February 04, 2012

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February 4, 2012
Anglers –


Light crowds of tourists are now visiting the Los Cabos and are being greeted with great winter season weather. Some scattered clouds, cooler mornings down to 50 degrees, but highs are reaching up to 80 degrees, winds have been moderate, variable 10 to 15 mph from the north. Water temperatures dropped down into the 68 to 70 degree range, action was more scattered, though anglers did find a variety of species available

There were sufficient supplies of sardinas available, also caballito and limited mackerel. Large schools of black skipjack on the fishing grounds, most often just caught and released, but also make good chunk bait. Local San Jose del Cabo fleets were spending most of their efforts fishing the spots from Cardon, La Fortuna, Iman Bank, San Luis and as far north as Vinorama.

The Iman and San Luis Bank were attracting a number of yellowfin tuna, averaging 20 to 70 pounds, anglers were chumming with sardinas to entice these tuna, which would come up and feed at unpredictable hours, finicky from having to compete with all of the skipjack. On certain days there were charters that did account for up to four quality sized yellowfin. The sea lions which have taken up residence on these banks, have turned into a real nuisance, often taking anglers hooked fish as they near the boat.

Other catches included a few yellowtail, sizes up to 30 pounds, striking on various baits and jigs, most often off the bottom rock plies, so far just limited numbers of these jacks, a few more amberjack in the mix, as well as a variety of pargo and cabrilla species. Strong currents have resided and this gave anglers more opportunities for drift fishing over rock piles, using various whole and cut baits, as well as yo-yo jigs.

Sierra and some smaller sized roosterfish were found along the beach stretches north of La Playita to Punta Gorda, sardinas proved to be the best bait for this bite, early in the morning rapalas and hoochies worked.

Striped marlin were found offshore of San Jose del Cabo and north to Desteladera, hit or miss and more of a deal for the cruisers, searching for surface activity, ready to cast baits to any fins or tails seen.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 55 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 4 striped marlin, 58 yellowfin tuna, 26 bonito, 29 amberjack, 37 cabrilla, 92 pargo, 28 dorado, 12 roosterfish, 13 yellowtail, 12 shark and 52 sierra.

 

Good Fishing, Eric

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

January 28, 2012

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Anglers –

Los Cabos weather conditions continue to be extremely pleasant for wintertime, mostly clear sunny skies, high temperatures reaching 80 degrees and variable northern winds. Cooler nights ranged as low as 50 degrees helped lower water temperatures a couple of degrees since last week, average ocean temperatures are now from 67 degrees on the Pacific to 70 degrees further offshore and in the direction of San Jose del Cabo. Crowds of tourists are lighter than would be expected, though the people making the trip are enjoying the warm sunshine and multitude of outdoor activities.

Supplies of sardinas have been plentiful off the beaches north of Punta Gorda, this has been convenient for anglers out of San Jose del Cabo, because this is the same area where the fishing action for species such as dorado and yellowfin tuna was more productive, also there were miscellaneous structure species being found.

Dorado were found spread out through inshore and offshore fishing grounds, these fish are striking on a wide variety of lures and baitfish, average size has been 5 to 15 pounds, but every so often there were fish up to 25 pounds accounted for. With the ocean now on a cooling trend this could slow the bite down, as these fish tend to migrate south when currents drop to 70 degrees or lower.

This past week anglers found much improved action for yellowfin tuna around the Iman Bank. There was a fast current to deal with, also some pesky sea lions and let’s not forget to mention the presence of huge schools of aggressive skipjack, they made it tough to get through to have a chance at the tuna. Persistence and patience was the key, but many charters did account for one, two, three or more yellowfin, average sizes were 25 to 40 pounds, with some fish up to 80 pounds mixed in. Using sardinas or chunk of skipjack for bait was the most productive technique.

Closer to shore there have been fair numbers of sierra, most of these fish were in the 1 to 5 pound class, quite a few juvenile sized roosterfish in the area as well, both of these species hit best on sardinas, but would also strike Rapalas and cast jigs. Off the bottom, when currents allowed, anglers using various baits and yo-yo’s found a mix of amberjack, yellowtail, yellow snapper, cabrilla, bonito and dogtooth snapper, no great numbers, but at times it showed good promise of some great eating variety.

Striped marlin action has been more spread out this year, at this time the fleets are finding more numbers of stripers in the direction of San Jose del Cabo, from the Gordo Banks, Desteladera to Vinorama and this should be the area to concentrate on in coming months.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 68 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 6 striped marlin, 94 yellowfin tuna, 14 bonito, 15 amberjack, 13 cabrilla, 42 yellow snapper, 6 dogtooth snapper, 196 dorado, 18 roosterfish, 8 yellowtail, 6 mako shark and 88 sierra.

Good Fishing, Eric


January 28, 2012

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Anglers –

Los Cabos weather conditions continue to be extremely pleasant for wintertime, mostly clear sunny skies, high temperatures reaching 80 degrees and variable northern winds. Cooler nights ranged as low as 50 degrees helped lower water temperatures a couple of degrees since last week, average ocean temperatures are now from 67 degrees on the Pacific to 70 degrees further offshore and in the direction of San Jose del Cabo. Crowds of tourists are lighter than would be expected, though the people making the trip are enjoying the warm sunshine and multitude of outdoor activities.

Supplies of sardinas have been plentiful off the beaches north of Punta Gorda, this has been convenient for anglers out of San Jose del Cabo, because this is the same area where the fishing action for species such as dorado and yellowfin tuna was more productive, also there were miscellaneous structure species being found.

Dorado were found spread out through inshore and offshore fishing grounds, these fish are striking on a wide variety of lures and baitfish, average size has been 5 to 15 pounds, but every so often there were fish up to 25 pounds accounted for. With the ocean now on a cooling trend this could slow the bite down, as these fish tend to migrate south when currents drop to 70 degrees or lower.

This past week anglers found much improved action for yellowfin tuna around the Iman Bank. There was a fast current to deal with, also some pesky sea lions and let’s not forget to mention the presence of huge schools of aggressive skipjack, they made it tough to get through to have a chance at the tuna. Persistence and patience was the key, but many charters did account for one, two, three or more yellowfin, average sizes were 25 to 40 pounds, with some fish up to 80 pounds mixed in. Using sardinas or chunk of skipjack for bait was the most productive technique.

Closer to shore there have been fair numbers of sierra, most of these fish were in the 1 to 5 pound class, quite a few juvenile sized roosterfish in the area as well, both of these species hit best on sardinas, but would also strike Rapalas and cast jigs. Off the bottom, when currents allowed, anglers using various baits and yo-yo’s found a mix of amberjack, yellowtail, yellow snapper, cabrilla, bonito and dogtooth snapper, no great numbers, but at times it showed good promise of some great eating variety.

Striped marlin action has been more spread out this year, at this time the fleets are finding more numbers of stripers in the direction of San Jose del Cabo, from the Gordo Banks, Desteladera to Vinorama and this should be the area to concentrate on in coming months.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 68 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 6 striped marlin, 94 yellowfin tuna, 14 bonito, 15 amberjack, 13 cabrilla, 42 yellow snapper, 6 dogtooth snapper, 196 dorado, 18 roosterfish, 8 yellowtail, 6 mako shark and 88 sierra.

Good Fishing, Eric