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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
March 27, 2006
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo Bite Report
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
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www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
March 6-12, 2006
WEATHER: The week started out very windy and then for the past four days it has been great with just light breezes and lots of sun. Our nighttime lows have been in the low 60’s while the daytime highs have been in the mid 80’s, great weather all around! We had only one day with clouds, Friday saw a bit of overcast for most of the day, but no bad stuff with it.
WATER: At the end of the week the water on the Pacific side was 66 degrees out to past the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks, and up to 69 degrees to the West of there. To the immediate South the water was a bit warmer as the warmer water from the Sea of Cortez pushed its way past the Cape with temperatures up to 72 degrees. Out at the 95 Spot and to the South and Northeast of there the water was a warm 74-75 degrees with 76-degree water showing up around the Cabrillo Seamount. Surface conditions were excellent at the end of the week regardless of where you went with a slight 2-4 foot swell on the Pacific and 1-3 foot on the Cortez side and winds at 5-10 knots giving just a few small whitecaps to the water.
BAIT: This past week there were Caballito available at the usual $2 per bait as well as some Sardinas at $20 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The Striped Marlin bite continued to improve but a lot of boats still came in without having gotten a Marlin to the boat. The fish were concentrated between the 95 Spot and the 1150 at the end of the week and while there were a lot of fish out there they weren’t being all that aggressive. A lot of boats were getting strikes but not hooking the fish up, and dropping back the Caballito often only interested the fish for a second. The best results seemed to come for boats trolling dark colored plastic lures at 9-91/2 knots. Lures in black/purple, black/green, black/red received the most attention from the fish. A few boats came in with two or three flags; most boats had either none or one flying from the outriggers. One item of special interest this week was a brief, one day showing of Swordfish on the surface in the same area on Friday. From what I heard there were about seven fish sighted, four hooked and one landed, all from a small 1 square mile area. Hmm, maybe a night trip, follow the temp break and see what happens? There was plenty of bait showing in the area down between 50 and 150 feet.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Still slow for Tuna the past week with some fish showing up 40 miles to the south of us. Nothing big to be reported close to home although I did overhear someone just on the outer range of reception on the radio talk about finding fish over #100 but not getting bit. That’s just a tease, I know, since I have no idea where they were, but at least there are some out there. Hopefully we will see them in our area soon. Several boats made the trip to the San Jaime Banks in the hope of getting lucky but the water was like a desert out there. On Wednesday a boat did get into some 30-40 pound fish in a fast moving school to the south of the bank, but they did not stick around.
DORADO: Early in the week there was decent Dorado action reported from the Punta Gorda-Los Frailles area, but by the end of the week the fish seemed to have disappeared, at least the numbers were gone. Boats in the area were still picking a fish or two but it was not worth the effort to go up there for the few fish that were found. Elsewhere there were occasional fish found close to the beach, within 3 miles, they were not large but at least they were Dorado.
WAHOO: I didn’t get any reports of Wahoo this week but that does not mean there weren’t any caught, just that I have no clue (not the first time!).
INSHORE: There was a good Sierra bite on the Pacific side in water from 50-60 feet in depth at the end of the week, and the bite was in the shallow water just behind the breakers earlier in the week. There were a few small 5-pound class Roosterfish caught as well. Boats fishing live bait deep off the rocky points got into Yellowtail averaging 12 pounds with one fish reported at 42 pounds. Not a wide-open bite but worth the effort with an average of one or two fish per boat. There was a scattering of other inshore species caught, among them Bonita and Skipjack along with Jack Crevalle and Needlefish.
NOTES: Fishing continues to improve, thank goodness! Some anglers are still striking out as far as getting anything to the boat, but most of them are seeing at least some action and it seems to be improving every day. This weeks report was written to the great music of Mark Knopfler on his second solo album, the 2004 Mercury release “Shangri-La”. Thanks Mark for continuing to make my ears happy! Until next week, tight lines!
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