Cabo Catch Report Capt. George Landrum "Fly Hooker" Sportfishing [email protected] www.flyhooker.com CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR 12-19 AUGUST 2001 WEATHER: Again we have had typical Cabo weather, highs during the daytime in the high 90’s and lows at night around the low 80’s. Humidity varied all week between 75% and 45%. On Friday we had a bit of the tail end of a storm come through and it brought with it some rain and a good bit of heavy wind. Most of the boats that went out that morning were caught by surprise and were back in the Marina by noon. (Hillbilly Jazz) WATER: Excellent surface conditions except for Friday when the storm blew by and the water temperatures are also very good. The Pacific side has been a few degrees cooler all week and the temperature seems pretty stable at 83-85 degrees in almost all of the water within charter range. We may see some warmer water come in later in the week if the trend continues. (Don’t Hop, Don’t Skip) BAIT: The normal $2 per bait for Caballito and I haven’t seen a mackerel all week. The Sardinas were not in evidence here in Cabo all week long. (Airmail Special) FISHING: BILLFISH: Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, Striped Marlin, Sailfish, what more can you ask for? Everyone I have talked to agrees that this is the best Marlin fishing they have seen in years! Most of the guys I have talked with have been fishing on the Pacific side and there seem to be fish everywhere. It has not been uncommon for a boat to get hooked up to three different species in one day and most of the boats that are trying for billfish are finding at least one coming to the side of the boat. Blue/Pink, Mean Joe Green and Bleeding Mackerel have been the hot colors this week. (Triple Stop Boogie) YELLOWFIN TUNA: There have been quite a few of the smaller football Yellowfin found close to shore this week, but the large fish have been a bit scarce. Tuna up to 60 pounds have been found around the Red Mountain area but they have been depth orientated rather than associated with Dolphin. Live Caballito slow trolled have gotten good results, the hookups on lures have been few. A few larger fish have been caught on the Pacific side around the Lighthouse and the Jaime Banks, again these fish have not been associated with Dolphin. Live bait has worked the best and feathers run for Dorado have gotten most of the remaining fish. (Be A Little Discreet) DORADO: Good news all week on the Dorado scene, they are here in numbers! Most of the fish have run in the 10-25 pound class with a few up to 50 pounds being caught everyday. The best news is that they are in schools and when you hook one fish, there are others around. That makes for plenty of good eating fillets to take home! Smaller feathers and Striped Marlin lures have been good for the first fish and live bait or cut bait insure that more are hooked up. (Swing Street) WAHOO: Few and far between this week, the few caught were incidental fish caught while trolling for Marlin. (Woodsheddin’) INSHORE: The Roosterfish are cooperating well for the boats that are targeting them and the pangas are also having good luck on Dorado and Yellowfin. A few of the Pangas have caught Marlin this week, both Striped and Blue. The other inshore species, with the exception on Amberjack, have been scarce. (Say Goodby To The Blues) NOTES: Written to the music of Vassar Clements (I am on a fiddle streak!) on an album titled “Hillbilly Jazz Rides Again”, 1986 on Flying Fish Records, Inc. Vassar is one of the “Heros” from Mark O’Conners album of the same name. Until next week, Tight Lines! Capt George Landrum Fly Hooker Sportfishing [email protected] www.flyhooker.com "Fly Hooker" Catch Report Capt. George Landrum "Fly Hooker" Sportfishing [email protected] “FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 13 AUGUST 2001 Johnathan and Tracy Thompson were last minute bookings on the “Fly Hooker” for today and Johnathan had a friend of his that he wanted to take along. Unfortunately the friend had a 2 pm flight to catch as he and his wife were headed for London and he didn’t want to chance missing the plane. Johnathan decided to go fishing anyway and just come in early to see them off. With his fingers crossed he said “Let’s go fishing anyway!” He was really glad he did as he and Tracy managed to catch and release a Blue Marlin estimated at 250 pounds plus 2 Dorado and they were in by 12:30! I believe that Tracy let him handle all the fish himself and acording to Juan and Manuel he did a very good job of it. We really hope to see the two of them again sometime in the future and until then we hope they have Tight Lines every time they go fishing! “FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 14 AUGUST 2001 This was the second day of fishing for the Crother father/son team and today Wayne Sr. was the designated lucky angler. They had one Striped Marlin throw the hooks after striking a lure and another after eating a live bait but it was the Blue Marlin that made the day. This fish was hungry and the hooks set just right. After a battle that lasted about 70 minutes a very fat Blue Marlin estimated at 400 pounds was tagged and released. According to Juan there was quite a battle at boatside in the process of tagging and removing the hooks but the fish was released in very good shape! Congradulations Wayne and there should be a very nice Billfish Foundation release certificate coming your way in the next month or so! We were glad you both had a chance to get fish on this trip and hope to see you again in the future! Until then, Tight Lines! “FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 18 AUGUST 2001 John and Ray from San Diego are friends of a friend and on his recomendation booked the “Fly Hooker” for a day of fishing. John had never caught a Marlin so that was the main target for the day but they were not about to turn down anything else that showed up! In order to ensure fish in the boat Juan and Manuel decided to spend the first hour catching a Dorado or two and were suprised at the result. After around 30 minutes they had 8 Dorado between 15 and 20 pounds in the boat and were ready to try for the Billfish. They headed offshore and worked the Pacific side about 10-13 miles out. Over the course of the next several hours they had a Striped Marlin strike that pulled line for a few seconds before the hook came out and a bit later had a Blue Marlin hooked up for about 30 seconds, then the same thing happened. Around 10:30 and just after having the lures changed, a very nicer fish managed to find the new Hi-5 lure that Ken made to Mary’s specifications. The Black Marlin that found and ate the lure charged the boat and made about 5 or 6 jumps before sounding. Sometime in that interval it became tail wrapped and died. 3 hours and 10 minutes after the strike the dead marlin was beside the boat and quickly tied off to the swim platform. Later at the main dock scales it weighed 450 pounds, a very respectable fish indeed. John cannot take total credit for the fish however, as it took both him and Ray to bring the fish to the boat (along with a bit of help from Juan and Manuel, of course!). Congradulations guys! It was a beautiful fish and it did not go to waste, there are a lot of people in the poor part of town who are eating well on that fish! We hope to get a chance to fish with you again in November and until then, we hope you have Tight Lines on every trip! “FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 19 AUGUST 2001 Today we had Glen Cope and his sons Mike and Luke fishing aboard the “Fly Hooker”. They have been in contact with us since booking the trip and even offered to bring down anything we might be in need of. It sure is nice to meet people like that! Anyway, they brought a cooler along and were looking to have fun with food fish, but would not mind getting the chance to fight a Marlin should the chance present it’s self. The good news for the day was that they did manage to leave the boat with a cooler of fillets! They caught 18 Dorado during the trip, releasing 6 of them due to being small. They also caught one Tuna of about 10 pounds. The remainder of the fish that they kept were around 12 pounds each, perfect fillet size! During the trip they also had a short strike from a Striped Marlin, but the fish did not hook up. I was very pleased to hear from Greg as I walked up the dock with them that Juan and Manuel were the best crew they had ever fished with! Sure did make their day when I told them that later on as we refueled! Thanks guys, we hope you come down and fish with us again next time! Until then, Tight Lines on every trip from George, Mary Juan and Manuel, The "Fly Hooker" Crew. George & Mary Landrum Juan & Manuel The "Fly Hooker" Crew 011-52-117-01271 cell phone 011-52-114-38271 home and fax www.flyhooker.com