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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
August 19, 2001
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
August 19, 2001
The weather continued to be hot and humid, with lots of sunshine. Throughout most of the week offshore conditions were very calm, but on Friday the seasons first rain quall swept in from the east, the rainfall was desperately needed, the perfect amount, skies had cleared later in the afternoon. For the anglers who were out on the water that morning, they will not soon forget how quickly the morning changed, it started out like a normal calm day, the fish were biting too, but conditions turned for the worse about 9 a.m., the wind was swirling with gusts to 40 miles per hour and more. Saturday was once again a beautiful still day, with only some scattered clouds.
Overall fishing action out of the San Jose del Cabo area has been excellent, the black and blue marlin went on the first really big bite of the summer on the Gordo Banks, as marlin weighing from 200 to 600 pounds were landed, many by the panga fleets out of La Playita. The preferred technique has been to troll larger live baits around the vicinity of banks, where baitfish such as small yellowfin tuna, skipjack and bolito are schooling. Others anglers reported hook ups on blue marlin while trolling with larger lures further offshore in the blue water. Water temperature are now in the 80’s and should be the similar for the next couple of months, clarity has still been up and down, the storm on Friday stirred the water up but it is now on the clearing trend.
Yellowfin tuna were dominating the action for the panga anglers and the bite was incredible, with the Outer Gordo Banks being the new hot spot. They also are hitting throughout the region but the most wide open action is coming from Outer Gordo. The fish are striking on both chunk bait and live sardinas, which in recent days have been available off of Palmilla beach. Average size tuna was 30 to 50 pounds, with some even larger ones mixed in. Everyone was catching fish and most people were deciding to come in early after catching their fill. Most boats were coming in with from 6 to 10 fish in combination. Dorado were also being caught everyday but in limited numbers, hitting on bait and lures, found in small schools in the same areas as the yellowfin. Most of the dorado being caught have been in the 10 to 20 pound class but there were several nice bulls to over 55 pounds accounted for.
Wahoo had showed some signs of increased activity the past week, hitting on lures in the areas to the north of Punta Gorda, but in recent days only a stray fish or two were being reported each day.
Inshore action was very good for medium sized roosterfish, while trolling with sardinas and mullet, most of the roosters weighed less than 20 pounds, but a few monsters also were still hanging around.
The mullet have really been abundant off of La Playita this summer, but now it does appear that the last schools are starting to migrate elsewhere.
Good Fishing, Eric
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