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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
August 19, 2002
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Capt. George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 12-18, 2002
WEATHER: We had a great week here with typical August temperatures in the 90’s daytime
and into the high 70’s at night. A bit humid early in the week and then around mid-week we
started to get northwesterly breezes in the afternoon that cooled everything off. As of this
weekend the breezes started to steady all day so everything has remained cool. We only needed
the air-conditioner on two nights this week! (I Don’t Know You)
WATER: Early in the week the water was perfect as far as surface conditions go and then
during the weekend the Pacific side became a bit choppy, by Sunday if you were out farther than
4 miles it was tough going. The fishing was good, just a bit rough. The Sea of Cortez water
remained calm all week. Pacific side temperatures have been in the mid 80’s to high 70’s and the
Sea of Cortez has remained in the mid to high 80’s. (Glendale Train)
BAIT: A mix of Caballito, Mackerel and Mullet at $2 per fish, the normal price, could be had
this week depending on which Panga you purchased from. Everybody had Caballito, you had to
search for the Mackerel. (Hello Mary Lou)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: This week was a repeat of last weeks report on the Billfish. Lots of Striped Marlin
spotted on the surface and a lot of them were hungry. It was not uncommon to see boats flying
two, three or four Marlin flags. Most of the Striped Marlin were on the Pacific side or straight
south of the Cape. Most of the Blues that were caught were found on the Sea of Cortez side and
to the south, though a few large fish were found up around the Golden Gate Banks. Sailfish are
still out there and the best action was around the Gorda Banks area. Striped Marlin were fooled
with a mix of both live bait and lures, often when a live bait was tossed at a tailing fish the bait
was ignored and the fish struck a falling lure instead. Almost all the Blue Marlin as well as the
Sailfish were taken on lures with the favorite colors for the Blues being black/purple and
blue/silver. (Louisiana Lady)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were a few large fish brought in this week but most of the Tuna
caught were football fish in the 10-15 pound range. The larger fish were Dolphin associated and
there were several toads caught that were loners, not associated with either structure or Dolphin.
Live baits dropped in front of the path of feeding Dolphin brought in several large fish in the
100-150 class and the first boat to a pod usually got at least one Grande hooked up, if there were
any there. Marlin lures were the pick of the bigger fish, and in the same colors the Blues were
checking out. Most of the fish, both large and small, came from either south of the cape or
around the San Jaime Banks, with a few scattered schools reported from the outer Gorda area.
(Kick In The Head)
DORADO: Plenty of these tasty fish were caught this week and the key seemed to be finding
anything floating on the water. It could be just a little stick, it probably had a Dorado around it
somewhere. A lot of the fish were in the 25-35 pound class and for them, live bait ruled. Slow
trolling or drifting a live bait past floating objects, or just working current lines the same way
produced a lot of fish. Blind trolling also produced, but not in the same numbers, or the same
sizes. True, some of the beast Dorado came on the troll, big 50 pound+ Bulls, but most of the
larger fish were live bait, floating object fish. There was no specific area but blind trolling seemed
to be a bit better on the Pacific side out to about 13 miles, floating debris was found from there to
the San Jaime and in the current lines south of the Cape. (Panama Red)
WAHOO: Just a few fish were caught, and again, as last week, these were incidental fish. More
lures were lost to Wahoo than there were Wahoo caught. (Last Lonely Eagle)
INSHORE: The emphasis by the Panga captains seems to be on the nearshore Dorado and
Marlin. With the warm water close and the conditions good, they had no problem hooking their
clients up to Dorado and many of them were lucky and caught Marlin as well. The traditional
inshore species were caught by those targeting them and catches of Amberjack, Jack Crevalle and
Roosterfish were good. A scattering of Grouper and Snapper rounded out the bill. I Don’t Need
No Doctor)
NOTES: This weeks report was written to the music of “New Riders Of The Purple Sage” on
their 1976 CBS release, “Best Of”. Brings back a lot of memories! The fishing is great, get
yourself out of the office and treat yourself to a fishing trip, after all, you deserve it, don’t you?
Why do you work so hard if it’s not to treat yourself now and then? Hahaha!!! I am not going to
be fishing the first part of the coming week, the boat is getting hauled for a bit of fiberglass work
and bottom paint but I will still be talking to the captains, crew and anglers so I have the straight
skinny for next weeks report. Until then, Tight Lines!
Capt. George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 12 AUGUST, 2002
Today we have Doug and Kelly Duey as our anglers on the “Fly Hooker”. They are friends of
Brian Niekamp and he had such a great time that we were referred as the folks to check out in
Cabo! Well, Doug and Kelly just wanted to catch fish and have a good time, and I guess that they
did. They were in at 1:30 and there were lots of flags flying. Kelly tagged and released a Striped
Marlin, Doug tagged and released two! They also caught a nice 35 pound Dorado and three
football size Yellowfin Tuna. All this was between 8am and noon, out in the San Jaime bank area.
Kelly said the water was perfect and they didn’t get sick at all! We sure are glad everything went
well, and told Brian that if he wanted Tuna, he would have to come down and catch it himself!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 15 AUGUST, 2002
We had two couples on the “Fly Hooker” today. Tony and Tracy, Shawn and Liz, and this is
the first time they have met. None of them have done this type of fishing before so Juan gets to
do a little teaching and coaching today. They headed out to the Pacific side, toward the Jaime
Bank area but started fishing just outside the lighthouse. Tracy drew the right to the first fish and
a short while after starting they spotted a Striped Marlin on the surface. Juan tossed a bait out to
it and Manuel throttled the boat down. The fish ignored the bait and swam over to one of the
lures and ate it! Liz was hooked up and it took her about 40 minutes to best the fish. The Marlin
made only one jump during the fight so it had plenty of energy at the end. Liz and Shawn both
wanted to release the fish but Liz managed to talk them into letting her keep it, she wanted to eat
Marlin. They continued fishing and about 13 miles from the lighthouse Manuel spotted Dorado
jumping out of the water. They headed out in the direction the fish were and found a dead Pelican
on the water. In the area were a lot of nice Dorado and in about 30 minutes they hooked and
landed 7 nice fish in the 25-35 pound range, all on live bait. That was enough meat, since Liz and
Shawn just wanted enough fish for dinner and Tony and Tracy already had the Marlin. Juan and
Manuel left the rest of the Dorado alone and went in search of more Marlin to fight, and this time
release. They saw about 5 or 6 more but couldn’t get them to eat. A lot of flags flying when they
came into the marina!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 18, 2002
Joseph Park and his wife Kirsten, their friends Niel and his wife Ariel and their friend and Dive
Master Carl came to Cabo yesterday to get the Kirsten, Niel and Ariel dive certified and dive
Cabo Pulmo. They are leaving on Tuesday so only have a couple of days in which to get
everything done. They also wanted to go fishing and since we are taking the “Fly Hooker” out of
the water on Monday for new bottom paint, they decided to go fishing today. The water on the
Pacific side was pretty rough this morning, Joseph said it looked to be 6-8 foot swells and lots of
chop so they made it up to the area of the lighthouse before turning out and downswell. Shortly
thereafter Niel brought the first fish to the boat, a Dorado of approximately 20 pounds. Dinner in
the box! The next fish was Joseph’s and he spent about 25 minutes fighting a Striped Marlin
estimated at 140 pounds, releasing the fish after getting it to the boat. Later on they hooked up a
Blue Marlin that Juan estimated at 200 pounds. Ariel was in the chair for about 8 minutes before
she wore out, then it was Carl’s turn. During the switch in anglers the fish came unbuttoned and
that was the end of that fight. They tossed bait at several other Striped Marlin as Kirsten tried to
not toss her cookies. Due to feeling sorry for her situation, the boat arrived back at the Marina at
1:30, everyone happy, specially Kirsten! Thanks folks, and we hope the certification dive at
Chileno went well this afternoon and that the trip to Cabo Pulmo is an enjoyable one tomorrow!
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