Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
May 14, 2001
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
"Fly Hooker" Daily Catch Report
“FLY HOOKER” DAILY CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR 7 MAY 2001
Today we had Jerry, Randy, Ray, Ralf Deborah and Debbie on board the “Fly Hooker” for a bit of fishing action. All these folks wanted to do was be able to have fun catching fish and go home with some fillets for the freezer. Juan and Manuel were able to produce for them and they had quite a time. Approximately 23 miles out of the cape towards the south they found a large concentration of Yellowfin Tuna. There were no porpoise associated with these football-sized fish, but they stayed in the same area the whole time due to the concentration of bait. They had a blast catching enough fish to fill the fish box and then proceeded to do a bit of catch and release. Thy also hooked up a Dorado but were unable to get it to the boat. Nice water conditions and plenty of fish made for a good trip that everybody enjoyed. Thanks, and we hope to see you next time you are in Cabo!
“FLY HOOKER” DAILY CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR 8 MAY 2001
No fishing for the “Fly Hooker” today, instead she received a new toilet and a lot of needed maintenance. With a few days of no charters coming up it’s the perfect time to get some of the small details taken care of!
“FLY HOOKER” DAILY CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR 9 MAY 2001
Today’s trip was a split arranged for Sue and Scott Davis and Ed Rodriguez and Jason Munger. Just like the group on Monday, all they wanted to do was catch fish and have a good time. It would be great to catch a Marlin but hey, fishing is fishing! A small problem was the fact that the wind had been blowing all night and the water conditions were not the best in the world. Now I have to say that Jason is a dyed-in-the-wool fisherman, after all he works on the Chubasco II out of L.A. as a deckhand, besides his work with Oakley sunglasses. Guess who was the one to get sick on the trip? Yep, it was Jason! I doubt that it had anything to do with all the tequila the night before, meeting the girl at Squid Roe and only getting two hours sleep, but there is always the small chance. Scott, Sue and Ed did not mind though, because it appeared that every time Jason got sick they ended up hooking into Tuna! Must have been a good thing that he was sick so often because they all had a great time reeling in the Yellowfin! I have to say that everyone told me Jason was not a lightweight! Even though he was tossing up the glue that holds the toenails to the toes he was right there every time it was his turn on a fish! Now that’s a real fisherman! Ed kept Scott and Sue entertained with plenty of stories between the fish and everyone had a good time. Sue and Scott had caught a Dorado yesterday on a Panga and are going out on a Panga again tomorrow so we wish them more luck in the mannana! Hey folks, until next time, Tight Lines!
“FLY HOOKER” DAILY CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR 12 MAY 2001
John Wood and his son John have chartered the “Fly Hooker” for the next four days and they would really like to be able to catch a Striped Marlin each. They are from Texas and are experienced fishermen so all we have to do is put them on the fish and they can do all the rest. Well, the wind has been blowing fairly steadily for the past few days and the cool water has moved as far up the coast as Gordo banks so they have quite the run to get to the better fishing grounds today. As Mary and I waited at the Marina for them to come in we were not very encouraged by the boats coming in with no flags. There were a lot of them and then we saw the “Fly Hooker”. A Marlin with release flag and two Dorado flags! Yes! They needed to fuel and as Juan and Manuel were taking care of that I had a chance to question John and John on the events of the day. Putting that together with what Juan told me later it sounded like a most interesting day! They headed up to the general area of Gordo Banks looking for warmer, blue water. Before getting there they ran into a very thick fog bank and spent the next three hours trolling in the fig. It was so thick that it was unsafe to cruise and since they had to slow down they may as well pull lures! There were no fish sighted until they got to the north side of the fog and then Manuel saw a Turtle on the surface. Getting closer to the Turtle he saw some Dorado swimming around and Juan tossed out a live bait. Shazam, there was a Dorado in the boat in short order; Dad had taken the first fish of the day! A little while later they spotted a large pod of Porpoise working and ran in their direction and put out cedar plugs and feathers in an attempt to get some Tuna. There was no action form any Tuna but after a little bit Manuel again spotted a Turtle. The boat made a pass by the Turtle with the lures and after the lures were about 15 feet past the Turtle a nice Dorado nailed one of the feathers and son John put the hurt to the fish and put it in the box. After that they spotted three Marlin tailing, but none of them showed any interest in the baits tossed in their direction. Juan was on the wheel when a Striped Marlin crashed the starboard rigger lure and hooked up! The Dorado pattern Zuker got a solid hook-up and dad got the chance to fight his first Marlin. Son John said he was very surprised at how far the first run was on the Marlin and it was a while before dad was able to get it to the boat. It was not a large Striped Marlin, but it was the first! Congratulations John! Now give your son a chance and let him get a big fish tomorrow! Until then, Tight Lines!
Mary, George, Juan and Manuel
The "Fly Hooker" Crew
Cabo San Lucas Fish Report for May 7-13
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR MAY 7-13, 2001
Capt. George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
[email protected]
WEATHER: Quite an interesting week here in Cabo as far as the weather goes. Here we had gone for two weeks with it getting a bit warmer almost every day and all of a sudden we get another cold front or something that felt like one move right on in. On Monday night I had to sleep with the air conditioner on and this was the first time all year! On Tuesday night all of a sudden I was reaching for the blankets instead, and wishing that I had a fireplace in the house! The wind was cold and out of the northwest, very strong and steady almost every evening until Saturday. The temperature started to rise a bit every day and by Sunday (today) the daytime temperatures were back to where they were at the beginning of the week, around 90 and the nighttime temps were back in the high 70’s. No rain and plenty of sun all week kept everyone on the beach happy.
WATER: Sad news here, the strong winds blew the cold Pacific water back into our area. While not as cold as they could have been, after being used to temperatures in the 74-degree range, confronting the mid 60’s in front of the cape was not good news. The good part of the news was that while the warm water had moved away, it had not moved to far to get to. Up past Gordo Banks the temperature was still in the 74-degree range and if you could get up to Los Frailles there were reports of the water as warm as 77 degrees. That’s good news if the winds stay down because that warm water will move towards us and now we will be looking at great water temperatures for Dorado and water that is getting in the comfort zone for the Blue Marlin. Pacific side temperatures were still on the cool side as were the southern directions temps, not getting above 70 degrees to the south and remaining in the high 60’s on the Pacific. Water conditions on the Pacific side were very rough all week and even in a southerly direction once you got out about 10 miles the water got messy and uncomfortable.
BAIT: Good news here! We are getting a fine mix of Caballito and Mackerel; I just hope it holds up this coming week. The baits are nice sized and there have been Sardinas available also. The usual prices are in effect with the large baits at $2 each and a scoop of ‘dines at $20 here in Cabo San Lucas and twice as many for the same price up at San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: All right, the bad news is that it is quite a long run to get to where the Striped Marlin are hanging out. Up past San Jose and up off Punta Gordo or as far as Los Frailles, depending on the day of the week with early in the week requiring the longer runs. The good news is that the fish are hungry and will get hungrier as the moon wanes. Hopefully the warm water will move back into this area soon and it will not require a 2-hour run to get to the fish. The bite has been pretty steady with a solid 50/50 mix of fish on live bait and lures. Most boats making the run are seeing at least 6 fish or more and the further you go the more fish you spot. We are getting more reports of Blue Marlin showing up also, so that is a nice portent of things to come!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Early in the week the fishing for football-sized fish was very good out in front of town, out about 12-17 miles. There were larger fish being caught on a steady basis at Gordo banks by boats using chunks and live Sardinas. Porpoise were spotted on a daily basis but very few of the pods found seemed to be holding fish. As Thursday came around we began to see the reason why. The purse seiners had moved in and had obviously been working the porpoise hard. It appeared that having the cake was not enough and we have photos and verified reports of at least one purse seiner moving in on Inner Gordo and setting on the inside pinnacle. Oops, there went the icing! Guess what guys; there went all the Tuna that had been supporting the sports fishermen out of Los Cabos! Guess that the idea of having at least a 50-mile limit for commercial fishermen went out the window this week!
DORADO: They are starting to show up and in the early part of the week you had a good chance of getting at least one of these beautiful acrobats in the boat. As the wind started to blow in the cool water the concentration (what there was of them) moved north up the Sea of Cortez. Boats working up that way were still finding them later in the week and as this week comes around we can only hope that the warmer water where they are holding moves our direction also. Most of the fish found were caught on lures but if there was something floating in the water live bait worked well to pull off a Dorado or two.
WAHOO: Guess it was the full moon for the Wahoo, there seems to have been a dearth of these speedsters this week. After the super action on nice sized fish for the last two weeks I was not surprised to see the bite die off. The moon, water conditions or temperatures, whatever it was, we were happy to get a few of these fish last week. Now we have to hope they show again. For those of you who were here this week and saw red Wahoo flags flying everywhere, I have to tell you that only about 10% of them were for Wahoo, the rest were flown by boats that didn’t want to go far to fish and caught Sierra on the near shore trips.
NEARSHORE: Hot and heavy action on Bonito and Skipjack Tuna was the name of the game this week. There were some very nice sized Sierra caught but they were not too thick. A good catch was a half dozen or so in the 4-8 pound range. There were a few nice red snapper and a few Dorado taken by the Pangas, along with some Roosterfish. The Roosterfish are still on the small side, give it another month or so and we might see some of the larger ones show themselves.
UNTILNEXT WEEK, TIGHT LINES!
Capt. George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
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