 |
Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
August 6, 2006
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
August 6, 2006
Anglers –
There was a light crowd of tourists in town, but this week visitors enjoyed calm conditions as compared to tropical storms of last week. Clear sunny skies, very light breeze, calm seas, with hot and very humid conditions pretty sum up the climate. At this time there are no new storm systems that have developed to the south, though with water temperatures averaging 80 to 85 degrees tropical systems are ripe to form on short notice.
Live bait had become scattered after last week’s storm but with the calmer swells sardinas are once again plentiful off of the San Jose Estuary area. Schools of bolito and skipjack were found on the offshore fishing grounds, but they proved hard to catch after the early morning hours. The water clarity became off colored and greenish due to the stormy ocean conditions this past week and this slowed down the billfish action particularly, but cleaner water is now being reported with each passing day, especially on the fishing grounds from Iman to San Luis and as long as the weather remains favorable we expect the billfish action to improve shortly.
The most consistent bite was for yellowfin tuna, schools of fish could be seen feeding at times, ranging in sizes to well over one hundred pounds. Though most of the fish that were biting were in the 15 to 50 pound range, being found by trolling lures such as hoochies and rapalas and then while chumming up the rest of the school a few more hook ups could quickly result before moving on to chase the school once again. Live sardinas proved to be the most consistent bait, though bolito were still working well for a chance at larger fish, though they were not easy to catch, especially after the sun rose higher in the sky.
Dorado counts dropped off since last week’s rain made the water murky, but some fish as large as forty pounds were accounted for, scattered throughout the same area where the yellowfin tuna were schooling. Striking on lures and bait, though more of the dorado landed were in the 8 to 18 pound class. Some charters reports as many as ten dorado per day, but the average catch was more like one, two or three.
Other catches included a few sailfish up to 100 pounds, striped marlin to 140 pounds, amberjack to 25 pounds on yo-yo jigs off of San Luis Bank, a few wahoo to 30 pounds and a mix of smaller snapper. Overall there was not much to report for consistent bottomfish action, strong current to deal with as well. Likewise the report for inshore fishing was very slow, just a few stray medium sized jack crevalle and roosterfish.
Surf fishermen also had very little to report this past week, a few off season sierra, jacks and manta rays highlighted the action.
The La Playita panga fleets sent out approximately 51 panga charters for the week and anglers accounted for a fish count of: 4 striped marlin, 6 sailfish, 4 wahoo, 92 dorado, 225 yellowfin tuna, 29 amberjack, 6 cabrilla, 12 huachinango, 22 yellowtail snapper, 22 jack crevalle, 6 roosterfish and 38 bonito.
Good fishing, Eric
More Fishing Reports:
|
|
|
|
