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Feb 27, 2012; 11:31AM - 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
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
February 20 - 26, 2012
WEATHER: This was a strange week as one day the wind was howling and the next it was calm. I was fishing with friends on a Panga Thursday, nice when we left the marina and by 9am there were whitecaps everywhere. It seemed that the winds did not really start blowing hard until about 10am, and sometimes the switched direction 180 degrees. There was no way to forecast this and every trip was a crap-shoot as to how the water was going to be. We did have sunny skies all week with just a bit of cloud cover on Tuesday and Saturday. Highs were in the mid 80's and lows were in the low 60's.
WATER: As of the end of the week that large area of warm water which had been approaching from the east had entered and begun to affect our area. Starting about Tuesday the water from the Gorda Point area in a line to the southwest had 74 degree water on the east side and 66 degree water on the west side. At the end of the week this warm water had pushed it's way along the Cortez side until we had 70 degree water inside of the 1,000 fathom line and 74 degree water outside the line with a still existing plume of the warm water running from Punta Gorda through the 1150 and southward. On the Pacific side the 69 degree water expanded to the north and west as well, with water inside of boundaries set by Todo Santos, the Golden Gate Bank and the San Jaime Bank and to the south being a steady 69 degrees. Outside of these areas the water dropped several degrees to 67. Surface conditions varied widely due to the inconsistent winds, rough as a cob on the Pacific side one day, smooth there and rough on the Cortez side the next.
BAIT: Mackerel and Caballito were the baits available at the normal $3 each and there were actually some decent numbers of Sardines to be found at the normal $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Most of the boats had a great deal of difficulty finding Marlin this past week, my guess is that perhaps only 10-15% of them managed to get a Striped Marlin to eat. There were, however, a few magicians out there. T.J. Managed to be consistent in getting four to six fish per trip and a few other boats (not many) managed to hook up every trip. For the most part though, the fleet boats were not very successful close to home and the fish were scarce. The best areas appeared to be off the San Jose Canyon early in the week, as well as outside the 95 and 1150 area, and it is possible that the better catches were had up in the Vinorama area, a long way from home for us.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Except for two days, the Tuna were absent in any numbers in our area. The exception was Thursday and Friday when several pods of Porpoise 6 miles out from the arch managed to produce a few fish in the 15-25 pound class. Not great numbers, with the better boats only getting three or four fish, but better than we have seen in several weeks. I heard that the bite that had been happening up on the Inman Bank for Yellowfin had dropped off quite a bit as well, and combined with the wind boats fishing there were lucky to get one fish to the boat while using live Sardines and chunk baits.
DORADO: The warm water that moved in brought some Dorado with it as evidenced by quite a few fish caught out by the 95 and 1150 that weighed 25-30 pounds. There were still a few small fish found close to shore in the San Jose area but other than that, almost nothing was happening with the Dorado. The ones caught offshore were hooked by boats fishing for Striped Marlin.
WAHOO: I did hear of four nice Wahoo caught this week, all in the 60 pound range. All of them were caught just outside the 1150 and 95 spot in the warmer water when it first moved into our area at the beginning of the week.
INSHORE: Yellowtail lost the title of fish of the week as the bite dropped off considerably. Most of the schooling fish had been coming from just off the arch, and that is supposed to be a no-fishing zone. I guess after seeing 35-40 boats fishing out there for four days in a row, the marines decided to do something about it and started chasing the boats away. Just as well it appears, because the fish had either been caught out or had moved on to a different area. Boats that extended their search range found more fish up around the Los Arcos and Margarita area. Larger fish to 35 pounds were caught while trolling large-lipped plugs under diving pelicans and frigates while smaller fish were caught while drifting live mackerel and Caballito. We managed to get one Yellowtail that weighed 23 pounds during our windy Thursday trip, as well a one Amberjack and several more good bites. Sierra are still available and one of the favorite area depending on the wind conditions has been just outside of the Chileno Beach area. There were some decent grouper caught this week by the inshore fishermen as well, one of them almost 150 pounds!
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: Great temperatures, if just the wind would settle down! Inshore fishing has been fine while offshore has been sketchy, but there are some nice fish to be caught. Lets see what this area of warm water brings us in the next week!
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Feb 25, 2012; 07:52PM - LIVING IN NAIROBI
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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LIVING IN NAIROBI
Word on the street is that East Cape fishing is lighting
up. Dorado and striped marlin are starting to show in
good numbers off shore a few miles south of Punta
Arena Light house. Only a boat or two have been out
there most days and are consistently having success.
In shore sierra mackerel continue to bite with El
Cardonal area producing the most action. Just a
couple miles off the beach in Buena Vista quality
sized yellowtail have made a showing. Live bait is key
to get the yellows going. I was out there yesterday
morning and had a hard time making bait. It took
until 8:30 to finally catch a mackerel. After pinning it
on and pitching it out it only took a 5 minutes to
hang a 25 pound yellowtail. Unfortunately I forgot my
camera but we had some great sashimi last night.
The weather is changing and we are now getting as
many calm days as windy ones. I've put away my Ugg
boots and we are not needing the fire place to warm
our home. We are going to put Jen Wren in tomorrow
for the first trips of the season and see what we can
stir up.
Back in 92 I was in LA for a long weekend and wanted
to pick up a spear gun that had been advertised in a
skindiving magazine. It was frustrating calling dive
shop after shop to find nobody had one in stock.
Finally talking to a shop owner I explained where we
live, why I wanted that particular gun and asked why
nobody in the Los Angeles area stocked them. He
said sir, where you are living is like Nairobi and we
just don't get calls for elephant guns. That reply has
always stuck with me and is a very good description
of the East Cape.
The areas we fish everyday on the Sea of Cortez have
produced 1,000 pound marlin, cow yellowfin tuna in
excess of 300 pounds and yes, the 'gladiator of the
sea' broadbill swordfish. We may not get a shot at
these trophies every day but the possibility is always
there. For just this reason we keep an elephant gun
rigged and ready on both Jen Wren boats. When the
opportunity for a trophy of a lifetime arises there is
no fumbling around for the right gear. We just grab
the stick that is prepared and always within short
reach for the occasion.
I love breaking out the big guns.
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
US cell 310 308 5841
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Feb 20, 2012; 11:12AM - 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
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
February 13 - 19, 2012
WEATHER: It's only February but the March winds have started. On Tuesday a breeze started up and continued to grow stronger throughout the morning, to the point that the Port Captain closed us to the exit of Pangas about 11AM. The clouds started to move in during the afternoon and we had cloudy skies with a stiff wind on Wednesday, Thursday the clouds had gone away but the wind was still blowing. Bu Saturday the winds had died down so there was just wind in the afternoon, and that was not too strong. The wind also brought us cold weather, I believe that on Wednesday the warmest we saw was 71 degrees while the coldest we reached was 51 degrees. Of course last year we got down to 47 degrees so we do have a little to be thankful of!
WATER: At the end of the week there was a band of 65 degree water running along the beach on the Pacific side that extended out a distance of 8 miles. West of there, across the Golden Gate and San Jaime banks to warmed just a touch to 66 degrees. Right in front of the Cape we had 68 degrees while farther up on the Cortez side, from Red Hill to the 1150 and across to Punta Gorda the water was a balmy 72 degrees. The cool water on the Pacific was slightly green while the water on the Cortez side was a nice blue color.
BAIT: Mackerel and Caballito were the baits available at the normal $3 each and there was a very limited supply of Sardinas to be found if you went to San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: While the bait stays away so do the Marlin and very few Striped Marlin were caught this week, at least in comparison to years past. Not that there were not fish out there, boats reported seeing three or four per day, but they are not eating. On Tuesday I watched the boats coming in and saw only one Marlin flag flying for about 20 boats. The fish that were caught this week seemed to bite live bait rather than striking lure, at least most of them did. And, to toss a bit of surprise into the fishing pot out there, a 575 pound Blue Marlin was brought in by a boat on Thursday. I did not get much information on the fish but assume it was caught in the warmer water on the Cortez side of the Cape.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Way offshore and far away were the Yellowfin Tuna this week. You either traveled 35 miles to the south and west or 35 miles up the coast on the Cortez side. Either direction it was a crap-shoot as if you did find the fish they would not always bit. To the south and west boats were looking for, and occasionally finding pods of porpoise, and some of them held fish. A good location might result in three or four of them, and once in a while a dozen or so, but the sizes were not great averaging just 12 pounds. Boats traveling up the Sea of Cortez were going to the Inman Bank area, chumming and drifting with Sardinas and chunk bait. Light leader and a quite boat were the key to these fish which were in the 30-50 pound class, but shy. You had to weed your way through the skip-jack, but at least you had a shot.
DORADO: I thought that the Dorado were gone, but there were a few caught this week, a big surprise since the water is so cool. Most of the fish I saw and heard of were small ones, less than 10 pounds but there were a few that may have been 18 pounds or so. Anglers getting them were fishing for Yellowtail just off the beach or Yellowfin up by the Inman Banks. Live bait was the key but some of them bit on chunks baits as well.
WAHOO: I did not see or hear of a Wahoo caught this week, but don't doubt there were a few caught. All the red and orange flags I saw were being flown for Sierra.
INSHORE: Yellowtail were the fish of the week but shared the title with Sierra. More Sierra than Yellowtail, but the Yellowtail were larger and fought harder. Almost all the action on both species happen just off the beach on the Pacific side on the cool water. Both live bait and yo-yo's worked and the clue as always was to be in the right spot. Finding marks on the depth sounder, or drifting until a bite happened was necessary, then figuring out the current and drift and going over the spot time after time resulted in some fine catches. One of the boats we had out had one angler aboard and landed 5 Yellowtail that were between 15 and 25 pounds, a real nice result for 5 hours fishing. Other species available were grouper and snapper as well as some small rooster-fish.
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: Cold weather or not, it's nice that we have some fish to target out there, and Yellowtail is not only great to eat, they also fight like the devil! Offshore fishing was sketchy this week, the best fishing occurred near the beach, and there was the added bonus of being able to watch the whales as well. Thanks for reading the blog and the report!
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Feb 19, 2012; 08:16PM - A WHALE OF A PRIZE!
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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A WHALE OF A PRIZE
After a few days of windy weather the Sea of Cortez
has laid down nicely today. The water along our
beach is clear, blue and loaded with bait fish. I am
excited that conditions look right for fishing to go off
as spring arrives.
The change in weather came just in time for the newly
formed non profit 'East Cape Sportfishing Club'
consisting of 14 members to hold their first
tournament today. Five entries fished for 3 hours with
a target species of sierra mackerel. Winning was
based on total weight for a 5 fish maximum.
I witnessed the tournaments shot gun start from the
beach at the Gaviota palapa in Buena Vista at 7AM for
the 3 boats that arrived on time. Wining 2,800 pesos
in 1st place with total weight of 7.995 for 5 fish was
Isrial 'Cayuyu' Castro. 2nd prize of 1,200 pesos was
taken by Winslow who also weighed 5 fish. Cayuyu
also won the 1,350 peso jack pot with a 2.33 kilo
fish.
Felipe Valdez said 15 other applications to join the
new club have been received from local Mexicans and
Americans. The club is waiting for final approval of
their paper work from Hacienda and other
governmental agencies before accepting more
members. He also went on to say the club was formed
by the community and is for the community of the
East Cape. Besides introducing sportfishing to our
youth they will promote and support independent
charter operators and have a voice in regulation and
protection of sport fish in our area.
During our high season April though November Jen
Wren boats are constantly on the water and our
fishing tackle gets put to the test everyday. Fishing
rods need some required maintenance at the end of
the season but on a daily basis just rinsing the salt of
the guides and reel seats and then drying them has
worked for me. Fishing reels require more attention.
Before washing a reel we make sure the drag is on
full. This assures that no water will get to the drag
while washing. Then we make sure they are
completely dried. Once a month or so I lubricate the
handle, clicker and drag adjustment knob with Reel X.
If I know a reel is not going to get used for more than
a month we remove the mono top shot. If this is not
done, moisture can be trapped on the Spectra
backing causing it to rot and shorten it's life.
Seven years ago I received my first Accurate reel as a
gift. To tell you the truth, being a tried and true gold
reel man, I didn't think much of it at the time. As time
went along I came to really like that little platinum
reel. Then the light came on. Twin drags are the real
deal. It is not a gimmick. Having stopping power on
both sides of the reel spool is what makes their drag
smoothest in the industry. The spool doesn't torque
to one side as your car would with just brakes on one
side.
Over the last 6 years I have migrated to using
Accurate reels exclusively and have never looked
back. Now Jen Wren boats are fully equipped with
them. It is amazing we have NEVER had to change a
drag washer in an Accurate reel. Since using these
reels we have never lost a fish due to reel failure.
When we send a reel to Accurate for service it returns
with a full written report. There is a check list the
technician fills out which gives assurance everything
has been checked. There is a list of any parts
replaced along with the old parts. My reports this year
even told how long each reel was worked on. The
average was 55 to 65 minutes. Seems like a long time
in the right environment with the right tools. That
gives me confidence the reels come out like new. I
was surprised to learn all this information goes into
Accurate's data base. If they find a certain model reel
is wearing the same part they want to know and will
investigate why.
Wow, not sure how I got off on that but my feelings
are strong. As promised last week, here is my story
on how Jen Wren got involved with the Fred Hall show
in Long Beach that will be from March 7th through
the 11th.
Last month I was invited by long time friend Pete Gray
to be on his radio show Let's talk Hook Up. The
anticipation was nerve racking but fielding questions
from callers and talking about the East Cape turned
out to be a kick in the pants.
Pete always asks his guests if they will donate a prize
to give away to his callers. Wanting to get the biggest
bang for my buck I asked John Ireland if he would
participate. To my surprise he ponied up a 3 night
stay at Rancho Leonero. In addition to that, we gave
away a days fishing on Jen Wren III. Pete's phones
rang off the hook.
The next thing I know I'm being contacted by the Fred
Hall Show promoters. Every year they give away a
grand prize to one lucky winner who attends their
show. They liked the prize given away by Pete and
were thinking about something similar. One thing led
to another and with the graciousness of John Ireland
and Jack Nilsen we came up with a whale of a prize.
HERE IS A WHALE OF A PRIZE
Go fishing with Jack!!! Accurate Fishing is sponsoring
the Fred Hall Grand Prize trip giveaway this year. An
awesome trip for (2) to Rancho Leonero in the east
cape for 5 days including 2 days fishing aboard Jen
Wren Sportfishing with Accurate's own Jack Nilsen as
your newest fishing partner and personal
photograher. This prize includes airfare and ground
transportation too. Just visit the Accurate booth at the
Fred Hall Shows and enter to win. This is an
opportunity you don't want to miss!
If you plan on attending the show please stop by. We
will be located next Michael Fowlkes 'Inside
Sportfishing' and across from Accurate Reels on
tackle row.
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
US cell 310 308 5841
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Feb 15, 2012; 01:22AM - Northern BC Canada Fishing Report February 14, 2012
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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Fishing Report from Noel Gyger http:// www.noelgyger.ca for Monday January 23, 2012 Terrace and Kitimat
Current LIVE Fishing Report can be read anytime 24-7 at: http://www.noelgyger.ca/current-fishing-reports.htm
Commentary: The extreme cold weather is gone, for now? It is warm enough to go fishing for Steelhead and Trout. If you go please be careful wading on the ice shelves and stay warm and safe.
Skeena River: Water is barely fishable. Lots of ice flow in the river . Some great Steelhead can still be had, plus some good Trout Fishing. Be careful walking on the ice near the edge of the river. Reg: all wild Steelhead everywhere in British Columbia are catch and release.
Kalum River: Both the lower and upper sections are in good shape. Watch for ice shelves in the deep pools. A good run of Steelhead is in the river now.
Lakelse River: The water is in good shape and fishing for Steelhead, Trout is fair.
Zymoetz (Copper) River: Water is full of floating ice, makes for tough fishing. Facts: Last year we had a record run of Steelhead, let’s hope at least we have another good run this year….so far so good.
Kitimat River: Trout fishing is fair where the river is free of ice.
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Feb 13, 2012; 12:33PM - 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
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
February 6-12, 2012
WEATHER: We started last week with some very nice weather and then mid week we had some heavy clouds and rain move in. Wednesday was cloudy and had some decent rain in a few areas around here, up to an inch in scattered locations, but only a light scattering here in town. During the week were the low's were in the 50's while highs were lucky to break the 80 degree mark early in the week, but by Saturday we had gotten 82 degrees showing here at the house. Late in the week saw some heavy wind from the north, the rest of the week it had been from the west.
WATER: The water on the Cortez side of the Cape changed this week after the cold front that brought us rain moved through. Early in the week there had been a hot area of 74 degree water just inside the 1,000 fathom line as well as a hot spot on top of the San Jaime Bank on the Pacific side. At the end of the week the water across our area had cooled to an average of 70 degrees on both side of the Cape with a cooler band of 68 degree water running along the beach on the Pacific side. Surface conditions early in the week were great but as the cold and rain moved in so did the wind and by Wednesday the Pacific side had really gotten rough and choppy, but it had calmed down by Friday. On the Cortez side the same conditions occurred but with less effect, and then at the end of the week the winds switched and started to come from the north, bringing up choppy conditions from San Jose and northward.
BAIT: Mackerel and Caballito were the baits available at the normal $3 each and there was a very limited supply of Sardinas to be found if you went to San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It appears that the Striped Marlin are scarce this week as few boats were returning with blue flags flying. Those that were getting fish were finding them offshore from 10 to 20 miles on both sides of the Cape, but there seemed to be slightly higher concentrations around the 1150 and 95 spots than in other areas. Fish were spotted on the surface on the Pacific side but most of them were not in the feeding mood, ignoring lures and live bait. My best guess is that less than 15% of the boats managed to hook a billfish this week, but not for lack of trying.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Just like last week, the offshore fishing for Yellowfin remained slow. There were pods of porpoise out there but you were only able to catch fish if you were in the right spot at the right time. The first boat to a school might get four of five fish and the second boat get nothing, or the first boat might just get one fish, it varied, but most of the porpoise found had no fish under them. Just like last week, the best action on Yellowfin seemed to happen close to the beach on the Cortez side up at the Inman Banks. Boats from San Jose were fishing there and an occasional boat from Cabo went the distance to try, but even for them it was scratchy fishing with fish from 20 to 80 pounds being the result of weeding through the skip-jack that were everywhere. Drifted Sardinas and chunks of skip-jack fished on fluro-carbon leader was the key.
DORADO: The fishing for Dorado remained slow this week, just like last week. Very few are being caught and the majority of them are no larger than 10 pounds. Close to shore on the Pacific side and along the beach off of Palmilla have been where the majority of fish have been and the best results have been from drifting with live sardinas and chumming heavily. There have been a few fish in the 15-20 pound class, but they have been the exception.
WAHOO: Most of the red or orange flags we have seen have been for Sierra or Shark instead of for Wahoo. The water is just on the cool side of the Wahoo preference so there have been very few of them caught this week.
INSHORE: A repeat of last week with as many Sierra as you want, there does not seem to be a scarcity of them! Of course they are small, most between 2 and 4 pounds, but great smoked or used for ceviche. Trolling small hootchies or rapallas right outside the surf break resulted in most of the fish, but live bait on wire leader also worked. There were some very nice Yellowtail caught as well, but most of them were caught on live bait dropped down to just off the bottom on the rock piles. Unlike last week, iron worked just off the bottom did produce some fish, but unless it was blue/silver you worked your arms off for little result. There were some small Roosterfish as well as some Pompano and skip jack inshore. Those that targeted bottom fish managed to find snapper to 20 pounds in the rock piles right on the beach and there were plenty of trigger fish in water between 60 and 120 feet deep as well as some grouper to 15 pounds.
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe! We made a quick trip to Mag Bay and came home with fresh shrimp, Yummy!!!!
NOTES: Football is over for the year so it's time to watch some golf and maybe play a few rounds, get in some time on the water to catch some Yellowtail and do some cooking on the grill on Sundays. Great weather and some fine inshore fishing should result in a fine week to come. This weeks report was written the the sounds of Tawny snoring at my feet, waiting for the trip to the beach and some swimming.
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Feb 6, 2012; 11:53AM - 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
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
January 30-Feb 5, 2012
WEATHER: Our cool winter days continue as the nighttime temps are down in the mid 50's. The good news is that the days have been warming up nicely and we are seeing 80 degrees in the daytime. The winds have been moderate from the northwest and occasionally early in the morning a light breeze springs up from the northeast. We did experience a bit of cloud cover toward the end of the week and it appears as if the coming week may cool things down just a bit more.
WATER: Both sides of the Cape are seeing water between 69 and 70 degrees with the cooler water right in front of us. On the Pacific side the warmer water is on the San Jaime Bank and to the southwest of there, on the Cortez side it extends from Chileno Bay up to Los Frailles and out to the 1,000 fathom line. Surface conditions have been great on the Cortez side with small swells and smooth water. On the Pacific side the water has been a bit more rough with swells at 2-5 feet and a bit of wind chop starting mid-morning.
BAIT: No change from last week, small Caballito, some Mackerel and some junk baits were available at $3 each, frozen horse Ballyhoo could be had for between $3 and $4 each and there were some sardines to be found toward San Jose at $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: We had one day this week where it looked as if things were really starting to take off, but the next day the bubble had already burst. Early in the week the Golden Gate Bank had bait all over the place and there were feeding Marlin, cruising Marlin and birds working the bait boils everywhere. Boats were getting multiple hook-ups and releasing between three and six fish in a trip. The next day almost 35 boats made the trip and there were about two or three fish caught. What a disappointment! There were occasional fish showing up to the south of the San Jaime Bank as well as near the shore on the Pacific side. I also heard reports that off of the San Jose Canyon there had been some fish showing up. All the week long, except for one day, it was a matter of putting in the time and keeping your fingers crossed.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: As the warm water on the Pacific side shifted back toward the southwest the fish moved as well. The cruiser were having to travel 35 to 40 miles to get into the fish, and even then there was no guarantee you could find them since many of the porpoise pods did not have fish on them. To go along with that, many of the fish were in the football class instead of schooling fish, 10-15 pounds instead of 15-30 pounds. That's a long run for a few small fish. I did hear that on Friday and Saturday, the end of our week, the action picked up at the Inman Bank up off Punta Gorda on the Cortez side. Boats drifting the Bank and chumming with Sardinas were getting into some decent Yellowfin Tuna, a few to 80 pounds, but you still had to week through the skip jack for them. A good morning would result in five or six decent fish.
DORADO: Very few are being caught and the majority of them are no larger than 10 pounds. Close to shore on the Pacific side and along the beach off of Palmilla have been where the majority of fish have been and the best results have been from drifting with live sardinas and chumming heavily.
WAHOO: Most of the red or orange flags we have seen have been for Sierra or Shark instead of for Wahoo. The water is just on the cool side of the Wahoo preference so there have been very few of them caught this week.
INSHORE: Go out and catch as many Sierra as you want, there does not seem to be a scarcity of them! Of course they are small, but great smoked or used for ceviche. Trolling small hootchies or rapallas right outside the surf break resulted in most of the fish, but live bait on wire leader also worked. There were some very nice Yellowtail caught as well, but almost everyone of them was caught on live bait dropped down to just off the bottom on the rock piles. Anglers were reporting that yo-yo'ing iron was not working at all. There were some small Roosterfish as well as some Pompano and skip jack inshore. Those that targeted bottom fish managed to find snapper to 20 pounds in the rock piles right on the beach and there were plenty of trigger fish in water between 60 and 120 feet deep as well as some grouper to 15 pounds.
FISH RECIPE: Mary's post this week was a Snapper recipe with poblano rice! That combination was fantastic and we will be doing that one again as soon as we get some more snapper!
NOTES: Superbowl today! I am just hoping for a good game and don't really care who wins. I take that back, I hope we win on one of the squares we bought at Tanga-Tanga! Leaving the house soon for the Sunday walk on the beach, then home for breakfast, some gardening and then down to watch the game. Music for the week was thanks to Mark Rau who loaned me the CD “Lower Case Letters” by guitarist Shawn Hopper, released by Favored Nations Records. Thanks Mark, great acoustic guitar!
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Feb 3, 2012; 06:11PM - I CALL IT THE MPS
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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I CALL IT THE 'MPS'
When the wind doesn't blow the marlin want to go.
I just spoke with a couple of fishermen who stayed at
the Los Barriles Hotel and fished a local charter boat
for the last three days. The first two days weather was
calm and they accounted for 2 striped marlin and 10
dorado. Their last day the wind hooped up and the
count was a goose egg.
This is typical for winter time fishing on the East
Cape. The bite can be good but is never consistent. I
believe all the ups and downs in weather is the
largest contributing factor. It has been the same deal
fishing for yellowtail. No doubt they are in the
neighborhood. One day a guy can go out and bag a
couple 30-35 pounders and the next day they are
gone. Two or three days later they bite again.
Personally I can't wait to get past February. Entering
March we are over the hump and the bite is much
more consistent. Warming water and more active bait,
turns sea life on. Turns me on also. In March the
marlin start to pile up in large schools and sometimes
yellowfin tuna make an early showing. Roosterfish
become active and the whole sea starts to wake up
from winter. It is also when sightings and the shot at
a swordfish are at their best. Talk about a turn on!
When I moved to the East Cape in 1991 GPS's were
not available and Loran's did not work in this area.
Navigating the Sea of Cortez was done with a
compass and a wrist watch. The local fishermen
would find their sweet spots and relate their location
to each other by using a triangulation method. Not
knowing the names of mountain peaks or different
beach areas, I installed a direction finder on my boat.
With that, I could at least tell which direction they
were broadcasting from. The direction finder never
did work very well but learning the Mexican method
has. Now folks will ask how did you find that other
boat or sweet spot without your GPS. My anwser is
the MPS ...
'Mexican Positioning System'.
Can't hardly wait for spring!
Mark Rayor
teamjenwren.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
US cell 310 308 5841
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Jan 30, 2012; 10:58AM - 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
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
January 23-29, 2012
WEATHER: Having just returned from visiting family in Oklahoma I thought I would be nice and warm when I got back here, but I found myself wearing a sweater all day yesterday even though everyone else was walking around in t-shirts. Guess it may take a while for me to thaw out! It was actually pretty nice this week with our daytime highs in the mid 80's and the lows in the mid 60's. I was told that it was cloudy and a bit breezy earlier in the week and that I brought the sun back with me when I returned Tuesday. Since then we have had mostly sunny skies with a bit of a breeze starting up in the middle of the morning.
WATER: I ran a loop on the water temperatures this week and it appears that the warm water we have been seeing just to the west of the San Jaime bank earlier in the week has slowly moved toward us, to the point that it is now on top of the San Jaime. This is 70 degree water, three degrees warmer that the expanse of ocean between the Banks and Cabo. Right along the beach on the Pacific side we are seeing much cooler water at 63 degrees, but this only extend off the beach about a mile. The water on the Pacific side has been a very nice blue while the water immediately off the Cape has been greenish and the water in the Sea of Cortez has had a slight green tinge. Right in San Lucas bay we have 64 degree water, I am not gong swimming anytime soon, I don't want to freeze! Swells on the Pacific side have been moderate at an average of 3-5 feet, slightly larger in the current lines off the points and down current of the sea-mounts. On the Cortez side they have been smaller as normal at 2-4 feet.
BAIT: No change from last week, small Caballito, some Mackerel and some junk baits were available at $3 each, frozen horse Ballyhoo could be had for between $3 and $4 each and there were a few sardines to be found toward San Jose at $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Normally in the cooler water, this week they Striped Marlin seem to have concentrated (if you can call it that) in the warmer water atop the San Jaime Bank and just offshore in the San Jose Canyon. Still not there in great numbers, and still very picky due to all the 15 inch squid they have been feeding on, it is tough to get them to bite. With patience and enough fish to present to, some of the boats managed to release as many as four fish during a charter, but most of them were happy to get one or two releases. One thing the presence of this size squid signifies is that sometime soon we should start seeing more Swordfish, as these squid are the perfect prey for them. They also seem to show up in the slightly green water so I expect the next one caught will be from outside the Gorda Banks.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: With the warm water on the Pacific side moving in closer to us the run to the fish has lessened, but that does not mean that running to the warm water will guarantee you Yellowfin. The fish are scattered out in the porpoise and not all the porpoise have tuna associated with them. As you can see it is a bit of a crap-shoot, but if you do manage to get into the fish there have been some nice ones to 60 pounds being caught. Of course those are the exception, most of the fish have been between 12 and 25 pounds with a decent number of them 20-40 pounds. On the Cortez side of the Cape the most and steadiest action has taken place up on the Inman bank area. Chumming with sardinas from a dead, quiet boat while using very light flouro-carbon leader as small as 20 pound test has resulted in quite a few hook-ups on fish to 80 pounds. The only problem has been weeding through all the Bonita and skip jack to get to the Yellowfin! On a positive note, this also allows you to start using chunks if you run out of sardinas.
DORADO: I am very surprised that we are still seeing any Dorado at all coming in to the docks as the water is much cooler than they normally like. While there have been a few nice fish in the 20# and over size class, most of the fish have been 10#'s or less. The focus of those fishing for Dorado has shifted from the Pacific side to the Cortez side, mainly due to the very clod water just off the beach on the Pacific side. Boats working the rocky points off of Palmilla and off of Punta Gorda while chumming heavily have been having the best luck with an occasional limit for their anglers, but as I said, most of these have been small fish.
WAHOO: New moon phase is here so most of the red or orange flags we have seen have been for Sierra. The water is just on the cool side of the Wahoo preference so there have been very few of them caught this week.
INSHORE: The good news is that the Sierra bite is going good on small fish, there has been no problem with most anglers being able to limit out on these little razor-tooth fish. Also good news is the showing of Yellowtail along the rocky areas, some of them very nice size as well. I had a report of a boat that landed two of the, both over 25 pounds while fishing for Yellowfin Tuna on the Gorda Bank, and decent size schools of smaller fish averaging 8-10 pounds on the Pacific side. Small Roosterfish to 12 pounds have been schooling along the beach between Grey Rock and Cabo Del Sol as well. Toss in some nice snapper going up to 25 pounds and some scattered bottom fish as well and there is action and food to be had fishing along the beach!
FISH RECIPE: Mary posted a shrimp recipe we had this week, wow was that good stuff!
NOTES: Superbowl is not going to be as interesting as I was hoping since there will not be a west coast team this year, but I had a great time watching the playoffs with my Dad. I am glad to be back in the land of warmth and will be walking the beach this morning with Mary and our pup Tawny and our friends Mark and Shar. I wont be going in the water since it is too cool for me, but the pup will have a great time as usual. This weeks report was written to the music of Ernest Ranglin, check out some of his music on you-tube! “Below the Baseline” is awesome as well as my favorite, “Catch That Train”. Until next week, tight lines!
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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Jan 23, 2012; 11:56AM - 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
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
January 16 - 22, 2012
WEATHER: The week started off nice warm and sunny. Temps in the low 80's. Moving towards the end of the week the cloud cover moved in and out temps were a mid to hi 70's. Which isn't bad unless the wind picks up. For the most part, it is beautiful weather of course. We don't get anything else here in Cabo! These high clouds have made for some awesome sunrise and sunset pictures.
WATER: The warmer waters have been south and around to San Jaime Bank, temps 73-75, while Gordo Banks is cooling off with only 70 degree water. The warmer water is holding the striped marlin.
BAIT: Small Caballito, some Mackerel and some junk baits were available at $3 each, frozen horse Ballyhoo could be had for between $3 and $4 each and there were a few sardines to be found toward San Jose at $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Billfish finally picked up this week. The warm waters out by San Jaime Bank are holding marlin. A few boats are catching them. They have lots of squid to feed on, so you need to work them to take your bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Pretty much the same as last week, if this is what you want to target. Probably the fish of the week in terms of numbers, at least for the off-shore species, they were not the fish of the week in terms of size. Most of the fish found were football sized, and they were being very picky when it came to feeding. Scattered pods of Porpoise were found from just off the beach to 30 miles out on the Pacific side and one out of three held these smaller fish. The key to success was small hootchies, as small as two inches fished on 20 pound leader. With the fish ranging in size from 6 to 15 pounds you still got a good fight if you were using the lighter tackle, but if one of the very few fish in the 35 pound class happened to bite. Boats traveled up to 50 miles to the west trying to find larger fish in the warmer water but did not have any success.
DORADO: They are still hanging around. Most likely because of the 70 degree water is still around. As our water temps drop into the 60's they will disappear until June. I saw a couple of really nice ones in the 25-30 lb range, but most of them are in the l0 lb range.
WAHOO: Lots of wahoo flags this week, of course this time of year, mostly they are flown for sierra. The sierra seem a little small to me this year, but still some decent numbers being caught.
INSHORE: Most of my inshore clients this week have been fly-fishing. The roosterfish are here along with sierra. Make sure you bring sinking leader. Snappers showing up if you know where to get them. They have been catching a few small tuna and dorado inshore also.
FISH RECIPE: I wasn't happy with what I came up with last week, so I didn't post it. Tried to do some dorado with a balsamic vinegar and honey sauce. I used fresh honey instead of store bought and it came out way too sweet. I'll try again and get it right. Tawny on the other hand loved it!
NOTES: Report is a little short this week as it usually is when I write it. George is visiting his family in Oklahoma city. I am not as creative as he is. He will be back writing the reports next week! Tight lines, I am off to take Tawny for her Sunday romp at the beach so she will sleep through football. (am I a bad Mom?) Rooting for the 49er's today. I think the Superbowl needs a West Coast Team.
Have a great week, catch lots of fish, and get those reservations for Cabo made!
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