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Fishing Report for San Jose del Cabo, Baja
Capt. Eric Brictson
January 21, 2007
San Jose del Cabo - Saltwater Fishing Report
January 21, 2007
Anglers –
Tourists that were vacationing in Los Cabos this past week definitely found out that Southern Baja does indeed have a winter season. Temperatures plummeted into the 50s and daytime highs often did not even reach 70 degrees, which is very rare for this tropical paradise. There was not much sunshine this week, mostly cloudy and during the later part of the week there was rain, it did not amount to that much measurable rainfall, since it was mostly steady drizzle, but some areas did report over one inch of rain and it was enough to wash the dust off of the vegetation and keep the dust down for a while. Winds continued to blow from the north, averaging 10 to 15 miles per hour, this contributed to plummeting the water temperature to the 70 to 71 range and also made for cloudy greener water conditions.
Live bait supplies for sardinas and mackerel were adequate on most days, though sardinas were more scattered and pangueros had to search for them and often did not find them until later in the morning. Mackerel are now schooling off of San Jose del Cabo and on most days anglers were able to jig up sufficient supplies.
Despite the cold wintry conditions anglers actually had good reports of offshore action for this time of year, the main species were striped marlin, dorado and a handful of yellowfin tuna. Marlin were scattered throughout the area, anywhere from 2 to 10 miles from shore, often seen riding the wind swells or tailing on the surface and would strike on dropped back baits, often they seemed to have lock jaw, but at other times with persistence they would take the bait. Most of the marlin hooked into were weighing in the 80 to 130 pound class. With the increased bait activity on the local fishing grounds there has been respectable numbers of dorado being accounted for, we will see how long that lasts now that the water temperature is near the 70 degree mark, which typically is the time when these tropical fish head further south in search of more temperate conditions. Dorado were striking on various medium sized lures and on whole and strip baits, average fish were 5 to 15 pounds, but a few fish up to 30 pounds were also mixed in.
There were reports of yellowfin tuna from the Gordo Banks, they were not numerous, but some boats accounted for up to three fish while using chunk bait or sardinas, tough using live sardinas though because of the pesky skipjack. The yellowfin that were landed weighed in the 20 to 60 pound range. Good numbers of tuna also came up closer to shore off of Punta Gorda, but these fish proved to be very shy about biting the baits with hooks in them, though they would readily feed on the free swimming chum.
There still was no consistent bottom or inshore action being found, though there was a mix of cabrilla, pargo, sierra and roosterfish found in limited numbers. Earlier in the week when the wind made for uncomfortable offshore conditions anglers reports some excellent action for roosterfish up to 20 pounds while trolling with mackerel along the beach stretches from La Laguna to La Playita.
The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita sent out approximately 44 charters for the week, with anglers accounting for a fish count of: 18 striped marlin, 3 mako sharks, 22 yellowfin tuna, 92 dorado, 14 bonito, 6 amberjack, 9 pompano, 12 cabrilla, 18 sierra, 28 roosterfish, 38 pargo and 32 triggerfish.
Good Fishing, Eric
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