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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
May 22, 2006
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo Bite Report
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Captain George Landrum
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Cabo Fish Report
May 15-21, 2006
WEATHER: We are having summer weather this week with our daytime temperatures in town around the low 90’s and our nighttime low in the mid 70’s. With the humidity starting to kick in I have been running the air conditioner on some evenings. No rain this week and we had mostly sunny skies all week long.
WATER: The Sea of Cortez is warming up so quick that I am a little bit worried. On the charts from Terrafin we are seeing water at 83 degrees already. On the Pacific side it is quite a bit cooler with a slight warm water extension onto the San Jaime Banks with temperatures around 71 degrees but the rest of the Pacific area has much warmer water with most of it in the mid 60’s. The clarity of the water is a mirror of the temperature with the Pacific side mostly green and on the Cortez side the hot 83-degree water is almost a purple color. I thing the Blue sand Blacks are just around the corner!
BAIT: This week the bait was almost all Mackerel with some of the bait boats having Caballito and Lisa at the normal $2 per bait. I did not hear of any Sardinas available.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: We just finished up the inaugural World Championship Billfish Catch and Release Tournament this week. There were 24 teams entered and over the three days of fishing, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday there were a total of 224 Striped Marlin released. That was an average of almost 3 Striped Marlin per boat per day. Of course not everyone caught the average, these were professional teams for the most part and they approach the sport that way. Lots of fresh bait, never mind the lures, throw bait to as many fish as possible and the numbers should work out. The top team released 30 Striped Marlin in three days of fishing and believes they threw bait to over 100 fish per day! One of the reasons it was difficult to find hungry fish was the full moon that just passed. The fish were feeding at night and stuffing themselves on squid. Most of the charter boats were lucky to release two fish per day since they were out for Dorado and Tuna as well. I did not fare as well as the professional teams; we were able to release one Marlin each day of the tournament. Maybe next year!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It appeared that there were plenty of football fish out there this week; it was just that they were on the Pacific side in the rougher water. For most of the boats that was just a little bit too rough for their clients and with no Marlin in the same area, it was either Yellowfin or nothing. From 5 miles in front of the arches to just this side of the San Jaime Bank there were Yellowfin found with Porpoise and a few small schools were found in the blind. I did not hear of any reports of big Tuna from our area this week, but there is a good chance that they will show up soon.
DORADO: There were scattered Dorado this week and for the most part they were found closer to shore than almost any of the other species. From the Punta Gorda area to just off the lighthouse on the Pacific, they were found from ˝ to 5 miles off the beach. Bright colored lures and slow trolled live bait were the best attractors for these fish. The sizes were not great but it is early in the season. Most of the fish were averaging 8 pounds but an occasional 25-pound fish made things interesting.
WAHOO: There were few Wahoo reported this week but at least there were a few. I thought that the full moon would have kicked the bite into gear but the fish were shy. A few fish in the 30-40 pound class were caught and they were found on the Cortez side of the cape, for the most part up around the Punta Gorda and Gorda Banks areas.
INSHORE: I was busy with the tournament this week so never did get a good feel for the inshore action but the few people I did speak to about it said that there were still a few Sierra to be found and on the Pacific there were still Yellowtail off of the rocky points. Roosterfish have started a fairly strong showing on the Cortez side of the Cape, as the Mullet have been more numerous this past week. This weeks report was written to the music of Pink Floyd on the 1990 Capitol release “Piper at the Gates of Dawn.” Until next week, Tight Lines!
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