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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
April 30, 2001
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
"Fly Hooker" Daily Report
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 24 APRIL, 2001
Dan, Dan and Paul called this morning and asked if the “Fly Hooker” was available for a half-day trip this afternoon. We had been spending the morning doing maintenance on the boat and Juan and Manuel were more than ready to get out on the water since we had been listening to all the boats that were out reporting their hookups with Marlin. It seemed that the Striped Marlin were thick and fairly close, only about 6 miles out. I told them sure, lets go! The water was very nice, smooth and no chop as we cruised out to the area. On the way we spotted some small Tuna jumping and feeding so we tossed out a couple of feathers and picked up two small Yellowfin Tuna for dinner. It was not long after that when we spotted the first Marlin of the trip. This fish was slowly cruising on the surface and Juan quickly tossed out a live bait in front of the Marlin. Paul was the lucky angler and after a fight that lasted 35 minutes we were able to tag and release a very healthy fish. We sure were wishing that there was a video camera on board the boat because this was one of those fish that put on a display that you normally only see on the television shows! After 10 minutes of fighting the fish came up to the surface and put on a series of 21 consecutive jumps! This sure was a tired fish after that! Later we saw more marlin, a total of 6 more, and we did have two of them eat the bait Juan tossed their way. Big Dan was not as lucky as Paul had been; his fish broke the line after one jump. The other fish that took the bait pulled it right off the hook and was never hooked up. Sure was good action for a half-day trip and Big Dan and Paul booked the “Fly Hooker” for another afternoon trip the day after tomorrow. We will let you know how things go on that one later! Until then, Tight Lines!
“FLY HOOKER” FISHING REPORT FOR 25 APRIL 2001
Today is another half-day trip booked locally at the last minute. Todd Nichols talked to Mary yesterday and wanted to go this morning. He is down here with his girlfriend Brenda, escaping his workload in Phoenix for a few days. We headed out this morning and on the way out saw Skipjack Tuna breaking water right outside the Marina. Getting in a little warm-up, he proceeded to bring in and release 4 Tuna between 5 and 12 pounds, and then we went to look for Marlin. The fish were not as thick as they had been yesterday, but they were in the same area, the temperature break had stayed just south of the lighthouse. We received a radio call about a pod of Porpoise that had Tuna in them about five miles from where we were at so we did a fast cruise to get to the area. Putting out the Tuna lures once we were there, we worked the Porpoise for about 20 minutes without a strike. Manuel spotted a Marlin tail in the middle of the Porpoise, how he could see it in all that commotion I have no idea, but he gunned to “Fly Hooker” towards the spot as Juan pinned on a large live Mackerel to use as bait. When the Mackerel hit the water the Marlin lit up and inhaled the bait! This fish made one jump at the beginning of the fight and the rest of the time it was an underwater struggle. Coaching by myself and Juan and constant reassurance that he was doing everything right eventually resulted in Todd being able to bring the estimated 130 pound Striped Marlin to the boat side for pictures, tag placement and release. The fighting time was one hour and 17 minutes. We spotted another Marlin later but he was not interested in eating the bait thrown to him, and besides, Todd was pretty tired from the first fish! Congratulations Todd! We look forward to seeing you again next time you are able to get away from your business and come to Cabo. Until then, Tight Lines from the “Fly Hooker” crew!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 26 APRIL 2001
This is the second afternoon trip for Dan and Paul; the other Dan had to go home and back to work. They brought along a friend they had met here by the name of Jay and we took off on another Marlin hunt. The water had become a lot rougher since yesterday morning, the wind had been blowing all night long and it was really choppy. On the way out we passed one boat coming in with a very large Yellowfin Tuna tied off to the swim platform, we estimated that Tuna to be over 150 pounds, easily. Talking to them on the radio we found out that they had caught it early in the morning out at San Jaime banks, way to far for us to go on an afternoon trip, we would have to stick to Marlin hunting. With the water chopped up like it was we had a lot harder time seeing the Marlin tailing, but Jay was on the ball and spotted both fish we saw abut the same time as Juan and Manuel. The first fish was to be Dan’s, since he had not gotten one the previous trip. Guess that Dan just does not have a lot of fishing luck! The first fish showed no interest in the Mackerel tossed to it but stayed on the surface. Juan brought in that bait and then tossed out a Caballito. This woke the Marlin up and he ate it with no hesitation. Dan got in the chair as the fish took line off the reel at high speed. All Dan could do was hang on and wait for the fish to stop. About 1/3 of the way into the spool of line we saw the fish jump in the distance and the line went slack. The hook had pulled! A little later in the same are we spotted another fish but this one went down before the bait could be tossed, but we did it anyway in the hope that it was just hanging around down below. No such luck though, and that was the extent of the excitement for the day. Thanks guys, and next time maybe you will want to go for a full day and have a shot at some of those big Tuna, huh? Until then, Tight Lines!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 27 APRIL 2001
Chris Coyne and his friends Tom, Tyler and John went out today for a full day trip on the “Fly Hooker” with Juan and Manuel. They said they had no interest in Marlin; they wanted to get a load of fillets to take home so Tuna were the target. The guys found a Porpoise pod about 18 miles south that resulted on a total of 19 Yellowfin Tuna coming aboard the boat, most of them between 15 and 25 pounds. Plenty of action, plenty of fillets and the guys took the fish down the marina to the “Smokehouse” and had it prepared to take home. Mission accomplished. Until next time, Tight Lines!
Cabo San Lucas Bite Report
CABO SAN LUCAS FISHING REPORT FOR 23-29 APRIL, 2001
Capt. George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
[email protected]
WEATHER: Another one of those great weeks here in Cabo San Lucas! Daytime highs in the high 80’s to low 90’s, nighttime lows in the mid 70’s, no rain and sunny skies! We had high humidity Saturday morning, it smelled like it was going to rain in the morning, but it was just clouds moving in. The wind blew them in and on Sunday the fog followed in the morning.
WATER: There has been a pretty good temperature break holding almost all week just to the south of the Cape, and it ran out about 12 miles before turning towards San Jaime Bank. The warm side was about 72 degrees and the cold side about 68. This area moved around just a little bit during the week but stayed in the same general area. Water temperatures on the Sea of Cortez were in the 72 to 74 degree range with Gordo Banks being a hot spot. Beautiful water conditions all week until Wednesday afternoon when the wind started to blow from the northwest and the Pacific side chopped up quite a bit.
BAIT: A mix of Caballito and Mackerel at $2 per bait and a scoop of sardinas at $20 here in Cabo San Lucas. No scarcity on the bait, but the price on the Sardinas was considerably lower if you headed up to San Jose to get them.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Marlin bite has really taken off this week, with many of the boats getting up to three or four fish per day. Average size is around 120 pounds and almost all of them are being hooked on live bait. Anywhere from two miles out to 12 miles out has been good for them and many of them are being found right in front of town. It has not been uncommon to see up to a dozen fish per trip.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The porpoise pods have been producing fish between 15 and 25 pounds and these have been found around 8 to 24 miles out, pretty scattered. Feathers and cedar plugs have been the top producers and the color of choice in feathers has been either purple or pink/white. There have been smaller fish in the 5-10 pound range out in the blind. The big fish this week were found on the Gordo Banks and the San Jaime Banks. Gordo has been putting out fish in the 40-60 pound range pretty consistently all week, but it has been pretty much a waiting game on them, using sardinas as chum and bait. Large fish in the 100 pound plus category were found on the inside edge of Gordo but on Friday and Saturday San Jaime was putting out these large fish on a much more consistent basis. On San Jaime the Mackerel were working well, much better than artificials.
DORADO: A few scattered Dorado are being found but the bite has yet to become sustained. Hopefully it will happen soon, as the water continues to warm up. The fish that have been found have been, for the most part, mixed in with the small Yellowfin Tuna and have been caught on the same lures that were working on the Tuna. Average size has been about 10 pounds.
WAHOO: The Wahoo are continuing to show up on a semi-regular basis but are not consistent. The situation is much the same as in last weeks report with most of the fish being an incidental catch.
INSHORE: Panga fishing has been a bit on the slow side this week. The average size of the Sierra is getting larger but there have been fewer fish. A few Wahoo have been caught off the beach and those peoples using live baits off the rock piles are still catching Snapper. Roosterfish are still a bit small and scattered but that should start to change with the warmer water.
NOTES: We have our new website, be sure to come by and check it out.
Thanks, and until next week, Tight Lines!
Capt. George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
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