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[#000000]Cabo Fish Report[/#000000]
[#000000] Nov. 18 - 24, 2013[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Wehave been under partly cloudy skies for most of the week and it hasbeen rather nice! I know that everyone loves the sun, and while youcan still get a tan while it's cloudy, it's just not the same. However, from a fisherman's point of view, these partly cloudy skieshelp in several ways. Number one is less glare on the water, makingit easier to see and find fish indicators such as bird piles, fintips and tails and porpoise in the distance. Second is that withoutthe direct sun, it is more comfortable on the water! Our daytimehighs have been in the mid 80's while nighttime lows have been in themid to low 70's, and, it's been much less humid than it was lastweek![/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000][#000000]WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Withno storms in the area the swell[/#000000][/#000000][#000000][#000000]s died back down to what we expectthis time of year, 3-5 feet on the Pacific side of the Cape and 1-3feet on the Cortez side. At least in our area that is. If youtravel far enough up the Cortez you eventually end up on the EastCape, and there the wind has kicked things up so that a bumpy ride isalmost a guarantee. Locally the water temperatures have remainedsteady with water from the Arch on the Pacific side to Los Frailesbeing 81-82 degrees, and outside of 10 miles by Los Frailes beingseveral degrees warmer. We have had a cool spot of water hoveringright on top of the 95 spot all week long, it has been 76 degrees andslightly off color. On the Pacific side the water has been blue and76 degrees with slightly warmer 78 degree water to the west side ofthe San Jaime Banks.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballito, Tortilla Chips (baby Pompano), a few Mackerel and assortedother small fish have been the larger live baits available at theusual $3 per bait.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000]FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:Billfish action remained red hot this past week and you did not haveto go far to get to the action as many boats fishing only half days,or anglers fishing on Pangas were able to find decent sized StripedMarlin close to home. With water temperatures at a perfect 76degrees and blue, the area from the lighthouse to inside the GoldenGate Bank on the Pacific side of the Cape was a perfect area to focusefforts. At times I did hear complaints from anglers looking formeat fish that the Striped Marlin were getting in the way! Schoolsof baby Pompano, small Mackerel and Caballito close to the beachmeant that the Striped Marlin were close as well. With the usualcombat fishing we see this time of year, when every boat in the arearaces to be the first one on the scene, when the high flying Frigatessuddenly appear, swooping down on escaping bait, it was exciting,although a bit nerve wracking. Fortunately the fish were thickenough that you did not need to compete in the “speed boatchallenge”. Hanging around an area that everyone had just left wasa perfect way to make sure you caught a fish with less competition. Slow trolling or drifting through an area everyone had just left gaveyou a great shot at fish, as the noise and commotion caused by somany boats in one spot drove the fish and the bait under surface. They came back up in a little while, so if you stuck it out youhooked up. The closer to the beach you were, the more likely youwere to catch something on the little Pompanos, slightly farther offthe beach the Caballito worked and if you were several miles out thenMackerel were the bait of choice. Fish were thick enough off of LosArcos ridge, Golden Gate Bank and the lighthouse ledge that droppinglive bait to 100 feet or more on the drift was a very productivetechnique. Please remember though, if you are using live bait anddrifting like this, ask the crews to use circle hooks. This is lessstressful on the Marlin and makes a safe release much easier. Also,please don't remove the fish from the water for a picture beforereleasing it, the internal organs are normally supported by thebouyancy of the water, and the weight when removed can tear theconnective tissue holding them in place. Many charters stress catchand release for Billfish. We do as well, but with the understandingthat there will be a few fatalities to the fish, and if fishing in abig money tournament we may take one or two. I just hate to seepictures of people holding a Marlin out of the water, then braggingthat they “release” all the fish their anglers catch. Maybe, butwhat condition are those fish in?[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna are definitely the low spot of our presentfishery, at least for the past week. A few fish are being caught atthe high spots on the Gordo Banks, but you may end up putting in daysof effort to get one, but its a pretty sure thing you will be feedingthe sea lions. Farther up the line off of Punta Gorda there has beenan occasional flurry of football sized Yellowfin on the high spots,but nothing I have heard of indicates consistent action. Even boatsthat have been traveling 40+ miles offshore have been having a bit oftrouble finding Porpoise pods that have held fish. Those that havebeen able to fish pods that hold Yellowfin have done fairly decentusing live bait dropped in front of the traveling schools and flyinga kite over the advancing front of these pods of Porpoise. The usuallures pulled while trolling have not been nearly as successful, butwhen they have worked, they have been dark colored lures for the mostpart, dark purple or green hootchies, or medium sized 5” lures indark colors. For some reason cedar plugs have not been very hot forthe past week.
[#000000]DORADO: I believe you could make a good casefor either Striped Marlin or Dorado as being our “Fish of the Week”this past week, as they both have been found in the same areas andboth of them have provided plenty of action. This week the Doradoaction picked back up, with any angler that wanted to catch a limitfinding it no problem at all, the only difficulty was holding off onthe 10-12 pound fish until one of the 20 pound plus fish hooked up. Normally we would be working the Frigate birds for Dorado, but withthe Striped Marlin being as thick as they have been the Frigates havebeen on them instead. The best way to ensure a good catch on Doradowas to troll a 5” to 7” lure at slightly higher speeds, often 10knots or better, until hooking up a Dorado, then working the same arewith slow trolled live bait. The only problem (and what a problem tohave!) were the number of Striped Marlin that would come in and eatbait intended for Dorado. Many of the boats were working the areabetween the Arch and the desalinization plant on the Pacific side,and going no further than that to get limits on decent Dorado (legallimit is two Dorado per person).[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: There was no change in the Wahooreport for this week, it is a repeat of last weeks action as theoccasional Wahoo continued to surprise anglers, and crews as well, asthese toothy fish managed to snip many lures from leaders withoutanyone noticing! Boats that were using wire leader, or just happenedto get hooked right, were bringing back fish averaging 30 pounds. There were not a lot of them, but enough to make each strike apossibility.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Small Roosterfish still dominatethe beach fishery but there have been occasional schools of fish inthe 15-18 pound class show up, to the enjoyment of the anglers! Combine these Roosterfish with some decent Red Snapper action in therocks and if you did not want Marlin or Dorado you had options. Ormaybe you were just tired of catching Striped Marlin and Dorado andwanted something different. While I do not recommend it forcruisers, Pangas were able to get right in tight to the rocks inorder to sling out a small weight with live bait into the pocketsamong the rocks. There were many snags and break-offs, but therewere also some very nice Snapper to be found as well. A few Sierraand a few Yellowtail continue to be caught, the numbers go up just abit every week, and the size on both seems to be improving slightly.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Seared Tuna with Sesame seeds: Just about as simple as you can make it (my favorite kind!) Recipeposted on the blog in a few minutes. [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Can you say “Red Hot”? Inormally avoid using those words, but since I am not predicting, justreporting, I feel they are appropriate for this past weeks fishingaction. Add in the unusual number of whales that are showing upearly and it has been great to be on the water! We are approachingThanksgiving, and we have many things to be thankful for this year. We hope to have 20-30 people over for dinner Thursday once again, andone of the things to be thankful for is the number of friends that wedo have. It is time like these months past that you really come toappreciate who they are, and what they do for you. On that note Iwould like to wish all our U.S. Friends “Happy Thanksgiving”, andoffer thanks to all our Canadian and Mexican friends for theircontinued support this year. This weeks report is written to themusic of Roger Creagor on a mixed CD given to me by a good friend. Until next week, Tight Lines![/#000000]
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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. 18 - 24, 2013[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]WEATHER: [/#000000][#000000]Wehave been under partly cloudy skies for most of the week and it hasbeen rather nice! I know that everyone loves the sun, and while youcan still get a tan while it's cloudy, it's just not the same. However, from a fisherman's point of view, these partly cloudy skieshelp in several ways. Number one is less glare on the water, makingit easier to see and find fish indicators such as bird piles, fintips and tails and porpoise in the distance. Second is that withoutthe direct sun, it is more comfortable on the water! Our daytimehighs have been in the mid 80's while nighttime lows have been in themid to low 70's, and, it's been much less humid than it was lastweek![/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000][#000000]WATER: [/#000000][#000000]Withno storms in the area the swell[/#000000][/#000000][#000000][#000000]s died back down to what we expectthis time of year, 3-5 feet on the Pacific side of the Cape and 1-3feet on the Cortez side. At least in our area that is. If youtravel far enough up the Cortez you eventually end up on the EastCape, and there the wind has kicked things up so that a bumpy ride isalmost a guarantee. Locally the water temperatures have remainedsteady with water from the Arch on the Pacific side to Los Frailesbeing 81-82 degrees, and outside of 10 miles by Los Frailes beingseveral degrees warmer. We have had a cool spot of water hoveringright on top of the 95 spot all week long, it has been 76 degrees andslightly off color. On the Pacific side the water has been blue and76 degrees with slightly warmer 78 degree water to the west side ofthe San Jaime Banks.[/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000][/#000000][/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BAIT: [/#000000][#000000]Caballito, Tortilla Chips (baby Pompano), a few Mackerel and assortedother small fish have been the larger live baits available at theusual $3 per bait.[/#000000][/#000000]
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[#000000]FISHING:[/#000000]
[#000000][#000000]BILLFISH[/#000000][#000000]:Billfish action remained red hot this past week and you did not haveto go far to get to the action as many boats fishing only half days,or anglers fishing on Pangas were able to find decent sized StripedMarlin close to home. With water temperatures at a perfect 76degrees and blue, the area from the lighthouse to inside the GoldenGate Bank on the Pacific side of the Cape was a perfect area to focusefforts. At times I did hear complaints from anglers looking formeat fish that the Striped Marlin were getting in the way! Schoolsof baby Pompano, small Mackerel and Caballito close to the beachmeant that the Striped Marlin were close as well. With the usualcombat fishing we see this time of year, when every boat in the arearaces to be the first one on the scene, when the high flying Frigatessuddenly appear, swooping down on escaping bait, it was exciting,although a bit nerve wracking. Fortunately the fish were thickenough that you did not need to compete in the “speed boatchallenge”. Hanging around an area that everyone had just left wasa perfect way to make sure you caught a fish with less competition. Slow trolling or drifting through an area everyone had just left gaveyou a great shot at fish, as the noise and commotion caused by somany boats in one spot drove the fish and the bait under surface. They came back up in a little while, so if you stuck it out youhooked up. The closer to the beach you were, the more likely youwere to catch something on the little Pompanos, slightly farther offthe beach the Caballito worked and if you were several miles out thenMackerel were the bait of choice. Fish were thick enough off of LosArcos ridge, Golden Gate Bank and the lighthouse ledge that droppinglive bait to 100 feet or more on the drift was a very productivetechnique. Please remember though, if you are using live bait anddrifting like this, ask the crews to use circle hooks. This is lessstressful on the Marlin and makes a safe release much easier. Also,please don't remove the fish from the water for a picture beforereleasing it, the internal organs are normally supported by thebouyancy of the water, and the weight when removed can tear theconnective tissue holding them in place. Many charters stress catchand release for Billfish. We do as well, but with the understandingthat there will be a few fatalities to the fish, and if fishing in abig money tournament we may take one or two. I just hate to seepictures of people holding a Marlin out of the water, then braggingthat they “release” all the fish their anglers catch. Maybe, butwhat condition are those fish in?[/#000000][/#000000]
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna are definitely the low spot of our presentfishery, at least for the past week. A few fish are being caught atthe high spots on the Gordo Banks, but you may end up putting in daysof effort to get one, but its a pretty sure thing you will be feedingthe sea lions. Farther up the line off of Punta Gorda there has beenan occasional flurry of football sized Yellowfin on the high spots,but nothing I have heard of indicates consistent action. Even boatsthat have been traveling 40+ miles offshore have been having a bit oftrouble finding Porpoise pods that have held fish. Those that havebeen able to fish pods that hold Yellowfin have done fairly decentusing live bait dropped in front of the traveling schools and flyinga kite over the advancing front of these pods of Porpoise. The usuallures pulled while trolling have not been nearly as successful, butwhen they have worked, they have been dark colored lures for the mostpart, dark purple or green hootchies, or medium sized 5” lures indark colors. For some reason cedar plugs have not been very hot forthe past week.
[#000000]DORADO: I believe you could make a good casefor either Striped Marlin or Dorado as being our “Fish of the Week”this past week, as they both have been found in the same areas andboth of them have provided plenty of action. This week the Doradoaction picked back up, with any angler that wanted to catch a limitfinding it no problem at all, the only difficulty was holding off onthe 10-12 pound fish until one of the 20 pound plus fish hooked up. Normally we would be working the Frigate birds for Dorado, but withthe Striped Marlin being as thick as they have been the Frigates havebeen on them instead. The best way to ensure a good catch on Doradowas to troll a 5” to 7” lure at slightly higher speeds, often 10knots or better, until hooking up a Dorado, then working the same arewith slow trolled live bait. The only problem (and what a problem tohave!) were the number of Striped Marlin that would come in and eatbait intended for Dorado. Many of the boats were working the areabetween the Arch and the desalinization plant on the Pacific side,and going no further than that to get limits on decent Dorado (legallimit is two Dorado per person).[/#000000]
[#000000]WAHOO: There was no change in the Wahooreport for this week, it is a repeat of last weeks action as theoccasional Wahoo continued to surprise anglers, and crews as well, asthese toothy fish managed to snip many lures from leaders withoutanyone noticing! Boats that were using wire leader, or just happenedto get hooked right, were bringing back fish averaging 30 pounds. There were not a lot of them, but enough to make each strike apossibility.[/#000000]
[#000000] INSHORE: Small Roosterfish still dominatethe beach fishery but there have been occasional schools of fish inthe 15-18 pound class show up, to the enjoyment of the anglers! Combine these Roosterfish with some decent Red Snapper action in therocks and if you did not want Marlin or Dorado you had options. Ormaybe you were just tired of catching Striped Marlin and Dorado andwanted something different. While I do not recommend it forcruisers, Pangas were able to get right in tight to the rocks inorder to sling out a small weight with live bait into the pocketsamong the rocks. There were many snags and break-offs, but therewere also some very nice Snapper to be found as well. A few Sierraand a few Yellowtail continue to be caught, the numbers go up just abit every week, and the size on both seems to be improving slightly.[/#000000]
[#000000]FISH RECIPE: Seared Tuna with Sesame seeds: Just about as simple as you can make it (my favorite kind!) Recipeposted on the blog in a few minutes. [/#000000]
[#000000]NOTES: Can you say “Red Hot”? Inormally avoid using those words, but since I am not predicting, justreporting, I feel they are appropriate for this past weeks fishingaction. Add in the unusual number of whales that are showing upearly and it has been great to be on the water! We are approachingThanksgiving, and we have many things to be thankful for this year. We hope to have 20-30 people over for dinner Thursday once again, andone of the things to be thankful for is the number of friends that wedo have. It is time like these months past that you really come toappreciate who they are, and what they do for you. On that note Iwould like to wish all our U.S. Friends “Happy Thanksgiving”, andoffer thanks to all our Canadian and Mexican friends for theircontinued support this year. This weeks report is written to themusic of Roger Creagor on a mixed CD given to me by a good friend. Until next 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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