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Jan 21, 2007; 10:43PM - Gordo Banks Pangas San Jose Del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
January 21, 2007
Anglers –
Tourists that were vacationing in Los Cabos this past week definitely found out that Southern Baja does indeed have a winter season. Temperatures plummeted into the 50s and daytime highs often did not even reach 70 degrees, which is very rare for this tropical paradise. There was not much sunshine this week, mostly cloudy and during the later part of the week there was rain, it did not amount to that much measurable rainfall, since it was mostly steady drizzle, but some areas did report over one inch of rain and it was enough to wash the dust off of the vegetation and keep the dust down for a while. Winds continued to blow from the north, averaging 10 to 15 miles per hour, this contributed to plummeting the water temperature to the 70 to 71 range and also made for cloudy greener water conditions.
Live bait supplies for sardinas and mackerel were adequate on most days, though sardinas were more scattered and pangueros had to search for them and often did not find them until later in the morning. Mackerel are now schooling off of San Jose del Cabo and on most days anglers were able to jig up sufficient supplies.
Despite the cold wintry conditions anglers actually had good reports of offshore action for this time of year, the main species were striped marlin, dorado and a handful of yellowfin tuna. Marlin were scattered throughout the area, anywhere from 2 to 10 miles from shore, often seen riding the wind swells or tailing on the surface and would strike on dropped back baits, often they seemed to have lock jaw, but at other times with persistence they would take the bait. Most of the marlin hooked into were weighing in the 80 to 130 pound class. With the increased bait activity on the local fishing grounds there has been respectable numbers of dorado being accounted for, we will see how long that lasts now that the water temperature is near the 70 degree mark, which typically is the time when these tropical fish head further south in search of more temperate conditions. Dorado were striking on various medium sized lures and on whole and strip baits, average fish were 5 to 15 pounds, but a few fish up to 30 pounds were also mixed in.
There were reports of yellowfin tuna from the Gordo Banks, they were not numerous, but some boats accounted for up to three fish while using chunk bait or sardinas, tough using live sardinas though because of the pesky skipjack. The yellowfin that were landed weighed in the 20 to 60 pound range. Good numbers of tuna also came up closer to shore off of Punta Gorda, but these fish proved to be very shy about biting the baits with hooks in them, though they would readily feed on the free swimming chum.
There still was no consistent bottom or inshore action being found, though there was a mix of cabrilla, pargo, sierra and roosterfish found in limited numbers. Earlier in the week when the wind made for uncomfortable offshore conditions anglers reports some excellent action for roosterfish up to 20 pounds while trolling with mackerel along the beach stretches from La Laguna to La Playita.
The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita sent out approximately 44 charters for the week, with anglers accounting for a fish count of: 18 striped marlin, 3 mako sharks, 22 yellowfin tuna, 92 dorado, 14 bonito, 6 amberjack, 9 pompano, 12 cabrilla, 18 sierra, 28 roosterfish, 38 pargo and 32 triggerfish.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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Jan 21, 2007; 07:11PM - Butler Chain
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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This past week I had several trips out on Butler Chain, with the weather playing games with us, we watched bass going from beds to heading back to deep water drop offs. Several bass this week had been caught off beds in various lakes on the chain, using mostly Junebug lizards to get them. Lake Down and Little Lake Down early on in the week seemed to be the hot ticket to catching bass, in and along the grass beds as well as off of bed. Most of the beds spotted were in 2 foot to up to 8 foot of water.
After two days of a slight cool down, bass were pushed off the beds but you could still see and catch them as they were still in the general area of the beds, just cruising around, occasionally cruising thru the bed. A few days we had catches of 20 bass using nothing but weighted Gitem Shads and working them real slowly, as the cool down came, the bite did drop off but you still got your catch, just working very slowly.
Chris came down from New York and had some descent action on Butler, as he caught the tail end of the cool down, asking me to also fish with him, I got him up on the weighted Shads, which he had said he had never used them with a weight, I had tossed to shoreline and Chris made a cast close to the boat to check the action, I had landed a nice 2 ½ pounder, Chris had made his second cast right behind me, and instantly got hammered, and the fight was on, landing a very nice bass just shy of 5 pounds. The bite was very a light one, with you getting light taps, you had to let them take the bait and swim off with it some before you set the hook, other than the very aggressive one that Chris had gotten.
White spinner baits and a 10” Junebug worm were also catching bass, spinner baits had to be slow rolled and worked in and around grass beds, big key was having some type of drop off close by or other types of cover such as eel grass or hydrilla. Lakes that were fished this week on the chain were Little Lake Down, Lake Down, Lake Chase, Lake Tibet and Lake Sheen.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!!
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Jan 20, 2007; 02:12PM - Yellow Slickers and Marlin
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1046 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 01/20/07
East Cape
Ever fished for marlin wearing a raincoat? Now is your chance! In spite of the cold and rainy conditions this week, there was a decent striped marlin bite and even a few dorado. With only a few brave enough to don long pants and raincoats, it’s not clear just how good a bite it is.
Locals could only bring themselves to chase the sierra that seemed to be strung out from the lighthouse to Punta Pescadero.
Once again this week the Humboldt squid could be found in front of Palmas de Cortez Hotel within a few miles of shore.
Water temperature 69-73
Air temperature 51-71
Humidity 81%
Wind: NNW at 10 - 14 knts
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:03 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:57 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
The unusually cold temperatures that have plagued Southern California have also affected the Baja Peninsula, including Magdalena Bay.
With the number of whales increasing every day, whale watching season is dominating the interest.
Captain Peter Groesbeck, fishing out front on the Stealing Time, reported good fishing when the weather permitted. He found consistent marlin action under the bird schools with mostly multiples strung all along the 100 fathom curve from Santa Maria to the Entrada. Still plenty of dorado were around as well. Back at the Entrada there were firecracker yellows under the birds.
Water temperature 69 - 73
Air temperature 57 -73
Humidity 77%
Wind: NNE 7 - 9 kts
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:02 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
There has been very little change in the fishing this last couple of weeks, which is a disappointment. In times past, the dark of the moon period in January has been the absolute best week of the year for sailfish. This week, instead of the boats returning to the dock with 8 to 10 released sailfish flags flying, they are only averaging 2 or 3 sails a day.
However, this has happened in years past with an El Niño, or fluctuations in the current. The main body of fish just has not yet arrived. As has happened under these conditions, February may be an excellent month.
No tuna are being reported, but several boats have been scoring on a nice dorado or two. Plus, a few blue marlin are starting to show up in the trolling spreads. The marlin often get hooked, but usually win the battle against the smaller sailfish outfits.
Inshore still has great action, on the fly rod or light tackle, with the black skipjack tuna. Adolpho, on the panga, Dos Hermanos, found a few roosters again, after making a 30 mile run up North to Union. But, when I fished 35 miles south, we did not raise any.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 82 - 84
Air temperature 71-91
Humidity 80%
Wind: ESE 7 knt.
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:34 p.m. CST
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Jan 16, 2007; 08:11PM - Mosquito Lagoon Report
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt. Chris Myers
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The water levels have dropped in the Mosquito Lagoon but the temperatures have remained well above normal with several days in the 80's. The redfish schools have been plentiful and the black drum have been showing up on occasion. It has been more like fishing in April than January but I never complain when I can fish in shorts during the winter.
Last Friday, Paul H. from Orlando, and I hit the Mosquito Lagoon at dawn for some fun fishing. We came upon a school of reds in shallow water chasing small baitfish. Paul had five bites on five casts with his homemade topwater plug before he was connected to the first redfish of the day. I caught one from the same school with a four inch gold DOA CAL tail.A short time later, I spotted a group of four reds tailing and tossed my gold CAL tail to them. A 31 inch fish slammed my lure immediately and we had red number two.I landed a smaller redfish a few minutes later and Paul followed up with a couple trout on an olive colored jerk worm.The skies became overcast and the wind picked up but we continued casting soft plastics to the sand holes and finished the day with six reds and six trout.
Sunday, I fished Dave B. from Eustis. The day began with rain but the wind was calm. Dave started with the gold jerk worm and hooked a red from the first school we saw that shook loose. After trying a few more spooky schools, Dave caught a seatrout and finally landed up with his first red of the day. The clouds cleared out but the winds increased. We decided to look for some bigger fish and made a move. We found about six schools of reds and several schools of black drum at our next stop. Dave used a DOA Baitbuster to catch a 32 inch red and had a larger one on that came unhooked.Blustery conditions made casting tough but Dave landed two more nice redfish and had several more bites. We tried to get the black drum to eat but were unsuccessful.
Monday, Clifford W. from Texas joined me for his first Mosquito Lagoon trip. Clifford works for Kistler Rod Company and was eager to put a bend in a new prototype rod he brought. With perfect morning weather, we spotted a school of several hundred tailing reds. Clifford threw a small topwater bait that was struck immediately and his new rod was put to the test. We encountered multiple schools of redfish and black drum of various sizes throughout the morning.We ended the day by sight casting to several tailing fish in shallow water. Clifford wound up with ten reds, two black drum and a trout for a Mosquito Lagoon winter slam.
Our stretch of unseasonably warm weather seems to be coming to a close by mid week with a cold front followed by more average January temperatures. This may bring more of the large seatrout up onto the flats where they will offer some fun but challenging sight fishing opportunities. Remember, as the water cools, downsize your baits and slow your presentation.
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Jan 15, 2007; 07:29PM - Gordo Banks Pangas San Jose Del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
January 14, 2007
Anglers –
The weather patterns throughout much of the United States have been unusual this winter, with some areas reporting record heat waves, while other states have reported some of the chilliest temperatures in recent history. In general the Los Cabos area has had a mild winter with very pleasant conditions, but this last week was a bit crazy, there were cool days, winds out of the north as usual, then calm and unseasonably warm days mid–week, before turning chilly with drizzling rain over the weekend. Tourists continue to arrive in substantial numbers and the area is bustling with business, though there were not as many anglers at this time. The air temperature varied from 55 to 80 degrees and the water temperature was in the 72 to 75 degree range, slightly warmer than the previous week. A cleaner and warmer current pushed into the lower Sea of Cortez and this dramatically helped to improve the fishing action off of the San Jose del Cabo area.
Live bait supplies were a bit inconsistent, though on most days sufficient supplies of mackerel and sardinas were available, but the size and amount of bait received did vary.
Striped marlin action has now spread out, with the fish being found scattered from the Pacific into the Sea of Cortez, many charters were accounting for multiple billfish days. Striped marlin up to 140 pounds were striking on trolled lures, live mackerel and even sardinas, they were seen tailing on the surface, riding swells, or lighting up into the lure spread, the majority located from 3 to 12 miles from shore. Schools of mackerel are now being found in the normal holding areas and this should only attract more gamefish in the coming weeks.
Dorado appeared in greater numbers, scattered throughout the area, striking on lures and various baits, most of the fish were in the 5 to 20 pound class, but some impressive sized bulls up to fifty pounds were also accounted for. The Pacific produced big numbers of dorado this past week, but many of these fish were also found off of San Jose where the warmer water had moved in.
La Playita panga fleets were not very busy this past week, but it was not because of the slower fishing that plagued the area last week. The Gordo Banks once again came to life, anglers found great action on yellowfin tuna on both the Inner and Outer Banks. The yellowfin were averaging 20 to 40 pounds and there were several tuna to over 140 pounds also accounted for. The skipjack were so thick that it was impossible to fish with live sardinas for the tuna, drift fishing with chunk bait of skipjack proved to be the best technique for the tuna, also anglers had some success using whole small skipjacks for bait, this produced some of the larger fish.
On Saturday, Jan. 13 th, there was another Government Cup local tournament held, this time it was based out of Cabo San Lucas. The top results were the same as the recent event held from La Playita, as once again La Playita panguero Tony Miranda on his super panga “Hooker” was not to be denied and pulled off his second victory in a row with a 141 pound yellowfin tuna that was taken from the Outer Gordo Bank on chunk bait. His team also once again took home the first place prize of a 22 ft. panga with motor, congratulations to Tony and his crew for a well deserved and hard earned victory.
Strong currents made it more difficult to work the bottom rock piles, though there was a mix of pargo, amberjack, cabrilla and pompano accounted for, though there was no consistency to this action.
Along the shoreline there were some sierra and roosterfish found while trolling lures and bait, the numbers were not huge but at least it provided another option on the days when it was too windy further offshore, actually some of the roosters were as large as 15 pounds, fun sport on light tackle.
The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita sent out approximately 48 charters for the week, with anglers accounted for a fish count of: 12 striped marlin, 66 sierra, 18 pompano, 10 cabrilla, 36 pargo, 11 amberjack, 45 bonito, 105 yellowfin tuna, 112 dorado and 1 wahoo.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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Jan 15, 2007; 12:26PM - 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
January 8-14, 2007
WEATHER: We started this week with some very nice blue skies and ended it on an overcast note. The wind came before the clouds so we had a good breeze on Wednesday and that also dropped the temperature for the day. With the cloud cover through the weekend the heat was trapped so our morning lows at the end of the week were in the low 60’s. The weather guys predict that the clouds will be gone by Tuesday and are expecting the lows to return to the mid to low 50’s. Along with the clouds came some rain, not hard rain, just some spitting, enough to wash off the dust but not cause rivers in the streets.
WATER: We had choppy conditions throughout the area on Wednesday when the clouds first moved in and since the winds were coming from the northwest the Pacific side beyond the lighthouse remained choppy. Close to home in the lea of the Cape things were smoother. The water temperatures remained fairly consistent at 73-74 degrees on both sides of the Cape but as you went farther up the Pacific and the Cortez the water became much more green in color.
BAIT: Bait this week was 75% Mackerel, as the water continues to cool off there will be a change to almost all Mackerel. There were Sardinas available off of Palmilla at the usual $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There wasn’t much difference from this week and last week on the billfish front. There is still a great bite going on at the Golden Gate Bank with giant balls of bait remaining on the edge of the shallows there the Marlin have remained as well. While there are some fish caught while slow trolling live and dead baits, the majority of the Marlin have been caught while drifting with baits deep in the water. These fish have been averaging 120 pounds and have been there for the past three weeks. There have also been Marlin found on the ledge at the lighthouse and the same methods have been working there. In the past week I have seen a lot more tailing fish that in the past month but these fish have not been hungry for our baits. With plenty of Marlin in the area it has not been uncommon for boats to hook and fight 6 or 8 fish a trip. With the deep drifting live bait it becomes important to use circle hooks, this keeps the Marlin from being hooked in the stomach or gills and makes releasing them much easier.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It has still been slow for the Yellowfin close to home. There are still fish out 35 miles to the south and west but that is a long way to go for most of the boats. I heard reports of nice fish being spotted up to the north around the Finger Bank early in the week but the water has changed since the and the consensus is that they have probably move on. There has been an occasional pick on smaller fish within 20 miles of the Cape when the right Dolphin are found, but it has been a once-in-a-while thing.
DORADO: The Dorado bite really picked up this week and the reason seemed to be floating debris. I was lucky to get in on a decent bite about 5 miles off the beach on the Pacific side early this week when someone found a log. We went through all our bait and limited on Dorado between 15 and 25 pounds. A friend of mine went looking for the Tuna out 35 miles to the west and found a traveling school of Dorado instead. He reported that he went through all his bait as well and ended up with 13 Dorado between 20 and 30 pounds. There have been fish under the Frigate birds as well. Some boats have been coming in with their outriggers loaded with yellow flags as well as a few Marlin and an occasional Wahoo flag.
WAHOO: The Wahoo continued to bite for a few anglers this week as I overheard on conversation on the radio of a five fish catch in water between 80 and 100 feet deep on the Pacific side. The boat was working the beach for Dorado when it found the Wahoo school! There were other fish caught as well, enough so that seeing the red flag was not uncommon this week. Most of the fish were in the 15-25 pound class, but that is good eating!
INSHORE: Inshore fishing continued to produce plenty of Sierra as well as the normal beach fish such as Jacks, Pompano, Ladyfish, small Roosterfish, Pargo and Skipjack. Just off the beach the bite has been good for Dorado and the occasional Wahoo. Almost all the action has occurred on the Pacific side of the Cape.
NOTES: My fingers are crossed. I am writing this on Sunday morning and the Seahawks are playing at 11 am. I had a trip scheduled from 10 am until 3 pm and they just called to cancel so now I get to watch the game! It is overcast and blowing on the Pacific side with an occasional spit of rain, a good day to watch football on the tube. I hope everyone out there has a great week, and check the report next week to see how things are going down there on the tip of the peninsula. Until then, tight lines!
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Jan 14, 2007; 04:10PM - Butler Chain
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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Butler Chain as of late has been fishing pretty good, on the water Saturday saw a lot of boats doing the old run and gun in search for bass, and plenty were caught. Everything from spinner baits to 10 inch worms caught some very good quality bass with just over 16 pounds taking the prize at the end of the day. Bass were caught in just about any lake on the chain, and most seemed to be holding tight to the grass beds, previous days say the bass up in the grasses tight making you flip to get your catch, but with the weather change we had, and a slight warming, and with skies cloudy and a good breeze, the bass seemed to wander around a little more.
To show the diversity of catching bass on this great chain of lakes, bass were not only caught in and around grass beds, but a few were pulled from 20 foot water depths, marking fish in deep waters and using jigs was the ticket in that situation. Bass have been spotted on beds, and schooling action has been very early morning, disappearing just as fast as they surfaced, with a few 5 pound class being caught in these schools. The top producing lake seemed to be Lake Down, working the grass edges, close to deeper water drop offs and slow rolling all white spinner baits.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
Bassfishingfl.com
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Jan 14, 2007; 09:47AM - Watch the Surge Next Week!
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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The 80° blue water is still only 5 to 6 miles off the beach. With the full moon period this last week, the fishing was better than normally expected. Each boat is averaging 2 to 3 sailfish a day. Those numbers will increase this next week, continuing for the rest of the month.
A lot of small dorado are in counts also, with an occasional 30 to 35 pounder. There still has been no sign of the tuna. Most boats are averaging a dorado a day.
Inshore, the black skipjack tuna abound, and have been great fall back option for light line enthusiasts and fly rodders.
Even though no roosters were caught locally, apparently a migration is under way, as they head South to warmer waters. I say migration, because when the concentrations are located, there are lots of them confined in certain areas, but not spread out along the coast. Adolpho, on the Dos Hermanos took several roosters and several jacks about 30 miles up north near Saladita. And, Santiago on the Gitana, fished one day with his client from Sweden, catching 7 roosters 30 miles down south.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 82 - 84
Air temperature 69-87
Humidity 94%
Wind: Light
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:1 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:29 p.m. CST
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Jan 14, 2007; 09:43AM - White Sea Bass Go OFF at Magdalena
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1045 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 01/13/07
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
The few boats working outside are reporting the dorado bite is still over the top and there are still some marlin to be found under the bird schools scattered from Thetis to the Entrada.
Inside the Esteros, Ken and Adam Knight of San Marcos and Linda Miller of Long Beach found themselves in the middle of a WFO white sea bass bite, chalking up a score of 6 before the tide changed. Other action included the seemingly ever present bay bass that were biting almost anything that drifted by them.
Water temperature 72 - 74
Air temperature 55 -75
Humidity 56%
Wind: NNW 10 - 14 kts
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:15 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:57 p.m. MST
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 80° blue water is still only 5 to 6 miles off the beach. With the full moon period this last week, the fishing was better than normally expected. Each boat is averaging 2 to 3 sailfish a day. Those numbers will increase this next week, continuing for the rest of the month.
A lot of small dorado are in counts also, with an occasional 30 to 35 pounder. There still has been no sign of the tuna. Most boats are averaging a dorado a day.
Inshore, the black skipjack tuna abound, and have been great fall back option for light line enthusiasts and fly rodders.
Even though no roosters were caught locally, apparently a migration is under way, as they head South to warmer waters. I say migration, because when the concentrations are located, there are lots of them confined in certain areas, but not spread out along the coast. Adolpho, on the Dos Hermanos took several roosters and several jacks about 30 miles up north near Saladita. And, Santiago on the Gitana, fished one day with his client from Sweden, catching 7 roosters 30 miles down south.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 82 - 84
Air temperature 69-87
Humidity 94%
Wind: Light
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:1 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:29 p.m. CST
East Cape
With a few exceptions, the North wind kept most of the fleet on their moorings most of the days this week. The mornings the wind wasn’t ripping, the few boats headed out found a mixed bag including a few billfish, an occasional dorado and if they were lucky enough to find a porpoise school, a tuna or two.
Wind thus far has failed to discourage the big squid that still can be found in shallow water in front of Palmas de Cortez.
Beach action has been hampered by almost constant wind waves pounding the East Cape Beaches most of the week.
Water temperature 70-76
Air temperature 61-83
Humidity 72%
Wind: NNW at 10 - 13 knts
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 7:03 a.m. MST
Sunset 5:52 p.m. MDT
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Jan 9, 2007; 11:42PM - Gordo Banks Pangas San Jose Del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
January 7, 2007
Anglers –
With the start of the New Year there has been good-sized crowds of tourists visiting the Los Cabos area and they were enjoyed mostly sunny skies and ideal wintertime weather conditions. It is the time of year when the north wind kicks up and this season has not been any different, with breezes ranging from 10 to 20 miles per hour for the majority of the week. Water temperatures are now steadily dropping and are averaging from 71 to 74 degrees, clarity has been stirred up and greenish, particularly in the direction of the Sea of Cortez, the cleanest and warmest areas are on the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas. There have been sufficient supplies of live bait, with both mackerel and sardinas available most days.
Despite the decent crowds of tourists, there were not that many anglers in town, fleets out of the Cabo Marina were busier than were the operations to the north, this is because the better action was found in the water near Cabo, especially for the consistent striped marlin action that was found from Chileno, to the old lighthouse and towards the Golden Gate Bank.
Striped marlin counts continued to be respectable, but were down from previous reports, possibly due to the full moon and greener water that had moved in. Most of the stripers were found anywhere from 3 to 12 miles from shore while trolling lures and dropping back baits once fish came into the lure spread, others were hooked while casting to tailing fish or by drifting baits down deeper. Sizes of the marlin ranged from 90 to 140 pounds. Dorado were also found in smaller schools in the same areas and charters were averaging one or two of them in their daily catch, with weights averaging 10 to 20 pounds. With the cooling water temperatures this is the time when dorado become more scattered and numbers of them caught fall off accordingly.
Yellowfin tuna action also dropped off, there were a couple of days when the tuna came up late in the morning and provided some action, but they were not consistent and there were more skipjack dominating the action on the Gordo Banks and Iman where the yellowfin had been biting the previous week. The few tuna that were accounted for were striking on either chunk bait or sardinas and ranged in the 15 to 40 pound class.
With the offshore surface action tapering off anglers are starting to search for action closer to shore and off the bottom. So far this option has proved to be hit or miss, there should be more sierra moving in, now that cooler water and more baitfish are congregating along the shoreline, but so far the numbers of sierra have been disappointing. There were some quality pompano up to 15 pounds taken off of the Cardon area, but this was from one small area and the fish would only bite for a short period each morning and with the strong northerly winds gusting it was not easy to stay on the spot. Anglers using yo-yo jigs over the various rock piles hooked into a few cabrilla, pargo and amberjack and we anticipate doing more of this style of fishing in the next couple of months.
The combined panga fleets from La Playita beach reported sending out approximately 37 charters for the week, with anglers accounting for a fish count of: 5 striped marlin, 1 wahoo, 24 yellowfin tuna, 145 skipjack, 38 dorado, 42 pargo, 15 cabrilla, 26 pompano, 65 sierra, 8 roosterfish, 16 bonito and 11 amberjack.
Good fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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