02-20-2012, 03:31 PM
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000]February 13 - 19, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]It'sonly February but the March winds have started. On Tuesday a breezestarted up and continued to grow stronger throughout the morning, tothe point that the Port Captain closed us to the exit of Pangas about11AM. The clouds started to move in during the afternoon and we hadcloudy skies with a stiff wind on Wednesday, Thursday the clouds hadgone away but the wind was still blowing. Bu Saturday the winds haddied down so there was just wind in the afternoon, and that was nottoo strong. The wind also brought us cold weather, I believe that onWednesday the warmest we saw was 71 degrees while the coldest wereached was 51 degrees. Of course last year we got down to 47degrees so we do have a little to be thankful of![/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]At the end of the week there was a band of 65 degree water runningalong the beach on the Pacific side that extended out a distance of 8miles. West of there, across the Golden Gate and San Jaime banks towarmed just a touch to 66 degrees. Right in front of the Cape we had68 degrees while farther up on the Cortez side, from Red Hill to the1150 and across to Punta Gorda the water was a balmy 72 degrees. Thecool water on the Pacific was slightly green while the water on theCortez side was a nice blue color.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Mackereland Caballito were the baits available at the normal $3 each andthere was a very limited supply of Sardinas to be found if you wentto San Jose.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: While the bait stays away so do the Marlin and very few StripedMarlin were caught this week, at least in comparison to years past. Not that there were not fish out there, boats reported seeing threeor four per day, but they are not eating. On Tuesday I watched theboats coming in and saw only one Marlin flag flying for about 20boats. The fish that were caught this week seemed to bite live baitrather than striking lure, at least most of them did. And, to toss abit of surprise into the fishing pot out there, a 575 pound BlueMarlin was brought in by a boat on Thursday. I did not get muchinformation on the fish but assume it was caught in the warmer wateron the Cortez side of the Cape.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Way offshore and far away were the Yellowfin Tunathis week. You either traveled 35 miles to the south and west or 35miles up the coast on the Cortez side. Either direction it was acrap-shoot as if you did find the fish they would not always bit. Tothe south and west boats were looking for, and occasionally findingpods of porpoise, and some of them held fish. A good location mightresult in three or four of them, and once in a while a dozen or so,but the sizes were not great averaging just 12 pounds. Boatstraveling up the Sea of Cortez were going to the Inman Bank area,chumming and drifting with Sardinas and chunk bait. Light leader anda quite boat were the key to these fish which were in the 30-50 poundclass, but shy. You had to weed your way through the skip-jack, butat least you had a shot.
[#000000]DORADO: I thought that the Dorado were gone,but there were a few caught this week, a big surprise since the wateris so cool. Most of the fish I saw and heard of were small ones,less than 10 pounds but there were a few that may have been 18 poundsor so. Anglers getting them were fishing for Yellowtail just off thebeach or Yellowfin up by the Inman Banks. Live bait was the key butsome of them bit on chunks baits as well.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: I did not see or hear of a Wahoocaught this week, but don't doubt there were a few caught. All thered and orange flags I saw were being flown for Sierra.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Yellowtail were the fish of theweek but shared the title with Sierra. More Sierra than Yellowtail,but the Yellowtail were larger and fought harder. Almost all theaction on both species happen just off the beach on the Pacific sideon the cool water. Both live bait and yo-yo's worked and the clue asalways was to be in the right spot. Finding marks on the depthsounder, or drifting until a bite happened was necessary, thenfiguring out the current and drift and going over the spot time aftertime resulted in some fine catches. One of the boats we had out hadone angler aboard and landed 5 Yellowtail that were between 15 and 25pounds, a real nice result for 5 hours fishing. Other speciesavailable were grouper and snapper as well as some smallrooster-fish.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Cold weather or not, it's nice thatwe have some fish to target out there, and Yellowtail is not onlygreat to eat, they also fight like the devil! Offshore fishing wassketchy this week, the best fishing occurred near the beach, andthere was the added bonus of being able to watch the whales as well.Thanks for reading the blog and the report![/#000000]
[#000000]Have a great week, catch lots of fish, andget those reservations for Cabo made![/#000000]
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000]February 13 - 19, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]It'sonly February but the March winds have started. On Tuesday a breezestarted up and continued to grow stronger throughout the morning, tothe point that the Port Captain closed us to the exit of Pangas about11AM. The clouds started to move in during the afternoon and we hadcloudy skies with a stiff wind on Wednesday, Thursday the clouds hadgone away but the wind was still blowing. Bu Saturday the winds haddied down so there was just wind in the afternoon, and that was nottoo strong. The wind also brought us cold weather, I believe that onWednesday the warmest we saw was 71 degrees while the coldest wereached was 51 degrees. Of course last year we got down to 47degrees so we do have a little to be thankful of![/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]At the end of the week there was a band of 65 degree water runningalong the beach on the Pacific side that extended out a distance of 8miles. West of there, across the Golden Gate and San Jaime banks towarmed just a touch to 66 degrees. Right in front of the Cape we had68 degrees while farther up on the Cortez side, from Red Hill to the1150 and across to Punta Gorda the water was a balmy 72 degrees. Thecool water on the Pacific was slightly green while the water on theCortez side was a nice blue color.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Mackereland Caballito were the baits available at the normal $3 each andthere was a very limited supply of Sardinas to be found if you wentto San Jose.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: While the bait stays away so do the Marlin and very few StripedMarlin were caught this week, at least in comparison to years past. Not that there were not fish out there, boats reported seeing threeor four per day, but they are not eating. On Tuesday I watched theboats coming in and saw only one Marlin flag flying for about 20boats. The fish that were caught this week seemed to bite live baitrather than striking lure, at least most of them did. And, to toss abit of surprise into the fishing pot out there, a 575 pound BlueMarlin was brought in by a boat on Thursday. I did not get muchinformation on the fish but assume it was caught in the warmer wateron the Cortez side of the Cape.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Way offshore and far away were the Yellowfin Tunathis week. You either traveled 35 miles to the south and west or 35miles up the coast on the Cortez side. Either direction it was acrap-shoot as if you did find the fish they would not always bit. Tothe south and west boats were looking for, and occasionally findingpods of porpoise, and some of them held fish. A good location mightresult in three or four of them, and once in a while a dozen or so,but the sizes were not great averaging just 12 pounds. Boatstraveling up the Sea of Cortez were going to the Inman Bank area,chumming and drifting with Sardinas and chunk bait. Light leader anda quite boat were the key to these fish which were in the 30-50 poundclass, but shy. You had to weed your way through the skip-jack, butat least you had a shot.
[#000000]DORADO: I thought that the Dorado were gone,but there were a few caught this week, a big surprise since the wateris so cool. Most of the fish I saw and heard of were small ones,less than 10 pounds but there were a few that may have been 18 poundsor so. Anglers getting them were fishing for Yellowtail just off thebeach or Yellowfin up by the Inman Banks. Live bait was the key butsome of them bit on chunks baits as well.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: I did not see or hear of a Wahoocaught this week, but don't doubt there were a few caught. All thered and orange flags I saw were being flown for Sierra.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Yellowtail were the fish of theweek but shared the title with Sierra. More Sierra than Yellowtail,but the Yellowtail were larger and fought harder. Almost all theaction on both species happen just off the beach on the Pacific sideon the cool water. Both live bait and yo-yo's worked and the clue asalways was to be in the right spot. Finding marks on the depthsounder, or drifting until a bite happened was necessary, thenfiguring out the current and drift and going over the spot time aftertime resulted in some fine catches. One of the boats we had out hadone angler aboard and landed 5 Yellowtail that were between 15 and 25pounds, a real nice result for 5 hours fishing. Other speciesavailable were grouper and snapper as well as some smallrooster-fish.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Cold weather or not, it's nice thatwe have some fish to target out there, and Yellowtail is not onlygreat to eat, they also fight like the devil! Offshore fishing wassketchy this week, the best fishing occurred near the beach, andthere was the added bonus of being able to watch the whales as well.Thanks for reading the blog and the report![/#000000]
[#000000]Have a great week, catch lots of fish, andget those reservations for Cabo made![/#000000]
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