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9 Dec 2002 - Cabo Fishing Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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CAPT. GEORGE LANDRUM
�FLY HOOKER� SPORTFISHING
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT DECEMBER 2-8, 2002
WEATHER: It�s starting to get a bit cooler here
in Cabo so we know that its winter time! Our
morning lows have been in the 60-63 degree range
while our daytime highs have been in the mid
80�s. Early in the week we had mostly cloudy
skies as we had a front move over us and on
Tuesday we got some rain in the morning and the
afternoon. After the rain last week you should
see the desert out there, green as can be and the
flowers just shooting out! Right now we have
clear skies and light winds from the NNW for the
mornings at around 5-7mph with it picking up
to around 12-15mph in the late afternoon. (Trade
Winds)
WATER: Just as our air temperatures have cooled
a bit, so has the water temperature. Last
week we were looking at surface temps in the 80-81
degree range out front and now we have
them in the 78 degree range. Looking at the area
in the larger sense we are not seeing the 80-81
degree water unless you go up past Golden Gate
Banks or at least 35 miles to the SE. Within a
15 mile radius of Cabo it is an even 78 degrees.
25 miles to the southwest we have a finger of
cold water moving in from the Pacific that is
showing temps of 75 degrees with a well defined
edge. There have been no swells to speak of and
the surface conditions have been great. Most
mornings there has been just a light wind riffle
and in the afternoons just a light chop on fairly
flat
seas. Good blue water everywhere you go! (Oceans
Apart)
BAIT: There were some Mackerel early in the week
and now it is mostly Caballito. The
normal price of $2 per bait. I have not asked for
nor have I heard if there are any Sardinas
available. (Holding Back The Years)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Not too surprisingly with the lowering
surface temperatures the number of Blue
Marlin being found has dropped considerably. There
were a few at the beginning of the week and
almost none at all over the weekend. The main
Billfish for the week was Striped Marlin, a
situation likely to continue now until next summer.
Just because they are the most numerous
though does not mean that they are out there in
great numbers. Most boats have been able to find
at least one or two a day and a few lucky ones have
been able to catch up to three a day, judging
by the flags I have seen flying on boats coming in.
Most of the fish were being found on the
Pacific side and were pretty evenly mixed with
about half coming from the area to the south of the
Jaime Banks and the other half coming out of the
area between the lighthouse and Los Arcos, out
between three and ten miles. The average size is
down a bit with most of them in the 100-120
pound range and the bite has been mostly on live
bait. Boats have been finding them just as you
usually look for Dorado, spotting Frigate Birds
working then racing over to toss a live bait under
them. (Blue Universe)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Very few Yellowfin were caught
this week although on Thursday if you
had been out at the lighthouse on the Pacific side
you would have thought that the bite was wide
open! There was a giant group of Porpoise working
the area and clouds of Frigates working
them. The action attracted about 50 boats that
were tossing live bait right and left, dropping
bait
down hopeing to get bit and pulling every lure
known to man in the hope of a Tuna bite. Any
time the Frigates would re-form and start feeding
again there would be a race with around a
dozen of the closet boats running full throttle
into the middle of the mess, tossing out bait as
the
slid to a stop. I only heard of one boat getting a
Tuna out of it! The same day I was up at the
Golden Gate Banks earlier and there were Tuna in
the 100-200 pound class feeding on very small
baits, Manuel said they were Bullito (sp?). We
worked them for a while until other boats showed
up and the fish went down. The few other fish that
were found this week were footballs,
unassociated with any Porpoise. They were caught
on feathers pulled for Dorado. (Dream
Catcher)
DORADO: It seemed the key to getting numbers of
Dorado this week was to find some
floating debris. If you did, and there were not
too many boats working it at the time, you stood a
good chance of picking up a limit. Most of the
fish caught under debris were caught on live bait
or chunks. If you wee not one of the first few
boats there, and if you were not getting bit on
fly-lined baits, it sometimes helped to rig them
with a 2-4 ounce lead about 5 feet away and let
them down around 60 feet. There were a few
scattered fish found within 3 miles of the shore
and
they were most often spotted under working Frigate
birds. Best lures were 6� feathers in bright
colors with some of the larger Dorado going for 12
inch plastics in rainbow hues. (Feelin�
Alright)
WAHOO: There were some Wahoo caught this week
and I heard of a few in the 80-90 pound
class. Most of the fish I heard of were found off
the coast on the Pacific side while boats were
working for Dorado and Striped Marlin. There were
a couple caught at the Jaime Banks that
were over 60 pounds but most of the fish were in
the 30-40 pound range. Best lures were Braid
Marauders in purple/black and chromed jet heads of
at least 6 ounces with dark skirts. (Midnight
Swim)
INSHORE: While not seeing them myself, I heard
reports of a halfway decent bite on Roosterfish
on the Cortez side of the Cape, with one boat
getting a fish in the 50 pound class and getting a
lot
in the 15-20 pound size. There are Sierra showing
up as well and they are 3-5 pounds average.
The Roosterfish were hitting live Mullet and the
Sierras were biting on Clark spoons and on small
Rapalas. I have also heard reports of a few
Yellowtail being found as well. Most of the Pangas
have been focusing on Dorado since there have been
a few nice sized fish within their reach.
(Dipsea Trail)
NOTES: While the weather and the water were very
nice this past week, the fishing has been
just average. A fair selection to be found, but
nothing in any great quantities. It may have
something to do with the new moon on Wednesday, but
things should start to pick up real soon.
The Whales are starting to show up in force and
have been sighted on every trip this week. This
weeks report was written to the music of one of my
favorite guitarists (I have a lot of them!)
Craig Chaquico on his 1997 Higher Octave Music Inc.
release �Once in a Blue Universe�. On
this album he is joined with artists such as
Richard Elliot, John Klemmer, Dave Koz, Douglas
Spotted Eagle, 3rd Force and Peter White. As you
can tell, this is a great Jazz and Rock mix!
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