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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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| In three decades, the world's oceans will contain more discarded plastic than fish when measured by weight, researchers say. |
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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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| 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 23, 2025
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Jul 7, 2003; 10:50AM - 'Fly Hooker Daily Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” WEEKLY FISH COUNT
Striped Marlin: One tagged and released (#120)
Dorado: Two taken (15-20#)
Yellowfin Tuna: Two taken (10-12#)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 1, 2003
Russell Wood and his wife were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today and we sure wish the
fishing had been better. They had been waiting a long time for this trip but the weather and water
did not care. The water was a bit choppy and there was not a lot of action from the fish.
Basically, they got skunked. Juan and Manuel tried hard, that is for sure, but sometimes it doesn’t
matter. Sorry Russell, we hope for better fishing next time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 2, 2003
Greg and John are repeat clients from San Francisco and they are here on this trip with the
families. This means that they need to return with some fish so everyone believes they went
fishing! They went on a Panga yesterday and got a 20 pound Jack Crevalle and lost a Roosterfish
and are hoping the offshore action will be better. They were originally scheduled for June 30 but
we asked them if they were willing to put that trip off until today in the hope that conditions
would get better. Well, the wind did die down on the evening of the 30th, so conditions have
improved, but who knows about the fishing? Juan and Manuel ended up fishing 25 miles to the
southeast and finally found some fish. Two small football Yellowfin, the largest around 12
pounds. Later on the hooked a very small (about 8 pound) Dorado and held it behind the boat
until friends showed up! Then John and Greg were able to hook up a couple of larger 15 pound
Dorado on their own gear and get them to the boat. Enough fish for the family dinner and a little
action, not bad compared to what has been going on. Also, that made us the top boat on the dock
for the day! Thanks guys, and it was nice of you to invite Tom along for the day, even if all he
did was drink all the beer and eat all your lunch!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 3, 2003
Rick Anderson, his wife and son were our anglers today, and they were hoping for a big fish for
the son. It seems that they have done quite a bit of offshore fishing, trying it almost everywhere
they have gone on vacation and have yet to hook into something big for him. Well, this was not
the trip that it was going to happen on either. Juan and Manuel tossed bait to one Marlin all day,
that was it, and that fish did not want to eat. Rick’s wife slept most of the day and so did his son.
I wish the fishing was better this week, but I can’t control it. Eventually you guys will find a big
one, and I hope for your sake it’s soon!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JULY 4, 2003
Happy 4th of July everyone! Today’s group of anglers was a last minute trip, and it is strange
how things work out. Last evening we were listening to the group “Rhydim Forze”, our local
reggae band and met “Maddy” who was walking around with the tip bucket for the group. She
was very nice and we got to talking a bit and when she found out we had a charter boat she said
that she wished that she had met us yesterday, as a group of her friends had already chartered a
boat after going through one of the timeshare tours. Sigh, a day late again! Well, this morning
Juan and Manuel were done working and cleaning on the “Fly Hooker” and were leaving the
Marina at 8:30 when Juan noticed that his brother on the “No Problem” was having a problem. It
turned out that they had blown a hydraulic steering fitting and needed another boat to take their
group out. Not having a trip, Juan volunteered to take them on the “Fly Hooker”. I only
remember two of the guys names, Kevin and Adam, and there were two others as well. Now, I
did not learn any of this until they came in, but Kevin and Adam shared the honors with a tag and
release on a 120 pound Striped Marlin. At least these guys got a fish! Now, it turns out that
these were they guys that “Maddy” had been talking about last night! The group is from Denver
where they are all bartenders, and they know our friends Rod and Karen, who had recommended
the “Fly Hooker” and had given them one of our cards. Unfortunately they left the information at
home so did not know how to contact us. Small world! By the way, on the 2nd, Kevin had
jumped into the swimming pool at the private house they were staying at and had split open his
head from just above the scalp line to the center of his skull, the stitches looked like Frankenstein
stuff, and we joked that the scar would make him look like one of those guys on “Star Trek”! He
still went out today and shared in the catch of the Marlin, and he was the only one to get sick,
probably a bit concussed! Good folks, this group, and they invited Mary and I out to the house
for dinner, but we had already made other plans. Thanks guys, it was great getting to meet you
and we are glad you were able to hook into a “Big One”!
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Jul 7, 2003; 10:44AM - Cabo Fishing Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 30 TO JULY 06, 2003
WEATHER: This week the weather was almost a repeat of last week with the wind blowing
every afternoon again. Most of the wind was from either the southwest or west at 10-14 knots
and started around noon and lasted until around 9 at night. Our daytime highs were up in the mid
90’s and our nighttime lows in the high 70’s. No clouds to speak of so no rain. It’s starting to
get warm enough to use the air-conditioning! (Jamaican Winds)
WATER: Again, almost a repeat of last weeks report with a concentration of cold water just off
the Cape. Water temperatures to 67 degrees along the shore on the Pacific side and warming up
to 73 or 74 degrees at the Golden Gate and San Jaime Banks. The water on the Pacific side has
been rough due to the strong winds, at least the closest 15 miles has been rough, I’ve heard from
private boaters that once you get past that, it gets pretty nice. Off the Cape the water has been
70-72 degrees out at least 20 miles, and you have had to go 35-40 miles south to get to 78 degree
water. It is not smooth out there either! The best water conditions in terms of both calmness and
temperatures has been n the Sea of Cortez, and the further North you go, the warmer it becomes.
74 degrees between the 95 and 1150 spots and over 79 degrees past the Gorda Banks towards
Punta Gorda. Mornings have seen good water conditions out there but in the afternoons it has
sometimes been a rough ride home it the wind is from the southwest. (Theme For A Rainy Day)
BAIT: Mackerel and Caballito at the normal $2 per bait along with a good supply of Mullet.
(Take You There)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Scattered Striped Marlin within a 20 mile arc of Cabo San Lucas and a bit better
concentration out at the Cabrillo Seamount and north of the Palmilla. The fish are not
concentrated near to us right now, and the ones that are being found do not seem to be in an
eating mode. A few boats are getting two fish a trip, most of the boats are tossing bait to four or
five fish a trip and around 20% of them are getting bit. The cool water has not helped the bite on
Blue Marlin, but there are some strikes being had. I had an angler report that he caught a 73
pound Swordfish on Wednesday out on the Pacific side of the Cape. (Midnight In San Juan)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Not many boats are finding the Tuna this week and the ones that have done
well have been making 40 mile runs to find the fish. Most of them have been footballs in the
10-15 pound class. Cedar plugs and dark feathers have been the ticket, and since not many boats
have been in the areas the ones that are there have done very well. (Every Moment With You)
DORADO: A few scattered fish were found close in off the Punta Ballena to Palmilla area and
they were not large fish, mostly in the 10-15 pound range. Not until you got up to the Gorda
Banks was there any good action on Dorado, and then it was still scattered. Once again, there
was very good action a long ways from home as boats reported numbers of large fish past the
Cabrillo Seamount. Unfortunately, that is beyond the range of most of the charter fleet here in
Cabo unless you are willing to pop for a 1K trip, then it is still 2 hours out and two hours back, all
cruising. Fish that were caught out there were in the 30-60 pound class and most of them were
hooked on the troll. (Kissin’ On The Beach)
WAHOO: The only fish I saw or had reported to me this week were ones found in that warm
water outside the Cabrillo Seamount, and there were some good fish in the mix, up to 90 pounds.
Elsewhere, the bite was not happening. (She Never Said Why)
NEARSHORE: Slow inshore fishing this week as well, with most of the action being supplied by
Jack Crevalle and a few Yellowtail reported as well. Slow trolled live bait for the Jacks, live bait
dropped down mid water for the Yellowtail and a few nice Grouper for those dropping live bait to
the bottom and bringing it up 10 feet. The Roosterfish closed their mouths this week, they are
still there but the cool water got them off their feed. (Mobimientos Del Alma)
NOTES: No predictions!!! But I really hope the warm water continues to come to us from the
north on the Cortez side, we could certainly use it! As you can tell from the species report, the
action this past week was taking place well offshore, and you needed a fast boat and a lot of time
to get to it. Most of the fleet was not able to get to those areas so the overall catch was down
and a lot of boats returned from a day of fishing having only seen a few Marlin to toss bait to.
Wind, die down, Water, warm up, Fishing, turn on....this is my Mantra for the week! This weeks
report was written to the smooth guitar sounds of Earl Klugh on his 1991 Warners release
“Midnight in San Juan”.
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Jun 30, 2003; 12:02PM - 'Fly Hooker' Daily Reports
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH TOTALS FOR THE WEEK:
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 25, 2003
We had a great group on the boat today and I was along as well. Mary grew up in Seattle and
this week she has her girlfriends and their husbands visiting, Chrissy and Ritchie, Michelle and
Lorrie, Sue, and Michelle and Lorries neighbors Donna and Richard. Fishing today were
Michelle, Lorrie, Chrissy, Sue, Richard and myself. Juan and Manuel took us 12 miles to the
southeast and while the actin was not red hot, it was steady with some quality fish. Fist off the
bat we saw Porpoise and mixed in with them were some very large Tuna, they looked like 100
pound fish to me. We made a lot of passes around them but could not get them to bite. The girls
had a blast watching them and Sue almost lost her voice (again)! It was not until after leaving
them and being about a mile away that we had the first strike of the day, a nice 30 pound
Yellowfin Tuna that Richard brought in. Sashimi in the boat! It was a blind strike however, and
we did not get another one there. About thirty minutes later we had a Striped Marlin come in and
hit the bridge rod lure and take some line. Juan quickly dropped back a bait but the fish must
have taken off after feeling the hook in the lure. It was shortly after that the next strike occurred
and this time it was Michelle’s turn in the chair. She made short work of a 15 pound Dorado and
we now had two different species of fish in the box. We continued on for a while before the next
strike and it was Sue’s turn in the chair. This fish made a great long run at the beginning, enough
of a run that I was thinking “Marlin”, but then it turned and ran at the boat. Sue cranked as fast
as she could and eventually caught up with the fish, then it turned and made another run. No
jumps, and fighting on the surface, I began to have an idea of what she was hooked up to. When
the rod tip started bouncing when she had the fish close to the boat the next time, I was sure!
Sure enough, Juan was able to put the gaff into the 60 pound Wahoo! Hooked right at the tip of
the jaw, the fish did not have a chance to chew through the mono leader, now that’s what I call
“good luck”! With a third off the Wahoo sticking out of the fish box and now able to fly three
different flags when we returned, we continued to troll. A little bit later it was Chrissy’s turn to
fight a fish as we hooked up to a very nice bull Dorado. This fish jumped all over the place and
she really had her work cut out for her. It took about 15 minutes to get the fish to the boat and
Juan gaffed it as soon as he could. The gaff started to pull out just after the hook fell out of the
Dorado’s mouth and he had to bring it in the boat while still very much alive. Everyone jumped
up on the engine covers as Juan danced the deck with the big bull, trying to get in a good swing
with the bat to subdue the fish before he was able to bounce himself back out of the boat. I
looked up at Manuel as this was going on and he was laughing his head off! Juan finally got a
good swing in and the fish was placed in the fish box. We now had a 30 pound Yellowfin, a 60
pound Wahoo, a 15 pound Dorado and a 40 pound Dorado in the box! Juan spent the next 15
minutes cleaning up the mess on the deck as we continued to troll. About an hour later we had
another Marlin appear in the lures and Juan again dropped a live bait back. I was excited because
this was to be Lorries fish, and he had been very patient, hoping for a shot at a Marlin. The fish
was excited and lit up, but would just not eat! The bait was dropped back again, tossed in front
of the fish, a dead bait was tossed out to entice the Marlin, basically everything we could do, we
did, and still the fish refused to eat. Oh well, that’s fishing. We continued on and a little later we
were in front of the bay, getting ready to pull in the lines when up popped three Marlin tails!
Another chance at the fish, but we had the same luck, they just did not want to eat. Everyone was
excited, seeing the fish and trying to catch them, but it was not to be. As a consolation prize,
Lorrie fed the leftover bait to the Pelicans on the way in, getting them to take the fish from his
hand. Thanks guys, I had a great time with you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 JUNE, 2003
Today the “Fly Hooker” had a half day trip, from 10 am to 2 p.m., a group of four anglers that
were part of a larger group, fishing a total of four boats. The mid-day, half day trip resulted in a
skunk, but the anglers were happy just to get out on the water. One of the four boats managed to
get a Dorado, so the group had fish for dinner.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 28 JUNE, 2003
Steve Ellis and his wife Lisa, son Tyler and Tyler’s friend Justin fished the “Fly Hooker” today.
The trip was to get Tyler a big fish, as the family has fished a number of places in search of a “big
one” for him. The water was a bit on the rough side as Juan and Manuel took the boat to an area
about 20 miles to the southeast of the arches. There were Porpoise in the area and they did hook
up two Yellowfin Tuna. Steve got one of them to the boat, around 20 pounds, and the other one
came off. No Marlin were sighted on the trip, and a lot of boats returned to the Marina without
flags today, thank goodness they caught fish! Nothing big, sorry about that Tyler, but one of
these days it will happen!
GEORGE’S FISH REPORT FOR 26 JUNE, 2003
Can’t help it, I have to give a report on my fishing for the day! My friend Tom Berry, his
girlfriend Jackie, brother-in-law Paul and sister Gina are in town until Monday, they arrived last
night. I keep Tom’s 21 foot Pro-Line in my driveway and we put the boat in the water last night,
getting it ready to fish today. Tom, Paul and myself left the Marina at about 6:30 this morning,
wanting to get Tom and Paul hooked up to some big fish. I started out on a southeast heading,
hoping to be able to make it to the area where we saw the big Tuna with the Porpoise while on
the “Fly Hooker” yesterday. With the water as rough as it was we turned and headed to the
northeast instead! We worked out way to the 95 spot and had no action at all. Next target was
going to be either the 1150 area of the coast off of Red Hill, depending on the reports on the
radio. Hearing about a few fish being found off the 1150 spot, we ended up going there. There
were about 30 boats scattered around, half of them trolling and half of the pulling live bait. None
of the trolling boats were stopping and the information coming over the radio was that the few
fish that had been caught were taking live bait. Tom and Paul quickly pinned on live bait, Paul a
Mackerel and Tom a Caballito. They were using some 3X circle hooks with Pauls tied directly to
doubled #30 test line and Tom’s to a short 2’ flouro-carbon #80 leader. Both of them were using
Trinidad 30’s on Calstar roller rods. It took a while, but the first fish was Pauls. We were hoping
for a Tuna but were not too disappointed when the 25 pound Dorado began jumping all over the
place. Looking around, none of the other boats around us had hooked up, so we were doing
good! As soon as that fish was in the box, the baits went out again. Every once in a while you
could see the Porpoise get excited and the Tuna would bust the surface for a few seconds. As
long as I was seeing meter marks on the depth sounder I stayed in the area. At about 12:30 the
fleet boats started to leave, the wind started to pick up a bit and the bite started to get better. The
next strike was Paul again, and this time we knew it was a Tuna. Tom quickly changed his bait to
a Mackerel and we were quickly hooked up to a double. These fish had the rods bent over and
both guys into the harnesses and belts. It took about 25 minutes before Pauls fish came to color
and a few minutes later I placed the gaff in a very nice 35 pound Yellowfin. As Tom continued to
fight his fish Paul checked his leader and dropped back another bait. A few minutes later Tom
had his fish to color and again I gaffed the Tuna, a fish that was the twin to Pauls. At this time
the wind and water was starting to pick up and there were only three boats still in the area, it was
2 p.m.. Tuna busting to the right, and there were some big ones in there! I turned the boat, Tom
pinned on another Mackerel and then as he was holding the bait in freespool with the clicker on,
talking to us about the fight with the last fish, he got slammed, and slammed hard! The line was
screaming off the reel when he put the drag lever to the on position and there was absolutely no
change in speed! Now we had a big fish on! This fish was a nice one, but by the way it was
acting, I was not sure it was a Tuna. A few minutes before the strike, we had seen a shark pass
behind us and I thought he may have hooked up. The first run was a screamer on the surface,
then the fish charged the boat. Another screaming surface run and another charge to the boat.
Tom said that he was getting spooled, I said not to worry, he had plenty of line on the reel. Then
I looked at the spool and turned the boat, putting it into gear. The water was rough and we could
not do much more than 2 1/2 knots into the seas, and it was a little while before the fish stopped
taking line. This was the strangest fight and after an hour we were able to see why. Tom’s fish
came to the surface, tail towards us and he pumped him in. When he was close enough I put the
gaff in the shoulder and Paul and I pulled the 100 pound Yellowfin into the boat! The line had
dug into the tail during the first or second run and Tom had been fighting the fish from the
backside the whole time! Great job Tom, and on #30 test line! Paul still had a bait in the water
and as we were admiring Tom’s fish, his got slammed! To make a long story short, it was a
repeat of the action on Tom’s fish, and Paul said he could feel the tail beating as he applied
pressure. After 45 minutes he had the fish about 50 feet from the boat and had the drag maxed
out. Applying just a bit more thumb pressure, the line parted. We checked it when he reeled it on
and it appeared that there had been a weak spot, probable caused by the tail against the line.
Unfortunately, he had changed from the double line to single after the 35 pounder, if he had still
been running a double line, perhaps he would have gotten the fish in the boat. Then again, maybe
he would not have gotten bit. Oh well, that’s fishing. It was time to go home and the wind was
howling, the seas were breaking, with curlers. Gusts to 22 knots, 3-5 foot breaking seas and it
was impossible to head directly back to Cabo against this type of water. We were 22 miles from
the Marina and instead we headed quartering downswell towards Punta Gorda, hoping that as we
neared shore the seas would die down and we would be able to turn towards home. We were
soaked, the prop only came out of the water once though, and eventually we were in calmer water
and able to do better than 4 knots of speed. We had planned to be in by 4 p.m. but it was 8 p.m.
when we arrived at the fuel dock, tired, sore, safe and happy! A great experience and some great
fishing! Thanks for letting me share it with you!
GEORGE’S FISH REPORT FOR 27 JUNE, 2003
Today it was Paul, Gina and myself on the Pro-Line and we were out to get Gina hooked up to
a nice fish. After our experience returning yesterday afternoon we were a little gun shy about
venturing offshore right away and decided to work inshore for the first few hours in the morning,
waiting to see what developed. I started us out by getting five Mackerel and five Mullet as live
baits, hoping that we would be able to hook into one of those nice Roosterfish I had been hearing
about. We turned towards the lighthouse on the Pacific side as we passed the arch and we made
it as far as outside Playa Grande Resort before I turned the boat around. We headed down to
Punta Ballena instead, the water was a lot calmer there and we did not want Gina to get seasick.
Two Mullet went out and after about 30 minutes of slow trolling mine took a hit. Line screamed
off the reel, then it went slack. I reeled the bait in and we saw that it had been sliced almost in
half by a big Sierra. Out went a new bait and later on, just past Chileno beach, Paul had the same
thing happen to him. A few minutes after that we saw a few splashes just out a way and turned the
boat out. As we did that we got another hit. This time the fish took the bait and left us a bare
hook. All right, enough of the dilly-dallying around, the water looked flat outside and we wanted
a big fish so in came the lines and we powered the boat up and cruised out to the 1150 spot.
When we arrived 45 minutes later there were about 25 boats scattered out and working the area.
We spotted the Porpoise and put out two live baits. Just like yesterday, we did not see any boats
hook up while trolling, but we did hear the reel on one of the boats go off for a short second or
two as they took a strike on a lure. It was beautiful water but the action was very slow, we did
not see anyone fighting a fish. After three hours we finally thought we were going to get lucky
when Tuna erupted only 30 yards off of our port stern! No luck though, and we were marking
fish on the sounder. Instead, about 15 minutes later we had a big bull Dorado come in and try to
eat both baits, tangling the lines up. We got that straightened out and reset the baits and a few
minutes later hooked up to a slightly smaller bull. It took Gina about 15 minutes to get the fish to
the boat and we finally had her a nice fish, this one about 20 pounds. The wind had started to
pick up and Paul and I looked at each other, nodded, brought all the lines in and cruised back to
shore. Gina got her fish, did not get sick, we did not get beat up and were back in at 4 p.m.! A
nice day of fishing all the way around. Thanks for letting me share it with you!
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Jun 30, 2003; 11:52AM - Cabo Fishing Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 23 TO JUNE 29, 2003
WEATHER: The wind picked up again this week and was from the southwest, giving us almost
nowhere to hide once it started blowing hard at 14-16 knots with gusts to 22 knots. Fortunately
it did not really get going until past noon and everyone was already on the way in. This started on
Tuesday and continued throughout the week. Our nighttime lows were warmer this week, most
evenings it did not drop into the high 70’s but stayed in the low 80’s. Our daytime highs were in
the mid to high 90’s, but cooler offshore. (Now That You Know)
WATER: The winds we have been getting have made for some choppy conditions in the
afternoons on the Sea of Cortez but on the Pacific side it has been choppy all the time. The
beginning of the week had water as warm as 80 degrees out front but as of this morning we were
reading 72 degrees. The wind combined with the increased flow of the California current pushed
the cooler water around the Cape again. Right now you need to go either 30 miles south and get
your butt kicked on the way back in or go 25 miles east to the 1150 area in order to find 78
degree water. (I’m Gone)
BAIT: Most of the bait available has been Caballito caught by boats snagging them in the Marina
or Mackerel that they have bought from the bait barge out in front. There have been lots of
Mullet available as well for those seeking Roosterfish inshore. All these baits have been the usual
$2 per bait. (Bailando/Aquatic Park)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Lots of Striped Marlin were spotted early in the week as they packed up at the Cape
getting ready to follow the warm water north. Not many of them were hungry but a few boats
were able to get more than one fish to bite. Most boats just had an experience in futility in getting
these fish to bite. As the cool water moved in the fish moved back up the Sea of Cortez and by
the end of the week the fish were scattered again but the bite was a bit better. A few Blue Marlin
were hooked early in the week, but not many of them were landed and they were not large fish,
most less than 250 pounds. The Striped Marlin bite was best on live bait and the Blues were
striking lures in blue/black and green/black. (Bella)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Good news and bad news here. The good news is that there was a
concentration of fish holding on the 1150 spot this week and there were some nice ones in there.
Fish to 200 pounds were landed and there were quite a few in the 35 pound class as well as a
few in between. The bad news is that it was a late bite and by the time the action had started to
pick up most of the fleet boats had to leave, and the wind started to kick in as well, making it a
rough ride home. The key to success was slow trolling live Mackerel in among the Porpoise and
then being in the right place at the right time. Many boats were skunked but a few were coming
up with some nice fish. There was also action 25 miles to the south of the Marina on football
Tuna in among Porpoise, and these fish were running 20-25 pounds. As normal, the early boats
to the fish got the best action. feathers and Cedar plugs were working well on these fish.
(Deeper, Dig Deeper)
DORADO: The fish were scattered for the most part. Some nice fish were found in among the
Tuna at the 1150, some more nice ones were found from Punta Ballena to San Jose out to a
distance of three miles. Pangas fishing off the beach for Roosterfish were picking up one or two
smaller fish, most of them less than 15 pounds in size. (‘Trane’)
WAHOO: There were a few nice fish found this week and almost all the action was within three
miles of the beach on the Sea of Cortez side. Not all fish were getting hits but I saw fish to 100
pounds and quite a few in the 40-50 pound class as well. Best lures were dark colored 9’ straight
runners, and a few lucky fishermen caught Wahoo on slow trolled live bait. (Mingus)
NEARSHORE: Roosterfishing was just starting to take off great at the beginning of the week
with quite a few fish in the 30-50 pound class being found on the Pacific side of the Cape, up
around the Sunset Beach area to the lighthouse. The cool water moved in and the bite dropped
off a bit. The fish were still there later in the week, but were not biting as well. Some nice sized
Sierra were being caught in the same area, and there were also some big Jack Crevalle cruising the
beach. On the Sea of Cortez side the bite was on for big Sierra in the vicinity of the Hacienda Del
Mar Resort, a lot of large 10 pound Sierra were found there. With the wind kicking up the way it
did, not a lot of bottom fishing was going on, but a few boats were hooking up with some large
grouper on live baits dropped on rockpiles in 150-200 feet of water. (Hannibal)
NOTES: With the ebb and flow of the cold water across our area, I just don’t know what to
expect anymore. I just postponed two days of charter clients we had early this coming week until
later in the week, hoping that the weather lays down and the fishing picks up. There are good fish
out there but timing is everything, and since I like repeat clients we decided to wait a few days.
Let’s see what happens! This weeks report was written to one of the best albums ever put out by
Carlos Santana, his “Blues For Salvador” album, released in 1987 by CBS/Columbia Records.
My favorite cut on the album is the live 1983 take of “Now That You Know”. Listen and enjoy,
and until next week, I hope you have “Tight Lines”!
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Jun 27, 2003; 08:17AM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Sportfishing Report 6/20/03 - 6/26/03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Susan Richards/Stan Lushinsky
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A light week for angling activity in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo but the results were anything but light. Returning angler from Sussex New Jersey Ron Rienhardt along with Son Jeffrey, had some exceptional fishing both offshore and inshore with captain Adolofo on the Dos Hermanos 1. Ron & Jeffrey raised 9 SAILFISH on their first day offshore, hooking 6 and landing 3 all on light tackle spinning. Turing their attention to inshore the duo landed 7 Roosterfish to 40 Lbs. along with a handful of SKIPJACK TUNA. All of the inshore action came using Cotton Cordell Top water pencil poppers. Atlanta Angler Dan Walden also returning from another four day fishing adventure landed 10 SAILFISH in three days of offshore fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1. There continues to be large schools of bait fish all along the coast and the blue water is within 3 miles which is the norm for this time of year.
Reservations are now being taken for this year's Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Total Tag & Release tournament , scheduled for November 16 - 19, 2003. This year's host property will once again be the Riviera Beach Resort which has generously offered $ 85.00 per night per room ( single or Double occupancy) inclusive of all taxes and a continental breakfast each day. Interested anglers are encouraged to contact our office as soon as possible for tournament details.
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky / Susan Richards
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Jun 25, 2003; 03:32AM - Drifting was slow but the troll was on!!
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Category: Japan- Okinawa
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Author Name: Richard
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Went out the first weekend after a typhoon, 22 Jun 03. The current was strong and only a few small Yellowfin were hitting. We decided to troll using my Tuna Stick and Penn 9/0. Only one lure was hitting, Black and white Marlin Lure. Well, it held up to it's end of the bargin. 2 Wahoo, 1-20 plus pound yellowfin, and the grand daddy of them all, a blue marlin. Was a small one of only 130 pounds, but hey the first one I've ever seen caught in person. Beats the heck out of TV!! Congratulations Don Hall!! Let's go fishing!!!
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Jun 23, 2003; 10:40AM - 'Fly Hooker' Daily Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH TOTALS FOR THE WEEK:
Striped Marlin: 4 fish released (3 tagged) (# to 130)
Wahoo: 0 fish caught
Dorado: 6 fish caught (#15-#25)
Tuna: 1 fish caught (#120)
Needlefish: 2 fish caught and released
Jack Crevalle: 2 fish caught and released
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 18, 2003
Bob Nelson Sr., his son Bob Nelson and Bob’s sons Aaron and Travis are our anglers today
and Friday. Today was a lucky day for the boys as both of them got to fight fish while the old
men just got to watch and take pictures. I never did find out which caught which for sure, but I
think it was Travis that got to fight the first fish, a Striped Marlin of about 120 pounds. Lots of
surface action and about 30 minutes of fighting left him with an ache in his arm and some nice
photos of the fish in action. Juan had the leader and the fish alongside the boat when the leader
wore through and the fish swam away so the fish was not tagged, but it was a good catch and
release. I think it was Aaron who caught then next fish. Juan and Manuel had the boat about 17
miles to the east when they spotted Porpoise and went to investigate. The Porpoise were the big
black ones so they did not have a lot of confidence in getting anything there, but imagine their
surprise when one of the outrigger lures was inhaled! An up and down fight that lasted around 30
minutes lasted another 5 minutes at the side of the boat as Juan tried to maintain control of the
fish and finally he was able to place the gaff in the Yellowfin Tuna, estimated to be at least 120
pounds! Way to go guys, I’ll never pass up the chance to make at least a couple of passes around
those kind of Porpoise again. A very good day on the water and a cooler full of Tuna to take
home, but we are hoping that the old guys get fish the next time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 JUNE, 2003
Our friend Don Cole gets a chance to fish with his boys Bill and Joe and Bills 10 year old son
Carson. The idea today is to get a Marlin for Carson, he wants to be able to fight the fish all on
his own without any help from anyone. He was so excited this morning and of course, being 10
years old, full of questions! Guess what? He did it! Juan and Manuel were able to find a hungry
fish and it took Carson about an hour to bring the fish to the boat, without help from anyone. The
fish was estimated at 100 pounds and was tagged and released, way to go Carson! Guess you will
have some bragging rights at school! I was so excited for Carson that I forgot to ask who caught
the other fish but there was another Marlin tagged and released as well. All the fish were close to
home and they never were more than 7 miles from port.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 20 JUNE, 2003
This is the second day of fishing for the Nelson family and they saw a lot of Marlin today but
had a hard time getting them to bite. Bob finally got a chance in the chair and it took him about
30 minutes to get his fish, caught on live bait and estimated at 120 pounds, to the boat. I think it
was on this trip the Juan and Manuel went to the arch on the return and tossed live bait, catching
two Jack Crevalle to finish up the day. Not a bad two days of fishing with a total of two Striped
Marlin and a big Tuna! Thanks guys, we hope to get a chance to fish with you again!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 21 JUNE, 2003
John Landwehr, “Mom”, Shane and Cathy were our anglers for today and they are fishing
tomorrow as well, at least John and Shane are. Another daughter was supposed to fish today but
she was not feeling well. The Landwehrs really want to catch some Dorado to take home with
them and Juan and Manuel must have been wearing their lucky shirts today as they were able to
make the request come true. Juan told me that they ended up about 12 miles offshore to the east
and there were Dorado allover the place, with Frigate birds diving on the fish. It was a run and
toss bait situation an they only caught two fish on lures. Running to where the birds were
working and tossing live bait in the water got them a lot of hookups and they ended the day with
5 Dorado between 15 and 25 pound and they lost 4 others, one of them a big bull. They also had
a Striped Marlin hooked up for a while but it got away. John would like to try for Marlin and
Tuna tomorrow, with an emphasis on Tuna, so we will see if crossing our fingers works!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 22 JUNE, 2003
It was Manual’s day off today and the arrangement Juan had made for another guy fell through
so I was pressed into service as deckhand today. I was no Boy Scout this morning, having had
only three hours of sleep, a clean, new white T-shirt on and no sunglasses, but I tried my best!
We were cruising out and about 1 1/2 miles from the Arch when I spotted a Marlin on the
surface. Juan pulled the boat around and I tossed out a live Mackerel. The fish saw the bait and
charged in, taking it right away. I gave him 8 seconds, pushed the drag lever up to strike, let the
line come tight then struck him and we were hooked up. Shane was ready and John had the
camera out as I looked at my watch and realized that it was not yet 7 am! This fish did everything
Marlin are known for, sulking down deep, tailwalking, greyhounding leaps to the side and away!
John got some great shots of the fish in the air. After 22 minutes of fighting the fish, a Manta Ray
swam across the line and we were cut off. Shane had blisters on his fingers but was really
pumped up. We scanned the water as we put the lures out, sure that in a few moments we were
going to be hooked up again. In the next four hours we spotted three sharks, that was it.
Eventually we ended up in the area where the Tuna had been caught four days ago but the water
was empty. Maybe I would have more luck than Juan so I got behind the wheel and turned us
toward shore. Outside Red Hill I found the Black Porpoise and we worked them for an hour. It
sure looked fishy as there was a small flock of birds working the feeding Porpoise, but we did not
have a strike and I neither saw any fish nor marked any on the sounder. Not wanting to get
skunked and needing to get something in the boat for John and Shane, we asked them if they
wanted to try for a Grouper or Snapper in the rocks off of Punta Ballena. They said they were up
for anything so when we got there we pulled in the lines and tossed out some live mackerel. We
got bit almost instantly, but the fish turned out to be Needle Fish, which John likened to Alligator
Gar. John’s was the bigger fish, perhaps 6 feet long and Shanes was about 5 feet long. We had a
couple of other hits but that was it for the day. Sure wish we had not got cut off by the Manta,
but perhaps next time things will work out different! Thanks guys, we really enjoyed your
company!
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Jun 23, 2003; 10:36AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JUNE 16- JUNE 22, 2003
WEATHER: Great weather this week with very little wind at the beginning of the week, then on
Wednesday night it began to blow again. It has been blowing every night since then but the wind
has died down around sunrise. Our warm daytime temperatures have reached the high 90’s and
nighttime lows have been in the low 60’s, and once again we received no rain and had very little
cloud cover. (Good Times Bad Times)
WATER: There has not been a big change in the water conditions since last weeks report
except for the fact that the daytime surface temperatures have been about 2 degrees higher all
around. The Pacific side is still rough, due to the continuing northwest winds, and still has cold
water, with most of it in the low 60’s. The Sea of Cortez has had great conditions once you get
past the Chileno area and closer to home it has been only a little choppy, not really rough. We
have been seeing the average temperature in the calm water at around 81-82 degrees with an
occasional marking of 84. (Dazed And Confused)
BAIT: No change from last week, most of the bait this week was Mackerel, and they were the
normal $2 per bait. There was Mullet available as well at the same price but Caballito were
scarce. (Whole Lotta Love)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Lots of Striped Marlin out in front of the arches, and most of the action has been
less than four miles offshore. The only problem has been that most of the fish have had lock-jaw
and won’t bite. A few boats found the right fish and caught two or three, but most boats only had
one blue flag flying. The bite was 80% live bait and the lures that worked were dark colored.
There was a smaller concentration of fish found up east of the Gordo banks but they were
suffering from the same disease (lock-jaw). Some Blue Marlin are being found, but not with any
regularity yet, and all of them have been reported from the area east of the Gordo Banks.
(Ramble On)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Find the porpoise, find the Tuna, that was the story for the week on
Yellowfin. Even the large Black Porpoise, not known as a good indicator for Tuna, were found
to be holding large fish this week. Sightings were made of fish in the #100 mixed in with these
big porpoise, and some of them were caught, but they were very boat shy. There were smaller
Tuna to be found with the normal indicator porpoise and they were running to 35 pounds with a
15 pound average. Cedar plugs and small dark colored feathers were the key with the plugs
having a decided advantage. Most of the smaller fish were found out from the arch to the Pacific
side and the larger fish were found past the 95 and 1150 spots. (Immigrant Song)
DORADO: Close to home and all the way up the coast on the Cortez side to Punta Gorda.
Most of the fish have been less than 2 miles off shore and finding the Frigate birds was the key.
Find the birds working and then tossing live bait resulted in some boats doing very well. Of
course, the normal live bait dropback after hooking one up sure got the numbers up there. Some
boats were getting up to a dozen fish, some were only getting one, but the fish were there. Most
of the fish close to shore were less than 25 pounds, but there were bigger fish to be found
offshore, just not in the same numbers. Bright colored lures were the key for those trolling
plastic. (Misty Mountain Hop)
WAHOO: There were still a few Wahoo caught this week but the numbers were down quite a
bit. The fish found were incidental fish and scattered. (Stairway To Heaven)
INSHORE: The inshore action this week was Roosterfish, Jack Crevalle and large Sierra.
Most of the action was just between the arch and Cabo Falso and slow trolled live bait was the
trick. Roosters to 50 pounds, Jack Crevalle to 45 pounds and Sierra to 10 pounds kept rods bent
for those looking for short trips and good action. It sure was easy to run through a lot of bait
though! (Black Dog)
NOTES: A few big Tuna got all of us excited, hopefully it is a sign of things to come. As the
moon gets smaller the Marlin bite should turn on. There is still lots of Tuna off the East Cape, but
they are 35 miles out. The Dorado bite there dropped off as ours started to turn on. With our
fingers crossed, the fishing should continue to improve! This weeks report was written to the
sounds of Led Zeppelin on their 1990 Atlantic release “Remasters”, disc #1. Rock on Robert,
Jimmy and John! This week, just maybe, some of you may be familiar with the music and figured
out the group on the first song. Until next week, tight lines!
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Jun 20, 2003; 11:29AM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo Fish report 6/5/03 - 6/19/03
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky Susan Richards
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We have had some very changeable conditions over the past two weeks in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. The last two weeks have resembled more the April turnover than the normally red hot fishing that we experience at this time of the year. Still despite daily changes in the conditions, some outstanding catches were reported. The beginning of the period started out with cold green water extending out to the 30 miles mark. The new moon made quick work of that and within 5 days the blue water was literally in the bay. Dennis and Mare Dore of Seattle Washington, fishing aboard the Janeth scored their first ROOSTERFISH landing two which went over the 50lb mark and loosing another big fish. Fabian Sanchez fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 2 lost a huge PARGO after a 30 minute fight and then proceeded to land a 40lb ROOSTRFISH, 2 SAILFISH and 1 TUNA all on his first day of fishing. Dave and Deb Fogg along with Kim Hale fishing aboard the Llamarada landed 3 SAILFISH missed another 3 and landed 66 YELLOWFIN TUNA in three days of fishing. New Jersey anglers, Ron & Jeff Reinhardt, fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos I turned in the single best offshore day of the week landing 9 SAILFISH. Texas Angler Marshall Treadwell fishing a combination of 5 days aboard the Dos Hermanos 2, Secuestro and Vamonos 3 landed 5 SAILFISH, 25 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 6 ROOSTERFISH, 4 JACKS, 7 BONITOS and 4 large NEEDLEFISH. Kansas Angler John Ludwikowski fishing aboard the Dos Hermanos 1 for 4 days landed 3 SAILFISH , 14 ROOSTERFISH and 4 JACKS. Mr. Herman Pass fishing aboard the Vamonos 3 landed 5 SAILFISHG and 8 YELLOWFIN TUNA in two days of fishing. The amount of SARDINES and BONITO in the area is nothing short of amazing. Near the end of the week offshore action was a close a 3 miles and the ROOSTERFISH have returned in big number. Downrigging with Zwings and live BONITO is the best way to catch up with a 60 plus pounder at the rocks while the Cotton Cordell Pencil popper and the Roberts spoon lures are top producers all along the beach.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Some daily sprinkles and passing squalls followed by hot humid afternoons.
Sea Conditions: Calm to Moderate
Bait Supply: Excellent
Best fishing area: Inshore Petitland, offshore: 3 - 10 miles out in front of Ixtapa Island
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
Susan Richards
Ixtapa Sportfishing Charters Herman P
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Jun 17, 2003; 10:31AM - Guatemala Fishing June 7th and 8th
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Category: Guatemala Sport Fishing
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Author Name: The Great Sailfishing Company
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On June 7th and 8th Dr.James Woods out of Texas went out on The Gipsy a 32ft.Blackfin The waters had been very rough since there had been several storms in last two weeks. The seas where rough water temp. around 78F. The Gipsy had to go about 40-45 miles before coming to the fishing grounds and after releasing 4 Pacific sails Dr.Woods brought out his 12wt.fly-fishing rig using a blue/green pattern fly. The Gipsy managed to raise and bring within casting range 5 sails on both days. On both days Dr.Woods managed to hook three sails however,they spit the flies after short battles. Other fish caught where yellowfin tuna and dorado. Which the mates prepared for lunch on the second day. For more infomation on Guatemala Sport Fishing contact us at info@greatsailing.com or go to www.greatsailfishing.com
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