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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Capt. George Landrum
March 5, 2007
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
Cabo Bite Report
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
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Cabo Fish Report
February 26-March 4, 2007
WEATHER: The skies finally cleared up this week and the weather is getting warmer every day. Our daytime highs have reached into the low to mid 80’s and the nighttime lows have been in the mid 60’s for the most part. The winds have been shifting almost every day wit the majority of the time form the northwest but now and then coming from the southeast as well.
WATER: We had some great shots of the water temperatures at the end of the week and they changed a lot from what we were observing during the early part of the week. Up past Los Frailles on the Cortez side of the cape the water has been a cool 68 to 69 degrees and green, but as soon as you moved to the south, just to the north of the Gorda Banks, the water became blue and the temperature raised to 73 degrees. At the end of the week this warm water extended down the cape and across to the Pacific side but only ran up the Pacific coast in a band five miles from the beach for 40 miles. West of the warm water band the water dropped to 70 degrees and was slightly green.
BAIT: This week the bait was 90% Mackerel with 10% Caballito and they were the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Marlin fishing was really spotty this week. At the end of the week the high boats were coming in with two flags flying but most of the boats were bare on the outriggers. Out of 8 boats arriving back at the marina yesterday I saw three with Marlin flags but only one had two flags, the rest of the boats had been skunked. What action did occur happened just outside the Lighthouse on the Pacific side. A few fish were caught on lures and a few more on bait, but the fish were not really interested most of the time. Perhaps the full moon on Friday night had an effect on their feeding.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This was another scarce species this week. A few fish were caught among scattered Porpoise well to the south. They averaged 15 pounds. There were also a few fish caught up at Gorda Banks about the same size, but I did hear rumors of one decent fish at 112 pounds coming off of chunks.
DORADO: One Dorado flag was flown for every 15 boats coming in yesterday; I guess that tells the tale.
WAHOO: I thought that the full moon would have brought in a few fish but perhaps the water is still too cool for them. Anyway, there were a few Wahoo strikes I heard of but I saw no fish landed.
INSHORE: A repeat of last week, and it looks like this was the way to fish for the past week, as almost all the action was inshore. Sierra, African Pompano, Yellowtail, Bonito, Skipjack, Jack Crevalle and an occasional Amberjack were the fish that were most commonly caught by anglers fishing from Pangas this week. Sierra were the inshore fish of the week as everyone was able to get good action from them using small hootchies in bright colors (green, a very bright green, was a favorite) as well as small Rapallas. Diamond jigs and iron slabs worked for the Yellowfin while cut bait was the ticket for good Pompano action. The Bonita, Skipjack and Jack Crevalle were all over dark colored hootchies trolled in water just a little farther off the beach.
NOTES: It was slow fishing this week here in Cabo, everyone was scratching hard to find fish. I hope it changes this coming week as I have quite a few trips on the books and I hate going for a boat ride. I realize that it happens, but it is always supposed to happen to someone else! With fingers crossed for the coming week, tight lines until the next posting.
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