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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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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Jul 3, 2006; 10:42AM - 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
June 26- July 2, 2006
WEATHER: There is no doubt about it; we are defiantly in summer mode here in Cabo! Our daytime highs have been up to 102 here in town and at night our lows have been in the mid to high 70’s. Not only that, it’s starting to get humid. The best way to co9mbat this has been to get out on the water, and that is what Cabo is all about anyway. Unless you get a T-time of 7 am and play a very fast round, of course!
WATER: We had surface temperatures approaching 90 degrees showing up off the East Cape this week, but they never got close to us. The warmest water we saw was 86 degrees out around the Seamount, and that was just for a few days. Near home the water temperature on the Cortez side of the Cape averaged 86 degrees with the water just outside the arch at 82 degrees. On the Pacific side we have seen a steady push of the warmer water up to the north and out to the west. There has been a slight turn-over of the water near shore that happened on Friday afternoon and we had a finger of cool green water, about 74 degrees, flow along the beach on the Pacific and form an eddy that reached the 95 spot. Hopefully this goes away soon.
BAIT: Mostly Mackerel, Caballito and Mullet at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Blue and Black Marlin are starting to show on a regular basis and there are still plenty of Striped Marlin showing up. The key for the Striped Marlin has been to get below the warm surface layer into the cooler depths. On the Cortez side there were a lot of lazy fish seen on the surface within 5 miles of the shore. Keeping an eye on the depth sounder for bait, it paid off to drop a couple of live ones down on top of the bait balls, mostly around 50-60 feet. That was where the fish were hungry. Boats doing this were able of catch three or four fish a day if they concentrated on it. The Blues and the Blacks were caught mostly while trolling lures. The Blues were off shore and most of them were found in the same areas as the football tuna. That makes a lot of sense because the tuna are a primary feed for them. A few boats rigged the tuna and fished them live and got results, not every boat had the technique work, but there was enough action for the lucky ones! The Black Marlin were concentrated closer to shore and while not there in big numbers, there were some quality size fish found. Almost all of these fish were caught on lures but I believe that if someone trolled a couple of live tuna over the edges on the banks and shelves there would be some action for them.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Most of the Yellowfin this week were football fish from 6 to 15 pounds and they were found in the blind just off shore, 5 miles or so on the Pacific side, with a few fish found on the Cortez side. These provided high numbers for a lot of the fleet boats and got a lot of anglers excited, but there were very few quality fish found. Strangely enough bright colored lures worked better than dark colored lures this week, and red/yellow was a favorite. That may have had something to do with the fact that every tuna we caught was stuffed to the gills on red crab and Sardinas! I did talk with a few anglers who said that farther off shore, 30 miles to the south there were Dolphin pods and they were holding some decent fish to 40 pounds, but they were moving fast.
DORADO: I have to say the Dorado were the fish of the week. They were found everywhere and almost every boat got some, a few boats did very well with fish counts of five or more, all in the 10-20 pound class with a few fish to 50 pounds. We expect the bite to only get better and the fish to get larger as time moves on. Bright colored lures and slow trolled live bait seemed to work best on these fish, and as long as the water was 80 degrees or better, the fish were there.
WAHOO: While the moon phase is not quite right for a good bite, the warm water has brought more fish in so that it seems that things are looking up. Just wait for the full moon and the warm water, there will be some nice fish taken. A boat berthed next to us had an #80 fish chew up a lure yesterday, the Captain said they saw it come in and attack.
INSHORE: Roosterfish fishing is improving with quality fish to 50 pounds starting to bite on the Cortez side of the Cape. Slow trolled live mullet, right in the surf line, has produced quite a few fish this week. There are large amounts of finger mullet just off the beach, as well as big schools of Sardinas. With the flat water conditions we had most of the week there was a lot of attention paid by the Pangas to fishing just off the beach, within 5 miles, for Marlin and Dorado as well as the football tuna, so the traditional beach fishing did not receive a lot of attention.
NOTES: The report is done and I’m out of here! I have a full day trip today and we are going to catch fish! This weeks report was written to the various groups that played on the Sirius radio “Margaretville” channel, such a nice thing to have! Until next week, tight lines!
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Jul 1, 2006; 05:15PM - Insore...Offshore Your Choice
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Inshore and offshore, the water is averaging a very warm 88 degrees. This has kept the tuna and marlin out of here, but is very favorable for the sailfish. Dorado, even though they have yet to show, also like the warmer temperatures.
Fly fisherman Tod Eason had a short 4 day trip down here and wanted one day of fishing. I lent him my fly gear and put him on the panga “Gitana” with Santiago. In just a few short hours he had one sail come off on a poor hook set, another broke the leader, but they tagged and released the third.
Adolpho, on the panga “Dos Hermanos” told me the inshore roosterfish action is outstanding. He is averaging 6 roosters a day, between 30- and 45-pounds. His best day was 8. They took them about 14 miles to the north, along the Pantla beach area.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 72 - 84
Humidity 83%
Wind W 4 mph
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:23 p.m. CDT
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Jul 1, 2006; 05:13PM - Slower Fishing and a Slower Truck
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1017. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 07/01/06
East Cape
Sorry for the late report. I began my drive down to East Cape yesterday (6/30) and was delayed a bit by a very large truck that I had to follow for 50 (yes, 50!) miles before they would let me pass. So I am posting the report from La Paz instead of East Cape this morning.
Offshore, the action continued with billfish, dorado and tuna leading the charge. Inshore, the action seems to have slowed down a click or two, but it’s still very productive early; and then it is out to the bluewater to search for the bigger boys.
Beach action consisted mostly of ladyfish, pompano and a few pargo. There is plenty of both sardina and mullet tight to the beach from Scott Glenn's house all the way to Bartle Beach. Still seeing some roosters, but they seemed to have lockjaw this week.
Water temperature 74-85
Air temperature 71-99
Humidity 78%
Wind: SSW 2 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:34 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:07 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
There’s no wind and the water temperatures are beginning to climb; as it does, the fishing action has improved. Ten- to 15-miles outside the boca at Lopez Mateos there are plenty of yellowtail, bonito, barracuda and skipjack to keep everyone busy. Out another five miles above Lazaro there is excellent tuna action and a few marlin being spotted.
In the esteros, grouper, corvina, halibut and the ever-present spotted bay bass have been the best bet.
Water temperature 61 - 66
Air temperature 68-78
Humidity 62%
Wind: W 15 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:38 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:19 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
Inshore and offshore, the water is averaging a very warm 88 degrees. This has kept the tuna and marlin out of here, but is very favorable for the sailfish. Dorado, even though they have yet to show, also like the warmer temperatures.
Fly fisherman Tod Eason had a short 4 day trip down here and wanted one day of fishing. I lent him my fly gear and put him on the panga “Gitana” with Santiago. In just a few short hours he had one sail come off on a poor hook set, another broke the leader, but they tagged and released the third.
Adolpho, on the panga “Dos Hermanos” told me the inshore roosterfish action is outstanding. He is averaging 6 roosters a day, between 30- and 45-pounds. His best day was 8. They took them about 14 miles to the north, along the Pantla beach area.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 72 - 84
Humidity 83%
Wind W 4 mph
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:23 p.m. CDT
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Jun 26, 2006; 12:31PM - 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
June 12-25, 2006
WEATHER: Over the past two weeks the weather has run from a high of 101 here at my house to a low of 62 degrees on the Pacific side. Last week there was one day when a large fog bank ran over Cabo from the Pacific side, you could see it coming. For the most part it has been sunny and warm, and the humidity is just starting to kick up a bit.
WATER: When I flew up to California on the 12th the water out in front of Cabo was blue and 82 degrees. While I was gone the California current kicked in strong and cold, green/brown water wrapped around the Cape as far north on the Cortez side as Gorda Banks. I got back on the 20th and while out on the 21st I recorded water at 64 degrees at the arch, and it was almost pea soup green. By the 22nd it had warmed to 76 degrees and on Friday we had 82 degrees and it was getting blue again. As of the end of this week we had a push of warm water onto the San Jaime bank area, I may be able to find out if the water is clearing up in that direction later in the week.
BAIT: Mostly Mackerel, Caballito and Mullet at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The week I was gone the fishing went downhill for all species unless you went 40 miles out and it really showed in the fleet Billfish records. This past week thing only got better toward the end of the week with the approach of the warm, blue water again. Boats that went up the Cortez toward Los Frailles the week before last had good luck with Striped Marlin and some decent Blue and Black Marlin as well. The same situation occurred for boats that went past the Cabrillo Seamount, 40 miles to the east. At the end of this week the Striped Marlin had started to show again just three miles off the beach from Gray Rock to Red Hill. There were a lot of tailing fish seen and most boats had a shot on at least one Marlin that was hungry, I did see a few boats flying four Marlin flags.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Over the past two weeks the Tuna situation has not really changed much. They were not to be found in any numbers when I left and that is still the situation most of the time. An occasional boat has gotten lucky and gotten into a school of footballs and limited out, but that is not the norm yet, perhaps later on the Yellowfin fishing will pick up. Most of the fish have been found with Porpoise and there have been some good marks down 60-100 feet, but the fish are just not coming up for the lures, and they have been moving fairly rapidly, making dropping a live bait on them a very tough proposition.
DORADO: The cold green water chased the larger fish away the week I left but they are back now and almost every boat is getting into at lest a few fish. Some of the fish have been in the 50-pound class but the average has been more in the 15 pound range with a few out to 25 pounds. Slow trolled live bait, brightly colored lures pulled at 8 knots and finding diving frigate birds then tossing live bait have all been methods that have worked this week. Most of the fish have been on the Cortez side but as the warm water wraps around toward the Pacific side that might change.
WAHOO: There have been a few fish caught but the cool water and moon phase have made them a bit tough to get right now.
INSHORE: The cold, green water made bottom fishing almost the only game in town while I was gone but things have picked up again over the past few days with more Roosterfish being found on the Cortez side along with some good fishing for Amberjack and of course, bottom fish. Slow trolling live mullet for Roosterfish has been the ticket for most of the Pangas, and the fish have been very tight to shore.
NOTES: Glad I’m back home, the drive down the Baja was great, the road was in good condition, I just wish I had been able to bring a Jeep with me! This report was written to the sounds of Gnarls Barkley on the CD “St. Elsewhere”, a 2006 Downtown Records release. Until next week, tight lines!
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Jun 26, 2006; 08:12AM - Guatemala Sport Fishing
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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 06-25-06 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 have ranged from as
close as 15 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have been mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate at 3ft. This week skies ranged from cloudly to overcast days, with some days bringing light rains;however there as been a few nights with heavy
downpours.Most days started with no to light breezes in the mornings and moderate breezes in the afternoons.
This week saw fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to mid single digits. Most boats reported 3 to 7 sailfish releases on conventional
tackle. Once again there were Blue marlin in the spread. On Monday our boat the Joint Venture hooked up
a 450lb. class blue but after a short fight the hook came loose from the bill. One other boat this week did
manage to release two blues. Those boats that went out for dorado were rewarded with lots of them in the 7 to
15lb. class beginning at the 15 mile mark.
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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Jun 24, 2006; 12:35PM - Blue Water Only 3 Miles Off
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
From the inshore, to way offshore, the water is averaging about 84 to 85º, and the blue water is only three miles off the beach. But, due to the moon phase, the sailfish and marlin were slow this week. With the new moon occurring tomorrow (6/25), the offshore fishing should make a substantial improvement.
One bright spot is the inshore fishing for the roosters. The roosterfish action is just outstanding, with every boat fishing them getting at least three or four. Even Santiago, on the panga “Gitana,” who came back inshore late because the sailfish action was slow offshore, ended up getting a 45 pound rooster off Playa Blanca.
Adolpho, on the panga “Dos Hermanos,” told me he only caught three roosters yesterday, but because each 70 pound class fish took an hour and a half to get to the boat, it was all the time they had before they had to head back to the dock.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 72 - 84
Humidity 83%
Wind W 4 mph
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:23 p.m. CDT
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Jun 24, 2006; 12:34PM - East Cape Summer Billfish Trifecta
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1016. “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 06/24/06
East Cape
While not quite “You should have been here earlier,” Cabo Pulmo succumbed to heavy pressure last week with early morning catches of YFTs, dorado and bonito sliding back to “good” instead of the WFO conditions enjoyed previously for the persistent fly-rodder.
Fortunately, billfish action is heating up – adding to the excitement are the blue marlin and sailfish that have begun arriving for the summer. You better be on your toes when the guide hollers “FOLLOW!” One never knows what may come up behind the teasers. Sailfish are perfect for the newbie flyrodder. Striped marlin offer a bit more challenge; and then there is the ultimate: a shot at a blue marlin. Land one of these babies on a flyrod and you will be a member of a very exclusive club.
Dorado action continued at a slightly slower pace this week, but still enough good shots to be had on the fly to make the day interesting.
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Back on the beach, rooster fishing continues to be tough. If one is at the right place, right time, and right tide you may have some good shots at roosters. Our guide Lance fished the beach yesterday (6/23) morning with Larry McGrath, Grass Valley CA and had a number of pez gallo charging the teaser. Sometimes it was a single fish, other times as many as 5 or 6 at a time. As usual, it took a well-placed and perfectly timed cast to be in the game with those teased roosterfish. In between rooster shots there was ample opportunity to practice the bait and switch on the schools of ravenous ladyfish that came up on the teaser.
Water temperature 74-85
Air temperature 71-99
Humidity 78%
Wind: SSW 2 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:34 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:07 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Reports of plenty of small grouper, spotted bay bass and pompano continue from both San Carlos and up at Lopez Mateos.
The entrada continues to offer spotty surface action for both bonito and a few firecracker yellows.
Offshore, unseasonable cool water temperatures are still preventing the action to swing in for the summer. There are only a few scattered reports of marlin, dorado or tuna.
Water temperature 61 - 66
Air temperature 68-78
Humidity 62%
Wind: W 15 mph
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:38 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:19 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
From the inshore, to way offshore, the water is averaging about 84 to 85º, and the blue water is only three miles off the beach. But, due to the moon phase, the sailfish and marlin were slow this week. With the new moon occurring tomorrow (6/25), the offshore fishing should make a substantial improvement.
One bright spot is the inshore fishing for the roosters. The roosterfish action is just outstanding, with every boat fishing them getting at least three or four. Even Santiago, on the panga “Gitana,” who came back inshore late because the sailfish action was slow offshore, ended up getting a 45 pound rooster off Playa Blanca.
Adolpho, on the panga “Dos Hermanos,” told me he only caught three roosters yesterday, but because each 70 pound class fish took an hour and a half to get to the boat, it was all the time they had before they had to head back to the dock.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 72 - 84
Humidity 83%
Wind W 4 mph
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:12 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:23 p.m. CDT
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Jun 19, 2006; 05:48AM - Guatemala Sportfishing
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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 06-18-06 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 have ranged from 20 miles to as far as 40 miles. Seas this week have varied from mild ranging between 1 to 2ft to moderate 2 to 3ft seas. This week skies ranged from
sunny to overcast days, with some days bringing light rains; however there as been some nights with light to moderate downpours. Most days started with no to light wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the
afternoons, same as the past two weeks.
This week saw fair to good results with boats reporting releases in the low single digits to low double digits. This week we were happy to host the Jay Halpenny party from Canada. Their first day (Tuesday)
saw only fair results with releasing 3 sails out of 7 bites and 6 Dorado. On Wednesday they had a good days fishing releasing 11 sails out of 20 bites and also boating 20 Dorado. On Thursday they also had another good days fishing with releasing 9 sails out of 14 bites. All on conventional tackle.
On Friday we welcomed the arrival of Sam Swisher and his son out of Boston. Their first day fishing was on
Saturday and they had great day releasing 5 sails and TWO Blue Marlin,the first marlin (estimated at
300lbs.) first appeared off of the left teaser. With the marlin rig in hand (Penn International 11 50 wide
with 50lb line mated to a tournament graphite rod) the fight was on.Thirty minutes later the fight was over
and the mates released the marlin to fight another day. About one hour later another marlin appeared off
of the left teaser, estimated at about 200lb. Sam’s son chose light tackle and the fight began, about 1 ½ hours of a great fight the marlin was boat-side and released. Both of the Swishers had big smiles and explained that they were their 1st marlins and on the same day. Today (Sunday) saw another good day with 3 sails being released and another Blue Marlin in the
200lb. Class. That’s right, 3 marlin in two days with another day to go.
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Jun 12, 2006; 11:42AM - Guatemala Fishing
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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 06-11-06 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 have ranged from as close as 10 miles to as far as 15 miles. Seas this week have varied from mild ranging between 2 to 2ft to moderate 2 to 4ft seas. This week skies ranged from sunny to overcast days, with a some days bringing light rains;however there as been some nights with heavy downpours.Most days started with no to light
wind in the mornings to light / moderate winds in the afternoons,same as the past week.The week started out with fair results with boats reporting releases in the low to high single digits but this weeks end saw only few releases in the low single digits on conventional tackle.The silver linings is that most boats going out this week caught 5 to 8 dorado's and some boats also caught a few tuna.To register for our weekly fishing report and other information please click here http://www.greatsailfishing.com/en/register.html or act us at greatsailfishing@yahoo.com
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Jun 12, 2006; 11:22AM - 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
June 5-11, 2006
WEATHER: Highs in the upper 90’s and lows in the low 60’s early in the week, later on toward the weekend the nighttime lows were in the mid 70’s. We had a few scattered clouds and plenty of wind almost all week long. Reports from the Pacific side of the area were of fog banks just off of the beach and strong winds as well.
WATER: Hot water to 86 degrees was seen on the Sea of Cortez this week while just 8 miles up the beach on the Pacific side it was a cold 64 degrees. There has been a fairly well defined break where the temperature has changed from 68 to 78 degrees over a couple of miles. It started out right in front of Cabo and has drifted back and forth all week long. On the Pacific side of the cape the weather has been pretty nasty with the wind and chop so not a lot of boats are working the stuff, but there are fish out there.
BAIT: Most of the bait this week was Mackerel and some Mullet at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It’s getting better for the Blues and Blacks as there were some of each hooked up every day this week. A few reported fatties were out there but I don’t have any hard information on them. There were still plenty of Striped Marlin to be found and quite a few boats were able to get more than two a day. They ended the week close to home and just off th4 beach with most of the fish showing up between ½ and 4 miles offshore between Cabo and San Jose. The same area has produced the Blue and Black marlin as well. The Blues and Blacks have been hooked up on lures while about half of the Striped Marlin have been hooked on live bait, ¼ on dead bait and ¼ on lures.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A few boats were getting into the Tuna on an almost daily basis, but they were getting a bit beat up doing it. The reports were of moving pods of Porpoise almost 25 miles to the south of us and they were holding plenty of school and football fish. Most of the Tuna were in the 15-20 pound size range with some to 35 pounds. Closer to home there were Tuna found just outside the Cabo Bay area and just off of Red Hill, less than 2 miles off of the beach. These fish were found by blind strikes, there not being any Porpoise with them. The usual feathers in dark colors as well as cedar plugs were the best lures and some of the boats reported doing well on the close fish by jigging or yo-yoing iron after a trolling hook-up.
DORADO: Finally the Dorado have made it to our area and things are picking up. Our boat was out yesterday and brought back a pair of fish, both of them over 60 pounds. Most of the boats were able to get at least a couple of fish in the 15 range and there were a lot of fish larger than that. Slow trolled live bait worked great if you saw Dorado chasing flyers in the area, and dropping back a live bait after hooking one up on the troll also worked well. The Cortez side of the Cape saw the most action because the water was calmer, but fish were due south as well.
WAHOO: Full moon and Wahoo, that seems to be the right mix for now. There were plenty of fish caught, not to the point that everybody was getting hooked up to one, but there was pretty good action for boats that tried to target them. Most of the fish were in the 40-60 pound class and were biting on dark colored lures.
INSHORE: The Roosterfish are getting larger with fish to 40 pounds being found. The warm water has worked it charm and there are plenty of mullet for them to feed on. Right off of the surf break on the Pacific side the bite is still going on for Sierra as well, with quite a few Pangas able to catch limits. Scattered Bonito and Skipjack filled in for when the action slowed a bit and since the Marlin were in so close, a lot of Pangas were getting them while trying for the other fish.
NOTES: This weeks report was written to the music of Alison Krauss & Union Station on the 1999 Rounder Records release, “Forget About It”. Awesome! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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