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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
March 22, 2002
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
March 23, 2002
Spring break crowds are now starting to arrive in Los Cabos and they are very welcome, just in time to help boast the sagging economy. The weather has continued to be just about perfect, high temperatures in the 80's and lows around 60. The water temperature cooled off to a chilly 68 degrees along the inshore areas, 10 to 40 miles from shore there was water up to 73 degree reported. There was some wind on and off, hard to predict which direction it would blow from next. Tuesday and Wednesday the wind was exceptionally stiff out of the north, it was victory at sea, but then by the weekend conditions had laid down. The cooler water that pushed its way in did not help the overall fishing action any, counts were down from the previous week and the most consistent bite was for sierra close to shore or for the variety of bottomfish available. Sardinas continued to be available off of La Playita and in Cabo San Lucas there were good supplies of mackerel and caballito.
Sierra were being located along the shoreline of the whole region, with one of the hot spots being around Punta Gorda. Trolling with live sardinas, rapalas and hoochie skirts all produced fish, but the live bait was a way to really get them into a feeding frenzy. The sierra were averaging 2 to 3 pounds, but there were others of 6 to 8 pounds mixed in. Off the bottom rock piles anglers who were persistent with jigging yo-yo's had some success on species such as pargo, amberjack, yellowtail, grouper, cabrilla, pompano, bonita and skipjack. A handful of yellowtail to over 20 pounds were also caught in the same inshore areas where the sierra were found and striking on live sardinas. A few more roosterfish were moving in, most were less than 10 pounds, but one 20 pound fish was caught and released by Sue Kammer of Gold Beach, Oregon, it hit on a cast surface lure.
Dorado action was limited mostly to offshore areas that had the warmer water, trolling with medium sized lures accounted for fish to over 20 pounds. The area of Desteladera had good reports on days when the wind did not cause havoc. The tuna bite that had developed near La Fortuna to Iman completely dissipated with the cooler water temperature and even though the water is a clear blue color the fish will need the water to warm up another couple degrees before they become active again. Red crabs were starting to show up north of the Gordo Banks and this usually will contribute to slower fish counts, as the fish become plugged with the small crustaceans. For some opportunistic anglers this resulted in great action for huachinango while using the small crabs for bait, later on in the spring this technique usually comes into play more often.
Not much heard on the billfish action besides some limited numbers of striped marlin being found further offshore in the warmer currents, hitting on lures and bait. Many of the cruiser fleets were also having to fish inshore areas due to the winds and lack of consistent action offshore.
Good Fishing, Eric
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