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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
December 4, 2005
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
December 4, 2005
Anglers –
Moderate crowds of tourists were seen in Los Cabos this past week, we are now in a typical slack period between holidays, we expect in the next couple of weeks there will be increased numbers of people traveling south, especially as the temperatures in the U.S. continue to plummet. The north winds were relentless at the start of this past week, blowing all night long and throughout most of the day, anywhere from 15 to 20 miles per hour. Cooler days and more cloud cover, with daytime highs around 75 degrees. Water clarity was churned up from the winds and reported to be greenish throughout much or the region, the average water temperature ranged from 72 to 74 degrees. Live sardinas were now being found along the beaches from Red Hill to Santa Maria, which meant back tracking for anglers launching from La Playita panga fleets and then returning north to fish on the spots from La Fortuna to San Luis. Ocean swells were minimal, but the wind chop was significant on Monday and Tuesday and anglers were limited where they could actually fish. Fish counts were down due to the cooler and rough weather, but over the weekend bounced back up as the weather improved.
Most common daily catches were yellowfin tuna, skipjack and dorado, other species included striped marlin, amberjack, cabrilla, pargo, wahoo, sierra, roosterfish, triggerfish and rainbow runner. The panga fleets found the most consistent action north of Punta Gorda and the bait of choice was sardinas, though some trolling of surface lures and jigging with yo-yos was also producing mixed results.
Yellowfin tuna were found in schools mixed with a couple of varieties of skipjack, for the most part within several miles of the shore and the best bet was with live sardinas on light tackle. The yellowfin averaged 10 to 20 pounds, but several tuna up to 50 pounds were found in the same schools. Dorado continued to be scarce, though every one or two boats did have a couple in their fish box, they were found in the same areas as were the tuna.
With the cooler and greener water conditions it was tough to find wahoo, but everyday there was a handful of them being hooked into, the areas near Vinorama was most talked about, with most strikes coming on trolled skipjack, anglers for the most part have not been able to buy a strike from wahoo on lures. The ‘hoos that were brought in weighed from 25 to 45 pounds and as long as the water temperatures stays in the range of 73 to 75 degrees there should still be a chance at catching the elusive wahoo through the month of December.
Cruisers out of Cabo San Lucas reported good action for striped marlin, but the fish were to the north, 20 or more miles, striking on both live bait and lures. Off the beach anglers reported some small roosterfish, croakers, sierra and pompano, with early morning of late afternoon being best.
Sierra are showing more of a presence along the shorelines, more numerous on the Pacific side of Cabo, but also being caught in the Sea of Cortez, striking on bait and lures weighing up to 8 pounds.
The panga fleets from La Playita sent out approximately 84 charters for the week, with anglers having a fish count of: 2 striped marlin, 6 wahoo, 45 dorado, 380 yellowfin tuna, 450 skipjack, 28 pargo, 22 amberjack, 32 cabrilla, 84 sierra, 6 rainbow runner and 20 triggerfish.
Good fishing, Eric
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