11-26-2012, 05:39 PM
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] November 19 - 25, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Ialmost put on a heavy long-sleeved shirt yesterday morning as it was68 degrees outside! That is the coldest I have seen it so far thisseason and it felt great. As the day went on it warmed to 88 degreesand if that's not great weather, I don't know what is! We had a fewclouds over us early in the week but then it cleared and we have hadblue skies from Tuesday on through the weekend. The winds have beenvariable with a few gusty days starting the week, but things leveledout into the normal days flow with calm mornings and breezyconditions starting about noon. Most of the wind has been fromnortherly directions.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Therewere no temperature breaks out there again, the water was a prettyeven 81-84 degrees from up on the Pacific all the way to the EastCape, and it was clean, blue water as well. On the Pacific side thesurface conditions were great in the mornings once we went pastTuesday, earlier in the week than that and it was a bit bumpy in themornings due to the winds. The swells were coming in at 2-5 feet andspaced well apart, making it a smooth ride. On the Cortez side thewinds were lighter and had little effect on the fishing between hereand San Jose, I heard that the wind had more effect the farther upthe coastline you went. The swells on this side of the Cape weresmall and insignificant at 1-3 feet.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]The water has cooled a few degrees, down from the 86 degree water wewere seeing a month ago and as a result there are a few Mackerelshowing up as bait. Buying Mackerel or Caballito from the bait boatssets you back about $3 per bait and there have been very few Sardinesthis week here, but there have been a limited availability if youtravel north to San Jose.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:With the water still warm enough there are still Blue and BlackMarlin around, but no large ones that I heard of, and no greatnumbers either. The best results I know of in the past week on theselarger fish came from the Pacific side as one of our clients had adouble hook-up on small Blue Marlin. He was fishing solo and onefish came off right away, the other was released at the side of theboat after about an hour of fighting time, with plenty of pictures asit was held in the water. The fish looked to be about 225 to 250pounds. Other boats reported hooking one now and then with almostall of them released or lost, I only heard of one that was broughtin. As far as the Striped Marlin go, things are starting to pick up. This is nice to hear since things have been a bit slow. The coolerwater bringing in the Mackerel has the Striped Marlin following them,and as most of the bait has been deep, the best results on StripedMarlin have been had by boats that are hooking up live bait anddropping it down to where the bait is. The usual areas such as theledge off of the lighthouse, the point at Los Arcos and the mouth ofMigraino Canyon, areas where the bait tends to stack up, have playedhost to many of the local fleet boats giving this method a try. Someboats have been working on the Golden Gate Bank as this is often thefirst area within easy reach for the fleet that these fish stack upon. A few more boats have been traveling as far as 50 miles up thecoastline to the Finger Banks in the hope of getting into these fishearly, before the pressure intensifies. Many of these fish have beensmall, between 50 and 90 pounds, but there have been a few large onesof over 200 pounds caught as well. While the fishing is picking up,it is still not a wide open bite, perhaps that will happen withingthe next several months as the water cools even more and the Mackerelappear in force. We are really hoping to see large numbers of bigSardines as well, that was the major feed when we had the greatfishing several years ago. Folks, if you are going to be Marlinfishing, remember that catch and release will ensure we have thesefish for our children to catch![/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The fantastic action that happened several weeksat the Gordo Banks continues to slow down. There were a few fishreported every day the week before last, this past week it was evenslower with only a few large Tuna taken. Other than that, there wereonly a few reports of any Yellowfin being caught. One boat with ourclients found a stump with the roots in the air about 25 miles outand caught a large number of football size tuna off of it, but theporpoise pods that have been found have been empty of fish life. Once in a while a Yellowfin has been caught by boats chumming heavilyalong the coast in front of the Cabo Del Sol area, but most of thefish coming in to these chum lines have been big Bonito.
[#000000]DORADO: I wasn't sure if I should callDorado “fish of the week” again or not, since the bite droppedoff, but they are still the most common catch. Again, most of theaction has been on the Pacific side of the Cape and finding feedingFrigate Birds, being the first one there and slow trolling live baithas been the key to consistent catches. It's either that, ortrolling lures until you hook a fish then keeping him in the water asa decoy, dropping back live bait or cut strip baits to any fish thatcome in to follow him. Both methods worked well for boats that onlywanted Dorado. Quite a few fish were caught by boats dropping baitfor Striped Marlin, a nice break when the bite on the big fish wasslow, and putting something in the boat that was good to eat.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: As we approach the full moon thebite on Wahoo has improved a bit. I have heard reports from boatstraveling to the Punta Gordo area and past there that they have beengetting bit on a regular basis. Once that happened almost every oneof them put out a trolling plug on wire leader and worked the areawhere they got bit. About half of them managed to get a fish in theboat. On the Pacific side the same thing has happened up thecoastline toward Cerritos beach. There have been no big numbers offish, there never are any great catches except by a few people whospecialize in these speedsters, but the bite has improved, andhopefully they will remain around for the next month or so.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Inshore fishing remains slow withmost boats working outside the beach area for Dorado. Those we havehad out, mostly fly fishing, have reported occasional Dorado, smallRoosterfish, plenty of Needle fish and green Jacks and loads ofBonito. Working the bottom has produced a few nice snapper and acouple of grouper as well.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this monthsrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Thanksgiving is over and we had areally great time with 30 people attending, lots of food and drink. The only downside was no football! Our TV system (at home)has beenhaving problems for several months and we thought it was finallyfixed as the TELMEX tech. Came Thanksgiving at noon, did a quickcheck and said he would be back in an hour after doing some switchwork downtown to improve our service. 30 minutes later, no TV, noPhone Line, no Internet, nada. He finally returned the next day andwe still have no TV, sigh. Everyone had a great time anyway, so allis good. Until next week, tight lines![/#000000]
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and posts it on Sunday morning. So if you
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] November 19 - 25, 2012[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Ialmost put on a heavy long-sleeved shirt yesterday morning as it was68 degrees outside! That is the coldest I have seen it so far thisseason and it felt great. As the day went on it warmed to 88 degreesand if that's not great weather, I don't know what is! We had a fewclouds over us early in the week but then it cleared and we have hadblue skies from Tuesday on through the weekend. The winds have beenvariable with a few gusty days starting the week, but things leveledout into the normal days flow with calm mornings and breezyconditions starting about noon. Most of the wind has been fromnortherly directions.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Therewere no temperature breaks out there again, the water was a prettyeven 81-84 degrees from up on the Pacific all the way to the EastCape, and it was clean, blue water as well. On the Pacific side thesurface conditions were great in the mornings once we went pastTuesday, earlier in the week than that and it was a bit bumpy in themornings due to the winds. The swells were coming in at 2-5 feet andspaced well apart, making it a smooth ride. On the Cortez side thewinds were lighter and had little effect on the fishing between hereand San Jose, I heard that the wind had more effect the farther upthe coastline you went. The swells on this side of the Cape weresmall and insignificant at 1-3 feet.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]The water has cooled a few degrees, down from the 86 degree water wewere seeing a month ago and as a result there are a few Mackerelshowing up as bait. Buying Mackerel or Caballito from the bait boatssets you back about $3 per bait and there have been very few Sardinesthis week here, but there have been a limited availability if youtravel north to San Jose.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:With the water still warm enough there are still Blue and BlackMarlin around, but no large ones that I heard of, and no greatnumbers either. The best results I know of in the past week on theselarger fish came from the Pacific side as one of our clients had adouble hook-up on small Blue Marlin. He was fishing solo and onefish came off right away, the other was released at the side of theboat after about an hour of fighting time, with plenty of pictures asit was held in the water. The fish looked to be about 225 to 250pounds. Other boats reported hooking one now and then with almostall of them released or lost, I only heard of one that was broughtin. As far as the Striped Marlin go, things are starting to pick up. This is nice to hear since things have been a bit slow. The coolerwater bringing in the Mackerel has the Striped Marlin following them,and as most of the bait has been deep, the best results on StripedMarlin have been had by boats that are hooking up live bait anddropping it down to where the bait is. The usual areas such as theledge off of the lighthouse, the point at Los Arcos and the mouth ofMigraino Canyon, areas where the bait tends to stack up, have playedhost to many of the local fleet boats giving this method a try. Someboats have been working on the Golden Gate Bank as this is often thefirst area within easy reach for the fleet that these fish stack upon. A few more boats have been traveling as far as 50 miles up thecoastline to the Finger Banks in the hope of getting into these fishearly, before the pressure intensifies. Many of these fish have beensmall, between 50 and 90 pounds, but there have been a few large onesof over 200 pounds caught as well. While the fishing is picking up,it is still not a wide open bite, perhaps that will happen withingthe next several months as the water cools even more and the Mackerelappear in force. We are really hoping to see large numbers of bigSardines as well, that was the major feed when we had the greatfishing several years ago. Folks, if you are going to be Marlinfishing, remember that catch and release will ensure we have thesefish for our children to catch![/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The fantastic action that happened several weeksat the Gordo Banks continues to slow down. There were a few fishreported every day the week before last, this past week it was evenslower with only a few large Tuna taken. Other than that, there wereonly a few reports of any Yellowfin being caught. One boat with ourclients found a stump with the roots in the air about 25 miles outand caught a large number of football size tuna off of it, but theporpoise pods that have been found have been empty of fish life. Once in a while a Yellowfin has been caught by boats chumming heavilyalong the coast in front of the Cabo Del Sol area, but most of thefish coming in to these chum lines have been big Bonito.
[#000000]DORADO: I wasn't sure if I should callDorado “fish of the week” again or not, since the bite droppedoff, but they are still the most common catch. Again, most of theaction has been on the Pacific side of the Cape and finding feedingFrigate Birds, being the first one there and slow trolling live baithas been the key to consistent catches. It's either that, ortrolling lures until you hook a fish then keeping him in the water asa decoy, dropping back live bait or cut strip baits to any fish thatcome in to follow him. Both methods worked well for boats that onlywanted Dorado. Quite a few fish were caught by boats dropping baitfor Striped Marlin, a nice break when the bite on the big fish wasslow, and putting something in the boat that was good to eat.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: As we approach the full moon thebite on Wahoo has improved a bit. I have heard reports from boatstraveling to the Punta Gordo area and past there that they have beengetting bit on a regular basis. Once that happened almost every oneof them put out a trolling plug on wire leader and worked the areawhere they got bit. About half of them managed to get a fish in theboat. On the Pacific side the same thing has happened up thecoastline toward Cerritos beach. There have been no big numbers offish, there never are any great catches except by a few people whospecialize in these speedsters, but the bite has improved, andhopefully they will remain around for the next month or so.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Inshore fishing remains slow withmost boats working outside the beach area for Dorado. Those we havehad out, mostly fly fishing, have reported occasional Dorado, smallRoosterfish, plenty of Needle fish and green Jacks and loads ofBonito. Working the bottom has produced a few nice snapper and acouple of grouper as well.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this monthsrecipe! [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Thanksgiving is over and we had areally great time with 30 people attending, lots of food and drink. The only downside was no football! Our TV system (at home)has beenhaving problems for several months and we thought it was finallyfixed as the TELMEX tech. Came Thanksgiving at noon, did a quickcheck and said he would be back in an hour after doing some switchwork downtown to improve our service. 30 minutes later, no TV, noPhone Line, no Internet, nada. He finally returned the next day andwe still have no TV, sigh. Everyone had a great time anyway, so allis good. Until next week, tight lines![/#000000]
[#000000]And as always, George writes this report
and posts it on Sunday morning. So if you
can'twait, click the "FOLLOW" on the top of the
page! You will know whenever something new is posted!
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