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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
July 1, 2001
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers - July 1, 2001
Anglers visiting Southern Baja were greeted with sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 90's, this should be the pattern throughout the summer months. There was only minimal breeze to help cool conditions down offshore and the seas were mostly calm, slight swell from the south. With the increasing daytime temperatures the water temperature is once again on the rise, now averaging from 75 to 78 degrees. The clarity of the water is also slowly improving, it is in between green and blue, not quite to where it should be, that deep blue / purple color that is common during the warm season. Along the shoreline of San Jose del Cabo the huge schools of mullet were now starting to thin out but the baitfish were still plentiful enough to be easily available for purchase from local pangeros, there were also good supplies of sardinas being netted off the beach of Desteladera. Anglers found that the overall fishing action was far behind standards for the area at this time of year, but there was a wide variety of gamefish being caught, although the numbers of fish each day per boat was averaging about 3 to 7 in combination. Daily catches included yellowfin tuna, dorado, marlin, amberjack, pargo, roosterfish, yellowtail, pompano, bonita, and sierra.
The most encouraging sign this past week was that yellowfin tuna have once again moved onto the Gordo Banks, after being nearly non-existent for almost two months since the devastation by commercial purseiner nets. Tuna in the 20 to 75 pound class were taken in numbers of 1 to 5 per panga throughout the week, hitting on sardinas and bolito. The bite would start off very slow early in the morning, but then would come on strong by 11 a.m. Many larger tuna were being lost on lighter gear, but if heavy leader was used then anglers could not buy a bite, using 40 and 50 pound tackle had best results. In the area between La Fortuna and Iman there were tuna also being found, in recent days the best bet was to troll live bolito with patience, the fish were not numerous but the ones that did hit the larger baits weighed from 40 to 75 pounds. Over the weekend the football sized tuna were found on the live sardinas and trolling lures, this should bring in the larger marlin soon.
Dorado were very scarce and the ones taken by the panga fleet in recent days were found in no particular spot and averaged 10 to 20 pounds. With the warmer water now moving in and the water becoming clearer each day there should be larger bulls showing. A couple of wahoo were taken from the Gordo Banks on trolled rapalas, they weighed in the 30 to 40 pound range. Also on the Banks were some nice yellowtail in the 20 to 30 pound class, hooked on live bait and yo-yo jigs, many were lost after reaching the rocks and cutting off lines.
Trolling the shoreline proved to be the most consistent action around, mainly this was for roosterfish, which were found in quantity between La Playita and Punta Gorda, fish from 10 to 60 pounds were landed while trolling both live mullet and sardinas. There was also a mix of pompano, pargo, amberjack, sierra and jack crevalle being hooked up along this same stretch of beach.
Good Fishing, Eric
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