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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
December 30, 2002
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo San lucas Fishing Report for Dec 24-30, 2002
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 23-29, 2002
WEATHER: It was a nice, sunny Christmas week here in Cabo San Lucas. A little bit
overcast early in the week and windy to go with it, but by the 26th the wind had died down and
we had great weather. The week ended the same way it started as on Sunday the clouds moved
back in and the wind started to howl from the northwest, making the Pacific side very choppy.
The temperatures have stayed the same for the last few weeks and we are still getting to the low
60’s at night and the high 80’s to mid 90’s during the daytime. (Take It Easy)
WATER: The water around Cabo remained cool this week, the highest temperatures we saw
were in the 76-77 degree range and that was still 35 miles out to the southwest. Closer to home
the water was an even 73-74 degrees almost everywhere with no defined temperature breaks to be
found. Surface conditions were a bit rough on the Pacific side early in the week but settled down
after Christmas. The Sea of Cortez side of the Cape had good water early in the week out to a
distance of about 3 miles then it got choppy, by mid-week everything smoothed out. (Witchy
Woman)
BAIT: Again our bait was mostly Mackerel with a few Caballito to be found. There were
Sardinas available if you asked in advance. Prices for all baits remain the same, $2 per bait for the
larger ones and Sardinas at about $25 a scoop (Already Gone)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: I wish I could say that the Billfishing has been great, but I can’t. It was hit and miss
for most boats this week with only about 15% of the returning fleet flying blue flags. A lot of fish
were seen later in the week but it was difficult to find ones that were hungry. A few boats in the
right place at the right time caught Striped Marlin, and I did see a few boats flying two flags. I
talked to the Captain of a private boat who fished the Golden Gate banks and caught and released
6 Striped Marlin in a two hour period, but that was fishing the area for six hours. The bite has
been short and you had to be where there were fish to have a shot. Live bait gave the best chance
at a fish, dropped back when one appeared in the spread or slow trolled in the right area.
(Desperado)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again there were scattered football Tuna to be found, but they were
mostly in the blind. A few boats were able to get larger fish and I heard a few fish over a hundred
pounds were caught. I was not able to get any more information than that so don’t know where
those big boys were found but the word was they were with Porpoise. (One Of These Nights)
DORADO: There are still a few Dorado in close to the beach but they have been small fish, a lot
of them less than 6 pounds. Larger fish have been found a bit further offshore but there have not
been a lot of them. A good catch this week was one or two of the fish in the 20-30 pound class.
Trolling lures in the 9” size accounted for the larger fish and inshore the smaller fish were eating
small live baits and lures pulled for Sierra. (Tequila Sunrise)
WAHOO: No change from last week on the Wahoo. A few fish were reported but no
information on where. (Take It To The Limit)
INSHORE: The bigger Roosterfish we were seeing a few of last week have disappeared and
there are now only a few small ones being caught. There are still small Dorado being found but
the big emphasis for the inshore fishermen has been the wide open Sierra bite on both sides of the
Cape in the mornings before 9 am. The fish are not big yet, most of them are in the 5 pound class
but they are providing a lot of action for those looking for it. Few other fish have been found
inshore but that could change as the water cools and we get an influx of Yellowtail. (Best Of My
Love)
NOTES: The fishing has not picked up as much as we were hoping for but there are fish out
there to be caught, you just have to put in the time. The Whales are showing up and the weather
is great though, so there is sealife to be seen! We’ll keep our fingers crossed for better action as
the new year rolls in. Have a pleasant holiday and we look forward to the chance of seeing you in
Cabo this coming year! This weeks report written to the music of the Eagles on the 1976 Elektra
release “Their Greatest Hits”.
"Fly Hooker" Daily Catch Report for Dc 24-30, 2002
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 26 DECEMBER 2002
We were supposed to have the Dave Collie party fishing the “Fly Hooker” today but the boat
did not start this morning. It seems that the batteries were dead plus, as we found out later, one
of the cables was bad in the center. Dave wanted to do some Panga fishing so we got one set up
for him after being unable to find a boat to take the whole group out. We re-scheduled the trip
for tomorrow. Two new 8D batteries and a new cable and by mid afternoon we were ready to
go! Later on we received a call from Dave canceling the rescheduled trip as most of the people in
his group had changed their minds about going. Two lost days now...ouch. With a bit more
notice we may have been able to get another group out fishing tomorrow.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 28 DECEMBER 2002
The Ben Tucker group fished the “Fly Hooker” today and the idea was to get a Marlin tagged
and released and catch one Dorado for dinner. Yesterday the area south of the San Jaime Banks
had been putting out some fish so that is where Juan and Manuel fished today. They saw six
Striped Marlin and tossed bait to one of them and had one of them hit a lure but not hook up.
Juan said he saw some Dorado but they were not interested either. No fish for the day but we
were not alone as it appeared that at least half the boats the fished today had the same sort of
luck.
“ FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 29 DECEMBER 2002
We received a request at 1 p.m. for a four hour trip and Juan and I went down and got the boat
set up. Rod was the client and he brought his three sons, Cory, Jessie and Jeremy, plus his
brother Judd. The idea was to fish the Sea of Cortez up to the Chileno beach area looking for
Sierra then spend some time snorkeling. A great trip it was as the kids had a blast catching two
out of four Sierra we had hit, saw Manta rays grouped up and swimming along with the tips of
their wings out for the water, saw Manta Rays jumping clear of the water, saw Dorado chasing
bait and Pelicans chasing the whole group. We anchored up in Santa Maria bay and the kids had
fun snorkeling and checking out the fish life. It was a nice afternoon but the clouds moved in and
the wind was whipping when we returned so we did not get to see much of a sunset.
Happy new year from George, Mary, Juan and Manuel, the crew of the “Fly Hooker”!
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