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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
July 29, 2001
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
July 28, 2001
Tropical weather prevailed this past week, Hurricane Dalila passed within less than 300 miles of Cabo San Lucas before heading out on a northwest track. Though it was a minimal strength storm, nevertheless it did create high surf that shut down operations for the La Playita panga fleets for three days, on Thursday the boats were able to launch once again, but with the low tide conditions in the early morning they had to use extra caution. Days were sunny, in the mid 90's, there was scattered cloud clover, along with high humidity. The water was still greenish through much of the region, but there was blue water found north of Iman and further offshore. Water temperatures continued to be up and down but for the most part averaged 76 to 80 degrees, warmer water was reported further offshore. Still plenty of mullet available for bait, with minimal supplies of sardinas for anglers that had the patience to wait extra time in the morning for a chance at a handful of the preferred tuna bait.
Overall catches for panga anglers included yellowfin tuna, dorado, amberjack, jack crevalle, roosterfish, pargo and skipjack. The cruiser fleet was starting to report more consistent action for blue marlin. One of the more productive areas was outside of Gordo Banks, towards the Cabrillo Seamount, this is where there was blue water over 80 degrees found. The numbers of fish was not great for the summer season, but most everybody was catching fish, average catches per boat ranged from 2 to 8 fish in combination. Most common species was yellowfin tuna, they weighed in the 15 to 50 pound class. The best action for the tuna was found by anglers that were lucky enough to have the live sardinas, though they were also hooked on retrieved
yo-yo type jigs or by trolling cedar plugs, rapalas and feathers. The tuna were found mainly within a mile or two from shore in the areas between Punta Gorda and La Fortuna. The same spot produced a few dorado up to 45 pounds, but they continued to be few and far between, maybe an average of one dorado for every two boats.
Along the shoreline there continued to be a mix of action for roosterfish, jack crevalle and amberjack. Roosterfish were found in good numbers off of La Laguna and ranged up to 50 pounds, some anglers reported catching and releasing as many as 10 of the roosters. Best bet was trolling with live mullet, but you could go through a lot of bait, because there were plenty of jack crevalle and pesky needlefish mixed in the same area. The big bite that had been happening for amberjack close to shore has tapered way off but there were some of them still hanging along the shore near Punta Gorda, the ambers that were taken, weighed 20 to 30 pounds and hit on mullet and rapalas.
Good Fishing, Eric
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