Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
March 6, 2006
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo Bite Report
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Captain George Landrum
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Cabo Fish Report
Feb. 27-March 5, 2006
WEATHER: I am still having a great time this week getting a lot of work done outside the house. With the daytime temps around the mid 80’s and the nighttime around the high 60’s it has been excellent. We had very little wind this week and had several days during the middle of the week where heavy fog moved in from the Pacific side. No rain and except for the fog, no really cloudy days.
WATER: We had great water conditions this week on both sides of the Cape. The large swells that occurred the week before died down and with no wind there were a few days when it was like glass out there. The surface temperatures are still at 73-74 degrees on the Cortez side of the Cape with a band of the warmer water across the Gorda, 1150 and at the Cabrillo Seamount at the end of the week. The California current has a very strong influence on the near-shore water temperature on the Pacific side of the Cape as the water out to just past the San Jaime and 20 miles to the west of the Golden Gate banks remains around 66 degrees. Go another 10 miles west of the San Jaime and you suddenly meet 71-degree water again.
BAIT: This week there were mostly Caballito available at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Once again we had an on-off week for Striped Marlin. One day an area would be red hot and the next day there would be nothing there. The fish are moving around fast on the Cortez side of the Cape and when you are in the right spot it was possible to have a six fish day. In the wrong spot or the right spot at the wrong time and you flew the skunk flag on the way in. Areas that were temporarily holding fish (I guess they weren’t really holding since the fish were passing through), or where the bite happened were several miles to the west of the Outer Gorda Bank, inside the 1150 toward shore, just to the south-west of the 95 spot and due south of the arch 12 miles. If your timing was right there were fish all over the place and they were hungry, if it was wrong you might not even see a fish! Both lures and live bait were working fine if the fish were biting.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I only heard of a few Yellowfin Tuna this week and what I did hear was spoken of by people passing by, I never had a chance to find out any details. I did hear of a fish of 80 pounds but again, no details. There were very few white flags flying that were put up for Yellowfin, most of them were for Skipjack.
DORADO: There were a lot more Dorado caught this week than we have had for several months; the warm water that moved in on the Cortez side had a lot to do with it. It seemed that most of the action was up around the Gorda Banks and Punta Gorda on fish from 10 to 20 pounds, but they were catching a few out at the 1000 fathom line as well.
WAHOO: I did hear of a few Wahoo caught this week, mostly from up around the Punta Gorda area, but they were few and far between. Average weight was reported at 35 pounds and the bite was incidental on Marlin lures.
INSHORE: There was a pretty decent Sierra bite, mostly in the afternoons but occasionally early in the morning. Large groups of Jacks in the 25-35 pound class were spotted close to the beach but they were not very hungry, possibly spawning concentrations. A fair to good bite from bottom species such as red Snapper and Grouper in 100-150 feet of water off almost all the points started at the end of the week and there were some decent Yellowtail to 25 pounds caught in the same area by anglers using live bait fished just off the bottom.
NOTES: It appears that the fishing is slowly improving; now we need the Yellowfin to show up. Still plenty of Whales around so even if the fishing is slow there is something to watch. This weeks report was written to the sounds of Mark Knopfler off of his first solo CD, “Golden Heart”, released in 1996 by Vertigo Records. Until next week, tight lines!
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