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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
July 8, 2001
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers - July 8, 2001
This last week as the moon was building towards its full phase on July 5 th, anglers had some encouraging reports of yellowfin tuna appearing back on the Gordo Banks. For several days there were quality tuna of 40 to 75 pounds being caught, but that action has now vanished and once again anglers are waiting to see if the tuna bite will improve as the brightness of the moon diminishes during this coming week. The water has warmed up into the mid to upper 70's but still is off colored, more green than blue, not the typical deep blue color that would be normal for summertime. The few tuna that were found in recent days came from the area of Iman and were smaller football sized fish that hit on trolled cedar plug and medium sized feathers. Overall the offshore action was very slow and the most consistent bite was along the shoreline for roosterfish and a mix of other jacks and pargo.
Supplies of mullet were still abundant off of La Playita, though the schools of the baitfish did start to thin out some. Trolling these hardy baits along the shoreline from Punta Gorda and north towards Vinorama proved to be the way to find the roosterfish. Most of the pangas were accounting for five or six roosters per charter, while some anglers reported catching and releasing as many as a dozen in one morning. The average size fish was about twenty pounds and largest ones reported were in the sixty pound class. You did need to bring plenty of live bait because along with the roosters there were a few sierra, pargo, pompano and jack crevalle mixed in the fish counts.
Amberjack were the second most common catch this week after the roosterfish, largest concentrations were found off of Red Hill and on the Inner Gordo Bank. In both spots the fish were seen near the surface, schooling with the larger pargo, but it was another story trying to get them to bite. The first boats to the spots in the morning would hook a few of the amberjack in the twenty to thirty pound range but after the rest of the fleet arrived the fish proved to be very hook and line shy. There was no shortage of fish on the Banks though, because they were seen close to the surface in large concentrations. Over the weekend there were reports of free swimming wahoo seen on the Inner Gordo Bank, so hopes are that as the conditions improve these fish will go on the bite. The days have been hot and virtually windless and this should be favorable for the water to continue to warm and become clearer.
Dorado continued to be scarce, with only a few fish coming in each day for the combined fleet. Most of the ones found were further offshore by the boats that were targeting marlin and the sizes ranged from 10 to 50 pounds. Reportedly the water was greenish to 30 miles out and in fact some of the skippers said the cleaner water was nearer to shore. Striped marlin could be spotted but were not easy to hook up, especially difficult on the full moon and days following. There was an unconfirmed report of a black marlin being caught, along with a handful of sailfish and blue marlin. The summer season is off to a late start but is at least showing some signs of encouragement.
Good Fishing, Eric
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