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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
June 9, 2002
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers–
June 9, 2002
Summertime is almost here, daytime highs have been in the 90’s, sunny, with only scattered cloud cover, the mornings still have a slight chill to them, a very pleasant time of year and crowds of tourists have been traveling here to take advantage of all the various outdoor activities. Last week it was Hurricane Alma, which created high surf conditions and pushed in cooler green water. Wind followed the passing of the storm and did not let up for several days, stirring conditions up and making for rough trolling further offshore. Most of the week sportfishing fleets found the action to be limited and very scattered, with more of the consistent action found closer to shore, especially along the beaches for roosterfish and pargo. By midweek though the conditions settled, improving steadily each day, as the water warmed back to average of 74 to 76 degrees. The water was also returning to its normal deep blue color, over the weekend clean blue water was found within several miles of shore. The local beaches, particularly off the La Playita area, were holding large schools of baitfish, mainly mullet and sardinas, this has attracted more gamefish such as jack crevalle, sierra, roosterfish and pargo.
Offshore action was tough at the start of the week as water temp dropped to lower than 70 degrees in places, conditions now are improving, as the water temperature warms. Reports coming from fishing grounds off the East Cape area were most encouraging. Blue marlin were taken this week in the Los Cabos area, numbers were more frequent further into the Sea of Cortez. Striped Marlin were being found spread out, some boats finding one or two in a day, while others not getting lucky at all and having to settle or a dorado or two. Dorado were being found in small groups, the majority of them found further offshore. We expect the numbers to increase as the water conditions stabilize. Panga fleets out of San Jose reported very few dorado this week, as most of the pangas were targeting inshore species and other various bottomfish. There was a bite for dog tooth snapper (pargo) going on near the shipwreck just south of Punta Gorda, these fish proved extremely difficult to actually land, as they would easily cut the heaviest of lines on the nearest swallow sharp edge. Boats accounted for as many as four of these fish, up to thirty plus pounds, but the average was more like one or two. Other catches this week included, amberjack to 30 pounds, cabrilla to 15 pounds, grouper to 40 pounds, sierra to 10 pounds and roosterfish to 40 pounds. The most productive technique was to slow troll the live bait along the beaches, as well as the various inshore wrecks and reefs. Anglers reported great action for roosterfish, releasing as many as 8 fish, ranging from 10 to 40 pounds, hot spots were found along all the southern beaches, but one of the best was just south of Punta Gorda. For the amberjack and grouper action, it was primarily with the iron yo-yo’s, as well as soaking the live baits down near the bottom off the rocky areas like Iman and La Fortuna.
Still only very limited reports of any tuna action, and none from the famed Gordo Banks region. One of these tropical storms is bound to push in some yellowfin, they usually coincide with the influx of blue and black marlin. Tropical storm Boris is now brewing to the south off of Manzanillo and we will surely see some increased swells in the coming days, possibly the season’s first rainfall as well. Back to back storms this early in the season is getting everyone’s attention.
Good Fishing, Eric
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