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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
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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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| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Oct 17, 2005; 12:41PM - 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. 10-16, 2005
WEATHER: With our day time highs in the mid 90’s things have warmed up just a little from last week, but it is still very nice during the day. At nights it has been in the mid to high 70’s, again, bit warmer than last week but you can feel the change with the drop in humidity. Having the clouds move away resulted in the slight rise in temperature, and that also resulted in the afternoon winds leaving us at the end of the week, resulting in very slight breezes instead of the strong wind.
WATER: Surface conditions on both the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific were great this week with the end of the week being extremely nice. There was a slight swell and early week afternoon winds resulting in some chop, but later in the week the wind went away and there were just swells with no choppy conditions. The Sea of Cortez was an almost uniform 85-86 degrees on the surface with a few spots to 88 around the 95 and 1150 spots. On the Pacific there was a very defined temperature break that ran from Punta Cristobal and out across the San Jaime Bank then to the southwest. On the warm side it was 85 degrees and the cool north side was 79-80 degrees just a mile away. There was also a band of warmer water running up along the coast for about 20 miles that ran from the beach to just over a mile off shore.
BAIT: Bait was not a problem this week as there were plenty of Caballito available at the usual $2 per bait. There were Sardinas available up at Palmilla at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There did not seem to be any one area that held Billfish this week as the results of the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament showed. Most of the boats worked either the temperature break around the San Jaime or the area of Punta Gorda and the Cabrilla Seamount, and fish were found at all these places. Only three qualifying fish were caught in the Marlin category with the largest being a 465 pound Blue Marlin, the second was a #408 Blue and the third a #406 Black. There were plenty of Striped Marlin released and also a fair number of smaller, non-qualifying Blue and Black Marlin. The day after the tournament the Marlin fishing slowed down, with few boats getting into the Billfish, instead, most of them found Tuna and Dorado.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Most boats were able to get into the Tuna this week and there were some quality fish, enough so that I would have to call them the fish of the week. Spotted, Spinner and White bellied Dolphin held fish, and if you were there at the right time things could break wide open! Schools were found on the Pacific side between San Cristobal and the San Jaime Banks, on the Golden Gate Banks and to the north of it, on the Sea of Cortez 19 miles to the east of the arch and up around the Iman Bank area. Most of the fish were in the 30-60 pound class but a few slobs were brought in. One of the boats in the Tournament brought in a #160 on day one of the competition and a #277 on the second day. Cedar plugs worked for the smaller fish and live bait was the choice for the larger ones.
DORADO: There was little change in the location or sizes of the Dorado caught this week. Most of the fish were found either close to the beach, often only 200 yards off, or out in the open ocean under drifting debris. Both the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific side had fish, and while not in enormous quantity, they were there to be caught and most boats had little difficulty in getting a few for dinner. Bright colored lures trolled at high speeds and slow trolled live bait worked well.
WAHOO: I did see a few more Wahoo flags this week and it seemed that they were an incidental catch for most of the boats. Due to the concentration of boats around the banks, most of the fish came from there, but there were still fish caught out in the open. Average size was 35 pounds.
INSHORE: Most of the Pangas have been trying to get into Tuna this week, and they have been having some success with fish close to the beach. Dorado were also a target and everyone was getting fish to take home. The usual inshore species were a bit slow on the bite but there were still a few decent Roosterfish reported as well as Amberjack and Pargo.
NOTES: Ok, the first tournament of the month is over and now we are gearing up for the big money, ego oriented Black and Blue. Money is the name of the game in this one and if the big fish shows up you had better be prepared. I will be captain this year for an excellent team so keep your fingers crossed for us that lady luck pays the boat a visit! Next week I will be able to let you know how many boats are likely to be signed up so check back for an update! Until then, Tight Lines!
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Oct 10, 2005; 01:03PM - 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. 3-9, 2005
WEATHER: October has arrived and with it the weather has taken a turn for the better. Our day time highs have been in the mid 90’s and our night time lows have been between 72 and 76 degrees, finally we had a week where I did not need to run the air conditioner all night in order to get some sleep! We have had partly cloudy skies but no rain and everyone had been watching a large area of thick clouds just outside of Puerto Vallerta hoping that the mass did not start circulating. We got lucky and as of the end of the week the cloud mass diminished in size and started to move back to the northeast over the mainland. We have had strong 15-20 knot northwesterly to southwesterly winds all week, and this may have helped keep the clouds away.
WATER: On the Pacific side of the cape the water has been cool and a little off color, ever since two weeks ago. Most of the water there has been in the 70’s but it has been hard to tell if there were any breaks in the area due to cloud cover preventing a good picture, and not a lot of boats have been getting out very far due to the choppy conditions. On the Cortez side the water has been warmer, around 81-87 degrees with no sharp breaks, just gradual shifting temperatures. The warmest areas have been around the Gorda Banks. The surface conditions have been good in the mornings but the wind has been picking up around one in the afternoon as the wind shifts around.
BAIT: Bait was a bit difficult to get at the beginning of the week due to the rough water from the Hurricane and the Port being closed over the weekend, but at the end of the week there was no problem getting Caballito at the usual $2 per bait. Sardines were in short supply up around San Jose and the bait boats there serviced the Panga fleet first, if there were any left over boats from Cabo were able to get some at the usual $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The hurricane really messed things up on the Pacific side as the bite for Striped Marlin that had been happening last Thursday went dead when boats went back to the area at the beginning of the week. There were still fish around but not in the numbers they had been. Golden Gate Bank held a few fish and there was a lot of Mackerel there but conditions prevented most boats from getting there, not because the water there was rough, but getting past the lighthouse without the anglers getting sick was difficult. There was a decent bite during the week on Blue Marlin on the Cortez side between the 95 spot and the 1150 out to the Cabrilla Seamount as well as a few fish around the Gorda Banks, nothing really wide open, but there were fish around. Also on the Cortez side were some Striped Marlin and a few Sailfish. One friend caught and released a Sailfish estimated at 120 pounds on Thursday. There were a lot of boats concentrating on Blue Marlin this week hoping to get an idea of where to concentrate their efforts for the Los Cabo Billfish Tournament this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Definitely the fish of the week since almost every boat that tried was able to get one or two decent Yellowfin to the boat. The main concentration of fish was about two miles to the east of the San Jaime Bank, and the fish stayed in the area all week long. They were associated with Pacific Spotted Dolphin and while they were a bit picky most of the time many boats were able to get a half dozen or so ranging in size from 30 to 60 pounds with a few larger fish in the mix. I saw fish pushing the #150 mark boil occasionally. There was a good school found on Friday out past the Gorda Banks, 35 miles from Cabo and they were associated with the Pacific Spotted Dolphin as well. A friend of mine was the first to the school that day and ended up with 20 fish from 30 to 60 pounds. Another friend was able to get only one Tuna from the school, but what a fish it was! It hit a Marlin jig and after an hour Jay landed a #320 toad!
DORADO: For boats who’s anglers could not handle the rougher water offshore, there were Dorado close in, and you did not have to go far from port to get into them. Fish ranging from 6-12 pounds were found right outside of the arch and down to Grey Rock, and up the Pacific side to the lighthouse. Small lures worked in bright colors and often there were followers behind the first one hooked up. A few larger fish were found offshore, but the majority of fish were in close, within one mile of the beach.
WAHOO: There were quite a few Wahoo caught this week and the reason may have been the number of boats fishing the right areas for Dorado. With plenty of Dorado close in, fishing the 50-100 fathom line resulted in a lot of lures being lost but a decent number of Wahoo being caught as well. None of the fish were very large with the average weight being 30 pounds.
INSHORE: Panga fish was pretty much focused on Dorado this week, but I did see a few of them offshore fishing Tuna on the Pacific side. Rough water but they were having success. Inshore water was still a bit rough along the beach and a bit off color. None of the Panga Captains I talked to said great things about the beach area so there you go!
NOTES: I have been seeing a few whales out there in the last couple of trips and after describing them to people who know these things found out they were “Wright” or “Right” whales. Big suckers and pretty distinctive as well! The big boats are all arriving and the Marina is filling up. The first big Tournament of the month is this week so the town is filling up with anglers. We have been having two or three cruise ships a day visiting as well so the town has been busy. Combine that with Sammy Hagar playing every other night for two weeks at Cabo Wabo and this place is busy! Check the report next week and I’ll let you know the tournament results! Until then, Tight Lines!
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Oct 3, 2005; 12:50PM - 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
Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2005
WEATHER: Well, we did have a change in weather this week! We started off with highs in the 100-degree range, little wind and high humidity but ended up with highs in the mid 90’s, heavy wind and high humidity! That happens when a Hurricane brushes us. Hurricane Otis passed to the west of us bringing heavy cloud cover, some rain (a reported inch in Cabo, higher elsewhere) and strong winds. While conditions were good on Thursday, the Port Captain closed the port on Friday and it has been closed for Saturday and Sunday as well. Hopefully he will re-open it on Monday.
WATER: I can only describe what we had on hand at the beginning of the week as the cloud cover from the hurricane has blocked any signals from being received from the satellites, and of course with the hurricane the water has been un-fished for the past three days. Prior to the weather turning bad the water temperatures on the Sea of Cortez were right around the 86-87 degree mark while on the Pacific side the warm water had pushed up past the Golden Gate Bank with temperatures in the 86 range. The swells had been 4-5 feet and the surface conditions very good with only a slight chop. Right now we have swells at 8-10 feet and winds from 20-30 mph from the SSE and they expect the wind to change and come from due south by tonight.
BAIT: Bait was readily available at the beginning of the week, who knows what it will be like if they re-open the port tomorrow. Normal price of $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The hotspot for the final day of fishing this week was on the Pacific side, up on the inside of the Golden Gate Bank and beyond. The water temperature was right and there were Striped Marlin all over the place. Most of the fish came on live bait thrown to tailing fish but there were almost as many caught by dropping back a live bait to fish appearing in the lure pattern. There was a Blue Marlin caught reported to be in the 400# category as well, and there were scattered fish elsewhere. My friend Jeff DeBrown of “Reel Baja” was guiding a group of fly fishermen on Wednesday and they caught what Jeff called “maybe a #25 on a good day” Striped Marlin on the fly and had shots a couple of others. They also had on of around #140 on for several minutes on Thursday when 4 of them appeared in the teaser pattern at the same time.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I got lucky last week and while fishing on the Pacific side on the south end of the San Jaime I found a pod of Pacific Spotted Dolphin that had a nice school of Tuna associated with it. There were more birds with these fish than I have seen in a long time and we were the only boat there. We ended up with 7 fish between #40 and #90, and then came in. Other than that, there were almost no Tuna reported except for some footballs close to shore on the Cortez side.
DORADO: Dorado were probably the fish of the week last week as almost every boat out caught at least on. Of course most of them were small fish, but there were some nice ones scattered around. Most of the action came from 25-28 miles to the south where there was a small color change and plenty of bait. This area is also well known for converging currents so there is often floating debris to be found. Wonder what it will be like this time next week as the debris washed out from the arroyos via the hurricane rains start to form and hold fish?
WAHOO: The inshore fishery for the Striped Marlin also had quite a few Wahoo as many boats reported loosing up to three Marlin jigs due to Wahoo teeth on mono leader. Since the activity was primarily aimed at Marlin, few Wahoo were actually landed, but those that did hit the decks were nice fish in the 40-50 pound class.
INSHORE: Most of the Pangas were again fishing slightly offshore for pelagics at the beginning of the week, and of course the inshore shut down with the hurricane. It may take a week or so before it gets any good again as all the storm swells make getting close to the beach tricky and the runoff from the arroyos makes things a bit murky.
NOTES: Three days of no fishing due to the approach and passing of Otis gave me a bit of time to do some boat work, and of course to check out some music. One of my favorite websites is www.guitarnoise.com and they had a review of a new album titled “Sixty Six Steps” by Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon. Now that is some great music! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Sep 26, 2005; 11:52AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
Cabo Fish Report
Sept. 19-25, 2005
WEATHER: There was no change in our weather this week, it’s still hot and humid. Our day time highs have been in the 100 degree range while the night time lows have been right around 80 degrees. No rain this week even though we did have a bit of cloud cover early.
WATER: The Sea of Cortez was pretty much a solid 85-88 degrees no matter where you went this week, the only difference anyone could find was there were current lines of green water out there and the fish seemed to be up along the edges. On the Pacific side we had a small upwelling of cold 82-83 degree water right along the edge of the Cape early in the week and that has held together and moved offshore. At the end of the week the cool green water is sitting right on top of the San Jaime Bank while the warm water has worked it’s way back around and now lies between the San Jaime and the shore almost all the way up to the Golden Gate Banks.
BAIT: Almost everyone had a difficult time getting bait at the beginning of the week and there were a lot of grunts and ladyfish showing up in bait tanks. They are not the best baits in the world, but are better than nothing I guess. We were able to get Caballito and Mullet at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It seemed that the bite on the Pacific side died down for Billfish this week but it stayed pretty good just past the 95 spot and up between the 1150 and the Gorda Banks. Most of this was due to the green water forming a barrier and holding the fish. It was an even mix of Striped and Blue Marlin with most of the Blues being in the 200-250 pound range and the Stripers in the 120 pound class.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This week was almost a repeat of last week, so here it is. I didn’t hear of may large Tuna this week, in fact almost the only action on Yellowfin I heard of was on football and slightly larger fish up at Punta Gorda, caught by using Sardinas, and a pod of Porpoise holding school fish in the 25-35 pound range up to the north of the 1150, between there and the 1,000 fathom line at Punta Gorda. Like I said Sardinas for the footballs, and the school fish were biting dark colored feathers and live bait dropped to 50 feet.
DORADO: Bigger fish have begun showing up, and of course it helps if you can find something floating in the water. I know of two boats that were able to get into some very hot action this week, one at a dead seal and another at a dead turtle. The seal held a large school of fish averaging 20 pounds while the turtle had fish averaging twice that. Other than floating objects, the action was on smaller fish in the 8-15 pound class just offshore in water between ½ mile and 5 miles out, both on the Pacific side and on the Sea of Cortez side.
WAHOO: There were still Wahoo being caught this week and they were spread out. I had one do a rocket on me and just cut the skirt on a lure. Most of the fish were found along the 50-100 fathom area along both coasts, but there were not as many found as there were last week.
INSHORE: Most of the normal inshore fisheries were on hold as the Panga fishermen attacked the Dorado just off of the beach. There were a few Roosterfish reported, but most of the Pangas were getting Dorado, small Yellowfin and Bonito.
NOTES: Keeping busy, again I have to take off as I have a charter. Have fun this week and I hope you get a big one! Tournament season is only a few weeks away and already the big boats are showing back up! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Sep 19, 2005; 12:19PM - 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
Sept. 12-18, 2005
WEATHER: Speaking of the weather this week, one word will pretty well paint the picture for you. Hot. Our daytime highs have been hovering right around 100 degrees and with the humidity it sometimes feels like 110. Thank goodness things were dropping off at night, at least down to the low 80’s! We are still using the air conditioner at night; there has not been enough wind in town to keep us cool with the windows open. We had very little cloud cover this week, it was mostly clear skies.
WATER: The water continues to warm up as our summer advances. At the end of the week we had water as warm as 90 degrees in our area. Water between 86 and 89 degrees extended 30 miles to the southwest and on the Sea of Cortez it was hard to find water cooler than 86 degrees, most of what we fished was in the 88-89 degree range. At the start of the week there was a very defined temperature break that ran north-south just along the outside of the San Jaime Bank and up to the Golden Gate, that has since been pushed out of our range, and has dissipated as well. The warm water has pushed it’s way up into the Pacific, as far as 20 miles north of the Golden Gate.
BAIT: Most of what we saw this week was Caballito at the normal $2 per bait. Up toward San Jose you could get Sardinas early in the week, but large swells made the capture of these little guys a bit more difficult than usual, so late in the week they were hard to find, if you could they were the normal $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It was quite the week for billfish as almost every boat that wanted to catch either a Striped Marlin, Sailfish or Blue Marlin had action. Not so hot and heavy on Black Marlin, but there were a few found. Most of the action was concentrated, both as far as a general area and time. Good fishing for all species except Black Marlin was found in the area of the 1150, and some boats were getting sweeps, catch multiples of several species. My best day was Friday when we released two Blue Marlin estimated at 250 pounds and one Sailfish. Another boat released two Blues, two Stripers and a Sailfish. Outstanding fishing! There were almost no fish on the Pacific side at the beginning of the week. The concentration of Striped Marlin that had been on the Golden Gate banks seemed to have moved on, perhaps following the water edge as it moved north. At the end of the week there were fish beginning to show to the south and on the San Jaime Banks. Live baits were working well for the Sailfish; lures in almost any color for the Blue Marlin and the striped Marlin were a pretty even mix between the two.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I didn’t hear of may large Tuna this week, in fact almost the only action on Yellowfin I heard of was on football and slightly larger fish up at Punta Gorda, caught by using Sardinas, and a pod of Porpoise holding school fish in the 25-35 pound range up to the north of the 1150, between there and the 1,000 fathom line at Punta Gorda. Like I said Sardinas for the footballs, and the school fish were biting dark colored feathers and live bait dropped to 50 feet.
DORADO: As an almost repeat of last weeks action, there were plenty of small fish in the 7-10 pound size just off the beach to 8 miles out if you were fishing the Sea of Cortez side this week. Small feathers and small straight running splashers in bright colors worked well on these fish and it was not difficult to get a half-dozen in the boat. Out on the Pacific side later in the week there were fish a bit larger, some to 50 pounds but most of them in the 20-30 pound class. These were not running in schools like the smaller fish, but in pairs. Dropping back a live bait after getting one close to the boat often resulted in a double.
WAHOO: The full moon resulted in a fairly decent bit for Wahoo this week. There may have been a decent concentration somewhere, but for the boats getting these great tasting fish, two of them between 30 and 50 pounds were about the top catch. Of course many more were lost due to mono leaders getting bitten through! The majority of the action took place along the 50-100 fathom marks just off the beach and there was a bit of action at the San Jaime and the Iman Banks. Blue water fish were caught as well, real surprises to anglers looking for Blue Marlin and having a 30-pound Wahoo cut up their lures instead.
INSHORE: Just like last week, most of the normal inshore fisheries were on hold as the Panga fishermen attacked the Dorado just off of the beach. There were a few Roosterfish reported, but most of the Pangas were getting Dorado, small Yellowfin and Bonito.
NOTES: I have been busy this week; the number of charters has increased, as the fishing has gotten better. Muchos Gracias to Linda Wilson of the IGFA for the great Certified Observers course put on in Newport Beach several weeks ago. Also a big thank you to Beth at the Outdoor Channel for sending copies of the 2005 IGFA/Rolex Offshore Championship Tournament program, all the Captains and deckhands are going to enjoy it! Until next week, Tight Lines! I have to go, got a charter this morning!
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Sep 12, 2005; 11:17AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
Cabo Fish Report
Sept. 4-11, 2005
WEATHER: Our day time highs have been in the high 90’s this week, and according to the weather guys, with the humidity we have it has felt like 110. Our nighttime lows have been in the low 80’s and you can hear the air conditioners everywhere at night. There was no rain this week although we did have a couple of cloudy days in the middle of the week and with the winds light from the west things stayed fairly still most of the time.
WATER: There were a few cool spots on the Sea of Cortez where the water was only 84 degrees but for the most part water temperatures were between 85 and 88 degrees. Maybe the gauge on the “Senor Moment” is off a bit, but I did read a few spots where we got over 90 degrees surface temperature up around Punta Gorda. On the Pacific side we had the water temperature vary a bit more with cold water at 82 degrees and warm water at 88 degrees. We have had a pretty strong current push water from the Sea of Cortez up the Pacific side and the current break that had been running north-south across the 95 spot has spread out a bit and moved farther to the west. The break is still there but it is not as defined, now being between Cabo and the Jaime Bank area. Farther up the Pacific coast, just off the beach inside the Golden Gate Bank is where you will find the 82-degree water.
BAIT: We had a pretty good mix of Caballito and Mackerel available this week at the normal $2 per bait. There were also Sardinas available from bait boats up around the Palmilla area at $20 a big scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: I love this time of the year with the variety of Billfish available! Once again every species we have available except for Swordfish and Spearfish were caught this week. There were plenty of Sailfish striking jigs on the Cortez side, but most of them were just strikes since the lures were a bit large for them! Dropping back a strip bait or small live bait resulted in quite a few fish being hooked up, as did drifting with live bait along the 100 fathom edge around the Punta Gorda area or the Gorda Banks. The Sailfish were averaging 80 pounds and some boats were getting three of four a day. Now that is not a lot if you are used to fishing Costa Rica, but for Cabo that is quite good! The reason not so many were hooked on lures was because most of the boats were pulling lures sized for the larger billfish such as Blue Marlin. Why? Well, they are here, that’s why! There have been a lot of them caught and released this week, and unfortunately a few killed as well. The action has been scattered but there were fish found at all the usual spots, the 95, the 1150, outside the Gorda, south of the Jaime, off of Punta Cristobal, almost anyplace where the currents and structure go together. The average size seemed to be around 250-300 pounds (as reported by excited anglers and Captains, it may have been less in actuality!) and almost all the action was on trolled lures. Keeping the speed up a bit, around 9 knots, brought aggressive strikes on lures in either blue-silver-yellow (Dorado colors) or black-green-silver (Skipjack colors). Some big Black Marlin were hooked as well, not as many of them as the Blue Marlin, but they were there. Action on the Blacks was mostly confined to just off of the various points and almost all of it took place in water between 300 and 900 feet in depth. Striped Marlin are still around and there was a good bite for Wednesday and Thursday 4-5 miles to the east of the 95 spot. Dropping back a live bait to fish coming into the lure spread resulted in most of the hook-ups and some boats were able to release four or five fish a day.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again there were school and football fish available up around the Punta Gorda area this week. It was a long run and you had to stop at the Palmilla area for Sardinas for bait, but there was decent action once you got there. Most of the Yellowfin action was early in the week, alter on the 15 pound Skipjack and Bonito moved in and while there were still a few Yellowfin to 30 pounds caught, the majority of fish were released as not being the “right” kind. For bigger Tuna you needed to find the porpoise, and at the end of the week it started to get good. Not much fish was found on the surface though; most of them were marked on depth sounder under Porpoise. Getting ahead of the group and dropping live bait on them resulted in fish ranging from #250 to #60 being fought and landed. Of course not everyone was able to get them to bite, a bit of luck was needed as well. Oh, and it also helped if you were using floura-carbon leader in #50, or tied you hook directly to 50 or 80 test line. Of course if you tied directly you needed to use a circle hook. Even then you sometimes lost a fish. One of my friends fought a Tuna estimated by him at #300-320 for three hours before loosing it right below the boat. He hooked it on #50 direct. He also caught one the next day he estimated at #150 but later turned out to be #223, so the one he lost may have been larger! Anyway, there are fish out there, you just have to find them, be ready and be lucky!
DORADO: This week was a repeat of last week’s action on Dorado. I saw a lot of Dorado flags this week and while there were a few nice fish to 50 pounds caught, most of the fish seemed to be in the 15-20 pound class. Close to shore, mostly within 2 miles was where most of the action took place with the exception of several boats that were able to find a piece of floating wood that held a decent school.
WAHOO: I didn’t hear of any Wahoo action this week.
INSHORE: With the great water conditions most of the Panga fleet this week was working offshore for Dorado and Marlin. Those that did work inshore reported fair to good action on Roosterfish, Skipjack, Jack Crevalle and Needlefish. Small hootchies and Sardinas were the lures and bait of choice inshore.
NOTES: Our computer is back! I was out four days this week so got to see quite a bit of action myself, and heard a lot on the radio so you have a pretty comprehensive report this week. My trips are slow for the nest two week so I will be writing a few articles and working on boats, envying the guys going out for Marlin and Tuna as I sit at home or on the docks! My best fishing music this week (almost every time I put these CD’s on we got bit) was Boz Scaggs and Ottmar Liebert, a little mellow but the fish liked them! Until next week, tight lines!
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Sep 6, 2005; 05:44PM - 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
August 27-Sept. 2, 2005
WEATHER: This week we had high temperatures in the mid to high 90’s with our night time lows in the low to mid 70’s. a little more comfortable than we had last week, but not by much. I was gone for the first part of the week but was told that we did have a few sprinkles on early Monday morning.
WATER: The water on the Sea of Cortez has been in the 84-88 degree range this week and that warmer water has been working its way around the cape toward the Pacific. On the Pacific the water has mostly been in the low 80’s with most of it right at 81-82 degrees. The water on both sides of the Cape has been very comfortable for fishing with swells slight at 2-3 feet and very little wind chop since the wind has stayed down all week.
BAIT: Mostly Caballito from the boat boats at the normal $2 per bait but there has also been Sardinas available up around the Palmilla area at $20 a scoop. There have also been Mackerel available for the “catch it yourself crowd” if you were up around the Golden Gate Banks.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: We have been seeing a variety this week as Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, Striped Marlin as well as Sailfish have been biting fairly well depending on where you have been fishing. Several areas have put themselves in the spot light this week. One of the was the Golden Gate Banks early in the week, especially if you hit it during the tide change. There were tons of Mackerel schooling on the bank and they were being very actively fed on by the Striped Marlin. Catching your own bait and then sending them into the depths resulted in many boats catching ands releasing up to six fish per boat. Lures worked well also with anything in the “petrelero” color bringing on fast action. The 95 spot was consistent in providing action from Sailfish, Striped Marlin and Blue Marlin with most of the strikes coming on lures and a few on drifted live baits. Most of the Black Marlin action came for boats working closer to shore, mostly within the 100 fathom curve, and there were fish up to 600 pounds jumping on lures. Also there were a few nice fish taken by slow trolling live Skipjack across the drop-offs along the points. Sailfish were at the 95 spot and also found at the Gorda Banks as well as up around Punta Gorda. They were falling for feathers in dark colors and also biting on slow trolled Sardinas. All in all, a good week for Billfish. Oh, there were also some very nice Blues found along the Pacific canyons!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A mix this week with school fish reported to be on the bite around the Gorda Banks, both the inner and the outer, but they seemed to be fixated on small baits, most of the action coming to boats drifting Sardinas. I did see a few nice fish in the 100 pound range brought in on Friday, but I was not able to work loose any information on the where, when or how. Jeeze, come on guys, it’s not like I am going to tell the whole world! (He-he)
DORADO: I saw a lot of Dorado flags this week and while there were a few nice fish to 50 pounds caught, most of the fish seemed to be in the 15-20 pound class. Close to shore, mostly within 2 miles was where most of the action took place with the exception of several boats that were able to find a piece of floating wood that held a decent school.
WAHOO: Not very many but a few boats did get lucky with fish in the 30-50 pound class. I also heard of a few boats getting bit off by fish reportedly to 100 pounds. Guess that happens when you use light leader for picky Dorado. The action was pretty evenly divided between the Pacific side of the Cape and the Sea of Cortez.
INSHORE: Inshore action was a bit slow this week but I did have a couple of guys who had a blast catching some Roosterfish to 40 pounds then got lucky on a nice Wahoo. Most of the normal inshore action was slow so the majority of the Pangas were heading off shore. Nice water and decent Billfish action made that a good option for a lot of anglers.
NOTES: You may notice that this weeks report is a bit abbreviated and is coming out a bit early as well. We picked up a virus on the home machine and it will not be back from the computer hospital until Tuesday. I think they are performing a lobotomy on the darn thing. I did not get back to Cabo until Wednesday night so most of the early week information is secondhand. By the way, the IGFA Certified Observer course held at Newport Beach last Sunday was excellent, and many thanks to all the guys I met there for making it a great event. And finally, Linda, I hope you family in New Orleans is all right! Until next week (an hopefully not from a $6 per hour internet café), Tight Lines!
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Aug 15, 2005; 01:48PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 8-14, 2005
WEATHER: All right, the nights have cooled off a little bit but only because we have had a bit of a breeze. Other wise, it’s been consistently in the mid 70’s during the night with our day time temperatures getting up to the very high 90’s with a bit of humidity to make things just a bit sweaty. We were expecting clouds at the end of the week but they failed to materialize and the weather predictions show nothing coming our way for a few days.
WATER: The temperature break that extended north-south across the 95 spot last week has stayed in place all week long, and with temperatures changing from 83-84 degrees on the east side to 77-78 on the west side over a distance of two miles it has been the place to go. This has been a result of a strong California current along the Pacific coast, go out to the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks and the water is 80 degrees. Surface conditions have been great in the mornings along the temp break but the afternoons have been choppy once the 10 am winds come in from the south-west.
BAIT: There was Caballito available from the local bait boats at the normal $2 per bait but there were no signs of Sardinas or Mackerel.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, the Blue Marlin have finally decided to show up for the party! I talked with five boats yesterday and three of the five hooked up to Blues with only one boat getting the fish in for a release. The two that did not hook up saw fish come into the pattern but for one reason or another they were not able to interest the fish in anything they offered. With these Blues showing up there are still Striped Marlin around as well. All five of the boats I talked with released at least one Striped Marlin as well. The action took place at the temperature break or just off to the east on the warm side for the Blue Marlin and to the west on the cool side for the Stripers. Blue Marlin action came on lures while the Stripers were eating Caballito. Other Blue Marlin action was found up the coast on the Cortez side around the Punta Gorda area with lots of bait being found along the 100 fathom line. There were Blue Marlin in there feeding and a few boats had fairly steady action in the area (that meaning a hook-up per day with more fish seen) on fish averaging 250 pounds.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: No change from last week so this is a repeat! There are still scattered small football fish around the coast areas on the Pacific side, and there were a few school fish found right in front of town just before the weekend. Some of the school fish were in the 60 pound class and provided last minute excitement for boats coming in after a long trip. There were several pods of porpoise reported to have nice fish among them up in the Golden Gate Banks area, but I never saw any of the fish myself or talked one-on-one with anyone who had caught them, so maybe it was just rumors. Most of the Tuna were caught on feathers with a couple of the larger fish caught on live bait during drop-backs.
DORADO: No change in the Dorado report from last week, so here it is. We were seeing a lot more Dorado this week than last week, and they have been close to home as well, from just off the coast on the Pacific side to the San Jaime Banks. The majority of the fish have been small; around 8-10 pounds but there have been fish in the 50 pound class caught as well. Bright colored lures run on the outriggers have gotten most of the initial strikes, and for the guys trying it, the followers have been a blast on fly fishing gear!
WAHOO: No action to report.
INSHORE: Roosterfish action on the Cortez side of the Cape from just outside of the Sheraton Hacienda del Mar on up the coast to the La Laguna area. Most of the hook-ups have been on slow trolled live Mullet just outside of the breakers and some of the fish have been very nice sized with the average weight at 35 pounds. There has not been a lot of other inshore action as the bottom fishing has tapered off. Most of the Pangas here in Cabo have been heading to just outside the light house on the Pacific side looking for Dorado and Striped Marlin.
NOTES: We sure were glad to see that temp break hold position for so long, and we have our fingers crossed that it will stay there for a while longer. Now if the Tuna would just come and visit us things would be great. I know there are Tuna somewhere in the area because I have seen three “Super Seiners” transit the area this week. This weeks report was written to the music of “Big Bad Voodoo Daddy” on their 1998 Interscope release “Mr. Pinstripe Suit”. Swing on! Until next week, tight lines!
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Aug 8, 2005; 10:17AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 1-7, 2005
WEATHER: And the heat rolls on! Our day time highs have touched 100 degrees a few days this past week and our night time lows have mostly been around 75 degrees, but with the humidity it has seemed warmer. In town you really notice the heat during the day, but out on the ocean things are quite a bit cooler. No rain or clouds this week and there is no bad weather forecast for the next week. (I’ll keep my fingers crossed on that one!)
WATER: The water on the Sea of Cortez has been flat and warm with surface temperatures between 80 and 86 degrees. On the Pacific side there has been a bit of a swell with some chop in the afternoon, but the water has been between 75 and 80 degrees. The plume of warm water that reached across the Cape last week was broken by the strong California current so we now have a 10 mile wide band of cooler water between us and the San Jaime Bank with the cooler water (at 76-77 degrees) extending south for 30 miles. There is a nice temperature break running south from the 95 spot for 20 miles and it has held in the area for several days now.
BAIT: There was Caballito available from the local bait boats at the normal $2 per bait and the bait receiver in front had Mackerel, but they were saving it for special boats and had taken their sign down.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, this has been a very good week for boats that wanted Striped marlin. Most of the fish were located at the San Jaime Banks and anglers were getting at least one shot and often multiple shots at fish each day. Top boat that I know of came in with 7 flags flying while the average was one or two with a few boats getting three or four fish per trip. The size of the fish has seemed to improve a bit as there were more big fish found than last week. Quite a few of the Stripers were in the 150 pound range. Along with the Striped Marlin the Pacific side was putting out quite a few Sailfish as well, with many of them over 100 pounds. I saw a few pictures of fish that may have been in the 140 pound range. The bite seemed to be around 80% on live bait, either thrown to a spotted fish or dropped back to one in the pattern. As far as Blue Marlin go, there have been fish out there but not a lot of them reported as being caught and released yet. The results of the Bisbee’s East Cape Tournament are in and for three days of fishing among 56 boats they released 25 Blues and only weighed one over 300 pounds. Perhaps it is a matter of time before these fish have moved into our area.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There are still scattered small football fish around the coast areas on the Pacific side, and there were a few school fish found right in front of town just before the weekend. Some of the school fish were in the 60 pound class and provided last minute excitement for boats coming in after a long trip. There were several pods of porpoise reported to have nice fish among them up in the Golden Gate Banks area, but I never saw any of the fish myself or talked one-on-one with anyone who had caught them, so maybe it was just rumors. Most of the Tuna were caught on feathers with a couple of the larger fish caught on live bait during drop-backs.
DORADO: No change in the Dorado report from last week, so here it is. We were seeing a lot more Dorado this week than last week, and they have been close to home as well, from just off the coast on the Pacific side to the San Jaime Banks. The majority of the fish have been small; around 8-10 pounds but there have been fish in the 50 pound class caught as well. Bright colored lures run on the outriggers have gotten most of the initial strikes, and for the guys trying it, the followers have been a blast on fly fishing gear!
WAHOO: Slap my hand for last weeks comment about more than one person touching the rod and reel on that large Wahoo. I was just reporting what I had been told by others. I was informed by some one who is supposed to be “in the know” about it that they are considering putting in a world record application. I talked with a couple of guys who were there when the fish was hung and they said it was lucky that the federal weights and measures guys were there, they calibrated the scale and the fish weighed in at 192 pounds! I think I would have used a flying gaff! Other than that, the Wahoo have been pretty non-responsive this last week.
INSHORE: No change from last week with the exception that more of the Pangas have been going offshore than have been going inshore. Also they are having some shark action along with the usual inshore species. Some Roosters are still out there and they have been pretty decent size. The beaches on the Pacific have had most of the inshore action with the Roosterfish, Pompano, Pargo and Grouper biting pretty well. Fresh Mullet slow trolled alive was the key to getting into the Roosterfish and any of the small live baits fished on the bottom resulted in action from the Pargo and Grouper. Cut bait was what it took to get a decent Pompano bite, but when it happened it was wide open.
NOTES: Warm water on the Sea of Cortez has brought the normal fishing to almost a standstill, with the only thing happening just now being Blue Marin with an occasional Dorado. Most of the action has been on the Pacific side. As soon as we start seeing more Skipjack and small Yellowfin we should get more Blues in the area, big fish follow their bait! This weeks report was written to the music of Vassar Clements on the 1996 Flying Fish Records release “Hillbilly Jazz Rides Again”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Aug 1, 2005; 10:10AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JULY 25-31, 2005
WEATHER: It’s really cooking now, and it feels like summer in Cabo. Our daytime highs have been in the high 90’s and we are expected to break 100 degrees on Monday. Our night time lows have been in the mid 70’s and we actually had a little bit of rain on Thursday, just enough to spot the windshields.
WATER: Summer time warm water is finally here! On the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape we have seen 85 degrees this week, at least at the end of the week. Since Monday the warm water has been getting closer and closer, now the warm water is wrapping around the Cape and water to 82 degrees is extending across the San Jaime Bank. Farther up on the Pacific side Golden Gate Bank is 79-80 degrees. In close to shore on the Pacific side the water is cooler, most of it in the 75 degree range. At the end of the week there was a pretty good temperature break 22 miles at 170 degrees, this break has been traveling toward us all week long, coming in from the northeast. The wind has been kicking up in the afternoons but it has been very calm in the mornings on both sides of the Cape.
BAIT: Once again it was almost all Caballito this week. The bait has been schooled up very thick and most of the baits we were getting had been snagged. There were some small Mackerel available at times. Both baits were the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin seem to be following the temperature breaks and they were right in front of town early in the week. They have moved up the Pacific coast a bit and are also on the cool side of the temp break to the south-southwest. Most of these Striped Marlin have been in the 70 pound range but a few have pushed 180 pounds. The good news is that there have been Blue Marlin caught on a fairly regular basis this week, at least by the boats that have been searching for them. We should be getting more action from both the Blue and Black Marlin as the water stays warm.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Scattered small foot fish have been right in front of town and also among the pods of Porpoise. There have been larger fish out there but it takes a run of 40-50 miles to get to them. The larger fish have also been associated with Porpoise and for both sizes of fish darker colored lures have been the best bet.
DORADO: We were seeing a lot more Dorado this week than last week, and they have been close to home as well. The majority of the fish have been small; around 8-10 pounds but there have been fish in the 50 pound class caught as well. Bright colored lures run on the outriggers have gotten most of the initial strikes, and for the guys trying it, the followers have been a blast on fly fishing gear!
WAHOO: There were not a lot of Wahoo caught this week but the buzz around town has been about one large fish. On Friday one of the local 28’ boats brought a big fish in to be weighed. On the scale it showed 183 pounds! I did see a picture taken on a phone and it was big, I would have used a flying gaff on the sucker! No world record though, as more than on person handled the gear, but still a great fish. Hopefully we will get access to a real picture sometime soon.
INSHORE: Some Roosters are still out there and they have been pretty decent size. The beaches on the Pacific have had most of the inshore action with the Roosterfish, Pompano, Pargo and Grouper biting pretty well. Fresh Mullet slow trolled alive was the key to getting into the Roosterfish and any of the small live baits fished on the bottom resulted in action from the Pargo and Grouper. Cut bait was what it took to get a decent Pompano bite, but when it happened it was wide open.
NOTES: Things are looking up on the fishing front as the warm water has arrived. Of course there is a down side to that as well. If we get tropical storm action to the south, there is no cold water around us to keep it away. Guess we just have to keep our fingers crossed! Until next week, tight lines!
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