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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
March 8, 2003
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
March 9, 2003
Crowds of spring breakers are now starting to arrive in Los Cabos and the prospects for a profitable tourist season are still alive. The past week we saw cooler than normal temperatures with high in the low 70s, there was much scattered cloud cover, with quite a bit of wind from the north, but despite this the water temperature is still unseasonably warm and averaging from 70 to 73 degrees. The overall fishing action has been impressive, the most consistent bite was taking place from the Gordo Banks to Desteladera. Daily catches included species such as striped marlin, dorado, sierra, pargo and cabrilla. Supplies of live sardinas and mackerel have been plentiful and live bait proved to be the most productive technique.
Striped marlin are being found in good numbers anywhere from 4 to 12 miles offshore, with the main bite in recent days coming from the area outside of La Fortuna and Iman Bank. The stripers were gorging on an abundance of squid and other baitfish schooling on the fishing grounds and have been striking trolled lures as well as readily taking live bait cast to feeders or tailing fish. These fish have ranged from 90 to 175 pounds and are accounting for a high percentage of all the offshore action. Anglers have found more medium sized gamefish closer to shore and this was especially nice on the choppy days, when it was possible to fish in the protected waters within a mile of shore.
Dorado continued to be surprisingly abundant for late winter and the panga fleets have been averaging anywhere from 1 to 6 per boat, the majority of them are being found very close to the beach and are healthy fish, weighing 10 to 25 pounds. The most productive method for finding dorado was while slow trolling live bait, in the same area there have been big numbers of sierra and needlefish, which kept anglers very busy, constantly rigging up and re-baiting. More numbers of pargo are now moving in as well, most likely attracted by the influx of red crabs, La Fortuna and Cardon were the hot spots and the commercial pangueros are really taking advantage of this action. Other bottom action included cabrilla, grouper and yellowtail snapper.
Yellowfin tuna action came to a standstill this past week, with only sporadic reports of any of them actually being landed, though they were frequently seen feeding or breezing on the surface. The tuna on the Gordo Banks are now gorged with red crabs and have shown little or no interest in any other types of offerings. Of course this situation could switch around any day. There was another problem to deal with and that was the sea lions that continued to patrol the same banks. For the past month this was also one of the best places to find humpback whales.
Good Fishing, Eric
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