07-30-2012, 05:05 PM
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] July 23-29, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]It'sSunday afternoon and I am a bit late in getting the report writtenfor this week as I was fishing, or at least out on the water, thismorning. The last thing I wanted to do was spend time in the engineroom working on the water pump for the generator, but at least it wasearly in the day and I did not have to deal with 112 degrees in theopen sun in the parking lot that my wife experienced at 2 in theafternoon! This morning the high, or should I say low, for themorning was a balmy 84 degrees, and you saw what I just wrote as faras how high the temperature rose. The humidity has not been too bad,and we have had some cloud cover for most mornings this week, but itsure burned off by mid-day. No rain this week, as expected, but Ithought I saw some clouds dropping a bit up in the mountains towardsthe East Cape on Saturday. We did experience some wind from thenorth-west during the middle of the week but it was experienced outon the water, not here in town.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER:[/#000000][#000000]I don't think I have seen better conditions on the Cortez side of theCape since last summer, swells a 1-3 feet, little wind if any with afew short period exceptions and the water has been an average of 86degrees in our area, a bit warmer up toward the East Cape. On thePacific side it has been a bit of a different story however. Thewater temperature and clarity has been fluctuating a lot, mostly dueto the currents. There has been an area of cool, 75 degree watershowing up between the beach inside the Golden Gate Bank andextending to the southeast, sometimes wrapping around to the 95 spot. Not only cool, it has also been green, sometimes dirty green butmostly a clean green color. It has extended offshore as far asacross the San Jaime Banks and running down along the 1,000 fathomline. Localized wind have made this area a bit uncomfortable tofish, choppy and cold when going out another 12 miles often ends upbeing much more comfortable and with better water to fish in. Thatbeing said, look down farther in the report to see what has been inthis water.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballitoand Mullet were available at the normal $3 per bait and you could getthem if you were out early, many boats were unable to get bait andhad to settle for frozen horse ballyhoo at $3 each. [/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: Locally we had pretty decent Marlin fishing, however up in the areaof the East Cape the fishing was a bit different. We would havethought that with the warmer, bluer water up there that the 61 boatsfishing the 3 day tournament would have produced a few more fish. After all that is 183 fishing days. Unfortunately there were no fishbrought in that qualified for the 300 pound minimum weight. Therewere several underweight fish brought in and the results of thetournament were 48 Striped Marlin, 29 Blue Marlin, 1 Black Marlin and14 Sailfish for an average of 1.5 billfish per team. The day priorto the tournament starting, here in Cabo a Blue Marlin weighing over700 pounds was brought in to the scales, and the day after thetournament a nice Black Marlin estimated at 550 pounds (by a Captainwho knows his fish) was caught on live bait. I also heard oneCaptain (who may have been telling fish stories on the radio) saythat he had hooked for a very short time (one jump to be exact) aBlue Marlin on a blind strike that was estimated at being near 1,000pounds. I fished three days locally on the Sea of Cortez side andonly managed to get one Sailfish up into the lures, but had clientswho did much better than that. On the Pacific side there were BlueMarlin being found offshore in the blue water and Striped Marlinbeing found in the cooler green water next to the beach.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: While I did not hear of any large Tuna beingcaught near home this week, there were several very nice fish, twoover 200 pound and one over 100 pounds caught during the East CapeBisbee tournament. There were large fish reported at the Inman bankjust of the north of Punta Gorda, but they were very finicky andrarely came up except after most of the boats were gone in theafternoons. Slow trolled live Bolito hooked a few of these cows. Near to home it was a matter of finding the right pod of Dolphin tofish, with the Spotted Dolphin and the White Bellied Dolphin holdingYellowfin to 40 pounds with most of the fish in the 15-20 poundclass. A great catch for most of the boats was a limit of five Tunaper angler, but it was great because few boats were able to managethat! Instead, the average catch was two to three fish per anglerwith at least on of them going 30 pounds. The area offshore on thePacific side from just inside the San Jaime Bank to 10 miles to thewest of there produced most of these fish.
[#000000]DORADO: Once again I saw a lot of smallDorado this week, and we released a few ourselves! Near the beachthey were quite common, at least on the Pacific side. In the area ofSan Jose they could be found close to the beach as well. For largerfish the area offshore in the warmer water on the Pacific seemed toproduce a few fish to 35 pounds, we had clients who managed to get acouple of these fish each day as well as some of the smaller ones. Up at the East Cape Tournament there were a few very nice Doradobrought in, the largest was 57 pounds and there were 13 total over 30pounds.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: I know the Wahoo bite was decentthis week because even I was able to catch one! Heck, I used tocatch these guys for a living commercially when I lived in Guam, butI have a hard time figuring them out here. My fish was a triplestrike with just one hooking up, and it was out in the open waterwith no structure near. Other fish were caught in the fifty fathomflats off of Punta Gorda as well as out in the open warm water on thePacific side. I didn't hear of any really large fish this week, ourswas about 25 pounds and that sounded about average.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Amberjack, Roosterfish and a fewGrouper were pretty much the inshore action this week. For anglersfishing fly gear or light tackle there was a good bite on nice sizedSkipjack as well.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Music of the week: Rascal Flatts anda bit of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, not bad fishing music! Ohand toss in some Oak Ridge Boys as well. Country kind of week forme! I hope the fishing stays good and I really hope that y'all get achance to come and try it! Until next week, tight lines![/#000000]
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] July 23-29, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]It'sSunday afternoon and I am a bit late in getting the report writtenfor this week as I was fishing, or at least out on the water, thismorning. The last thing I wanted to do was spend time in the engineroom working on the water pump for the generator, but at least it wasearly in the day and I did not have to deal with 112 degrees in theopen sun in the parking lot that my wife experienced at 2 in theafternoon! This morning the high, or should I say low, for themorning was a balmy 84 degrees, and you saw what I just wrote as faras how high the temperature rose. The humidity has not been too bad,and we have had some cloud cover for most mornings this week, but itsure burned off by mid-day. No rain this week, as expected, but Ithought I saw some clouds dropping a bit up in the mountains towardsthe East Cape on Saturday. We did experience some wind from thenorth-west during the middle of the week but it was experienced outon the water, not here in town.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER:[/#000000][#000000]I don't think I have seen better conditions on the Cortez side of theCape since last summer, swells a 1-3 feet, little wind if any with afew short period exceptions and the water has been an average of 86degrees in our area, a bit warmer up toward the East Cape. On thePacific side it has been a bit of a different story however. Thewater temperature and clarity has been fluctuating a lot, mostly dueto the currents. There has been an area of cool, 75 degree watershowing up between the beach inside the Golden Gate Bank andextending to the southeast, sometimes wrapping around to the 95 spot. Not only cool, it has also been green, sometimes dirty green butmostly a clean green color. It has extended offshore as far asacross the San Jaime Banks and running down along the 1,000 fathomline. Localized wind have made this area a bit uncomfortable tofish, choppy and cold when going out another 12 miles often ends upbeing much more comfortable and with better water to fish in. Thatbeing said, look down farther in the report to see what has been inthis water.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballitoand Mullet were available at the normal $3 per bait and you could getthem if you were out early, many boats were unable to get bait andhad to settle for frozen horse ballyhoo at $3 each. [/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: Locally we had pretty decent Marlin fishing, however up in the areaof the East Cape the fishing was a bit different. We would havethought that with the warmer, bluer water up there that the 61 boatsfishing the 3 day tournament would have produced a few more fish. After all that is 183 fishing days. Unfortunately there were no fishbrought in that qualified for the 300 pound minimum weight. Therewere several underweight fish brought in and the results of thetournament were 48 Striped Marlin, 29 Blue Marlin, 1 Black Marlin and14 Sailfish for an average of 1.5 billfish per team. The day priorto the tournament starting, here in Cabo a Blue Marlin weighing over700 pounds was brought in to the scales, and the day after thetournament a nice Black Marlin estimated at 550 pounds (by a Captainwho knows his fish) was caught on live bait. I also heard oneCaptain (who may have been telling fish stories on the radio) saythat he had hooked for a very short time (one jump to be exact) aBlue Marlin on a blind strike that was estimated at being near 1,000pounds. I fished three days locally on the Sea of Cortez side andonly managed to get one Sailfish up into the lures, but had clientswho did much better than that. On the Pacific side there were BlueMarlin being found offshore in the blue water and Striped Marlinbeing found in the cooler green water next to the beach.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: While I did not hear of any large Tuna beingcaught near home this week, there were several very nice fish, twoover 200 pound and one over 100 pounds caught during the East CapeBisbee tournament. There were large fish reported at the Inman bankjust of the north of Punta Gorda, but they were very finicky andrarely came up except after most of the boats were gone in theafternoons. Slow trolled live Bolito hooked a few of these cows. Near to home it was a matter of finding the right pod of Dolphin tofish, with the Spotted Dolphin and the White Bellied Dolphin holdingYellowfin to 40 pounds with most of the fish in the 15-20 poundclass. A great catch for most of the boats was a limit of five Tunaper angler, but it was great because few boats were able to managethat! Instead, the average catch was two to three fish per anglerwith at least on of them going 30 pounds. The area offshore on thePacific side from just inside the San Jaime Bank to 10 miles to thewest of there produced most of these fish.
[#000000]DORADO: Once again I saw a lot of smallDorado this week, and we released a few ourselves! Near the beachthey were quite common, at least on the Pacific side. In the area ofSan Jose they could be found close to the beach as well. For largerfish the area offshore in the warmer water on the Pacific seemed toproduce a few fish to 35 pounds, we had clients who managed to get acouple of these fish each day as well as some of the smaller ones. Up at the East Cape Tournament there were a few very nice Doradobrought in, the largest was 57 pounds and there were 13 total over 30pounds.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: I know the Wahoo bite was decentthis week because even I was able to catch one! Heck, I used tocatch these guys for a living commercially when I lived in Guam, butI have a hard time figuring them out here. My fish was a triplestrike with just one hooking up, and it was out in the open waterwith no structure near. Other fish were caught in the fifty fathomflats off of Punta Gorda as well as out in the open warm water on thePacific side. I didn't hear of any really large fish this week, ourswas about 25 pounds and that sounded about average.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Amberjack, Roosterfish and a fewGrouper were pretty much the inshore action this week. For anglersfishing fly gear or light tackle there was a good bite on nice sizedSkipjack as well.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Music of the week: Rascal Flatts anda bit of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, not bad fishing music! Ohand toss in some Oak Ridge Boys as well. Country kind of week forme! I hope the fishing stays good and I really hope that y'all get achance to come and try it! Until next week, tight lines![/#000000]
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