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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
April 25, 2004
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
April 25, 2004
With spring break and the United States tax deadline now officially past there are only moderate crowds visiting the Los Cabos area, we expect numbers of anglers will increase during the coming month of May as they normally do. The climate has been warming steadily, daytime temperatures are now reaching the mid 80s and the skies have been clear with the exception of some early morning marine haze. Water temperatures also warmed this past week, with water close to shore ranging 73 to 74 degrees. Ocean conditions have generally been calm except midweek when there were strong winds from the south, swells did increase some and made for tricky launching for panga fleets out of La Playita, though surfers were pleased. Live sardinas along the shoreline became scattered due to the swell and the marauding schools of jack crevalle, which at the start of the week provided surf anglers with wide-open feeding frenzy action. Sportfishing fleets found varied action throughout the region, with the more consistent fishing being found offshore of the San Jose del Cabo area. Catches included, striped marlin, dorado, yellowfin tuna, wahoo, skipjack, pargo, sierra, jack crevalle, cabrilla, yellowtail and amberjack.
As many as a half dozen full size tuna seiners were seen in the area and this had a direct impact on the action for yellowfin, though early in the week fleets were finding good action anywhere from 8 to 20 miles offshore on tuna ranging in sizes from 5 to 50 pounds. It is a shame that the government does not restrict these ships from setting their gear so close to sportfishing interests. Dorado were spread out in these same areas, though the numbers were not large, the size of the fish being found were impressive, with most of the specimens landed ranging from 20 to 50 pounds, striking mainly on trolled lures. Wahoo became more active with the warmer water as well, everyday there were a handful of these speedsters being accounted for, striking on various lures and ranging in sizes from 30 to 75 pounds. They were found on the Inner Gordo Banks early in the morning, but the pressure from the numerous cruisers and pangas alike would put the ‘hoo off the bite, only to bite again later in the day when the traffic thinned out.
Striped marlin were found in big numbers off of San Jose, they would readily hit live mackerel and also many were hooked on trolled lures. Size averaged 100 to 130 pounds. Over the weekend the billfish could be seen feeding on balled up schools of bait and the majority of the cruiser fleet were working this area.
Inshore the numbers of sierra diminished and with the preferred bait of sardinas becoming harder to find the action for these fish was limited, with Palmilla Point still one of the better spots. Not as many roosterfish were seen in recent days, there was more jack crevalle than any other species along the shoreline.
Good Fishing, Eric
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