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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. George Landrum
April 2, 2001
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

"Fly Hooker" Daily Report

“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 MARCH 2001

Molly Barnes had booked the “Fly Hooker” for herself and her new groom Andy Barnes several weeks ago. Last night the wind started to blow and the water was a bit choppy so she decided to stay at the pool and let Andy go fishing by himself today. He was up for just about anything except the big fat zero that they caught. Juan and Manuel decided that since most of the fish caught in the last few days were reported from porpoise pods, and there had been reports of a lot of Marlin sighted tailing, they would head out into the south east area, near the 95 spot. The water was rough and the fishing was lousy today. A few boats were able to find a tuna or two but the “Fly Hooker” did not get bite. I’m sorry Andy, sometimes it just doesn’t work out right, and I hope your next trip is a catching trip instead of a fishing trip.

“FLY HOOKER’ FISH REPORT FOR 28 MARCH 2001

Hank and Susan Tsui are from Phoenix, AZ and are here in Cabo on a week long vacation. Hank works for Motorola and loves to fish, Susan like to take pictures and go along for the ride. The water was rough again today and Juan and Manuel decided to go to the Gordo Banks instead of look for porpoise. They made the run up only to find that the heavy winds had blown out the Sardinas and there were none available. Hearing that some of the boats had found a group of porpoise with Tuna not too far away they decided to head there and cross their fingers. They lost about ¼ power on the starboard engine on the way there but the fish were still biting when the boat arrived. Hank had a blast and caught three Yellowfin and lost a few more. They saw two Marlin and tossed a live bait to one of them that was not hungry. When they got back to the dock Mary and I met them and I cut one of the fillets up for Sashimi while they went to the market for Soy Sauce and Wasabi. We have the mechanic on the way down to check on the problem this evening, hope it is minor! Until tomorrow, Tight Lines!

“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 29 MARCH 2001

No fishing for the “Fly Hooker” today. We put Hank and Susan on another boat and they had fun, again catching Tuna in porpoise. The problem turned out to be a broken exhaust valve. When I last had them replaced I used after market parts instead of Genuine Detroit parts, won’t do that again. At first we thought we just had a bad injector, but after replacing it the problem was still there. The mechanic removed the head and we found the broken valve. It appears that the bit of valve bounced up and damaged the injector tube, resulting in less fuel getting into the cylinder so it didn’t fire. Good thing, because if it had, we might have blown a hole in the head. The valves and a new injector tube have been ordered from Mazatlan and should get here tomorrow. There were only minor dings to the piston crown. Fingers crossed until tomorrow!

“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 30 MARCH 2001

We had to put Dan Maginelli and his friends Mathew, Marshal, Steve and Paul on another boat today. They got off to a bit of a late start, somewhat due to not getting back to the room until 5:30 this morning! The wind has not stopped blowing since Monday and the water is a bit rough but they were ready to go after buying a case of beer and box lunches. Mary and I got the full account from them upon their return; it was pretty much a blow-by-blow account of blowing lunches. Paul caught a Dorado and Steve got a Yellowfin. The fish were caught in a big pod of porpoise; Steve said there must have been thousands of them. No one could disprove it; they were all busy being sick. Dan and Marshal started getting sick as soon as the boat stopped and started to troll, Paul held off until he got the Dorado, then he joined them. I believe it was Dan who said he thought that the green stuff coming out of Paul’s mouth was the stuff that holds your toenails to your toes; he must have been bringing it up from deep! They had the fish fixed right at the Marina but the only ones I saw eating more than a bite were Dan and Mathew. A decision was made to go inshore for Sierra tomorrow, hopefully stay in sight of land and the water should be smoother in there. Plus there will only be three anglers, Paul and Marshal are opting to stay shore side for some reason. We are going to have to put them on another boat again. The shop that cleaned and checked the head for us said that they did not have the tools or training to replace the injector tube and there was no one here in Cabo who could do it. This means that the head has to be sent to La Paz for the work and we won’t get it back until Tuesday. I’ll let you know how things turn out for tomorrow’s hard-core fishermen and how events go for the “Fly Hooker”.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN “FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 31 MARCH 2001

Seems that Dan decided that Paul and Marshal had a good idea when they decided to stay ashore today, he joined them! Mathew and Steve said that since everybody else wimped out, never mind the inshore fishing, they wanted to go out where the big boys play again. The boat they were on today did a great job for them and they were real happy with the captain and crew. A total of 13 Yellowfin Tuna were caught among porpoise and they had almost all of the fillets smoked at the Smokehouse. We are still waiting on head work for the engine and will let you know as it goes! Until then, Tight Lines!

Cabo San Lucas Fish Report

CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR MARCH 26-APRIL1 2001

Capt. George Landrum

“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing

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WEATHER: The wind started blowing from the N.W. on Monday evening and didn’t stop until Friday night. It occasionally swung around and came from the south. The strong wind combined with large ground swells plus the wind swell made fishing on the Pacific side nearly impossible. Temperatures remained in the 60-80 degree range throughout the entire week with no rain or cloud cover.

WATER: The Pacific side experienced very rough conditions and large swells were prevalent throughout the week. Saturday saw an improvement in conditions through the entire Cabo fishing range as a result of the wind disappearing. The sustained wind all week forced a thick band of cold water, from 60-64 degrees, across the Cape and up the Sea of Cortez as far as San Jose. This cold band extended offshore for a distance of 15-20 miles on the Cortez side and up to 35 miles south of the Cape. The wind picked up again on Sunday afternoon, but now on Monday morning it is calm.

BAIT: The larger baits, Mackerel and Caballito, were available at the usual $2 per bait. Sardinas were hard to get all week and the few that could be found were in San Jose.

FISHING:

BILLFISH: There have been a lot of Swordfish sighted due south of Cabo this past week and several were hooked up. The cold water has brought these fish around and forced the Striped Marlin further off shore. There have been plenty of Striped Marlin sighted outside the band of cold water but they have been slow to bite. Several boats were able to get multiple hookups this past week but they were the exception, being in the right place at the right time. The Swordfish were hooked on live bait and most of the Striped Marlin were caught on lures.

YELLOWFIN TUNA: The bite that had been happening at Gordo Banks the previous week died off this week, mostly due to the absence of Sardinas as bait. The Yellowfin that were caught were found mixed in with the Porpoise and averaged 10-20 pounds, the football sized fish. A few larger fish, up to 150 pounds, were caught among the Porpoise also but they were few and far between. Most Yellowfin caught were fooled by 6”-9” feathers and cedar plugs.

DORADO: Only a few were found this week and they were on the small side, averaging only 10 pounds. The water near shoe may be too cold for them right now.

WAHOO: A few were reported and the sizes were very nice, 80 pound average. There were no concentrations of Wahoo found; each caught was an incidental fish found while looking for something else.

NEARSHORE: Yellowtail were the inshore/near shore fish of the week since the heavy winds blew in the cold water. While not steady, action was found by boats concentrating on the rocky points and rock piles during the beginning and end of the slack tides. Chrome, chrome/blue and mackerel in 6 oz. iron produced the most fish and some were found by trolling Rapalas and live bait over the same areas. The Yellowtail averaged 15 pounds with an exceptional fish going to 25 pounds. The other inshore action was provided by Sierra and these also were an on again/off again proposition. One day you would catch 20 or 30 and the next catch 5. A few Skipjack tuna and Amberjack provided the remainder of the inshore roundup.

NOTES: The Whales are almost gone and the Spring Breakers are still here!

Hope the fishing gets better soon. My house in Cabo is for sale. The boat that ran up on the rocks at Chileno then sunk in the marina entrance was raised this week and is no longer a hazard to navigation. Please book a boat through a licensed agent or owner, don’t contribute to the “coyote” scams and problems at the marina. The agencies raised the price of beer so everyone followed suit, now the cheapest beer at a bar costs 14 pesos, used to be 12 pesos. Marina raised their rates; everyone raised the price on everything, bet the charter rates go up soon. I’m getting a tan and am warm, are you? But then the wind starts blowing and we are all running around with jackets again.

Until next week, Tight Lines!

Capt. George Landrum

“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing

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