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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. George Landrum
February 26, 2001
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

"Fly Hooker" Fish Report

“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 FEBRUARY 2001

Robert and Suzy Faehn, their daughter Lynne and son Brent booked the “Fly Hooker” for a half day of fishing today. They are novices at salt-water angling and were looking forward to an exciting day on the water. I had my fingers crossed that they would have a good day on the water, as I really liked these people, very good folks and a pleasure to be around. They are from Watertown, South Dakota and are enjoying the escape from below freezing weather! Juan and Manuel tried hard but there is just so much bait around that it was difficult to get anything to bite. The half-day ended up with only one Sierra as a result, but they did have an enjoyable time. Hey, it’s got to be better than ice fishing! Thanks Bob, I look forward to a chance to see you and your family again next year. Until then, Tight Lines!

“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 20 FEBRUARY 2001

John Ridella, his friends Hal and Fred have booked the “Fly Hooker” for today and Thursday. They have known each other since childhood and normally go to North Carolina every year for their fishing trip. This year they decided to give Cabo a try, having heard from many friends how good the fishing is here. Well, the past few days have not been very productive locally so Juan and Manuel decided to try a little further afield. Normally a trip up to Gordo Banks will produce fish but today they went another 9 miles north before finding a consistent bite. Arriving in an area where there were Tuna free jumping they began to chum with Sardinas. The guys started laughing when Juan brought out the small hooks and tied them directly to the 30-pound test line. “What are we going to catch with those little things, bait?” they asked. Their laughter was cut short when the first bait was taken only seconds after being tossed out! A few minutes later the head of a Yellowfin that would have weighed 25 pounds was pulled into the boat. A short distance away a Sea Lion poked his head above the water and smirked at the boat as if to say, “Thanks for the free meal!” A picture of the head was taken and Manuel ran the boat to an area about three miles further. Several Tuna were hooked right away and for the remainder of the morning it was a fish for the boat and a meal for the mammals. Eventually they boated 6 nice Tuna and lost about 8 to the Sea Lions. Turning for home they trolled for a while and picked up a Dorado and several Skipjack Tuna. It was time to run in and they returned to the dock at 2:30. All right! Plenty of fish for dinner and another day of fishing to look forward to! Thanks John, Fred and Hal, we’ll keep our fingers crossed for good fishing on Thursday and until then, Tight Lines!

“FLY HOOKER” FISHING REPORT FOR 21 FEBRUARY 2001

Mike Donewald is a pilot with America West Airlines as is his friend Mike Stewart. M.D.’s wife Linda arranged today’s trip for the two guys and herself. They really want to catch a Marlin and M.S. wants a mount made if they are successful. Juan and Manuel decided that the best shot was on the Pacific side and they started out at the lighthouse and worked their way up to Golden Gate Banks. They began by pulling lures and tossing live bait to fish they spotted tailing. They tossed bait to 5 fish on the way up and did not have any strikes. About 10:30 they decided to try slow trolling live bait as some of the boats had been having hookups using this method. Nothing worked today. Even though they ended up tossing bait to 7 different Marlin they could not entice any of the fish to bite. Eventually they headed inshore hoping for some action. They started by slow trolling live bait off the beach and proceeded to hook and loose a Roosterfish, a nice Yellowtail and had a strike from another, unknown and unidentified fish. Turning to lures they caught a Sierra just about 1pm. That was all for the day. Juan and Manuel worked hard but without much to show for the effort. Hope it gets better soon! Until tomorrow, Tight Lines!

“FLY HOOKER” FISHING REPORT FOR 22 FEBRUARY 2001

Today was the second day of fishing on the “Fly Hooker” for John, Fred and Hal. They really want a Marlin and the fish have been out there, just not very hungry. This morning I changed the live bait leaders to 130-pound test fluorocarbon in the hope it would be less visible to the picky fish than the 125-pound Ande we had on before. I also took a magic marker with indelible ink and colored the hooks blue, hoping that getting rid of the flash might help. Either it worked or it was just a matter of beating the odds, but Juan tossed bait to 12 of the 20 Marlin he spotted and had two eat the bait! One of them they fought for a while before it pulled loose and the other one John fought for about 40 minutes. Eventually they pulled the fish to the boat, took pictures, tagged and released the fish. Everyone took a lunch break and ate the homemade Tuna sandwiches; made from the Tuna they had caught on the trip before. A change of pace was called for and Manuel turned the “Fly Hooker” towards the shore where they trolled for Sierra on the way back to the Marina. Thanks John, we were happy you got your Marlin and you guys were a great group to have aboard! We hope to see you in Cabo again and until then, Tight Lines from Mary, George, Juan and Manuel, the “Fly Hooker” crew.

“FLY HOOKER” FISHING REPORT FOR 23 FEBRUARY 2001

Steve and Debbie and friends Rich and Debbie arrived in Cabo yesterday minus their luggage! They came here from Missouri to enjoy the warm sun and do some fishing. Steve and Rich are really looking forward to the trip today and hope that their luggage shows up at the hotel while they are out fishing. We have our fingers crossed for them! The wind has been blowing steadily all last night and the water is likely to be rough today, plus the Marlin bite has been rather anemic.

Well, I wrote the previous paragraph this morning and I may as well have had a crystal ball in my hand. The water was rough and Rich and Debbie got seasick. Juan and Manuel were able to spot several Marlin and toss baits but none of the fish were interested. Steve and Debbie took pity on their friends and asked to return early. The “Fly Hooker” was back at the dock by 11:30 am. Sorry folks, I sure wish we could control the weather! Steve plans to come down sometime in the next several months for a weekend with a dozen other guys so perhaps he will have better luck then. Until then, Tight Lines!

“FLY HOOKER” FISHING REPORT FOR 24 FEBRUARY 2001

Brad and Karen Eicler get to fish aboard the “Fly Hooker” today with Juan and Manuel. Brad has fished here before and the last time was lucky enough to hit it just right. His boat caught 5 Marlin and was back at the slip by noon! The bite has not been nearly as good as that lately but it was decided to dedicate the first half of the trip to Marlin fishing and depending on the results either continue to try for Marlin or head inshore to try for Sierra. The water is in a bit better shape today than yesterday, thank goodness, but they soon find out that the bite has not improved. Juan tossed bait to 2 Marlin but neither one showed any interest. About 10 am they headed inshore and proceeded to have a blast catching Sierra. They caught plenty of these tasty fish and even managed to catch two Jack Crevally (about 15-20 pounds each) and a couple of Bonito. Karen was excited and had a wonderful trip. Even though there were no Marlin for the day, Brad had fun also. Thanks folks, and we hope to see you again next time you come to Cabo! Until then, Tight Lines from Mary, George, Juan and Manuel, the “Fly Hooker” crew.

“FLY HOOKER” FISHING REPORT FOR 25 FEBRUARY 2001

Steve and Rich decided to give it another try today, they really want to catch a Marlin. The water is in a lot better shape than it was on Friday and Rich has taken his drugs in advance this time so he should be in better shape. They left the wives at the hotel with all the extra cash! They asked me how I thought the fishing was going to be but all I could say was that if you don’t have a line in the water I can promise that you won’t catch anything! Well, the water was in a lot better condition today but the bite had not gotten any better. As a matter of fact it appeared that the winds from the day before had forced green water into the area and they only spotted one Striped Marlin all day, and that fish was not hungry. In desperation they tried trolling the shoreline on the way back and did manage to catch one nice Sierra, but the fish was not big enough to offer much of a battle on the 40 pound class tackle it was hooked on. I hope the fishing has improved when you guys come down here again! You never can be sure how it will be from one day to the nest. Until next time, Tight Lines!

Cabo San Lucas Fish Report

CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR 19-25 FEBRUARY 2001

Capt. George Landrum

“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing

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WEATHER: A pretty good week for this time of year here in Cabo! At least it’s warm here, not the below freezing and snowing stuff I keep hearing about up north. The temperature has maintained a steady mid 80 to high 60’s range all week. I need a light jacket in the am and pm but the days have been just great. We had a lot of wind on the 22nd and 23rd, but it died down and has just started to pick up again this afternoon, the 25th. No rain and a bit of cloudy weather started the week off but by this weekend the weather had passed by and we had sustained blue skies.

WATER: Due to the winds we experienced on Thursday afternoon the water on Friday was a bit choppy and the swells were a little bit larger than were comfortable for most people. The rest of the week was very comfortable as far as the sea conditions went; the problem instead seemed to be the water temperatures and color. The winds caused the inshore water to turn green on the Pacific side and overall the temperatures were a bit lower than we really wanted to see. We had a warm current that ran from the shore just inside Golden Gate banks to an area 45 miles south of the cape earlier in the week but as the week wore on the inshore dropped in temperature and the current shifted a bit to the west, towards the rougher water. A warm eddy maintained a position south-southwest of the cape at a distance of 50 miles but that was outside the range of almost all of the charter boats. Sea of Cortez temperatures were ranging from 68 to 72 degrees with the warmer water reaching only as far as the southern edge of the Gordo Banks.

BAIT: All right, this week you need to pay attention to this section of the report. Normally I just describe the availability and cost of the bait but this week I am going to do it a bit different. The cost remains the same as last week, last month and last year. Plenty of Mackerel and Caballito are available from the bait boats. This week’s change is the description of the feed in the ocean! There are massive amounts of red crab out there and the squid is so thick some boats are netting free-swimming squid on the surface during the day.

FISHING:

BILLFISH: Early in the week there were Striped Marlin all over the place on the Pacific side but they were refusing to eat, probably due to the enormous amount of bait available to them. Tossing bait to the Marlin spotted tailing was resulting in a 10% hookup ratio, very lousy according to the expected average. The fact that the squid are as thick as they have been definitely did nothing to increase the chances of hooking up to a hungry fish.

YELLOWFIN TUNA: A situation very similar to the Billfish has happened with the Tuna. There is so much red crab that we are spotting and marking clouds 50 feet deep and miles long on the depth sounders. When there is this much bait available the Tuna don’t have to work for a meal and we have had a very hard time getting them to hook up. A few boats were catching one or two fish but that is pretty much the maximum as the week wore on.

DORADO: Hit and miss for the Dorado, a few here and a few there, no concentrations to work on for the most part. A few boats did find fish offshore but the bite was not sustained.

WAHOO: The red flags that have been flying from the outriggers have been for Sierra, not Wahoo. I have seen a few fish brought in but lucky boats have caught these, there is no bite going on for the Wahoo right now.

OFFSHORE SUMMARY: We have the fish here; we just need for the bait to thin out. The fish have it so easy all they have to do is open their mouths and eat, that is making it very difficult. Perhaps next week will be different, we are keeping our fingers crossed!

INSHORE: This is where the action was at the beginning of the week! The bite on Sierra was wide open and the Roosterfish were starting to pick up in size. Most of the fish were being found on the Pacific side. The Pargo (Red Snapper) are large and biting! Again, the Pacific side has been producing the majority of the fish. The sad note here is that the heavy winds that kicked through later in the week resulted in very green water inshore and the bite on all species dropped off considerably.

UNTIL NEXT WEEK, TIGHT LINES! KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED AND REMEMBER THAT IF YOU DON’T HAVE A LINE IN THE WATER YOU WILL NEVER CATCH ANYTHING!

Capt. George Landrum

“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing

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