Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
June 16, 2003
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo San Lucas Fish Reports for June 9-15, 2003
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT JUNE 9- JUNE 15, 2003
WEATHER: The winds finally died down Tuesday night and the weather is back to what we
consider normal for this time of year. Winds have been light and from the northwest at 5-15
knots, lower in the morning and increasing a bit in the afternoon. Sunny skies and few if any
scattered clouds. Daytime highs have been in the mid 90’s and nighttime lows in the mid 70’s.
Very good, comfortable weather and no need for the air conditioning yet! (Tradewinds)
WATER: On the Pacific the water continues to be cold but there is an incursion of warmer Sea
of Cortez water working its way out to the West from the Cape. Most of the water on the Pacific
side remains in the 61-68 degree range while the Sea of Cortez side is seeing water in the 78-81
range. San Jaime and Golden Gate banks are showing temperatures in the 66 degree range while
the 1150 spot, 95 spot and Gordo Banks get readings of 77-81 degrees. Where the warm water is
intruding into the Pacific we are seeing a very definitive temperature break and there is starting to
be quite a bit of action there, as well as the area around the 95 spot where another break is
forming. Surface conditions are fair to good on the Pacific side with some swells but no wind
chop in the morning, changing to slightly choppy conditions in the afternoon. The Cortez side has
had great water all week long out to a distance of 12 miles, then the water has gotten a bit choppy
in the afternoons. (Dreamcatcher)
BAIT: Most of the bait this week was Mackerel, and they were the normal $2 per bait. There
was Mullet available as well at the same price but Caballito were scarce. Reportedly there were
Sardinas available off of Palmilla but I did not see any of them myself. (Holding Back The Years)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The bite on the Striped Marlin picked up, and that was a bit unusual since we are
going throughout the full moon phase right now. The best action was between the 1150 spot and
Gordo banks, and most of the action was on lures. Boats that started to work the temperature
break on the Pacific side were spotting quite a few fish but most of their action was on live bait
tossed to fish found tailing. As usual, the best lures were the old stand-bys, black/green, bleeding
Mackerel. Many of the boats working the Cortez were getting lure strikes and not spotting a lot
of fish on the surface. Some of them were reporting as many as 10 strikes a day. The action on
the Pacific temp break was a bit slower but the hook-up ratio was higher since most of the bites
were on live bait. (Midnight Swim)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again there were Tuna reported from up past the Gordo banks and
they were still the smaller fish. With the wind dying down and the Pacific waters fishable this
week there was more effort focused to the west and there were good fish reported from the San
Jaime banks by boats that soaked live bait deep on the edges. Some of these fish were reported to
be #125+! (Blue Universe)
DORADO: Good fish are reported on the Cortez side and the water on the Pacific has been too
cold. Fish to 55 pounds are being found scattered around and the reports are that there are more
fish, large concentrations of them, moving down to us from up at the East Cape. Some of the
boats here in Cabo have been able to find small concentrations this week and have picked up as
many as 8 fish per trip. The first fish caught on lures have had followers with them and often the
second fish of the day has been hooked up on live bait dropped back. (Dipsea Trail)
WAHOO: The full moon helped the Wahoo action pick up and we were seeing quite a few
more orange flags at the end of the day than we saw last week. Most of the fish were found off of
the Red Hill area and outside Punta Ballena, both area at a distance of two to three miles off
shore. There was also a good bite reported between the inner and outer Gorda Banks as well as
off the Punta Gorda. Best lures were dark colored. (Oceans Apart)
INSHORE: Roosterfish to 60 pounds and Pargo running to 35 pounds were the fish of the
inshore this week. The action was both on the Pacific side to the lighthouse and on the Cortez
side as far up as you could go. The afternoon bite seemed to be the hot one this week as the
Pargo really turned on in the late afternoon and a few boats were able to come in with double
digit catches. The average Roosterfish were 25 pounds but I know of one boat that caught two
large guys, one over #60 and the other one around #50, both by the sole angler on the boat. The
inshore action was also kicking out Jack Crevalle to 35#, Amberjack in the 15 pound class,
Grouper to 50#, a few Sierra and lots of needlefish. (Indian Spring)
NOTES: The action locally is starting to pick up again and it’s just getting better every day. If
the Tuna bite would just start getting hot again we would be in heaven! Guess I’ll just have to go
and soak bait this week if I want one of those guys though. The last few weeks the action up at
the East Cape has been red hot but as our water continues to warm up the fish are coming here as
well and we should start to see lots of big Dorado and hordes of Yellowfin, as well as the big
Blues! I’m keeping my fingers crossed as we have 5 days booked this coming week and I really
want our anglers to get into the action! This week I put my music back in because I received so
many comments regarding last weeks lack of songs. I didn’t realize that so many of you cared,
thanks! The music this weeks report was written to is by Craig Chaquico on his CD “Once In A
Blue Universe”, a 1997 release by Higher Octave Music (one of my favorite publishers). Until
next week, keep those lines tight!
Fly Hooker Daily Catch Reports
“FLY HOOKER” FISH TOTALS FOR THE WEEK:
Striped Marlin: 1 fish died during fight(#120), 1 fish cut off by another boat
Wahoo: 0 fish caught
Dorado: 0 fish caught
Tuna: 0 fish caught
Grouper: 2 fish caught (#35, #15)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 9, 2003
Peter and John were supposed to fish the “Fly Hooker” yesterday but on Saturday evening
Peter became ill so the trip was postponed until today. Peter must have had someone looking
after him and taking pity for being ill, as he was the one with the action today. The water was a
bit rough and choppy outside Red Hill but there were fish in the area. Juan and Edgar were able
to find Marlin tailing on the surface but none of them were hungry. Trying to get something
going, they went inside and worked the beach area off of Chileno, where they finally found a fish,
a nice Roosterfish of about 35 pounds. The fish had it’s picture taken and was released. Peter
was happy as that was the first Roosterfish for him. John had a few strikes but somehow
managed to pull the bait away from the fish every time! All right John, back to the Bass fishing
for you! Thanks guys, we are glad you had a good time and enjoyed the trip and hope you get to
catch a Marlin next time out!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 14, 2003
Today was a multi-boat trip as we shared a group of anglers with four other boats for a
corporate outing set up by another agency. Brad and Roger were the anglers aboard the “Fly
Hooker”, there was supposed to be one other but he was a no show for the trip, the guess among
everyone else was that the had a case of “tequila flu”. Juan and Edgar headed out to the Pacific
side as the wind had calmed down on Tuesday and the warm water break had moved over there.
They found plenty of Marlin tailing on the surface and were finally able to get one of them to bite.
Roger was the lucky angler and got to fight the fish for 20 minutes before another boat managed
to run over the line and cut the fish off. After a total of 5 hours offshore Brad decided that he
wanted some meat in the boat and Juan took them to the area off of Punta Ballena, where they
proceeded to soak some live Mackerel in 60 feet of water. Luck was with them there and they
were able to catch two nice Grouper, one about #35 and the other about #15, and did not lose
them in the rocks! The total group of 24 people had Grouper for dinner and everyone loved the
fish! Thanks for a good time on the water guys, we are glad you enjoyed yourselves and hope to
see you again!
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