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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
December 26, 2000
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo San Lucas Fish Report
Cabo San Lucas Fish Report for Dec 18-24, 2000
Captain George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
[email protected]
WEATHER: Sunny skies with temperatures ranging from the high 50’s at night and high 70’s during the day have made this past week a wonderful lead into Christmas. Looking at the weather channel it has made me happy that I am living in Cabo! Most of our visitors have been comfortable wearing shorts and t-shirts, but I guess I am too used to the tropics and I find that long pants and a sweater or light jacket are necessary in the mornings and evenings. There has been no rain this week, but enough dew in the mornings to keep the plants happy.
WATER: Flat and calm surface conditions combined with a wide difference between low and high tides have made it easy to find the current breaks. This has been good since these patterns have been holding fish. The temperatures breaks we were getting used to last month were not evident this past week. Temperatures have been ranging from 78 degrees down to 60 degrees depending on how far you go and the changes have been gradual. Wonderful fishing weather, but terrible for surfing!!!
BAIT: There has been plenty of both Caballito and Mackerel available from the pangas in the mornings at $2.00 per bait. Many boats have been able to pass on purchasing since there has been an abundance available on the fishing grounds. Boats willing to dedicate 30 minutes or so to catching their own have caught sufficient numbers to last for the day, plus catching bait can be fun for the younger anglers. Sardinas have been available and the situation is the same as last week. If you are willing to cruise North in the morning you can get a tank full for $20.00 or you can get a scoop in Cabo for the same price.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The bite on Striped Marlin was excellent this past week. Some boats were finding and getting strikes from up to a dozen or more a day, while other boats said never mind the Marlin and concentrated on the Tuna. Strangely enough the bite on live bait fished deep seemed to drop off as the moon phase progressed towards new, as opposed to getting better as I thought it would. Most of the fish caught in the later part of the week were taken on lures and the fish moved a bit farther offshore. The concentrations were 8-12 miles off the Pacific side but there were fish scattered everywhere. Bright colors were working best for the lures and Mackerel were working better than the Caballito for live bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: As with the Marlin, the concentrations that had been nearshore seemed to move out a it. Most of the tuna are still football sized and are now mixed with the porpoise. Cedar plugs and feathers seem to be producing best on these fish, but the large Rapalas were working on the bigger fish in the 20+ lb range.
DORADO: Some are still being found and a few boats are doing well when they can find a small school. A few of the larger 30-50 lb fish are being caught, but most are running 8-20 lbs.
WAHOO: 6 inch, 30 lb Plano wire traces ahead of slow drifted live Sardinas or Chiwilis produced quite a few Wahoo in the 15-20 lb class over the week, with most of them caught while fishing the nearshore Tuna early in the week. As the week progressed and the tuna moved offshore, the bite dropped off.
NOTES: As I said last week, the whales are starting to show up. We hope the Marlin bite continues as it has, I may have to order more Bill Foundation Tags soon, if it does!!! I hope everyone had a safe Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!! From the warmth of Cabo San Lucas, Tight Lines, until next year.
Captain George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
[email protected]
"Fly Hooker" Fish Report
FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DEC. 18, 2000
For today and tomorrow, Eric Mandel has booked the Fly Hooker. He and his son Jordan are fishing today with his friends Andy and son Justin. The idea for today is to give the boys some experience to this type of fishing and see if they get hooked. The football sizes Yellowfin tuna that have been biting lately are the perfect targets for today’s trip. So everyone is aboard the boat early and ready to go. A quick run to the Red Hill area gets a nice load of sardines and another 10 minutes get s the group to the fishing area. The results are wonderful! The bite is not wide open, but it is very steady and everyone gets to hook and fight tuna. There are a couple of cut-offs due to the
Wahoo in the area. A few are seen doing the missile imitation. Eventually one makes a mistake and after a 12-minute fight a 20 lb Wahoo is landed using the Shimano Bait runner spinning reel loaded with 17lb test line. A Dorado is also caught on the live bait and the boat can now fly three flags when it returns. With the steady action, it doesn’t take long for everyone to tire out and they decide to troll for a while to see if they can attract a Marlin. It is a good idea, because they end up attracting three Striped Marlin into the lures. The first one is about 80 lbs and hooks up right away on the lure. Eric fights this fish for 10 minutes before tagging and releasing it. The marlin never jumps during the fight! The next fish into the lures is just a looker and does not try to strike a lure and turns it’ nose up at the live bait tossed to it. The third Marlin into the lure pattern causes some excitement! There is no hesitation on the part of this fish as it tries to eat the first lure it sees and is hooked up right away. The total reverse of the first Marlin, this fish is a major acrobat and does the classic leaps for the video camera. Andy fights this fish for 20 minutes and the 120 lb Striped Marlin is tagged and released. Congratulations Andy on your first Marlin! The Fly Hooker was flying Marlin, Wahoo, Yellowfin Tuna, Dorado and Release flags when she pulled into her slip. We sure hope the fishing is this good tomorrow. Until then TIGHT LINES from Mary, George, Juan & Manuel, the Fly Hooker Crew!
FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DEC 19, 2000
This is the second day of fishing Eric Mandel has been booked aboard the Fly Hooker. Yesterday he and his son Jordan brought some friends along and caught Marlin Wahoo, Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna. Today they are out again with a different group of friends Steve, and his sons Justin and Jonathan. They are hoping for another good day for the boys, so the battle plan for the day is the same as yesterday. To make a long story shorter, they get the Sardines, find the tuna, manage to get the kids hooked up to the fish and they get seven in the boat along with a Bonito. Two Dorado were hooked up on the live Sardines also, but only one was brought to the boat. They also had several Wahoo strikes, but did not have the same luck they had yesterday on those razor tooth speedsters. Eventually the bite died off and they decided to troll for a while and try to find the Marlin again. About 30 minutes into the trolling, Juan was contacted by another oat Captain who told him of a good bite going on inshore for a few boats bottom fishing live bait. Quickly they cleared the lures and ran to the area. Juan and Manuel rigged up live Caballito on one rod and live Mackerel on another. The Caballito was eaten right away and Steve fought the fish for 10 minutes before the 100 lb’r was tagged and released. The Mackerel bait was eaten shortly thereafter, but the fish pulled the hook after about 5 minutes. It was not long before Juan had another Caballito out and down. Waiting a very short while, the bait was picked up by a Striped marlin that made everyone work hard. Another boat had hooked up also and the lines crossed! Both fish were jumping on the surface and it was easy to see that this Marlin was larger than the first. Manuel quickly maneuvered the Fly Hooker so the Juan could hand off a rod to the deckhand on the other boat. The rod was passed over, then back around and the lines were straightened out. Eventually the fight continued. After 1 hour and 10 minutes Eric and Steve relaxed as the boys took pictures of an equally exhausted 140 lb Striped Marlin. After a short resuscitation, the tagged fish was released to fight again another day. Upon the return to the Marina, Eric said he could not wait to get back to the house and let Andy know he had missed out on. He thought it was nearly impossible, but today’s fishing had been even better than yesterday! Everyone had a great time including Juan and Manuel. Thanks guys and we hope that next time you plan to fish in Cabo you book the Fly Hooker and the fishing is just as good. Until then, TIGHT LINES! Mary, George, Juan & Manuel, the Fly Hooker Crew
FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DEC 20-22
These three days have been booked by James Yeary, Robert and Blake Burnett. The temperatures have been a bit warmer than back home in Texas this time of year and they are looking forward to the chance to fight a marlin instead of traffic. Dec 20, day one is a break in day and they head up towards San Jose to get sardines and catch some Yellowfin in the morning and then troll for marlin later. That is what has been working for the last few days, so they decide to try it today also. Well the tuna aren’t biting as well and they only catch 3 plus one nice 30 lb Dorado. Trying for Marlin on the troll, they manage to hook one on the lures that stays hooked up for 5 minutes before tossing the hook. That’s it for the day and everyone is looking forward to tomorrow. The 21st is a new day and the plan has changed. This is going to be a Marlin day so head for Cabo Falso to deep drift live bait early. The bite is very slow. But Jim manages to tag and release one nice sized Striped Marlin and there is the possibility they had another, one hook-up, but Juan thinks it may have been a shark. Another boat lets them know that there is a good tuna bite happening about 12 miles out so they decide to go for the action. These fish are in the porpoise and the football size tuna strike readily on the lures, both cedar plugs and feathers. Tomorrow is going to be Marlin day for sure! On the 22nd they decide to troll and sure enough, that was the ticket. 3 Marlin tagged and released and boated due to serious injuries to the fish. Another 7 struck lures and one of these was brought to within 5 feet of the boat! Finally the Marlin action they had been hoping for happened. Too bad they have to go back to fighting traffic instead of fish. Thanks, Guys and we look forward to seeing you again. Tight Lines, from Mary, George, Juan & Manuel The Fly Hooker Crew.
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