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Feb 21, 2011; 11:44AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
www.flyhooker.com
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
February 14-20, 2011
Weather: We had great weather this week with the daytime highs in the high 80's and the nighttime lows in the mid 70's. Mostly sunny skies with just light breezes from the east mostly, with the winds shifting and coming from the northwest at a fairly brisk pace at the end of the week.
Water: Surface conditions on both the Pacific side and the Sea of Cortez were great this week with the exception of the last day of the week as the wind started to blow in the night and the water chopped up on the Pacific side. On the Cortez side the water was calm with swells at their normal 1-3 feet and afternoon breezes from the east causing a very light chop mid-week. The big change from last week was in the water temperatures. On the Pacific side from the Cape to the San Jaime there was a temperature break of about 3 degrees with the water to the south warmer at 70 degrees and the water to the north a cooler 67 degrees. The exact same situation occurred up at Punta Gorda in the Vinorama area with the northern water just a degree cooler at 66 degrees. There was a warm spot that popped up on Saturday at the 1150 that registered 77 degrees and a few boats that became aware went in that direction to check it out but it had spread out and disappeared by late afternoon.
Bait: Caballito, a few Mackerel and a scattering of misc. other large baits could be bought at $3 each and if you were quick and lucky you could get a scoop of Sardinas for $25.
FISHING
Billfish: Well, I don't know if it is because of the full moon or not, but there seems to be a few more Marlin biting this past week that we have had for the weeks prior. We had clients that were seeing fish every day, and hooking up to them, but only about half of those hooked up were making it to the boat for a release. Our best day of fishing this week on Marlin was two fish released for two hooked up. One of them was a very decent estimated #160 Striped Marlin, the other the usual #110. Both fish were caught on slow trolled dead bait, and both were within 10 miles of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. This area seems to have had the majority of fish spotted this week, but they are still not very hungry. A few Swordfish were seen on the surface as well, but boats trying to drop bait down for them were having an issue with strong sub-surface currents and could not get the baits deep enough, finding some Thresher Sharks instead. There were also a large number of juvenile Mako Sharks out there, this cool water seems to be when they show up. Most of them were in the 15-40 pound class and they could be seen jumping and flipping out of the water on occasion.
Yellowfin Tuna: The Yellowfin Tuna bite had been decent if you were in the right place at the right time. The problem was that getting those two things at the same time seemed to be pretty much a crap-shoot. A lot of boats were able to find Porpoise that were holding great meter marks of Tuna, but could not get a bite to save their lives. Some of these pods of fish were within a few miles of the beach, others were over 30 miles offshore. There seemed to be a decent bite to the north on the Sea of Cortez off of San Jose, and some of the fish were a decent 30 pounds, but for the most part the fish that were found were footballs of 10-18 pounds, and a decent catch was a few fish per boat. Those that were lucky enough to draw the lottery numbers were able to limit out on these fish, but as I said, there was no guarantee at all!
Dorado: There were a few more Dorado flags this week, but almost all of them were very small fish, less than 6 pounds. They were caught by boats working inshore for Sierra, as there were always lots of red flags, as well as release flags underneath. Unfortunately we did see a large number of these small fish leave the docks in bags being carried by the crews.
Wahoo: Full moon, guess what? Yep, almost no Wahoo to speak of, although I did hear of a few fish to 30 pounds caught up off the Punta Gorda area early in the week.
Inshore: It seems as if the Sierra have moved up the Pacific coast just a little bit. During the middle of the week a few Pangas were crying that they could not find any, but others were reporting good results just past Migraino. The same situation occurred for the Yellowtail as the bite dropped off on them as well as they continued to move around. Right place, right time and fish that averaged 15 pounds and went up to 30 pounds were bending rods, if you were not lucky then your wrists and arms hurt from yo-yo'ing for hours on small spots of fish. A few nice Pargo and other snapper were caught in the rocks and there was a scattering of other species such as Needle fish, bonito and grouper. The best live baits were Sardinas for the Sierra, rigged on a very light bite wire, and Caballito for the Pargo and grouper.
Notes: Thank goodness it has warmed up! We were able to take the quilt off of the bed. Our house guest for the past two weeks, Sandy West, has returned to South Dakota, stay warm Sandy! There are plenty of whales out there, I was standing at the first tee box at Cabo Real Golf Course on Saturday (starter) and saw a full breach offshore that threw up a splash larger than the 60' sport fisherman that was watching her! While Sandy was here we went out to eat at Maro's Shrimp house (reservations suggested, they are VERY popular) and had five jumbo shrimp and a New York Strip. We all agreed that the New York was one of the best we have ever had! Way to go Maro! We had some Wahoo left early in the week from the chunk we received from the 70 pound fish last week and Mary fixed it with a marinade of Vidalia Onion dressing, sauteed in a skillet. Wow! THE LEFTOVERS WERE GREAT AS WELL! The music for this week is a bit of a throwback for me, back to my jazzy days, a little bit of mellowness with John Klemmer on the Tenor Sax on his 1979 RCA release “Nexus One (for Trane)”
Track #1, Mr. P.C., and #4, Impressions, were written by John Coltrane. Until next week, have a great time and tight lines!
Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
February 20, 2011
Anglers –
Crowds of tourists increased this past week, as the weather conditions warmed
up, we enjoyed clear sunny days that reached 80 degrees and with light winds
this made for great conditions offshore for visiting anglers. Ocean water
conditions averaged 69 to 71 degrees throughout most of the area, with a warmer
current of 73 to 74 degree area 12 to 15 miles offshore of San Jose del Cabo.
As the waters on the local fishing grounds warmed a few degrees in the past ten
days, this apparently helped improve the all around fishing action. Definitely
the most talked about bite has been the yellowfin tuna out of La Playita/Puerto
Los Cabos Marina, which were now schooling on the Inner Gordo Banks. Word spread
quickly as charters were catching an average of two to six tuna per morning
while drift fishing with live and dead bait. With as many as fifty charter boats
congregating on this spot it made for heavy pressure and the yellowfin were
finicky. Anglers using lighter leaders of 30 to 40 lb. reported the best
success. As much bait as possible was needed to help entice these fish into a
feeding frenzy where they could be fooled into striking the hooked bait. With
limited supplies of sardinas and high demand, this made for a bait supply
situation, in fact San Jose del Cabo charters were traveling some twenty miles
north , near Vinormama, in order to obtain limited amounts of sardinas. But
these baitfish were necessary in order to catch these tuna, which were averaging
in weight from 15 to 50 pounds, with larger species to over one hundred pounds
seen feeding in recent days.
Could be time to break out some heavier tackle and try chunk fishing with cut
skipjack, one pangero told a story of hooking into a monster tuna on Thursday
while chumming and chunking with fresh skipjack, I guess the gear he was using
was simply not stout enough and they never had a chance at slowing the cow.
In recent days there were increased numbers of striped marlin encountered,
everyday there were handful of these billfish hooked into while anglers were
targeting the tuna with sardinas, these fish ranged from 100 to 120 lb. One
incredible catch of an 80 pound wahoo was accounted for on Thursday by an angler
using only a sardina for bait and mono leader, no wire, this also occurred on
the Inner Gordo Bank.
Earlier in the week there was good action found for yellowtail, amberjack and a
few other bottom species. The area of Cardon was consistent for anglers using
sardinas and yo-yo jigs in depths ranging from 120 to 160 feet. The amberjack
were mostly in the 15 to 25 pound class, yellowtail average 6 to 10 pounds, but
almost every day we saw a one or two thirty pound plus class yellowtail mixed in
with the smaller schoolies. Strong currents continue to make bottom fishing a
difficult and at times unpractical option, as at times it became so swift over
these rock piles that it was not easy to reach bottom and then even harder to
avoid snagging rocks and losing gear.
The combined panga fleet launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out
approximately 75 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
9 striped marlin, 6 mako shark, 8 dorado,166 yellowfin tuna, 22 Mexican bonito,
32 sierra, 18 roosterfish, 5 wahoo, 28 huachinago, 28 amberjack, 14 cabrilla,
142 yellowtail and 15 yellow snapper.
Good fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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Feb 17, 2011; 08:20PM - Book Your Chinook Trip Now!
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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http://www.noelgyger.ca
Weekly Fishing Reports (Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Meziadin North)
Noel Gyger February 6 to February 13, 2011
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: We had normal winter weather this week which means good Steelhead and Trout fishing.
The Skeena River is in good shape but full of ice flows and frozen over in spots. Be very careful walking on the ice ledges! There may be some Steelhead wintering over in some locations. The Trout and Dolly Varden Char are available year round.
The Kalum River is in good shape and fishing for Steelhead is excellent.
The Zymoetz (Copper) River is in fair shape and fishing for Steelhead is slow. The upper section closed for fishing on January 1st.
The Lakelse River is in fair shape and fishing for Steelhead and Trout is fair. Lake ice fishing is good. Beware of thin ice!
Kitimat River: The weather in Kitimat has been a bit warmer and we have received rain rather than snow. A few hard-core Trout fishers have been out catching Trout. The Kitimat Combo is the more productive method of fishing for Kitimat Trout.
Douglas Channel: The Douglas Channel was very quiet as the Recreation Halibut Season remains closed. A few boats wondered out to do a little Crabbing. Important Halibut Information at the end of my Report. Check out the Ron Wakita report below.
Prince Rupert has fantastic Winter Chinook fishing, weather depending. If you would like to book a comfortable, warm Charter Boat for Winter Chinook and Dungeness Crab in Kitimat or Prince Rupert please contact me noel@noelgyger.ca anytime.
There is a New! guiding and fishing destination for 2011 being developed in the far northwest of BC and Alaska Rivers where you can: 'fly fish for and catch salmon, steelhead and trout until your arms will feel like they will fall off!' Click on the Fishing Report BOOKMARK 'Gary Miltenberger - New Destination Stikine River plus a dozen more rivers' BOOKING NOW for 2011
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River Reports
Note: fishing reports for the Bulkley, Morice, Kispiox, Babine and Meziadin Rivers North are posted “in-season” only.
Kalum River Is in good shape both upper and lower end and fishing for Steelhead is excellent. Both spin and fly is working well. Reminder: Bait ban Jan 1 – Mar 15
Lakelse River Is in fair shape and fishing for Steelhead is fair.
Lakelse Lake Ice fishing for Trout is good.
Skeena River The Skeena River is full of ice flows, ice ledges and is frozen over in some locations.
Please be careful walking on the ice. Fishing for Steelhead is over. There may be some Trout available.
Zymoetz (Copper) River The water is in fair shape. There are some ice flows. The river is frozen over in some locations. Fishing for Steelhead is slow. Reminder: No fishing above the sign at the transmission line crossing (below) Zymoetz Canyon Jan 1 – June 15. You can still fish below the sign all winter.
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Fishing Guide and Tackle Shop Reports
Summary for Skeena and Tributaries
Fishing This Week
GOOD
Type of Fish Caught
River: Steelhead, Cutthroat Trout and Dolly Varden Char.
Ocean: All five species of Salmon, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness and King Crab for ocean.
Largest Fish of the Week
River: 15-pound Steelhead from the Kalum River. Ocean: none reported
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Ron Wakita: Reliable Guide and Charters, Kitimat BC
Website: www.kitimatfishingguideandcharters.com
Home Hardware Tackle Shop
E-mail wakita@telus.net
Phone 250-632-1275
Kitimat River The weather in Kitimat has been a bit warmer and we have received rain rather than snow. A few hard core Trout fishers have been out catching Trout. The Kitimat Combo is the more productive method of fishing for Kitimat Trout.
The Kitimat Combo is a Bubba's Bait Barn http://www.bubbasbaitbarn.com/ Dew Worm comboed with a Berkley http://www.purefishing.com/ Power Bait 3' worm float fished with a Gibbs http://www.gibbsfishing.com/ Float. We are receiving a fair amount of rain and the forecast is for a little snow.
Douglas Channel The Douglas Channel was very quiet as the Recreation Halibut Season remains closed. A few boats wondered out to a little Crabbing.
Special Report:
Feb 6 Glen Kilcup of Fishawk Guiding reports, 'Yesterday Bruce Miller and I snuck out with the jetboat on the upper Kalum....(good boating conditions) and we were able to get into a decent days fishing. Gibbs http://www.gibbsfishing.com/ Silver Koho 65 and copper Ironhead spoons were the winning factors. We saw about a half a dozen anglers who had walked in on various runs.'
Thank You to everyone for providing info and photos to this Fishing Report.
We are booking for the 2011 Fishing Season. Anyone interested please contact Noel noel@noelgyger.ca
Thank You to everyone who provided Photos and info to this Fishing Report.
We are booking for next year. We are also offering Gift Certificates for Guided Driftboat Trips, Jet Boat Trips and Saltwater Charters. These would make excellent Gifts anytime.
Good Health, Good Fishing
Sincerest regards, Ron Wakita
wakita@telus.net
www.kitimatfishingguideandcharters.com
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Conservation
February 8, 2011 - New From TheCanadian.org http://thecanadian.org/ : A Closer Look at Closed-Containment; Rafe on BC Politics & Environment; Ray Grigg; 3 Upcoming Events
'Closed-Containment Salmon Farming Highlighted at Seafood Summit' by Damien Gillis
A panel discussion on closed-containment salmon farming at last week's global Seafood Summit, held in Vancouver, highlighted both the encouraging progress of the emerging industry and the real challenges it faces to becoming large-scale competitor to open net pen farms. Notably, it reinforced a recent shift in the discussion. As one participant summarized, 'The conversation has gone from, 'Is it feasible?' to 'Where is it going to happen, how soon, and how much can it grow?''
http://thecanadian.org/k2/item/520-closed-containment-salmon-seafood-summit
Rafe: Time Enviros Tune into BC Politics
'It is time for all environmentalists to start looking very seriously at BC politics because after the NDP convention, we’ll be in the countdown to the next election. Even though the election will still be two years away, that will be the time we who care about environmental values must start turning it up, notch by notch.'...Rafe runs down the environmental/energy policy creed of the contenders for party leadership and BC premier.
http://thecanadian.org/k2/item/521-time-enviros-tune-into-in-bc-politics
Ray Grigg: Predicting the Future
In this latest edition of Ray Grigg's 'Shades of Green' series, the author discusses the work of Dr. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, a highly sought-after politics professor at New York University who employs game theory and mathematical models to predict the future...with a 90% success rate. What do the professor's predictions say about our ability to stick to emissions reduction targets and adequately address climate change?
http://thecanadian.org/k2/item/512-predicting-the-future-ray-grigg
Three Upcoming Events:
-Feb 16: SpOILed - The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival hosts an evening on the proposed Enbridge Pipeline. Multiple films and superb guest speakers - including Ian McAllister, spirit bear guide Marven Robinson, and photographer Garth Lenz. Feb 16 - 6:30 pm @ Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver (2300 Lonsdale Ave). For more info: http://email.incontrolsolutions.com/t/ViewEmail/y/EAC1A08D0D88DD4B
-Feb 19: Two 'Take Back Our BC' events - Port Alberni from 1-3 PM @ ADSS Auditorium; Tofino from 7:30-9:30 @ Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre.
We need your continued support to do what we do - please take a moment to contribute to our work: http://thecanadian.org/donate
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Highway Webcam – Terrace BC
Go here: http://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/html/www/111.html to view road conditions. This one is near Terrace BC and is located at the junction of Highway 16 and Highway 37, looking east on Highway 16. The image will update every 15 to 30 minutes.
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Preliminary Salmon Outlook for 2011
Prepared November 24, 2010 by North Coast StAD and Institute of Ocean Science
Preliminary forecast of status (version 1)
Categorical, not quantitative
Status and targets are based on a variety of approaches including expert opinion
Skeena Region Outlook
Chinook
Lower Range - below target
Upper Range - near target
Coho
Lower Range - conservation concern
Upper Range - abundant
Sockeye
Lower Range - below target
Upper Range - abundant
Chum
Lower Range - conservation concern
Upper Range - abundant
Pink
Brood escapement good, above average returns expected.
Cast here to view the full report and learn the details:
http://www.noelgyger.ca/articles/2011-salmon-outlook.pdf
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Feb 17, 2011; 08:05AM - Baja Hot Shot
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update February 13, 2011
REPORT #1245 'Below the Border'
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If you are in the neighborhood drop by
and see me. I will be conducting a Baja
seminar at the Fly Fishing Show in
Pasadena on February 19th @ 4:00 pm and
20th @10:30 am.
http://www.flyfishingshow.com/Programs__
_Seminars__Pas.html
Dennis Braid's Monsterfish Show
featuring Magdalena Snook will air on
the Outdoor Channel Friday night,
February 19th @ 7:30 pm, Saturday
February 20th @ 9:30 am and Sunday
February 21st @7:00 am.
http://www.outdoorchannel.com/Shows/Mons
terFish.aspx
East Cape
After enduring what many locals claimed
was the coldest winter week they had
ever experienced there was an abrupt
change. . .really more like a hot shot
as daytime temperatures soared back up
to the mid-eighties.
Is the sudden change signs of an early
spring? Everyone I spoke with expressed
optimism. Maybe with the change the
sierra, yellowtail and maybe a bonito or
even a dorado will shed their winter
doldrums and begin to bite…
Any way you cut it, lots of eager locals
are shedding their winter coats, suiting
up in shorts and actually considering
getting back out on the water…stay
tuned.
Current East Cape Weather
http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
According to Lance Peterson, the corvina
action was as good as it gets in the
esteros, in spite of the really cold
(60°) water in the bay. Lance and his
friend Brad Ellis had hoped for the
snook show similar to last February.
However the cool water temps seemed to
send the snook packing seeking warmer
water.
It didn't seem to hamper the whale
watching. Locals are reporting there are
considerably more of the giants and
their offspring cavorting in the bay in
front of both Puerto San Carlos and
Lopez Mateos.
Current Magdalena Bay Weather
http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The Terrafin satellite photos show
exactly why the fishing has been on the
slow side for sailfish and dorado.
Cooler water is pushing down from the
north, and the fish have gone south.
Several conventional gear fishermen are
still scratching out a fish or two per
day per boat, but a few boats are also
getting blanked. The dorado are also
scarce, with most of the dorado coming
from 30 miles or more out. A few blue
marlin are being caught, as well as a
couple of striped marlin.
Blue water fly fishing with Drew Chicone
of Florida, we spent a couple of tough
days on the water with Leonardo on the
Fish On and Cheva on the Dos Hermanos
II. We did get strikes, but the fish
were not aggressive and would not tease
to the boat.
We also saw at least a thousand porpoise
pushing up bait, and thousands of birds.
So the bait is here…just very inactive
sailfish. We even saw a blue marlin
surfing the swells. All that was
sticking up was the top ˝ of her tail,
but it was over three feet tall. That is
a huge marlin. I estimated it to be
about 700 to 800 pounds.
Early in the week Mike Bulkley and
Francisco took clients out after tuna on
the super panga Huntress, and did well.
When traveling long distances, the
security of the twin 80hp motors on a
larger super panga certainly makes it
nice. This is what Mike emailed me:
'Went last Sunday and found the
yellowfin tuna at 55 miles. Caught 28
school tuna and broke off two large
ones. Didn't get back until 8:30 pm.'
Plus, Adolfo on the panga Dos Hermanos,
looking for some blue water action for
his clients a couple of days ago, found
the yellowfin at 15 miles off the beach
down in the Papanoa region. Adolpho also
told me he is doing well on a few small
roosters, lots of jack crevalle and
sierras inshore. Keep in mind, Adolfo is
fishing every day of the week and is
always scouting for new locations, so he
will do well for a few days, and then
not so well. Most normal panga charters
do not range far and wide like he does,
so their production is fairly limited.
.....Ed Kunze
Current Zihuatanejo Weather
http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582
Cabo San Lucas
This past week showed that we can be a
little optimistic about upcoming weeks.
While still not wide open by any means,
there are more and more marlin showing
up every day. Many more are being seen
that are being hooked up, and most boats
are getting a shot at a few every day.
That is a big change from what we were
seeing just a few weeks ago! If we ever
get schools of mackerel to show up we
should see a very significant increase
in the number of striped marlin
associated with them. As it is now,
approximately 30 percent of the boats
are getting hooked up, and about half of
them are getting the fish to the boat.
Well, the water calmed down, but unlike
my prediction last report the fishing
for yellowfin did not improve, or at
least hasn't improved yet. There are
still scattered schools of fish to be
found along the temperature break
running below the San Jaime and west of
the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks,
and some of them are decent fish, up to
80 pounds this week. Unfortunately they
are really a hit or miss proposition as
they will be in one spot one day and
gone again the next. While there have
been fish to 80 pounds, most of them
have been footballs in the 10 to 12
pound range. A good catch this week
would have been 6 to 8 fish with a few
boats , mainly the first ones on the
school, getting limits of five per
angler.
Just coming up on the full moon and
guess what? Yep, we had a client on
Friday land a 70-pound wahoo while
fishing for marlin!
Inshore the swells settled down and the
pangas were once again able to get up
the Pacific coast. The cool water made
the inshore fishing better for both
Sierra and Yellowtail. We had anglers
and friends who did well fly fishing for
sierra using sardina as chum, limiting
out on fish averaging 4 pounds. Others
did well in the slightly deeper water
yo-yo'ing for yellowtail that averaged
14 pounds with a few fish going as large
as 30 pounds. Of course it was a matter
of the right place at the right time as
they could move as far as ˝ mile up or
down the coast overnight. You had to
work for them! There were also a few
roosterfish to be found (surprisingly as
they normally do not like water this
cold). They were not extremely
aggressive but we did have one angler
who was bit three times on the fly, but
they were short strikes and he could not
get a solid hook-up. Other fish that
were caught were some grouper in smaller
sizes and a few very nice pargo to 25
pounds.…George and Mary Landrum
Current Cabo Weather
http://tiny.cc/cabo191
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Feb 14, 2011; 11:46AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
www.flyhooker.com
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
February 7-13, 2011
Weather: Perhaps our cold snap is over for now as we are seeing slow increases in our lows and highs. This week the lowest I registered at home was 58 degrees as opposed to 53 degrees last week. Our highs are actually breaking the low 80's and getting into the high 80's! We had a few clouds pass over us on the 9th but other than that we have had mostly clear skies.
Water: If there is one constant about the ocean, it is that nothing ever stays the same! Surface conditions this week were great on both the Pacific side and the Cortez side of the Cape. Small swells on the Cortez at 1-3 feet, only 3-5 feet on the Pacific and spaced well apart. The big change was in the water temperatures. It has stayed cool, and actually dropped a bit. At the end of the week we had the coldest water in our area at 61 degrees close to the beach up around the Punta Gorda area, and the band of cool water continued to stay very close to the shore as it continued to the south and wrapped around the Cape. By the time it had gotten to our beaches it had warmed to 65 degrees, but that was still cold enough to make my Golden Retriever shiver when she came out, and me not to want to go swimming! As the cool water wrapped around to the Pacific side it plumed offshore. This 65 degree water stretched across the San Jaime Banks and the Golden Gate Banks as well, and everything inside of there was the same 65 degrees. Outside of the shoreline 2 mile wide cool water band the temperature was a consistent 70 degrees.
Bait: Caballito were available at $3 per bait. There were not as many as we hoped to see and not many Mackerel either, but an assortment of other, not so great baits were there. There were decent sized Sardinas available as well if you were one of the first out, and they were $25 a scoop.
FISHING
Billfish: This past week showed that we can be a little optimistic about upcoming weeks. While still not wide open by any means, there are more and more Marlin showing up every day. Many more are being seen that are being hooked up, and most boats are getting a shot at a few every day. That is a big change from what we were seeing just a few weeks ago! If we ever get schools of Mackerel to show up we should see a very significant increase in the number of Striped Marlin associated with them. As it is now, approximately 30 percent of the boats are getting hooked up, and about half of them are getting the fish to the boat. The sad thing is that many of these fish are being brought to the docks. It has been slow fishing for a while and instead of releasing the Marlin, a lot of the boats are trying to get mounts made (guilting the clients into getting one), or taking the meat to sell (against the law), anything to make a few extra dollars without thinking about how much money that fish could bring in if it was caught again. Sigh...
Yellowfin Tuna: Well, the water calmed down, but unlike my prediction last report the fishing for Yellowfin did not improve, or at least hasn't improved yet. There are still scattered schools of fish to be found along the temperature break running below the San Jaime and west of the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks, and some of them are decent fish, up to 80 pounds this week. Unfortunately they are really a hit or miss proposition as they will be in one spot one day and gone again the next. While there have been fish to 80 pounds, most of them have been footballs in the 10-12 pound range. A good catch this week would have been 6-8 fish with a few boats , mainly the first ones on the school, getting limits of five per angler.
Dorado: I would pretty much give up on Dorado for the next few months. If any are caught they will be stray fish, the water is just too darn cold to hold them!
Wahoo: Just coming up on the full moon and guess what? Yep, we had a client on Friday land a 70 pound Wahoo while fishing for Marlin! You just never know. It sure tasted good when filleted, the steaks pocketed with a butter/lemon/cilantro mix, dusted with flour, dredged in beaten eggs, rolled in minced Macadamia nuts, browned in a skillet and finished off in the oven. A peach salsa on top with a side of cous-cous and we were in heaven!!! You can get the recipe on our website.
Inshore: The swells died down and the Pangas were once again able to get up the Pacific coast. The cool water made the inshore fishing better for both Sierra and Yellowtail. We had anglers and friends who did well fly fishing for Sierra using sardinas as chum, limiting out on fish averaging 4 pounds. Others did well in the slightly deeper water yo-yo'ing for Yellowtail that averaged 14 pounds with a few fish going as large as 30 pounds. Of course it was a matter of the right place at the right time as they could move as far as ˝ mile up or down the coast overnight. You had to work for them! The were also a few Roosterfish to be found (surprisingly as they normally do not like water this cold). They were not extremely aggressive but we did have one angler who was bit three times on the fly, but they were short strikes and he could not get a solid hook-up. Other fish that were caught were some grouper in smaller sizes and a few very nice Pargo to 25 pounds.
Notes: This week I don't need to have socks on as it has warmed up in the house! Finally done with the front and rear door jambs, thank you Bill Ison, master carpenter! Unbelievable but true, the new Solmar Grande is charging $28 for 2 eggs, potatoes any way you like, and toast with coffee for breakfast. Isn't anyone there in touch with reality, I can go downtown and get the same thing for 30 pesos!! The main Marina has raised their rates 10%, now a charter boat is paying over $1,200 U.S. A month for a 30 foot slip, plus power and water, and if you are a day late with payment they chain the boat to the dock. If you have a charter and come down to find the boat chained, cut the lock and go fishing to earn the money to pay the slip fees they charge you $100 U.S. to replace the lock! Still plenty of whales to look at out there. I am out of here in a few minutes to go play golf at Cabo Real. Let's see, fishing, golf sunshine, warm weather, a nice house, beautiful and mostly understanding wife, great pets, gee, it sucks to be me! My music this week is once again the king of blues, B.B. King on the 2008 Geffen Records release “One Kind Favor”. Until next week, tight lines!
Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
February 13, 2011
Anglers –
It appears the coldest weather has now past, recent days have been mostly sunny, at times moderate cloud cover, overall conditions were on a warming trend compared to last week. Winds were still unpredictable, most of the time coming from the north, at times swinging out of the south. Ocean water temperatures raised a couple of degrees this week, now averaging 69 to 72 degrees, warmest areas now near the 95 spot, outside of Chileno.
Finding any sufficient supply of sardinas became difficult this past week, minimal supplies of this bait source were netted near Palmilla, hardly enough to have the needed chum for possibly chumming up the yellowfin tuna that have been schooling off of Santa Maria, these tuna were in the 15 to 25 pound class, but were very finicky and lots of bait was needed to have the best opportunities.
The most consistent fishing action has been closer to shore, over rocky structure, typically in depths ranging from 100 to 150 feet. Anglers used a combination of sardina, red crabs (when available) and yo-yo style iron jigs to catch a wide range of species, including red snapper (huachinango), cabrilla (leopard grouper), amberjack, yellowtail, yellow snapper, triggerfish, bonito, black skipjack and shark. These fish were all great eating species, averaging less than ten pounds, but also a few larger fish to over 20 pounds were accounted for. On an average morning charter groups could expect to catch three, four or five different types of fish and anywhere from 5 to 15 total landed.
Stretches close to shore were holding sierra, roosterfish and at time yellowtail. Slow trolling with sardinas was the most productive method of finding action, though anglers also reported success on hoochies and Rapalas.
Pelagic red crabs are being found on the local fishing grounds, this has been more of a commercial pangero deal than sportfishing. Each day these pelagic crabs are found on the surface, varies daily as to exactly where. These small crustaceans are what the red snapper are being caught on, pretty much exclusively since this is what these true red snapper now have a taste for.
Striped marlin activity has been scattered, though anglers wishing to target these billfish have had an average of a couple opportunities per day on stripers ranging up to 120 pounds, much of this action was found 8 to 15 miles off of the Palmilla to Chileno region. Strikes came on trolled lures, rigged ballyhoo and dropped back baits. We expect as water temperatures raise some and attract more offshore bait species, such as mackerel, sardinetas and flying fish, we will see improved action offshore.
The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 44 charters for the past week, with anglers reported a fish count of: 4 striped marlin, 22 bonito, 15 amberjack, 22 cabrilla, 183 yellowtail, 114 huachinago (red snapper), 46 sierra, 32 roosterfish,14 dorado, 44 yellowfin tuna, 26 triggerfish, 3 mako shark, 1 wahoo and 45 black skipjack.
Good fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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Feb 9, 2011; 02:10PM - Whale Invasion
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update February 06, 2011
REPORT #1244 'Below the Border'
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
The predominate north winds normally
associated with Sea of Cortez this time
of year continued to blow. Resulting in
cooler water temperatures as well as
jacket-inducing temps below 50 degrees
several mornings.
Few anglers even ventured out of the few
hotels that remained open. Kite boarders
dominated the inshore water along the
beach as the wind came whistling down
the gulf.
Buenavista Beach and Resort Hotel
reported more Yoga students than
anglers. Seems as though Michelle
Anderson, Victoria B.C., took advantage
of the slow winter season to offer Yoga
Instructor Classes. However there were a
few anglers who ventured out and cashed
in on the short-lived pargo and
yellowtail snap that took place on a few
of the reefs close to shore.
Even the locals who usually fish
regardless of the wind were sitting on
the beach cursing the relentless wind,
and discussing among themselves when
they might get back on the water.
Current East Cape Weather
http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
The whales being seen off the Southern
California Coast recently have now begun
to arrive in mass. Appears that all
that was needed was the XVIII
International Festival of the Gray Whale
held in Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos held
last weekend it the town.
Good thing too, Very few fishermen
visited during January and with the
current cooler weather it may be awhile
before the trickle of fishing activity
becomes a torrent.
Lance Peterson and his buddy Brad are
planning a trip this upcoming week to
sample the fishing both inside in the
Esteros and offshore. I am sure Lance is
hoping for a repeat of last year when he
managed to add a grouper record to his
growing list of records.
Current Magdalena Bay Weather
http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The blue water current, for the
predominately 80ş water, is shifting so
rapidly it is incredible. Yesterday
(Wed.), fly fishing with John and Mary
Hechk of Bozeman, Montana down at Puerto
Vicente Guerrero, we found the clean
water at 7.5 miles and exactly where the
Terrafin Satellite photos said it would
be. We got 4 strikes on sailfish between
the 8.5 and 12.5 miles marks, and hooked
two sailfish on the fly.
Today I went back with Gary Meger of
Toronto, Canada and we went directly to
the same areas as the previous day. The
water was a warm 80ş, but a dingy brown.
It was not until the 20 mile mark we
found the clean water. We only raised 2
sailfish all day, and nothing else. One
followed the teaser to the boat, but had
no interest in Gary’s fly. Heading back
to port, and in a matter of just a few
hours, we had clean water almost to the
beach…incredible.
Unfortunately, coming back a bit, and at
the 15 mile mark, we came across a long
line run out of a panga. The panga was
from Zihuatanejo, with no name, but had
a large dorado chasing bait painted on
each side of the bow. I always use Jose
Pino when fishing out of Puerto Vicente
Guerrero, and when he saw the simbra
(long line) and the panga, he was livid.
We sat there for about 5 minutes talking
to the illegal fishermen; and it wasn’t
for just pleasantries. Jose told them he
has clients with him and can’t do
anything right now, but if they come
back into his territory, he will have
“other” people with him and will not be
restricted.
This is what needs to be done in Mexico!
Jose was not limited as the Zihuatanejo
captains are; where the illegal
fishermen are a cousin or a brother-in-
law. He did not know them, but knew they
were illegally killing sailfish, and his
future. They got the message.
An interesting note is when we were only
about ˝ a mile off the point, we spotted
two humpback whales. We shut the engine
down and got the cameras ready. Just as
the cameras were coming out of the bags,
one of them went completely air-born
about 150 feet away from the panga. It
was truly awesome. While waiting for
another, the second one breached further
away and where we weren’t looking. I got
off a snap shot…but it is blurred.....Ed
Kunze
Current Zihuatanejo Weather
http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582
Cabo San Lucas
We still have whales out there folks, as
I stood on the first tee at Cabo Real
yesterday I saw one just off the beach
in full breach mode, she must have
jumped and cleared the water at least 5
times, really awesome to watch.
Fishing is improving, however not up to
the normal numbers we had become used
too. A few boats have been getting bit
by striped marlin this week, and some of
them were able to release two a day, but
most had a hard time finding any marlin
at all, and if they did something would
go wrong…a reel would freeze up, a line
would break or the hook would get
thrown. The best action was on live
bait and the best area was the warm
spots off of the lighthouse and on the
1150. Some fish were being seen
elsewhere, but not in any numbers; the
listed places supplied the best chance
of getting hooked up.
Yellowfin tuna action continues to be a
long run for most boats to get to the
fish, with the best chances 30 miles or
more to the southwest. Most of the fish
there were in the 15 to 25 pound class
but a few were over 100 pounds. The
problem has been the water conditions.
Getting that far out wasn't a problem,
but coming home was a really rough ride,
and the water conditions made it tough
to find the porpoise that the tuna were
associated with. There were small
scattered schools elsewhere, mostly
football sized fish, but still nothing
consistent. As the water calms down,
the fishing for yellowfin should
improve.
I would pretty much give up on dorado
for the next few months. If any are
caught they will be stray fish, the
water is just too darn cold to hold
them!
Inshore the large swells made for
uncomfortable inshore fishing, but at
least there was some action taking
place. While not there in great
numbers, it was not uncommon for a boat
to get a dozen or more sierra ranging
from three to six pounds. Toss in an
occasional yellowtail, a few bonito and
once in a while an amberjack and the
action was steady. The best action
seemed to be on live sardina, and if you
did not have any, the action became
spotty. The large swells kept most of
the boats from going any farther up the
Pacific coast...…George and Mary Landrum
Current Cabo Weather
http://tiny.cc/cabo191
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Feb 5, 2011; 07:28PM - First Salmon of 2011
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Category: Ireland
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Author Name: Ian Powell
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The First Spring Salmon is Landed on February 3rd.!
Derek O'Keeffe, from Thomastown, Kilkenny came to the Lodge for a casting lesson
with Glenda on Thursday afternoon.
After the lesson, Glenda invited him to fish on for the rest of the afternoon on Upper Kilmurry.
He hooked and landed a lovely fresh fish of about 8lb. on a fly he tied himself.
It was a colour variation of the PoshTosh as seen in 'Trout and Salmon', February 2010.
The fish was hooked at the head of the Hut Pool on Upper Kilmurry and took about 15 mins
to land, having jumped half a dozen times.
Derek - a firm believer in catch and release - carefully returned the fish alive.
Not wanting to harm the fish in any way, it was quickly released without even taking a photo
as he was fishing on his own - the only rod out on the fishery in fact today.
Current Situation
This was the river below the Lodge today.
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This is the gauge height on the upper & lower river for the last five days.
[b][u]Prospects[/u][/b]
On the 3rd., the river was at a perfect height and clarity for the fly.
On the 4th., the lower river was up approximately half a metre but peaked late evening.
There was very little fishing effort and gales, but a couple of fresh silver fish were seen jumping amongst the kelts.
Certainly spinnable for the 5th. Fly is doubtful.
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Feb 2, 2011; 08:01PM - Book Your Chinook Trip to BC Now
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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http://www.noelgyger.ca
Weekly Fishing Reports (Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Meziadin North)
Noel Gyger January 23 to January 30, 2011
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: Heavy rain at the beginning of the week did not hurt the river conditions as most of it stayed in the mountains as snow. Clear and colder on the weekend.
The Skeena River is in good shape but full of ice flows and frozen over in spots. Be very careful walking on the ice ledges! There may be some Steelhead wintering over in some locations. The Trout and Dolly Varden Char are available year round.
The Kalum River is low and in good shape and fishing for Steelhead is good.
The Zymoetz (Copper) River is in fair shape with lots of ice flows and ice ledges. If you can find open water the Steelhead fishing should be pretty good. The upper section closed for fishing on January 1st.
The Lakelse River is in good shape and fishing for Steelhead and Trout should be Ok. Lake ice fishing has started and the fishing is good. Beware of thin ice! Sorry there is no fishing report from Ron Wakita as he is feeling a little under the weather.
Prince Rupert has fantastic Winter Chinook fishing, weather depending. If you would like to book a comfortable, warm Charter Boat for Winter Chinook and Dungeness Crab in Kitimat or Prince Rupert please contact me noel@noelgyger.ca anytime.
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River Reports
Note: fishing reports for the Bulkley, Morice, Kispiox, Babine and Meziadin Rivers North are posted “in-season” only.
Kalum River Is in good shape both upper and lower end and fishing for Steelhead is excellent. Both spin and fly is working well. Even though the weather has been cold this river usually does not freeze over. It has something to do with the warming of the water flowing out of Kalum Lake. It will freeze if the water level drops very low and if it stays cold and starts snowing heavily. If it is cold enough the snow will not melt when it hits the water. The flowing snow clumps together and jams when it hits the rocks and boulders. The river current in some places nearly stops flowing and if it remains cold it will freeze over in these areas that are like lakes. This seems to happen every few years or so. Reminder: Bait ban Jan 1 – Mar 15
Lakelse River Is in good shape and fishing for Steelhead is OK as long as you can have river access through the snow.
Lakelse Lake Ice fishing has started and catches of Trout is good.
Skeena River The Skeena River is full of ice flows, ice ledges and is frozen over in some locations.
Please be careful walking on the ice. Fishing for Steelhead is over. There may be some Trout available.
Zymoetz (Copper) River The water is low and in good shape but has substantial ice flows and is frozen over in some locations. I have had reports of good Steelhead catches using both spin, conventional and fly gear. Reminder: No fishing above the sign at the transmission line crossing (below) Zymoetz Canyon Jan 1 – June 15. You can still fish below the sign all winter.
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Fishing Guide and Tackle Shop Reports
Summary for Skeena and Tributaries
Fishing This Week
FAIR
Type of Fish Caught
River: Steelhead, Cutthroat Trout and Dolly Varden Char.
Ocean: All five species of Salmon, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness and King Crab for ocean.
Largest Fish of the Week
River: 12-pound Steelhead from the Kalum River. Ocean: none reported this week
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Ron Wakita: Reliable Guide and Charters, Kitimat BC
Website: www.kitimatfishingguideandcharters.com and
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Note from Noel: Ron Wakita regrets he is unable to write a fishing report today as he hurt his knee playing hockey last night. With treatments for that he just ran out of time. In the meantime, regarding the Halibut Issue, Ron would like all of us to carefully read the three posters below and help out with this important issue as best you can as soon as you can.
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Good Health, Good Fishing
Sincerest regards, Ron Wakita
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Preliminary Salmon Outlook for 2011
Prepared November 24, 2010 by North Coast StAD and Institute of Ocean Science
Preliminary forecast of status (version 1)
Categorical, not quantitative
Status and targets are based on a variety of approaches including expert opinion
Skeena Region Outlook
Chinook
Lower Range - below target
Upper Range - near target
Coho
Lower Range - conservation concern
Upper Range - abundant
Sockeye
Lower Range - below target
Upper Range - abundant
Chum
Lower Range - conservation concern
Upper Range - abundant
Pink
Brood escapement good, above average returns expected.
Cast here to view the full report and learn the details:
http://www.noelgyger.ca/articles/2011-salmon-outlook.pdf
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Jan 31, 2011; 11:34AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
www.flyhooker.com
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
January 24-30. 2011
Weather: It was a cool week here in Cabo as clouds moved in early in the week, and with them came a breeze from the north. Our daytime highs were in the mid 70's on Tuesday and Wednesday, raising to the high 70's and once touching 80 degrees later in the week. The clouds stayed around for several days then went away so it warmed up again. Our nights were cool, in the low 60's for the most part, but getting down to the high 50's once or twice, definitely sweater and coat weather for us that live here.
Water: The water close to home is 68-70 degrees, we needed to go almost 30 miles to the south to find water that warmed up to 72 degrees most days this week. With the cloud cover we had, it was difficult to get a good sea surface temperature shot, and that made planning a trip more dependent on other captains water reports than normal. We were also seeing bands of algae bloom water almost everywhere, but particularly outside the 1,000 fathom line. There would be a Ľ to ˝ mile wide band of red water, then blue water, then red again. There were also instances of this occurring closer to shore on both sides of the cape. Early in the week surface conditions were choppy due to the northerly winds, but not uncomfortably so, for the most part the seas were smooth with just a bit of wind riffle on them, no real whitecaps.
Bait: Caballito and Mullet were available at $3 per bait. There were decent sized Sardinas available as well if you were one of the first out, and they were $25 a scoop.
FISHING
Billfish: I hate to say it, but our Striped Marlin season, which we have been hoping would improve, is beginning to look like a bust. Normally by this time of year the bait has reached at least the Finger Banks, a good 50 miles to the north, and we would be seeing action on the Golden Gate Bank, but so far there has been nothing there. It looks as if the past four years were an anomaly and are not going to repeat soon. On the positive side, we still have Striped Marlin, just not in the numbers we had been getting used to. Instead of almost being able to guarantee a fish during a trip, the hook-up ratio has begun to be around 10%, quite a difference. There was a report of a local fleet boat hooking up to a small Blue Marlin this week, and also reports of several Swordfish being caught.
Yellowfin Tuna: Long runs for a small chance at medium sized fish were reported by captains that tried for Yellowfin this week. A few of the private boats reported runs as far as 70 miles out. Going that far out occasionally resulted in fish to 50 pounds, but it was not a sure thing, and that sure is a long way to go on a guess, or a wing and a prayer as it may be. There were scattered pods of Dolphin found between 5 and 18 miles out on both the southern and southwestern directions, but not all of them held fish, and sometimes when they did the fish just would not bite. When a bit did occur, it was usually on a cedar plug in natural color, or small dark colored hootchies.
Dorado: Dorado are becoming scarce as the water becomes cooler. There are still a few being caught, not no numbers of them. A great catch this past week would have been two fish, most boats were lucky if they got one. My guess on the success ratio for Dorado this week would be maybe 5%. Most of the ones that were found were found either very close to the beach on the Cortez side or 30 miles to the south.
Wahoo: While Wahoo are never really a common fish, this past week they were practically a rumor, just a word to say as no one really found any. That is except for one of the fleet boats! One of the charter guys managed to land a monster Wahoo that was reported to be 130 pounds. I did not see the fish myself, but it was a cousin of a Captains I know and trust, so there is a pretty good chance the report is true. Word was that the fish was caught only 12 miles off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side while looking for Tuna.
Inshore: For some reason even the inshore bite was off this week, and boats that had been doing well on the “go-to” Sierra were having a difficult time getting more than a dozen fish in the boat. The key to getting even that many was reported to be live Sardinas, as the rapalla style swimming plugs and hootchies were just not working very well. A few of the Pangas tried way up the beach on the Pacific side and reported the algae bloom had brushed the shore line 20 miles in that direction as well. For the boats staying closer to home, an occasional Yellowtail, and lots of small Bonita provided the bulk of the action, Roosterfish were noticeably absent close to home, but there were reports of a few decent sized fish showing up in the surf around Palmilla Point.
Notes: I am just getting over a cold, thank goodness it waited and did not get me until I was back from Oklahoma! I hate riding on airplanes, a girl the next row over was sniffling and sneezing the whole trip, and I am sure that is where I got it. Oh, well, feeling better now, I just wish the fishing was following in my footsteps, that would mean it would be getting better as well. On a positive note, there are plenty of whales out thee, the Medano Beach is in wonderful shape and the swells coming in are small, the water perfect for swimming! Remember, you can't catch anything if you sit in a beach chair all day! My music this week was a mix, one song, “Mary Had A Little Lamb”, by Stevie Ray Vaughn has been on my mind all week as a driving song, and of course I missed one of my favorite musicians in concert this week at the University of Washington, Mark O'Conner, so I listened once again to his Warner Bros. release “Heros”! Until next week, tight lines!
Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
January 31, 2011
Anglers -
Light crowds of tourists are now visiting Southern Baja, they have been greeted with cooler winter time conditions, scattered cloud cover with moderate winds and daytime highs in the low 70s. Still this would have to be considered nice weather for mid winter. Ocean water temperatures are averaging in the 67 to 69 range through most of the region, this is five degrees cooler than what conditions were at the same time last year.
The San Jose del Cabo fleets have been concentrating their efforts in the direction of the Iman Bank in recent days, this is where they have found schooling yellowfin tuna, ranging in sizes up to 20 pounds, also a scattering of dorado and various bottom dwellers. Trying to land hooked tuna before a pack of aggressive sea lions got a hold of them was a major issue, most charters were having as many fish broken off by these sea lions as they were actually landing. Boats were averaging 2 to 8 yellowfin per morning. This is not bad considering the time of year and condition of the water. Using sardinas for bait was the most productive technique, these baitfish remained plentiful off of the beach stretches north of Punta Gorda. Most of the dorado that are now encountered have been juvenile sized, though occasionally a larger bull of 20 pounds was found.
Closer to shore there have been good numbers of sierra, again most of these fish were in the 1 to 3 pound class, some schooling yellowtail of 2 to 6 pounds were found in various inshore locations as well, both of these species hit best on sardinas, but would also strike Rapalas and cast jigs.
There is not much going on the Gordo Banks now, this area is not known for the best action when the water temps are cooler, though the commercial fleet have been finding the pelagic red crabs in this area and are netting them to be used for snapper bait on other fishing spots.
Striped marlin action continues to be off this year, some scattered fish are being found, but no large concentrations, as the water conditions warm and more numbers of larger baitfish arrive we expect this action to improve.
There were a handful of yellowfin tuna found traveling with porpoise offshore, hit or miss deal, but some of these tuna were in the 30 to 60 pound class. Other schools of tuna were seen at times on the local fishing grounds, but they disappeared as fast as they had appeared. These fish become even more finicky in cooler conditions.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 51 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 114 yellowfin tuna, 24 bonito, 6 amberjack, 15 cabrilla, 62 pargo, 16 dorado, 14 roosterfish, 29 yellowtail and 110 sierra.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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Jan 24, 2011; 12:41PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
www.flyhooker.com
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
January 17-23. 2011
Weather: Cabo has been having typical winter weather as our nights have been in the 60 degree range, from 57 degrees to 64 degrees early in the morning, and the daytime highs ranging from 78 degrees to 86 degrees. It sure beats what I am experiencing here in OKC where we are seeing a range from 19 degrees to 56 degrees!
Water: Water temperatures have been between 68 and 71 degrees wherever you went this week. The slightly cooler water was closer to shore on both the Pacific side and the Cortez side. Once you reached the Banks on the Pacific side, or past the 1,000 fathom line to the south or the Cortez side the temperature went up to 70-71 degrees. Conditions on both sides were decent for fishing, without anyone getting blown out, but the swells were a bit larger on the Pacific side.
Bait: Caballito and Mullet were available at $3 per bait. There were decent sized Sardinas available as well if you were one of the fist out, and they were $25 a scoop.
FISHING
Billfish: Striped Marlin action was still extremely slow this past week, I don't know if it will pick up soon or not, but we all have our fingers crossed that whatever the reason for the slow action, it will correct itself soon. On the positive side, there are a few fish out there, and at least some of them are willing to bite if you get a bait in front of them. The fish that have been seen have been scattered around, from the inshore water on the Pacific side to the offshore water on the Cortez, and everywhere between. I believe that this means that the bait has been scattered as well because normally we will find concentrations of Marlin where the bait is at. No such luck on either count for us the past couple of months though, except for a few scattered days. On another positive note, there was a small Blue Marlin reported earlier in the week, one that was estimated at #180, so there is a chance at something else if you get lucky! Even with the scarcity of Marlin right now, the chances are 10% of getting a release on one, better than most places I know of!
Yellowfin Tuna: The tuna bite has been off and on again, one day here, the next day there, and occasionally nowhere! At the end of the week there were fish found at approximately 15 miles to the southwest, outside the 1,000 fathom curve below the San Jaime Bank. Not a lot of fish, but at least the boats that found them early got into some decent action. The fish have not been large, mostly footballs, but some in the 30 pound class have been mixed in there as well. Dark colored feathers have worked, but the best lures have been cedar plugs.
Dorado: With the cool water the Dorado have packed their bags and moved south. A few of them could not find their luggage and got hungry, so we did see a couple of flags this week.
Wahoo: Most of the Wahoo got free tickets to travel to warmer climes, getting discounts on seats by buying in bulk. That's my story and I am sticking to it. Only three of these speedsters were caught this week that I heard of, and all of them were early in the week when the full moon was up. All the other “Wahoo” flags I saw were for Sierra.
Inshore: Roosterfish close to the beach on the Pacific side past the lighthouse early in the week, as well as off the beach on the north side of Chileano on the Cortez side provided action. Also early in the week there was a good Amberjack bite off of almost all the points. The most common inshore catch was Sierra, and the bite was good on them for the boats that targeted these fish. Small hootchiesand “rapalla” style swimming plugs did well, but the best action occurred for the boats that were able to get Sardinas for bait early in the morning. A scattering of Yellowtail to ten pounds rounded up the inshore action this week.
Notes: I am in Oklahoma City visiting the family right now, and have been here since Thursday. Thanks to my wonderful wife I have been kept updated on the fishing action and what has been going on around town. The music for this report was the sound of my mom, dad and sis talking and cooking breakfast in the kitchen. Until next week, give your family a hug and enjoy your time with them! Tight lines!
Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
January 21, 2011
Anglers –
Los Cabos continues to greet light crowds of vacationers with clear sunny skies, daytime high temperatures have reached into the mid 70s and conditions have been very pleasant for this winter season. Winds out of the north have not been too strong, as they often can be during this time. Ocean swells are minimal and anglers are enjoying favorable times on the water. Water temperatures remain cooler than they were at this same time period of 2010, now averaging 67 to70 degrees. This is now peak season for the annual whale migration, also there are plenty of sea lions and manta rays.
There have been sufficient supplies of sardinas available, recently these baitfish have been schooling off the beaches north of Punta Gorda and the Palmilla area. For the first time in several years the pelagic red crabs have been coming to the surface on the local fishing grounds such as the Gordo Banks and Desteladera. These crabs were being scooped up with small bait nets and are being used for the true red snapper (huachinango). These are prized snapper, averaging 5 to 10 pounds, occasionally reaching 14 pounds. The schooling snapper will often follow these migrations of red crabs and also come to the surface to feed, quite a sight when the water's surface actually turns into a big spot of red mass. Perhaps the cooler water temperatures has triggered this event and surely the fact that there have not been giant squid in the region has given a chance for this activity to develop.
There have been yellowfin tuna found on the Iman Bank, a bit finicky in the cooler waters, also with aggressive sea lions lurking on the same fishing grounds, though persistent anglers were hooking into these fish while drift fishing with both live and dead sardinas. The tuna were averaging 20 to 50 pounds, with a few larger specimens accounted for, charters reported landed one to four of these yellowfin per morning. Boat pressure was light, with minimal crowds of anglers now in town.
Other options included trolling sardinas closer to shore for good light tackle action for sierra, most of these fish were smaller sized, but a handful of these fish weighed over five pounds. Yellowtail of 2 to 8 pounds were found in migrating schools, rapidly moving location from day to day, but once found these fish provided fun action on both live baits and yo-yo style jigging. A mix of cabrilla, grouper, amberjack, bonito, yellow snapper and triggerfish area accounted for from shallow water rocky areas.
Dorado were found spread out through most of the zone, more often closer to shore where baitfish concentrations were holding. Often becoming more active later in the morning when the oceans surface was warmed some by the rising sun. Striking on a wide range of baits and lures, most of the dorado were smaller schooling size fish under 10 pounds, but there were occasional1exceptions of fish over 25 pounds being landed.
The combined panga fleet launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 56 charters for the past week, with anglers accounting for a fish count of: 111 dorado, 45 yellowfin tuna, 16 roosterfish, 254 sierra, 11 amberjack, 23 bonito, 18 cabrilla, 68 yellowtail, 6 grouper, 124 and 26 yellow pargo.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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Jan 17, 2011; 01:03PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
www.flyhooker.com
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
January 10-16, 2011
Weather: We have continued the cool weather as our daytime highs have been in the low 80's and the early morning, dark outside lows have been down to 57 degrees. Cold, but not too bad, on my trip back to Cabo it was 38 degrees in Guerrero Negro in the morning! We had clear skies with just a light wind from the northwest except for the 12th and 13th when we had some clouds and no wind.
Water: We had cool 68 degree water close to shore on the Cortez side and warmer 70 degree water offshore of there to start the week. On the Pacific side it was an average of 70 degrees until you got outside of the San Jaime Banks, then it dropped to 66 degrees. At the end of the week the warmer water from the south moved up and it was 70 degrees across the board almost as far as the boats could go, with the exception of a plume of 68 degree water that pushed down from the northeast and ran from the 1150 spot to the Cabrillo Seamount.
Bait: Bait was difficult to get this week as the bait boats don't seem to be able to find anything to catch. In order to get ten decent bait many boats had to go to three or four bait catchers, and still ended up with a few grunts or look-downs in the tank. Regardless of the types of bait, the boats still wanted $3 per bait. There appear to be better and more bait available in San Jose, but there is a territory dispute going on and the local guys are not letting the San Jose guys come here to sell, sigh. And of course they are not willing to go up there to get any, sigh. And it is an hour run for us to get up there, then an hour run back, sigh.
FISHING
Billfish: Let's see, a private 10 boat tournament for Striped Marlin and on the first day only one was caught. That one was caught close to home. Tell's the story of our marlin bite for the week. There are a few being seen but not many of them will bite. This has to be the slowest Marlin action I have seen in years.
Yellowfin Tuna: There were scattered fish, just as we had last week. Sometimes we could fins them out past the 1,000 fathom line to the south, other times just four miles off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. The key was to be the first boat to find the fish, then you had a chance. If you were not the first boat then your chances were really lowered. None of the fish this week were large fish, the biggest I heard of was 35 pounds. Most of them were in the 12-20 pound class with an occasional school found that averaged 20 pounds. Many of the boats were flying tuna flags for Bonito. There were plenty of them around due to the cooler water. Average size for them was 4-5 pounds with an occasional school of 15-20 pound fish. Working yo-yo's over the rock piles around Punta Gorda kicked out some Yellowfin but the majority of fish caught there, as on the Pacific coastline, were Bonito averaging 15 pounds.
Dorado: Once in a while a fish in the 10-12 pound class was caught, bu these appeared to be stray fish, and were found close to the beach. There were no concentrations found this week, not even under floating debris. Cold water normally equals slow Dorado fishing and that is what we are seeing now. Give us another couple of weeks and Dorado will almost completely disappear.
Wahoo: Just like last week, as usual this time of year, lots of Wahoo flags flying everywhere and people get excited. Then they are educated about “Mexican Wahoo” Lots of sierra, but nothing really big, mostly 2-5 lbs.
Halibut: Just joking!!
Inshore: On one day, off the next, or maybe it was just a matter of the right place at the right time, but the Sierra bite was either wide open or non-existent. Personally, I think the schools were moving around really fast and if you could not find them in one spot, you had to cruise the beach fast in order to find out where they were. Once you got into them, limits were easy to get, but the fish were small at 2-5 pounds. Just like last week, the offshore fishing was slow so there were a lot of large boats working the shoreline for Sierra as well just to give their clients a chance to put some fish on the table. The Yellowtail bite was fair, with fish that are small by northern standards but decent by ours at an average of 12 pounds. A few Grouper and Amberjack rounded up the inshore catch reports except for an abundance of Bonito!
Notes: Lots of Whales out there!! A few of the restaurants are advertising “Marlin Tostados”. Please let them know, when you see those signs, that you will not eat there due to the marlin being on the menu! Thanks!
If you are getting your own fishing licenses, you must have pesos!!! The people that sell the licenses around the marina can no longer take dollars from anyone. Get pesos the day before! No one has change for your US $100 at 6AM. 140 pesos per person per day, 290 pesos for weekly and 540 pesos for a yearly. Unless of course you buy them on Friday, that guy doesn't add a surcharge.
My music for the day is the sound of the pre-game show turned up loud in the living room. No one has any belief in the Seahawks! Come on, let's show them!!! Go Hawks!
If you can't wait until Monday, the blog is updated on Sundays! Available only at
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
January 17, 2011
Anglers –
Though this winter season has been cooler than it has been for the past couple of seasons, visitors are still able to enjoy sunny skies with temperatures reaching into the 70s. Crowds have been moderate, people are having a fine time participating in the many outdoor activities available, while much of the United States is enduring harsh wet and icy conditions. Ocean water temperatures are some five degrees cooler than they were at this same period last year, now averaging 67 to 69 degrees, with some warmer currents found close to 20 miles offshore.
Sardinas have been available in good quantities on most days, being found near Palmilla and north towards Vinorama. No mackerel or sardinetas off of the San Jose del Cabo area at this time. Local fleets have been finding the most consistent action within several miles of shore.
Most common catches recently have been for sierra, pargo (yellow snapper), skipack, dorado, amberjack, yellowtail, triggerfish and bonito. Surprisingly, considering the cooler water temperatures, there have been quite a few dorado around, though most of these fish have been under ten pounds, good time to catch and release the smaller females. Some charters are catching up to a dozen of these schooling dorado, using sardinas for bait has been the most successful. The same areas are producing a wide variety of structure species, a mix of leopard grouper, amberjack, yellowtail, bonito and snapper are being hooking into off the rock piles on both bait and yo-yo jigs, it was not uncommon to catch six to eight different species off of the same spot. No large yellowtail being found, they have been the fire cracker models of 4 to 8 pounds.
A handful of yellowfin tuna were caught earlier in the week, these fish were in the 15 to 20 pound range, but with the water on a continuing cooling trend this action is now fading out. Until water conditions warm up a bit most of the action will be closer to shore for sierra of off the bottom rocky areas for a variety of species, all of which are good eating.
Plenty of whale watching to be done now, the peak migration of both humpback and gray whales will occur during the next couple of months. There have been some sea lions lurking on the fishing grounds that have been very aggressive, repeatedly stealing anglers fish as they were trying to reel them to the boat, it has not really mattered what type of fish, dorado, snapper, yellowtail, they liked them all.
The combined fleet of pangas launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 57 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 1 wahoo, 16 yellowfin tuna, 172 dorado, 212 sierra, 18 roosterfish, 17 amberjack, 25 cabrilla, 66 pargo, 18 bonito, 68 yellowtail and 18 triggerfish.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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