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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] Dec 31, 2012 – January 6,2013[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]AfterI had posted the report last week, on Sunday, we had some rain comedown, actually it was more like a little bit of Seattle sunshine(those of you from there know what I mean). After that it started toclear up and from early in the week until now we have had clear skiesand great temperatures. The daytime highs have been in the high 70'sto low 80's while the nighttime lows have been in the low 60's.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000][#000000]WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Let'ssee, if you draw a line from just to the east of the Gordo Bankssouthward to just to the east of the 1150 then everything to the eastof that line was in the 71-72 degrees range and green. To the westof there the water warmed up a bit. In a east-west line from 5 milesoff of Cabo San Lucas everything to the north appeared to be in the74 degree range while everything to the south of it appeared to be inthe 76 degree range. It was also much cleaner water west of the 1250and the Gordo Banks. Northerly winds made the afternoons bumpy outthere but most of the mornings were just fine with swells on thePacific side at the usual 2-5 feet and on the Cortez side at 1-3feet.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballito, Mackerel and frozen Ballyhoo could be had for $3 each thisweek, and there were very few Sardinas available.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:I never did get any confirmation of Black Marlin being caught lastweek off of San Jose, so who knows? The Striped Marlin actionhowever has been great on the Pacific side and just out in front ofCabo. Our clients have been catching several every trip and hookingup many more, with 98% of the fish released. Perhaps we were justlucky but out Marlin catch ratio this week was 100%, every boat thatwent out caught at least one Marlin, and for many of the anglers thiswas their first attempt at saltwater sportfishing. Now that they arehooked, I hope they don't expect action like this every trip! Mostof the fish were caught on live bait dropped back to fish appearingin the pattern (45%), some were caught by tossing a live bait infront of them as they were tailing on the surface (30%) and the restwere caught on trolled lures (25%). The action occurred close tohome for most of the boats as there were decent concentrations offish from the Arch to up the coast on the Pacific side as far asMigraino Beach, out to 5 miles. There were other fish scattered outacross the area with small concentrations found on all the banks aswell as the current lines.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna were an on-off fish for most of this week. We had one group fishing that managed to get into some decent fishaveraging 35 pounds while working a Porpoise pod about 25 miles tothe southwest early in the week and several other groups that caughtone or two fish per trip, but they were mostly blind strikes close tothe beach. I still hear of an occasional nice sized fish caught atthe Gordo Banks, but not enough of them to make it worth a trip upthere for me. It looks like this bite may be done for the time being. On a short lived positive note, one of the local boats (thanksMike!) spotted a very slow moving large vessel about 25 miles to thenorthwest of the lighthouse on Saturday and went over to check itout. It was a converted Shrimp boat towing a tuna pen at about 1knot toward the southwest. Mike fished around it and said that hehad to go at least a half mile away from the pen before he could setall his line for another pass, the fish were so thick near the penthat the lures were getting hit before he could get them all set. Plenty of Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo as well as Striped Marlin weretrailing the pen as it was being towed. The Captain of the boat toldMike that there were two other pens being towed this was as well, butnot how far away they were or how close they would pass to us. Thiswas great for Mikes clients, they had a blast, and there willprobably be at least half the fleet looking for the Tuna pen today.
[#000000]DORADO: Fish of the week as far as numbersgo, there were plenty of Dorado everywhere you went. 100% of ourclients caught Dorado this week and most of them limited out at 2 perangler. These fish were nice as well with the average in the 12-15pound range. Anywhere on the Pacific side held Dorado but most ofthe boats were working near the shore out to 5 miles since that alsogave them a good chance at a Marlin as well. There were also Doradoscattered all along the Cortez side of the Cape, but they did notseem to be there in the numbers that were found on the Pacific side. The best method this week as leaving the first fish hooked up in thewater behind the boat and dropping back either live bait or strips offresh bait and waiting for the school to show up. This week itseemed as if the fish were starting to school a little, not justtraveling in twos and threes, so waiting about five minutes beforegiving up was the key. Oh, and all the fish around the Tuna pen onSaturday was a bonus, I just hope plenty of boats get into thataction today![/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: This may be the last hurrah's forour Wahoo this season as the water continues to cool down. We havejust come through a l moon and the bite showed it as there wereplenty of Wahoo out there if you wanted to target them, it's justthat so many boats were focused on Striped Marlin and Dorado that thepressure was light. The fish ranged from We-hoos of 5-7 pounds tosmall fish of 8-15 pounds with an occasional 20-30 pound fish in themix. Near shore drop-offs and ridges held the fish and trolling theusual arsenal of Rapallas and Marauders on wire leader was the bestbet. There were plenty of fish caught on live bait as well, but manymore of them were lost due to getting the mono-filament leader bitthrough than were caught. Mike caught six decent Wahoo off the Tunapen.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: There were still some smallRoosterfish along the beach this week but I expect this action toshut down as the water cools off. Most pangas were working withinfive miles of the beach for Dorado and Marlin, but those that wentinshore for Sierra found a wide-open bite on fish from 3 to 4 poundsoff the beach at Migraino. Small hootchies and rapallas trolled witha short wire trace racked up the fish. There were a few Yellowtailreported this week, but no numbers of them, just an occasional fishor two, and no large sizes.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this monthsrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Our winter season is approaching andas the water cools down we can expect the Striped Marlin bite to pickup as well as more Tuna start to show offshore. Inshore actionshould improve as well for Sierra and Yellowtail and I expect nextmonth that Snapper fishing in the rocks during the full moon shouldbe good. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the action continues oninto our new year! This weeks report was written to the music of Richard Thompson on the 3 CD set “The History of Robert Thompson”,released in 1993 by RYKODISC. Dark, moody music from one of theco-founders of Fairport Convention. 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]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] Dec 31, 2012 – January 6,2013[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]AfterI had posted the report last week, on Sunday, we had some rain comedown, actually it was more like a little bit of Seattle sunshine(those of you from there know what I mean). After that it started toclear up and from early in the week until now we have had clear skiesand great temperatures. The daytime highs have been in the high 70'sto low 80's while the nighttime lows have been in the low 60's.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000][#000000]WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Let'ssee, if you draw a line from just to the east of the Gordo Bankssouthward to just to the east of the 1150 then everything to the eastof that line was in the 71-72 degrees range and green. To the westof there the water warmed up a bit. In a east-west line from 5 milesoff of Cabo San Lucas everything to the north appeared to be in the74 degree range while everything to the south of it appeared to be inthe 76 degree range. It was also much cleaner water west of the 1250and the Gordo Banks. Northerly winds made the afternoons bumpy outthere but most of the mornings were just fine with swells on thePacific side at the usual 2-5 feet and on the Cortez side at 1-3feet.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballito, Mackerel and frozen Ballyhoo could be had for $3 each thisweek, and there were very few Sardinas available.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:I never did get any confirmation of Black Marlin being caught lastweek off of San Jose, so who knows? The Striped Marlin actionhowever has been great on the Pacific side and just out in front ofCabo. Our clients have been catching several every trip and hookingup many more, with 98% of the fish released. Perhaps we were justlucky but out Marlin catch ratio this week was 100%, every boat thatwent out caught at least one Marlin, and for many of the anglers thiswas their first attempt at saltwater sportfishing. Now that they arehooked, I hope they don't expect action like this every trip! Mostof the fish were caught on live bait dropped back to fish appearingin the pattern (45%), some were caught by tossing a live bait infront of them as they were tailing on the surface (30%) and the restwere caught on trolled lures (25%). The action occurred close tohome for most of the boats as there were decent concentrations offish from the Arch to up the coast on the Pacific side as far asMigraino Beach, out to 5 miles. There were other fish scattered outacross the area with small concentrations found on all the banks aswell as the current lines.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna were an on-off fish for most of this week. We had one group fishing that managed to get into some decent fishaveraging 35 pounds while working a Porpoise pod about 25 miles tothe southwest early in the week and several other groups that caughtone or two fish per trip, but they were mostly blind strikes close tothe beach. I still hear of an occasional nice sized fish caught atthe Gordo Banks, but not enough of them to make it worth a trip upthere for me. It looks like this bite may be done for the time being. On a short lived positive note, one of the local boats (thanksMike!) spotted a very slow moving large vessel about 25 miles to thenorthwest of the lighthouse on Saturday and went over to check itout. It was a converted Shrimp boat towing a tuna pen at about 1knot toward the southwest. Mike fished around it and said that hehad to go at least a half mile away from the pen before he could setall his line for another pass, the fish were so thick near the penthat the lures were getting hit before he could get them all set. Plenty of Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo as well as Striped Marlin weretrailing the pen as it was being towed. The Captain of the boat toldMike that there were two other pens being towed this was as well, butnot how far away they were or how close they would pass to us. Thiswas great for Mikes clients, they had a blast, and there willprobably be at least half the fleet looking for the Tuna pen today.
[#000000]DORADO: Fish of the week as far as numbersgo, there were plenty of Dorado everywhere you went. 100% of ourclients caught Dorado this week and most of them limited out at 2 perangler. These fish were nice as well with the average in the 12-15pound range. Anywhere on the Pacific side held Dorado but most ofthe boats were working near the shore out to 5 miles since that alsogave them a good chance at a Marlin as well. There were also Doradoscattered all along the Cortez side of the Cape, but they did notseem to be there in the numbers that were found on the Pacific side. The best method this week as leaving the first fish hooked up in thewater behind the boat and dropping back either live bait or strips offresh bait and waiting for the school to show up. This week itseemed as if the fish were starting to school a little, not justtraveling in twos and threes, so waiting about five minutes beforegiving up was the key. Oh, and all the fish around the Tuna pen onSaturday was a bonus, I just hope plenty of boats get into thataction today![/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: This may be the last hurrah's forour Wahoo this season as the water continues to cool down. We havejust come through a l moon and the bite showed it as there wereplenty of Wahoo out there if you wanted to target them, it's justthat so many boats were focused on Striped Marlin and Dorado that thepressure was light. The fish ranged from We-hoos of 5-7 pounds tosmall fish of 8-15 pounds with an occasional 20-30 pound fish in themix. Near shore drop-offs and ridges held the fish and trolling theusual arsenal of Rapallas and Marauders on wire leader was the bestbet. There were plenty of fish caught on live bait as well, but manymore of them were lost due to getting the mono-filament leader bitthrough than were caught. Mike caught six decent Wahoo off the Tunapen.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: There were still some smallRoosterfish along the beach this week but I expect this action toshut down as the water cools off. Most pangas were working withinfive miles of the beach for Dorado and Marlin, but those that wentinshore for Sierra found a wide-open bite on fish from 3 to 4 poundsoff the beach at Migraino. Small hootchies and rapallas trolled witha short wire trace racked up the fish. There were a few Yellowtailreported this week, but no numbers of them, just an occasional fishor two, and no large sizes.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this monthsrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Our winter season is approaching andas the water cools down we can expect the Striped Marlin bite to pickup as well as more Tuna start to show offshore. Inshore actionshould improve as well for Sierra and Yellowtail and I expect nextmonth that Snapper fishing in the rocks during the full moon shouldbe good. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the action continues oninto our new year! This weeks report was written to the music of Richard Thompson on the 3 CD set “The History of Robert Thompson”,released in 1993 by RYKODISC. Dark, moody music from one of theco-founders of Fairport Convention. 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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