 |
Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
July 27, 2003
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
July 27, 2003
The story this last week was much of the same, lots of warm sunshine, and even though Cabos San Lucas did have larger crowds of tourists, there were very few actual anglers in town. With the hot bite going on in Southern California for albacore and the more consistent fishing action now taking place off of the East Area, it appears that fishermen are busy elsewhere. Conditions have favorable for the most part, water temperature is averaging from 76 to 80 degrees, with the warmer water being found further offshore. There were a few days of gusty winds from the south and this attributed to cloudy greenish ocean conditions closer to shore. Overall the fishing has been below normal standards, but despite this there has been a variety of species available for anglers, though numbers were limited, fleets found striped marlin, dorado, tuna and wahoo offshore and along the shoreline jack crevalle, roosterfish and pargo made up most of the catch. Swells were at a minimal and for the time being there are no new storms developing off of the mainland Mexico. Bait supplies consisted of mackerel, caballito, mullet and occasional scoops of sardinas, inshore bait is now scattered and the pangueros now have to work harder to net the fresh bait.
Panga charters were concentrating closer to shore for a mix of bottomfish and jacks along the beaches. Roosterfish were still in the area, but nothing like they had been several weeks ago. Trolling with live mullet was the best way of finding a roosterfish and the ones that were hooked ranged from 10 to 40 pounds. Jack crevalle to 20 pounds and sierra to 5 pounds were also providing action, along with some pompano and pargo (dog tooth snapper). Many snapper were coming up to the trolled baits along the rocky beach stretches, but these fish can be finicky and tricky to hook on the live bait, some skippers are going to the double trap hook set up in hopes of increased their odds. Earlier in the week the La Playita pangas accounted for several wahoo while trolling lures in clear blue water off of La Fortuna, they were 30 to 40 pound fish, but once the water turned off color this bite shut down. The weather and ocean conditions can change particularly fast at this time of year and each day can be a completely different situation.
Dorado remained scarce, but most charters targeting billfish offshore averaged one or two of them in the 10 to 30 pound class. Striped marlin were still the most common marlin being found, though they were sluggish and often not interested in anglers baits. A few more blue marlin are showing, though most have weighed two hundred pounds or less. Of course there still is much talk about the huge black marlin that was lost after a marathon battle out of Cabo, this fish was reportedly over 1,500 pounds and possibly would have been a new all tackle world record.
The action off the beach for snook tapered off as the surf resided, these fish prefer the larger wave activity, it gets the bait moving and gives them better cover for ambushing their prey.
Good Fishing, Eric
More Fishing Reports:
|
|
|
|
