Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
December 13, 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 DECEMBER 6-12, 2004
WEATHER: Once again we had great weather, and of course that is one of the reasons we live here. We had night time lows to 58 degrees and our day time highs reached the high 70’s and may have pushed into the mid 80’s at the end of the week. There were partly to mostly cloudy skies early in the week but it cleared up nicely toward the end.
WATER: The water continued to cool this past week as the Pacific temperatures dropped to an average of 74 degrees and the Cortez side of the Cape averaged at 78 degrees. There was a temperature break, but not a strongly defined one, that ran from the tip of the Cape toward the southwest with the warmer water on the eastern side. Surface conditions were great for the most part, but there were a few mornings when the water was a bit choppy due to the night time winds.
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: This weeks report on Marlin is almost a repeat of last weeks with the exception that I actually heard of a nice Blue of over #600 being caught. The fish died after 4 hours on #50 tackle, but it is a sign that there is still a chance for one of the beasts! For the most part though, it was a Striped Marlin kind of week. As was the case last week, the fish were bunched up with feeders popping up here and there as they followed the bait around. The key once again was to spot the feeding Frigate birds and tossing bait at the spot they were diving on, or slow trolling live bait in the area. The fish were moving around though, and the location of the bait changed from day to day. One day the concentration would be 20 miles out, the next day just 3 miles off shore. I would say that almost every boat that tried had a shot at least a few times a trip to get hooked up to a Marlin, and some of the boats caught and released from 4 to 6 a day.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It was an off week for Yellowfin as few fish were found and those that were found were small. There were reports from long range boats out of California of great action on big fish farther north from us, so there is hope. As the water cools the fish should get closer and we might be able to get into some of those big toads, the ones over #150!
DORADO: Cooler water means fewer Dorado and the bite continues to taper off. There are still fish out there but most boats are lucky to get one a day, and the size is around 15-20 pounds. Most of them have been found close to shore, less than a mile out and slow trolled live bait or fast trolled feathers have worked well.
WAHOO: As a repeat of last week’s Wahoo report: There were very few Wahoo caught this week here in Cabo, and those that were brought in were all in the 35-40 pound class. There were maybe one or two flags a day for the entire fleet.
INSHORE: With fair water conditions on the Pacific side and the inshore bite not really have taken off yet, most of the Pangas have been working either farther off shore for Marlin or close in for Dorado. There have been reports of some Sierra showing up, a bit more action on them than there was last week, but the Yellowtail are not here yet. Bottom fishing was slow with only a few decent Grouper and Snapper reported.
NOTES: The weather is great, the Marlin bite is going great guns and the water is in good condition. It sure makes me feel good about being here! Now if only those big Tuna would show up things would be perfect! This weeks report was written to the country swing music of the “Red Willow Band” of South Dakota fame on their compilation album “Way Back When”, 1999 on Lost Records. That Chris Gage is just awesome! Well, until next week, ya’ll keep them lines tight!
Fly Hooker Daily Reports
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
[email protected]
www.flyhooker.com
Striped Marlin: 2 @ tagged and released
Dorado: 1@ 20 lb
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 7, 2004
The Johnson group from South Dakota Is fishing today and tomorrow on the “Fly Hooker” and ideally everyone would be hooking up a Marlin. All three of them. Well, it almost happened today! The water was in good shape and Juan and Manuel headed out to the south side of the San Jaime banks where the fish had been yesterday. They were still in the area and it was not long before they had the first Striped Marlin hooked up. A fight of about 25 minutes resulted in one fish of around #120 being released unintentionally while still about 50 feet from the boat! Guess the hook came out, huh? Anyway, they were in the right area and not very long afterward they hooked up again. This fish was a Dorado of about #20 and came to the boat fairly quickly. Juan gaffed the fish then pulled a back muscle when trying to get it in the boat and Manuel had to come down from the fly bridge to assist. Later on (not very long though) another Striped Marlin hooked up and after a quick 15 minute battle the fish was alongside the boat for a tag placement, an in-the-water- photo and a release. Next up! One more Striped Marlin to the boat, this one around #140 and another tagged and released fish! Not a bad day and the guys are looking forward to tomorrow. We hope Juan’s back is better then!
The Fly Hooker is going into dry dock to have some work done. We will try to keep stories going in the meantime of our friends fishing on other boats.
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