Fishing Forum

[font "Times New Roman"][center]Capt George Landrum[/center] [center][/center] [center]Fly Hooker Sportfishing[/center] [center][/center] [center]gmlandrum@hotmail.com[/center] [center][/center] [center]www.flyhooker.com[/center][/font][size 2] [left][/left] [left] [/left] [left] [/left][/size][font "Times New Roman"] [left]CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT APRIL 4-10, 2004[/left] [left][/left] [left]WEATHER: I swear to you that I am not making this up, but once again we have an almost identical repeat of last weeks weather. Maybe I am starting to sound like a broken record, but hear me out. The week started with wonderful calm weather, sunny and warm with not a cloud in the sky. On Tuesday the wind started to blow as cloud cover moved in. It started to blow hard on Wednesday and on Friday a lot of boats cancelled their trips. On Saturday the wind started to die back down and the clouds moved away. Sigh. Night time lows were in the area of 60 degrees while the daytime highs ranged from 82 to 98 degrees, depending on where you were and the day of the week![/left] [left][/left] [left]WATER: Down to a low of 59 degrees right at the Cape at the end of the week, the water close to home has been very, very cold! Thank goodness the water warms up as you get offshore, or we might just be looking at another Albacore bite (not that would be a bad thing). One you got around 15 miles out the water started to warm up and on the Sea of Cortez side that meant that you were looking at temperatures that may have hit the low 70’s. Directly to the south the water continued to stay cold as the currents carried that chilly stuff almost thirty miles out before it began to dissipate. Out on the Pacific side the normal temperature break area, between the Golden Gate and the San Jaime Banks continued to run true to form. Once you reached the rise the water started to warm up, but for most of the week it was just so rough out there that no one was going. Up the Cortez the water inshore began to warm up as well and it was a good thing, as that was almost the only area the smaller boats could concentrate on without getting slammed around.[/left] [left][/left] [left]BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for Caballito with very few small Mackerel available. I did not hear of any Sardines making it down to Cabo from San Jose.[/left] [left][/left] [left]FISHING:[/left] [left][/left] [left]BILLFISH: Heck, I have no idea what to say about the Bill fish this week except that some boats were lucky and caught some. I would have to venture a guess that for most of the week one in twenty boats were lucky to get hooked up, and of them, maybe half got the fish to the boat. A lot of it had to do with the full moon, but the water temperature and surface conditions contributed as well. Some of the boats that did catch fish were catching them on lures, bait was not working real well. After banging heads around after a few beers, we have come up with a pretty good reason (at least it sounds like it after a couple!), too much squid around for the Marlin to be interested in Mackerel or Caballito. Why should they work hard at chasing small fish when they can eat squid candy. That also migh explain why most of the fish caught on lures were caught on ones that were in squid colors! Most of the fish found were at the temperature breaks and that was almost the only place.[/left] [left][/left] [left]YELLOWFIN TUNA: A repeat of last weeks report on the Tuna. Almost all the Yellowfin I saw or heard about this week were football fish and many of them were not found with Porpoise, but instead found in free swimming schools. Small feathers in dark colors worked well as did larger lures in Petrelero (sure must be a lot of squid out there now). The Sea of Cortez side, out to 15 miles while the wind blew, and out a bit farther after it stopped on the weekend had the majority of the fish, perhaps due to the small temperature break there. There were a few larger fish found and caught, but they were around the San Jaime and for most of the week the water was too rough to get to them.[/left] [left][/left] [left]DORADO: Same as last week! Scattered fish, and good sized ones, were the order for the week. Many of the Dorado found and caught were in the 25-50 pound class. Marlin lures in Petrelero go the first ones and live bait on the drop back usually hooked up another. Warmer water, out past the temperature break was where most of the fish were found, though there were a few found close to shore on the Cortez side up around the Palmilla Hotel.[/left] [left][/left] [left]WAHOO: Even with the full moon there were not many Wahoo found this week. Cold water may have been the reason because I did hear that there was a bit of a bite happening up around the north end of Punta Gorda, and the water was warmer up there.[/left] [left][/left] [left]INSHORE: Slow fishing in rough water, but those that could handle it found fair fishing up around the lighthouse on the Pacific side for Yellowtail to 25 pounds on live bait dropped deep. There were also Sierra in the 4 to 8 pound range in the same area as well as right in the Cabo San Lucas Bay. Elsewhere the inshore action was slow with only a few fish found.[/left][/font][size 2] [left][/left][/size][font "Times New Roman"]

NOTES: Not a red banner week on the fishing front, nor on the weather front! (that was a repeat of the first line from last weeks report!) We need warm water, no wind and then things will take off! Around the town, things are busy as it is Semana Santa, or Holy Week, and everyone is on Holiday! Lots of people out and about but the fun police are out as well. Sigh, a couple of live music sets at the beach and the fun police shut down Brian Flynn’s indoor/outdoor gig at the beach. Heck, if I wanted this I would have moved to southern California (the state, that is!)! No music this week as it is late at my house, Mary is asleep and I have to get up early and fish on Easter Sunday! Until next week, tight lines![/font]
[signature]