Cabo Fishing Report Capt. George Landrum "Fly Hooker" Sportfishing [email protected] www.flyhooker.com CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR 20-26 AUGUST 2001 WEATHER: A very hot week in Los Cabos as we saw the temperatures at times climb to over 100 degrees. The evenings have also been hot with the coolest this week at 83 degrees. One of the things that has made it bearable has been the humidity staying low for most of the time. We have been averaging about 55% humidity and there has been very little cloud cover except for the 26th. We had a bit of clouds and rain today, just enough to dust off the plants! This was brought to us by the passage of a tropical depression to the south of us. It also brought in about 7 hours of winds from the south east at 20-30 knots, enough to make the water a bit choppy in the later half of the morning. (Djobi, Djobi) WATER: The surface temperatures have been ranging from 82 to 87 degrees, with the cooler water being on the Pacific side from the lighthouse out to San Jaime and up to Golden Gate banks. Everywhere else has been about 85 degrees and the water has been very nice and blue. Excellent fishing conditions with just a slight breeze most of the time to keep the surface a bit broken, except for Sunday when we saw a very broken surface! (Viento del Arena) BAIT: Most of the bait available has been Caballito and it has been the usual $2 per bait. There has been no shortage of Mullet either and the same price applies. Very few Mackerel are to be found and I have no information on the availability of Sardinas. (Escucha Me) FISHING: BILLFISH: The Blue Marlin are biting very well and most of the boats that are trying for them are having excellent luck. Almost any area you go to has had them around and the favorite lures have been larger 14 inch plungers in Blue/Pink, Blue/Black and Red/Yellow. There are still Striped Marlin around, mostly on the Pacific side in the cooler water and they have been attracted to smaller 9-12 inch lures in the same colors plus Mean Joe Green. The Blue Marlin have been averaging about #250 and the Striped Marlin at #120. A few Black Marlin have been found so far this year and they have all been in the #300-#500 range, nice tournament fish! (Montana) YELLOWFIN TUNA: A few scattered football fish have been found with the Dolphin and there have been fish scattered about close to shore, but I have not seen any this week that would have gone over #50. This is not to say none have been caught, but no one I have talked to has seen any larger than that. The largest concentration of Tuna has been up just south of Gordo Banks and out at the Jaime banks. Best bets for them have been cedar plugs and a few boats have had very good success with small feathers in bright pink. (Volare) DORADO: These fish have been the bread and butter of the charter fillet this week. Every boat that has come in has been flying Dorado flags and most of them are able to limit out on these great eating fish. A few of the boats have been very greedy and have been exceeding the limits on a daily basis, the fish are that thick out there right now. Most of the Dorado have been #12 - #15 and there are the few that go up to #50. Slow trolled live Caballito have been the ticket for the larger fish and using the first fish as a decoy and working bait strips has been the hot method for the schoolies. (Quiero Saber) WAHOO: There were a few Wahoo caught this week and most of them were caught as an incidental fish. A couple of boats targeted the Wahoo and had some success but it was not a wide open bite. Most of the action came from the Pacific side and the Jaime Banks plus the ledge off the lighthouse seemed to be the best producers. There was no favorite lure used as they seemed to strike almost anything. (Trista Pena) INSHORE: Dorado and Tuna along with a few Amberjack and a lot of smaller Roosterfish seemed to make up the bulk of the action. By smaller Roosterfish I mean fish in the 15-20# class, but there have been some very nice fish up to 65#’s taken this week. A few of the Pangas have caught Blue and Striped Marlin as well. (Galaxia) NOTES: Written to the sounds of the Gypsy Kings on the album “The Best Of The Gypsy Kings”, Nonsuch Records, Warner, 1995. This album is one of my favorites for parties when I need or want an upbeat dancing flavor to the music. No doubt in my mind that if you like this kind of music you have heard of the “Gypsy Kings”, and if you have not heard of them yet, you owe it to yourself to grab a sample from someone and check them out. Until next week, Tight Lines Capt. George Landrum [email protected] www.flyhooker.com "Fly Hooker" Daily Report Capt. George Landrum "Fly Hooker" Sportfishing [email protected] www.flyhooker.com “FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 23 AUGUST 2001 Josh and Nikki Flynn and their son Jaylin, along with their friends Ken and Elsie with their daughter May were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today. Jaylin and May are a bit young, just coming into the age of three, and we didn’t know if they would be able to last the day or not! The day started off with a bit of a lurch as we needed to replace a throttle cable right off the bat, but they were out of the marina by 7am. The idea was to have fun and catch some fish! The kids were asleep fairly quickly and when they did wake up later on, Jalin was seasick. That, along with the size of the Dorado being caught, gave him quite the fright and at 10 am it was decided to take the wives and kids back to the dock. Josh and Ken were not done however, and they went back out to continue fishing (and drink the rest of the beer!). After the day was done the final count was 5 nice Dorado in the boat and a lot more released. One of the fish lost was a Dorado that must have gone well over #50! Everyone seemed to have had a good time and we are glad they got to catch fish! Thanks guys, and we look forward to a chance to take you out again next time you are in Cabo! Until then, Tight Lines! “FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 26 AUGUST 2001 Art, Victor, Charlie and Natasha were our anglers today. Art and Victor live here and Charlie and Natasha come to Cabo about 4 or 5 times a year to fish. None of them has ever caught a Wahoo, and they had a chance to taste Wahoo sashimi at “Nick-San” restaurant last night. Guess what the special request was for? Yep. Ok guys, that is not an easy fish to catch to order but Juan and Manuel were willing to do their best! Right off the bat they hooked into some Dorado on the Pacific side. Juan and Manuel wanted to work the ledge off of the lighthouse for Wahoo but there happened to be a lot of Dorado there also. It didn’t take long, maybe 45 minutes before there were 8-10 nice fillet size Dorado in the boat, all between 15 and 25 pounds. With enough of that action it was time to focus on the Wahoo, and that is what they proceeded to do. A while later the hooked up to a Striped Marlin for about 30 seconds, long enough to see the fish jump a few times but then it came off. Juan and Manuel continued to work the ledge area and sure enough they got a Wahoo strike! It happened as Juan was talking about how they had to be pretty lucky to find one! At first they thought it might be a Tuna, but the fish did not go down. No jumping so it was not a Dorado or Marlin. Art was the lucky angler and after about 25 minutes he managed to work the fish close enough to the boat that Juan was able to gaff it. Art later told me that he was just about ready to give up on the fish! Way to go guys, we are glad that the search worked out and you were able to sample Wahoo sashimi that you caught yourselves! We hope to see you again on the “Fly Hooker” and until then we wish you “Tight Lines” every time you go fishing! From George, Mary, Juan and Manuel, the “Fly Hooker” Crew