Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
October 6, 2003
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo fishing report for Sept 28- Oct 4, 2003
Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
CABO FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 28 TO OCTOBER 4, 2003
WEATHER: We had wonderful weather in Cabo this week! Sunny skies with just an
occasional cloud, daytime highs in the low to mid 90’s, nights were cooler with the lows
in the mid 70’s. A light breeze most of the time to keep thing from becoming too
muggy. Unfortunately, when the breeze did die, it was humid enough that you just
sweated! Well, that should only last a few more weeks.
WATER: Blue water everywhere you went, both the Pacific and Sea of Cortez. Also
warm water in the 85-87 degree range. Not until you got over 30 miles out on the
Pacific side were you able to get into water as cool as 85 degrees. With so little wind
this week the water had only small ripples on it, still some swell, but no wind chop at all.
BAIT: Mixed bait was around this week with Mackerel and Caballito both showing up
in the Bait Pangas, fish wells. The normal price of $2 seemed to prevail although I do
know of one guy asking $3 per bait. Seems to happen almost every year as
tournament time starts to roll around.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Marlin were scarce this week and those that were found were not specially
hungry. Most Striped Marlin turned down offerings, and those that were caught had
been stuffing themselves on squid. The Blue Marlin were not on the feed either
although again, some were caught. Of course, with the number of boats going out
every day you would expect there to be Marlin flags flying at the end of the day, and
there were, but not in the numbers we were seeing last week. Best lure colors seemed
to be the old standby black/green and of course the Petrolero.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: On again, off again, that was the Tuna story. One day they were
here and biting good, the next day they were there and the bite was off. One thing for
sure, they were not found close to home this week. Most of the boats were finding
them at least 20 miles offshore and more on the Pacific side. The Tuna were
associated with the Porpoise and most of the fish were school ones, in the 20-40 pound
class. I did hear of a few larger fish caught this week but did not learn where they were
found. Dark feathers and cedar plugs worked, as did dropping back live baits and slow
trolling them in the area.
DORADO: Find the right floating fish condo and you caught Dorado, fish the wrong
ones and they were just not there! There was so much debris in the water that it took a
while to find the pieces the fish were concentrated under. If you were lucky and were
the first boat there, the catch could be great on fish from 15 to 40 pounds. A few nice
fish in the 60-70 pound class were caught as well, and most of these came on the troll
in the same areas. There was a big debris line out 18 miles on the Pacific side that had
a few fish condos in it, but most of them were empty. Closer to shore, a lot of the
Pangas were having luck on smaller fish by pulling live bait about a half mile to mile
offshore.
WAHOO: There were few Wahoo caught this week, at least compared to the previous
week. Again the fish seemed to be found under floating debris and the first boat there
had the best chance. The fish were running 30-50 pounds.
INSHORE: Jack Crevalle, Roosterfish and a few Sierra were reported by Captains and
anglers fishing the shore breaks this week. Live bait was the key as lures were mostly
ignored. The best action seemed to come from the Pacific side around the lighthouse.
NOTES: The fuel pumps on the new dock are hooked up and pumping great, no more
long lines waiting to get fuel. All right, every once in a while I have to say this again. If
you rent a boat from someone on the beach or walking around the Marina, don’t give
them a big deposit, make sure you have the full information needed for the next day
and get a written, signed receipt with phone numbers and a business address so you
can find them again. Every day I see anglers walking around looking lost. When I offer
to help them I find out that they have been taken by a coyote for $100, been told to be
at a certain place in the morning and they will be taken to their boat. Well, they were
taken all right. Get the name of the boat, the slip it is in, the name of the Captain, the
time you are supposed to meet, a written receipt with phone numbers stating exactly
what is included in the price and what the balance is. Don’t let this happen to you!
This weeks report was written to the guitar sounds of Joe Satriani on his CD “Surfing
With The Aliens”. Once again, thanks Charlie! Until next week, Tight Lines!
"Fly Hooker" Daily Catch Reports for Sept 28-Oct 4, 2003
Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
[email protected]
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
STRIPED MARLIN: 1 RELEASED (#180)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: 15 KEPT (20-80#)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2003
This was the last day for Roger and Doug Arnold and while the fishing was not great,
it did provide the largest fish of the trip! After a very late start (they could not leave
until 8am due to difficulties with the new fuel dock), they managed to get bait and get
out of the Marina. I am not sure of any of the details but they were back at the Marina
at around 4:30 flying a Marlin and a release flag. Mary said that the Striped Marlin was
estimated at #180, a real beast for here! Way to go guys, and thanks for the fun we
had with you!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2001
Today the “Fly Hooker” has Carter Fourrier, his brother Brad and Brad’s wife
Charlene and their friend Paul. All visiting Cabo from the New Orleans area, Carter’s
father has a 31 Bertram up there as well so they are all experienced fishermen. The
idea for the day was to get some fishing action, preferably at least something for dinner
and a shot at a Marlin. Juan and Manual took the boat to the southwest about 12 miles
and there they got into the Tuna. There were only four boats working what Carter
called “thousands” of Porpoise, and the fish were not shy about eating. After hooking
and landing a couple of small ones on lures, out went the live bait and the bigger boys
started to bite. Charlene fought and landed the biggest fish and Carter said it would
have weighed 80 pounds, the rest of them were in the 40 pound range. After getting 13
fish the had enough fun and Juan suggested that they start the search for Marlin.
Leaving the school still biting, they came in closer to the coast looking for either Striped
or Blue Marlin. As the beer level in the cooler slowly lowered and no Marlin bit, they
talked about the Tuna fishing. When the boat arrived back at the Marina, they were
still talking about it. Now they are talking about possibly going for one more day later in
the week. If they decide to do it, I’ll let you know how they did. Thanks guys, we sure
are glad you had a good time, and hope to see you again!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1, 2003
The Kosloski group from the cruise ship “Rotterdam” were our anglers for a short
fishing trip today. The original schedule was for us to pick them up at 10am at the
cruise ship dock and to return them just before 5pm so they could catch the last shuttle
back to the ship. It seemed the ship had a slight problem that delayed it’s arrival until
11am, then they were only able to get three shuttles into service, and of course the
tours that were scheduled through the ship were the clients that were unloaded first.
basically, what this comes down to is that the Koslowski group of 6 persons were not
able to get on board the “Fly Hooker” and out of the harbor until almost noon. No live
bait was available so Juan and Manuel decided to work the area off the lighthouse on
the Pacific side (Juan had gotten a phone call from his brother that he had caught a few
nice Tuna in the area five miles off shore). It was slow for the “Fly Hooker” though, and
until a Blue Marlin of just over 200 pounds struck, it looked as if the trip was going to
blank out (get skunked, in other words). Unfortunately the fish came unbuttoned after
about 5 minutes, and while Juan and Manuel say it was a Blue Marlin, because the fish
never jumped, I think there is a possibility of it being a Black Marlin (not just the fight,
but the location as well). After that it was quiet for a while and the group decided to
return to town and get a quick walk through before returning to the ship, therefore they
were back at the slip at 4 pm. Well, a little action, but no fish, guess that next time they
get lines in the water they will have a lot better luck! Thanks guys, we wish that things
had been a little bit better for you on your visit to Cabo, but also wish you a safe and
smooth return trip!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 4, 2003
David Hirsch and his two buddies decided to get out today and do some fishing.
David has been coming down here for quite a while, last year they were able to catch a
small Striped Marlin and some other very small fish, on todays trip they wanted to get
some fish to eat. Hopefully there would be Dorado and Tuna. Juan and Manuel tried
to get the Dorado for them by working a lot of debris around 18 miles to the south west,
but even though there were some very large logs, and in one case an entire tree, there
were no fish on any of the stuff they tried. Several miles further out they spotted two
boats working and headed that way, thankfully they got into the Tuna and were able to
hang on to two fish in the 25-30 pound class, good for eating, of course. That was the
action for the day, but they were able to catch fish, I saw quite a few boats that came up
skunked. Thanks guys, we are glad you had a good time.
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