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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
January 25, 2004
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
January 25, 2004
Many people who visit Baja in the wintertime do not realize that the weather is not always warm and sunny. In fact much of this past week it was down right chilly by local standards, though by the weekend the sun was shinning again and the high temperatures did reach 75 degrees. There was scattered cloud cover and at times some light rain, though nothing like the drenching the area received last week. The north winds that can be so dominating at this time of year, has not been too strong recently, breezes ranged 4 to 8 miles per hour. The cooler air temperatures did contribute to the water temperatures now dropping to as low as 69 or 70 degrees in certain areas, though further offshore the water was closer to 73 or 74 degrees. Live bait supplies consisted of sardinas and mackerel.
Anglers found the most consistent offshore action from Chileno to the Gordo Banks, anywhere from 10 to 20 miles out, this is where the warmer and cleaner blue water was being located. The majority of the cruiser fleets were making the longer offshore run to get into the striped marlin and dorado bite, though as the action started to shift closer to shore the smaller pangas were also able to get into the action. Striped marlin were thick in certain spots, with boats catching an average of two, three and even four per day, they were readily striking on lures and would also eagerly hit dropped back mackerel. Most of the marlin were weighing in the 80 to 120 pound class, there were also a scattering of sailfish caught from the same region, they are not a common species for the winter season. A few anglers also got lucky when they hooked into wahoo on lures intended for billfish or dorado in the blue water, though most of the wahoo have now headed south in search of warmer water. Dorado were found throughout the same areas as the billfish, most of the time in small schools, though if you were lucky enough to find floating debris the numbers were much higher. The sizes ranged from 10 to 30 pounds.
Very limited action was reported recently for yellowfin tuna, though this situation could change at any time. Long range boats out of San Diego have had some of their best early season catches on hog sized tuna in recent weeks, while fishing off the Pacific coast of Baja.
Inshore action continued to be dominated by sierra, they were being found practically along all rocky beaches, hitting on sardinas, hoochies and rapalas. Off the bottom there were more pargo and cabrilla now being found off the various rock piles, most of the pargo were 5 to 10 pounds and some of the cabrilla were up to 20 pounds.
Good Fishing, Eric
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