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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] Nov. 4 - 11, 2013[/#000000]
[#000000]Happy Veterns Day everyone![/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Wehad an interesting week on the weather front as on Wednesday eveninga few clouds started to roll in, this was the evening of the W.O.N.Tuna Tournament sign up. Prior to then we had sunny skies withthemperatures in the high 80's during the day and the mid 70's atnight. We woke Thursday morning to little spats of rain, not enoughto get a run off going, but it did make the plants happy. Later inthe day the rain picked up and it cleared off by late afternoon,though the clouds stuck around until early Friday morning. We had abit of humidity then and it has lasted through the weekend, and ourtemperatures have remained in the mid to high 80's during the day andthe mid to high 70's at night.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Thewater was great all week long except for the afternoon on Friday asthe clouds over our area blew away, then there was a bit of a chop onthe water, but not too bad. Surface conditions during the week wereswells at 3-5 feet on the Pacific side and 1-3 feet on the Cortezside. Water temperatures averaged several degrees higher on theCorte side at 82 degrees while on the Pacific side withing the areafrom the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks it was 80 degrees andfarther out it dropped to 77 degrees. At the end of the week thiscooler water had worked its way inside the Banks and we had the 77-78degree water as close as three miles off the beach. At the end ofthe week the water on the Pacific side was clean and blue while thearea around the Gorda Banks and off of Palmilla on the Corte sidewere a bit off-colored.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]No change from the last report, Caballito, and frozen Ballyhoo couldbe had for $3 each this week, and there were actually a few mackerelto be had as well. Sardines were just a bit easier to find, butstill not readily available.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:For some reason the Striped Marlin fishing has been just outstandingthis week, or perhaps it is because there was not as much pressure onthem as two days of 135 boats looking for Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo gavethem a break. There have been Striped Marlin seen in packs of six toeight by many boats, and many of them have been hungry. We had onePanga yesterday release four during a five hour trip, and they didnot travel much farther than the lighthouse on the Pacific side. Live bait was the key, while they would come into the pattern whiletrolling lures, dropping back a rigged live bait sure did the trickon those fish. From just off the shore to three miles out on thePacific side, just in the warmer water was the place to be. Theywere showing at the Golden Gate Banks as well, not in the big podsfeeding on the bait balls we saw a few years back, but in decentnumbers. Dropping a live bait down to 100 feet or more resulted inmany hook-ups. If you use this method though, please make sure youare using circle hooks, as it is sometimes difficult to determing astrike at that depth, and often the Marlin get hooked deep and do notsurvive. With a circle hook they pretty much hook themselves in thecorner of the jaw and can be released with little damage. Also,remember this, it is YOUR trip, YOU are paying for it, YOU decide ifthe fish is released or killed. We had one group who fished a boatearlier in the week and they were unhappy because the crew killed thefirst two Marlin they caught while the anglers wanted to release thefish. On the third Marlin, the crew was about to gaff the fish whenthe angler reached up and cut the leader first! Needless to say,they will never fish on that boat again, or book through that agencyagain. REMEMBER: YOUR BOAT= YOUR CHOICE, make sure the crewunderstand at the start![/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: As I did with the Marlin on the last report, Iwill prevail on the results of two days fishing in the W.O.N. TunaTournament to give you an idea of the Yellowfin action this pastweek. Last year during this week there were over a dozen Tunaweighing over 200 pounds taken, and one over 300 pounds. This yearthere were no fish over 200 pounds, the closest one was just underthat weight. Overall I believe there were three Tuna over 100 poundstaken the first day and 5 fish over 100 pounds taken the second day. There were a few fish in the 50-60 pound class but most of them werefootballs. Once again the Gora Banks proved to be a popular spot tofish, at least on the first day, and there were quite a few largefish hooked up early in the day, but many of them were lost. Duringmid-day the current changed and the bite went dead, most boats leftto look for fish in Porpoise. Boats fishing on the Pacific sidewere focused on the Porpoise as well, and the largest fish of thetournament was caught while flying a kite over a small pod ofPorpoise while fishing just to the north of the Golden Gate Bank. The fish were spread out, from 30 miles to the south of Cabo to 40miles to the north, with no really heavy concentration in any oneplace. Live bait dropped down in front of small pods of Porpoiseresulted in a few big tuna as well.
[#000000]DORADO: The action continued on Dorado thisweek, but it was a bit slower than last week, still good, but just atad slower. That said, the action was still enough to give them“fish of the week” status. Most of the Dorado were found withinthree miles of the beach between SolMar and Todo Santos on thePacific side, and it seemed that the farther north you went thebetter the action and size of the fish, to a point that is. Slowtrolling live bait was very productive, as long as there were fish inthe area, and there were a few Dorado caught by non-tournament boatsthat went over 30 pounds. During the tournament there were a lot ofsmaller Dorado in the 20+ range weighed, and most of them were caughtin this same area. Leaving a hooked fish in the water while bumpingin and out of gear, or trolling it at 2 to 3 knots brought more fishto the boat, and was a favorite method for most crews.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: Wahoo were the suprise of the weekfor many of us as there were more of them brought to the scalesduring the tournament than were Dorado. The largest in those twodays was just over 50 pounds, but there were many on the 20+ side ofthe scales! Some of the fish were open water fish, but the majoritywere caught along the 50 fathom line on both sides of the Cape.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: There is little change in thisweeks inshore report from last weeks with the exception of the Marlinaction. When the fish get close like this everyone gets in on thegame, and it was not unusual this week for the Pangas to releaseseveral Striped Marlin each trip. We are still seeing a few moreSierra and small Yellowtail every week. With the Dorado action beingso good just off the beach, there has not been much in the way ofeffort next to the beach so it is hard to tell exactly what is there,but reports from a few of the Panga captains I know show that thereare still small Roosterfish (less than 5 pounds) and a scattering ofAmberjack and Snapper.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: I am going to post this weeksfish recipe as a seperate post on the blog, so check it out if youare looking for somethingnew to try![/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: My wife is from Seattle so I am aSeahawks fan by marriage, but right now that's not a bad thing! GoHawks! Well, the fishing for Striped Marlin is red hot, the Doradocontinue to show up, the Wahoo bite has been decent. All we need isfor the bigger Tuna to show up and it would be perfect. We expect tostart seeing more Sierra and Yellowtail being caught as the watercools down, so if you are intersted in these fish, keep checkingback, I will let you know when it gets good. This weeks fish reportwas written the the unreleased single (album soon to be finished andreleased, I'll let you know when) by our friend, Brian Flynn. Untilnext week, Tight Lines![/#000000]
[#000000]And as always, George writes this report
and posts to the blog on Sunday morning. So if you
can'twait, click the "FOLLOW" on the top of the blog
page! You will know whenever something new is posted!
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[#000000]Captain George Landrum[/#000000]
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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] Nov. 4 - 11, 2013[/#000000]
[#000000]Happy Veterns Day everyone![/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Wehad an interesting week on the weather front as on Wednesday eveninga few clouds started to roll in, this was the evening of the W.O.N.Tuna Tournament sign up. Prior to then we had sunny skies withthemperatures in the high 80's during the day and the mid 70's atnight. We woke Thursday morning to little spats of rain, not enoughto get a run off going, but it did make the plants happy. Later inthe day the rain picked up and it cleared off by late afternoon,though the clouds stuck around until early Friday morning. We had abit of humidity then and it has lasted through the weekend, and ourtemperatures have remained in the mid to high 80's during the day andthe mid to high 70's at night.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Thewater was great all week long except for the afternoon on Friday asthe clouds over our area blew away, then there was a bit of a chop onthe water, but not too bad. Surface conditions during the week wereswells at 3-5 feet on the Pacific side and 1-3 feet on the Cortezside. Water temperatures averaged several degrees higher on theCorte side at 82 degrees while on the Pacific side withing the areafrom the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks it was 80 degrees andfarther out it dropped to 77 degrees. At the end of the week thiscooler water had worked its way inside the Banks and we had the 77-78degree water as close as three miles off the beach. At the end ofthe week the water on the Pacific side was clean and blue while thearea around the Gorda Banks and off of Palmilla on the Corte sidewere a bit off-colored.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]No change from the last report, Caballito, and frozen Ballyhoo couldbe had for $3 each this week, and there were actually a few mackerelto be had as well. Sardines were just a bit easier to find, butstill not readily available.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000] FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:For some reason the Striped Marlin fishing has been just outstandingthis week, or perhaps it is because there was not as much pressure onthem as two days of 135 boats looking for Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo gavethem a break. There have been Striped Marlin seen in packs of six toeight by many boats, and many of them have been hungry. We had onePanga yesterday release four during a five hour trip, and they didnot travel much farther than the lighthouse on the Pacific side. Live bait was the key, while they would come into the pattern whiletrolling lures, dropping back a rigged live bait sure did the trickon those fish. From just off the shore to three miles out on thePacific side, just in the warmer water was the place to be. Theywere showing at the Golden Gate Banks as well, not in the big podsfeeding on the bait balls we saw a few years back, but in decentnumbers. Dropping a live bait down to 100 feet or more resulted inmany hook-ups. If you use this method though, please make sure youare using circle hooks, as it is sometimes difficult to determing astrike at that depth, and often the Marlin get hooked deep and do notsurvive. With a circle hook they pretty much hook themselves in thecorner of the jaw and can be released with little damage. Also,remember this, it is YOUR trip, YOU are paying for it, YOU decide ifthe fish is released or killed. We had one group who fished a boatearlier in the week and they were unhappy because the crew killed thefirst two Marlin they caught while the anglers wanted to release thefish. On the third Marlin, the crew was about to gaff the fish whenthe angler reached up and cut the leader first! Needless to say,they will never fish on that boat again, or book through that agencyagain. REMEMBER: YOUR BOAT= YOUR CHOICE, make sure the crewunderstand at the start![/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: As I did with the Marlin on the last report, Iwill prevail on the results of two days fishing in the W.O.N. TunaTournament to give you an idea of the Yellowfin action this pastweek. Last year during this week there were over a dozen Tunaweighing over 200 pounds taken, and one over 300 pounds. This yearthere were no fish over 200 pounds, the closest one was just underthat weight. Overall I believe there were three Tuna over 100 poundstaken the first day and 5 fish over 100 pounds taken the second day. There were a few fish in the 50-60 pound class but most of them werefootballs. Once again the Gora Banks proved to be a popular spot tofish, at least on the first day, and there were quite a few largefish hooked up early in the day, but many of them were lost. Duringmid-day the current changed and the bite went dead, most boats leftto look for fish in Porpoise. Boats fishing on the Pacific sidewere focused on the Porpoise as well, and the largest fish of thetournament was caught while flying a kite over a small pod ofPorpoise while fishing just to the north of the Golden Gate Bank. The fish were spread out, from 30 miles to the south of Cabo to 40miles to the north, with no really heavy concentration in any oneplace. Live bait dropped down in front of small pods of Porpoiseresulted in a few big tuna as well.
[#000000]DORADO: The action continued on Dorado thisweek, but it was a bit slower than last week, still good, but just atad slower. That said, the action was still enough to give them“fish of the week” status. Most of the Dorado were found withinthree miles of the beach between SolMar and Todo Santos on thePacific side, and it seemed that the farther north you went thebetter the action and size of the fish, to a point that is. Slowtrolling live bait was very productive, as long as there were fish inthe area, and there were a few Dorado caught by non-tournament boatsthat went over 30 pounds. During the tournament there were a lot ofsmaller Dorado in the 20+ range weighed, and most of them were caughtin this same area. Leaving a hooked fish in the water while bumpingin and out of gear, or trolling it at 2 to 3 knots brought more fishto the boat, and was a favorite method for most crews.[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: Wahoo were the suprise of the weekfor many of us as there were more of them brought to the scalesduring the tournament than were Dorado. The largest in those twodays was just over 50 pounds, but there were many on the 20+ side ofthe scales! Some of the fish were open water fish, but the majoritywere caught along the 50 fathom line on both sides of the Cape.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: There is little change in thisweeks inshore report from last weeks with the exception of the Marlinaction. When the fish get close like this everyone gets in on thegame, and it was not unusual this week for the Pangas to releaseseveral Striped Marlin each trip. We are still seeing a few moreSierra and small Yellowtail every week. With the Dorado action beingso good just off the beach, there has not been much in the way ofeffort next to the beach so it is hard to tell exactly what is there,but reports from a few of the Panga captains I know show that thereare still small Roosterfish (less than 5 pounds) and a scattering ofAmberjack and Snapper.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: I am going to post this weeksfish recipe as a seperate post on the blog, so check it out if youare looking for somethingnew to try![/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: My wife is from Seattle so I am aSeahawks fan by marriage, but right now that's not a bad thing! GoHawks! Well, the fishing for Striped Marlin is red hot, the Doradocontinue to show up, the Wahoo bite has been decent. All we need isfor the bigger Tuna to show up and it would be perfect. We expect tostart seeing more Sierra and Yellowtail being caught as the watercools down, so if you are intersted in these fish, keep checkingback, I will let you know when it gets good. This weeks fish reportwas written the the unreleased single (album soon to be finished andreleased, I'll let you know when) by our friend, Brian Flynn. Untilnext week, Tight Lines![/#000000]
[#000000]And as always, George writes this report
and posts to the blog on Sunday morning. So if you
can'twait, click the "FOLLOW" on the top of the blog
page! You will know whenever something new is posted!
[/#000000]
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