Cabo San Lucas Sportfishing Report and Baja Fishing
Capt. Jerry Chapman
July 13, 2014
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Jc Sportfishing Weekly Fish Report.
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Its hot and Humid
Jc Sportfishing Charters is a family owned and operated business and has been fishing in Cabo San Lucas for the past 18 years. Jerry, explains that his charter business is geared more for families and novice anglers, making sure everyone who charters a boat with him have a great time and lots of fun. We welcome families, and groups. We want everyone who fishes with us to take all the sites in and have memorable experience. This is what is most important to us. We have and do a few tournaments each year and can cater to fisherman who might be interested in tournament fishing. Well lets get on with the fishing report for this past week.
WEATHER: The weather has pretty decent this past week we haven't had any rain like last week. It has been pretty hot and humid all this week with partial clouds in the afternoons. The humidity has really been intense and that's what gets you. Today is pretty clear and nice with a few clods out but all in all really nice.
WATER: Wow check out the Tempbreak map there is 80 degree water everywhere even on the pacific side and this is going to be good for our fishing. Last week there was just patches of 80 degree water on the pacific but looking at the map today shows me there is lots of warm water out there leading me to believe that the Blue Marlin fishing will get even better. Go to Tempbreak.com to check out map. http://www.tempbreak.com/index.php?&cwregion=cb
TUNA: Well the Tuna fishing has really slowed as it was real good the first part of the week outside the San Jamie Bank about 17 to 26 miles but it all changed and bad news for us all as the Tuna sainners showed up in force about the middle of the week. They show up and take all the fish for about a week and then off to the cannery and then we have to wait a week for new schools to show up in force so by the time we find them again it gets good and then in about 10 days the Tuna boats show up again and the whole cycle starts all over again. I am just wondering how long the worlds oceans can stand this kinda of pressure before the system breaks. I guess its anyones guess I just hope my kids and grandkids can see how it was and how it should stay as there is no need in raping the ocean like this. The government just sits back and watches the commercial Tuna boats make billions of dollars from the ocean and the sport fishing industry is just in the millions so we know who is going to win this battle. It sure isn't the sport fisherman or the Tuna.
BILLFISH: Well the Bill fishing has changed a bunch this week with Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin and Sailfish still hitting pretty good all week. Most are being caught at the doughnut about 16 miles offshore up to the San Jamie Banks and the fish are biting live bait, ballyhoo and lures.
DORADO: The Dorado fishing has been really slow and it kind of surprises me since the water is so warm. They just haven't really showed up this year as they normally do and the ones that have shown up are really small. This is another sad story the Dorado are considered a sport fish and Tuna is a commercial fish. The Dorado is supposed to be protected from commercial fishing. What they are trying to do is to get the Dorado on the commercial list but this hasn't happened yet, thank god. I don't think anyone is protecting them as it all comes down to money and I will probably get my ass in a bind for saying this but so be it.
INSHORE: The Rooster fishing has picked up pretty some all the way from Grey Rock to the Light House. There has been some Sailfish caught from the Pangas close to shore but really the inshore fishing hasn't been that great with a few Red Snapper and Grouper also being landed.
WAHOO: A few Wahoo this past week but really not to many that I have heard of over the week.
From The Admirals Kitchen
Blackened Grouper
Ingredients
• 10 (6-ounce) grouper fillets
• 1/4 cup Cajun Spice Mix
• 5 teaspoons canola oil, divided
• 5 teaspoons butter, divided $
• 10 lemon wedges
Preparation
1. Rub each side of fillets with Cajun Spice Mix. Heat 2 1/2 teaspoons oil and 2 1/2 teaspoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 5 fillets; cook for 4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness. Repeat procedure with remaining oil, butter, and fillets. Serve with lemon wedges.
Gulf Grouper
The Gulf Grouper, Mycteroperca jordani, whose common Spanish name is Baya and local name is Cabrilla, is a member of the Grouper or Epinephelidae Family, known collectively as "cabrillas" and "garropas" in Mexico.
The Gulf Grouper is gray-brown in color, and is characterized by its "grouper-like" appearance, with the fourth and fifth dorsal spines being the longest, and when alive, a series of solid, irregular blotches radiating out from the face area. They have tails that are straight or slightly concave, rounded notched gill covers, and the fins that are tipped in white.
The Gulf Grouper is found within rocky reefs and in kelp beds with large adults being common in shallow water at depths between 25 and 150 feet. They reach a maximum length of 198 cm (6 and-a-half feet) and up to 91 kg (200 pounds) in weight. They are voracious ambush predators feeding on small fish. The Gulf Grouper has a slow growth rate reaching maturity at age of six or seven years. They are aggregating spawners with females significantly outnumbering males indicative that they are protogynous hermaphrodites changing mid-life from females to males. They can be confused with the Broomtail Grouper, Mycteroperca xenarcha (second thru seventh dorsal spines of equal length). In Mexican waters the Gulf Grouper is found along the Pacific Coast of Baja and throughout the Sea of Cortez; they are absent from along the coast of the mainland coast south of Mazatlán.
The Gulf Grouper, due to its size, strength, and food value is an intense object of game fishing. It is considered an excellent food fish and is sold commercially in numerous local fish markets commanding high prices and is one of the important food fishes of the Sea of Cortez.
The Gulf Grouper is currently considered to be an ENDANGERED SPECIES due to population decline of at least 50% over the past 30 years, directly attributed to intensive recreational fishing pressure. There is also a significant decline in the size of the fish boated. This fishing pressure is likely to increase along with associated reef habitat destruction as greater investment in recreational fisheries occurs. It is a large species with high longevity and is caught at heavily fished spawning aggregations, both factors that make the species particularly vulnerable to overfishing. Historically it has dominated the rocky-reef fish community in terms of biomass comprising 45% of the total finfish production in the late 50′s to current levels of less than 1%. A generic table for Grouper that allows for the determination of the weight of fish from its length has been included with the hope that perhaps some fish can be handled as "catch and releases."
BEWARE: Please beware of the guys in the street selling boat charters. If you wait till the day you are fishing and go to the dock where your boat is many times people will mislead you to another boat or dock trying to put you on a boat that was not meant for you. You need to have a person guide you to your boat, who is from a reputable charter company. This way there is no confusion or misleading. Please remember when renting Sport fishing boats in Cabo that you rent your boat from reputable and established business. Walk into a fishing fleet office and ask questions about what you are getting and what are the costs? You dont want to rent boats from vendors in the streets and you do not want to book through shady websites offering you the world. Check through travel forums about reputable fishing fleets to deal with. Look for testimonials about the fleet your booking your charter with. Ask about what will the boat be supplying? Will it include beverages or lunches? How much does it cost to fillet your catch? Check to see if charter boat is insured? Ask about getting your catch smoked? Check cost of fishing license. These are just a few things to consider when booking your charter boat. We will be talking more about this in next weeks fishing report. Until next time good fishing and we hope to see you in Cabo soon. Come by the office here in Cabo and get all the latest up to date fishing report. http://www.jcsportfishing.com http://youtu.be/tSXN6pifQyQ
Target Species:
dorado,marlin,grouper,sierra,sailfish,red snapper, tuna, dorado
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