04-09-2012, 03:14 PM
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000]April 2 - 8, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Assummer slowly approaches our weather starts to warm up and we had ourindications this week that summer will be here soon. We had a highof 94 degrees on Thursday along with a low of 72 degrees in themorning, our highest levels all week. Our average was 64 degrees inthe morning and 86 during the day. We had no cloud cover, it wassunny all week long with only light winds for the most part here inCabo, but with a good afternoon breeze on the Pacific side.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]While we experienced a “feel” of summer weather on land we alsoreceived a slight “feel” of summer water out on the fishinggrounds as the water off of the San Jose area warmed to as much as 74degrees this week. Combine that with the small swells and it wasalmost like fishing in August! Of course the water was not as warmas it will be then and there are no big Blue and Black Marlin aroundyet, but there were lots of fish in the area. On the Pacific side ofthe Cape the swells were a bit smaller than those we had last weekbut the water remained cool and slightly off color. With an averageof 64 degrees and an occasional cold spot of 61 degrees from close tothe beach to outside of the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks, youdid not encounter clean water until 40+ miles offshore. Directlysouth of Cabo and to the west to a line directly south of San Josethe water warmed a bit to 66 degrees but remained slightly green. East of the line directly south of San Jose the water warmed to 73-74degrees and was blue. All this was of the end of the week, as thewarm water stared much closer to Cabo at the beginning of the weekand slowly moved to the east over the 7 days.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballitoand Mackerel as well as a few Mullet could be had for $3 per bait. Afew of the bait boats had “frozen” ballyhoo for between $3-4,each, but you never know how many times they had been “frozen”.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: The marlin we were seeing last week between the 1150 and Punta Gordawere still there this week, but they were not as hungry as they werelast week. The full moon has a strong effect on the feeding patternsand once the moon starts to wane these fish should start to feedagain. Meanwhile, it was frustrating to toss bait in front of thesefish just to see them ignore it, but once in a while one of theMarlin took an interest and bit. In the same area we were seeingplenty of Thresher sharks, and occasionally one of them would bite. Mix them in with an occasional Mako shark and there was a decentchance to catch something offshore this week.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Still not showing up with any numbers, there werea few football fish to be found mixed in with porpoise, but youreally had to check out a large number of porpoise pods beforefinding Tuna. Once in a while someone would hook into a decent fishover 60 pounds, but they were few and far between. A few boats weremaking the run from Cabo up to the Inman Banks area and catching Tunato 60 pounds on drifted Sardines, but it was a real scratch to getone hooked, and there were plenty of times it was a wasted trip, butfor those who only wanted to target Yellowfin, it was just about theonly game in town.
[#000000]DORADO: The warm water off of San Joseproduced the few Dorado we saw this week with the smaller and morecommon fish being in the 10 pound class and found close to the beach. I did see several larger Dorado, the biggest being 42 pounds, thatwere caught offshore by boats fishing for Marlin. There were nonumbers on these fish as they were all singles, but as the waterwarms up there should be more of them around.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: Still none that I heard of thisweek, and I was surprised since Easter is the full moon. Perhaps aswith the Marlin, the bite will happen on the waning moon.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Inshore action continued strongthis week with Yellowtail to 35 pounds, Sierra that averaged 4pounds, small Roosterfish of less than 10 pounds and some decent JackCrevalle to 20 pounds. Almost all the Yellowtail action took placeon the Pacific side in water between 80 and 120 feet deep. Findingthe fish and then going back over the spot again and again producednumbers, but having a good fish finder on the boat really helped asthis week the fish were constantly on the move. Often you had tospend 10 or 15 minutes finding the school after catching one or twofish. As far as the Sierra are concerned, the favorite areas werejust off the beach in front of the Diamante Golf Course on thePacific side and in front of Cabo Real Golf Course on the Cortezside. Small hootchies in ping and chartreuse as well as Sardinesworked well. The Roosterfish were small but aggressive, trying toeat any live bait that was slow trolled on the surface, but the bestresults came from continual casting of plugs into the surf from theboat, and retrieving it in a walk-the-dog style. With an occasionalJack Crevalle crashing the party you never knew what was going tobite![/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! It's a really great one.[/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: This weeks report was written to themusic of Mason Proffit on their album “Come and Gone” released byFlaming Arrow Records with some of the music having been recorded asearly as 1976. The Talbot brothers were great musicians and a biginfluence on a lot of us. It's Easter day, time to get cooking![/#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]April 2 - 8, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Assummer slowly approaches our weather starts to warm up and we had ourindications this week that summer will be here soon. We had a highof 94 degrees on Thursday along with a low of 72 degrees in themorning, our highest levels all week. Our average was 64 degrees inthe morning and 86 during the day. We had no cloud cover, it wassunny all week long with only light winds for the most part here inCabo, but with a good afternoon breeze on the Pacific side.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]While we experienced a “feel” of summer weather on land we alsoreceived a slight “feel” of summer water out on the fishinggrounds as the water off of the San Jose area warmed to as much as 74degrees this week. Combine that with the small swells and it wasalmost like fishing in August! Of course the water was not as warmas it will be then and there are no big Blue and Black Marlin aroundyet, but there were lots of fish in the area. On the Pacific side ofthe Cape the swells were a bit smaller than those we had last weekbut the water remained cool and slightly off color. With an averageof 64 degrees and an occasional cold spot of 61 degrees from close tothe beach to outside of the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks, youdid not encounter clean water until 40+ miles offshore. Directlysouth of Cabo and to the west to a line directly south of San Josethe water warmed a bit to 66 degrees but remained slightly green. East of the line directly south of San Jose the water warmed to 73-74degrees and was blue. All this was of the end of the week, as thewarm water stared much closer to Cabo at the beginning of the weekand slowly moved to the east over the 7 days.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballitoand Mackerel as well as a few Mullet could be had for $3 per bait. Afew of the bait boats had “frozen” ballyhoo for between $3-4,each, but you never know how many times they had been “frozen”.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: The marlin we were seeing last week between the 1150 and Punta Gordawere still there this week, but they were not as hungry as they werelast week. The full moon has a strong effect on the feeding patternsand once the moon starts to wane these fish should start to feedagain. Meanwhile, it was frustrating to toss bait in front of thesefish just to see them ignore it, but once in a while one of theMarlin took an interest and bit. In the same area we were seeingplenty of Thresher sharks, and occasionally one of them would bite. Mix them in with an occasional Mako shark and there was a decentchance to catch something offshore this week.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Still not showing up with any numbers, there werea few football fish to be found mixed in with porpoise, but youreally had to check out a large number of porpoise pods beforefinding Tuna. Once in a while someone would hook into a decent fishover 60 pounds, but they were few and far between. A few boats weremaking the run from Cabo up to the Inman Banks area and catching Tunato 60 pounds on drifted Sardines, but it was a real scratch to getone hooked, and there were plenty of times it was a wasted trip, butfor those who only wanted to target Yellowfin, it was just about theonly game in town.
[#000000]DORADO: The warm water off of San Joseproduced the few Dorado we saw this week with the smaller and morecommon fish being in the 10 pound class and found close to the beach. I did see several larger Dorado, the biggest being 42 pounds, thatwere caught offshore by boats fishing for Marlin. There were nonumbers on these fish as they were all singles, but as the waterwarms up there should be more of them around.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: Still none that I heard of thisweek, and I was surprised since Easter is the full moon. Perhaps aswith the Marlin, the bite will happen on the waning moon.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Inshore action continued strongthis week with Yellowtail to 35 pounds, Sierra that averaged 4pounds, small Roosterfish of less than 10 pounds and some decent JackCrevalle to 20 pounds. Almost all the Yellowtail action took placeon the Pacific side in water between 80 and 120 feet deep. Findingthe fish and then going back over the spot again and again producednumbers, but having a good fish finder on the boat really helped asthis week the fish were constantly on the move. Often you had tospend 10 or 15 minutes finding the school after catching one or twofish. As far as the Sierra are concerned, the favorite areas werejust off the beach in front of the Diamante Golf Course on thePacific side and in front of Cabo Real Golf Course on the Cortezside. Small hootchies in ping and chartreuse as well as Sardinesworked well. The Roosterfish were small but aggressive, trying toeat any live bait that was slow trolled on the surface, but the bestresults came from continual casting of plugs into the surf from theboat, and retrieving it in a walk-the-dog style. With an occasionalJack Crevalle crashing the party you never knew what was going tobite![/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! It's a really great one.[/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: This weeks report was written to themusic of Mason Proffit on their album “Come and Gone” released byFlaming Arrow Records with some of the music having been recorded asearly as 1976. The Talbot brothers were great musicians and a biginfluence on a lot of us. It's Easter day, time to get cooking![/#000000]
[#000000]Have a great week, catch lots of fish, andget those reservations for Cabo made![/#000000]
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