07-02-2012, 04:25 PM
[#000000][size 4]FLYHOOKER SPORTFISHING[/size][/#000000]
[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] June 25 – July 1, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Onceagain it was a mix of wind and calm as well as hot and humid vs. justhot. We are past the usual time frame for this type of weather butit is what it is and we deal with it. As the week ends we have ahigh overcast with light winds from the northwest here in Cabo. Ijust returned from a delivery to La Paz and the skies were clear, thewater flat and there was almost no wind the whole trip, so things canchange quickly. This morning we have a high of 82 degrees to go withthe overcast and this was an average low for the week with a rangebetween 87 and 78, highs ranging between 87 and 98 degrees.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER:[/#000000][#000000] We ended the week with a 5 miles wide band of cool 68 degree waterjust off the beach and wrapping around the Cape. Once past Gray Rockthat band warmed to 71 degrees until it dispersed at San Jose. Farther offshore on the Pacific side the water across the Golden GateBank and the San Jaime Bank was 74 degrees and this water extendedout to well past the 1,000 fathom line to the west. The cool waterclose to shore was very green, and the water slowly cleared up thefarther you went offshore, but never did clear to a nice blue color. On the Cortez side of the Cape the water was 71 degrees close toshore, warming to 74 degrees at a line between the Punta Gorda andthe 95 spot. Outside that line the water was 76-77 degrees but greeneverywhere you went. Up past the Punta Gorda area the water was76-78 degrees and still a bit green but not quite as dirty in color. Early in the week there was an area of warm water the was 78 degrees35 miles to the SSW of the Cape and the water cleared up quite a bit,but still had a green tinge to it.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballitoand Mullet were available at the normal $3 per bait and there wereplenty of green Jacks if you wanted them.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: It was a mixed and varied week for anglers in Cabo as the bestMarlin fishing was a long run, but if you took a gamble and stayedcloser to home you might have ended up catching a few anyway. Running up to the Vinorama area early in the week had quite a fewboats getting into Striped Marlin, one of the best catches I heard offrom that area was 5 releases, but it was an “good one day, poorthe next” area, so the run was a gamble. Staying closer to homemeant fishing the green water and there were a few fish to be foundthere as well, the 95 spot continued to kick out a few fish as didthe San Jose Canyon area. There were a few Blue Marlin reportedbeing hooked up in the Vinorama area and I saw several large Marlinmarks on the depth sounder as I went through this area on my deliveryto La Paz, as well as many smaller Marlin marks. Both lures andCaballito were catching Marlin this week, but if you were able to getMackerel (difficult, as there were few to be had) your chancesincreased quite a bit.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Well, the Yellowfin remained a so-so catch thisweek with the majority of fish found being footballs sized. Therewere a few larger fish, some of them actually very nice, as in 80pounds, but there were no large numbers of them. I went to the 1,000fathom line off of Vinorama early in the week after reports of someof these nice fish mixed in with Dolphin but found no Dolphin orTuna, and everyone in the area was mentioning the sudden absence. Later in the week I went 40 miles to check out the warmer, cleanerwater to be found to the SSW and once again found no Dolphin butmanaged to get four footballs and two fish of about 20 pounds, all inthe blind and all within a mile of the same area. Small pods ofDolphin close to home were producing some footballs but not every podof Dolphin held the Yellowfin so it was a matter of moving on ifnothing bit after working the pod. We did find that all the Tuna, aswell as the Dorado that we caught were stuffed with red crab, and wecould see shoals of these encrustations just under the surface andmarking on the depth sounder. Its hard to get fish to bite when allthey have to do is swim around with their mouths open to get fed!
[#000000]DORADO: There were a few large Doradoreported this week from the Punta Gorda area, averaging 25 pounds,but closer to home the size average remained 8-10 pounds. Out atPunta Gorda and beyond the fish were found on Shark Buoys, and whilenot every buoy held Dorado, most of them had something around. On mytrip to the area early in the week we caught two small Dorado off ofone buoy, had another one hit a lure after coming out from under aturtle and another after coming out from under a pod of logging PilotWhales. A friend went up there two days later and found a greatconcentration of good fish under a buoy but could only get one hookedup, and it was spraying red crab everywhere during the fight andafter it was boated. Closer to home the fish were found between thearch and Chileano Bay at a distance between 2 and 5 miles, scatteredout. The key was small feathers and looking for working Frigatebirds.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: I thought that the green water wouldkeep the Wahoo bite down even though we are coming up to a full moon,but there were a few fish reported this week, almost all of them fromthe Punta Gorda to Vinorama area in the cleaner water. The sizeswere small with an average of 20 pounds, and the numbers caught weresmall as well, I only heard of four of them, but there were surelymany more lost.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: This weeks inshore report is arepeat of last weeks as there was no significant change in results orlocations. Still slow, the bite on Yellowtail was almostnon-existent, the Sierra bite slowed way down as well. The positivenote for Sierra was the size increased by quite a bit with some ofthe fish being caught being larger, in the 8-12 pound class. Add inan occasional Grouper to 25 pounds, a few Roosterfish to 40 pounds,an Amberjack once in a while and there was something to catch foralmost everyone.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: I have to think positive and what hasme in that mode this morning is the water I experienced on the tripto La Paz and what I heard about the fishing up at the East Cape. The bite has been turning on up there as the water warms and clears,Blue Marlin, Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna would happen now and then. These fish move into our area as the warm water works it's way downso it should be here shortly! My music for the week is a compilationof the best of “Earth, Wind and Fire”, been a while since I havelistened to a horn section like theirs! Until next week, tightlines![/#000000]
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] June 25 – July 1, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Onceagain it was a mix of wind and calm as well as hot and humid vs. justhot. We are past the usual time frame for this type of weather butit is what it is and we deal with it. As the week ends we have ahigh overcast with light winds from the northwest here in Cabo. Ijust returned from a delivery to La Paz and the skies were clear, thewater flat and there was almost no wind the whole trip, so things canchange quickly. This morning we have a high of 82 degrees to go withthe overcast and this was an average low for the week with a rangebetween 87 and 78, highs ranging between 87 and 98 degrees.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER:[/#000000][#000000] We ended the week with a 5 miles wide band of cool 68 degree waterjust off the beach and wrapping around the Cape. Once past Gray Rockthat band warmed to 71 degrees until it dispersed at San Jose. Farther offshore on the Pacific side the water across the Golden GateBank and the San Jaime Bank was 74 degrees and this water extendedout to well past the 1,000 fathom line to the west. The cool waterclose to shore was very green, and the water slowly cleared up thefarther you went offshore, but never did clear to a nice blue color. On the Cortez side of the Cape the water was 71 degrees close toshore, warming to 74 degrees at a line between the Punta Gorda andthe 95 spot. Outside that line the water was 76-77 degrees but greeneverywhere you went. Up past the Punta Gorda area the water was76-78 degrees and still a bit green but not quite as dirty in color. Early in the week there was an area of warm water the was 78 degrees35 miles to the SSW of the Cape and the water cleared up quite a bit,but still had a green tinge to it.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballitoand Mullet were available at the normal $3 per bait and there wereplenty of green Jacks if you wanted them.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: It was a mixed and varied week for anglers in Cabo as the bestMarlin fishing was a long run, but if you took a gamble and stayedcloser to home you might have ended up catching a few anyway. Running up to the Vinorama area early in the week had quite a fewboats getting into Striped Marlin, one of the best catches I heard offrom that area was 5 releases, but it was an “good one day, poorthe next” area, so the run was a gamble. Staying closer to homemeant fishing the green water and there were a few fish to be foundthere as well, the 95 spot continued to kick out a few fish as didthe San Jose Canyon area. There were a few Blue Marlin reportedbeing hooked up in the Vinorama area and I saw several large Marlinmarks on the depth sounder as I went through this area on my deliveryto La Paz, as well as many smaller Marlin marks. Both lures andCaballito were catching Marlin this week, but if you were able to getMackerel (difficult, as there were few to be had) your chancesincreased quite a bit.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Well, the Yellowfin remained a so-so catch thisweek with the majority of fish found being footballs sized. Therewere a few larger fish, some of them actually very nice, as in 80pounds, but there were no large numbers of them. I went to the 1,000fathom line off of Vinorama early in the week after reports of someof these nice fish mixed in with Dolphin but found no Dolphin orTuna, and everyone in the area was mentioning the sudden absence. Later in the week I went 40 miles to check out the warmer, cleanerwater to be found to the SSW and once again found no Dolphin butmanaged to get four footballs and two fish of about 20 pounds, all inthe blind and all within a mile of the same area. Small pods ofDolphin close to home were producing some footballs but not every podof Dolphin held the Yellowfin so it was a matter of moving on ifnothing bit after working the pod. We did find that all the Tuna, aswell as the Dorado that we caught were stuffed with red crab, and wecould see shoals of these encrustations just under the surface andmarking on the depth sounder. Its hard to get fish to bite when allthey have to do is swim around with their mouths open to get fed!
[#000000]DORADO: There were a few large Doradoreported this week from the Punta Gorda area, averaging 25 pounds,but closer to home the size average remained 8-10 pounds. Out atPunta Gorda and beyond the fish were found on Shark Buoys, and whilenot every buoy held Dorado, most of them had something around. On mytrip to the area early in the week we caught two small Dorado off ofone buoy, had another one hit a lure after coming out from under aturtle and another after coming out from under a pod of logging PilotWhales. A friend went up there two days later and found a greatconcentration of good fish under a buoy but could only get one hookedup, and it was spraying red crab everywhere during the fight andafter it was boated. Closer to home the fish were found between thearch and Chileano Bay at a distance between 2 and 5 miles, scatteredout. The key was small feathers and looking for working Frigatebirds.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: I thought that the green water wouldkeep the Wahoo bite down even though we are coming up to a full moon,but there were a few fish reported this week, almost all of them fromthe Punta Gorda to Vinorama area in the cleaner water. The sizeswere small with an average of 20 pounds, and the numbers caught weresmall as well, I only heard of four of them, but there were surelymany more lost.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: This weeks inshore report is arepeat of last weeks as there was no significant change in results orlocations. Still slow, the bite on Yellowtail was almostnon-existent, the Sierra bite slowed way down as well. The positivenote for Sierra was the size increased by quite a bit with some ofthe fish being caught being larger, in the 8-12 pound class. Add inan occasional Grouper to 25 pounds, a few Roosterfish to 40 pounds,an Amberjack once in a while and there was something to catch foralmost everyone.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: I have to think positive and what hasme in that mode this morning is the water I experienced on the tripto La Paz and what I heard about the fishing up at the East Cape. The bite has been turning on up there as the water warms and clears,Blue Marlin, Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna would happen now and then. These fish move into our area as the warm water works it's way downso it should be here shortly! My music for the week is a compilationof the best of “Earth, Wind and Fire”, been a while since I havelistened to a horn section like theirs! Until next week, tightlines![/#000000]
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