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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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Jun 12, 2012; 02:01AM - Northern BC Canada Fishing Report June 11, 2012
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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Fishing Report from Noel Gyger http:// www.noelgyger.ca for Monday, June 11, 2012 Terrace, Kitimat, Smithers and Prince Rupert
Current LIVE Fishing Report can be read anytime 24-7 at: http://www.noelgyger.ca/current-fishing-reports.htm
Commentary: Weather is GREAT lets go fishing! Good runs of Steelhead are noted...plus good local Trout and Dolly Varden Char fishing. Early run of Chinook Salmon has started, mostly bound for the Kalum River. The earliest we ever caught one was April 5th. We have lots of rain right now which has caused some rivers to blow out.
Skeena River: Water is high and dirty. Apparently the Bulkley River and other tribs are coloured up. The spring run Steelhead are in the river now. Plus Trout and Dolly Varden Char. Early Chinook (King) Salmon are coming in now. Catching Steelhead and Chinook on the same day is possible. Just need some clean water to get at them. Reg: all wild Steelhead everywhere in British Columbia are catch and release.
Kalum River: Both lower and upper sections are in good shape. The water is coming up slowly. These are the conditions we like. A good run of Steelhead are in the river now. Many of them have spawned and are now kelts heading back to the ocean. These fish should be handled with extra care. BIG fresh Chinook are coming in. The river record is 86-pounds.
Lakelse River: The water is in good shape and fishing for Trout is fair. Chinook are being caught off the Lakelse Bridge. Tip: Jigs work best.
Zymoetz (Copper) River: Water is too dirty to fish. Facts: Last year we had a record run of Steelhead, lets hope at least we have another good run this year. The fly rods work extremely well in this river.
Kitimat River: Chinook fishing is good. Some lucky anglers are still catching fresh Steelhead.
Smithers area Lakes: Finally, here is our fishing report for June 1!!!!! Yes, fishing is happening….. At Rainbow Alley fishing is decent with minnow pattern. Nice fish are being caught! For you avid trout fishers: The Stellako opens June 1! Most lakes are fishing well! Lake trout are being caught near the surface. Try a T50 or a T60 flatfish... Burbot fishing is also good at this time! Remember to use a 3 centimetre gap hook for burbot. For rainbow trout try triple teasers, small spinners, wedding bands and apexes. Chronomid fishing is also an option in lakes!
Prince Rupert: Fishing for Salmon, especially Chinook is very good, if you know the hot spots. Hopefully a large run is heading for the Skeena River. Bottom fishing is very good also, especially Halibut. Dungeness Crabbing is outstanding. Contact me if you are interested to book a charter.
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Jun 11, 2012; 08:40PM - SOME DANDYS
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: MARK RAYOR
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SOME DANDYS!
This week the main East Cape action moved to the
buoys about 15 miles off of Punta Pescadro where
quality sized dorado have taken center stage. In
recent years I can't remember when boats have been
able to consistently catch this grade of fish. Lots of
smaller schoolie sized fish are being caught as well
but when the big dog bites hang on to your hat.
The marlin have moved to the same area but the bite
has been a little inconsistent. One day they are up
and the next day it's a no show
The Sea of Cortez never ceases to amaze me and
something is always on the prowl. Because of off
colored water and crazy currents yellowfin have not
made their normal, predictable showing in numbers
but dorado have taken up the slack. The dorado not
only make good table fare but provide a great photo
opportunity as well.
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Jun 11, 2012; 11:19AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
June 4-10, 2012
WEATHER: As is typical this time of year, the weather has varied from day to day with some mornings starting out in the high 70's and warming to the high 90's and the next morning the thermometer showing a cooler 65 degrees. What has not changed is the skies, partly cloudy most of the week, really clearing up at the end of the week. We have also had quite high humidity some mornings, enough so that it trickles down the windshields of the cars and leaves clean trails in the dust.
WATER: It's seasonal transition time. Every year from mid May through Junes, sometimes into July, we have strong currents combined with a few very windy days that really move the water around. The last three weeks have been very typical as overnight the water can change 15 degrees and turn from blue to green, then red and almost brown, sometimes in mile wide bands and sometimes it seems the whole ocean changes. This week, even though the water started to warm up from the last strong current change, it became filled with chlorophyll and we have had dirty, off-color water most of the week. The only places it was decent were at the Cabrillo Bank early in the week and outside to the south 25-30 miles. Water temperatures at the end of the week on the Pacific side ranged from 70 degrees at the San Jaime Bank to 65 degrees at the Golden Gate Bank. The water was almost brown out to 50 miles west. In the Sea of Cortez we were recording 75 degree water inside the 1,000 fathom line and 65 degrees outside of the line. The water was off-color, very dirty green on the outside and almost brown inside 5 miles.
BAIT: Caballito were the bait most boats were able to get this week, and at the normal $3 each. Some of the bait boats were carrying a few partially frozen Ballyhoo as well, at the same price. The dirty water made netting Sardinas almost impossible.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There have been a few Striped Marlin caught every day, but there have been no real numbers posted by any of the boats. The water is a perfect temperature, but dirty enough that the bait is not holding so the fish are not around. My guess is that maybe 30% of the boats going out are spotting Striped Marlin, and 10% of them are getting a fish to the boat for a release. Most of these fish have been found to the north-east in the Sea of Cortez.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were no Yellowfin reported by the boats fishing out of Cabo, but I did hear of a few boats fishing out of San Jose who managed to get a fish here and a fish there among the black Porpoise, but there was nothing consistent, even though the fish ranged from 30 to 50 pounds.
DORADO: What can I saw, things change week to week. Last week some boats posted nice Dorado, and a few boats found more than one or two, but this week the dirty water chased most of them away. There were a few caught, and they were nice fish found off-shore in the Sea of Cortez.
WAHOO: No Hoo that I heard of this week. Probably the dirty water shut the bite off, it should be good as we are just coming off the full moon, which was on the 4th.
INSHORE: At the beginning of the week the inshore action slowed up and it has not yet recovered to the levels we had several weeks ago. Everyone is mentioning the dirty water as being the cause and it probably is. A good trip on a Panga this week would be a couple of Sierra, a couple of Yellowtail and maybe a Snapper or two. An average trip would have been half of that. There was a sporadic bite from Roosterfish early in the week, but that died off quickly. Most pangas are working the bottom with bait in hopes of getting a few nice Amberjack and Grouper, and if they get lucky scoring on a Yellowtail.
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: Sort of a repeat of last weeks notes to the effect that I am frustrated about the quality of fishing we are having this week. Things can change overnight though, and we are used to this happening at this time of year. On a positive note, even though it's not about fishing, the highway between San Jose and Cabo is looking really nice, the government obviously intends to present a grand image to all the visitors who will be attending the G20 this month. Along with the highway, our city is finally placing the power lines downtown underground and removing the wooden power poles, I can only hope that the phone lines follow! Well, it's Sunday, so off to the beach in a little while, meanwhile I have been listening to the puppy snore at my feet! Until next week, tight lines!
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Jun 4, 2012; 11:50AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
May 28 – June 3, 2012
WEATHER: We sure had a changeable week on the weather front. One day the morning high was 76 degrees and the next it was 64 degrees, one day sunny, the next cloudy with fog. One day it was peaceful with little wind, the next morning it was howling. The beginning of the week was a nice recovery from the wind of last week, but it returned on Friday, and it blew hard. As I sit here on Sunday morning I can hear the wind whistle through the palms and bougainvillaea outside, not quite as strong as yesterday, so hopefully it will die off soon. Typically this time of year we have several windy days followed by several calm days.
WATER: We were looking at a beautiful band of warm water along the Cortez side of the Cape this week. It extended from the East Cape all the way to Cabo and curled around the Cape just a little, extending up into the Pacific a short way. A great 78 to 80 degree band of water, it extended from the shoreline to approximately 8 miles out. While not a perfectly clean blue color, it was fairly clean on the outer edge. Once you went past the edge the water quickly dropped to 66-68 degrees within several miles. On the Pacific side the warm water only extended a short way to just past the lighthouse, but it went offshore a bit to the west. Unfortunately as the wind began to blow at the end of the week and the currents shifted this warm water was pushed back up the Sea of Cortez so that on Saturday evening we saw the water at just 70 degrees off of Cabo and 74 degrees off of San Jose. Surface conditions were just fair at the start of the week on the Pacific side, but it didn't matter as there were few fish there anyway. Once the wind started to blow it became un-fishable, and the wind wrapped around the Cape so that by noon on Friday and Saturday you were coming home from the San Jose direction directly into the sheep farm, a wet and wooly ride back to the slip.
BAIT: Caballito were the bait most boats were able to get this week, and at the normal $3 each. Some of the bait boats were carrying a few partially frozen Ballyhoo as well, at the same price.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: With the warm water showing up we had a re-appearance of the Striped Marlin. While the bit was not wide open by any means, most boats were able to get hooked up at least once during a trip, and a few boats managed to release as many as four fish on a charter. Most of the boats were happy with one fish released, great results compared to what we had been seeing. There were a few Swordfish caught as well in the waters outside the Gorda Bank where the temperature and color changed. I expected to hear reports of some Blue and Black Marlin but did not, that does not mean there were not any caught, just that I did not hear of them. The water might still be just a little off-color for them to show up.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I heard there was a great Tuna bite for a few day up on the East Cape but there was little action in our area. As was the case last week, a few boats managed to catch a few football size Yellowfin, most in the blind, not associated with the porpoise.
DORADO: There were some decent Dorado caught this week due to the warm water being here, but there were no large numbers of them. Several boats caught fish to 50 pounds and there were quite a few smaller fish in the 8-10 pound range. It was not a species that many of the boats targeted, instead they were an incidental catch by boats fishing for Marlin.
WAHOO: I did hear of several decent Wahoo being caught this week, once again a result of the warm water moving into the area. Most of the action occurred from Palmilla and eastward toward and past Los Frailes.
INSHORE: Roosterfish, Amberjack, Pargo, Yellowtail and Sierra were the inshore flavors of the week for most of the anglers fishing near shore. We had a decent showing of Roosterfish to 50 pounds with most of them in the 15-25 pound class for the boats fishing off of Cabo Del Sol and there were a few found just around the arch on the Pacific side early in the week. The Sierra bite was good early in the week on larger fish to 9 pounds for boats fishing the Pacific side in 100 feet of water, there were smaller fish close to the beach. Amberjack were found from Gray Rock to Palmilla and the best results were had using live bait dropped down to 10 feet off the bottom in water from 90 to 130 feet deep. The same techniques worked for the Yellowtail, and in the same area. Argo were found closer to shore, and they as well as some grouper could be had by trolling large lipped Rappala type lures in 50 to 60 feet of water.
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: If I could predict how the fishing was going to be I would be rich, instead I am just frustrated. Once the weather and water settles down we will have great fishing as well as great expectations on every trip, but for now it's fishing, not always catching. It has turned into a nice day as the wind has let up, so it's time to hit the beach for our Sunday morning trip with the pup. This weeks report was written to the music of Capt. Sam Crutchfield on a compilation album, good fishing songs! Until next week, Tight lines!
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Jun 3, 2012; 06:31PM - Making the best better
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: MARK RAYOR
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Making the best better
Lots to talk about this week and too many great
photos to choose from.
The end of last week Yellowfin tuna made their first
showing. It looked like the East Cape was off to the
races when a few different schools of dolphin were
located all holding tuna. Then it happened. The
water in the Sea of Cortez turned over to an ugly
green color. With that, for now, the tuna have
vanished.
The striped marlin bite has been very consistent and
the off colored water hasn't seemed to deter them.
The water appears to be clearing up now but was so
off-color for a couple of days it made me wonder how
the fish ever found our baits.
Getting the marlin to go has been ever changing.
One day they will bite the jigs but have nothing to do
with them the next. Large 5.5 sized lures have been
best. The problem is the weight of the big lures
helps the marlin throw them when shaking their head.
It has also been an ever changing pattern with fresh
baits. One day they are all over live bait and the next
prefer ballyhoo. It has kept it interesting and also
kept us on our toes.
Speaking of bait, the situation has been pretty grim.
Sardines have completely vanished making in shore a
tough proposition. We were able to make spanish
mackerel and sardineta for several days but the
porpoise found them and that was the end of that.
Now live horalitos and frozen ballyhoo is the only
option.
This week Accurate Jack Nilsen with his merry team
showed up to field test some new Accurate
prototypes. He had one of their new 'Three Dawg'
models and also some other secret stuff. The reels
looked the same as older models but I was assured
they had some new trick stuff on the inside.
Accurate reminds me of Apple computers. They
already have the best product available but are always
ahead of the curve looking for new ways to make it
even better.
Jack is one of the luckiest fishermen I have ever
encountered. The fish bite every time he visits. In
four days we hooked 18 stripers and had many more
opportunities. He invited different guests each day to
fish with us and every one came away having released
at least one marlin. It was a pleasure to have Rancho
Leonero owner John Ireland out with us one day as
well.
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May 28, 2012; 12:16PM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
May 21-27, 2012
WEATHER: Here at the tip of the Cape the wind blew almost all week long, coming mostly from the northwest but sometimes shifting and coming from the southwest. Gusting to 30 knots at times, it was fairly steady during the middle of the week, only to die off on Sunday morning. As you traveled up the coast toward San Jose the effect was much less noticeable. We had mostly sunny skies this week with the nighttime lows ranging from 62 degrees to 74 degrees and the daytime highs averaged 82 degrees, just about perfect!
WATER: There is not much to say about our water conditions that are good, at least for offshore fishing. The strong currents that came in from the Pacific side last week really have had a lasting effect. The water on the Pacific side from the coastline out to the Golden Gate Banks and the San Jaime Banks remains a cold 56 degrees and green. On the Banks and to the west it warms a bit to 62 degrees but becomes even more dirty green. Up toward San Jose on the Cortez side the water remains in the 62-64 degree range and green while along the beach up to San Jose the water became very green and dirty at the end of the week. Warm water finally appears as you reach Punta Gorda and from the beach out to about three miles it is 75 degrees, continuing on up the coast to Los Frailes. Due to the continuing wind the water on the Pacific side remained mostly unfishable unless you were in a Panga hanging close to the beach, and that was not much more than five miles up, after that it was nasty water with swells at 4-6 feet and the wind gusting to 30 knots. On the Cortez side the swells were much smaller at the start of the week and now at the end of the week we are seeing the effects of Hurricane Bud, now dissipated and very far south of us. The swells continue to build and will remain large for the next couple of days, but here on Sunday we are seeing 6-8 feet from the south. The surfers are happy!
BAIT: Just about the only live bait this week was Caballito at the normal $3 per bait. The large swells at the end of the week almost shut off the Sardina netting and the water is too cold and dirty for the Mackerel, I am surprised to see there are still Caballito out there!
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, as I reported last week at the end of the IGFA Offshore Championship, the cold water shocked the Striped Marlin and the bite pretty much shut down with 47 teams releasing only 8 Marlin on the last day. The situation has not changed much as the fish are still scarce in our area. Boats that are targetting Marlin have to run almost 50 miles to get into that warm water toward Los Frailes, and even when they get there, getting a fish to bite is a coin toss. A few fish have been found closer to home in the colder water but these fish have been very reluctant to bite. My guess is that only 20% of the boats are seeing Marlin and out of them, maybe 20% are getting bit. As a result I have been recommending to our anglers that they target something beside Marlin, like inshore fishing for Yellowtail.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Tuna bite remained off this week with only a few football sized fish caught, and most of them were caught in the blind with no porpoise or birds to indicate their presence.
DORADO: I saw no Dorado brought to the docks this week but heard of a few very small ones of about 8 pounds coming from the direction of San Jose. No details on location or bait, just that there were a few small ones.
WAHOO: Dedicated anglers getting to the grounds early up in the Punta Gorda area reported having a few Wahoo bites, and I did have one Captain tell me he lost a lure to a wahoo offshore around the 1150, but I did not hear of any being brought in this week.
INSHORE: There is no doubt in my mind that inshore fishing was the way to go this week as the bite for Yellowtail remained strong on the Cortez side of the Cape and there was still a decent bite on Sierra between the lighthouse and the arch on the Pacific side as well as off of the Cabo Del Sol area. Mix in some decent grouper to 25 pounds, a few nice Snapper and occasionally a school of Pompano moving through and there was pretty consistent action. The lack of Sardines at the end of the week hurt the inshore fishing just a little bit, but not a lot.
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: Beach time and I think it will be a problem to keep the puppy from getting into the surf, she loves to swim and the swells might be a bit much today. I wrote this report to the music of her snoring at my feet and the birds chirping outside as the sun comes up! Until next week, tight lines!
Happy Memorial Day to All!
Many thanks to all who have served in the past and present. Your sacrifice can never be repayed.
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May 27, 2012; 03:02PM - A LITTLE BLOW MAKES EM GO!
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: MARK RAYOR
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A LITTLE BLOW MAKES EM GO
Fish has been awesome the last couple of weeks with
marlin, dorado and in shore rooster fish providing
quite a show. Catching has been a trick though. On
calm days the fish just don't want to go. When a little
breeze comes up, the chop on the water is putting
fish more into a feeding mode. With it all, Jen Wren
skipper Chuy Cota pulled off the hat trick with 2 of
our groups this week.
The big East Cape news is yellowfin tuna have finally
arrived. Yesterday we were on a school of spinner
dolphin 30 plus miles off shore and could see a huge
school of tuna with them. They were headed East and
were 38 miles off when we left them. This morning
another school just 10 miles off shore were located
so it looks like game on!
83 year old Russ Sauer has been visiting the East
Cape for more than 40 years. He still stands at the
rail like a kid to battle marlin and has the same
excitement as with his first fish. I want to be like
Russ when I grow up.
I'll take em anyway we can get them. We lassoed 2
fish in one day. What are the odds? The fish are
finicky and just batting the baits around. Luck
trumps skill.
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May 23, 2012; 03:08AM - Northern BC Canada Fishing Report May 22, 2012
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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Fishing Report from Noel Gyger http:// www.noelgyger.ca for Monday, May 21, 2012 Terrace and Kitimat
Current LIVE Fishing Report can be read anytime 24-7 at: http://www.noelgyger.ca/current-fishing-reports.htm
Commentary: This is a great time of year. Set your GOAL high by targeting Steelhead and Chinook on the same day. Trout fishing is excellent.
Skeena River: Water is a quite dirty and really not fishable. Apparently the Bulkley River and other tribs are coloured up. The spring run Steelhead are in the river now. Plus Trout and Dolly Varden Char. Early Chinook (King) Salmon are coming in now. Catching Steelhead and Chinook on the same day is possible. Just need some clean water to get at them.
Kalum River: The lower and upper sections are in good shape. The water is coming up slowly. These are the conditions we like. A good run of Steelhead are in the river now. Many of them have spawned and are now kelts heading back to the ocean. These fish should be handled with extra care. Chinook fishing is excellent. We should be able to catch both Steelhead and Chinook in the same day. Wow is this fun or what!
Regarding Chinook, here are some very important regulations:
Upstream of signs below lower canyon:
- Jan 01 - May 24 limits 4 per day, none over 65cm. In other words 'catch and release' the big ones.
- May 25 - Dec 31 No fishing for Chinook.
Lakelse River: The water is in good shape and fishing for Steelhead, and Trout is fair. Chinook will be coming in soon.
Zymoetz (Copper) River: Water is too dirty to fish. Facts: Last year we had a record run of Steelhead, lets hope at least we have another good run this year. The fly rods work extremely well in this river. Fly fishing suggestion: Kamloops Dragon fly rod, 10’ Kamloops fly reel, AFTMA #8line. Backing Dragon Fly “Bright Orange” 30lb, 150 yard spool. Fly line SA Sharkskin Steelhead WF-8-F. Where: Sockeye fishermen are working the bars across from the Copper River. Fly fishing is the choice of many anglers on this river. Wading with quality Simms waders and accessories is the way to go. A friend of mine is very happy with his new Islander fly reel. Trophy XL fly rod, Cortland Line and Maxima Tippet . Tip: Fly fishermen please wade safely by using a wading staff. Trophy XL makes a nice one in 7 sections. Easily folds up and stores in a pouch on the waist.
Kitimat River: Steelhead are coming in now. Fishing has been excellent. More and more anglers are hitting the river. Trout fishing is excellent! The odd early Chinook have come in also.
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May 21, 2012; 11:26AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
May 14-20, 2012
WEATHER: I may have been premature in my declaration last week that it was summertime in Cabo. The week started with the summer feeling but on Wednesday night the wind started to blow and when we got up on Thursday morning the thermometer showed a cool 67 degrees, the wind blew all day and it never got above 80 degrees that I saw. On Friday morning it dropped still more to a low of 62 degrees, downright chilly for here! The wind started to taper off in the early morning and then died to nothing, it warmed to about 85 degrees and on Saturday we were back to normal with the morning low at 73 degrees, same on Sunday. What was interesting was on Friday a fog bank moved in from the Sea of Cortez. It was just marine fog, not getting much farther than one mile inland, but it moved in really fast as far toward Cabo as Grey Rock, then several hours later moved right on back. There was no rain this week but we did have decent dew in the mornings, as well as some moisture from the fog.
WATER: The water was both perfect and perfectly awful this week. Bad to hear, and worse for anglers, but the currents and winds have a way of doing things you cannot predict. We started the week with wonderful water conditions, which was nice since Cabo was once again hosting the IGFA Offshore Championship. This event involves teams from around the world who must have won a qualifying event to be invited. We started the week with water between Cabo and the East Cape at 75-77 degrees and those temperatures held for Tuesday, but there was a small intrusion of cooler water about 15 miles offshore, just to the outside of the 1150 area. On Wednesday the water to the Gorda Banks had cooled to 70 degrees but at the East Cape we were still seeing 76 degree water. Wednesday night the winds picked up and the current from the Pacific side came on strong so that on Thursday morning the same area between Cabo and San Jose had dropped to 60 degrees and the Punta Gorda/Frailes area was only 65 degrees, and a bit dirty. On the Pacific side the water became very rough due to the winds, at the end of the week we had water as cold as 55 degrees along the coast and extending past the Cape to the southwest 50 miles. That water was very dirty and green. The surface conditions moderated over the weekend but the water remained cold and dirty.
BAIT: Mostly Caballito with some Mullet this week, but there were a few Mackerel showing at the end of the week, probably due to the cool water. In the San Jose area the Sardinas were available at the beginning of the week but the cold water at the end of the week forced them much further north. The larger baits were the normal $3 each while the Sardinas, if you could find them, were running between $20 and $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Probably the best way to explain the Marlin bite this week is with a re-cap of the IGFA Offshore Championship results. Striped Marlin were the target of 47 teams competing for the title and they fished for four days, Monday through Thursday. For the first three days the number of bites increased later and later in the day. This was a result of the warmer water slowly moving away from our area. Day one, Monday, resulted in 139 Striped Marlin released and two Dorado caught. Most of the fish were found around the 1150 to the San Jose Canyon but boats traveling to the Punta Gorda area did even better. On day two there were 152 Striped Marlin released as the anglers and boats zeroed in on the fish concentrations, running there instead of trolling. Once again there were plenty of fish seen in the San Jose Canyon, fewer at the 1150 and the best bite was off of Punta Gorda and the Vinorama area. Day three had the boats running farther as the cool water started to be felt and the results reflected the fact with only 102 released for the day, along with one Dorado caught. On day four the wind was howling and the currents had pushed the cold water across the entire area. All that you heard on the tournament radio channel were questions on water temperatures and if anyone had found fish. The results speak strongly of the Striped Marlins preferred temperature as there were only 8 Striped Marlin released for the day. The bite remained off for the remainder of the week as the cold water maintained its influence in our area.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Offshore action for Yellowfin was slow to non-existent for almost everyone, but a few boats did manage to find some football to 30 pound fish due south early in the week. The fish were mixed with Porpoise but did not remain in the area. There were no Tuna caught by the tournament boats, even though Tuna over #30 were worth points.
DORADO: The few Dorado I saw were caught early in the week before the water temperature dropped. As the tournament results show, there were only three decent Dorado caught by 47 boats fishing for 4 days. All the fish I saw and heard of came from the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape.
WAHOO: I did not hear of any Wahoo caught this week, and the tournament boats fishing Vinorama and Los Frailes were in the perfect zone to get a few, but had no fish reported.
INSHORE: For boats and anglers wanting something besides Marlin this week, inshore was the way to go. Pompano have shown up in good numbers, averaging 6-9 pounds. Great eating fish and fun to fight, most of them, as a mater of fact all of them, were caught on the Cortez side of the Cape. There were some scattered Yellowtail and Sierra as well, but the numbers of Sierra dropped off a bit from last week. Mix in some decent Snapper and some Amberjack and there was action and meals to be had fishing inshore. Oh, there were also some small Roosterfish found as well!
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this weeks recipe!
NOTES: It's Sunday and time for the morning beach walk with the pup. I don't think I am going into the water, it's too cold for me but the pup loves it. This weeks report was written to the music of the Eagles off of an old mix CD I have had for a long time. We have our toes and fingers crossed that the currents change again and bring back the warm blue water! Until next week, tight lines!
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May 21, 2012; 12:05AM - Chain of fools
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: MARK RAYOR
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CHAIN OF FOOLS
Striped marlin are thick from Rancho Leonero to
Punta Perico. There are also a few nice dorado and
some sailfish in the mix. All day fish are putting on
an incredible and exciting show jumping, tailing and
feeding. The fish are plugged with squid making it
hard for anglers to get the bite. Seeing all the life has
not allowed many dull moments. It has been action
packed baiting fish after fish hunting for one that will
go.
Early in the week there was a good rooster bite but
they have taken the last couple of days off.
Live bait has been hard to come by. The bait
pangeros have not been able to make bait at night so
frozen ballyhoo has been the only option for
purchase in the morning. It is a bit of a weird
phenomenon because a mix of spanish mackerel and
sardineta are coming to the surface about a mile off
shore as soon as the sun rises. We have been able to
catch the bait that won't bite in the dark for the
pangeros. Sardines have completely evaporated and
cannot be found anywhere. I was talking with some
of the pangeros at Muertos bay and they believe the
bait has just gone deep.
Chain, chain, chain. Fish are feeding on squid why
not a squid chain?
It was a pleasure to have AFTCO's Greg Stotesbury
fish with us a couple days this week. We have used
AFTCO gaffs, gloves, harnesses and other hardware
for years. Now they have a new clothing line with
some very cool stuff.
Red Rooster skipper Andy Cotes vacationing at
Rancho Leonero also got in on the action with some
friends on Jen Wren. Andy loved the all Accurate gear
on our boat.
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Mark Rayor
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US cell 310 308 5841
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