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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
June 29, 2003
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
June 29, 2003
With the summer season now in full swing, visitors have been enjoying warm and sunny weather reaching the 90-degree mark. There has been a lingering marine layer in the mornings and with a mid day breeze prevalent and the climate has been very comfortable. There were a couple of tropical storms that formed off of main land Mexico, but these were neither close nor strong enough to affect the Southern Baja. Swells have been minimal and ocean conditions for the most part were favorable. Though a couple days of southern wind did attribute to pushing cooler cloudy green water off of San Jose, water temperature on the Cortez side were now averaging from 72 to 77 degrees. Over the weekend the water was reportedly on a clearing trend, this is the time of year where conditions can change quickly from day to day. Supplies of mackerel and mullet were plentiful and were the preferred choice over artificial lures.
Off the Pacific the water was choppy and cooler, so fleets have continued to concentrate their efforts towards the Sea of Cortez. The best action this past week proved to be for yellowfin tuna outside the Gordo Banks, areas from 15 to 25 miles offshore were producing tuna ranging from 25 to 200 pounds, with the majority of the yellowfin being in the 80 to 130 pound class. The fish were mixed in with several different species of porpoise, with vast numbers of flying fish congregating in the same area, the best success seemed to be on slow trolled baits, but on certain days the tuna could also be enticed into striking on various lures. The cruiser fleet first found this bite, but with the lack of inshore fishing now going on, the pangas were making this longer than normal run in order to get into the action. Charters were averaging anywhere from one to seven fish per outing, with many larger hook ups being eventually lost, it was a good idea to use 80 pound mainline and anglers using fluorocarbon leaders reportedly had an advantage. Surprisingly the purseiners must be occupied elsewhere at this time, because there were no reports of them working on these same fishing rounds. It would be really nice if the fish came closer to shore, but for the time being it is worth the long haul, because there is no better action being found elsewhere.
Dorado were also being found near the schools of flying fish, though they were not as numerous as the tuna, about one in three boats had a dorado or two, sizes ranging up to 40 pounds. Striped marlin could be seen tailing, but not many hook ups were being reported, they were a few more sailfish reportedly landed this past week and a handful of wahoo were also accounted for, taken on trolled lures in open water, not on any specific high spot. Inshore fishing became very spotty, some days the pangas reported quality grouper, amberjack and pargo action, while using both live bait and yo-yos off the rock piles, but most days it was fortunate for anglers to have a half dozen fish in the box. It appears that the main run of roosterfish has now migrated through, there was a scattering roosters still being hooked up while trolling with live mullet along the local beaches. Rounding out the action were jack crevalle and a few late season trophy-sized sierra.
Good Fishing, Eric
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