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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
April 9, 2006
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
April 9, 2006
Anglers –
Crowds of spring breakers are now arriving in Los Cabos and they are being greeted with plenty of warm sunshine. Daytime temperatures have been reaching close to 80 degrees and there was only moderate winds blowing out of the north, ideal all around conditions. This week the water temperatures ranged from the upper 60s on the Pacific to an average of 70 to 73 in the lower Sea of Cortez. There was a slight increase in offshore swell activity and a stronger current than the previous period, but despite this the water conditions did appear to improve, cleaner blue water was moving closer to shore and once again the water was on a warming trend. Bait supplies consisted of varying amounts of sardina, mullet, caballito and mackerel. Fleets were concentrating their efforts from straight out of Cabo San Lucas north to Red Hill and Desteladera.
Through the first part of the week anglers found very good action off of Palmilla Point for a mix of yellowtail, amberjack, grouper and sierra. The fish were striking best on yo-yo jigs retrieved off the bottom. Yellowtail were coming in at a rate of 2 to 8 per boat weighing up to 25 pounds, with a handful of quality cabrilla and amberjack mixed in. Sierra up to 5 pounds were in the same area and were cutting off jigs as anglers were trying to drop to the bottom in order to target the larger species. This bite faded out towards the end of the week, one of the reasons being the heavy boat pressure and a pack of sea lions that took up residence waiting for the chance of an easy catch.
Striped marlin continued to be the dominant offshore catch, scattered throughout the area, anywhere from 5 to 20 miles out, striking on lures and bait, boats targeting the billfish were averaging one or two per day, with some charters accounting for even more. Sizes on the stripers were typically 90 to 150 pounds. Still no yellowfin tuna action to be found locally, though quite a few commercial purseiners were seen passing through the area. Dorado were also scarce, though a few fish up to 25 pounds were accounted for by the boats targeting the marlin further from shore.
Over the weekend the warming trend of the water brought in a few wahoo, several fish to over 40 pounds were landed from pangas trolling lures several miles off of Red Hill and earlier there was an unconfirmed report of a wahoo close to 90 pounds landed off of a cruiser. It is the time of year that wahoo start to migrate back into local waters, so this is an encouraging sign that a bite on these elusive speedsters might develop soon.
Not much going on off the rock piles to the north of Punta Gorda recently, with the exception of some Mexican bonito and a scattered bite on various pargo species. Bottom fishing proved to be much better off of Palmilla, and it was also a lot closer to the launching areas.
The combined panga fleets off of La Playita sent out approximately 48 charters for the week and anglers accounted for a fish count of: 3 striped marlin, 3 wahoo, 6 dorado, 2 mako shark, 26 cabrilla, 42 pargo, 15 amberjack, 36 bonito, 86 yellowtail and 92 sierra.
Good Fishing, Eric
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