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Cabo San Lucas - October 12th, 2007
supplied by: Baja Anglers
RECORDED: 
95 °
FISHING: Excellent
Hi Folks,
Wow! Again another great fishing week, you just couldn’t ask for better fishing. We have had a lot of fun chasing Striped Marlin and Dorado with the fly rods and light spinning tackle.
Just ask Joe Lehosky from Oil City, Pennsylvania. This was Joe’s first time to Baja and his first time fishing for Dorado and Striped Marlin. In two days fishing, Joe ended up landing 8 Dorado and one Striped Marlin on the fly. Not bad for his first time Salt Water fly fishing. Joe wrote: It was a pleasure to fish with Capt. Alex. Both days we were quickly into fish and he did a great job coaching me on my first salt water experience.
Levi Pike from Littleton Co wrote: AMAZING !!! 16 landed Dorado on the fly. Had a marlin come in, it was unreal. Arturo was a great guide. We will all be back as soon as possible.
Last week the striped marlin fishing had slowed down considerably, but the fish are back now and the marlin fishing is going off at the Golden Gate banks. Live baits and lure are both working well.
Some black and blue marlin are being taken out at 95 spot to 1150 spot. Most fish are smaller under 300 lbs, but a few were caught that went 500 plus. Quite a few fish are being caught with live baits out at Gordo banks.
The Dorado fishing continues to be very good. Plenty of debris if you know where to look for it. Once you find the trash line, the rest is easy. The Dorado are running from 10 to 40 + pounds.
The YF tuna fishing has been pretty good over at Iman and Destiladeras banks. The fish are going up to 60 lbs.
Live sardines are the ticket. Plenty of False Albacore to play with when the tuna bite slows down.
Some smaller roosterfish and jacks are cruising the Pacific beaches feeding on mullet.
The weather has been very nice, Sunny and around 95 degrees.
Tight Lines,
Grant
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Cabo San Lucas - October 8th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
92 °
FISHING: Excellent
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportOctober 1-7, 2007 WEATHER: Our temperatures continue to cool a bit as we start into October, normally we notice the first cool day on the 15th, but we don’t mind it starting a bit early. We have been very fortunate this year to experience a fairly cool summer. This week our daytime highs were in the high 80’s, occasionally touching the low 90’s and our nighttime lows were in the mid 70’s. A few cloudy days occurred during the middle of the week that threatened us with rain, but they dropped their water over the Sea of Cortez instead of on us.WATER: As the weather has cooled off the water has warmed up. On the Cortez side of the Cape we have had temperatures as high as 90 degrees in some spots, but for the most part it has averaged 85-86 degrees and has been a deep blue color. On the Pacific side it has been cooler with most of the water in range of the fleets between 80-83 degrees with the cooler water farther north. Surface conditions at the end of the week were not great though as we had winds from the west-northwest develop Friday morning and it was like a sheep farm out there Friday and Saturday. The wind settled on Sunday but it was still choppy.BAIT: There was some Mackerel available this week but they were not lasting long in the bait tanks. Most of the boats were getting Caballito and both baits were the normal $2 per bait. There were Sardinas available as well at the normal $20 per scoop.FISHING: BILLFISH: Late in the week there was a good bite on Blue and Striped Marlin at the Gorda Banks, there were tailing Stripers to be found on the 95 Spot and there were Sailfish 6 miles off of the Arch. Billfish were scattered all over the place but the bottom structure seemed to be the place to find them this week. While I did not go there myself, I heard reports of a very good Striped Marlin bite up at the Finger Bank early in the week with many boats getting double digit numbers of fish released. Our best lure color this week was Bleeding Mackerel for the Sailfish and Striped Marlin and Purple-Blue-Silver for the Blue and Black Marlin. YELLOWFIN TUNA: At the end of the week there was a decent school of Yellowfin found at the Golden Gat Bank but you really took a pounding to get to them. Reports were the fish were averaging 20 pounds and most boats were able to get a dozen or more. Yellowfin were also found to the north side of the Cabrilla Seamount among porpoise and again, they averaged 20 pounds with a few larger fish to 50 pounds in the mix. For boats that were able to do multi-day trips up the Pacific side, the Ridge and Morgan Banks reportedly had fish in the 80 pound class holding deep, small Skipjack run on downriggers were the ticket for a few of the private boats that ventured that way and worked the fish.
DORADO: There were Dorado scattered just about everywhere but the best concentrations were on the Pacific side 3 miles off the beach inside the Golden Gate Bank and north of there. As was usual, bright colored lures trolled at 9 knots and better brought in the first fish and live bait dropped behind the first fish caught managed to get quite a few anglers hooked into doubles or triples. Also as normal, anything found floating on the surface was worth working and at the end of the week there were a couple of logs found just to the outside of the 95 Spot that supplied a lot of action on fish averaging 25 pounds. On Wednesday there was a school of fish found just one mile off of the Arch and that kept boats busy for the day working fish in the 15-pound class.
WAHOO: We did not have a full moon this week so the bite on Wahoo was a bit off compared to what it had been, but still, boats that worked the 100 fathom and shallower areas just off the beach on the Pacific side, and the Gorda Banks area on the Cortez side were able to report some action on these speedsters. The best lures were swimming plugs such as Marauders and big Rapalla countdowns run close to the boat, mostly within the first three wakes.INSHORE: Inshore action remained slow for most of the week, at least for the traditional fish. There was a good bite for Dorado just off the beach, at least until Thursday morning, and then the wind really started to kick in. The remainder of the week the action shifted to the Cortez side and things became really slow with the exception of a good bite on Skipjack and a few Bonita. Notes: I love baseball during the playoffs; it is fun watching the best of the best. My golf game is getting better but this is the time of year when I get busy on the water so I know that the golf is going to suffer. Oh well, the paycheck is worth it! I know that I have been running the following for the past three weeks, but if you have not yet had a chance, or have been reluctant to go to the attached web site, please take the time this week to fill in the survey, it’s important for our fisheries here. Thanks for your support, and until next week, tight lines!
To take the survey, please click: http://www.southwickassociates.com/surveys/cabo_survey/Default.aspx?sicd=AJJMEI-73. The Billfish Foundation has hired Southwick Associates to administer the surveys. We sincerely appreciate your help in protecting Cabos unique fishery, and hope to see you fishing again in Los Cabos.
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Cabo San Lucas - October 6th, 2007
supplied by: Baja Anglers
RECORDED:
95 °
FISHING: Excellent
October 6, 2007
Baja Anglers Fishing report
Hi folks,
Wow, what great fishing we have had this last week!
I posted my first attempt at a video on You Tube, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl3vvFmEbaM if you want to see the action.
The striped marlin fishery had dominated the Cabo area in previous weeks has slowed down a bit, but the Dorado fishery has gone crazy. Just ask Dr. Greg Vanzant from Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Greg fished with us for a couple of days, and on the first day, we got into an amazing school of Dorado. There were fish everywhere! We kept them teased (Grant style, Livies on a string) around the boat for about an hour and a half, and stopped counting fish after 20 were caught. Most of the fish were around 15 to 20 lbs, but some went up to 40 lbs. We then picked up the lines and headed out for striped marlin. On his second day, Greg hooked a 300 lb. black on the fly and fought it for three hours before busting him off. Then he caught a sailfish and a four nice Dorado on the fly.
Jon Hass from Portland Oregon had another awesome trip. He hooked and landed many nice sized bull Dorado and landed his first striped marlin on the fly. Way to go Jon!!!
Offshore:
Striped marlin fishing slowed down some this week, but the sail fishing and blue and black marlin picked up.
The stripers moved off Gordo banks, and are now spread out all over the place. The sailfish and big marlin’s are located mostly on the Sea of Cortez side. Most blues and blacks are smaller. Say less than 300 lbs, but there have been a few fish caught over 600 lbs. live tuna or skipjack have been the best bait.
Lots of Dorado around. They are located all around Cabo from the Sea of Cortez to the Pacific. Find some debris and you are in like Flynn!
YFT and black Skipjack are located at both Gordo and Destiladeras banks. Sardines are the ticket with some nicer 30 to 40 lb tuna being taken.
A few Wahoo’s around, but ya gotta be lucky.
Inshore:
Smaller roosterfish and jacks on the Pacific. It’s a bit early for them, but they are a pleasant surprise. Expect our inshore season to really pick up in later November.
Tight Lines,
Grant
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Cabo San Lucas - October 3rd, 2007
supplied by: Baja Anglers
RECORDED:
95 °
FISHING: Excellent
Fishing report.
Wow! What a week for dorado. I haven't seen it this good in ages! Lots of
trash and debris in the water.
There were dorado almost anywhere you fished, but the two best spots were
the light house and Golden gate banks. The light house fish have been
fished pretty hard and are mostly on the smaller side under 10 lbs, but the
fish at the banks, well, are much much larger. We have been getting dorado
up to 40 lbs. Under one bunch of debris we found at least 30 fish hanging
around, and all of them were really nice fish!
It has been a great week to be a guide, too much fun on the water.
The striped marlin bite continues to be really strong. I cant remember a
time when we have seen more striped marlin. They are mostly on the banks,
but plenty of fish spread out in other locations. Live bait and lures are
working well.
Some really big tuna were caught this week, but they were a off thing.
Mostly smaller tuna caught trolling feathers and cedar plugs. The bite
started out strong, but had really slowed down over the last few days.
A few wahoo around, mostly caught as a by-catch while trolling for dorado
and marlin.
The weather had been perfect this week with sunny skies and the daytime
temps in the mid 90s. We are having some light rain showers and calm winds
today do to the tropical storm Juliette offshore from Cabo.
Tight Lines,
Grant
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Cabo San Lucas - October 1st, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
94 °
FISHING: Excellent
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportSept. 24-30, 2007 WEATHER: It seems that every week this time of year offers something a little bit different. An example was that at the start of this week we were recovering from the anticipated effects of Hurricane (later Tropical Storm, and then Tropical Depression, Ivo) which ended up consisting of some good sized swells and cloud cover along with a light sprinkling of rain. The middle of the week was back to normal with sunshine and hot, high 90’s daytime temps and mid 80’s in the evenings. At the end of the week we were back to cloudy skies and sprinkling of rain, Sunday morning saw the rain starting at 2 am and there was a resulting drop in the temperature to a very comfortable mid 80 degrees.WATER: The start of the week saw the remanents of Tropical Depression Ivo bring in the last of the large swells with 6 feet on the Pacific side and at all south-western exposures. The rest of the week had swells from the west and north-west at 3-5 feet with plenty of space between them. At the approach of the weekend the swells picked up once again as there was a area of convection move over us bring in the rain and a slight breeze, along with an increase in swells resulting from the formation of Tropical Storm Juliette well to the southwest of us. Water temperatures on the Sea of Cortez were 85-88 degrees and on the Pacific side of the Cape we had 81-85 degrees with no strong breaks. The water on the Pacific side, besides being just a little bit cooler, also had a slightly greener cast to them.BAIT: This week we had plenty of Mackerel available as well as some Mullet at the normal $2 per bait and there were plenty of Sardinas available at the normal $20 per scoop.FISHING: BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite continued this week but moved a bit farther to the north on the Pacific side, up pas the Golden Gate and toward the Finger Bank. Boats focusing on them were able to release as many as 6 fish per boat but it was a bit farther to run than last week. There were still fish found clioser to home though, and every boat out there had a chance to catch one. There were still Sailfish to be found and the bite improved on Blue and Black Marlin as well. I had a four day trip early in the week and we released a Striper on the first day, went one for three on Blue Marlin the second day (releasing one of about #200), one for two on Sailfish on day three and on the fourth and final day, two for two on Black Marlin, releasing one of about #180 at Estilladera and then tail-wrapping one and having it die, then boating it, weighing out at #265, at the Outer Gorda Banks. YELLOWFIN TUNA: Finally these fish are starting to show. There have been plenty of the football-sized fish out there and boats have had a lot of luck on the Pacific side around the San Jaime and inside the Golden Gate. These fish are associated with Porpoise, as is the norm. There have also been some nice school fish in the 40-100 pound range caught a little farther out in the same areas, but normally to the first few boat to get there. I also heard of some very nice fish in the #150-#200 class caught by Pangas working out of La Playita and fishing the Inman Banks area using live Skipjack as bait. Not red hot action, but consistent enough that there were boats fishing there every day, all day hoping to hook one of these nice fish up.
DORADO: Steady and consistent action was to be had on the Pacific side of the Cape this week on fish between 12 and 25 pounds with a few fish in the 50+ range. From just off the beach to out at the Banks and farther, the larger fish seemed to be a bit farther out, the smaller fish closer to shore. Finding debris in the water was a sure bet with the wash-out from the rain dropped by Ivo. If the debris was large enough you could be sure of at least a fish or two and a few boats were able to find small schools concentrated under the floatsam, boating limits of two Dorado per angler (of course no one exceeded the limit, sigh)
WAHOO: Just like last week, there were scattered Wahoo again this week and they were mostly caught by boats working close to shore for the Dorado. The largest fish I heard of was 40 pounds and most of them were half that. These speedsters were not common but a few boats were flying two flags at a time. I imagine that if you had targeted these fish this week there might have been some decent action.INSHORE: A repeat of last week. Inshore fishing remained slow for the traditional species this week as the number of Roosterfish was down and the Pargo just were not on the bite. Most of the Pangas were focusing on Dorado and did have fine action with them. Bottom action was slow as well with mostly small snapper and an occasional Amberjack and Grouper in the mix. Notes: This weeks report was written to the blues, swing, jinking and jiving music of “We are Mighty Lester” on their 2007 self produced album. Check them out at www.mightylesterband.com, it will be worth your while. Meanwhile, efforts have been made before in Mexico to pass laws that would hurt Los Cabos fantastic fishing. While these efforts have all failed, we want to prevent future threats.. Can you please help us by taking a few minutes to complete a survey? The results will be used to help pass stronger conservation laws intended to improve fishing success rates and the Cabo fishing experience. All responses will be completely confidential.
To take the survey, please click: http://www.southwickassociates.com/surveys/cabo_survey/Default.aspx?sicd=AJJMEI-73 . The Billfish Foundation has hired Southwick Associates to administer the surveys. We sincerely appreciate your help in protecting Cabos unique fishery, and hope to see you fishing again in Los Cabos.
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Cabo San Lucas - September 24th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
95 °
FISHING: Excellent
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportSept. 17-23, 2007 WEATHER: We once again were treated to normal summertime weather in Cabo, with our daytime highs in the mid to upper 90’s and nighttime low in the mid 80’s. Combine that with a fairly high humidity level and things were nice and sweaty most of the week. As the week drew to a close we were all watching the slowly approaching Hurricane Ivo, which then became Tropical Storm Ivo, den finally regressed into merely a Tropical Depression, much to our relief! Cloudy skies with a bit of rain are just what we need!WATER: Surface conditions were great all week with the swells increasing just a bit to a possible six feet at the weekend due to the effects of Ivo. Water temperatures on the Cortez side of the Cape and around the Pacific side to the southern edge of Golden Gate Bank were a steady 84-85 degrees. At the end of the week there was a very defined temperature and color break on top of the Golden Gate. This temperature break started as an eddy of cold water off of the Cape mid-week and has been pushed to the north over the course of the past few days.BAIT: Exactly the same as last week, the prevailing bait this week was Caballito at $2 per bait, Mullet at $2 per bait and Sardinas at $25 per scoop. A few boats were able to make their own Mackerel during their fishing trips and these seemed to be the bait preferred by the fish.FISHING: BILLFISH: The story of the week, and possibly of the month, continues to be the unprecedented number of Striped Marlin being caught. While Cabo is known as the marlin capitol of the world for a good reason, having these numbers so close and at this time of year is simply amazing. Boats that wanted Striped Marlin only had to go to the Golden Gate Bank, and between the Bank and the shoreline this week to get into simply incredible action. Most of you who read my reports know that I am pretty even in reporting the action, right? Well, when I have clients that can go out and release 13 Stripes one day and 15 the next, and do it during a normal charter, then that’s something to shout about. These numbers were not abnormal either; a lot of boats were getting into that kind of action. Bait balls were everywhere and the Marlin were busting into them all over the place. Slow trolled live baits, drop-backs into the lure pattern when the lures were pulled at 9 knots and dropping live bait around the bait balls all worked extremely well on these concentrated fish. While the action on Striped Marlin was hot, the Blues have been slow to show, but we did have one boat that hooked up and landed one of about #250 and then hooked and fought for a few minutes another on of about #400. This action was at the 95 spot and was not typical. Most boats were not finding any Blues, and normally at this time of year we would be having reports of 60% of the fleet having a blue into the spread. A friend of mine caught a #565 pound Black on Friday while fishing around the Gorda Banks, the first large Black I have heard of so far this year. YELLOWFIN TUNA: We are finally beginning to see some Yellowfin action, and it is about time! There are still football fish to 20 pounds but the buzz this week was about the fish in the #80-#150 class that were found as close as 5 miles from the arch. These fish were associated with porpoise and they moved back and forth between the lighthouse and the San Jaime Banks for about four day in the middle of the week. First boats into them were usually able to hang one or two fish, the largest I heard of was #180 but I was also told by a credible source that there was one fish in the #250+ caught. The fish moved on later in the week but it was a good introduction to what we can expect in the near future. Other fish were found on a consistent basis at the San Jaime Banks and they were in the 40-60 pound range and I did have one report of a boat going to the Cabrilla Seamount and finding some fish that size there was well. The best baits were live Mackerel but most of the boats had to resort to live Caballito. Mackerel seemed to out-fish the Caballito by about two to one.
DORADO: The Dorado action remained consistent this week and most of the action took place on the Pacific side. Just like last week the fish seemed to be concentrated close to the beach, within three miles out for the most part. Ranging in size from little slippers of 6 pounds to some very nice Bulls of #60, the average was #20. Bright lures and live bait were the best producers. The debris in the water that was north of the Golden Gate Bank last week and I found unproductive at the time has finally started to produce some nice fish as well. Boats venturing just to the north of the bank early in the week were getting some decent schooling fish under some of the larger debris, and what is nice is that the current line seems to be holding the stuff in the same area!
WAHOO: There were scattered Wahoo again this week and they were mostly caught by boats working close to shore for the Dorado. The largest fish I heard of was 40 pounds and most of them were half that. These speedsters were not common but a few boats were flying two flags at a time. I imagine that if you had targeted these fish this week there might have been some decent action.INSHORE: Inshore fishing remained slow for the traditional species this week as the number of Roosterfish was down and the Pargo just were not on the bite. Most of the Pangas were focusing on Dorado and did have fine action with them. Bottom action was slow as well with mostly small snapper and an occasional Amberjack and Grouper in the mix.Notes: I have a four-day trip starting Saturday and will have a bit of information next week about conditions and fishing up around the East Cape if you are interested in checking back then. I just hope the wind from the Tropical Depression stays away! Also, please take the time to check out the link below and fill out the survey, your help is needed. Hello Cabo Anglers!
The Billfish Foundation is working to ensure the future of Cabo's amazing bill fishing. Efforts have been made before in Mexico to pass laws that would hurt Los Cabos fantastic fishing. While these efforts have all failed, we want to prevent future threats. Local charter companies have identified you as a Cabo angler. Can you please help us by taking a few minutes to complete a survey? The results will be used to help pass stronger conservation laws intended to improve fishing success rates and the Cabo fishing experience. All responses will be completely confidential.
To take the survey, please click: http://www.southwickassociates.com/surveys/cabo_survey/Default.aspx?sicd=AJJMEI-73 . The Billfish Foundation has hired Southwick Associates to administer the surveys. We sincerely appreciate your help in protecting Cabos unique fishery, and hope to see you fishing again in Los Cabos.
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Cabo San Lucas - September 10th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
95 °
FISHING: Great
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish ReportAugust 27-Sept. 09, 2007 NOTES This report will start out with the note section as I need to apologize up front to all those of you who read my report on a weekly basis. With Hurricane Henrietta coming and the preparations needed last week as well as the beginning of football season I was in a bit of a time bind. Now that the squeeze is over I have the time to get a report out to you. What follows is mostly an update on present conditions, what was in the past remains in the past and unless you were here it will have no bearing on your fishing decisions in the future. By the way, this week’s music is an eclectic mix from a CD lent to me by my golf buddy Roy Johnson, we have had Patty Cline, Neil Diamond, Neil Young and Merle Haggard coming through the speakers this morning! Thanks Roy! WEATHER: As I mentioned in the Note section above, we had to deal with Hurricane Henrietta this past week. She came through on Tuesday with winds gusting to 85 mph, not too bad, and she dropped about 5 inches of rain on us. Once again, not a bad amount and it was scattered over two days, that allowed a lot of it to soak into the ground and limited the damage to the roads from runoff. Prior to the Hurricane we had winds from the northwest at an average of 8 knots, not quite enough to put a chop on the water but after Henrietta the winds were light and variable. We had winds from the southeast on Sunday morning but earlier in the week they were mostly from the northwest. Our temperatures have been great with the daytime highs in the mid 90’s and nighttime lows in the low 80’s. The humidity was high after the hurricane and in the early mornings but for the rest of the time it was not bad at all.WATER: We just had a hurricane so what can I say? Prior to the hurricane we had swells from the west at 2-4 feet, during the hurricane they were 10-12 feet from the south, after the hurricane they were 4-8 from the southeast and then they shifted back to normal at 2-4 from the northwest. The water temperatures were more affected by the storm that the surface conditions over the long run. Where before the hurricane we had surface temps in the low 80’s at the Golden Gate Banks on the Pacific side, after the storm went through the temps dropped to 76 degrees. This was pretty much the pattern across the board. Up at the Gorda Banks we had water temps in the mid 80’s prior to the storm and afterwards we were seeing 80 degrees. The water clarity changed just a bit and the biggest change was the amount of debris in the water. There was quite a large amount of small trash washed out to sea and it littered the water close to shore.BAIT: Prior to the hurricane bait was no problem, immediately after the storm there was no bait available but things have improved over the last few days. There are Caballito and some Mackerel at the normal $2 per bait and there were some Sardinas as well in the last few days at the normal $25 per scoop.FISHING: BILLFISH: The two days before Hurricane Henrietta struck us the Striped Marlin bite was wide open. The last time I saw the bite this good was two years ago when the Finger Bank was going off. The day before the Hurricane we fished the area three miles off the beach just to the inside of Golden Gate Banks. Over the three days prior the bait had moved off the bank toward land and the Marlin followed them. With three anglers aboard we were able to release 10 Striped Marlin to 160 pounds and one Blue Marlin of #200 in just about four hours. There were bait balls everywhere and the birds were working them hard. While hooked up on a double with one angler at the bow and another in the cockpit I watched as a group of a dozen Stripers fed on a ball of bait within 50 feet of the boat and several of the group chased the baits under the boat as I watched from the tower. Great stuff! After the hurricane it appeared that things dropped off a bit as the conditions had changed but the fish were still in the area. A few boats were coming in flying 8 flags and a lot more were stringing up four flags from the outriggers. It appears that the fish are still in the same area but the increased swells from the hurricane broke up the bait concentrations a bit and it was a bit harder to find the concentrations of bait. A good depth sounder helped a lot. Another technique that had good results was trolling a slightly higher than normal speed with the lures, 9.5 knots instead of the usual 7.5-8 knots. For some reason that seemed to kick the Marlins appetite into gear and they would bite on the plastic at that speed instead of ignoring it. YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were still football fish to be found before and after the storm and we did well on the fish from 8-12 pounds on the east side of the San Jaime and the south side of the Golden Gate prior to the weather hitting us. These fish were not associated with Porpoise; they were schooled in the open and were moving around fast. After the storm they were still in the same areas and dark colored feathers worked well on them but red was the color of choice as red was out-bit by a factor of 5-3 over other colors.
DORADO: Once again the Dorado bite was consistent and with the amount of debris in the water it will likely improve as far as finding concentrations of fish. Stray couples in the 40-50 pound class were found both before and after the storm, but there were concentrations of small fish in the 8-pound class found under the small debris after the storm. This means that we should be seeing quite a few fish in the perfect 12-20 pound class within the next 90 days and our fingers are crossed for that to happen.
WAHOO: I did not hear of any Wahoo this week, but there were probably a few caught, the water and moon were right for them.INSHORE: No inshore fishing due to rough and dirty water caused by the storm this week, but the Roosterfish should really be stirred up within the next week.An email I received this week, another way to help let the government know. Hello Cabo Anglers!
The Billfish Foundation is working to ensure the future of Cabo's amazing billfishing. Efforts have been made before in Mexico to pass laws that would hurt Los Cabos fantastic fishing. While these efforts have all failed, we want to prevent future threats. Local charter companies have identified you as a Cabo angler. Can you please help us by taking a few minutes to complete a survey? The results will be used to help pass stronger conservation laws intended to improve fishing success rates and the Cabo fishing experience. All responses will be completely confidential.
To take the survey, please click: http://www.southwickassociates.com/surveys/cabo_survey/Default.aspx?sicd=AJJMEI-73 . The Billfish Foundation has hired Southwick Associates to administer the surveys. We sincerely appreciate your help in protecting Cabos unique fishery, and hope to see you fishing again in Los Cabos.
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Cabo San Lucas - September 9th, 2007
supplied by: Baja Anglers
RECORDED: 
95 °
FISHING: Excellent
Hi Folks,
Hurricane Henriette was not the storm the News stations made it out to be. I was amazed at all the stories I heard on TV about the effects of the storm. They just were not true. I was walking around the docks most of the storm and I never felt myself in danger. Others were walking around as well and the gas stations and major supermarkets were open. Some wind, some rain, some big surf, that’s all.
The day after the storm, the airport opened up and the next day everyone was out fishing again.
Wow! The fishing is just great right now. Usually after a storm it takes a week or so for things to get back to normal, not so this time. Right off the bat, the striped marlin were still stacked up at Golden gate banks with some Dorado around as well.
Just ask Steve and Kelli Mitchell from San Diego. They were down for their wedding anniversary and some fishing fun. I took them to out Golden Gate banks and the action started right away. Kelli hooked and landed a 60 lb. Mako shark, then Steve hooked and landed his first striped marlin ever on a spinning rod with live bait, soon later we started trolling and teased another striper to the boat and Steve learned the exciting bait and switch method. Then Kelli caught her first Dorado and soon later landed her first striped marlin on a spinning rod using dead bait with the bait and switch. Now here is an important part, they caught all of the fish on their own. They cast their own baits, hooked and fought their fish on light spinning gear. We had too much fun on the water, and they can’t wait to come back again.
Note: (Most charters in town want to rack up fish numbers, so the mates and Captains fish for their clients, casting out the baits and hooking the fish then handing off the rods to the clients to reel the fish in).
If you wanted Dorado, the fish majority of the fish were out about 2 to 4 miles off Magrino and Pozo Quota in the Pacific.
A decent Striped marlin and Dorado bite just a few miles off the light house. Trolled lures and tossing bait are working best.
Right now the blue marlin bite is really slow off Cabo; there is an okay bite 10 miles off of the Cabo Pulmo, Los Frailes area. Looks like the fish will start moving our way in the next few weeks.
Scattered football sized YFT on the Sea of Cortez, but nothing to write home about.
Some really big roosterfish located up the Pacific side, but they are mostly loners and hard to find.
Water Temperatures are in the high 70s in the Pacific and low 80s in the Sea of Cortez.
Tight Lines,
Grant
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Cabo San Lucas - August 27th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
97 °
FISHING: Excellent
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish Report August 20-26, 2007 WEATHER: Everyone was surprised this week as our weather was more reminiscent of May than of August. Our daytime highs were in the mid 80’s and our nighttime lows were in the low 70’s, really very nice. Part of that was due to the cloud cover we have had this week as we had a couple of small systems pass to the north bringing rain to the mountains and cloud cover to us. At the end of the week we had the experience repeated as the remnants of Hurricane Dean again passed to the north of us bringing two days of cloudy skies and cool breezes. We had a slight spattering of rain, more of a slight sprinkle than anything else, here in Cabo but it came down pretty heavily in the mountains and I was told that it rained hard in La Paz as well.WATER: We had a couple of days with large swells from the southwest early in the week and then they shifted and came from the west. The winds remained out of the northwest for the most part and this put a chop on the water on the Pacific side of the Cape. On the Cortez side the surface conditions remained fairly nice with water close to home being smooth and calm. Surface temperatures remained warmer on the Cortez side of the Cape with water inside the 1,000-fathom line being between 79 and 82 degrees. On the Pacific side the water was cooler with closer to shore at 74-75 degrees and out around the Golden Gate Bank being right at 80 degrees.BAIT: There was no problem getting bait this week with plenty of Mackerel, Caballito, Mullet and Sardinas. The bigger baits were the normal $2 per bait while the Sardinas were $25 per scoop.FISHING: BILLFISH: I had an exciting day on the water this week when we went up the Pacific side to find the Striped Marlin that had been close to the coast. I went past the Golden Gate Bank on the inside, cruising along looking for signs of fish. I finally found a mass of bait on the surface being worked by birds but it was a giant school of Sardinas and the only fish feeding on them were small Skipjacks, not what we were looking for. We turned to the southwest and as we approached the Gate I could see plenty of boats there on Radar. We arrived at noon and there wee boats hooking up all over the place and there were solid bait marks at 200 feet, large schools of Mackerel on the scope. We had a couple of bites while slow trolling bait but I was waiting for the fleet boats to leave so we could work the feeders that were popping up now and then. At 2 pm there were only a couple of us left and then things got interesting. Without all the boats there to chase them down, the Marlin would come up in packs and feed. The birds would pile up and there was even a finback whale feeding there! We would pull up to the action and drop back a live bait and ten seconds later the line would come tight on a Marlin. We released two Stripers fairly quickly and then had a long fight with a small Blue Marlin of about 200 pounds. Our angler was tired after that and we headed in, but if we had stayed I have no doubt that it could have been a double digit day. There were scattered fish caught in other areas on both the Cortez side and the Pacific, but for several days the Gate was the place to be. YELLOWFIN TUNA: Still scattered, there were reports of some fish in the 25 pound class being found out toward the Cabrilla Seamount on the Cortez side and fish a slight bit smaller at the south end of the San Jaime Banks. A few boats did wide sweeps far offshore in both directions and found fish, but nothing to make a long trip worth it. The fish that were found were biting on cedar plugs and small hootchies, the smaller fish were eating the hootchies that were being jigged, and of course red was a favorite color for them (think squid).
DORADO: While not wide open, the Dorado action was consistent. Almost everyone was able to find a fish or two and most of the action was closer to the beach than you would think. As a matter of fact, there were probably more Dorado caught by the Pangas than by the cruisers, at least this week. The fish found offshore were larger on the average, but a bit scarcer.
WAHOO: I did not hear of any Wahoo this week, but there were probably a few caught, the water and moon were right for them.INSHORE: Just like last week and the week before. Good to excellent Roosterfish were available on the Pacific side between the arch and the lighthouse on fish between 5 and 25 pounds. The baitfish moved in close to the beach and brought the Roosters with them. Other inshore action was spotty as most of the Pangas were concentration on the “close to shore” pelagic fish. NOTES: Great weather, good fishing, it’s been an allaround nice week to be here. I finally got a new roof on the house (2 layers of torch down) so I am ready for any rain that might come our way and not have to be putting pots and towels all over the house to catch the leaks. My Jeep is finally here and the new steering components should be in next week. Then it is time to get into the mountains and see all the flowers and green growth the rain brought us! As far as my music this week, I went back to the classics and my selection was the Fleetwood Mac album “Rumors”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Cabo San Lucas - August 20th, 2007
supplied by: Fly Hooker Sportfishing
RECORDED:
94 °
FISHING: Excellent
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrumgmlandrum@hotmail.comwww.flyhooker.comCabo Fish Report August 13-19, 2007 WEATHER: Our week started our as a normal summer week and weekend up with a taste of our Hurricane season weather, only without the wind. Monday and the rest of the weekdays were just great with sunny skies and temperatures in the high 90’s during the daytime and in the low 80’s at night. On Saturday and Sunday we had the edge of a storm system come across us as the system came across from the mainland and turned up the Sea of Cortez. This system brought us cloudy skies and a scattering of rain on Saturday with a fairly decent rain on Saturday night. The wind shifted around from the northeast and the daytime temperature dropped to the high 80;s and nighttime lows went to the mid 70;s.WATER: On the Sea of Cortez we had water temperatures in the high 80’s over most of the area. From San Jose and to the south there was almost a wall where the temperature changed from 85 to 83 degrees. This warm water pushed across the Cape toward the Pacific side on a small plume that extended 5 miles offshore and 5 miles into the Pacific. On the Pacific side the water was 80-82 degrees. Both sides of the cape had excellent surface conditions early in the week but over the weekend the Cortez side saw considerable chop and building swells due to the northeastern winds.BAIT: There was no problem getting bait this week with plenty of Mackerel, Caballito, Mullet and Sardinas. The bigger baits were the normal $2 per bait while the Sardinas were $25 per scoop.FISHING: BILLFISH: We are still seeing large numbers of Striped Marlin out on the water, very strange for this time of year, but at least they are there and they are biting. The major mass of fish has moved to the Pacific side of the Cape, just off the beach between the Lighthouse and the Golden Gate Bank. The bite has been an even mix between lures and live bait with most of the bait caught fish coming into the lure pattern and eating drop-backs. An average catch has been two Striped Marlin per day with a few boats scoring five or six. Also, there are finally some nice sized Blue and Black Marlin showing up. Most of these fish have been in the area of the various Banks and fairly evenly scattered. YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again the Tuna bite dropped off, our great showing of football-sized fish came to a screeching halt with the change in the weather. There are still some fish out there, but not tin the numbers we were seeing last week. A few scattered schools of larger fish have been found on the Pacific side of the Cape outside the San Jaime Banks, but it has been a 40+ mile run with not a great chance of success in finding them. If you did find them, larger cedar plugs and Striped Marlin sized lures in dark colors worked best.
DORADO: As the water warms up the Dorado action is one thing you can count on, and the water is just about perfect right now. Every boat I have seen come into the Marina has had at least one yellow flag flying, and a few that were in the right spot at the right time had both outriggers loaded with them. Most of the action on Dorado has been on the Pacific side of the Cape and close to shore. Fish in the 20-40 pound class have been eating bright colored lures, and the occasional larger fish has bitten on live bait dropped back after seeing Frigate birds working an area.
WAHOO: There were a few nice fish caught this week and hopefully next month things will improve. The fish I saw were in the 40-60 pound class and were found at the edge of the Pacific side banks, caught by boats working the edges for Marlin.INSHORE: Just like last week. Good to excellent Roosterfish were available on the Pacific side between the arch and the lighthouse on fish between 5 and 25 pounds. The baitfish moved in close to the beach and brought the Roosters with them. Other inshore action was spotty as most of the Pangas were concentration on the “close to shore” pelagic fish. NOTES: Keep an eye on the weather; this is the time of year when things can turn quickly. I love fishing in August and September, there are some of the biggest fish of the year here now and there is not as much pressure on them as there is in October. Until next week, tight lines! P.S., if you get a chance to listen to music by Miguel de Hoyos, take advantage of the opportunity, you won’t regret it!
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