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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
June 2, 2002
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers –
June 2, 2002
The tropical storm season started early once again, just as it did last year, on the exact same date, this season it was Hurricane Alma that developed to the south and though it did not come closer than several hundred miles, it was a powerful system, creating high storm surf that shut down panga operations off of La Playita beach for a total of four days. No rainfall was reported, just scattered cloud cover and warm humid days in the 90’s. Sportfishing operations went uninterrupted out of the Cabo San Lucas marina and Palmilla, with fleets accounting for respectable catches of dorado and striped marlin. The water temperature averaged about 76 to 78 degrees and the storm swell stirred up the conditions, with pockets of green water, as well as clean blue water being found, which is where the action was more consistent.
Trolling lures while covering more distance proved to be the most productive technique, as the fish were scattered throughout the zone and no particular spot was better than the other, the key was to find the blue water. Live bait was available and once the fish were located, also proved affective. Average catches per boat was anywhere from 2 to 8 dorado, with the sizes ranging from 15 to 40 pounds. The fish were striking on a variety of lures, with the medium sized feathers and skirted jet heads accounting for the majority of dorado action. Striped marlin were hitting both bait and lures, and were found within several miles of shore, the numbers of billfish were down as compared to before the full moon, but many boats did have multiple opportunities during one day’s fishing. This is now the end of striper season and the blues and blacks will be dominating the marlin action by the end of next month.
The only yellowfin tuna action to speak of was found from 20 to 30 miles offshore, with most of these tuna being smaller football sized fish and associated with migrating porpoise. These fish were being found on the Pacific side, near San Jaime Bank, but it was also a hit or miss deal, anglers that happened to be in the right place had catches of up to 15 or 20 tuna.
Just before the storm swell hit there were signs of the wahoo action picking back up on the Inner Gordo Bank, as several fish were landed up to 45 pounds and other strikes were missed. Now that the surf has laid down and the local panga fleets are back in operation we will see if this bite turns back on as it did several weeks back.
Along the shoreline anglers have found a mix of sierra, jack crevalle, pargo and roosterfish. The high surf did scatter the schools of mullet, but now they should once again become concentrated off of La Playita beach. Roosterfish up to 50 pounds were caught by anglers fishing from the shore, as well as many large jack crevalle. Trolling with live mullet close to shore was especially affective for the roosterfish and we look for the great action in the next few weeks, as typically the peak season for the big roosters is during the month of June.
Good Fishing, Eric
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