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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
July 9, 2001
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
"Fly Hooker" Daily Catch Report
“FLY HOOKER” DAILY CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR 6 JULY 2001
Monte Collins and his son Brady were our clients today on the “Fly Hooker”. They had wanted two days of fishing with us but at the time they booked someone else had already reserved yesterday, and about two weeks later they changed their mind. The Collin’s got to fish yesterday with another boat and Monty and Brady both said that they had seen at least 25 Marlin, but none of them had been hungry. Monty really wanted Brady to catch a Marlin and that was the objective of this trip. Monty told us that if they had no luck today that they would probably want the boat for tomorrow, getting Brady hooked up was important! If I had been just a businessman instead of a fisherman maybe I would have told Juan and Manuel to try hard but not catch anything, after all, the trips were a little slow this week and we could use the money. But, I’m a fisherman and we asked the guys to do their best and get Brady hooked up. This request was taken to heart and Juan and Manuel went to where the fish had been reported to be. They didn’t see 25 Striped Marlin and they never left sight of land, but out of the 8 fish they did spot, two of them were hungry! Brady got to fight the first fish for about 20 minutes before the estimated 100-pound Marlin was brought along the side of the boat to be tagged and photographed. Later in the day the other Marlin hooked up and being a nice guy, Monty let Brady have his chance at this fish also. Unfortunately this one made only two jumps before tossing the hook, but Brady was able to get his Marlin. The “Fly Hooker” worked water less than 15 miles offshore where there was a color break and while there were not as many fish as there were further out, the fish they did find at least had an appetite! Juan and Manuel had been professional and had put their clients on fish, done exactly as required and expected! Just wish it worked every time. Since Brady had caught his Marlin and had a chance at another, Monte decided that they did not need another day of fishing after all! Darn, there goes the business! Oh well, we were glad that Brady got his fish and look forward to seeing both Monty and Brady when they come to Cabo again. Until then, Tight lines!
“FLY HOOKER” CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR 7 JULY 2001
There was no charter scheduled for today so it was supposed to be a day to get a little maintenance done then go out for a couple of hours and dink around, try different things. At 8 in the morning we got a request from the owner of the boat berthed next to us. She wanted to know if we could go out ten miles and tow her boat and clients back in, the boat had experienced engine problems. That is the reason we have two engines, there is always a backup. Since we had no trip scheduled it was not a problem and off we went. Turned out the boat was 15 miles out and the water was not exactly nice out there! Anyway, on the way out we saw that the water was green for the first 10 miles then turned blue and warmed up by 5 degrees. Right in the area that the water turned color we saw two Striped Marlin tailing and spotted 3 Mako sharks jumping, plus we saw one very large turtle! All this in about two hours! Good information to keep in mind for tomorrows trip! Using the GPS we were able to find the boat in distress and after hooking up proceeded to take the boat under tow for the next three hours. After getting the vessel into the slip the owner was kind enough to give both Juan and Manuel t-shirts with her boats picture and logo and reimburse us for the fuel we used. With good information in hand we are keeping our fingers crossed for tomorrow. Until then, Tight Lines!
“FLY HOOKER” CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR 8 JULY 2001
Today we had John Wilde, Linda, Samantha and Jonathan, all from New Zealand, as the anglers aboard the “Fly Hooker”. John has booked us for two days, today and Tuesday. Today the target species is to be Marlin and on Tuesday they would like to go for Roosterfish. John brought with him two very nice live bait outfits set up with wind-on leaders and also a 12-weight fly rod and reel, just in case! As we found out later he had no chance to use any of them today. Juan and Manuel decided to head out to the area where we had picked up the broken down boat yesterday. Since they had seen fish there and found out later that quite a few boats had hooked up in that area it made sense to them. Well, they got out there and the water was 83 degrees and blue, perfect for Blue Marlin but not the type of water that the Striped Marlin had been showing a preference for. They were able to find only one Marlin tailing and that fish showed no interest in the bait tossed its way. The boats that did find fish found and caught them within the first two hours in the morning, before 8 am, and all within 5 miles of the Marina! The fish were in the dirty green water just offshore. Sigh, you just never know when it comes to fishing! OK, we have one more day to get fish for the Wilde’s, and we are looking forward to the challenge! Until then, Tight Lines!
George & Mary, Juan and Manuel, The “Fly Hooker” Crew
Cabo San Lucas Fish Report
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JULY 2-8, 2001
Capt. George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
WEATHER: All right, looks like it might get a little monotonous for the next couple of months! We are into the summer thing here in Cabo, and this is the time of year when the fishing gets better but the temperatures start to climb and the humidity follows. We had almost zero cloud cover this week and the temperature remained in the 90’s during the day and the humidity stayed about the 50% range most of the time. From what my father has told me it sounds real similar to what he is experiencing in Oklahoma City, only without the chiggers and the traffic. (Don’t know what a chigger is? Lucky you!) The evenings have offered a little relief as the temperature dropped about 10-12 degrees and unless we experienced a good evening breeze we were turning on the air conditioning every night!
WATER: Surface conditions on the Sea of Cortez have been absolutely beautiful, and on the Pacific side have been very good up until about noon each day, that is when the breezes have kicked in and chopped things up quite a bit. Water temperatures have warmed up considerably as we are finding blue water registering in the 82-83 degree range as close as 12 miles off shore on the Sea of Cortez. The temps on the Pacific side have been a bit cooler and we are finding some hot spots up to 78 degrees on San Jaime and southwest of there. Inshore off the Cape we are seeing green, cool water. This water is cool but is holding a lot of fish where the warmer blue water further offshore has been pretty barren.
BAIT: Lots of bait around this week and yesterday we had a very large school of Mackerel move into the harbor. All the bait we got today was Mackerel; earlier in the week it was Caballito. Normal prices at $2 per bait and I have no reports of Sardinas availability this week.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It appears that we are in the transition stage for the Billfish. The water is starting to warm up and the Blue Marlin are beginning to show up. As a result the Striped Marlin, which seem to prefer the water a bit cooler than the Blues, are starting to move out. A lot of Striped Marlin were seen this week and the sighting ranged from 25 miles out to just outside the Marina, there seemed to be no fixed area each and every day. The bite on the fish has improved and there are Blue Marlin beginning to show up. A friend of mine who makes Hi-5 lures here in Cabo went out yesterday (Saturday) and they caught a Blue Marlin estimated at 550 pounds. I have heard a number of other reports of nice Blue Marlin being taken this week. Most of the fish, both Striped and Blue Marlin, have been taken on lures.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Nothing to report for this week. I have heard unsubstantiated rumors that the San Jaime has had a number of very nice 100-pound plus fish taken from boats working the drops with large live baits off of downriggers. I say unsubstantiated because the boats I have heard this from are private boats and they have shown me none of the fish! Any other Yellowfin I have heard about have been small fish taken from the Gordo by just a few boats. PLEASE let there be Tuna soon!
DORADO: They are still coming in, just as I reported last week, the bite is getting better. A few of the boats are getting two or three per trip, a lot of the boats are getting none. Just goes to show you that the right place at the right time can do wonders for your stats! The fish have been found all over and are mostly being caught on lures intended for Marlin. Average size has been 18 pounds.
WAHOO: Must be a moon phase thing, I’ll let you know after the next new moon!
INSHORE: Very slow for the most part and the fish that have been found in concentrations have been found up the Sea of Cortez. Punta Gordo and north to the East Cape seem to have had the most action from Roosterfish and everything else has been in a bit of a slump. There has been fairly consistent action with the Bonito just outside, but that has been about it. See my note below!
NOTES: This is where I try and mention a few items that might be of interest. One of these items is the capture of a Snook by Capt. Francisco on the Panga the “Salsa”. Francisco was able to hookup his client to a fish that tipped three scales at 49 pounds. The fish was almost as large as Francisco! The line test was 15-pound and if the fish had been weighed on a certified scale and all the details had been in order this would have beaten the old world record by about 24 pounds! The fish was caught on live bait on the second rock pile to the Pacific side of the Cape.
Another item of interest is that the peso has gotten stronger against the dollar and we have lost the buying power to the tune of 10%. Add that to the fact that everyone here in Cabo increased their prices by 10% at the beginning of the year and stir in the fact that the Mexican Government has raised the cost of Diesel fuel by 35% in the last 40 days and I think it would not be surprising to see an increase in the costs of a fishing charter in Cabo in the very near future.
Capt. George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
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