11-19-2012, 05:20 PM
[#000000][size 4]FLYHOOKER SPORTFISHING[/size][/#000000]
[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] November 12 - 18, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Thebirds are chirping outside this morning as they are very happy withthis 73 degree weather, and so am I! We have been experiencing lowsin the low 70's all week long and highs in the high 80's. Greatweather, and everyone is commenting on it. We have had mostly clearskies this week with a few offshore and mountain area clouds, alongthe coastline it has been sunny. The wind has been light tonon-existent with an occasional breezy hour or so in the lateafternoon.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Onthe Pacific side of the Cape the water has been blue and the swellshave been small at 3-5 feet early in the week and tapering down to2-3 feet by weeks end. On the Cortez side the water has been a bitgreener, but not really enough to be readily noticeable, and theswells have been 1-3 feet. Water on both sides of the Cape have been82-84 degrees all week long with no apparent temperature breaksanywhere. With the light winds the water on the Cortez sideyesterday looked like a mirror until noon, when a few breezes kickedin. On the Pacific side it was almost as smooth and flat.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Our normal $3 each for Caballito and a few Mullet with some Sardinesat $25 a bucket if you travel toward San Jose to get them. I knowit's expensive, but trying for an hour to make your own bait reallytakes a chunk out of the fishing time, but it's always your choice. Frozen Ballyhoo at $3 each.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:There were Blue Marlin this week as yesterday we had one client whohad a double strike on them. Since he was fishing alone one was lostquickly but he managed to get the other one, estimated at between#200-#250 to the boat for pictures and a release. A couple who wehad on another boat had a hook-up on another Blue estimated to be inthe same size range but lost it after a short fight. Other boatsreported strikes as well and these fish were within 3 miles of thebeach on the Pacific side, caught while working the area for Dorado. In my report last week I said I had not heard of any Blues or Blacksbeing caught that week and I was notified via e-mail by a good friendthat his Captain, who has caught Black Marlin as large as 742 pounds,had hooked one he estimated at 900 pounds on Thursday of last week. The boat was 15 miles to the south and they fought the fish for 6hours, bringing it to leader 8 times before the line finally broke. You just never know what you are going to hook into out there! Therewere some scattered Striped Marlin along the coast line as well, butfew of them were willing to eat a live bait, they were moreinterested in checking out the lures than anything else. Still,there were fish caught and as was the case last week, I thing thesucess rate was about 20%.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The current changed direction according toCaptains who have been working the Gorda Banks looking for more ofthe big Tuna that were there for the Tuna Tournament. The shift inthe direction has resulted in a shift in the fish as well and themethods that were taking fish are no longer working, the fish have tobe there to catch them! Along the coast line on the Sea of Cortezthere has been scattered concentrations of football to #25 Yellowfin,and chumming with Sardines has worked to bring them up where they canbe caught. The only problem is weeding through the white Skipjack,but even these white Skipjack are good to eat and fight hard. Unlessyou are a die-hard big tuna guy, these fish offer lots of action andgood table fare as well. Elsewhere the action has been spotty asthere have been few Porpoise pods that have been holding tuna. Oncein a while one is found and the first boat there has fantastic actionon fish to 40 pounds, but for the most part these fish have beenabsent this week.
[#000000]DORADO: Dorado have regained their title of“fish of the week”. We went through a three day dry spell asmany of our anglers can attest, but that may have been due to the newmoon on the 13[size 2]th. By the 16th the actionresumed on the Pacific side close to the beach. Being in the rightplace at the right time was key to a good catch close to home as thebite was early, and getting a fish hooked quickly resulted in othersfollowing it in. In the area from the Arch to Migraino Beach thefish were scattered in small groups. For boats willing to make a runof 1 ½ hours to outside Todo Santos at the end of the week, theaction was wide open. A few boat charged a fuel surcharge to gothere as that is quite a fuel consuming trip, but if you just chuggedyour way up there after running for ½ hour you missed the wide openbite, you still caught fish, but not as many. And these fish weredecent sized, most of them in the #20 class or better. Boats workingthe inshore area on the Sea of Cortez caught Dorado while working forYellowfin, but not in quantity and the fish were not as large. Remember, the limit is two Dorado per angler![/size][/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: The only Wahoo action I heard ofthis week was at the end of the week in the Todo Santos area by boatsthat went there for the Dorado. One boat reported landing 5 Wahoo inone trip, but the fish were smaller sized, in the 12-20 pound class.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: I don't think there was any changein the inshore fishing with the exception of a few decent Grouperbeing caught. Scattered small Roosterfish, not many of them but afew that averaged 10 pounds, a few Sierra on the Pacific side and afew early Yellowtail, not large but in the 10 pound range were prettymuch the basis of the catch reported by the few Pangas that actuallyfish the conventional inshore fishery. Most of the Pangas were goingfor Dorado and Tuna, good action and more fun.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! A really good one for Dorado![/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Thanksgiving is coming up and as wedo every year, we are having 30 or so people over to the house fordinner. A 25 pound turkey in the oven, a prime rib on the grill,everyone bringing side dishes and drinks. I forgot what hard work itis to get the house presentable and everything set up. Boy, are wegoing to be busy this week. I think we will once again have a greattime, last year we had 36 people and everyone enjoyed it. I hopeyour Holiday is a good one as well! Until next week, tight lines![/#000000]
[#000000]And as always, George writes this report
and posts it on Sunday morning. So if you
can'twait, click the "FOLLOW" on the top of the
page! You will know whenever something new is posted!
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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] November 12 - 18, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Thebirds are chirping outside this morning as they are very happy withthis 73 degree weather, and so am I! We have been experiencing lowsin the low 70's all week long and highs in the high 80's. Greatweather, and everyone is commenting on it. We have had mostly clearskies this week with a few offshore and mountain area clouds, alongthe coastline it has been sunny. The wind has been light tonon-existent with an occasional breezy hour or so in the lateafternoon.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Onthe Pacific side of the Cape the water has been blue and the swellshave been small at 3-5 feet early in the week and tapering down to2-3 feet by weeks end. On the Cortez side the water has been a bitgreener, but not really enough to be readily noticeable, and theswells have been 1-3 feet. Water on both sides of the Cape have been82-84 degrees all week long with no apparent temperature breaksanywhere. With the light winds the water on the Cortez sideyesterday looked like a mirror until noon, when a few breezes kickedin. On the Pacific side it was almost as smooth and flat.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Our normal $3 each for Caballito and a few Mullet with some Sardinesat $25 a bucket if you travel toward San Jose to get them. I knowit's expensive, but trying for an hour to make your own bait reallytakes a chunk out of the fishing time, but it's always your choice. Frozen Ballyhoo at $3 each.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:There were Blue Marlin this week as yesterday we had one client whohad a double strike on them. Since he was fishing alone one was lostquickly but he managed to get the other one, estimated at between#200-#250 to the boat for pictures and a release. A couple who wehad on another boat had a hook-up on another Blue estimated to be inthe same size range but lost it after a short fight. Other boatsreported strikes as well and these fish were within 3 miles of thebeach on the Pacific side, caught while working the area for Dorado. In my report last week I said I had not heard of any Blues or Blacksbeing caught that week and I was notified via e-mail by a good friendthat his Captain, who has caught Black Marlin as large as 742 pounds,had hooked one he estimated at 900 pounds on Thursday of last week. The boat was 15 miles to the south and they fought the fish for 6hours, bringing it to leader 8 times before the line finally broke. You just never know what you are going to hook into out there! Therewere some scattered Striped Marlin along the coast line as well, butfew of them were willing to eat a live bait, they were moreinterested in checking out the lures than anything else. Still,there were fish caught and as was the case last week, I thing thesucess rate was about 20%.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The current changed direction according toCaptains who have been working the Gorda Banks looking for more ofthe big Tuna that were there for the Tuna Tournament. The shift inthe direction has resulted in a shift in the fish as well and themethods that were taking fish are no longer working, the fish have tobe there to catch them! Along the coast line on the Sea of Cortezthere has been scattered concentrations of football to #25 Yellowfin,and chumming with Sardines has worked to bring them up where they canbe caught. The only problem is weeding through the white Skipjack,but even these white Skipjack are good to eat and fight hard. Unlessyou are a die-hard big tuna guy, these fish offer lots of action andgood table fare as well. Elsewhere the action has been spotty asthere have been few Porpoise pods that have been holding tuna. Oncein a while one is found and the first boat there has fantastic actionon fish to 40 pounds, but for the most part these fish have beenabsent this week.
[#000000]DORADO: Dorado have regained their title of“fish of the week”. We went through a three day dry spell asmany of our anglers can attest, but that may have been due to the newmoon on the 13[size 2]th. By the 16th the actionresumed on the Pacific side close to the beach. Being in the rightplace at the right time was key to a good catch close to home as thebite was early, and getting a fish hooked quickly resulted in othersfollowing it in. In the area from the Arch to Migraino Beach thefish were scattered in small groups. For boats willing to make a runof 1 ½ hours to outside Todo Santos at the end of the week, theaction was wide open. A few boat charged a fuel surcharge to gothere as that is quite a fuel consuming trip, but if you just chuggedyour way up there after running for ½ hour you missed the wide openbite, you still caught fish, but not as many. And these fish weredecent sized, most of them in the #20 class or better. Boats workingthe inshore area on the Sea of Cortez caught Dorado while working forYellowfin, but not in quantity and the fish were not as large. Remember, the limit is two Dorado per angler![/size][/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: The only Wahoo action I heard ofthis week was at the end of the week in the Todo Santos area by boatsthat went there for the Dorado. One boat reported landing 5 Wahoo inone trip, but the fish were smaller sized, in the 12-20 pound class.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: I don't think there was any changein the inshore fishing with the exception of a few decent Grouperbeing caught. Scattered small Roosterfish, not many of them but afew that averaged 10 pounds, a few Sierra on the Pacific side and afew early Yellowtail, not large but in the 10 pound range were prettymuch the basis of the catch reported by the few Pangas that actuallyfish the conventional inshore fishery. Most of the Pangas were goingfor Dorado and Tuna, good action and more fun.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! A really good one for Dorado![/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Thanksgiving is coming up and as wedo every year, we are having 30 or so people over to the house fordinner. A 25 pound turkey in the oven, a prime rib on the grill,everyone bringing side dishes and drinks. I forgot what hard work itis to get the house presentable and everything set up. Boy, are wegoing to be busy this week. I think we will once again have a greattime, last year we had 36 people and everyone enjoyed it. I hopeyour Holiday is a good one as well! Until next week, tight lines![/#000000]
[#000000]And as always, George writes this report
and posts it on Sunday morning. So if you
can'twait, click the "FOLLOW" on the top of the
page! You will know whenever something new is posted!
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