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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
March 7, 2004
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
March 7, 2004
This winter has been one of the coolest in recent memory, persistent cloud cover has often kept the high daytime temperature hovering around the 70-degree mark. Of course there has also been the relentless winds from the north that has attributed to the water temperature dropping to an average of 67 to 68 degrees. With each passing week the days are becoming warmer and the skies are clearer, springtime is just around the corner and anticipation is high that crowds of spring breakers will soon be traveling to the Los Cabos area. The local construction boom is continuing and the new marina project in La Playita is now officially underway.
Anglers found a wide variety of fish available, but the overall catches were not up to Cabo standards, much of the reason due to the cooler water temperatures and unpredictable wind conditions. Offshore the main species continued to be yellowfin tuna, though the bite did drop off compared to last week and the boats heading towards the Pacific found more consistent action. Most of the tuna were associated with porpoise, being found from 5 to 25 miles offshore, striking on lures as well as live bait. The yellowfin ranged from 20 to over 100 pounds, off of San Jose del Cabo there was a 200-pound tuna landed from the cruiser “Leona”. The band of warmer water that had been found offshore has now dissipated and the clarity of the water has varied from day to day, so the bite has been hit or miss, but for the anglers who were in the right place at the right time, they accounted for some exceptional catches.
Dorado were now scarce in the cooler water, but everyday there were a handful of 10 to 20 pound dodos being accounted for, no particular place being more productive than the other. Often anglers reported seeing dorado feeding, but it was a different story enticing these fish to bite. The striped marlin bite was also off, though there was a percentage of charters that were finding one or two striped marlin hook ups per day while trolling lures or casting baits to tailing fish. On a couple days there were giant squid encountered and boats were able to load up on big numbers of squid in the 20 to 40 pound class, more calamari than anyone knew what to do with.
Inshore the main action found was for sierra, though their numbers were down from previous weeks, they hit best on live sardinas, which were still available but not nearly abundant as they had been. Jack crevalle to 15 pounds are now becoming more common along the beaches, striking on trolled sardinas and testing the limits of light tackle enthusiasts. Off the bottom pangueros found a mix of pargo, cabrilla, grouper and amberjack while using mackerel, sardinas, red crabs and yo-yos. One very impressive 75-pound broomtail grouper was caught off of La Fortuna and several amberjack to 30 pounds.
Good Fishing, Eric
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