10-24-2011, 02:26 PM
[#000000][size 4]FLYHOOKER SPORTFISHING[/size][/#000000]
[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] Oct. 16-23, 2011[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Ourbreak from the summer highs seem to be over, or perhaps it's justwishful thinking. In any case, our daytime highs this week onlyreached 100 degrees one day, the rest of the time we seemed to stayin the high 90's, and our nighttime lows were in the low to mid 80's. That may not seem low to you, but we had a few nights where we didnot have to run the air conditioner in order to sleep and that's bigfor us! We had clouds in our skies this week on most days later inthe week and actually had a little spit fall from the sky onSaturday, just enough to make interesting patterns on thewindshields.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Water temperatures did not have a big change from one side of thepeninsula to the other. On the Pacific we saw water at 85 degreesuntil you got 50 miles out and then it dropped to 83 degrees. On theCortez side of the Cape we had water that was 86-87 degrees with apush into our area of slightly warmer 88 degree water outside the1,000 fathom curve. Surface conditions were great all week with theexception of Friday when new clouds moved into the area and broughtsome windy conditions in the afternoon. Water clarity was great withblue water everywhere, slightly off-color due east but still goodclarity.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballito,Mullet and Sardines were the live bait available with the biggerbaits at the usual $3 each and Sardinas in Cabo were $25 a smallscoop.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:Let;s see if I can keep from making a mistake on this weeks report! I fished the Bisbee Black and Blue so the numbers I have on big fishare correct. There were a reported 100 teams entered into the 3 daytournament for a total of 300 fishing days. 122 Billfish werecaught, 2 Black Marlin, 56 Blue Marlin, 52 Striped Marlin and 12Sailfish for an average of 1.22 billfish per team, or to be blunt, .4billfish per day. You do have to realize that almost all the boatswere focused on large Marlin and were pulling large lures or verylarge bait. This means that there were quite a few strikes fromsmaller fish that did nor result in a hook-up. For the charterfleet, working smaller lures for Striped Marlin, Dorado and Tuna thedaily average was much better, around .6 Marlin per day. Almost allthe action happened on the Pacific side of the Cape as the water wasa bit cleaner and that is where all the Tuna and Dorado have been,one of the main food sources for these large fish. The Tournamentwas a success with the top money winner taking home a check for$1,162,842.50, once again proving the Bisbee Black and Blue to be theworlds richest billfish tournament (and a lot of fun too!).[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: While running all over the place looking forMarlin, the boats in the Black and Blue found plenty of schools ofYellowfin Tuna from north of the Golden Gate Bank to south of the SanJaime Bank. Some of the fish were big, often topping the scales atover #200. The fleet boats were very into the tuna bite and thelucky ones had schools all to themselves, often managing to getlimits on fish to 45 pounds with a few larger #80 fish tossed in. Even the fleet managed to get some of the larger fish, and it wasoften a matter of getting a bait far enough from the boat usingeither a kite or a very long 150 yard or more drop-back and slowtrolling the bait. A few of the larger fish also came in right offthe transom, crashing lures run in the second or third wakes, younever knew what was going to work!
[#000000]DORADO: For the fleet boats these weredefinitely the fish of the week. Almost all the Dorado were foundclose to the beach on the Pacific side from right off the arch allthe way up to Todo Santos. Perfect for the charters who wantedaction and fish to eat, most of the boats started trolling at thelighthouse and kept working their way north until the anglers crieduncle and then they went offshore looking for the Tuna. The fishwere not large on average, right around 12 pounds, but there wereenough fish in the 20-25 pound class to make it interesting and oncein a while a 40+ pound fish would crash a bait or lure. Limits wereeasy to come by (2 per person), so easy that many boats exceeded thelimits before they realized it.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: Going into the new moon phase we didsee a decrease in the number of Wahoo caught, but also saw more largefish than normal. This was probably due to the number of tournamentboats fish the offshore structure with large lures and heavy leader,but there were some nice fish in the 50-60 pound class that came fromthe San Jaime and the Gorda Banks areas.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: With plenty of Dorado to be hadin easy traveling distance most of the Pangas focused on them. Ascattering of boats went offshore looking for Tuna, often withsuccess as well as Marlin since the water was decent and they hadsome luck as well. The usual inshore fish were present, but due tothe fantastic Dorado fishing few of the Pangas focused on theRoosterfish, Snapper and Grouper.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: My recipe has been taking toomuch space so if you want to see it, check out my wordpress blog alittle later in the week, or subscribe to the blog and you willreceive an email as soon as I post it. [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: I have to thank my wife, Mary, forupdating the blog for the past week as I was fishing the tournaments,and she will be doing the fish report and blog next week as I will begone. The boat I was fishing the Black and Blue on, Dan Lewis“Sporty Game” scored one Blue Marlin release (a fish of about225-250 pound) as well as two Striped Marlin releases on day three ofthe tournament, and we had a fish that probably would have qualifiedget its bill into the gap of the hook on a lure on the second day,coming off after about 60 seconds. With the great weather and thenumber of Tuna out there, as well as having some really nice cowscaught, then next tournament coming up should be a great one. TheWestern Outdoor News Tuna Tournament is always a blast and does notcost a lot to enter. With plenty of parties and great give- a-wayssome teams enter just for those, but the fishing should be great aswell. For only $800 to enter a team of four anglers is isaffordable, and the dates are November 2-5, with the fishing days onthe 3[size 2]rd and 4th.[/size][/#000000]
[#000000]Thanks to my friend Mark Bailey, this weeksreport was written to the music of Jason Boland and the StragglersBand on their new release “Rancho Alto”. [/#000000]
[#000000]Until next week, tight lines![/#000000]
[#000000]I will be posting more to my blog nowhttp://captgeo.wordpress.com, please go to and subscribe, you will besent a notice every time I post a new article. Please feel free tosend suggestions or if you have any ideas for articles. ThanksGeorge[/#000000]
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]http://captgeo.wordpress.com/[/#000000]
[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] Oct. 16-23, 2011[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Ourbreak from the summer highs seem to be over, or perhaps it's justwishful thinking. In any case, our daytime highs this week onlyreached 100 degrees one day, the rest of the time we seemed to stayin the high 90's, and our nighttime lows were in the low to mid 80's. That may not seem low to you, but we had a few nights where we didnot have to run the air conditioner in order to sleep and that's bigfor us! We had clouds in our skies this week on most days later inthe week and actually had a little spit fall from the sky onSaturday, just enough to make interesting patterns on thewindshields.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Water temperatures did not have a big change from one side of thepeninsula to the other. On the Pacific we saw water at 85 degreesuntil you got 50 miles out and then it dropped to 83 degrees. On theCortez side of the Cape we had water that was 86-87 degrees with apush into our area of slightly warmer 88 degree water outside the1,000 fathom curve. Surface conditions were great all week with theexception of Friday when new clouds moved into the area and broughtsome windy conditions in the afternoon. Water clarity was great withblue water everywhere, slightly off-color due east but still goodclarity.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballito,Mullet and Sardines were the live bait available with the biggerbaits at the usual $3 each and Sardinas in Cabo were $25 a smallscoop.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:Let;s see if I can keep from making a mistake on this weeks report! I fished the Bisbee Black and Blue so the numbers I have on big fishare correct. There were a reported 100 teams entered into the 3 daytournament for a total of 300 fishing days. 122 Billfish werecaught, 2 Black Marlin, 56 Blue Marlin, 52 Striped Marlin and 12Sailfish for an average of 1.22 billfish per team, or to be blunt, .4billfish per day. You do have to realize that almost all the boatswere focused on large Marlin and were pulling large lures or verylarge bait. This means that there were quite a few strikes fromsmaller fish that did nor result in a hook-up. For the charterfleet, working smaller lures for Striped Marlin, Dorado and Tuna thedaily average was much better, around .6 Marlin per day. Almost allthe action happened on the Pacific side of the Cape as the water wasa bit cleaner and that is where all the Tuna and Dorado have been,one of the main food sources for these large fish. The Tournamentwas a success with the top money winner taking home a check for$1,162,842.50, once again proving the Bisbee Black and Blue to be theworlds richest billfish tournament (and a lot of fun too!).[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: While running all over the place looking forMarlin, the boats in the Black and Blue found plenty of schools ofYellowfin Tuna from north of the Golden Gate Bank to south of the SanJaime Bank. Some of the fish were big, often topping the scales atover #200. The fleet boats were very into the tuna bite and thelucky ones had schools all to themselves, often managing to getlimits on fish to 45 pounds with a few larger #80 fish tossed in. Even the fleet managed to get some of the larger fish, and it wasoften a matter of getting a bait far enough from the boat usingeither a kite or a very long 150 yard or more drop-back and slowtrolling the bait. A few of the larger fish also came in right offthe transom, crashing lures run in the second or third wakes, younever knew what was going to work!
[#000000]DORADO: For the fleet boats these weredefinitely the fish of the week. Almost all the Dorado were foundclose to the beach on the Pacific side from right off the arch allthe way up to Todo Santos. Perfect for the charters who wantedaction and fish to eat, most of the boats started trolling at thelighthouse and kept working their way north until the anglers crieduncle and then they went offshore looking for the Tuna. The fishwere not large on average, right around 12 pounds, but there wereenough fish in the 20-25 pound class to make it interesting and oncein a while a 40+ pound fish would crash a bait or lure. Limits wereeasy to come by (2 per person), so easy that many boats exceeded thelimits before they realized it.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: Going into the new moon phase we didsee a decrease in the number of Wahoo caught, but also saw more largefish than normal. This was probably due to the number of tournamentboats fish the offshore structure with large lures and heavy leader,but there were some nice fish in the 50-60 pound class that came fromthe San Jaime and the Gorda Banks areas.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: With plenty of Dorado to be hadin easy traveling distance most of the Pangas focused on them. Ascattering of boats went offshore looking for Tuna, often withsuccess as well as Marlin since the water was decent and they hadsome luck as well. The usual inshore fish were present, but due tothe fantastic Dorado fishing few of the Pangas focused on theRoosterfish, Snapper and Grouper.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: My recipe has been taking toomuch space so if you want to see it, check out my wordpress blog alittle later in the week, or subscribe to the blog and you willreceive an email as soon as I post it. [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: I have to thank my wife, Mary, forupdating the blog for the past week as I was fishing the tournaments,and she will be doing the fish report and blog next week as I will begone. The boat I was fishing the Black and Blue on, Dan Lewis“Sporty Game” scored one Blue Marlin release (a fish of about225-250 pound) as well as two Striped Marlin releases on day three ofthe tournament, and we had a fish that probably would have qualifiedget its bill into the gap of the hook on a lure on the second day,coming off after about 60 seconds. With the great weather and thenumber of Tuna out there, as well as having some really nice cowscaught, then next tournament coming up should be a great one. TheWestern Outdoor News Tuna Tournament is always a blast and does notcost a lot to enter. With plenty of parties and great give- a-wayssome teams enter just for those, but the fishing should be great aswell. For only $800 to enter a team of four anglers is isaffordable, and the dates are November 2-5, with the fishing days onthe 3[size 2]rd and 4th.[/size][/#000000]
[#000000]Thanks to my friend Mark Bailey, this weeksreport was written to the music of Jason Boland and the StragglersBand on their new release “Rancho Alto”. [/#000000]
[#000000]Until next week, tight lines![/#000000]
[#000000]I will be posting more to my blog nowhttp://captgeo.wordpress.com, please go to and subscribe, you will besent a notice every time I post a new article. Please feel free tosend suggestions or if you have any ideas for articles. ThanksGeorge[/#000000]
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