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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
June 24, 2001
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers - June 24, 2001
The summer season has now officially started and anglers are discovering that the fishing action is not what it normally would be like at this time of year, though the overall action was not all that poor either, many quality fish were landed. The clarity and temperature of the water has not been consistent, greener and cooler than usual. It has shown signs of improvement and then once again another cool current would sweep back in. There has been wind from the south, west and the northeast, which have attributed to the cool conditions. Sportfishing fleets have found the most productive action to be on the San Jose del Cabo side of the Peninsula and especially from the Gordo Banks to Iman. Although no particular species of fish has been overly abundant there has been a wide variety, this past week catches included striped marlin, yellowfin tuna, dorado, skipjack, amberjack, yellowtail, jack crevalle, roosterfish, pompano, wahoo, pargo, grouper, sierra and sailfish. There was plenty of live bait available, mullet and mackerel were most common but on some days the pangeros were able to net sardinas off the beach of Desteladera.
Offshore the water was once again clearing and many marlin were being sighted from 2 to 15 miles out, though they were not that hungry, apparently full of squid. Though boats that did target them with the live mackerel averaged one to two marlin per day. Dorado were found spread out in very limited numbers, hitting on both lures and live bait, with most of the fish being caught weighing from 20 to 50 pounds. Yellowfin tuna action was still scattered but was the best in has been for at least a month. Over the weekend Panga fleets fishing the area of La Fortuna found tuna in the 20 to 60 pound class willing to bite the live baits, sardinas were their favorite, also hitting on mullet and mackerel. There were only minimal supplies of sardinas and to really get the fish into a feeding mood it took lots of chum, which was just not available. Average catches were only 1 to 3 tuna per boat but some of the pangas had as many as 5 or 6. On Thursday the fleet located schooling tuna migrating with porpoise within two miles of shore, off of La Laguna and for the boats that found the fish first they did well on fish to 35 pounds while trolling live mullet, the fish did not want to bite on lures. The next day those fish had moved further north but were not as concentrated.
Trolling with live mullet or sardinas along the shoreline was excellent at times along the beaches from La Playita to Punta Gorda. After slowing down the previous week because of cooler green water the bite did pick back up, with many roosterfish from 10 to 50 pounds being hooked. The fleets were booked up solid this week and this put extra pressure on the fishing grounds, so the bite seemed to best early in the day, coinciding with the incoming tide. Other inshore catches include pompano, sierra, jack crevalle and pargo. The shipwreck in forty feet of water off of La Salina was one of the more productive spots.
Good fishing, Eric
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