08-27-2012, 05:18 PM
[#000000][size 4]FLYHOOKER SPORTFISHING[/size][/#000000]
[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] Aug 19 - 26, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Icannot believe[/#000000][#000000] [/#000000][#000000]it! After almost three years of looking out on a dry and dusty browndesert I can finally see green everywhere! The almost 10 inches ofrain we received recently has resulted in an almost garden appearanceif you decide to wander out into the desert, everything is buddingout and in a few more days we should start to see plenty of flowersas well. This time of year is normally when we get our rains, andafter the recent delivery we have been expecting more almostconstantly as the dark clouds continues to move in every few days. At least the rain is getting dumped up in the mountains, but there isa possibility of more coming our way in the next month and a half. For this week out highs have been in the low 90's and the lows in thelow to mid 80's with the humidity between 72 and 84 percent, andmostly cloudy skies.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Surfaceconditions have been great with swells at 2-5 feet on the Pacificside and 1-3 feet on the Cortez side of the Cape. On the Pacificside the water temperatures have been running between 81 and 84degrees, on the Cortez side it has been pretty evenly 84 degrees thisweek. A lot of this has to do with the cloud cover we areexperiencing, the water a few weeks ago was several degrees warmeracross the board. One nice thin the rain did for us was wash quite abit of debris out of the arroyos and into the ocean, there has beendecent amounts of floating debris to work for the past week, but thathas also meant keeping a sharp eye out for debris large enough todamage the props or the hull. Sometimes these objects are mostlysubmerged, so if you do spot them the likelihood of them holding baitis very good.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballitoand Mullet were available at the normal $3 per bait and you could getthem if you were out early, many boats were unable to get bait andhad to settle for frozen horse ballyhoo at $3 each. I heard reportsthat there were a few Sardianas available in the San Jose area, butyou had to know someone and pay well for them.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: Not surprisingly the numbers of Sailfish that have been caught thispast week were much higher than normal, perhaps due to the continuingwarm water and strong current flow. When the water is thistemperature the numbers of Striped Marlin that we see drop off quitea bit from what we see when the water is in the mid 70's, but thereare always a few around. This week they were a bit scarce, but therewere still some found. Blue and Black Marlin really like thistemperature so we have been seeing quite a few Blue Marlin appearingin the lure spreads, especially when working the schools of footballsize Yellowfin Tuna. There has been fairly good success rates onthese fish, with most of them under 300 pounds and being released(thank goodness!). Good success rates don't necessarily meaneveryone is hooking up, just that the boats that are getting hookedup are not losing so many. Even with the water this warm and thelarge numbers of Skipjack and Bonito we are seeing, I have heard ofvery few Black Marlin being caught. This is a bit unusual since thefishing grounds have been packed with the perfect baits.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Fish of the week without a doubt as almost everyboat that went out came in with near limits of Yellowfin. All thefish were found associated with Porpoise and there were actually afew schools found. Like I said, most of the fish were footballsbetween 8 and 20 pounds but there were a few larger fish caught aswell. One boat came in last Sunday afternoon with a nice Tuna thatweighed in at 205 pounds, way to go Mike! A few schooling fish havebeen caught as well, these are fish in the 30 to 70 pound class, butthe numbers of them have been small. Speaking of small, most of theschooling fish were caught on that time honored Football Tuna lure,the three inch pink hootchie trolled about 50 to 80 feet behind theboat and worked steadily with a jerking motion. I was out lastSunday and every Tuna we caught was loaded with small squid betweenthree and five inches long. The Tuna have been scattered on bothsides of the Ca, from the lighthouse on the Pacific side to the areaoffshore of El Tule on the Cortez side. It looked like perfect wateraround the San Jaime Bank last weekend and we worked it hard, but sawnothing out there until we came back to the starting area about fivemiles off of the lighthouse.
[#000000]DORADO: I really expected the debris in thewater to attract and concentrate the Dorado this past week and wassurprised when the reports came in that these great fighting andeating fish were scarce. A number of smaller fish to 10 pounds werebeing found inshore, but not in any concentration or numbers, andthere were a few larger fish being found offshore. When boats werefinding floating debris and pulled up to it, only a few pieces heldDorado, and not in any great numbers. I am not sure of the reasonfor this, it runs completely counter to what is normal and expectedthis time of year.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Roosterfish numbers were way downthis past week due to the near-shore dirty water after the passing ofthe rain, but that was expected. Strong currents have effected thebottom fishing as well so the numbers of Grouper and Snapper as wellas Amberjack were also off. Most of the Pangas have been going a bitoffshore looking for the football Tuna and have been doing well onthem.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Beach time! Tawny just came up andput her head on my lap and let me know that I am taking too long, shereally needs to get into the water and swim for a while. It looks asif the fishing is picking up a bit, as soon as the currents slow itshould get even better. The desert is green and starting to bloom,the water is clean again as are the streets. This weeks report waswritten to the music of Hayes Carll on his album “Little Rock”. For those of you who like country, check him out! Until next week,tight lines![/#000000]
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]http://captgeo.wordpress.com/[/#000000]
[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] Aug 19 - 26, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Icannot believe[/#000000][#000000] [/#000000][#000000]it! After almost three years of looking out on a dry and dusty browndesert I can finally see green everywhere! The almost 10 inches ofrain we received recently has resulted in an almost garden appearanceif you decide to wander out into the desert, everything is buddingout and in a few more days we should start to see plenty of flowersas well. This time of year is normally when we get our rains, andafter the recent delivery we have been expecting more almostconstantly as the dark clouds continues to move in every few days. At least the rain is getting dumped up in the mountains, but there isa possibility of more coming our way in the next month and a half. For this week out highs have been in the low 90's and the lows in thelow to mid 80's with the humidity between 72 and 84 percent, andmostly cloudy skies.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000] WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Surfaceconditions have been great with swells at 2-5 feet on the Pacificside and 1-3 feet on the Cortez side of the Cape. On the Pacificside the water temperatures have been running between 81 and 84degrees, on the Cortez side it has been pretty evenly 84 degrees thisweek. A lot of this has to do with the cloud cover we areexperiencing, the water a few weeks ago was several degrees warmeracross the board. One nice thin the rain did for us was wash quite abit of debris out of the arroyos and into the ocean, there has beendecent amounts of floating debris to work for the past week, but thathas also meant keeping a sharp eye out for debris large enough todamage the props or the hull. Sometimes these objects are mostlysubmerged, so if you do spot them the likelihood of them holding baitis very good.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballitoand Mullet were available at the normal $3 per bait and you could getthem if you were out early, many boats were unable to get bait andhad to settle for frozen horse ballyhoo at $3 each. I heard reportsthat there were a few Sardianas available in the San Jose area, butyou had to know someone and pay well for them.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]: Not surprisingly the numbers of Sailfish that have been caught thispast week were much higher than normal, perhaps due to the continuingwarm water and strong current flow. When the water is thistemperature the numbers of Striped Marlin that we see drop off quitea bit from what we see when the water is in the mid 70's, but thereare always a few around. This week they were a bit scarce, but therewere still some found. Blue and Black Marlin really like thistemperature so we have been seeing quite a few Blue Marlin appearingin the lure spreads, especially when working the schools of footballsize Yellowfin Tuna. There has been fairly good success rates onthese fish, with most of them under 300 pounds and being released(thank goodness!). Good success rates don't necessarily meaneveryone is hooking up, just that the boats that are getting hookedup are not losing so many. Even with the water this warm and thelarge numbers of Skipjack and Bonito we are seeing, I have heard ofvery few Black Marlin being caught. This is a bit unusual since thefishing grounds have been packed with the perfect baits.[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Fish of the week without a doubt as almost everyboat that went out came in with near limits of Yellowfin. All thefish were found associated with Porpoise and there were actually afew schools found. Like I said, most of the fish were footballsbetween 8 and 20 pounds but there were a few larger fish caught aswell. One boat came in last Sunday afternoon with a nice Tuna thatweighed in at 205 pounds, way to go Mike! A few schooling fish havebeen caught as well, these are fish in the 30 to 70 pound class, butthe numbers of them have been small. Speaking of small, most of theschooling fish were caught on that time honored Football Tuna lure,the three inch pink hootchie trolled about 50 to 80 feet behind theboat and worked steadily with a jerking motion. I was out lastSunday and every Tuna we caught was loaded with small squid betweenthree and five inches long. The Tuna have been scattered on bothsides of the Ca, from the lighthouse on the Pacific side to the areaoffshore of El Tule on the Cortez side. It looked like perfect wateraround the San Jaime Bank last weekend and we worked it hard, but sawnothing out there until we came back to the starting area about fivemiles off of the lighthouse.
[#000000]DORADO: I really expected the debris in thewater to attract and concentrate the Dorado this past week and wassurprised when the reports came in that these great fighting andeating fish were scarce. A number of smaller fish to 10 pounds werebeing found inshore, but not in any concentration or numbers, andthere were a few larger fish being found offshore. When boats werefinding floating debris and pulled up to it, only a few pieces heldDorado, and not in any great numbers. I am not sure of the reasonfor this, it runs completely counter to what is normal and expectedthis time of year.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Roosterfish numbers were way downthis past week due to the near-shore dirty water after the passing ofthe rain, but that was expected. Strong currents have effected thebottom fishing as well so the numbers of Grouper and Snapper as wellas Amberjack were also off. Most of the Pangas have been going a bitoffshore looking for the football Tuna and have been doing well onthem.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeksrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Beach time! Tawny just came up andput her head on my lap and let me know that I am taking too long, shereally needs to get into the water and swim for a while. It looks asif the fishing is picking up a bit, as soon as the currents slow itshould get even better. The desert is green and starting to bloom,the water is clean again as are the streets. This weeks report waswritten to the music of Hayes Carll on his album “Little Rock”. For those of you who like country, check him out! Until next week,tight lines![/#000000]
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