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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
October 5, 2003
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
October 4, 2003
The fall season has now officially started, though the weather in Southern Baja still feels summer like, for the past week the daytime temperatures have been reaching into the low 90s and the humidity has been very high, however the evenings and early morning are starting to cool down. The area is still cleaning up after the mess created by Hurricane Marty and for the most part daily life is back to normal, with the exception of the village of La Playita, where they were without power, water and telephone service for two weeks, although they have just recently had their water and power services restored and are now waiting for phone service, road repairs and major beach clean up, which is so extensive that they will need help from Mexican Government. At this time there are two new storm systems brewing to the south, Hurricane Nora and Tropical Storm Olaf, which is also expected to increase in strength to hurricane status. These storms are predicted to head on a more westerly track away from land, but there is a chance of them coming close enough to bring even more rainfall to the Baja Peninsula that is already practically to the maximum saturation point. All we can do is cross our fingers and hope that they head away from land and do not cause any more destruction to an area that is eager to get back to work and that relies so heavily on the tourist trade.
Increasing crowds of anglers are now making their annual journey to world-renowned sportfishing destination and they have been enjoying mixed success for marlin, yellowfin tuna, dorado, wahoo, skipjack and other species. Fleets found action on both the Pacific and Sea of Cortez side, though the overall bite has not been that consistent, best bet has been further offshore, anywhere from 5 to 25 miles out, this is where the cleaner and warmer water conditions were found. Most common catches have been dorado, most of them being found around storm related floating debris, sizes ranging to over 30 pounds, though more of the fish ranged 8 to 15 pounds. Live bait has been scarce, only limited supplies of caballito and sardinas, along with what bolito and skipjack that anglers were able to catch on the fishing grounds.
Best spot off of the San Jose del Cabo area has been on the Outer Gordo Bank, anglers found black and blue marlin, sailfish, dorado and yellowfin tuna in this vicinity, though the numbers of fish were not significant, this was the most consistent spot around.
Yellowfin tuna weighing from 30 to 150 pounds were taken this past week, they hit on chunk bait, sardinas and bolito, which were the preferred bait, but proved hard to catch on hoochie skirts in recent days. Skipjack were plentiful and they provided most of the bait for chunking. There were several big marlin hooked up on these banks lately, striking on the larger trolled baits, but after extended battles the fish were lost, blue marlin to 250 pounds were landed.
Not much going on closer to shore, with the lack of baitfish and dirty water the best chance for anglers has been further offshore. If the weather does stay calm it will give the inshore baitfish a chance to regroup and will definite increase anglers opportunities, with good quantities of sardinas there would most certainly be incredible action on the yellowfin.
Good Fishing, Eric
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