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From Dec 03, 2001 To Dec 03, 2002
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Jul 1, 2002; 12:51PM - Cabo San Lucas
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Author E-mail: gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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Report Description:
Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 24-30, 2002
WEATHER: Daytime highs have been up to 92 degrees and nighttime have been as low as 68 degrees. We had pretty gusty winds out of the west early in the week but now things have mellowed out quite a lot. Scattered high clouds have kept the temperature down a bit in the mornings. (Rocky Mountain Way) WATER: The first part of the week saw very choppy water on the Pacific side of the Cape but as warm water approached the winds laid down and it got quite nice. There was a shift in the water this week. We started off with the Pacific side very cold out to 35 miles, that is where it warmed up to 71-71 degrees. The Sea of Cortez was nice, the temps there were around 72 degrees just up the coast 10 miles. As of today the water on the Pacific side is cool only out three miles, then it warms up to 70. Out 10 miles it warms to 72-73 degrees and starts getting nice and blue. The Cortez side of the Cape now has a band of cold water in the 67-69 range all the way up the coast to the East Cape. Here in Cabo it is 25 miles to the warm water, up the coast it is 5 miles out of Los Frailles. The Pacific lived up to its name the last three days of the week with low swells and very little wind. (Turn To Stone)
BAIT: The normal mix of Caballito and Mackerel at the normal price of $2 per bait. (County Fair)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: This week if you wanted a Marlin you had quite a run to get to the area. 95% of the Marlin caught were found on the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape and you did not find them until you were 6 miles or more to the east of Gorda Banks. This meant a run of 30 miles. There were a few caught on the Pacific side but again, they were a long distance away, 30+ miles. When you did find them, there were a lot of them. This week most of the action for marlin came from live bait. There were a few Blue Marlin hooked up this week so our fingers are crossed that things will begin to pick up! (Meadows)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The only places I heard reports of Yellowfin caught were in Dolphin pods.
There were a few found on both the Pacific and the Cortez but what action there was happened mainly on the Cortez, and it was sparse. The fish were footballs, most less than 20 pounds and were fooled with small 4” and 6” feathers in dark colors. (I’ll Tell The World About You)
DORADO: A few scattered Dorado up to 60 pounds in size were found on the Cortez side from the same areas where the Marlin were caught. Most of the Dorado action came in the Pacific waters out around the San Jaime Banks. Patches of Kelp, some of them 50’ in diameter, drifted around and held a large number of fish. The first boats to find them this week had outstanding action with fish averaging 30 pounds. A few days later the average was down to 15 pounds and they were getting bite shy. Live bait appeared to be the ticket for the toads and the chickens would hit almost anything tossed or trolled past them. Other than the Kelp patches there were only a few fish caught. (Days Gone By)
WAHOO: A few were found under the Kelp on the Pacific side at the Jaime Banks. A live bait rigged with a stinger hook on wire leader and a two ounce egg sinker on the main line worked for a couple of fish. The bait was placed down 50 feet while still100 yards away from the Kelp, then drifted to the patch. The Kelp fish were the only ones I heard of this week. (Wolf)
INSHORE: The Sea of Cortez side was slow all week for inshore action. Not much of a bite going on for anything, but there were reports of a few Roosterfish and Sierra. The Pacific side managed to get a good bite going on Red Snapper as the congregated close to the rocks in spawning aggregations. Small live baits or 4” Rapalas got some of them to bite but many more were lost in the rocks than were landed. A few small Dorado (lost fish?) were caught and there was a little bit of a Sierra bite early in the week. (Welcome To The Club)
NOTES: We were seeing lots of Purse Seiners transiting the area this week and a few of them made circles around us as we fished the Kelp patches at the San Jaime. Just checking them out as I was marking no Tuna under them. The Kelp did have lots of Turtles resting in them. It looks like things will pick up this week as the warm water on the Pacific moves in. Our fingers are crossed (again!) that the Blue Marlin and the Dorado will come on strong. Oh, don’t forget the Tuna! Till next week, Tight Lines! Written to the sounds of Joe Walsh on his 1985 cassette “The Best of Joe Walsh”, MCA Records.
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Jun 24, 2002; 11:25AM - Cabo San Lucas
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Author E-mail: gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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Report Description:
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISHING REPORT FOR 17-23 JUNE, 2002
WEATHER: Well, it finally looks as if we may be returning to the summertime weather we were expecting so long ago. At the beginning of the week we were still having nighttime lows in the low 60’s, now they are in the mid 70’s. Daytime temperatures have moved up as well, into the low 90’s. We have had partly cloudy skies this week and on Saturday we had fog move in and the entire Pacific coast was socked in all morning. Still no rain though. Winds have finally laid down and we are just getting late afternoon breezes from the west or northwest. (Tahitian Skies)
WATER: On the 17th things were still the same as last week. On the 19th the wind stopped blowing all the time and the Pacific side got beautiful and flat. The warm water that was 40 miles to the west is moving back into range of most of the boats and is now appearing on top of the San Jaime Banks again. The water there is 73-74 degrees while the water between the Cape and the Bank is as cold as 62 degrees and very green. On the Sea of Cortez side the cold water now extends up the coast all the way to Los Frailles. It extends out as far as 40 miles to the east of Cabo but narrows to 10 miles out up on the East Cape. (There’ll Be Some Changes Made)
BAIT: Bait has been a mix of Caballito, Mackerel and Mullet, depending on which day of the
week you went out. Bait is still $2 each. (Poor Boy Blues)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: If you wanted Marlin this week you had to travel to the warm water. At the beginning of the week that meant a long run to and back with little left for fishing. As the week progressed the warm water moved closer and the Marlin catch rate went up. Pretty much all the fish this week came from the Pacific side past the Jaime Banks. We were still not looking at a lot of fish but as the warm water moves even closer things should pick up. Those fish that were found were mostly caught on live bait with about 20% on lures. (Just One Time)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Football fish between 8 and 20 pounds were found on top of the Jaime Banks and there were a few larger fish found among the Dolphin in the area. Best baits were 6 inch feathers and cedar plugs. Elsewhere there were few, if any, Yellowfin found. (Sweet Dreams)
DORADO: Fish of the week as the water got warmer. A few boats got very lucky and loaded up on nice 20-45 pound fish well to the west of the Jaime Banks mid week and there are more of them showing up on top of the banks now. There have been small mats of kelp floating through the area and the first boat to one of them does well. Tuna feathers and Marlin lures, they don’t really seem to care which they strike. It helped to have live bait because there were some good size fish caught while dropping a live bait past a hooked up fish and tossing one around the kelp.. (Yakety Axe)
WAHOO: I have heard reports of a few nice fish caught out at the Pacific temperature break but have seen none of them myself. There have been a few caught around the floating kelp also. Other than that, nada. (I’ll See You In My Dreams)
INSHORE: Sierra have been the main catch this week inshore as the cold water has driven most of the Roosterfish away. There have been a few Roosters caught up in the Margarita beach area on the Pacific but not heavy action. Live baits, either Mullet or small Caballito for the Roosters. The Sierra have been eating slow trolled (4 knots) 4” rapallas with the best colors being green/silver and orange/white. Slow trolled Mackerel have been bitten in halve on a regular basis so a trap hook has worked at times. There have been a few Yellowtail found while working the coast and a few people have targeted them using iron. These fish are running 12-15 pounds. The shore waters have been very cold but appear to be warming up a bit. (The Next Time I’m In Town)
NOTES: No predictions, just finger crossing here, but it looks as if the fishing is finally going to improve for us as the warm water gets closer. This weeks report written to the wonderful guitar sounds of the two masters, Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler on the 1990 Columbia CD “Neck and Neck”. If you like the guitar and haven’t heard this album, do yourself a favor and get it. |
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Jun 17, 2002; 10:48AM - Cabo San Lucas
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Author E-mail: gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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Report Description:
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 10-16, 2002
WEATHER: Winter temperatures and September winds have been par for the course this week as our evening lows have been in the mid to low 60?s and daytime highs in the low to mid 80?s and the winds have been steady from the northwest at 12-18 knots. Partly cloudy skies have seemed to promise rain in the morning a few days but failed to deliver. This weather pattern has everyone here very confused. Do we have to go to Seattle to get warm? (Rio Ancho)
WATER: The steady winds have brought choppy but fishable conditions to the Pacific side of the Cape but the water there is still very cold compared to the Sea of Cortez. You had to get well past the San Jaime Banks in the Pacific to find water warmer than 70 degrees and the water close to home in that direction was in the low to mid 60?s for the most part. On the Sea of Cortez we had a band of warmer water extending from the coast out to a distance of about 7 miles where the temperatures ranged from 72 to 81 degrees with the warmer water further north and earlier in the week. This band of warm water had become thinner and the currents had extended it filament-like into the Pacific off of the tip of the Cape. Out past the 95 and 1150 spots the temperatures had dropped into the mid 60?s. As of Sunday night this warm band had disappeared and the only water over 71 degrees was on the Gorda Banks and not until you got past there by 10 miles did it get up past 75 degrees. (Entre dos aguas)
BAIT: Pretty much anything you wanted in the way of larger baits could be found this week with Mullet, Mackerel and Caballito going for the usual $2 per bait from the bait boats. I have no idea if there were any Sardinas available. (Samba pa? ti)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Early in the week the Marlin fishing was so poor as to be almost non-existent. There were fish to be found but it was hard to get anything to bite. An occasional boat had fantastic luck but I would have to say that the percentage of successful boats was around 10%, with 80% seeing fish. Most of the fish found were on the Sea of Cortez side up past the Gorda banks area but a few boats that were willing to go the distance and get beat up found fair results on the
Pacific, well to the west of the San Jaime Banks. It was not uncommon to see 20 tailing fish and have everyone of them refuse a live bait. As the week came to a conclusion the bite seemed to pick up a bit and the success rate climbed to around 30%, with the fish coming from the same areas. Best results were on live Mackerel with lures coming in second by a slim margin, and the lures in lighter colors seemed to do better than the dark ones. (Interludio)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Again, this has been a non-event this week with very few Yellowfin found. Every time I saw a Tuna flag I went to check it out and almost every time found that they were being flow because the boat had caught Skipjack and needed to fly some sort of flag for the client. The few Yellowfin that were caught were smaller fish in the 10-15 pound class and were found while trolling in the blind, mostly on the Pacific side. Dorado size feathers and smaller Marlin lures were what did hook the few Yellowfin caught. (Santa Cecilia)
DORADO: You had to get up past the Gorda Banks, into the warmer water to get a decent Dorado this week. A few were caught closer to home in the warm water band but the big boys were north. About 35% of the boats returned from a trip with a Dorado flag at the end of the week, well up from the earlier 15% posted at start. Close to home the average size was only 12 pounds while northward the average increased to 25 pounds. Most of the larger fish were caught on Marlin lures. (Amor Pecador)
WAHOO: I did hear reports of a few Wahoo caught and did see a few flags for these fish but no one could (or would?) give me any more information on them. My guess is blind strike fish while searching for Marlin at Gorda Banks. (Tu Nombre me Sabe a Yerba)
INSHORE: Never mind the Pacific side unless you wanted to try for Pargo. There was a two day bite this side of the lighthouse but it was not steady as the school moved around a lot. On the Sea of Cortez the Roosterfishing drew a lot of interest from anglers as many days that was the only action available. Roosters from 15 to 30 pounds were found outside of the Westin and off of La Laguna in San Jose and they would eat small Caballito and Mullet, but just terrorized Mackerel. Schools of cruising Jack Crevalle added a dose of excitement now and then. For variety toss in a small Dorado or two here and there. (La Lagrima)
NOTES: I still find it amazing that a boat can come in flying one flag, unload it?s clients, go fuel and return flying three flags. Must be excellent fishing on the way too and from the fuel dock!
Now as far as the fishing goes, there is not much I can say. We are all surprised at the water temperatures since earlier in the year we were expecting warm water to arrive much sooner than normal. Now it is later than usual. Go figure. About all that can be said is it can only get better!
This weeks report has been written to the wonderful music of my new neighbor, Paco Serrano. I loaned him a few CD?s last night and he lent me his newest release ?Amor Pecador? (Til the end
of time), recording studio: volumen zero, recording engineer: Alex Ornelas. Paco does all the instruments on this album and if you have listened to the music of Otmar Liebert (Nuevo Flamenco) I know you will like Paco?s sounds as well. Check him out at www.pacoserrano.com and enjoy. |
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Jun 11, 2002; 03:22PM - Cabo San Lucas
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Author E-mail: gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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Report Description:
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 3-9, 2002
WEATHER: The repeatable word for the week is windy. All week long from the west, northwest and the north the wind has been a fairly consistent 12-16 knots with gusts to 20+ at times. Daytime highs have been in the low 90?s and nighttime lows in the mid 60?s to low 70?s. No rain all week (of course). (One More Saturday Night)
WATER: The Pacific side of the Cape has been rough with swells to 6 feet and very choppy water. A strong current down the coast kept the water out to the San Jaime Banks cold and green throughout the week. On the west side of the Banks the water warmed up to 74 degrees and became blue. On the Sea of Cortez side the water remained green up to the area of Punta Gorda until Friday. A wide band of warm water has run up the coast from Punta Ballena to San Jose at the Gorda Banks and outside of this band the water has been in the high 60?s, in the band it has been around 72 degrees early in the week warming to 78 by Saturday and turning from green to blue as the week wore on. Much better surface conditions on the Sea of Cortez side until the wind switches to westerly. (Casey Jones)
BAIT: Caballito later in the week, Mackerel early in the week returning to Mackerel on Sunday, no Sardinas reported. Normal $2 each bait. (Sugar Magnolia)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Only a few Marlin were caught early in this week and I think most of the reason was the water color and surface conditions. Once you got out past the San Jaime the water was blue but very rough so not a lot of boats were willing to go there. Once in the area there were Marlin to be found but they were hard to hook up. Those that were caught showed a preference for live bait and as far as the lure choices went you had to pull straight runners and the preferred color was the Bleeding Mackerel. After Friday the bite started to turn on the Sea of Cortez with the return of the warm water and blue color. There was a very defined current break in the area that concentrated the fish, even if they were difficult to get to bite. Sizes of the fish ranged from 120 to 180 pounds. About 10% of the boats fishing this week found Marlin early in the week and by the weekend had gone up to about 30%. (Uncle John?s Band)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Again San Jaime Banks was the supplier of the Tuna caught at thebeginning of this week, at least the majority. There were small football fish (5-15 pounds) to be found at the beginning of the week in an area 16 miles south, but they were not associated with anything and were hard to find each day. San Jaime was consistent with the eastern drop providing most of the fish and they ranged from small footballs to fish in the 60 pound range. Dark lures and dark Marauders worked best this week for the Tuna that were caught. On the weekend we were finding the Yellowfin in the current line with the Striped Marlin on the Sea of Cortez, and again they were not associated with any Porpoise or Dolphin. Again, as with the Marlin, the success ratio was low at the beginning of the week, around 15% of the boats finding Yellowfin, but improved to about 25% by Sunday afternoon with some very nice 60-80 pound fish in the mix. (St. Steven)
DORADO: Slow fishing this week on all species and Dorado were no exception. With their preference being warm, blue water there was not a lot to attract them locally until the weekend. North of Punta Gorda and west of San Jaime produced fish but the local water conditions made it very ?iffy? within 20 miles of the Cape. The fish that were found were fairly nice in size, ranging from 20 to 45 pounds but only about 25% of the boats found any. Striped Marlin lures in bright colors worked well for the fish that were found. (The Golden Road)
WAHOO: Nope, sorry bout that! Got to have that right water temp, color and moon phase. (Mexicali Blues)
INSHORE: Cold green water shut down most of the inshore action until Friday. There were reports of schools of Pargo on the Pacific side but I saw none of the fish. Bonita, Jack Crevalle and Skipjack produced what action there was this week, with an occasional report of a Roosterfish or Dorado, most of this taking place on the Sea of Cortez, and spotty action at that. After Friday, the advance of the warmer blue water helped the bite pickup a bit, but it was still a ?right place, right time? crapshoot. (Friend Of The Devil)
NOTES: I sure hope this changes soon! We are keeping our eye on Tropical Storm ?Boris?, well to the south of us right now, it is expected to pass well to the southwest of our location and not bother us too much! Written to the music of the Grateful Dead on their 1974 release ?Skeletons From The Closet?, Warner Brothers.
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Jun 9, 2002; 09:28PM - White seabass off Marina del Rey
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: me
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Author E-mail: just me
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Report Description:
I was called Thursday night at 10pm and told the white seabass were chewing big time off of Redondo Beach. After our arrival there we found the boats stacked up off Topanga Canyon in about 70 ft of water. Drifted fishing 1/4 ounce egg sinkers and our SSW octopus style hooks 5/0 with a single live squid. After fishing about 4 hours and no white seabass only sand bass to about 7 lbs and tom cod on the bottom jig I put down (yozuri blanka 150 gram pink back) we decided to move out to deeper water. After the first move I went to 110 ft to start the drift metering some bait beneath us. My buddy got the first fish a 20 lb seabass and released it to wait for the bigger fish. I decided to check my bait on the Yo-zuri blanka and found out the bait was just fine so I dropped it again. I was bit on the way down hard and fought the fish for about 10 minutes a nice fish 47 lbs to be exact after weighing it in at the fuel dock in Huntington Harbor. We then fished for about 2 more hours releasing 4 more seabass. As I was reeling in one of my rods to leave after just gaffing our second fish a 30 pound class fish my last rod got bit hard. I set the fish up in the rod holder and passed my other rod to my buddy to finish reeling in. This fish took off like a bat out of somewhere else! I was using a new reel I picked up a shimano speedmaster Japanese model with a line counter on it. This fish took out over 150 yards of line. Spent about 15 minutes on this fish with 40 lb test. Right as it was just about in to release it the fish spit the jig but let me look at his size. This would have been the biggest fish I had ever caught as I am sure it would have gone over 50 lbs. |
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Jun 2, 2002; 02:40PM - Okinawa fun
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Category: Japan- Okinawa
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Author Name: Kyle Snider
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Author E-mail: richard.snider1@kadena.af.mil
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Report Description:
The best Memorial Day I've had was spent doing what I love to do...Fishing!! Went out with local american Chris Pancoast. We were Drift fishing the Piles out of Awase and had a hell of a day. We trolled out of the maribna all the way to the piles, and on the first pass right at the the piles both rods went off. The Wahoo hit a yellow fin colored marauder and the Mahi hit a marlin lure. Throughout the day we caugt fish everytime we trolled and numerous mahi and tunas drift fishing. Lastly, we lost many fish drift fishing live rainbow runners. One was cut in half. All-in-All 12 Mahi and 1 Wahoo, with many Yellowfin and Rainbow Runners. |
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Jun 1, 2002; 02:23PM - Bonitas and Marauders
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Category: Diego Garcia
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Author Name: Jose Caban
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Author E-mail: caban@2catchfish.com
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Report Description:
Another great encounter with the toothy critters of Diego Garcia,both Marauders and Bonitas are doing their job,along the coastline of the island.From wahoo to yellowfins,these babies are like candy to them.Tight lines outhere!
Jose |
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May 28, 2002; 02:22AM - No Teasers Necessary!!!
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Category: Diego Garcia
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Author Name: Jose Caban
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Author E-mail: caban3000@yahoo.com
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Report Description:
Recently catches of yellowfin and wahoo are confirming that Diego Garcia still remains the #1 unexplored waters in the world. Savage attacks on spreads of Yo-Zuri Bonitas, Wahoo Express and Wahoo Bombs are just an example of the almost guaranteed hot bite in these waters, including the hook up of an estimated 300 pound blue marlin on the Bonita Purple Ninja pattern! No teasers are really necessary on the island's surrounding waters, anything that swims will be eaten, including your bird teasers, bowling pins and fishing lures. |
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May 1, 2002; 01:48PM - LAKE LBJ (TX.) GUIDE REPORT
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Category: Texas
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Author Name: JR'S GUIDE SERVICE
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Author E-mail: jimfish@moment.net
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Report Description:
Water stained; 76 degrees; 824.85':
BLACK BASS are slow to fair in the lower end using Rat-L-Traps,gold shiner Terminator spinnerbaits and plastic jerkbaits. Very early the points between stump fields at mid-lake are producing on Pop R's and Ball Buster buzzbaits.
WHITE BASS are good in numbers but small very early on 1/8 Spin Traps and clear Rat-L-Tops.
CRAPPIE are good in 8'-15' on minnows, silver 1/32 oz. Mini Tubes and white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs.
FOR INFO. OR TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP WITH THE ONLY GUIDES FISHING THIS LAKE FOR OVER 40 YEARS CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE Call
(830) 833-5688
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May 1, 2002; 01:45PM - CANYON LAKE (TX.) GUIDE REPORT
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Category: Texas
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Author Name: JR'S GUIDE SERVICE
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Author E-mail: jimfish@moment.net
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Report Description:
Water clear; 77 degrees; 909.46':
LARGEMOUTH are good in 8'-14'' on chart/pepper 4' BBB Disc Worms, 1/4 oz. white/chart. Terminator spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps. Upriver, working 3'-8' along channel breaklines with a pumpkin/char. BBB Disc Worm and Tiny traps will produce.
SMALLMOUTH are good around South Park and Holiday Cove using chartreuse Devil's Tongues,
3' Super Tubes and smoke twin tail grubs.
STRIPERS are fair over humps and on points in 40' on large minnows and vertically jigging Pirk Minnows. Topwater action limited to daylight and dusk.
WHITE BASS are good on lake points early on 2' Lit'l Fishie Shad, No. 3 Terminator In-Line spinners and Tiny Traps. Try a clear Rat-L-Top topwater early.
CRAPPIE are fair upriver along treelines on minnows, blue/white
1/16 oz. Tiny Tubes and white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs.
FOR INFORMATION OR TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP WITH THE MOST EXPERIENCED, RECOMMENDED AND ONLY FULLTIME, PRO.
BASS SPECIALISTS AND ALL SPECIES GUIDES ON CANYON LAKE CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE Call
(830) 833-5688, or stop by to see us at FISHERMAN'S CORNER FM
306 at Potter's Creek Rd., (830) 935-2933 for the best selection of tackle, quality lures and live bait of any dealer on Canyon Lake.
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