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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
May 26, 2002
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers –
May 26, 2002
Late spring conditions have continued to be near perfect, sunny days with high temperatures near 90 degrees. Early in the week there was some wind that stirred up offshore waters some, but through the weekend anglers enjoyed very calm seas with practically no breeze at all, just enough in the afternoon to help keep things comfortable. Water temperature has averaged in the upper 70’s and is now once again on a clearing trend. Bait supplies remained steady, especially off of La Playita beach, where the annual arrival of huge schools of mullet is now in full swing, along with a mix of sardinas. Fleets were fishing throughout the area, with no particular spot being particularly consistent from day to day. Overall, from the combined reports it appeared that the better action was found on the Sea of Cortez side of the Peninsula. Most common catches were, dorado, pargo, jack crevalle, roosterfish and striped marlin, with there also being a few reports of scattered yellowfin tuna, though they were hit or miss and far offshore, and then a handful of lucky anglers even landed wahoo. There was also plenty of other sea life to entertain people during their offshore adventures, still some humpback whales hanging around, as well as whale sharks, manta rays, sea turtles, sea lions and porpoise.
The marlin action off of San Jose del Cabo appeared to slow a little during this full moon period, though many stripers were seen tailing on the surface, from 3 to 20 miles offshore, the majority of them proved to be not interested in taking the bait. Most of cruisers that did target the marlin had at least a couple of good chances per day, and in the same areas dorado were being taken at a rate of 2 to 7 per boat, striking on lures and bait, weighing 15 to 30 pounds. A handful of Mako sharks were accounted for after being spotted tailing on the surface and then baited up.
The main catch for the local panga fleets was dorado, pargo, jack crevalle and a mix of other bottomfish. Daily catches were from 2 to 12 fish in combination per boat, techniques included trolling lures, bait and along with jigging off the bottom. The areas to the north of the Gordo Banks were most productive for the panga fleets based out of La Playita. Inshore fishing picked up substantially in recent days, pargo, of the dog tooth snapper variety, were being hooked on trolled mullet, though they proved to be very tough to land, more fish were cutting lines than were actually landed, though some nice fish of 10 to 20 pounds were landed. Roosterfish were starting to show in greater numbers and several to 30 pounds were caught and released, the stretch from La Playita to Punta Gorda was a good bet. Jack crevalle were abundant through the same area and all of them were running large, 15 to 25 pound fish were common and though they are not known for their eating qualities, they do test anglers stamina.
Surf fishermen were doing well on a variety of fish, sierra, jack crevalle, croakers and pompano were making up most of the action off of La Playita, where all of the baits schools are now congregating. The next month should be one of the best for the anglers fishing from shore.
Good Fishing, Eric
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