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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
September 21, 2003
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
September 21, 2003
The month of September is continuing to be a wash out, last week it was tropical Storm Linda and now this weekend it is Hurricane Marty that has developed and is now some 200 miles to the south. At first it appeared that Marty was going to head on a more westerly track, but at this time it has changed direction and is on a path that will bring the eye of the storm close to Todo Santos. Saturday night there was a major thunderstorm that dumped more than five inches of rain and more wet weather is expected for the next couple of days. Also most certainly the wind will increase and there certainly will be more flooding to deal with.
Before this latest storm swept in there was improved fishing action, it was not a wide open bite, but there was good variety and the prospects were looking good, as the water was clear and blue and more baitfish were being found on the offshore fishing grounds. There was a mix of yellowfin tuna, wahoo, dorado, pargo and marlin all being caught. There were limited supplies of live sardinas off of La Playita and for the boats that were lucky enough to obtain them, they found some good action for tuna in the 15 to 25 pound class, with the Gordo Banks being a hot spot. Wahoo were also starting to show a stronger presence, the areas from Chileno to Iman were produced wahoo up to 70 pounds on trolled jigs, though as always with wahoo, you had to be in the right place at the right time with the right type of lures. A group of divers on the Gordo Banks reported seeing schools of wahoo when they dove around the Bank and though they did not seem particularly anxious to strike the lures, some were being caught each day, once they do decide to go on the bite there will be some fast action. Black and blue marlin became more active as this latest storm developed and were striking on large live baits trolled around the Gordo Banks, at least several large marlin up to 350 pounds were reportedly caught in the recent days. Dorado were scattered, but some anglers got lucky when they found floating debris with schooling fish underneath, the problem was the limited live bait, the fish were not hitting lures that well and some quick thinking anglers did well stripping pieces of dorado bellies to catch more dorado, these fish can be cannibalistic at times.
All we can do now is wait for the weather to clear once again and then sportfishing operations will be back in action. Another couple of weeks and the wet weather usually is over with for the most part. We all are anxious to get back to work and anticipate an excellent fall fishing season. Many people visiting the southern Baja will not believe on how green it now is, looks more like a tropical rain forest than it does a desert.
Good fishing, Eric
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