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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
September 16, 2001
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
September 16, 2001
Tropical Storm Ivo swept past the southern Baja Peninsula on Wednesday, Oct. 12, within 100 miles of Cabo San Lucas, with it came heavy rainfall and wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. Anlgers reported good action for yellowfin tuna and dorado in the days preceding the storm, high surf conditions shut down all panga operations in the San Jose del Cabo area for several days. As the peak storm surge developed, it coincided with high tides on Wednesday afternoon and created very treacherous surf that broke high up the beaches and scattered pangas in all directions. This made everyone on the beach of La Playita quickly scramble to haul the boats to the safety of higher ground.
Over the weekend the seas had settled back down and anglers found good numbers of schooling dorado throughout the area. These fish ranged mostly under 20 pounds and were taken while trolling a variety of medium size lures. Live bait became more difficult to obtain in the days following the high surf, but there have been limited supplies sardinas available off of Palmilla and Playita. Yellowfin tuna were not as active as they had been before the storm but as conditions normalize again the bite should improve. The tuna that were landed weighed an average of 15 to 60 pounds, they were hooked on both live and chunk baits. A few wahoo were also accounted for by anglers who targeting them with marauders and skirted lead heads, the weights ranged up to 45 pounds.
Black and blue marlin continue to dominant the billfish action, the Gordo Banks was producing strikes for anglers trolling larger baits and larger lures. Most of the strikes around the banks were on the live bait, with skipjack and small yellowfin tuna being the favorite.
Since the tragic terrorist attacks in the United States on Tuesday, September 11, tourism has come to a halt. With International air flights canceled the only tourists in town are ones that arrived before the attacks. Many of the travelers now had to charter buses or rent cars to return to the U.S. border. Hopes are that flight schedules will be resumed this coming week. These senseless attacks will be affecting all of us for a long time to come.
Good Fishing, Eric
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