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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
May 27, 2001
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers - May 27, 2001
This week both the weather and fishing action did improve substantially. No more fog, and practically no wind to speak of, which meant smooth seas offshore. Days were sunny and warm, high temperatures around 90 degrees. The clarity of the water has been going back and forth and now is on the cleaning trend, water temperature was ranging from 74 to 76 degrees. After being very scarce the previous week the pangeros have once again been able to net ample supplies sardinas and schools of mullet are now moving along the beaches, especially the area of La Playita, where they are so thick the locals are snagging them for use as bait from the shore. At this time of year anglers typically would be targeting and catching good numbers of both yellowfin tuna and dorado, but this season the bite is behind schedule, along with other factors brought on by the greedy commercial tuna purseiners who all but wiped out the fish population on the Gordo Banks.
Although panga anglers are not catching many of the sought after glamorous gamefish, they did enjoy excellent all around action for a variety of the smaller species. The availability of live sardinas saved what had become a grim situation the past couple of weeks. The hot spot in recent days was inshore near San Luis, at a spot locally referred to as “ blue rock “. Here they found hungry schools of African pompano, pargo, sierra and bonita that would readily hit both trolled and drifted live baits, the bite was wide open for fish ranging from 5 to 15 pounds and most boats were returning early with full limits of fish. The average daily catch per panga was from 15 to 25 fish in combination. Just offshore from where the pompano action was anglers had the option of jigging off the bottom and they accounted for some quality-sized grouper, amberjack and pargo. Also on these rock piles, while working the same yo-yo jigs, anglers hooked into a few yellowfin tuna that weighed in the 40 to 50 pound class, so this was a good sign that at least some of these fish are starting to appear back in the daily fish counts.
The annual migration of mullet along the shoreline attracted more numbers of roosterfish, and the sizes also increased, with several roosters in the 50 pound class weighed in. Although the peak of the roosterfish run has yet to happen, for the anglers targeting them they have reported catches of 1 or 2, up to 6 per outing. The sierra season is now in the final month and although they are not as numerous, the fish that are being found have been large, averaging 5 to 12 pounds.
Marlin action was on and off for the cruiser fleet, one day they would really get into them and then the next it would turn into a long boat ride. The action was exclusively taking place in the areas off of San Jose del Cabo and to the north, boats were searching all possibilities from Red Hill to Los Frailes from 5 to 20 miles offshore. The striped marlin were found tailing on the surface, sometimes in schools of up to a dozen fish, but this did not guarantee action, at times they just were not in the feeding mood, though on other occasions the first few boats to encounter the fish were rewarded with multiple hook ups.
Good Fishing, Eric
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