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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
April 7, 2002
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
April 7, 2002
Warm springtime weather is attracting tourists to Los Cabos, plenty of sunshine and light breezes made for ideal fishing conditions. Water temperatures averaged 68 to 70 degrees, with a distinct band of 73 to 75 degree water found some 30 to 40 miles offshore. Live bait is plentiful, with mackerel and sardinas being the preferred choice for the all around action, which has included striped marlin, dorado, skipjack, amberjack, pompano, cabrilla, pargo, bonita, sierra, roosterfish and jack crevalle. The first week of April did show improved overall fish counts. The more consistent fishing grounds have been found from Chileno to north of the Gordo Banks, on past
San Luis and Iman.
The La Playita panga fleets found excellent action for pompano, pargo, sierra, amberjack, cabrilla
and grouper. The area known as " Blue Rock ", located between San Luis and Vinorama, within one half mile of shore, proved to be the hot spot throughout the week. This is where the African pompano were found in schools, ranging from 6 to 15 pounds, striking on live sardinas while drift fishing with 20 to 30 pound tackle, small sinkers and 2/0 hooks. The pompano provided great sport for anglers and are one of the best eating species available. The first part of the week saw anglers limiting out on these fish, catching as many as 20 in just a couple of hours, but by the weekend the bite did tamper off, though anglers were still catching at least ten fish in combination. Mixed in with the pompano, were several varieties of pargo up to 18 pounds and sierra to 6 pounds. Live sardinas were definitely the hot ticket to wide open action, though anglers working the yo-yo jigs out in deeper water did accountant for some amberjack and grouper to over 40 pounds.
Red crabs were found on the Gordo Banks and proved to work as excellent bait for the huachinango in the 6 to 12 pound class, and sport anglers were taking advantage of this, along with the majority of the local commercial pangeros. On Wednesday there were reports of large yellowfin tuna breezing on the surface of the Banks, but none of them were supposedly hooked. Perhaps with the continued warming water this will trigger the tuna into action. Dorado were not numerous, but everyday they were being found, more of them further offshore while trolling for marlin, but also several nice bulls were found closer to shore while trolling with either live bait or lures. This is the time of year when the larger bull appear in local waters, so we look forward to a great spring for the big bulls.
Reports of striped marlin were that they were spread out from off of Chileno to Red Hill, and to the Gordo Banks, 10 to 30 miles out, trolling lures and throwing live baits out to tailing fish were the most successful techniques. Individual boats targeting the billfish, averaged a couple hook ups per day. There were reports of one blue marlin over 500 pounds being landed off a Sol Mar cruiser on Friday, it hit on a trolled lure, outside of the Gordo Banks and required a four hour battle to land.
Good Fishing, Eric
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