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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
May 11, 2003
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
May 11, 2003
Vacationers visiting Los Cabos are now being treated to ideal weather conditions, days have been sunny, with high temperature in the mid 80s and nights are still cooling into the 60s. This week there was minimal effects from the wind, except for over the weekend when the north wind was gusty and attributed to rough seas for anglers. There was a strong swell that pushed its way in and local beaches recorded waves up to six feet or more, not enough to ground the panga fleets, but definitely requiring extra caution while launching. The water temperatures on the Sea of Cortez side of Cabo ranged from 73 to 77 degrees, while on the Pacific side water temperatures plummeted into the upper 60s. The more consistent fishing action was now being found in the warmer water areas, from straight outside of Cabo San Lucas to Los Frailes. Bait supplies consisted of mackerel, caballito and some limited sardinas. The water did become a bit off colored due to winds over the weekend, and the bite dropped off compared to how it had been throughout the start of the week. Highlighting the daily catches were wahoo,dorado, yellowfin tuna, striped marlin and sailfish.
After slacking off last week the wahoo bite picked back up and spread out to include areas besides the Gordo Banks, many of these highly sought after speedsters were also found off of La Fortuna, Iman, Chileno and Cabo. Anglers targeting the wahoo averaged having several jig strikes per morning and some of the more fortunate landed as many as five 'hoo, with weights ranging from 30 to 70 pounds. There were other reports of wahoo to one hundred pounds landed from cruisers out of Cabo. Marauders, rapalas and skirted lead heads have all been taking strikes, and several wahoo were also caught on live mackerel rigged with trap hooks. Many anglers reported having multiple jig strikes on wahoo and this created for some quick fire drill like maneuvering. This is turning out to be a very strong early showing for the wahoo and hopefully is an indication for continued action into June.
With the warming trend of the water there has been more numbers of dorado moving in and the sizes of the fish have been impressive, with some bulls weighing in at more than 40 pounds. The dorado have been found spread out while trolling lures and also would ready take live bait. Average catches ranged from one to five per boat. Striped marlin and sailfish were found in the same areas as dorado, they could be hooked by casting baits to tailing fish, or by trolling live bait, as well as taking blind strikes on trolled lures. The Yellowfin tuna bite was more consistent this past week, the best areas were anywhere from 12 to 20 miles offshore, with most of the fish being associated with large pods of porpoise. Trolling with medium sized feathers and cedar plugs was very productive, most of tuna encountered weighed 10 to 20 pounds, but there also some very large fish found in different schools, including a couple tuna of 100 and 200 pounds landed from pangas out of La Playita.
Good Fishing, Eric
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