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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
March 15, 2004
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo Bite Report
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 7-13, 2004
WEATHER: Partly cloudy skies at the beginning of the week slowly gave way to clear skies,
but lots of wind as the week wound towards the end. On Wednesday the wind started to pick up
and blew all day and night, gusting as high as 20 knots, and coming from the northwest. This
continued for the rest of the week with the wind dying down here in town during the day, but still
blowing at sea. Our night time lows ranged from 52 degrees to 62 degrees and our daytime highs
were mostly in the mid 80’s.
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WATER: The water temperatures this week ranged from 73 to 62 degrees, depending on the
day and the area. We have had a wrap of cold water at the Cape, and it started coming in from
the east on Monday. As the week progressed it bounced along the coast from San Jose and as of
today, it has wrapped around and runs up to as far as the Golden Gate Bank. It has been
followed by warmer water in the 71 degree area and that warm water now is as close as half way
between San Jose and us. This cold water (in the low 60’s) only extend off shore about 10 miles.
The defined warm/cold water break we had seen so strongly last week weakened and drifted
farther to the south.
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was small Caballito and they were the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Billfish bite this week was practically non existent, not at all the kind of action
we had been expecting for the month. A few Striped Marlin were caught, as well as a few
Swordfish, and of course there were more of both baited than caught, but the fish were scarce.
Perhaps one boat in 20 came in flying a Billfish flag this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Fish of the month! maybe fish of the season as they are still there, only
farther away. Many of the fish being caught are nice school fish, in the 25-40 pound class, but
there have been a few a lot larger as well. The schools have been mixed, with large fish mixed in
with the smaller ones. I have been in the Porpoise and marked fish around 40 pounds around
40-50 feet deep, and down below them have seen marks for fish that have to have been at lease
100 pounds, but they were holding at 80-100 feet. Trying everything in the book, it is still hard to
get the big ones to bite, but the key has been patience. Eventually the fish will come up. Most of
the fish this week were found between 25 and 40 miles to the south where the remnants of the
temperature break are, but there have been fish closer, around the San Jaime, but the water has
been very rough there. Best lures were small feathers, even for the bigger fish. A couple of
Captains let me know that they had caught a couple of the bigger fish by dropping yo-yo’s to 120
feet when they were in the fish but they were not coming to the surface. Best colors for the
yo-yo’s was white or blue/white.
DORADO: A few boats were able to find small floating patches of Kelp and were able to get a
good catch of Dorado off of them, but most of the fish are open water and striking on lures. Not
a lot of them, but the sizes have been pretty good with averages at #25. Warmer water so that
has meant a long way to travel, but then that has sort of been the story on all the fish this week!
WAHOO: Like last week, there were Wahoo caught but not in large numbers. A large number
of boats reported strikes from the razor gang but most of them shook loose or cut through mono
leader. These were incidental fish and were not associated with anything in particular.
INSHORE: The Yellowtail are still out there, but just as last week, you have to scratch to get
fish. Live bait has been the ticket and this week the fish appeared to have moved from the arch
to off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. Sierra are still available and the bite was a little bit
better than last weeks. There are reports of good Red Snapper fishing off of the beach up around
Migrainos on the Pacific
NOTES: If the warm water continues to move our way and the wind dies down, the fishing
should turn on and be closer to home as well. I sure hope it happens! There are still Gray Whales
around and we are seeing some every day close to shore. Our live music scene in Cabo took a
turn for the worse this week as Tanga-Tanga was refused a permit for the normal Tuesday
afternoon set. They were told that there would be no more permits issued due to noise problems.
Whoa Nelly! What about the NoWhere Bar blasting out the canned music all afternoon and night
across the marina, the noise from Squid Row all night long, the live Mariachis heard every night at
7 PM and the cars with boom box’s everywhere with the music cranked up so loud you can’t talk
when driving next to the? Guess the music police are selective in their enforcement. If there are
no more permits being issued for live outdoor music in Cabo San Lucas, where are they going to
hold the jazz and Gospel concerts that have been advertised? One more nail in the coffin. So, I
guess that the music I get here will be recorded like the disc I listened to for todays report. My
ears were tickled by the sounds of “Los Bukis” on their 1992 release “Quireme” on Fonovisa
records.
'Fly Hooker' Daily Catch Reports
Capt. George Landrum
"Fly Hooker" Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
YELLOWFIN TUNA: THIRTEEN FISH KEPT (#15-#45)
DORADO: TWO FISH KEPT (#25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 8 MARCH, 2004
Greg and Vicky Cuddahy were our anglers today and really were looking forward to
getting into some fish. Of course it would have been nice to get a Marlin hooked up,
but so far this year it has been really slow for the Billfish. No Marlin for them, but they
were able to get some fish in the boat. Juan and Manuel took off to the west and
ended up about 28 miles out, just past the San Jaime Bank. There they found blue
water and lots of Porpoise. Guess what? Yep, there were Tuna in with those Porpoise!
All in all they managed to get 5 Tuna between #25 and #40 into the box, and lost a
couple more. Some good fillets to have smoked and frozen, plus some for a fresh fish
dinner! We sure are glad you had a good time, and hope to see you again.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 9 MARCH, 2004
Dan and LuAnne Foster fished on the “Fly Hooker” today, and the weather here sure
was a lot better than the cold in Anchorage! The fishing was not as good as yesterday,
and the wind started to pickup early, but they were able to get into the Tuna for a
quadruple strike, getting all four fish into the boat. LuAnne started to feel queasy so
they guys headed back towards the lighthouse where the water was a bit calmer. No
more fish were found, but there was fresh fish for dinner and some to get smoked.
Sorry that you got a bit sea sick LuAnne, but glad you had a good time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 10 MARCH, 2004
The Onderick party chartered the “Fly Hooker” for a half day trip today. It was a late
start s they left at 8 AM and the fish that the boat had been finding were more than 25
miles out, a little too far to go on a half day trip. The reason for the short trip was that
three of the anglers had not been fishing before, and were not sure that they could
handle more than that time at sea. Juan and Manuel did find porpoise close to home,
around 12 miles out, and they worked them hard, trying almost everything they could
think of. All they ended up getting was one hook-up on a Bonito, and it fell off when
close to the boat. Nobody got sick though! Perhaps next time a full day will work for
them, or the fish will be closer.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 11 MARCH, 2004
Jim Pickens, his son Jason and friend Dr. Jack Thielen are fishing today and
tomorrow with Juan and Manuel. Jim is an outfitter in the Wyoming/Montana area and
asked if they needed would it be all right to stay out a little longer. No problem, just let
Juan and Manuel know. Well, the wind had started to blow pretty good yesterday and it
did not stop last night. The water was rough and the fish were far away. Juan and
Manuel finally got into the fish when they were 33 miles to the south. Porpoise were
there, and they go four Tuna, all of them around 25-40 pounds, and caught one #25
Dorado on a lure and another one the same size on live bait. It was a long, rough trip
back but they came in with fish and flags flying. Our fingers are crossed that they have
better luck, and better weather, tomorrow.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 12 MARCH, 2004
Jim and Jason Pickens were back this morning, but Dr. Jack was not feeling well. In
his place was Jarred Williams. Jim let us know this morning that he wanted to be back
in at 1 PM as he had scheduled golf for the afternoon. No problem! Juan and Manuel
went south again, but due to time constraints were only able to get 29 miles out before
having to turn around and return. No fish were found and there were no strikes during
the trip. Juan said that on the radio the fish were being caught 42 miles out, 10 miles
further than yesterday, but the water was even more rough today than yesterday. I
hope your golf game was better than the fishing! Thanks Jim, perhaps next time the
fish will be closer and the water better!
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