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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] December 5-11, 2011[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Thecloser we get to Christmas the cooler we seem to get. Our low forthe week was 61 degrees in the early morning, enough to make us wearlight jackets to the Marina in the morning! I know, I know, but whenyou have lived in the warm stuff as long as we have you getacclimated and when it drops into the low 60's it's COLD! Later inthe week clouds moved in and it warmed up 10 degrees as the heat wastrapped. Our daytime highs have been in the mid 80's, just aboutperfect as far as I am concerned. Early in the week we had mostlysunny skies. Early Saturday morning it was cloudy, a solid layerover us so we missed the lunar eclipse.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Surface conditions this week on both sides of the Cape were very goodwith only slight swells on the Cortez side and swells at 3-5 feet onthe Pacific side. The Pacific side did experience a bit of chop inthe afternoons as the wind seemed to start picking up around 10AM. Just as our air temperatures seem to drop as we get toward Christmas,so do the water temperatures. The water just off the tip of the Capeseems to be 77-78 degrees and extend all across our fishing area fromLos Frailles up to Todo Santos out a distance of 20 miles. Outsideof that area it drops a bit to about 75 degrees. That is the way itwas at the end of the week at least. We started the week with a bandof cooler water (75 degrees) running along the beach on the Pacificside, it extended out about 2 miles. This cool water had disappearedby the end of the week.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]It was a hit or miss approach this week when it came to getting bait. There were not many days when you could get a good quality livebait, there was a lot of junk showing up from the bait boats. If youwere early, lucky and had a captain and deckhand with good eyes itwas possible to get some decent Caballito at the usual $3 per bait. There were some mullet and a few, very few, Mackerel available, alsoat $3 per bait. Sardinas were also there at $25-$30 a scoopdepending on the supplier. A few of the bait boats had thawed horseBallyhoo at $3-$4 per bait as well.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: We keep waiting for the hoards of Striped Marlin to come down to usbut there has not been a strong showing in our area as of this date. A few boats that have gone a bit farther up the line have encountereddecent concentrations and have done well, but the distances involvedright now put these fish out of reach of the daily charter trips. Hopefully as the water continues to cool the fish will come our way. For the moment we have to be content with an average of one to twoStriped Marlin per trip for the boats that concentrate on them. Thebest results this week have come on trolled Ballyhoo and good livebait tossed in front of tailing fish. Almost all the action hashappened on the Pacific side, but it has been a bit spread out. Afew boats on half day trips have been lucky and found fish just offthe lighthouse, but others have blanked in the same area. Some boatshave found three or four fish to release up to the north past theGolden Gate Banks and others in the same area have nor seen a fish,so you can see that there is a lot of luck involved right now. Wehope the concentrations arrive soon, it sure would be nice to beseeing double digit releases every day![/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There are still large fish out there as severalboats have proven this week, it's just that you have to find whichtree they are hiding behind. Get it? There is not any kind ofpattern to these larger Yellowfin with the exception of the GordaBanks, and there it has been a matter of putting in the time with theright bait and terminal gear. Offshore it has been a matter offinding the right pod of porpoise to work. There are plenty of podsout there but not all of them hold Tuna, and not all of those havelarge fish, and those that do have large fish often have fish thatwill just wave their fins at you and smirk. You like beingfrustrated? Try fishing just for large Tuna and you will be happy. There have been plenty of the small variety out thee but once againit has been a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Some boats are coming in with one or two footballs, others with fiveor six and once in a while a boat will have several larger #30-#40fish aboard. The large fish, those over #100 pounds, have been thereas well, but as I said they have been spread out. These larger fishhave been coming in from boats using kites for the most part,but afew of them have been caught on trolled lures.
[#000000]DORADO: Still the mainstay of the fleetboats, they are beginning to make themselves a bit more scarce. While several weeks ago it was common to come in with a near-limitload of fish, this week most of the boats have been lucky to get twoor three fish and some have actually caught none at all. I think itis a matter of the water cooling off, but then I have to blame it onsomething! The boats that have done the best have been leaving thefirst fish hooked up in the water and dropped bait behind the boat,using the first fish as a teaser to bring in more Dorado. Thismethod has worked well, but you always run the risk of loosing thatfirst fish as a few anglers have found out! The best fishing forDorado has still been on the Pacific side close to the beach.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: There was actually a pretty decentWahoo bite this week as we had the full moon at the end of the week. A lot of these were very small fish, I saw one come off a boat that Ifirst mistook for a Sierra, was it not for the strong bars on theside I would have not known it was a Wahoo, perhaps it would havepushed the scale to 4 pounds, Sad, but there you go. Most of thefish that were caught were larger than that, averaging 25 pounds buteven though there were more this week, they still were not common. The best areas were on top of the Gorda Banks and along the rockypoints on the Pacific coast. A fair number were found offshore underthe shark floats.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Inshore fishing at the beginningof the week was pretty good with a great showing of Sierra up off thebeach at Migrineo, some good Snapper fishing among the rocks on thePacific side as well as a few scattered small Roosterfish and a lotof Pompano. This was when we had that band of cool water runningalong the beach on the Pacific side. Mid-week things turned aroundfor several days as the water switched, warmed a bit and becamegin-clear along the shoreline and very few fish were caught. At theend of the week it has settled down again and while there were stillno Sierra, the Snapper and Pompano had begin to bite again. Thelargest number of fish caught though seemed to be the Mexican Marlin(also know as needle-fish).[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: posted on the blog Thursday orFriday. We have been really busy the past several weeks and promiseto get a new one up this week! Really![/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Once again we experienced nearperfect weather and very good fishing. The whales have started toput on the shows we love and the water has been in great shape. Christmas is coming up and maybe if you have been god this year,Santa will give you a trip to Cabo for a present! This weeks reportwas written to a mix of Texas rock-a-billy music, courtesy of myfriend Mark Bailey. Oh, that's right, delivered to me by Mark andrecorded by his son Alan! Thanks guys! Until next week, tightlines![/#000000]
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] December 5-11, 2011[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Thecloser we get to Christmas the cooler we seem to get. Our low forthe week was 61 degrees in the early morning, enough to make us wearlight jackets to the Marina in the morning! I know, I know, but whenyou have lived in the warm stuff as long as we have you getacclimated and when it drops into the low 60's it's COLD! Later inthe week clouds moved in and it warmed up 10 degrees as the heat wastrapped. Our daytime highs have been in the mid 80's, just aboutperfect as far as I am concerned. Early in the week we had mostlysunny skies. Early Saturday morning it was cloudy, a solid layerover us so we missed the lunar eclipse.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Surface conditions this week on both sides of the Cape were very goodwith only slight swells on the Cortez side and swells at 3-5 feet onthe Pacific side. The Pacific side did experience a bit of chop inthe afternoons as the wind seemed to start picking up around 10AM. Just as our air temperatures seem to drop as we get toward Christmas,so do the water temperatures. The water just off the tip of the Capeseems to be 77-78 degrees and extend all across our fishing area fromLos Frailles up to Todo Santos out a distance of 20 miles. Outsideof that area it drops a bit to about 75 degrees. That is the way itwas at the end of the week at least. We started the week with a bandof cooler water (75 degrees) running along the beach on the Pacificside, it extended out about 2 miles. This cool water had disappearedby the end of the week.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]It was a hit or miss approach this week when it came to getting bait. There were not many days when you could get a good quality livebait, there was a lot of junk showing up from the bait boats. If youwere early, lucky and had a captain and deckhand with good eyes itwas possible to get some decent Caballito at the usual $3 per bait. There were some mullet and a few, very few, Mackerel available, alsoat $3 per bait. Sardinas were also there at $25-$30 a scoopdepending on the supplier. A few of the bait boats had thawed horseBallyhoo at $3-$4 per bait as well.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: We keep waiting for the hoards of Striped Marlin to come down to usbut there has not been a strong showing in our area as of this date. A few boats that have gone a bit farther up the line have encountereddecent concentrations and have done well, but the distances involvedright now put these fish out of reach of the daily charter trips. Hopefully as the water continues to cool the fish will come our way. For the moment we have to be content with an average of one to twoStriped Marlin per trip for the boats that concentrate on them. Thebest results this week have come on trolled Ballyhoo and good livebait tossed in front of tailing fish. Almost all the action hashappened on the Pacific side, but it has been a bit spread out. Afew boats on half day trips have been lucky and found fish just offthe lighthouse, but others have blanked in the same area. Some boatshave found three or four fish to release up to the north past theGolden Gate Banks and others in the same area have nor seen a fish,so you can see that there is a lot of luck involved right now. Wehope the concentrations arrive soon, it sure would be nice to beseeing double digit releases every day![/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There are still large fish out there as severalboats have proven this week, it's just that you have to find whichtree they are hiding behind. Get it? There is not any kind ofpattern to these larger Yellowfin with the exception of the GordaBanks, and there it has been a matter of putting in the time with theright bait and terminal gear. Offshore it has been a matter offinding the right pod of porpoise to work. There are plenty of podsout there but not all of them hold Tuna, and not all of those havelarge fish, and those that do have large fish often have fish thatwill just wave their fins at you and smirk. You like beingfrustrated? Try fishing just for large Tuna and you will be happy. There have been plenty of the small variety out thee but once againit has been a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Some boats are coming in with one or two footballs, others with fiveor six and once in a while a boat will have several larger #30-#40fish aboard. The large fish, those over #100 pounds, have been thereas well, but as I said they have been spread out. These larger fishhave been coming in from boats using kites for the most part,but afew of them have been caught on trolled lures.
[#000000]DORADO: Still the mainstay of the fleetboats, they are beginning to make themselves a bit more scarce. While several weeks ago it was common to come in with a near-limitload of fish, this week most of the boats have been lucky to get twoor three fish and some have actually caught none at all. I think itis a matter of the water cooling off, but then I have to blame it onsomething! The boats that have done the best have been leaving thefirst fish hooked up in the water and dropped bait behind the boat,using the first fish as a teaser to bring in more Dorado. Thismethod has worked well, but you always run the risk of loosing thatfirst fish as a few anglers have found out! The best fishing forDorado has still been on the Pacific side close to the beach.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: There was actually a pretty decentWahoo bite this week as we had the full moon at the end of the week. A lot of these were very small fish, I saw one come off a boat that Ifirst mistook for a Sierra, was it not for the strong bars on theside I would have not known it was a Wahoo, perhaps it would havepushed the scale to 4 pounds, Sad, but there you go. Most of thefish that were caught were larger than that, averaging 25 pounds buteven though there were more this week, they still were not common. The best areas were on top of the Gorda Banks and along the rockypoints on the Pacific coast. A fair number were found offshore underthe shark floats.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Inshore fishing at the beginningof the week was pretty good with a great showing of Sierra up off thebeach at Migrineo, some good Snapper fishing among the rocks on thePacific side as well as a few scattered small Roosterfish and a lotof Pompano. This was when we had that band of cool water runningalong the beach on the Pacific side. Mid-week things turned aroundfor several days as the water switched, warmed a bit and becamegin-clear along the shoreline and very few fish were caught. At theend of the week it has settled down again and while there were stillno Sierra, the Snapper and Pompano had begin to bite again. Thelargest number of fish caught though seemed to be the Mexican Marlin(also know as needle-fish).[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: posted on the blog Thursday orFriday. We have been really busy the past several weeks and promiseto get a new one up this week! Really![/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Once again we experienced nearperfect weather and very good fishing. The whales have started toput on the shows we love and the water has been in great shape. Christmas is coming up and maybe if you have been god this year,Santa will give you a trip to Cabo for a present! This weeks reportwas written to a mix of Texas rock-a-billy music, courtesy of myfriend Mark Bailey. Oh, that's right, delivered to me by Mark andrecorded by his son Alan! Thanks guys! Until next week, tightlines![/#000000]
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