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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
October 16, 2006
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo Bite Report
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
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Cabo Fish Report
Oct. 9-15, 2006
WEATHER: There was very little change in the weather at the beginning of this week compared to last week in temperatures as our daytime highs were in the low 90’s and our nighttime lows were in the low 70’s, the change was in the feel. It seemed that the humidity dropped a bit, but of course we felt it because we live here. Most of our visitors said that it was very humid. Oh well, I guess it’s all in what you are used to! We had some cloud cover the last half of the wee and that, combined with just a bit of wind kept things feeling cool (comparatively speaking). At the end of the week we had some stronger winds from the northwest and they brought our temperatures down as on Sunday night we had a low of 67 degrees here at the house. No need for the air conditioner now! The humidity dropped as well and it is starting to feel like fall.
WATER: Surface conditions on both sides of the Cape were great this week with the Pacific side being a bit bumpier, much as it was last week. With the wind out of the northwest that is to be expected, but it was not so rough that people were getting sick and coming in early. At the end of the week things changed a bit as the wind blew stronger starting Saturday afternoon. On the Cortez side it was almost like a lake most of the time. Our water temperatures on the Cortez side were an almost steady 85-86 degrees everywhere with no temperature breaks. On the Pacific side this warm water wrapped around across the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks. Outside of these banks the temperature dropped a degree but there was no real defining edge anywhere.
BAIT: There were Caballito ($2 each) available most days if you were early, with the full moon just past us it was a bit easier to get bait than last week. I also saw a few Mackerel floating in the marina but I don’t know if they were from here or were tossed out of the bait wells of boats coming down from up north for the season. There were plenty of Sardinas available up at Palmilla and La Playita at the normal $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were a lot more Blue Marlin reported hooked up this week than there were last week but that may have been an effect of more boats searching for them. With the tournaments coming up teams are getting in the practice mode and actively working for the big mamas. There have been a lot of fish reported in the #200-#350 range as well as a few in the #500-#600 area, but it could all be just story as well. I know of one angler I trust who reported hooking into a fish at around #1,000 on a lure and had it hooked up for just a minute or so. There seems to be a lot of effort spent on the Cortez side for the Blues but with that many boats working out there I was surprised to not hear of more Blacks being hooked up. There were still quite a few Striped Marlin around and again, that is a bit of a surprise for me as the water temperatures are much higher than these fish normally like. They were more prevalent on the Pacific side of the Cape. Almost all the action on the Blues came on trolled lures while the Striped Marlin bite was a pretty even mix of lure fish and live bait thrown at fish on the surface.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It was nice to find Yellowfin closer to home this week and you did not need to cover 50 miles of water looking for Porpoise. The fish that were up at Punta Gorda a few weeks have moved closer to us with quite a bit of action happening within a mile of the beach from La Playita to just outside the Chileno area. Sardines were the ticket, as well as light line. Chumming with the live Sardines then fly-lining baits or putting ones out with a split-shot on the line worked well on these fish that ran from 15-40 pounds on the average. There were fish reported hooked that were much larger, but very few of them were brought in, I think the largest I heard of being landed was right at #80. Using small circle hooks on very light leader was extremely successful, but also resulted in quite a few lost fish. Most boats had better luck with “J” hooks on floura-carbon leader in the #30 class.
DORADO: Lots of Dorado were being caught this week and almost all the heavy action was on the Pacific side of the Cape, up to and past the Margarita beach area. There was also good action from Gray Rock on the Cortez side to the Arch. Most of the fish were averaging #15 with a few fish being caught in the 30-pound class. I did see one fish weighed at #56, nice Bull Dorado caught on a live Caballito. Most boats that worked for Dorado were able to limit out easily. Best bait was either strip baits cut from Bonita, live Sardinas or Caballito. Lure action was also fairly steady with dark colored plugs from 6-9 inches working best.
WAHOO: I didn’t hear of any Wahoo caught locally but there were quite a few brought in by boats arriving from up north.
INSHORE: Once again there were still a few Roosterfish being reported this week but with there being so many Dorado and Tuna close in it was hard to get the Captains of the Pangas to target anything else.
NOTES: This weeks report was written to the classic Mexican music of Monica Rojas on her 1999 Armonia Productiones Musicales release “La Feria”. I got a chance to hear her sing this week at Miguel Locos, what a great voice! Also, congratulations to Greg W. on the addition of two future anglers to the population! I hope Thomas and Nicholas grow up to enjoy the salt water! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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