Cabo Fish Report

FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com

March 31-April 6, 2008

WEATHER: The weather has continued to make a believer of me in
Cabo being the perfect place to live this time of year. Our
daytime highs have been in the low 90’s and our nighttime lows
in the mid to low 60’s. We had mostly sunny skies this week and
for the most part, light winds. There were a couple of days in
the middle of the week where the wind blew strongly from the
west, but it was for only a day or two.
WATER: Water temperatures on the Cortez side of the Cape have
continued to rise slowly; we had as warm as 75 degrees at the
end of the week across the 95 spot. There is still a plume of
cool 67-degree water coming across the tip of the Cape from the
Pacific side. Both sides of the Cape experienced bouncy
conditions on Friday and Saturday when the wind shifted and came
from the west, but it settled right down. Water clarity had
been an issue on the Pacific side close to shore but that has
cleared up a bit, however the farther to the north you went the
greener the water became. The blue water has remained south of
us at a distance of at least 25 miles. Even the warm water
across the 95 spot has been slightly green in color.
BAIT: Mackerel was easily available at the usual $2 per bait
and there were also Caballito at the same price.
FISHING:

BILLFISH: The good news is that the Striped Marlin bite has
continued to improve; it was better this week than last week.
That may be due to the warmer water we are experiencing, but for
whatever the reason, we are happy. Along with the improved bite
is the fact that the fish have moved closer to us, in the warmer
water across the 95 spot, which translates into shorter runs to
the Marlin. They seem to be a bit larger on average than we
have seen lately as well. I did not hear of any other species
of billfish this week, but I am sure there were some strikes on
larger ones.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The football size Yellowfin continue to provide
action but they have been a little harder to find for many of
the boats. 25 to 30 miles to the south has continued to be the
most prolific area for these fish and the first boats to the
schools are doing well with an average catch rate of 10-12 fish
per boat. Anglers arriving a little late have not been shut
out, but it has been a slow pick for them with an average of
four or five fish per boat. There were rumors floating around
in the middle of the week of a private boat finding a school of
fish averaging 80 pounds, but I was not able to confirm any
information on that.
DORADO: The warm water continued to produce fish that averaged
12 pounds with a few in the 20-30 pound class, but there were no
large numbers from that area. Almost everyone got a fish or two
though. There was one day when a couple of boats found a patch
of kelp to the inside of the San Jaime bank and loaded up on
Dorado that averaged 15 pounds, they worked it hard with cut
bait and kept radio silence until they were done. They looked
for it again the next day but it had drifted off and could not
be found again.
WAHOO: What Hoo?
INSHORE: Firecracker Yellowtail continued to provide plenty of
action for inshore anglers this week with the fish averaging 5
pounds. Sierra were in the same areas and while the fishing was
not red-hot for them, the bite was still decent with anglers
catching as many as they wanted. Roosterfish were also mixed in
with the Yellowtail and Sierra. They were small ones at an
average of 5 pounds, but provided good action on light tackle,
and a variety in the catch. White Bonita rounded out the
inshore action with fish from 5 to 12 pounds. All of these fish
were found in water less than 100 feet deep, close to the
shoreline on the Pacific side.
NOTES: I did not manage to get out and try the thing I
mentioned last week, perhaps I will get a chance this week. If
I do, I’ll fill you in on the results. The bite continues to
improve in our area and our hope is that the trend continues.
Whale sightings are down as the migration is almost over. On
Saturday we saw only two, a mother and baby Humpback headed
north on the Pacific side. Let me take a second here for some
blatant advertising. The Shrimp House is back!! Shrimp and
bulldogs! On Hidalgo Street. Right now the sign says El Patio,
but Maro is getting that changed This weeks report was written
to the sounds of U2 on their 1987 Island Records release “The
Joshua Tree”. Until next week, Tight Lines!