12-05-2011, 02:52 PM
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000]November 28 – December 4,2011[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Todaywas the low of the week as far as I saw with a temperature of 67degrees at 6AM. We had warmer mornings earlier, some as warm as 78degrees but the average was about 71 degrees. Daytime highs averaged86 degrees with a couple of days getting into the low 90's. OnThursday clouds moved into the area but earlier in the week wassunny. Monday was a windy day all day but the rest of the week thebreeze did not start up until about noon.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]The week started out strange as on Monday the winds from the eastthat had started out light on Sunday really kicked in and startedblowing. With the wind came the swells and chop, and coming from theeast it was not comfortable on the Cortez side of the Cape at all. Winds to 25 knots and seas at 4-6 feet resulted in the Port Captainclosing the Port to the entry and exit of Pangas. The main reasonwas that it was unsafe for the water taxis and the glass bottom boatsin the bay. On Tuesday things returned to normal and the windswitched back and started to come again from the northwest. Watertemperatures on the Sea of Cortez were warmer than on the Pacificside with most areas showing 81 degrees. On the Pacific the warmerwater was close to shore inside the San Jaime and the Golden GateBanks and was 80 degrees. Outside the Banks the water cooled to 78degrees.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Most of the bait is still very small Caballito and junk fish butthere have been a few Mackerel showing up, just not enough to dependon. The cost is still around $3 per bait. Some Sardines can be hadhere at $25 a scoop but better deals can be found by going to SanJose if you are going to be fishing in that direction. $20 can getyou a full scoop up there, but if you are going to be fishing on thePacific side it's not worth the time.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: There was no change in the situation with the Striped Marlin thispast week as we continue to have reports of good numbers of StripedMarlin appearing to the north of us on the Pacific side. Some of thefleet boats are starting to get multiple fish on their day trips,occasionally as many as four or five releases, but they are stillhaving to a way to get to them. Most of the action has been on livebait tossed in front of tailing fish, bu there has been decent actionreported on lures as well. Quite a few boats have begun to droplive bait toward the bottom at the Golden Gate and the Los Arcos areahoping to intercept feeding fish that are not showing on the surface.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This weeks result on Yellowfin Tuna can be show bya recap of the just completed one day Toyota Tundra Tuna Tournament,sponsored by Toyota and Monex. The fishing was on Saturday and sinceit was the inaugural tournament there was not a lot of notice given. 33 boats competed and with an entry fee of $2,500 pesos and jackpotsof $500 and $1,000 pesos it was affordable. It was Tuna only andpayouts were on the three largest fish. Fishing started at 7AM andlines out was at 4PM, scales closed at 6PM. The largest fish wascaught on the Curandero III and weighed #275. Shark's Parlourweighed the second place fish at #212 as well as a #191. Third placewas a #208 caught on the Bad Medicine. There were several other fishover #150 brought in and scores of fish from #30 to #80. We had oneclient fishing and they limited out on fish averaging #30 and hookedseveral larger ones. These were just the tournament fish, the fleetdid pretty good as well and there were several fish reported over#200. I also had an unconfirmed report of a very large Yellowfin of#400 being caught earlier in the week by a commercial Panga using#200 test hand-lines fishing the Gorda Banks. The majority of thetournament fish came from the Pacific side to the north of the GoldenGate but there were a few, including one of the prize winners thatwere caught at the Gorda Banks. So there you go, we still have goodYellowfin fishing even though it's December!
[#000000]DORADO: For most of the fleet boats theDorado were the fish of the week once again, both because of thenumbers out there and because they could be found closer to home. The boats that are getting the slightly larger fish are goingoffshore and looking for feeding Frigate Birds. They are not gettinglarge numbers but there are some quality fish out there. One exampleis a boat getting 6 Dorado that averaged 25 pounds, but most of theboats are getting the smaller fish close to the beach. Live bait isthe key here, but many of the smaller fish are coming in on hootchiesand then the boats are leaving one in the water and feeding chunks ofBonita to keep the action going.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: Not as many Wahoo this week as lastweek, the bunch that were being caught off of Palmilla Point seemedto have either moved on or stopped biting. There were some fishcaught close to the beach on the Pacific side, but as usual most ofthem were lost due to mono leaders.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Dorado were the target for mostof the Pangas but there is a decent Snapper bite starting as well asa few Sierra starting to show up. Football Yellowfin just off thebeach has attracted quite a few of these small boat anglers as well.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: posted on the blog Thursday orFriday. We have been really busy the past several weeks and promiseto get a new one up this week![/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Great weather, good water conditionsand great fishing made for a fantastic week. The whales are showingup, not a lot of them yet but we are seeing a few every day we goout. This weeks report was written to the music of Radney Foster onhis new album “Revival”. Excellent music and thanks once againto Mark Bailey for his continued support of my music habit! Untilnext week, tight lines![/#000000]
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000]November 28 – December 4,2011[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Todaywas the low of the week as far as I saw with a temperature of 67degrees at 6AM. We had warmer mornings earlier, some as warm as 78degrees but the average was about 71 degrees. Daytime highs averaged86 degrees with a couple of days getting into the low 90's. OnThursday clouds moved into the area but earlier in the week wassunny. Monday was a windy day all day but the rest of the week thebreeze did not start up until about noon.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]The week started out strange as on Monday the winds from the eastthat had started out light on Sunday really kicked in and startedblowing. With the wind came the swells and chop, and coming from theeast it was not comfortable on the Cortez side of the Cape at all. Winds to 25 knots and seas at 4-6 feet resulted in the Port Captainclosing the Port to the entry and exit of Pangas. The main reasonwas that it was unsafe for the water taxis and the glass bottom boatsin the bay. On Tuesday things returned to normal and the windswitched back and started to come again from the northwest. Watertemperatures on the Sea of Cortez were warmer than on the Pacificside with most areas showing 81 degrees. On the Pacific the warmerwater was close to shore inside the San Jaime and the Golden GateBanks and was 80 degrees. Outside the Banks the water cooled to 78degrees.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Most of the bait is still very small Caballito and junk fish butthere have been a few Mackerel showing up, just not enough to dependon. The cost is still around $3 per bait. Some Sardines can be hadhere at $25 a scoop but better deals can be found by going to SanJose if you are going to be fishing in that direction. $20 can getyou a full scoop up there, but if you are going to be fishing on thePacific side it's not worth the time.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: There was no change in the situation with the Striped Marlin thispast week as we continue to have reports of good numbers of StripedMarlin appearing to the north of us on the Pacific side. Some of thefleet boats are starting to get multiple fish on their day trips,occasionally as many as four or five releases, but they are stillhaving to a way to get to them. Most of the action has been on livebait tossed in front of tailing fish, bu there has been decent actionreported on lures as well. Quite a few boats have begun to droplive bait toward the bottom at the Golden Gate and the Los Arcos areahoping to intercept feeding fish that are not showing on the surface.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This weeks result on Yellowfin Tuna can be show bya recap of the just completed one day Toyota Tundra Tuna Tournament,sponsored by Toyota and Monex. The fishing was on Saturday and sinceit was the inaugural tournament there was not a lot of notice given. 33 boats competed and with an entry fee of $2,500 pesos and jackpotsof $500 and $1,000 pesos it was affordable. It was Tuna only andpayouts were on the three largest fish. Fishing started at 7AM andlines out was at 4PM, scales closed at 6PM. The largest fish wascaught on the Curandero III and weighed #275. Shark's Parlourweighed the second place fish at #212 as well as a #191. Third placewas a #208 caught on the Bad Medicine. There were several other fishover #150 brought in and scores of fish from #30 to #80. We had oneclient fishing and they limited out on fish averaging #30 and hookedseveral larger ones. These were just the tournament fish, the fleetdid pretty good as well and there were several fish reported over#200. I also had an unconfirmed report of a very large Yellowfin of#400 being caught earlier in the week by a commercial Panga using#200 test hand-lines fishing the Gorda Banks. The majority of thetournament fish came from the Pacific side to the north of the GoldenGate but there were a few, including one of the prize winners thatwere caught at the Gorda Banks. So there you go, we still have goodYellowfin fishing even though it's December!
[#000000]DORADO: For most of the fleet boats theDorado were the fish of the week once again, both because of thenumbers out there and because they could be found closer to home. The boats that are getting the slightly larger fish are goingoffshore and looking for feeding Frigate Birds. They are not gettinglarge numbers but there are some quality fish out there. One exampleis a boat getting 6 Dorado that averaged 25 pounds, but most of theboats are getting the smaller fish close to the beach. Live bait isthe key here, but many of the smaller fish are coming in on hootchiesand then the boats are leaving one in the water and feeding chunks ofBonita to keep the action going.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: Not as many Wahoo this week as lastweek, the bunch that were being caught off of Palmilla Point seemedto have either moved on or stopped biting. There were some fishcaught close to the beach on the Pacific side, but as usual most ofthem were lost due to mono leaders.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Dorado were the target for mostof the Pangas but there is a decent Snapper bite starting as well asa few Sierra starting to show up. Football Yellowfin just off thebeach has attracted quite a few of these small boat anglers as well.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: posted on the blog Thursday orFriday. We have been really busy the past several weeks and promiseto get a new one up this week![/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Great weather, good water conditionsand great fishing made for a fantastic week. The whales are showingup, not a lot of them yet but we are seeing a few every day we goout. This weeks report was written to the music of Radney Foster onhis new album “Revival”. Excellent music and thanks once againto Mark Bailey for his continued support of my music habit! Untilnext week, tight lines![/#000000]
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