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16 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 9-15, 2002
WEATHER: Keeping cool in Cabo! I check my outside
thermometer every morning and on
Saturday it showed 55 degrees! Sweater, long pants
and socks were my dress for the morning!
Our daytime highs have been a comfortable 85-88
degrees with a slight breeze. The desert is now
blooming from all the rain we received during the
Thanksgiving weekend so a drive out there is a
nice thing to do. We have not had any rain since
then but we did have quite a bit of cloud cover
in the early part of the week. (Deck The Halls)
WATER: The surface temperatures continue to drop
as we go through the transition from
summer water to winter water. This week the
highest I found was around 79 degrees. Most of
the water around the Cape has been in the low 70�s
but there has been a bit warmer water from
25-30 miles to the south. The surface conditions
have been great with small swells at the
beginning of the week, getting larger as the week
ended but with plenty of space between them
and no wind chop on top of it. (1st Nowell)
BAIT: Almost the only thing you could find this
week was Mackerel in the 8-10� range, a bit
small but they worked well. There were only a few
Caballito and I have no idea if there were any
Sardinas or not. The bait was the normal $2 each.
(Shepherd�s Night Watch)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The only species around right now is
Striped Marlin as the water has become too
cool to be comfortable for Blue Marlin. There were
not a lot of fish found this week but a few
lucky boats were able to hook one or two and get
them to the boat. Most boats were lucky if
they were able to get one to toss bait to, the fish
were scattered out and not staying on the surface
very long. Most of the fish that were caught were
found while deep dropping live bait off of
Punta San Cristobal and Golden Gate Banks or while
slow trolling live baits in the same areas.
They have been averaging about 110 pounds with a
few fish reaching the #140 class. (Festival of
7 Lights)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I did not see nor did I hear of
any boats finding Yellowfin Tuna this week,
but I did see a few boats flying Tuna flags. I
checked with the anglers from one of them and
found that they had caught Skipjack Tuna that the
crew had flown flags for because they wanted
to be able to fly something. The others may have
found Yellowfin, you never know, but I heard
no word. (O X�mas Tree)
DORADO: Even the Dorado bite was a bit slow this
week as most boats were very lucky to get
three or four fish, and most came in with just one
or two. Slow trolling live bait or pulling
brightly colored lures in the 9� range were what
seemed to work. Most of the action took place
on the Pacific side of the point and in the same
areas as the Striped Marlin were found. The
basics worked well, find the bait and work the
area. Hook up one Dorado then toss a live bait out
behind it as it comes in, there might just be
another one or two following it. (Away in a
Manger/Island X�mas)
WAHOO: A few Wahoo were caught this week and
they seemed to prefer dark colored lures.
Most of them were in the 30-40 pound range and
there was no concentration to them, the catches
were reported from a wide area. (Morning Glory)
INSHORE: Most of the inshore action took place on
the Pacific side between the lighthouse and
Punta San Cristobal. This area is where a school
of Sierra has been working the beach and the
best action was in water between 15 and 60 feet
deep. The fish were biting on small hootchies
and Rapalas in bright colors, the favorite being
orange/red and the fish ranged from 3 to 7 pounds.
The average catch was two to 6 fish before the bite
stopped, around 9 am. A bit farther out, in
water from 60-150 feet, there were a few schools of
Dorado found and a few boats found some
Amberjack and Snapper on the bottom around the
rocks. (We Three Kings/Santa Fe X�mas)
NOTES: We are in the transition from warm summer
waters to cooler winter water and the
fishing has shown it. The action has not been hot
and heavy but most days there was some fish to
be found. Checking my log book for last year the
same thing was going on. We can look
forward to some continued Dorado action and the
Striped Marlin should become more numerous
and the football and school Tuna should show up
very soon. This weeks report was written to
the sound of music for the holidays by one of my
favorite artists, Ottmar Liebert. The CD is
�Poets & Angels�, a 1990 Higher Octave release.
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