05-07-2012, 02:08 PM
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000]April 30 – May 6, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Thiswas a very strange, yet very great week for weather in Cabo as wereceived our first rain in almost a year! It was sunny and warm allweek with the temperatures at 6 AM in the mid 70's while in theevenings it stayed warm, at 9 PM on Saturday it was still 85 degrees. Our first rain in almost a year arrived unexpectedly on Friday,which for some reason was also the best sea surface temperature shotsof the week, amazing with the cloud cover we had. The front moved infrom the southwest with heavy cloud combined with plenty of lightningand thunder. The animals were hiding under the bed with all thebooms and rolling vibrations! The rain was not a large amount, justenough to get the cars good and dirty with runnels of water coursingdown the dust, but it did manage to give the trees and plants a mushneeded cleaning, and knocked the dust down for a while. The earlypart of the week saw mostly cloudy skies and after Friday the skiescleared up and we had sun and fun![/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]The water has started to change on us with warm water moving in fromthe east. Off of the Gorda Banks area we are seeing blue water at 78degrees, changing to 74 degrees between San Jose and Cabo while infront of Cabo it is 72 degrees. On the Pacific side of the Cape wehave 70 degrees below the San Jaime Banks and 67 degrees above it. That colder water above the San Jaime is green and just off the beachinside the Golden Gate Bank not only is it cold,but it is a verydirty red/green color. On the surface the Pacific side has had someswells to 8 feet with most of them averaging 4-6 feet. On the Cortezside of the Cape it has been smaller at 3-5 feet and spaced fairlyfar apart. The only real bad day on the water this week was onFriday when the front moved through, I would not have wanted to beout there after 1 PM![/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Theusual Caballito and Mackerel with a few Mullet at the normal $3 perbait along with a few Sardines, but they are becoming more and morescarce recently. A few of the bait boats have been carrying frozenBallyhoo, but you have to be careful as some of them have beenfrozen, thawed and re-frozen when they don't sell the first day. That kind of bait falls apart very quickly.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: Fishing for Striped Marlin was mostly concentrated in the areabetween the 1150 and the Gorda Banks as that is where the bait was. It was common early in the week to see dozens of fish either sleepingor tailing on the surface and you could actually find a few that werehungry. A good trip early in the week resulted in 4 to 6 releaseswhile an average trip might have one or two. As the week went on andthe moon became larger the bite dropped off as did the number of fishseen. I went on Wednesday and we saw 13 fish, resulting in 8 strikeswith four of these released. I heard of a Blue Marlin being caughtearly in the week but do not know the size or where it was supposedto have been caught.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It is a waiting game for the Yellowfin still, andwhile there are a few small fish being caught there are no numbers. The only fish I heard of this week were caught 7 miles to thesouthwest of the arch in the blind, striking on cedar plugs. Oneboat brought in tree out of five fish and another boated one out ofthree strikes. The fish were footballs of about 8-10 pounds. I didnot hear of any other Yellowfin caught within our normal operatingrange. By the way, the boat that caught the three Yellowfin alsocaught and released a Marlin on that cedar plug!
[#000000]DORADO: Once again there were a few Doradocaught in the warm water in the Sea of Cortez. Small fish were foundclose to the beach while there were a few larger nice sized fishfound offshore by boats fishing for Marlin. No real numbers werereported by any of the boats, but it seems to be a sign of goodthings to come![/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: The full moon resulted in a fewWahoo but no large numbers. There were more strikes resulting in cutoff lures and baits than there were fish caught! Maybe 15% of theboats had a Wahoo strike and half of those managed to get one to theboat. Average size on the speedsters was 25 pounds.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: The Yellowtail bite has droppedoff and the Sierra have taken over the position of the fish of theweek for the anglers fishing inshore. Not that the Yellowtail aren'tout there, it's just that the numbers have dropped off. Toss in anoccasional Amberjack, Grouper and a few Snapper and fishing the beachhas been the best way to insure having something to eat for dinner! The best areas have been from the lighthouse on the Pacific side tothe arch, and on the Sea of Cortes from Chileano Bay to PalmillaPoint.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: This weeks report was written to themusic of Jack Johnson on the CD “On and On”, still one of myfavorites from him. We hope you have a great week and check us outnext week for an updated fishing report from Cabo San Lucas. Untilthen, tight lines![/#000000]
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000]April 30 – May 6, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Thiswas a very strange, yet very great week for weather in Cabo as wereceived our first rain in almost a year! It was sunny and warm allweek with the temperatures at 6 AM in the mid 70's while in theevenings it stayed warm, at 9 PM on Saturday it was still 85 degrees. Our first rain in almost a year arrived unexpectedly on Friday,which for some reason was also the best sea surface temperature shotsof the week, amazing with the cloud cover we had. The front moved infrom the southwest with heavy cloud combined with plenty of lightningand thunder. The animals were hiding under the bed with all thebooms and rolling vibrations! The rain was not a large amount, justenough to get the cars good and dirty with runnels of water coursingdown the dust, but it did manage to give the trees and plants a mushneeded cleaning, and knocked the dust down for a while. The earlypart of the week saw mostly cloudy skies and after Friday the skiescleared up and we had sun and fun![/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]The water has started to change on us with warm water moving in fromthe east. Off of the Gorda Banks area we are seeing blue water at 78degrees, changing to 74 degrees between San Jose and Cabo while infront of Cabo it is 72 degrees. On the Pacific side of the Cape wehave 70 degrees below the San Jaime Banks and 67 degrees above it. That colder water above the San Jaime is green and just off the beachinside the Golden Gate Bank not only is it cold,but it is a verydirty red/green color. On the surface the Pacific side has had someswells to 8 feet with most of them averaging 4-6 feet. On the Cortezside of the Cape it has been smaller at 3-5 feet and spaced fairlyfar apart. The only real bad day on the water this week was onFriday when the front moved through, I would not have wanted to beout there after 1 PM![/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Theusual Caballito and Mackerel with a few Mullet at the normal $3 perbait along with a few Sardines, but they are becoming more and morescarce recently. A few of the bait boats have been carrying frozenBallyhoo, but you have to be careful as some of them have beenfrozen, thawed and re-frozen when they don't sell the first day. That kind of bait falls apart very quickly.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: Fishing for Striped Marlin was mostly concentrated in the areabetween the 1150 and the Gorda Banks as that is where the bait was. It was common early in the week to see dozens of fish either sleepingor tailing on the surface and you could actually find a few that werehungry. A good trip early in the week resulted in 4 to 6 releaseswhile an average trip might have one or two. As the week went on andthe moon became larger the bite dropped off as did the number of fishseen. I went on Wednesday and we saw 13 fish, resulting in 8 strikeswith four of these released. I heard of a Blue Marlin being caughtearly in the week but do not know the size or where it was supposedto have been caught.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It is a waiting game for the Yellowfin still, andwhile there are a few small fish being caught there are no numbers. The only fish I heard of this week were caught 7 miles to thesouthwest of the arch in the blind, striking on cedar plugs. Oneboat brought in tree out of five fish and another boated one out ofthree strikes. The fish were footballs of about 8-10 pounds. I didnot hear of any other Yellowfin caught within our normal operatingrange. By the way, the boat that caught the three Yellowfin alsocaught and released a Marlin on that cedar plug!
[#000000]DORADO: Once again there were a few Doradocaught in the warm water in the Sea of Cortez. Small fish were foundclose to the beach while there were a few larger nice sized fishfound offshore by boats fishing for Marlin. No real numbers werereported by any of the boats, but it seems to be a sign of goodthings to come![/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: The full moon resulted in a fewWahoo but no large numbers. There were more strikes resulting in cutoff lures and baits than there were fish caught! Maybe 15% of theboats had a Wahoo strike and half of those managed to get one to theboat. Average size on the speedsters was 25 pounds.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: The Yellowtail bite has droppedoff and the Sierra have taken over the position of the fish of theweek for the anglers fishing inshore. Not that the Yellowtail aren'tout there, it's just that the numbers have dropped off. Toss in anoccasional Amberjack, Grouper and a few Snapper and fishing the beachhas been the best way to insure having something to eat for dinner! The best areas have been from the lighthouse on the Pacific side tothe arch, and on the Sea of Cortes from Chileano Bay to PalmillaPoint.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: This weeks report was written to themusic of Jack Johnson on the CD “On and On”, still one of myfavorites from him. We hope you have a great week and check us outnext week for an updated fishing report from Cabo San Lucas. Untilthen, tight lines![/#000000]
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