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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] October 1 – 7, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Thefeel of fall continued this week as we saw low temperatures of 78degrees in the early morning hours. Like I said last week, normallywe can expect the drop in temperature and humidity sometime aroundOct. 15, this is just a hint of things to come. Meanwhile, themornings have been great with cool weather and low humidity combinedwith a light breeze. As the day goes on the heat cranks up and wehave been seeing some mid-days readings at 100 degrees, along with aslight increase in humidity. The winds have remained light, butfairly consistent, just switching directions throughout the day.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Thelarge swells we were experiencing last week tapered down and they arenow just 2-4 feet in all areas. If no more storms come into our areawe can expect smooth sea conditions to continue this coming week. The small swells and lack of rain have helped clear up the inshorewaters in most areas, and there has been more floating debris founddrifting into our area due to the heavy rains from Tropical StormMiriam that went ashore well to the north of us two weeks ago. Ittakes a while for some of this to reach our area since it has totravel 200-300 miles, but when it does arrive it has been in thewater long enough to attract a great amount of sea life underneath. On the Pacific side of the Cape we have experienced beautiful bluewater with temperatures averaging 85 degrees. On the Cortez side ofthe Cape we are seeing 86-87 degrees with the water only slightly offcolor, but still blue.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Live bait was readily available with Caballito and Mullet at thenormal $3 each as well as some frozen Ballyhoo at $3 each as well.With smoother surf conditions there have been some Sardinas availablein San Jose, but you have to be very early, and it helps to makearrangements ahead of time since supplies are limited.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: Well. While there are still decent numbers of Sailfish and StripedMarlin showing up on the Pacific side of the Cape, there have been nolarge Blue Marlin reported to me this past week from that area. There have been plenty of small Blues however, and this is a goodsign. Almost without exception Blue or Black Marlin that weigh over300 pounds are female, and usually have as few as two or as many asten smaller males somewhere in the area. Boats have been hooking upquite a few small male fish, and I have had reports of much largerfish coming in on trolled lures but not hooking up. I didn't haveany luck on Blues this week, but that might change this next week! Meanwhile, on Tuesday there was a Black Marlin reported as weighing640 pounds caught by a boat out of San Jose. This is the first largeBlack I have heard of since the end of the East Cape Bisbeetournament. The day after the tournament ended there was a decentfish caught on the outer Gorda Bank, but I have heard of nothingsince then. Hopefully this is a good sign for the tournaments comingup![/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: In our local area the Yellowfin Tuna fishing hasbeen a disappointment. Boats are having to search long, hard and faraway to find any pods of Dolphin that are holding fish. Perhaps asfew as 10% of the pods found have had any Yellowfin on them, and mostof these fish have been football to 20 pound size. A few boats havebeen putting in the time required to go to Gorda Banks and fish livebait and chunks there, hoping to get into the big fish bite, and afew have had decent luck on fish that have gone just over 200 pounds. There have been fish over 100 pounds as well, but you have to havethe patience to wait for these guys, and more boats get skunked thancatch anything. There are reports of occasional schools of fishshowing up just to the north of Punta Gorda as well, but there hasbeen no consistency to them. Walking the marina in the afternoonschecking on our clients I sometimes see boats flying a rigger full ofwhite flags and get excited, but this week when I ask the anglers (orthe crews of the boat next to the one with the flags) it usuallyturns out to be nice size Bonita or White Skipjack instead.
[#000000]DORADO: The Dorado fishing has continued tobe wide open on the Pacific side of the Cape. With a federal limitof only two of these fish per angler, many boats are picking up theirlimits first thing in the morning and then heading offshore to lookfor marlin and tuna. The action on Dorado to 25 pounds has beengreat from just off the arch all the way to inside the Golden GateBanks, and there has been decent fishing for larger fish to 50 poundsfarther offshore. Normally floating debris will hold good numbers offish, and spotting something in the water gets the pulse pounding. Not all debris will hold, but the chances are good it will. Seeingfrigate birds working one area and swooping down is the best signalyou can get that there are fish in the area. Ballyhoo rigged behinda plastic skirt or a lure designed to run ahead of the bait worksmagic on the larger fish, and if you catch a few small skip-jack,cutting strips of them and running them the same way is magic on thesmaller fish as well. [/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: The full moon gave us the results weexpected on Wahoo as several boats caught two or more of thesespeedsters. The action was spread out all over our area, from theflats up at Punta Gorda to the sea-mounts on the Pacific side, andeverywhere in between. There were not hordes of these fish, but thechances were better than ever that you were going to have a shot atone. One boat managed to get six Wahoo that averaged 30 pounds, nowthat's Wahoo fishing! Sorry, but I can't tell you exactly where orwhat they used, I promised the Captain not to, but I saw the fish. Rigged baits got cut off quickly if the Wahoo were in the area, andonce that happened, working that same area with lures like Maraudersand Rapallas rigged on wire leader paid off. A good search lure wasa blue/white Islander with a ballyhoo rigged inside and trolled inthe shotgun position, set back about 150 yards. You have to be awareof other boats in the area to do this (in order to not get cut off),but it can pay off big time.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: There were scattered Roosterfishin the areas beaches, both on the Pacific side and the Sea of Cortez,but most of the pangas were working just off the beach for Doradofirst, then checking in the surf zone for Snapper and Roosterfish.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Music of the week was Clarence“Gatemouth” Brown on his 2001 Universal release “Back ToBogalusa”. This is some really fine blues, and I asked my friendBrian Flynn (The Brian Flynn Band) about him because Brian is like aguitar player encyclopedia. Brian had played with him beforeClarence died about six years ago and Brian said Clarence was one ofthe finest blues guitar players he has met. Listen to this CD andyou might agree with Brian and myself. Thanks for reading this weeksreport, issue #500 and something, coming at you every Sunday sinceJanuary 2000 except for those week when we have not had power. Untilnext week, tight lines![/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] October 1 – 7, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Thefeel of fall continued this week as we saw low temperatures of 78degrees in the early morning hours. Like I said last week, normallywe can expect the drop in temperature and humidity sometime aroundOct. 15, this is just a hint of things to come. Meanwhile, themornings have been great with cool weather and low humidity combinedwith a light breeze. As the day goes on the heat cranks up and wehave been seeing some mid-days readings at 100 degrees, along with aslight increase in humidity. The winds have remained light, butfairly consistent, just switching directions throughout the day.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Thelarge swells we were experiencing last week tapered down and they arenow just 2-4 feet in all areas. If no more storms come into our areawe can expect smooth sea conditions to continue this coming week. The small swells and lack of rain have helped clear up the inshorewaters in most areas, and there has been more floating debris founddrifting into our area due to the heavy rains from Tropical StormMiriam that went ashore well to the north of us two weeks ago. Ittakes a while for some of this to reach our area since it has totravel 200-300 miles, but when it does arrive it has been in thewater long enough to attract a great amount of sea life underneath. On the Pacific side of the Cape we have experienced beautiful bluewater with temperatures averaging 85 degrees. On the Cortez side ofthe Cape we are seeing 86-87 degrees with the water only slightly offcolor, but still blue.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Live bait was readily available with Caballito and Mullet at thenormal $3 each as well as some frozen Ballyhoo at $3 each as well.With smoother surf conditions there have been some Sardinas availablein San Jose, but you have to be very early, and it helps to makearrangements ahead of time since supplies are limited.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: Well. While there are still decent numbers of Sailfish and StripedMarlin showing up on the Pacific side of the Cape, there have been nolarge Blue Marlin reported to me this past week from that area. There have been plenty of small Blues however, and this is a goodsign. Almost without exception Blue or Black Marlin that weigh over300 pounds are female, and usually have as few as two or as many asten smaller males somewhere in the area. Boats have been hooking upquite a few small male fish, and I have had reports of much largerfish coming in on trolled lures but not hooking up. I didn't haveany luck on Blues this week, but that might change this next week! Meanwhile, on Tuesday there was a Black Marlin reported as weighing640 pounds caught by a boat out of San Jose. This is the first largeBlack I have heard of since the end of the East Cape Bisbeetournament. The day after the tournament ended there was a decentfish caught on the outer Gorda Bank, but I have heard of nothingsince then. Hopefully this is a good sign for the tournaments comingup![/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: In our local area the Yellowfin Tuna fishing hasbeen a disappointment. Boats are having to search long, hard and faraway to find any pods of Dolphin that are holding fish. Perhaps asfew as 10% of the pods found have had any Yellowfin on them, and mostof these fish have been football to 20 pound size. A few boats havebeen putting in the time required to go to Gorda Banks and fish livebait and chunks there, hoping to get into the big fish bite, and afew have had decent luck on fish that have gone just over 200 pounds. There have been fish over 100 pounds as well, but you have to havethe patience to wait for these guys, and more boats get skunked thancatch anything. There are reports of occasional schools of fishshowing up just to the north of Punta Gorda as well, but there hasbeen no consistency to them. Walking the marina in the afternoonschecking on our clients I sometimes see boats flying a rigger full ofwhite flags and get excited, but this week when I ask the anglers (orthe crews of the boat next to the one with the flags) it usuallyturns out to be nice size Bonita or White Skipjack instead.
[#000000]DORADO: The Dorado fishing has continued tobe wide open on the Pacific side of the Cape. With a federal limitof only two of these fish per angler, many boats are picking up theirlimits first thing in the morning and then heading offshore to lookfor marlin and tuna. The action on Dorado to 25 pounds has beengreat from just off the arch all the way to inside the Golden GateBanks, and there has been decent fishing for larger fish to 50 poundsfarther offshore. Normally floating debris will hold good numbers offish, and spotting something in the water gets the pulse pounding. Not all debris will hold, but the chances are good it will. Seeingfrigate birds working one area and swooping down is the best signalyou can get that there are fish in the area. Ballyhoo rigged behinda plastic skirt or a lure designed to run ahead of the bait worksmagic on the larger fish, and if you catch a few small skip-jack,cutting strips of them and running them the same way is magic on thesmaller fish as well. [/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: The full moon gave us the results weexpected on Wahoo as several boats caught two or more of thesespeedsters. The action was spread out all over our area, from theflats up at Punta Gorda to the sea-mounts on the Pacific side, andeverywhere in between. There were not hordes of these fish, but thechances were better than ever that you were going to have a shot atone. One boat managed to get six Wahoo that averaged 30 pounds, nowthat's Wahoo fishing! Sorry, but I can't tell you exactly where orwhat they used, I promised the Captain not to, but I saw the fish. Rigged baits got cut off quickly if the Wahoo were in the area, andonce that happened, working that same area with lures like Maraudersand Rapallas rigged on wire leader paid off. A good search lure wasa blue/white Islander with a ballyhoo rigged inside and trolled inthe shotgun position, set back about 150 yards. You have to be awareof other boats in the area to do this (in order to not get cut off),but it can pay off big time.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: There were scattered Roosterfishin the areas beaches, both on the Pacific side and the Sea of Cortez,but most of the pangas were working just off the beach for Doradofirst, then checking in the surf zone for Snapper and Roosterfish.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Music of the week was Clarence“Gatemouth” Brown on his 2001 Universal release “Back ToBogalusa”. This is some really fine blues, and I asked my friendBrian Flynn (The Brian Flynn Band) about him because Brian is like aguitar player encyclopedia. Brian had played with him beforeClarence died about six years ago and Brian said Clarence was one ofthe finest blues guitar players he has met. Listen to this CD andyou might agree with Brian and myself. Thanks for reading this weeksreport, issue #500 and something, coming at you every Sunday sinceJanuary 2000 except for those week when we have not had power. Untilnext week, tight lines![/#000000]
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