Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
November 29, 2004
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo Bite Report
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NOVEMBER 22-28, 2004
WEATHER: I am not sure if I should call the skies this week partly cloudy or partly sunny, guess it depends on how you look at it. Anyway, there were clouds every day but also plenty of sun. Our temperatures were almost perfect with nights getting down as low as 60 degrees with our day time highs in the high 80’s. No rain came with the clouds and the wind varied between 5 and 12 knots from the northwest early in the week and the northeast later in the week.
WATER: The water on the Sea of Cortez remained in the 77 degree range with blue water but as you approached the area of the Gorda Banks the northeast wind became noticeable and the water became pretty rough. Darn those winter winds! On the Pacific side of the Cape at the end of the week there was a finger of warm water about 80 degrees on the San Jaime Bank. Everywhere else the water was in the 77-78 degree range. Choppy water was the norm on the Pacific side early in the week but as the wind changed later on the water became smooth.
BAIT: Almost all Mackerel this week with a few Sardinas as well. Big baits were $2 each while the Sardinas were $20-25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: I only heard of two Blue Marlin and one Black Marlin being caught this week, but the bite on the Striped Marlin has begun to take off. The fish have been fairly close as well which really helps. The Striped Marlin had been stacking up on the rocky points on the Pacific side early in the week and as the week progressed some of the fish started moving off shore a bit. At the end of the week the Striped Marlin fishing was best about 7 miles off shore of the light house toward the west. Slow trolled live bait worked pretty good as did rigged dead baits. Lures were a distant third choice but still brought fish up.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: A few boats got into the footballs early in the week among the offshore Porpoise pods but there were not many of these fish showing later on as they had pretty much moved way off shore. One boat did get into a good showing of fish off the Outer Gorda Banks on Friday. Being the only boat there helped as he was able to get around two dozen quality fish in the 30-40 pound class and one fish around #80.
DORADO: The Dorado were scarce in numbers this week unless you were able to find something floating and then you needed to be the fist boat there to do well. Two Dorado a day was a good catch this week and many of the fish that were found were small ones in the #8-10 class. A few good fish in the 30 pound range were landed but all in all things were a bit slow. Best bets for fish not associated with floating debris was the points on the Sea of Cortez side, close to shore, using small live baits or chumming for them.
WAHOO: Here in Cabo it was a fairly slow week for Wahoo, but I had an invitation from a friend to fish with him up at Inman banks on the Cortez side on Friday, and I was shown what a good Wahoo bite is! We had 10 strikes on live bait and landed two fish in the 40 pound class. It was difficult to set the hook well on these fish while using #30 and #25 line, but we had a blast. That was the only consistent action for Wahoo this week as far as I know.
INSHORE: Calm water on the Pacific side allowed the Panga fleet to work the shore line hard, and the fishing is starting to pick up. A few dinky Sierras are showing up and there are still a few nice Roosterfish scattered around. Bottom fishing for Snapper and Grouper is still a fair bet and just off the beach smaller game such as Skipjack and Bonito as well as small Dorado can keep the light tackle angler happy.
NOTES: The Marlin action heated up and every thing else has remained about the same as we came on to the full moon. I expected the Tuna bite to improve with the full moon and maybe it has, but the fish are too far out for us to find out! It will be a busy week for us and I am out of here this morning as I have a four hour trip to go on, sure hope we get into the Marlin! Until next week, Tight Lines!
Fly Hooker Daily Reports
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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www.flyhooker.com
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 24, 2004
Michael Eng was the guinea pig today as he was the first client to get to go out on the “Fly Hooker” with the newly re-built starboard engine. That is a story by itself and I was way optimistic to think that job could be done in a few days. As it turned out, it took three weeks. Anyway, Michael fished alone but had orders from those in his party back at the resort for fresh Tuna. There have not been a lot of them around but Juan and Manuel were able to get him hooked up to five of them, boating four of the fish. They had no other action as Marlin and Dorado were of secondary importance. The action was sudden as the first pass on the fish they found resulted in a triple hook up with one fish dropping off, then two singles on later passes. The fish were not large, with the biggest around 15 pounds, but there was fresh tuna to take back! Thanks Michael, we are glad you were able to get the fish you wanted, perhaps next time there will be some giants in the school!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2004
Our good friend Andy Cline is back in Cabo with his daughter Lauren and this time he was not supposed to touch a rod with a fish on it. On the last trip out he decided she would not be able to handle the #350 Blue Marlin that hooked up and he ended up with the fish. This trip it was supposed to be her turn to get the big one. Well, it sort of worked out that way. They were able to get a Striped Marlin hooked up early in the day while they were just outside of the lighthouse on the Pacific side of the Cape and Lauren fought the fish. It hooked up on the bridge rod and took her about 20 minutes to get the estimated #140 Striped Marlin to the boat for a release. The next action took them quite a bit longer as nothing happened until they were on the west side of the San Jaime Bank. Almost the second that they came off of the drop there was a strike on the short rigger lure. Lauren got in the chair and started to reel on the fish and then the long outrigger lure came down. Another fish on! With two fish hooked up at the same time Andy had no choice but to work the second hook up. A double on Wahoo was the result! Lauren fish took her about five minutes and the result was a Wahoo that was estimated at 50-55 pounds. Just a minute later Andy got his fish to the boat and it was about five pounds larger. That was all the action for the trip but it was a great trip with quality fish. Thanks Andy, and by now Juan realizes who it was that got him started on the Ballyhoo and Islander combinations! We are looking forward to seeing you on the boat again the day after tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER “FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2004
Once again we had Andy Cline and his daughter Lauren on the “Fly Hooker” and Andy invited his girlfriend Gigi and her daughter Bridget to join them. The objective for the day was to get the girls hooked up to a Marlin and Juan and Manuel were successful in fulfilling the request. The boat headed out toward the area that had been holding fish the day before (at least according to other Captains) and guess what? Yep, the fish were still there! The end result was three Striped Marlin hooked up and two fish brought to the boat for release. All the girls got to fight a Marlin and in addition Gigi was able to bring dinner to the boat with a nice Dorado estimated at 25 pounds. The water was in great condition and they had a lot of fun. I hope you girls got hooked! Thanks again Andy, and we look forward to seeing you again next year!
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