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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
May 30, 2004
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Anglers -
May 30, 2004
As we creep closer to summer, the weather is becoming increasingly warmer with each passing week. Vacationers are now enjoying nearly perfect all around conditions, virtually cloudless skies, with high temperatures in the 80s, slight ocean swells and not much wind, except for on the Pacific. The last weekend of May is when the Mexican National holiday of “Dia de La Marina “ is celebrated. Particularly enthusiastic for this event are the residents whose work is in the fishing industry. The village of La Playita traditionally has one of the largest fiestas in the area, though with the new Puerto Los Cabos marina project now being constructed, this will perhaps be the final year that it is held in traditional fashion.
Anglers found offshore action to be limited mainly to striped marlin, big numbers of marlin were being found from 2 to15 miles out throughout the region of the Sea of Cortez. Stripers were seen tailing on the surface and would strike best on live baits, though at times they were not easy to entice and took repeated attempts. The size of the marlin ranged from 90 to150 pounds. Their stomachs were plugged with squid and that could be part of the reason the fi were not always excited when seeing other baits presented to them. The clarity of the water has been cloudy and greenish through much of the region and the temperature has varied from a chilly 60s off of the Pacific to as high as mid 70s further into the Sa of Cortez, over the weekend the warmer water was pushing back into the area of the Gordo Banks, so perhaps the action there will improve this coming week. Anglers did find a scattering of other offshore species, including dorado, yellowfin tuna, wahoo and mako shark, but the numbers on these fish were very limited at this time.
Local panga fleets found the most consistent bite to be closer to shore, areas from Punta Gorda to San Luis were producing impressive catches of pargo, several different varieties, most common being the pargo colorado, they averaged 8 to 15 pounds, striking on trolled live bait in water depths of 20 to 50 feet. The same areas were producing monstrous strikes from dogtooth snappers weighing over 50 pounds, these brutes preferred live mullet and once hooked they were nearly impossible to muscle away from the nearby rocks. The majority of the largest hook ups resulted in cut lines, though other
specimens weighing 20 to 50 pounds were landed.
Other inshore action included sierra, though their numbers were not like they were earlier in the spring the size of some of these late season speedsters were impressive, 5 to 10 pounds. Roosterfish are becoming more common along the local beaches, attracted by schooling baitfish, the area of La Laguna, just south of Punta Gorda, produced roosters to 40 pounds and surf fishermen off the beach reported wide-open action in the late afternoon. Jack crevalle also continued to patrol local beaches and providing additional sport.
Good Fishing, Eric
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