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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
December 23, 2001
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
December 22, 2001
Tourists visiting the Southern Baja area this past week were treated to an early Christmas gift, as the weather was beautiful and as an added bonus the fishing for the larger yellowfin tuna turned on around the Gordo Banks. The days were sunny with high temperatures near 80 degrees and the wind was very minimal, at least until the weekend, when it did pick back up from the northeast. Seas were calm for anglers, as there was only a slight swell running, it was chilly early in the mornings though and bringing appropriate clothing with you was recommended. Water color was greenish closer to shore and the cooling trend continued, with the average temperatures now in the 75 to 77 degree range. Supplies of sardinas were becoming scattered off the beach of La Playita and in recent days anglers had to patiently wait in order for the commercial pangeros to net enough of the live bait to supply all of the pangas. They were worth waiting for since they were definitely the bait of choice for the action that was now being found both along the shoreline and on the offshore fishing rounds.
Anglers fishing out of the San Jose del Cabo area found that the action had switched back from the Iman Bank to the Inner Gordo Bank. This is where the larger yellowfin tuna were back on the bite, they were being hooked on both live sardinas and chunk bait. Quality sized tuna weighing from 50 to 80 pounds were testing anglers strength, with the average daily catch per boat consisting of about three of the larger tuna and a handful of the football sized ones mixed in. This was the first real action for these nicer sized tuna in a couple of weeks and had anglers excited, it helped make up for the lack of dorado and wahoo, which have become very scarce the past couple of weeks
There was not a whole lot of action to report besides for the yellowfin tuna and they were definitely the main species being targeted. Off the bottom anglers did find some amberjack, pargo and cabrilla while working yo-yo style lures, but these fish were not numerous and most of the fish landed were in the 5 to 15 pound range. Along the shoreline there was some fair action found for jack crevalle, sierra and roosterfish. These fish would hit on both artificial lures and live bait. Most of them were weighing 5 pounds or less, though a few of the jacks ranged up to 15 pounds. This was some fun action for anglers using ultra light tackle.
Early in the week there were limited numbers of dorado in the 10 to 20 pound class being accounted for, many of them found closer to shore, where the sardinas were schooling, but by the weekend they almost disappeared from the panga fish counts. With the cooler water temperatures now moving in, we do expect the main concentrations of dorado and wahoo to be migrating south toward their more favorable tropical habitats.
No billfish activity to report on the Sea of Cortez side of the Peninsula, but out of
Cabo San Lucas anglers were finding good action for striped marlin out on the Pacific while trolling lures and casting baits to tailing fish.
Good Fishing, Eric
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