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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
April 4, 2004
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
April 4, 2004
The start of springtime has brought with it weather patterns ranging from almost summer like to days that were cool, windy and cloudy. This is now a transition period, as air temperatures start to warm and cool winds from the north begin to diminish, winds from the south develop, ocean currents run rampant, migrating gamefish move in and out of local waters in search of their favorite food source. The weather and fishing action has varied daily, once the weather does stabilize, there is promising potential for a productive season to come. There was a cool weather front from the north that moved through the area this week and combined with winds from the south that pushed in a Pacific current, this attributed to plummeting water temperatures averaging 64 to 67 degrees.
Consistent fishing action was found for species that were close to shore or off the bottom. Supplies of mackerel were hard to find, but on most days there were caballito and sardinas available. The ocean temperature was cooler and rougher on the Pacific, so most fleets were concentrating on areas in the Sea of Cortez. There does seem to be plenty of spring breakers in town, but only limited numbers of anglers. Remember that this coming week is when the locals all go off on traditional multi-day camping trips to the various beaches, so make sure to double check your charter reservation to insure that your crew is not on vacation.
Action for striped marlin, dorado, yellowfin tuna and wahoo became very slim in recent days due to the chilly water conditions, but there was good success reported on species closer to shore that do prefer the cooler water. Pangas did particularly well on the rocky reefs to the north of Punta Gorda for amberjack, yellowtail, grouper and pargo. Anglers that retrieved iron jigs off the bottom had heavy strikes from fish weighing up to 25 pounds, most common fish that was hooked using this method was amberjack, but the same region was also producing a mix of yellowtail, grouper, pargo and a few pompano. Yo-yo style jigs in color combinations of brown, yellow, red and white proved very affective. Supplies of sardinas were diminished, they were now most plentiful off of the San Jose Estuary. Sierra dominated the action along the rocky shoreline, with Palmilla Point continuing to one of the hot spots. The fish weighed from 2 to 8 pounds and would readily strike on live bait as well as on various lures.
With the lack of inshore bait and the cold-water conditions there was not much activity reported by surf fishermen, just some occasional feeding frenzies by jack crevalle and early morning sierra.
Good fishing, Eric
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