03-29-2004, 02:40 PM
[font "Times New Roman"][center]Capt George Landrum[/center] [center][/center] [center]Fly Hooker Sportfishing[/center] [center][/center] [center]gmlandrum@hotmail.com[/center] [center][/center] [center]www.flyhooker.com[/center][/font][size 2] [left][/left] [left] [/left] [left] [/left][/size][font "Times New Roman"] [left]CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MARCH 21-27, 2004[/left] [left][/left] [left]WEATHER: The week started out all right with little wind and the warm waters close to home, but on Monday it started to blow again. The wind kept up through Wednesday and then dropped off. It was from the northwest and the west and cooled things off a bit. A little cloud cover accompanied it, but no rain. Our evening lows were in the high 60’s and daytime highs were around the mid 90’s. At the end of the week we were again into sunny skies and just a light breeze.[/left] [left][/left] [left]WATER: We started out the week with warm water close to home, but then the wind started blowing and the currents kicked in. By Tuesday the warm water had gotten as far as 30 miles to the east and had taken all the Marlin and Dorado with it. The temperature break there was strongly defined but the fishing conditions were bad. Of course this meant that the conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape were also bad. Later in the week the wind died down and so did the current and the warm water started to get closer. The Pacific side out to the San Jaime remained in the low to mid 60’s while the warm 73 degree water came back in as close as 18 miles at the end of the week on the Cortez side. The temp break on the Cortez side was 7 degrees over a 3 mile distance and there was a color break as well. Lets hope it keeps coming in and the wind stays down![/left] [left][/left] [left]BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was small Caballito and they were the normal $2 per bait. There were Sardinas at $20 a bucket and some small Mackerel as well at the normal $2 per piece.[/left] [left][/left] [left]FISHING:[/left] [left][/left] [left]BILLFISH: Well, it changes on an almost daily basis! The beginning and the end of the week saw some Billfish being caught, almost all of them being Striped Marlin. These fish were on the warm side of the Cape, the Cortez side and the bite was a pretty even mix on bait and lures. The fish were running between #120 and #180. At the beginning of the week it was not uncommon for the guys to be spotting a couple dozen or more Striped Marlin a trip. Petrelero color seemed to work well as almost everything out there was feeding on squid. A couple of boats reported they tied into Swordfish in the cold water, and there were a few sighted on the surface that would not bite.[/left] [left][/left] [left]YELLOWFIN TUNA: This week the Yellowfin Tuna repeated last weeks size and areas, except that there were fewer of the large fish caught. Also there seemed to be fewer caught overall. Most of the fish were small footballs, averaging #6-#8. I did see some fish come in that were in the #40-#50 range. A lot of the small fish were caught in to blind while the larger fish were associated with the Porpoise. Due to the strong mid-week winds most of the fishing took place on the Cortez side of the Cape.[/left] [left][/left] [left]DORADO: Green water close to home for most of the week resulted in a slackening of the Dorado catch. There were Dorado being caught as long as you were fishing the warm water, but the heavy wind kept a lot of boats from making the 30 mile trip. Once in the area, lures in Petrelero color worked well, as they did for the Marlin, since there were large amounts of squid at the temperature break. The Dorado that were found there were nice ones too, with most of the fish in the #25-#45 range. A live bait dropped back after a hook-up on a lure sure worked well![/left] [left][/left] [left]WAHOO: I did not see a real Wahoo flag this week, but that does not mean there were none caught.[/left] [left][/left] [left]INSHORE: Nice Sierra were still available on the Cortez side of the Cape with the best action taking place around the El Tule area. Some small Roosterfish are showing as well with most of the fish in the 5 pound range. With the influx of cold water at the Cape, we had a return on the Yellowtail bite also. Most of the fish were small, from #5 to #15, and dropping down small live Mackerel seemed to be the key to getting a few of them in the boat.[/left][/font][size 2] [left][/left][/size][font "Times New Roman"]
NOTES: Sure am glad I am not a weather forecaster, I would never be right! Most of the time we just have to hope that things are going to be good when people make their reservations! This week the wind really hurt us, but there was some decent action at the beginning and end of the week Our fingers are crossed that the warm water comes in close and fishing improves quickly! This weeks report was written to the music of Roger Waters on the Sony DVD "In the Flesh", recorded live in Portland, Oregon in 2000. I grew up on this music, so why is he looking so old while I feel so young? Until next week, good luck and tight lines![/font]
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NOTES: Sure am glad I am not a weather forecaster, I would never be right! Most of the time we just have to hope that things are going to be good when people make their reservations! This week the wind really hurt us, but there was some decent action at the beginning and end of the week Our fingers are crossed that the warm water comes in close and fishing improves quickly! This weeks report was written to the music of Roger Waters on the Sony DVD "In the Flesh", recorded live in Portland, Oregon in 2000. I grew up on this music, so why is he looking so old while I feel so young? Until next week, good luck and tight lines![/font]
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