtail as the water temperature continues to drop. The whales are moving into our area in larger numbers as well, and by Christmas you should be guaranteed a sight of one on any trip. This weeks report was written to the rocking guitar and vocals of Johnny Winter on the 1991 Virgin Records release “Let Me In”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Dec 12, 2005; 12:10PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Dec. 5-11, 2005
WEATHER: It was mostly cloudy for the mid and end of the week, days with clear skies started us off. Our daytime highs were in the low 80’s while nighttime lows were in the high 50’s. There was no rain, the winds began the week from the NW, shifted to the SE then ended up from the SW, moving to the West.
WATER: Surface conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape continued to be mixed as the wind continued to shift around this week. There were some good swells from the northwest and how choppy it was depended on where the wind was coming from. Warm water at 73 to 74 degrees surrounded us out to 15 miles on both side of the Cape and almost 50 miles to the south at the beginning of the week, but the water has shifted toward the northwest over the course of the week. The water outside the Jaime and up toward the Finger Bank remained green but still held fish. On the Cortez side of the Cape the cool water moved closer as an area of water in the 68-degree range pushed in from the northeast. At the end of the week the boundary laid right across The Gorda Bank and the 1150, running north to south. Surface conditions on the Cortez side were a bit bumpy from wind chop close to home for most of the week and it got a bit confused toward the Punta Gorda and outside as the wind from the northeast and southeast met the swells from the west.
BAIT: Same as last week, and almost every week. It was pretty much Mackerel, very few Caballito were in the bait boats tanks. The price was the usual $2 each. A lot of boats are still making their own bait at the Golden Gate before venturing up the hill to Finger Banks. At $2 per bait, filling with 30 or 40 baits gets expensive!
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, I have no Blue Marlin to report for this week, but there may have been some caught south of us where the water is still a bit warmer. Instead, the action from billfish has consisted almost entirely of Striped Marlin, and they seem to continue to get closer to us. The hot action at the Finger Bank (50 miles to the north on the Pacific) continues to be almost wide open for most boats making the trip. The bite has started late in the morning and has lasted until around 5pm. The catch has varied from 2 fish per boat to as many as 22 fish per boat. Most of these Striped Marlin have been the typical 60-90 pound winter fish, but there have been some of the large 150-pound fish in the mix. Closer to home, the bite has moved off the Golden Gate Bank and has begun at Punta Cristobal and off the Lighthouse. This fishery is mostly a drift fishery with live bait being soaked at 150 feet and some boats have been getting three Marlin a day.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The fish we had just off the beach last week have moved out and now the action seems to be centered on the San Jaime Bank, at least as of the end of the week. Most of the fish have been associated with large pods of Dolphin and the fish size has ranged from 10 to 35 pounds. Dark colored lures of about 6 inches have been working well on these fish. There were larger fish reported, up to 100 pounds, by boats working dolphin a little farther out and dropping live bait in front of the moving pods of mammals. There have been reports from the long range San Diego boats of very large “cow” tuna to 200 pounds up around the Mag. Bay area and at least one local private boat is planning to go up there this week to check it out.
DORADO: The water temperature continues to drop and with it, the Dorado bite. Almost the only fish I heard about this week were found under floating debris, and there was not a lot of that around our area. If you were able to find a piece of wood or a strand of kelp the chance of getting hooked up to dinner were good, and live bait works very well for doing that.
WAHOO: I did hear of several Wahoo being caught this week, but they were scarce. Most of the Wahoo flags flying in the marina continue to be for Sierra.
INSHORE: The majority of Pangas have been fishing close to the lighthouse on the Pacific side for Striped Marlin, but those working the beach have made good catches of both Sierra averaging 4 pounds and Red Snapper to 15 pounds. I caught some live bait at the lighthouse this week and then moved in to 120 feet of water, dropped one to the bottom and caught a nice Sierra of about 8 pounds and had another bait cut in half. The Snapper have been up in the rocks along the points.
NOTES: We are starting the winter season with more Tuna showing up and fewer Dorado, the water cooling down and Striped Marlin moving in off the ledges, feeding deep. This week I have seen my first Gray Whales and Humpbacks of the season, the Grays right on the beach and the Humpbacks about 6 miles off. Hopefully the weather stays good and the bite continues! This week’s report was written to the excellent music of Mark Knopfler on the 2002 Warner Brothers release “Rag Pickers Dream”, thanks for loaning it to me go to my friend Jimmy Ryan!
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Dec 5, 2005; 10:33AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2005
WEATHER: Daytime highs in the low 80’s with night time lows in the high 50’s or low 60’s, cold enough for jackets in the evenings and warm enough to play at the beach in the daytime! We have had a bit of cloud cover move in on us since the beginning of the month, but it looks as if it will move away over the next few days. We have had no rain with it, but it has made for very poor sea surface temperature shots.
WATER: It has been as little bit choppy on the Pacific side, but not bad. The water has been smooth enough to allow you to go wherever you want, but with a slight chop sometimes. On the Cortez side the surface conditions have been great up until you try and get past the Frailles area, then the winds kick in and it becomes victory at sea. That wind line has moved around a bit as well, sometimes getting as close to us as the Gorda Banks. The area of water between Gorda Banks, the 1150 and the 95 Sport has been in the 76-degree range, farther up the coast ad offshore it drops to about 70 degrees. If you took an image of the Cape and moved it down 40 miles, the resulting overlay on our offshore water would be where you could find temperatures in the mid to high 70’s elsewhere (farther to the west) the California current has a finger of cool 70 degree water going due south.
BAIT: It was pretty much Mackerel this week, very few Caballito were in the bait boats tanks. The price was the usual $2 each. A lot of boats are still making their own bait at the Golden Gate before venturing up the hill to Finger Banks. At $2 per bait, filling with 30 or 40 baits gets expensive!
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, things can change in an instant when you are talking about fishing, and they sure changed this week. Last week I heard of no Blues having been caught, this week I heard of three. One was estimated at #300 and was released after three hours, found just off the temperature break to the southwest of the Cape early in the week, only about 11 miles out. Two others were reported released in the area between the 1150 and the Cabrillo Seamount. Other action on the Cortez side consisted of a few scattered Striped Marlin and Sailfish, with most of that bite happening fairly close to the Punta Gorda area. On the Pacific the bite is still going on close to shore around the Punta San Cristobal and at the Golden Gate Bank, and for those willing to put up the money required for extra fuel, the Finger Bank continues to be the place to go for the Striped Marlin. Expectations run high when making a long trip like that, but the results can vary. I had friends go up there early in the week and they came back with 4 Stripers released. I had another friend go up there on Saturday and they released 26 Stripers. Go figure, but if you do go, have plenty of bait just in case!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was consistent action on Yellowfin this week with football size fish being caught everyday just off the beach on the Cortex side. This was a Sardine fishery, you had to find the fish on the depth sounder then chum them up. Most mornings there were 30 boats working the area. Larger fish were reported offshore past the 95 Spot and out to the Cabrillo Seamount, according to one captains report “as many as you could want” with sizes ranging from 10 to 30 pounds. All the Tuna this week with the exception of the footballs just off shore were found associated with Dolphin, but not every pod of Dolphin held fish. On the Pacific side there was some great action on Friday just to the north and inside of the Golden Gate banks, with fish to 80 pounds being caught within sight of the fleet soaking bait for Marlin.
DORADO: The Dorado found this week were scattered fish, there was nothing floating found by the fleet to really get the flags flying. There was decent Dorado action up around the Finger Bank, but there was little pressure on them as the main focus was Striped Marlin.
WAHOO: Repeat: Looking at all the red flags flying at the marina this week you would think that the Wahoo action has just busted wide open. That is not the case however because the flags are being flown for that they call “shallow water Wahoo”, or in other words, Sierra.
INSHORE: The inshore Sierra bite continues to improve and they are being caught from the beach as well. There are still some Roosterfish in the area, the Jack Crevalle are still around and just off the beach is where you will find a fairly consistent Dorado Bite and football Yellowfin. I have not heard much more about the Yellowtail, but a few friends have told me they are still getting an occasional fish and that the water temperature is getting right for them to start appearing in numbers.
NOTES: I have not had a chance to get out on the water much this week as I have been working on a couple of boats getting stuff fixed and repaired. Maybe someday I will get a position on a private boat with an owner who likes to do a lot of fishing and can pay a salary! It sure would be easier on me and the older I get the more my body would appreciate it! Anyway, hopefully I will be fishing this coming week and check out the report next week, weather I go or not, all my friends fish and I can fill you in. Meanwhile, this report was written to the fiddle music of Vassar Clements on the 1986 Flying Fish Records release “Hillbilly Jazz Rides Again”. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to e-mail me at gmlandrum@hotmail.com or give me a call at 044-624-122-0304 if you are in Cabo or 206-658-5158 if you are calling from the states. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Nov 28, 2005; 11:14AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Nov. 21-27, 2005
WEATHER: I just love Cabo when the weather is like this, if only it stayed this way all year! We have had sunny days with the highs in the low 80’s. Clear nights and the lows have been in the mid to low 60’s, cool enough that we have started to use the light blanket on the bed and carry light jackets in the van for staying out in the evening.
WATER: The wind did pickup just a bit this week as compared to last week, but it was not bad. The water o the Pacific side did chop up just a little bit, but there were no swells to go with it and it did not happen until later in the day. The temperature on the Pacific side stayed pretty much around 74-76-degree range while on the Cortez side of the Cape they were quite a bit higher. Up around Punta Gorda we had water around 80 degrees while out around the 1150 and Cabrillo Seamount it was around 77 degrees. There was a strong temperature break visible on the charts that ran from just off the lighthouse on the Pacific side to the south for ten miles then curved off to the southwest for another 25 miles.
BAIT: It was an even mix between Caballito and Mackerel this week at the normal $2 per bait. If you left the marina early you had no problem making plenty of bait (mackerel) just north of the lighthouse on the Pacific side or up on Golden Gate Bank. I had no word this week in Sardinas.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin are still out there but they seem to have started disappearing from the Golden Gate Bank. There were 42 boats soaking bait on the bank when I was out there on Wednesday. We picked up two Striped Marlin around 80 pounds each on Tuesday but only had one hook-up on Wednesday. Reports from other boats that have been there since midweek are that the bite has dropped off quite a bit. On the up side, there have been more fish reported along the shore, with many boats finding tailing fish between Punta San Cristobal and the lighthouse from 1 to 5 miles off shore. The bite up at the Finger Bank is still taking place, but fewer boats were going there this week since the wind did start picking up. The bite there was also reported to have dropped off a bit, but who can really complain about 10 fish days instead of 15 fish days! They are still mostly feeding on Sardinas up there so it is very important to have the bait wells filled with small Mackerel before getting to the Finger Bank. On the Cortez side of the Cape there have been a few Sailfish and a few Striped Marlin reported from up around the Gorda Bank area and just to the north, but no wide-open action. I did not hear of any reports of other billfish this week, no Blues or Blacks, but that does not mean there were none hooked up.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It was hit and miss on almost every species of fish this week, but if you were one of the boats that “hit” the Tuna, you had a great time. I know of one boat that was the only one on a Porpoise school and they reported catching 32 fish between 12 and 25 pounds. I saw a few boats come in with multiple flags for Tuna and saw fish ranging from 25 to 50 pounds being unloaded. The fish were reported all over the place, but during the middle of the week there seemed to be a decent concentration of them just off the coast on the Cortez side of the Cape. This concentration was within 2 miles of the shore and slowly moved to the south over several days. There were other reports of fish 25 miles to the south and reports of fish off to the west of the San Jaime Bank area.
DORADO: There were a few boats that really got into the Dorado this week and the fish they found were under floating Kelp. Once in a while we get a patch come through that has broken off from up north and by the time it arrives in our area it is normally holding quite a concentration of fish. For the first few boats there, the fishing can be unbelievable for Dorado, Wahoo and sometimes Tuna. A nice patch was found off the beach inside the Golden Gate on Wednesday and there were a lot of Dorado flags flying at the end of the day. There has also been good Dorado reported from the Finger Banks area as well.
WAHOO: Looking at all the red flags flying at the marina this week you would think that the Wahoo action has just busted wide open. That is not the case however because the flags are being flown for that they call “shallow water Wahoo”, or in other words, Sierra.
INSHORE: It appears that the Sierra bite has started with quite a few small ones in the 3-5 pound range being caught this week. There have also been reports of a few Roosterfish still around as well as some Yellowtail beginning to show up. Combine those with Pargo and some Grouper, as well as a few Dorado and small Yellowfin close to the beach and the inshore action is pretty good right now.
NOTES: I have been seeing whales on almost every trip this past week, and saw my first Gray Whales on Wednesday, really close to the beach off of Punta San Cristobal. With the weather getting really nice and the fishing starting to pick up it is a good beginning to the holiday season! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and that if you get a chance to come to Cabo you have great fishing as well! This weeks report was written to the music of my friend, Daniel Tuchmann - musician, producer, songwriter, and composer for motion picture and video. His career also includes being back up musician and soloist for some of the Latin America's top vocal artists such as Oscar Chavez and Amparo Ochoa. This music was from his first CD, the self titled “Daniel Tuchmann”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Nov 21, 2005; 11:34AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Nov. 14-20, 2005
WEATHER: There was no change in the weather this week as our day time highs were in the high 80’s and our nighttime lows were in the mid 60’s. We had a few high clouds late in the week but there was no rain.
WATER: Surface conditions were great no matter which way you went this week, on the Pacific side seas were slight at 1-3 feet and only slight breezes from the NW and on the Sea of Cortez the conditions were the same, with slight breezes from the north. Up past the Gorda Bank on the Sea of Cortez the water became pretty green, but the temperature remained at 79-81 degrees. On the Pacific side the water was the same out to the San Jaime and then to the south, but farther west and north it dropped into the mid 70’s with the area around Golden Gate Bank a cool 72 degrees. The temperature break on the Pacific side is still there and I tried to work it several times last week, but without much in the way of luck, it was holding bait but I found no big fish marks and there was little surface activity.
BAIT: There were plenty of Mackerel available at the normal $2 per bait early in the week and there were also a few Caballito as well but at the end of the week bait became hard to come by. A lot of boats were making their own bait instead of buying it. I have not heard anything on the Sardinas.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The only billfish activity I have heard about this week has been about Striped Marlin, I have heard of no Blues or Blacks caught this week, and only a couple of Sailfish. There are fish on the Pacific side of the cape from right in front of the light house on up the coast but the concentrations seem to be on the Golden Gate Bank and they are getting hit hard by the fleet boats without the range to get to the Finger Bank. There are immense concentrations of Mackerel on the Golden Gate and most of the boats are catching them on Sabiki rigs then dropping them back down on weighted lines to hook up to Marlin and an occasional Dorado, Tuna and Wahoo. The Golden Gate has also become an important stop for the faster boats that are continuing on up the line to the Finger Bank. Stopping at the Golden and fishing bait for an hour has almost become a necessity as the bait the Marlin are feeding on at the Finger Bank are Sardines and almost impossible to catch. Filling up the bait tanks then continuing on can put you in the middle of some of the most fantastic Marlin action available, and we can only hope the action continues as the fish start to move closer. It is not uncommon to hear of boats getting 30 bites, but far fewer hook-ups of course. At least the mackerel are the right size, close to the 5”-6”Sardinas. A dozen releases on a day trip to the Finger Bank was common this week, and what kept a lot of the boats from getting more than that was the lack of enough bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I was hearing about some decent Yellowfin showing up to the north, most of it information from boats working the area of the Finger Bank. There was some mid-week action to the south about 20 miles, but the fish moved through pretty quickly. Most of the fish caught mid-week were in the football to 30 pound class, the fish to the north are reported to be a bit larger, 40-50 pounds, but they are moving around a lot.
DORADO: As the water has cooled down close to home so has the Dorado bite. There are still boats getting one or two fish per trip, but only a few have been doing better than that. A couple of boats that have gone a little farther up the line past the finger banks have reported good Dorado catches, probably because of all the bait in the area. Their fish were averaging 25 pounds and many of them were larger. 5-8 fish per boat was not unexpected once the fish were found, and most of them were caught by dropping back a live bait after the first one hooked on the troll was brought behind the boat.
WAHOO: There were a few scattered fish reported but no great action on these speedsters this week.
INSHORE: I had reports of some Roosterfish, decent Pargo, a few early, small sierra and reports of a few Yellowtail beginning to show up. Live bait and vertical jigging were the way to go fir the inshore species this week.
NOTES: It’s not too late to get in on the hot Striped Marlin action. It is still going off but who knows how long it can last. I just hope the fish continue to move in our direction so everyone can get in on the bite. For this past week I would have to say the action was a bit slower than normal with the exception of the Golden Gate and Finger Banks, and a lot of people may have been a bit disappointed in the local catch rates, but at least the water was great! My fingers are crossed that the close to home activity will pick up and we will not have to be making 2 ˝ hour runs to get to the fish. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Nov 7, 2005; 12:39PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2005
WEATHER: Daytime highs in the low 90’s and nighttime lows in the low 70’s to high 60’s made it very comfortable in Cabo this week. Combine the great temperature with clear skies and it was just about perfect. Last night we had just a bit of a breeze and those of us sitting around sipping Pacifico beer thought that bringing a light jacket tomorrow night might be a good idea!
WATER: Once again we had choppy water on the Pacific side of the Cape as the wind prevailed from the NW and West. Swells of two to five feet combined with winds of 10-15 knots made for some uncomfortable conditions, but a lot of people put up with it since there were fish out there. There was a fairly strong temperature and color break running just to the outside of the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks this week that kept moving back and forth across the banks. At the end of this week the really strong break had moved to the south of the San Jaime and ran from the northeast to the southwest with the warm side to the east at 82-83 degrees and the cold side at 77-78 degrees, a really strong break. On the Cortez side of the cape conditions were just about as perfect as you could wish for. There were small distantly spaced swells and one to three feet with just a slight ripple on the water for most of the day, with a little chop developing in the late afternoon. We ended the week with a band of warm water at 84-85 degrees running across the Gorda Banks, 95 and 1150 spots and the water just to the outside of that at 80 degrees.
BAIT: There was plenty of bait available this week even with the Tuna Tournament happening. Of course the price of live Sardinas stayed high but there were plenty of Mackerel available for the normal $2 per pieces and of course there were some Caballito as well. With the price of live Sardinas so high a lot of boats went with frozen ones for chum and at $36 U.S. for a 12-kilo block, it was a good deal.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The focus for at least two days this week was on Yellowfin Tuna but with 145 boats out there Marlin were caught as well. A couple of days after the Bisbee was over a #700 pound Blue was brought in, and there were plenty of Striped Marlin to get anglers attention. The best concentrations seemed to be on the Cortez side around the 1150 and 95 spots, 5 miles to the south of the arch, early in the week on the Pacific side at the Golden Gate Bank and for those who could make the run and spend the fuel, up to the north around the Finger Bank (a 70 mile trip, not one most boats can make in one day). The action on Blue Marlin was spread out with most of it taking place on the Cortez side or on the warm side of the temperature break.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Well, we kept our fingers crossed for better Tuna action this week but it just did not materialize, at least for the big fish. To my knowledge there were only two fish over 100 pounds weighed in among the 145 boats participating over two days. The largest was #199.7 pounds and was reported to have been caught among porpoise out around the Los Frailles area on the Cortez side. The second largest fish weighed was in the #105 range and came from the Pacific, north of the Golden Gate Banks, again among porpoise and the same boat caught a lot of fish in the 30-pound class in the same school. There was a fish that size brought in late on the second day as well, one estimated at around 100-150 pounds, but being brought in after the deadline it did not count. On the first day fish in the 40 pound class were taking jackpot money, on the second day there were a few in the 70 pound class that had anglers walking away from the scale happy.
DORADO: Once again there was no change in the Dorado report this week. Most of the Dorado action came from the Pacific side and while there were a few fish in close to home, from the arch to the lighthouse, most of them were found much farther north, around the inside of the Golden Gate Bank. There were also scattered fish found along the warm side of the temperature break. Average sizes were 15-25 pounds with a few hitting 30 pounds. Bright colored lures worked well on them and it seemed that the “dorado” color was a favorite!
WAHOO: With the new moon happening on Nov. 1st I was expecting pretty good Wahoo action this week, but guess we will have to wait.
INSHORE: Repeat: Almost all the inshore Panga action was on the small Yellowfin, Bonita and Skipjack along the Sea of Cortez coast.
NOTES: With so many e-mail enquiries over the past week it has been brought to my attention that I forgot to mention something in last weeks report. The two lures that brought in money fish last week were on Cabos own, locally made, Hi-5 root beer-petrelero colors. Needless to say, I contacted Ken Matney after the first fish was caught and bought a few for myself. For all those of you that e-mailed me, you can contact Ken at HI5Lures@hotmail.com or give him a call at work at 011-52-114-349-60. I must also mention that there were two boats that broke down during the Tuna Tournament. One of them broke down the evening of the first day while on the way home. This was a 33-foot Crystaliner and it had no compass, no working running lights, no GPS and only two flares on board. After a lot of volunteer effort (many of the boats in the tournament quit fishing in order to aid in the search) the boat was found at approximately 2 am Saturday, 36 hours after having problems, by a passing cruise ship. If you are planning a fishing trip, ask what kind of equipment is on the boat, and if it works or not. Just a suggestion, I guess it depends on how long you want your fishing trip to last! Until next week, tight lines!
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Oct 31, 2005; 10:44AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Oct. 24-30, 2005
WEATHER: We had sunny skies all week long with just a few scattered high clouds. Our day time highs were in the low 90’s and our night time lows in the low 70’s, just about as perfect weather as you can ask for.
WATER: On the Pacific side of the Cape the water at the beginning of the week was pretty rough and choppy with swells at 3-5 feet and a strong NNW wind blowing starting in the mid afternoon and lasting until early morning. At the end of the week the wind had shifted a bit and tapered off so things got a lot better. I was fishing on the Golden Gate on Saturday and it was very nice, small swells and no chop at all. When we came around the lighthouse on the way home the wind was from the east and things chopped up a bit, but it was still not bad. On the Cortez side of the Cape conditions were great all week, even out to the Cabrillo Seamount. There was a small 2-3 foot swell with almost no wind until you got far enough north for the effect of the breeze around the east cape to hit you and even then it was very light. The Cortez side has cleaned up quite a bit and the blue water has moved in to within a couple of miles of shore, and the water temperature has been 80-82 degrees with a few spots at 83 degrees. The Pacific had a lot more green water as there has been a strong southward current pushing the warm water back toward us and has started collapsing the very defined vortex we had early in the week, with alternating bands of warm-cold and green-blue water centered around the Golden Gate bank. As it has moved south, it has also moved a bit toward the east, and caused a very defined blue water band just off the coast that extended out for 6 miles.
BAIT: It was tournament week so of course the price of bait went up. As an example, I paid $40 a day for three or four Caballito and a scoop of Sardines and felt lucky to get those. Oh well, the bait guys deserve to make money this time of year just like everyone else.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Since we just completed the 25th anniversary of the Bisbee Black and Blue tournament with over 180 boats fishing three days for Marlin, the catch report should give you a good idea! On the first day almost all the boats except for about a dozen fished the Cortez side. The largest fish of the day was caught just past the 95 spot on a rootbeer-petrelero colored lure, was a #581 Black Marlin and took home $504K in the daily jackpots. One other qualifying fish was weighed, a #321 Black caught on live bait at the outer Gorda Bank and took home $378K. There were approximately 100 Striped Marlin, Sailfish and a few small Blue and Black Marlin released. On the second day only one qualifying fish was brought in, a #381 Blue Marlin that was caught on a Petrelero colored lure up around Punta Gorda and was worth $881K in the daily jackpots. There was also a #304 Yellowfin Tuna weighed by a boat that was not in the tournament but just wanted to get an official weight on the fish (pay attention for those of you in the Tuna tournament this coming week!). On the second day there were approximately 140 Striped Marlin, Sailfish and small Blue and Black Marlin released. On the third day there was only one qualifying fish weighed in, a #319 Blue Marlin and that fish brought in $378K while the rest of the daily jackpot rolled over to the fish caught the day before, another $504K to add to the $881K. There were about 1oo reported releases on the third day. Over all, 4 qualifying fish weighed, 4 underweight fish weighed and about 350 fish reported released for an average of .66 fish per team per day. My team had no fish on the first day as we fished the Pacific side, on the second day we fished around the 1150 spot and had one Striped Marlin and one Sailfish released (with one other Striped Marlin to the boat but we were not able to get a picture of it quickly enough). On the third day we went back to the same area and released two Striped Marlin and at 17 minutes before lines out hooked up a Blue Marlin that we ended up releasing as it was only about #225-#230.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It was extremely slow for Yellowfin this week as the only large fish I know of was the one weighed in during the Bisbee. I don’t have any details on that fish, as I was pretty busy at the time. There were almost no porpoise found on either the Pacific side or the Sea of Cortez. The Yellowfin that were caught were caught while “making bait” during the morning prior to the start of the Marlin tournament, and these fish were about 8-10 pounds and caught on Sardines close to shore. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that things get better for the tournament this coming week!
DORADO: No change in the Dorado report this week. Most of the Dorado action came from the Pacific side and while there were a few fish in close to home, from the arch to the lighthouse, most of them were found much farther north, around the inside of the Golden Gate Bank. There were also scattered fish found along the warm side of the temperature break. Average sizes were 15-25 pounds with a few hitting 30 pounds. Bright colored lures worked well on them and it seemed that the “dorado” color was a favorite!
WAHOO: Repeat: I saw very few Wahoo this week so have nothing to report on them.
INSHORE: Repeat: Almost all the inshore Panga action was on the small Yellowfin, Bonita and Skipjack along the Sea of Cortez coast.
NOTES: All right, the Bisbee Black and Blue is over and now we are gearing up for the Tuna Tournament. I am fishing this one as well and will give you information on the results on the next report! Until then, Tight Lines!
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Oct 24, 2005; 11:50AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
Cabo Fish Report
Oct. 17-23, 2005
WEATHER: Sunny skies for most of the week were a welcome sight for most of our visitors as was the very comfortable daytime temperatures in the low to mid 90’s. Our nighttime lows were in the low 70. There was a slight breeze every morning that gradually picked up to a strong wind from the northwest by 2pm that kept the mid day comfortable, if a bit wet on the water!
WATER: The Sea of Cortez had comfortable conditions this week with swells from 1-3 feet for the most part, until you got over 20 miles off shore, then it kicked in a bit as the Pacific swells wrapped around and had a chance to show themselves. During the afternoons, coming home into the wind was choppy but not uncomfortable. The surface temperatures were 81-82 degrees with no temperature breaks. On the Pacific side things were a bit different as the swells maintained an average of four feet with the occasional 6 footer in there along with steady breezes in the morning and strong winds in the afternoons. There was a very strongly defined temperature break that has cool west side water in the 76-degree range and just a mile away warm 83-degree water. This break has been drifting slowly to the west every day and as of now is several miles to the west side of the San Jaime bank. The warm water along the edge is green but on the cool side it is a very nice blue.
BAIT: Once again we had plenty of bait with Caballito at the normal $2 each and Sardines available here in Cabo at $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Once again the Marlin were scattered and the bite for the bigger Blue and Black Marlin seemed to slow down. There were still big fish out there, but not in great numbers. There were plenty of Striped Marlin however. At the end of the week there was a good concentration of stripers at the Golden Gate Bank as well as along the temperature break out past the San Jaime. The bite was a mix of live bait and lures. The Bisbee Offshore Tournament just completed had one qualifying fish weighed in each day. Day one had a 465 Blue and day two had a 588 pound Blue plus there were a lot of call-ins of released Stripers.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Tuna bite slowed down this week and almost the only action I heard of was either just in front of the Fiesta American or up at the Punta Gorda area and past. All the fish were footballs from 10 to 20 pounds and chumming with Sardines brought plenty of them to the surface. There were also lots of Bonita and Skipjack in the mix. Some Tuna were found on the Pacific side up around the San Jaime Banks and they were slow to bite, but they were quality fish in the 40-60 pound class.
DORADO: Most of the Dorado action this week came from the Pacific side and while there were a few fish in close to home, from the arch to the lighthouse, most of them were found much farther north, around the inside of the Golden Gate Bank. There were also scattered fish found along the warm side of the temperature break. Average sizes were 15-25 pounds with a few hitting 30 pounds. Bright colored lures worked well on them and it seemed that the “dorado” color was a favorite!
WAHOO: I saw very few Wahoo this week so have nothing to report on them.
INSHORE: Almost all the inshore Panga action was on the small Yellowfin, Bonita and Skipjack along the Sea of Cortez coast.
NOTES: Everyone is either fishing the Offshore Tournament or getting ready for the Black and Blue. I have been very busy with charters and getting set up for the Black and Blue and can tell you that the new $5,000 daily jackpot has really caused a buzz around here. This means that there is the distinct possibility that the daily jackpots may total over $1,000,000 per day! I’d better go and re-check those knots! Until next week, Tight lines!
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