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| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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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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| Just how man species of fish are there? |
| 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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Nov 12, 2006; 07:22AM - Mosquito Lagoon Report
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt. Chris Myers
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The clouds and rain cleared by Wednesday of this week but behind the front there were
some strong winds. I ventured out into the Mosquito Lagoon with Travis and Jennifer from
Jacksonville who were enjoying their last day of vacation. We began the day by anchoring
and tossing out some cut bait while we waited for the last of the clouds to pass by. The
bite was slow but Jennifer landed her first ever redfish and had another shake the hook.
The clouds passed and the skies cleared but with the sun came a 20 knot wind from the
northwest leaving us few places to hide. We had the water to ourselves, however, and had
multiple shots at redfish and some big trout throughout the day. Travis had a few bites on
the gold Baitbuster but never got hooked up. Spotting the fish was easy but getting a bait
in front of them proved to be difficult with the windy conditions. Jennifer's red was the only fish that we caught all day.
Thursday, I received a call from Capt. Tom Van Horn that the big redfish were biting well in
Ponce Inlet. I joined him on board his Maverick. The bite was slow until the tide began
falling. In less than two hours, we landed ten redfish between 15 and 30 pounds using live
pigfish and pinfish drifted along the bottom. I received similar reports from Sebastian Inlet as well.
By Friday, the weather was perfect with calm winds and blue skies. I was joined by Bill and
Dave from Avon Park. These long time fishing friends had never fished the Mosquito
Lagoon and wanted to experience some of our great redfish action. Not long after we
started, we came upon a shallow bank that was filled with both tailing and cruising redfish.
Neither Bill nor Dave had sight fished before and were surprised at the wariness of these
fish and their small strike zone. They both had a couple bites on a gold DOA jerk bait but
the hook did not stick. We attempted to change our luck by deploying some cut ladyfish in
an area that was holding some oversize reds. After much waiting, we finally got one 29'red
to the boat.
After trying for a while longer with no action, we moved to an area holding mullet schools in 2-3 feet of water. Using a DOA Deadly Combo, the guys caught several trout each and
had a few more which shook free. Although the catching was slow, it was a perfect day to
be on the water.
Look for redfish and big seatrout to be consistent in very shallow grass flats and sand
holes. Small soft plastics will allow you to make a quiet presentation to these spooky fish.
Capt. Chris Myers
http://ww.floridafishinglessons.com
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Nov 6, 2006; 03:02PM - Johns Lake
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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Today I was out on Johns Lake for a few hours. It has been awhile since I had been out here as the fishing had really dropped off with the high water temperatures. Today the waters were perfect, starting the day out right at 70 degrees and when I pulled off the lake 4 hours later, the temps had barely made a move. The day had started out in the cut to the Horseshoe, with no real signs of any schooling action, I had started chunking a spinner bait, and as I would retrieve it, I could feel the line drop off as it would get smacked but no hook ups, even with the trailer hook. I made a quick switch to the Mepps Mino and that was the ticket for the rest of the day.
Picking up 5 real quick bass in the first half hour I knew it was going to be a good day out there. I sat the Mepps down and tossed a 10 inch worm, Black with red flake for a few to try to get some deep water action in the cut, with only one serious bump which hooked up, a nice 4 pounder and that was it. Switching back to the Mepps and moving around the lake, working scattered grass beds and shallow waters, the Mepps Mino was the definite ticket as the total for the day was 16 bass to the boat, 3 more that shook off and of course the typical pickerel.
With the cooler water temperatures finally here, the action has definitely improved greatly. There was minimal schooling activity in scattered areas of the lake from the Horseshoe area to the cut going into Clear Lake, I did see two smaller schools in the main lake area and noticed in increase in size in bait fish pods.
Till my next report, Tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
Bassfishingfl.com
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Nov 6, 2006; 09:44AM - 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. 30-Nov. 5, 2006
WEATHER: We had beautiful fall weather this week with our nighttime lows in the low 70’s and daytime highs in the mid 80’s with just a few light winds. No rainfall and only scattered clouds made for some excellent days. This was also the week of the full moon and this morning the moon was setting as the sun was rising.
WATER: Water on the Pacific side of the Cape was almost uniformly 81-83 degrees while on the Cortez side we saw mostly 83 degrees. There has been a fairly consistent temperature break on the Pacific side at 220 degrees out by the 1,000-fathom edge going from 82 degrees shore-side to 80 degrees to the west. Surface conditions have been very good with only slight swells and almost no chop.
BAIT: Caballito and Mackerel were available at the usual $2 per bait and there were Sardinas at $20 a bucket, both at the mouth of the harbor and up off of Palmilla and La Playita.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were a few large fish, both Blue and Black Marlin found this week but I did not hear of any real big ones with the exception of a reported 1,000 pound Blue at the beginning of the week. This fish was reported to have been hung and weighed at the main dock but I have not seen a picture or heard any more information on that fish. Most of the Blues and Blacks that have been caught have been in the #200-#300 class. There was a decent bite on Striped Marlin at the end of the week at the Gorda Banks by boats soaking live bait while hoping for a large Tuna and there were scattered fish found off the edges of the banks and just within two miles of the shore on the Pacific side. A fair concentration of Mackerel on the Golden Gate Bank resulted in a large number of fleet boats soaking bait on the shallow spot with mixed results. A few boats came in with three of four flags flying and a few boats caught nothing.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Tuna tournament resulted in one fish of #318 pounds, one of #204 and two fish over #100 along with several fish between #46 and #100. There were not the numbers of fish found that we have had in recent years. There were quite a few nice fish in the 20-30 pound range found among Porpoise pods offshore along with a few of the larger #60-90 pound fish but all the larger ones came on live bait at the Gorda Bank.
DORADO: I thought the bite on Dorado was wide open up at the Finger Bank based on an incomplete mid-week but found out via radio conversations after making the run up that the bite had been in the area of the Bank around a dead Pilot Whale. You always have to check out anything floating if you are looking for Dorado and the boat that found the whale ended up with 15 fish in the 20-30 pound range and lost twice as many more. Other than floating debris for a few lucky boats, it was a matter of one or two fish per boat. At least close to home that is. Quite a few boats were making 30 mile runs up the Pacific side and while working just off the shoreline they were able to get into decent action on fish from 10-20 pounds with a few boats making catches of 10 or more fish.
WAHOO: Very surprisingly there were very few Wahoo caught even though this is a fall full moon and we expect there to be some nice fish out there. No Wahoo over #40 was weighed in during the Tuna tournament and I heard of very few being caught at all. Last minute update, talked to a friend last night and they started biting up around Gordo Banks yesterday.
INSHORE: Exactly the same as last week as far as inshore fishing is concerned. Slow fishing inshore with a few Dorado, Skipjack and Yellowfin, some early season Sierra and a scattering of misc. bottom species. The better inshore fishing has been reported up toward San Jose.
NOTES: There has been a good variety of fish but not any numbers of a particular species except for a few boats lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. As the water cools over the next few weeks we should start seeing more Tuna, Striped Marlin and inshore should start producing more Sierra. Our fingers are crossed that it doesn’t take too long! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Nov 6, 2006; 01:13AM - 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
November 5, 2006
Anglers –
Anglers were arriving in Los Cabos by the hundreds and excitement was in the air
with anticipation of the mega dollar Western Outdoor News Jackpot Tuna Tournament.
The weather was close to perfect, paradise like, clear sunny skies with high
temperatures in the upper 80s. Ocean water temperatures ranged from 82 to 84
degrees, only slight swells, there was some wind further offshore to deal with, but
overall conditions would have to be considered to be ideal. Live bait consisted of
sardinas, caballito and some mullet. The fishing action was good enough to satisfy
most anglers, though more variety would be a bonus, as the main catch recently has
been yellowfin tuna, as the water temperatures drops we do expect more species to
become active. Fleets were now spreading out more than in previous weeks, action has
ranged from the Pacific and into the Sea of Cortez, anywhere within one mile of
shore to as far out as fifty miles.
San Jose panga fleets were concentrating their efforts around the Gordo Banks, close
to shore off of La Playita to Punta Gorda and north to the Iman Bank. The incredible
bite for yellowfin tuna that has gone on for over three weeks now and has been
within paddling distance of the beach, straight out front of La Playita, is now
finally starting to taper off, though good numbers of tuna are still being seen,
they are just more shy and not so eager to bite. Catches this week on these inshore
tuna varied from 3 or 4 fish per boat up to a dozen and average sizes were in the 15
to 25 pound range.
Further offshore the cruiser fleet was finding some larger yellowfin tuna traveling
with porpoise, but so far this bite was hit or miss, though at times did produce
several quality-sized tuna. The Outer Gordo Bank was perhaps the most consistent
area to produce larger yellowfin tuna this past week, though the numbers of fish
landed was not huge, there were some world class specimens accounted for. On Monday,
Oct. 30 th, angler Mike Mahoney from Emeryville, Ca. was trolling with a live
skipjack from the panga “Killer” with Gordo Banks Pangas skipper Chame Pino when he
hooked into a monster sized fish that they battled for close to two hours on 80
pound tackle before finally bringing to gaff. Back at the beach the big yellowfin
was officially weighed in at 310 pounds. At least a couple of dozen other tuna were
also taken from the Gordo Banks this week that ranged form 75 to 210 pounds.
Dorado counts were down for how they normally would be at this time of year, but a
couple of very nice sized bulls were reported from the Pacific, one of 55 pounds and
another of 70 pounds. The dorado on the Sea of Cortez side were smaller sized,
anywhere from 5 to 20 pounds and not very numerous.
Wahoo continued to be scarce, but have shown signs of coming to life. On Saturday, a
panga fishing the Iman Bank had a quadruple hook up while trolling lures, though
they only landed two of the fish, which were in the 35 to 40 pound range, this was a
very encouraging sign that maybe these prized gamefish will start become more
active.
Other catches included a fluke 40-pound class roosterfish caught while bottomfishing
in 200 feet of water and a mix of smaller pargo species. Off the beach there were a
couple of nice sized snook landed off of the San Jose Estuary area, including one
40-pounder, sierra are biting early in the morning in the same area.
The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita beach sent out approximately 208
charters for the week with anglers accounting for a fish count of: 3 striped marlin,
8 sailfish, 12 wahoo, 92 dorado, 835 yellowfin tuna, 110 white skipjack, 6 dogtooth
snapper, 8 amberjack, 5 grouper, 16 cabrilla, 25 sierra, 2 roosterfish and 15
rainbow runners.
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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Nov 5, 2006; 08:50AM - Mosquito Lagoon Report
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt. Chris Myers
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The high winds, clouds, and rain during the past week made the sight fishing conditions along the east central Florida coast less than perfect. The fish, however, did not seem to mind a bit. The cooler water temperature has brought about a significant increase in the amount of schooling redfish. I have also been seeing an increase in the numbers of tailing redfish during the past few weeks. This means it is time to bring out the soft plastic crabs and shrimp. There are still plenty of mullet around, however, and with the fish feeding aggressively, almost anything you throw to them will work.
Monday's trip to the Mosquito Lagoon was a perfect example of the variety of the redfish diet this time of year. I landed ten redfish and had quite a few more bites on a variety of baits. The gold DOA Baitbuster is still drawing aggressive strikes from redfish of all sizes. I have been working this bait on or just under the surface with a moderate and steady retrieve. After catching a few fish on this bait, I began experimenting with other lures. The fish responded well to everything I threw at them. The DOA crab, a Captain Joe's Shredder, a CAL jerkbait, and a green/white bendback fly all landed fish.
Thursday, I returned to the Mosquito Lagoon with the hope of spending the day fly fishing. The wind and the clouds were more of a factor than I had anticipated. I switched from a 7 to a 9wt flyrod to overcome the stiff breeze but the cloud cover made it difficult to spot the fish until they were only a few yards away. I managed to land two redfish on a green/gold #2 bendback pattern before switching over to spinning gear. Seven more reds were brought to the boat on a gold 4 inch CAL jerkbait and the gold Baitbuster. I spotted quite a few large trout in shallow sand holes but with the poor visibility, most of them saw me before I saw them.
As we progress through the cooler months, tailing redfish will become a common occurrence in the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River. These fish can be some of the most aggressive feeders but can also be the most difficult to hook up. When the fish are rooting in the grass attempting to dig out a crab or shrimp, they are often oblivious to their surroundings. If you are quiet, you can get extremely close to these fish without spooking them. Because they are so focused on the bait in the grass, it is often difficult to draw their attention to your bait. I like to cast past the fish, bring my bait directly in front of their nose and let it lie still until the fish raises it's head. A slight twitch of your lure at that moment will usually draw an instant strike. Using small crab or shrimp imitations works well. Some anglers prefer to add a rattle to their baits to draw the fish's attention.
Capt. Chris Myers
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com
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Nov 3, 2006; 04:14PM - Lake Toho
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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Today we had a 4 hour run out on Lake Toho. Water temperature started out at a cool 72 degrees to start the day, and finished the day at 72. Finally cooler consistent water temps to help get the bass active and feeding up. This trip was part of a 10 boat deal and everyone had high hopes the winds would hold off till we were finished up. We started out with a quick run to the mid lake area working isolated hydrilla patches in deeper water and after 20 minutes and no activity we made the move back to the northern end of Lake Toho. This was the move that made the day.
Positioned in a cut with a good breeze coming thru, bait fish were being pushed down the cut and along the grass edges, and yes, this caused the bass to school up good. We had one small school move in on us and roughly an hour later another good sized school followed right behind in the same path. Although even with the schooling activity the numbers were not high like we had hoped, with 7 bass making it to the boat and a few others missed, but the action was steady. Bass were feeding, but they were mouthing the baits, so the bite was not very aggressive as we had grown used to.
Word at the ramp at the end of the day was everyone boated about the same amount of bass, numbers were 5 to 11 bass per boat which made for a great day on the water for the entire group, all of which said they had a great day on the water. Winds did hold off pretty much most of the time, and started to pick up as the trip ended. Big bass of the trip came in at just over 5 pounds, with our big one coming in at 4.2 pounds. All the bass caught were very healthy and of course released alive after pictures, for you, the next angler to enjoy catching them.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
Bassfishingfl.com
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Oct 31, 2006; 11:16AM - 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. 23-29, 2006
WEATHER: As we had expected, Hurricane Paul did have an effect on us last week. It slowed down quickly and fell apart, bringing us only some rain, winds to 45 knots and big swells, but the port was closed from Tuesday morning until Wednesday at 2 pm. Both the winds and the seas diminished quickly and things were back to Normal Thursday morning. Our daytime highs were in the low 80’s and the nighttime lows were in the low to mid 70’s.
WATER: The beginning of the week had us with warm water across the entire cape with most of it in the 85-86 degree range and with small swells. The effects of Paul were to cool off the water several degrees and bring in some swells at 4-6 feet with an occasional 6-9 set. These were storm swells and spaced some distance apart so it was not really rough, just lumpy. The water within reach of most of the fleet at the end of the week was in the 82-83 degree range and almost all of it outside ½ mile from shore was blue.
BAIT: Caballito were available at the usual $2 per bait and there were Sardinas at $20 a bucket, both at the mouth of the harbor and up off of Palmilla and La Playita.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Probably the best way to give you an idea of the bill fishing this past week is to post results of the Bisbee Black and Blue Tournament. The normal three days of fishing were cut to two days due to the port closure on Wednesday so the 183 teams only fished for two days total. That is 366 fishing days total. There were 152 billfish caught, a reported 64 Blue Marlin, 6 Black Marlin, 61 Striped Marlin and 21 sailfish. This is .4 billfish per team per day. Not great fishing, that’s for sure. There were three marlin over #300 weighed and one of them barely made it at #301. That gives you an idea of how the Marlin fishing was this past week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin action off of La Playita continued on an erratic basis with most of the fish biting around the tide change. They were school fish in the 20-30 pound class. There were larger fish found out at the Inner and Outer Gorda Banks as well as at the Inman, but you had to have the right bait for the cows that went up to #250. There were several of these nice fish caught this past week. In other areas, Porpoise pods 30 miles to the south had fish in them that averaged 35 pounds and gave quite a few people a lot of fun. Boats dropping live Mackerel deep on the Golden Gate Banks for Striped Marlin also came up with a few nice Yellowfin to #80.
DORADO: There were still plenty of Dorado to be found but you had to farther up the Pacific side to get into them. I tried the area inside the Golden Gate Bank on Saturday with poor results only to find that the action had moved another 10 miles up the coast. The fish are averaging 15 pounds with some of them in the #40 class, but 30 miles is a way to run. There were scattered fish closer to home but not in any numbers.
WAHOO: There were still scattered Wahoo around as we caught one that was about #65 on the second day of the Bisbee. No concentrations yet, maybe on the November moon?
INSHORE: Slow fishing inshore with a few Dorado, Skipjack and Yellowfin, some early season Sierra and a scattering of misc. bottom species. The better inshore fishing has been reported up toward San Jose.
NOTES: Sorry the report is late; a two-day case of some virus had me laid out since Sunday morning. Until next week, Tight Lines
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Oct 31, 2006; 09:55AM - Marlin bite turns On
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: The Great Sailfishing Company
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This fishing report is for the week ending 10-30-06 and is prepared by The Great Sailfishing Company which operates out of the new Pez Vela Marina, Guatemala.The fishing grounds for this past week went out from
averaging 30 miles to as far as 45 miles over the past month to 35 to 50 miles. Seas this week have continued
to stay calm with sunny skies and ight to no wind in the mornings.
This week saw good results with boats reporting raises in the teens to the low twenties,with releases also in the high single digits to mid teens - most boats releasing between 8 to 12 sails on conventional tackle. The most exciting news is that the marlin bite this past week has been Great......
with most boats reporting at least one Blue Marlin in their spreads every day. At the end of the week all of the boats released anywhere from one to four marlin within 4 days. Another reason why we are looking forward to the imminent arrival of our latest 35ft Bertram, the 'Reel Diver' - as she is fully equipped to chase those marlin with a full tower and a Marlin door. We are looking forward to a continuing strong Marlin bite - and invite you down to experience it for yourselves !!
To register for our weekly fishing report and other information please click here :
http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/register.html or contact us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com
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Oct 30, 2006; 12:30PM - 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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October 29, 2006
Anglers –
Lots of activity now in Los Cabos, thousands of anglers traveling south now to get
in on the excitement of the world’s richest marlin tournament, the Bisbee’s Black
and Blue. Sportfishing operations, including both cruiser and panga fleets, have
been operating at capacity levels. The week started off with the formation of a late
season Hurricane named Paul, originally it developed in an area southwest of Cabo
San Lucas, but then changed course and headed in the direction of the Southern Baja
peninsula, gradually loosing strength and on Wednesday morning when it passed within
some 50 miles of Cabo it was a mere tropical depression. Paul’s main impact was
rainfall, anywhere from 1 to 4 inches of measurable rain fell in various areas,
ocean conditions were stormy and the Cabo marina was shut down for the days of
Tuesday and Wednesday and there was also no launching of panga fleets in any of the
locations out of San Jose del Cabo, this meant a lot of lost business since
fleets had full schedules of charters scheduled for those days. Fleet operators
were very busy trying to reschedule and accommodate clients the best they could. By
Thursday fleets were back in action and the Bisbee tournament was changed to a
two-day event instead of the normal three-day. Friday we experienced wind up to 18
miles an hour from the north, the first significant blow from that direction of the
season, this made for rough seas, but over the weekend conditions settled back down
and were ideal once again. Water temperatures were still a bit above average for
late October, ranging from 84 to 86 degrees.
Tournament time also means heavy pressure on the bait supplies and the local fishing
grounds. Despite the storm scattering schools of sardinas into new locations the
commercial pangueros were able to find sufficient supplies. Yellowfin tuna remained
the dominant catch for the charter fleet and most of the action continued to be off
of San Jose within one mile of shore from off the Estuary to La Laguna. Before the
storm, on Monday the bite was wide open for yellowfin tuna in the 20 to 25 pound
class, but since the storm the action has dropped off considerably, the size of the
tuna was also down to about an 10 to 15 pound average. The color of the water is a
little murky, but not bad, the main factor in the bite slowing down seems to be the
build up of a heavy concentration of boats, since this apparently has been the only
area that is producing any consistent action. Charter boats over the weekend reports
average catches of tuna down to 2 to 5 per boat.
Only a handful of dorado were found mixed in and most of them were smaller fish,
some larger bulls were reported further offshore and more so on the Pacific by boats
targeting billfish.
Local San Jose del Cabo pangueros reported that the yellowfin tuna were coming up
and biting early, but once the cruisers and yachts from Cabo San Lucas have been
arriving the action has quickly vanishing. Apparently these Cabo operators have a
different set of rules of courtesy while fishing. It is pretty much common sense
that if you see other boats with fish feeding in a chum line and hooking fish that
you do not motor right through the boiling fish, but that is not how many of these
cruiser skippers operate, they go right into the boiling fish and scatter the bite
for everybody. You would think that they would have the knowledge that it would be
more courteous to just go up current and start chumming themselves and drift through
the same area, apparently not, they have their own set of protocols.
Wahoo season continues to show no signs of coming to life and everyone is just
crossing their fingers that it will be late season for these elusive gamefish.
Other miscellaneous catches included a mix of pargo species, amberjack, sierra,
rainbow runners, sailfish, grouper, skipjack, pompano, triggerfish and cabrilla.
The combined panga fleet launching off of La Playita beach sent out approximately
154 charters for the week, with anglers accounted for a fish count of: 3 wahoo, 1
roosterfish, 2 striped marlin, 11 sailfish, 54 dorado, 860 yellowfin tuna, 225
skipjack, 24 pargo, 8 cabrilla, 4 grouper, 16 sierra, 14 rainbow runners, 7 pompano,
8 amberjack and 15 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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Oct 28, 2006; 05:39PM - Butler Chain
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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Thursday we were out on Butler Chain with David for what turned out to be some tough fishing. From bluebird skies to party cloudy, and little to no breeze at times, the bass definitely did not want to play as they had in days past. We had started out on Lake Chase, working a deep water drop off area for a few with no luck. Making the long move to Little Lake Down, we did manage to pick up two bass, one on a drop shot and the other on a shiner. Making the move out to Lake Down, David picked up 2 small ones on a rattle trap before we made the move to Lake Louise and trying some buzz baits and toads. I tried working a buzz bait across the top of the eel grass and turned to look behind the boat when the buzz bait got hosed by a descent 3 pounder.
Friday we were back out on Butler with Frank and Tom from the Villages. Again starting out in Lake Chase with no takers, we moved into Lake Blanche where Tom managed 3 quick keepers before the bite in there died off. The winds were starting to pick up, so I made a move into Lake Louise, where the guys were tossing spinner baits and working them thru the eel grasses, were again, Tom picked up 4 more good bass, leaving Frank scratching his head, Tom would simply cast in right behind Frank to catch the fish for the day. Water temps were a comfortable 74 degrees and the bass definitely played a lot better today. Cooler water temperatures have helped to turn these bass back on and things will only get better.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
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