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Re: San Jose del Cabo Fish Report April 4
Reply #30 - Apr 4th, 2010 at 9:04am
 
April 4, 2010

Typically the start of spring time and the month of April bring larger crowds of vacationers to Los Cabos, this year the numbers of tourists is down significantly, most certainly due to the poor economy and negative press releases issuing travel warnings to Mexico. Once again we want to articulate that Southern Baja continues to be a safe travel destination, there have been no reports locally of any violence aimed against visitors or the local popuation. The next couple of months offer some of the most ideal weather conditions as well as great variety of fishing options for anglers.

Sportfishing interests throughout the region are holding out hope that the Mexican government will make the correct decision by not adopting proposed regulations of opening up the commercial fishery for species such as dorado and marlin, that are now protected, this would be absolutely detrimental for the entire sportfishing community. This seems to be more of a political issue, as the commercial cooperatives has greater connections and lobbying power.

This past week saw unpredictable weather patterns, there continued to be wind from the north and then at times from the south, strong currents were pushing in off colored water closer to shore. Water temperatures have averaged from 71to 74 throughout most of the area. What we need now is for the weather to stabilize and give a chance for the water conditions to get back on track. Normally within the next several weeks we see significant migrations of gamefish entering local waters.

The striped marlin season just never really happened this year, there has been spots of activity, but noting as consistent to compare with previous years. Schools of mackerel have been more scattered, water temps were higher than normal, all of these appear to be factors as to where the concentrations of stripers have gone. Strange to hear the reports of big numbers of striped marlin providing action off of Zihuatanejo, Mexico, where they are not a common catch, they normally find more sailfish, recent reports saw higher counts of stripers than sails.

Fleets are searching in all directions now, more often than not the most consistent action has been found close to shore for primarily sierra. Using sardinas for bait have been most productive, but at times these preferred baits were not easy to obtain, with the larger concentrations schooling near shore from San Luis to Vinorama, increased surf activity made netting these baitfish more challenging for the commercial pangeros.

Dorado have been scarce, an occasional single fish is being encountered, the majority closer to shore and under fifteen pounds. As the water temperatures start to warm back up we anticipate more of these prized gamefish to appear on the local fishing grounds. 

Bottom action has produced mixed results for snapper, cabrilla, grouper, amberjack, bonito and other species, but with choppy seas and fast currents this has not been a consistent option.

Giant squid were not active the past week, no signs of pelagic red crab, mackerel and sardinetas were hard to find as well. The migration of humpback whales is nearing the end, still being seen at this time, but soon they will be heading north.

Yellowfin tuna have been found offshore traveling with porpoise, but still very hit of miss. Some larger tuna to 100 pounds were encountered closer to shore, moving with small pods of spinner porpoise, this action was within several miles of shore near Punta Gorda to Cardon, spooky fish, but at times the first boat to come upon the action could get hooked up if they had live bait, these fish were not interested in lures as were tuna found further from shore.

The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 50 charters this past week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 1sailfish, 3 striped marlin, 3 mako shark, 1 wahoo,14 yellowfin tuna, 9 dorado, 29 bonito, 15 amberjack, 7 pompano, 27 pargo, 6 roosterfish, 18 cabrilla and 465 sierra.

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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report April 15
Reply #31 - Apr 15th, 2010 at 9:27am
 
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Ideal spring weather is greeting lighter than normal crowds at this time in Southern Baja, we expect the coming months to provide world class action for anglers targeting a variety of inshore, offshore and bottom game fish species. Ocean conditions were unstable, at times winds from the north and then from the south. It seems this season winds have been more persistent and unpredictable than expected normal patterns. Maybe it is El Nińo? Anyway, it has been apparent that local ocean water temperatures have been two to four degrees warmer than average. Recent current have been ranging from 70 to 76 degrees, coolest regions on the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas. Clarity has fluctuated, southern swells are now increasing, overall the water conditions were improving.

Commercial bait fish suppliers were working overtime to find limited supplies, sardinas, mackerel or caballito. There were reports of giant squid, now more in the direction of Cabo San Lucas. Surprisingly there are still numerous sightings of humpback whales enjoying surely there last days in the area before starting their northern migration.

There was increased action for striped marlin found 4 to 8 miles from shore off of the Red Hill to Chileno areas, stripers were hooked up on trolled lures and by dropping back larger baitfish. Some of the time, even with live bait, the marlin were not always interested, stripers were seen free jumping and tailing on the surface. The billfish were averaging 90 to130 pounds.

Dorado numbers were limited, just some scattered solitary fish encountered, we anticipate that as the water temperatures warm and bait fish schools become abundant that more dorado will appear on local fishing grounds, we are now coming into the season when trophy sized of bull dorado can be encountered. Yellowfin tuna reports were scattered, at times fish were encountered traveling with porpoise, even within a mile or two of shore, more of these fish were hooking with live sardinas, problem was that often these baitfish were hard to find right off the bat. If you winded up in the right spot at the correct time there was a chance at hooking into a nice yellowfin tuna, fish weighing up to 72 pounds were accounted for by the La Playita panga fleets.

Wahoo are in the area, but not overly active, dedicated anglers that were specifically  targeting these elusive pelagic reported having an average of one to four solid strikes, but the actual hook up to landing the fish has been a low ratio. Areas from Cardon to Iman seemed to be where most of this activity was reported in areas of 120 to 180 depth of water. As weather stabilizes and more bait fish appear we anticipate increased activity.

Most consistent catches have been encountered closer to shore, best success was found with live sardinas, even though the bait was in limited supplies. Sierra was the more common species, averaging 2 pounds, but a few larger fish ranged up 8 pounds. An occasional dorado was encountered close to shore, roosterfish up to 15 pounds were caught and released, this jacks are just starting to show, trolling bait north of the Puerto Los Cabos jetty has been a productive area. A mix of shallow water rock fish rounded out catches, pargo, cabrilla, amberjack, pompano and triggerfish

The combined panga fleet launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 49 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
2 striped marlin, 1 sailfish, 5 hammerhead shark, 5 wahoo, 8 dorado, 6 yellowfin tuna, 17 amberjack, 7 jack crevalle, 18 roosterfish, 20 cabrilla, 48 pargo (various),29 bonito, 6 pompano and 205 sierra.

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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report April 23
Reply #32 - Apr 23rd, 2010 at 12:16pm
 
April 23, 2010

Spring time weather is providing plenty of sunshine and high temperatures of 85 degrees, though the global economical crisis has continued to limit the number of tourists that can
afford to travel. Unseasonable southern winds were more
persistent than normal, this effected ocean conditions, just as they had been improving, Pacific currents pushed in cooler and off colored water, particularly prevalent through much of the southern region. Water temperatures averaged from 70 to 76 degrees, warmest areas found in the direction of Vinorama to Los Frailes. This is the direction where the majority of charter fleets are now concentrating their efforts. Anglers have been waiting patiently for the offshore action to improve, up until now it has not been consistent, at times has shown some signs of picking up.

Fishing has been spread out, some boats looking offshore, but most are working areas along the shoreline to several miles from shore. This is the time of year where things can really change from day to day. Baitfish have been available in limited supply, caballito from Cabo San Lucas and sardinas are schooling inshore near San Luis, pangeros are working harder than usual to net minimal amounts of these preferred batifish. Not much baitfish activity being found on the fishing grounds, a few scattered flying fish and skipjack, it is the time where we should start seeing some bolito showing up.

Guides are working harder than usual to obtain fresh bait for their anglers, doing the best they can under the circumstances. Drift fishing over the rock piles, using both bait and yo-yo iron jigs have been producing a mixed bag of species, no big numbers, but all good eating. There have been cabrilla, amberjack, various pargo, triggerfish, bonito, sierra and pompano. Good variety, though there are not large quantities of any particular species.

Late last week and through the weekend, before strong southern winds turned over the conditions, there was a wahoo bite that developed near Vinorama, this area is a long distance and almost out of range of normal charters, though can produce great action when currents are just right. Rigged ballyhoo baits, sardinas and trolled Rapalas accounted for strikes by wahoo that weighed up to 50 pounds. Since then this action has slowed down, but a few wahoo are still appearing in the daily fish counts, strikes were also reported near Cardon, La Fortuna and Iman. As conditions improve once again we look for these fish to become more active.

Early in the week there were schools of yellowfin tuna encountered that were traveling with porpoise, within five miles of shore, near San Luis Bank. Only handful of boats got in on this action, accounting for 4 to 8 fish per charter, the yellowfin ranged in sizes from 30 to 80 pounds. They hit on smaller sized trolled hoochies and on sardinas, limited amount of chum brought the tuna to the surface, fish to one hundred pounds or larger were reportedly seen feeding.

African pompano started to appear inshore this past week, striking on live sardinas, they provided fun sport on light tackle, averaging 5 to 10 pounds, also are excellent eating. The shipwreck off of La Salina was the spot, this is a small area that can only handle limited boat pressure before spooking the fish. Sierra and some roosterfish were also found in the same area.

Striped marlin action continues to be spread out and hit or miss, these fish have preferred live bait over lures. Typically the coming month provides better opportunities for the strippers off of the San Jose del Cabo region.

All local interests are eagerly waiting for the completion of the bridge construction accessing La Playita and the Puerto Los Cabos Marina. It has been a long dragged out project, now nearing the final stages, it will be a relief for everyone involved when it does finally open. As the old dirt route through the flood zone has worn down to bedrock now and is torture on both vehicles and bodies.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 52 charters for the week and anglers reported a fish count of: 2 striped marlin, 5 hammerhead shark, 17 yellowfin tuna, 9 dorado, 1 yellowtail,12 amberjack, 66 various pargo, 25 cabrilla, 38 bonito, 164 sierra, 16 roosterfish, 13 jack crevalle and 39 pompano.

Good Fishing, Eric

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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report May 7
Reply #33 - May 7th, 2010 at 1:53pm
 
May 7, 2010

Crowds of visiting anglers are increasing as the weather patterns seem to be finally stabilizing. Sunny days and high temperatures averaging in the mid 80s, ideal climate now, in another month or so the true summer heat will be arriving. Ocean swells are now increasing from the south, making it that much harder for the commercial panga fleet to net the already limited supplies of sardinas. Schools of mullet should be migrating into local waters in the coming weeks, on the offshore fishing grounds there has been more signs of baitfish moving in. Water conditions are really shaping up, clear blue water is now within a mile or two of shore and water temperatures are averaging 74 to 77 degrees through much of the region. The annual migration of whales is all but over, as they are now headed north to feed for the summer. We should start to see more schools of porpoise, manta rays, flying fish and perhaps even whale sharks, as this is the time they normally show up in the vicinity of the Gordo Banks.

Fishing fleets have been spread out in all directions and this last week produced more consistent action for surface species such as yellowfin tuna, dorado and wahoo. Still no great numbers of any particular species, but there are some quality sized fish now being found on a daily basis. Most of the yellowfin tuna that are being encountered have been associated with rapidly traveling porpoise, this action has been found anywhere from two to thirty miles from shore, tuna have ranged in sizes up to 100 pounds, most of the fish have been in the 15 to 30 pound class.

Dorado are starting to appear in the warming waters, anglers have found small schools of these fish scattered throughout the area, striking on trolled lures and bait, they ranged in sizes from 10 to 30 pounds. This is the time when larger sized bull dorado start to make their presence.

Perhaps the highlight of the week has been the wahoo action being found to the north of Punta Gorda and near San Luis Bank. Practically all of the charters that have targeted these normally elusive speedsters have had opportunities, trolling with rigged ballyhoo, Rapalas, skirted lead heads and even casting chrome yo-yos all produced strikes. Many boats were accounting for one or two wahoo and some of the more prepared and fortunate charters had up to half of dozen wahoo in the box. Very impressive sized fish as well, averaging 20 to 40 pounds, with quite a few fish in the 40 to 60 pound class accounted for. This month of May is shaping up to be on track to produce some of the best late spring wahoo action in many seasons. As long as conditions stay how they are now it appears that this bite will only get better.

The increased southern swell has limited live bait action along the shoreline, though there are still sierra lurking and a few roosterfish showing up. The coming weeks should bring in the mullet and then the dogtooth snapper and larger sized roosterfish will follow.

Triggerfish have dominated the bottom action, there are some bonito, cabrilla, pargo and amberjack mixed in, but this has not been a consistent option. Most charters are concentrating on what surface action they can find, but that has been more productive than finding fish off the bottom at this time.

The combined panga fleet launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 74 charters for the week and anglers reported a fish count of: 3 mako sharks, 5 hammerhead shark, 1 striped marlin, 17 yellowfin tuna, 19 dorado, 11 pompano, 12 cabrilla, 7 amberjack, 28 Mexican bonito, 42 sierra, 5 roosterfish, 45 wahoo, 86 triggerfish and 17 pargo.

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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report May 16
Reply #34 - May 16th, 2010 at 6:08am
 


May 16, 2010

Paradise like weather patterns are attracting more visitors, they are being treated to sunny skies with highs in the mid 80s. Seasonal wind patterns have shifted from the North to predominately from the South. Warm ocean current have pushed up ocean temperatures to an average of 74 to 77 degrees and clean blue water is reportedly found within a couple miles of shore.

Charter boats continue to cover a wide area searching for productive action, much of the more consistent overall action was found in the direction of the Sea of Cortez, often having to travel as far as San Luis to Los Frailes. Fleets from the East Cape are also ventured towards the south, as far as the Iman Bank. All fleets have reported a shortage of live sardinas, which are the preferred baitfish for a variety of medium sized species, but are now only being found in very limited supplies, on some days during periods of increased swell activity the bait could not even be safely netted at all. Other bait options have included caballito, when available and fresh ballyhoo for troll rigging. Only occasional reports about sightings of schooling mullet being reported, larger masses of these migrating baitfish are on schedule to arrive in local waters.
                  
Anglers were trolling rocky drop offs along the local coast lines and reported steady action for wahoo, averaging two or more chances per morning. More wahoo hook-ups were lost than actually landed, of the fish that were weighed in, they ranged from 20 to 80 pounds. Rapalas, skirted lead heads and rigged baits, all accounted for strikes, it was more of a matter of encountering these smaller sized schools of active wahoo.

Only limited numbers of dorado are being found, a mix of sizes to 20 pounds, but really only single fish here and there, we look for these fish to become more common in the coming weeks.

Bottom fishing has produced various successes, but generally has not been as productive comparatively to targeting surface species, which were not overly numerous themselves, but at least were being encountered on a daily basis. There was a mix of species off the bottom structure, using various baits and yo-yo jigs they accounted for cabrilla, huachinango (red snapper), amberjack, yellowtail, pompano, bonito and yellow snapper. This action was sporadic, but some charters had catches of up to ten fish in combination.
Scattered reports on yellowfin tuna action being encountered while traveling with porpoise. Lots of pressure on these pods and the tuna would become lure shy and with limited supplies of live bait, this made for tough times for tuna. Some boats were traveling as far as Los Frailes to find the 20 to 100 pound yellowfin  that were feeding among porpoise. This is a very long run for any of the fleets, especially for the chance at one finicky fish or two. These schools of tuna should shift towards the south soon, within easier charter range soon.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 55 charters this past week, with anglers accounting for a fish count of:
6 mako shark, 6 hammerhead shark, 41 wahoo, 18 dorado, 17 yellowfin tuna, 28 bonito, 22 pargo, 26 sierra, 9 amberjack, 11 cabrilla,12 roosterfish, 12 pompano and 24 triggerfish.

Good Fishing, Eric
                                                                                             
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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report May 23
Reply #35 - May 23rd, 2010 at 6:44am
 
May 23, 2010

Days are progressively starting to feel more like summer than spring here in Southern Baja. Tourists are enjoying plenty of sunshine, not many clouds in the skies, high temperatures ranging in the upper 80s. Southern swells have diminished for the time being. Ocean currents are on a warming trend, now averaging 76 to 80 degrees throughout the region. Clean blue water is found within a mile or so of shore and sportfishing fleets have found that the more productive action is within several miles. Predictions of breezes from the south have not been that accurate, as on most days the wind was blowing from the north, not too strong though and anglers had comfortable fishing conditions for the most part.

Bait situation still is a day to day deal, no live sardinas to speak of, but more caballito are appearing, with bolito and mullet making a presence as well. Charters are involved in more surface trolling with various lures and rigged baits than anything else, not all that much action has been found off the bottom, a few pargo, but more triggerfish than anything else. The past couple of days the fishing action is showing signs of really busting loose, no huge numbers of fish, but the quality was definitely there.

Striped marlin action really improved around spots off of Chileno to the Gordo Banks, the stripers would readily strike on slow trolling or cast caballito, most of the fish weighing in the 100 to 120 pound range. Also more dorado appearing in the daily counts, some of them up to thirty pounds.

Yellowfin tuna were encountered traveling with porpoise, it was matter of being in the right place with the correct offering, some anglers were fortunate while trolling various lures, though live bait produced more hook ups. Sizes on the tuna ranging from 10 to 80 pounds, larger fish were reportedly hooked and lost, particularly from the Gordo Banks area. Commercial tuna boats were seen in the vicinity, which is a shame, because it is just when some more consistent reports for tuna were coming in.

Wahoo action continues to be one of the main highlights, quality sized fish of 40 to 80 pounds are hitting along the entire coastal section from Cabo San Lucas to the San Luis Bank. The word has traveling fast and certain areas, such as Santa Maria, are seeing heavy boat pressure, which can always make trolling for wahoo more of a challenge. Most charters are accounting for one or two wahoo, some as many as four or five and as is normal when trolling for wahoo, anglers loose as many strikes as they actually land. These ‘hoo have been running larger than normal and are slicing through wire leaders at times as though they were monofilament. These fish were striking on a wide range of lures and baits, it was more of a matter of finding the active fish and staying away from the more crowded fishing grounds.

Larger sized roosterfish have been seen chasing baitfish along the beach stretches and as the preferred mullet become more readily available we anticipate some wide open action on this jacks in the coming weeks. Should also be dogtooth snapper and maybe pompano in the mix.

The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 64 charters for the week with anglers reporting a fish count of: 11 striped marlin, 3 mako shark, 12 hammerhead shark, 24 yellowfin tuna, 22 dorado, 9 cabrilla, 19 various pargo species, 10 jack crevalle, 24 Mexican bonito, 10 roosterfish, 6 pompano, 28 sierra and 65 wahoo.

Good Fishing, Eric

                                                               
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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report May 30
Reply #36 - May 30th, 2010 at 7:19am
 
May 30, 2010

Last weekend there was a heavy southern swell that swept through the region, hordes of surfers were out in force to take advantage of the opportunities of riding the ten foot waves. The swell pushed in a different current and turned water conditions over some, particular close to shore and this had a negative effect on the fishing activity, slowing down the all around action that had just shown signs of improvement the previous week. Water temperatures are still in the 74 to 78 degree range and blue water is being found within several miles of shore. Charter fleets are searching in all directions, since there is no one spot that has been consistent on a daily basis. There has been improvement on the live bait situation of larger sized baitfish, mackerel, caballito and mullet have been obtainable from various locations, still no smaller sardinas to report. Giant squid have once again become abundant in local waters and are being used as cut bait mainly by the commercial fleet for bottom action that varied according to strength of currents.

This weekend local residents are gearing up for the traditional national holiday of the “Dia de la Marina”. In La Playita they have always taken this fiesta seriously, celebrating with three days of activities, including all night dances, carnival rides, parades, horse races and of course plenty of cerveza. There will be the annual panga dorado tournament on Sunday, May 30. Should be a fun time, but often there can be a shortage of skippers whiling or able to work early in the morning.

Last week the bridge leading to Puerto Los Cabos and the La Playita Panga fishing area was finally opened, this after a series of long delays, once they finish the other off ramps connecting to the new Centenario Blvd. as well as add signs and lighting this will be a much celebrated addition to the entire area.

Anglers had to have more patience this past week and work harder than usual for the mix of species that were available. Some dog tooth snapper were being encountered now close to shore, but they are not numerous yet, slow trolling in areas that are only 20 to 30 feet deep, over rocky caves and ledges, the snapper come up and eat the baits on the surface, often they can be finicky, corralling the bait and at times not even touching them, other times they will inhale the mullet, all depends on their mood, but one thing is for sure, when they feel the hook they will dive as hard as they can like a freight train towards the closest rock and you better be ready to apply maximum pressure in order to have a chance at turning them in time. A handful of amberjack to 30 pounds were hooked into near the same areas where the dogtooth were being targeted.

Wahoo action slowed way down after the big bite the previous week, though a few fish were accounted for by anglers that specifically targeted them with high speed trolling lures or rigged baits. Dorado were also very scarce, only an occasional single do-do being found, no schools yet. Yellowfin tuna were hit or miss, a scattering of tuna were blind trolling Rapalas and other lures and some were found associated with porpoise, again a matter of being in the right place, everyday being different. Most of the tuna now being found were in the 15 to 40 pound range.

Billfish action was mainly for striped marlin, casting baits to tailing fish be the most productive technique. A handful of larger marlin were also hooked into, one black marlin of 450 pounds and several smaller sized blue marlin were reported off of the Chileno and Pacific fishing grounds. Also a few sailfish were getting into the mix, as they prefer the warming waters.

The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita / Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 49 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
1 sailfish, 9 striped marlin, 4 dorado, 13 yellowfin tuna, 7 amberjack, 11 dogtooth snapper, 48 various pargo species, 13 bonito, 6 wahoo, 46 roosterfish, 10 jack crevalle, 12 cabrilla, 4 pompano and 15 sierra.

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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report June 10
Reply #37 - Jun 10th, 2010 at 8:34am
 

June 10, 2010

Moderate crowds of tourists are traveling to the Los Cabos where they are enjoying very comfortable late spring weather conditions. Cooler ocean currents off of the Pacific have been meeting with the warmer Sea of Cortez air and sea conditions creating on and off marine moisture layer, turning to fog. This pattern has cooled air temperatures, reaching highs of 85 degrees, but has also meant more wind, which there has been more than enough of this year, ranging from all directions, but more often than not starting out of the north, before turning east and in the afternoon switched directly from the south, a bit hard to predict, we are patiently waiting for more consistent weather patterns to stabilize. Ocean currents have been very strong, river like, water temperatures from Cabo San Lucas to Los Frailes are ranging from 74 to 80 degrees, with the warmest bands of water found actually within the first couple miles of shore, rather than further offshore, where currents in the low 70s are sweeping through.

The live bait situation continues to be somewhat limited, no sardinas available, larger surf conditions have not allowed the pangeros to areas where these baitfish are schooling. Mullet have not been as easy as expected to obtain, especially during periods of early morning low tides. Anglers found that caballito were the most abundant readily available baitfish. These small jacks prove to be good all around live bait, not quite like a live greenback mackerel, though yellowfin tuna, dorado, billfish, wahoo, roosterfish, snapper and others all will strike them. There were only scattered reports of giant squid being caught in recent days.

Panga charters out of San Jose del Cabo found the most consistent action during this past week in the warmer currents within a couple miles from shore from Red Hill to Punta Gorda. The main species being yellowfin tuna in the 10 to 30 pound range, at times found traveling with smaller sized spinner porpoise and often being encountered by blind strikes. Angler s had success on smaller sized cedar plugs, hoochies, Rapalas, feathers etc…, also good action on caballito once the schooling tuna were located.
A slight increase in numbers of dorado showing up, but still mainly being in small concentrations. This is now the time when we start to see more flying fish and bolito activity on the local fishing grounds, always a favorable sign. Conditions change fast during late spring, should be only a matter of time when conditions really stabilize into calmer summer seas.

With the yellowfin tuna action being the most productive fishery, more charters were concentrated in this area, though for the limited numbers of anglers that traveled further north near La Fortuna to Vinorama, they did report respectable action on wahoo and tuna. Anglers used live bait, rigged dead baits and various lures, diving Rapalas accounted for a high percentage of strikes. This was an option where preferably the weather would cooperate, because wind and swells could be a negative factor a times.

Striped marlin were now more plentiful, seen jumping, tailing and feeding, coming closer to shore in recent days, attracted by the food source and warm clean water conditions. The bite was up and down, some fish being more aggressive to feed than were others. The marlin hit on lures as well as the preferred live bait, nicer sized fish lately, reports of marlin weighing close to 200 pounds being landed and released.

The roosterfish action has been spotty and these fish appear to be showing up later than normal for the second year in a row. Dogtooth snapper action has not been steady, perhaps a factor being the lack of inshore baitfish schools. There is still time left in the season for these fish to move inshore, later in August these monster snapper typically move back outside to the rock piles rather than fight with higher surf conditions for their food source.

The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 79 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 8 striped marlin, 7 wahoo, 196 yellowfin tuna, 19 dorado, 24 roosterfish, 8 sierra, 8 hammerhead shark, 8 amberjack, 24 various pargo species, 13 cabrilla, 19 bonito and 22 jack crevalle.

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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report June 17
Reply #38 - Jun 17th, 2010 at 9:06am
 

June 17, 2010

Late spring is transition time, this past week visitors to Southern Baja felt weather patterns that ranged from early spring like to summer like. It started last Thursday when strong winds out of the southwest pushed colder green Pacific currents in the direction of the Sea of Cortez and actually dropped water temperatures close to ten degrees within 24 hours. This created cooler air temperatures that were very comfortable, but also made for tough fishing conditions through the weekend, until conditions rebounded to start the week. Tropical storm season has also begun, at this time there are two systems further to the south, off of mainland Mexico that are threatening to develop and will need to be monitored closely. Air temperatures at this time are quite warm and humid.

Water temperatures are now back in the 75 to 80 degree range from Cabo San Lucas towards Los Frailes. Winds have settled down and swells are moderate, looks as though the summer fishing season is about to start off with ideal settings. There are now good supplies of mullet and caballito, but there are no sardinas being found. The fishing grounds are seeing increased concentrations of bolito, which should attract a variety of gamefish for the coming weeks.

The inshore fishing action has produced a mix of action for roosterfish, amberjack, jack crevalle and dogtooth snapper. Recent days have seen larger sized roosterfish appearing throughout the region, anglers trolling live baits just outside the surf zone reported chances at fish in the 20 to 60 pound class. This is now peak season for inshore fishing, should last through July, before shifting to offshore structure and open water trolling. Surf fishing anglers have reported excellent action as well, particularly early in the morning while casting with surface plugs, they hooked into a variety of species, including dogtooth snapper, pargo colorado, jack crevalle and even several large sized snook were accounted for off of the San Jose Estuary area.

Dorado still were not found in any significant numbers, just scattered single fish for the most part, most of them juveniles, though with how the water conditions are shaping up we except that the larger sized dorado should be appearing any day. This is the same time period when we saw many larger bulls appearing last year, fish to over forty pounds were common. So we will be anticipating the same type of action this season.

Yellowfin tuna became more scattered since the passing of changing ocean currents, early in the week anglers found varied action near Iman to Vinorama on tuna ranging in sizes up to 50 pounds, striking on chunks of squid, rapalas, hoochies and caballito, at times associated with porpoise and other times on blind strikes. Then later in the week these schooling tuna seemed to have moved in the direction of Los Frailes, out of range for most local charters.

As water conditions stabilized, with warmer clean currents returning, this triggered the wahoo to become active once again. The best areas were north of Punta Gorda, Iman to Vinorama, trolling with a variety of lures and baits were all producing strikes by ‘hoo that ranged from 30 to 60 pounds. Rapala type lures in silver patterns were particularly productive. Schools of wahoo were being encountered and this resulted in many multiple strikes, with a couple of charters reportedly even having four hook ups at once, that is a major fire drill, four speeding wahoo heading in different directions.

At least one swordfish was landed from a Cabo San Lucas based charter while fishing outside of the Gordo Banks near the Cabrillo Sea Mount. A commercial pangero out of La Playita reported seeing a couple of other swordfish on two successive days, one of them a monster fish possibly as large as 800 pounds, it was circling their panga feeding on cut bait they had been using to target yellowfin before swimming into the depths.

Bottom action was not consistent due to swift currents, anglers had mixed success for  cabrilla, amberjack, pargo or yellowtail, but most anglers were targeting the more consistent surface action.

The combined panga fleets launching from the La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out approximately 97 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a total fish count of: 28 yellowfin tuna, 14 dorado, 6 striped marlin, 1 sailfish, 14 amberjack, 1 yellowtail, 31 various pargo species, 26 jack crevalle, 14 cabrilla, 5 sierra, 26 bonito, 27 wahoo and 48 roosterfish.

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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report June 26
Reply #39 - Jun 26th, 2010 at 8:09am
 
June 26, 2010

The start of the summer season brought more heat and humidity to Los Cabos, as the tropical storm season has begun with a flurry of storms. At this time there are two named systems in the Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Celia is closest to Southern Baja, some 700 miles to the southwest, an intense five hurricane that is moving towards the west and will not impact land. The other system is Hurricane Darby, which is strengthening, further south and appears to be following a westerly path as well. Increased swells, heat, humidity and winds out of the south seem to be the effect these early season storms will have on the Southern Baja Peninsula.

Ocean water temperatures have averaged 77 to 82 degrees, water clarity have fluctuated with the varying currents, but at this time there is clean blue water is moving back inshore near Punta Gorda, La Fortuna and San Luis. Schools of mullets are congregated along the shoreline and caballito are being found inside of the Puerto Los Cabos jetties. There are still no sardinas available.

Fleets are searching in different directions for productive action. Local panga fleets were finding the most consistent fishing from straight offshore of San Jose del Cabo, to San Luis and Vinorama. Most of the time charters did not have to travel more than several miles from shore to encounter striped marlin or tuna. Though this action did vary from day to day as to where the best location was. The yellowfin tuna were more often found traveling with porpoise, striking on various hoochies, cedar plugs and live baits. Tuna ranged in sizes from 10 to 60 pounds. Early in the week there were reports of yellowfin seen feeding, to 100 pounds or more, but anglers were not able entice them to strike what offerings they presented. Overall catches for tuna were limited, it was a matter of locating the fish and getting them to strike.

Dorado action has been slow to start off the season, though in recent days there were a few larger fish encountered, mainly just single fish, hitting on lures and baits, scattered throughout the area. Schools of bolito are late to appear this season, when more of these baitfish become established on the fishing grounds we anticipate that increased numbers of gamefish will be following this favored food source.

Wahoo were being found near La Fortuna to Vinorama, anglers reported hook ups while trolling lures and baits along the 150 to 200 ft. line. Anglers targeting these fish were fortunate to land one of them, though other days some boats accounted for up to three wahoo, while reportedly loosing other strikes as well. Sizes ranged from 25 to 50 pound.

Bottom action was spotty, mixed reports of bonito, snapper, amberjack and cabrilla. More bonito being found near Iman and San Luis while using yo-yo jigs or trolling Rapalas.
Inshore there have been good numbers of roosterfish, some of these fish were over forty pounds. Jack crevalle were prevalent as well, with some of these jacks reaching near record weights of 30 pounds. Dogtooth snapper to 45 pounds were landed by anglers that trolled larger baitfish over rocky inshore reefs, many larger fish were lost as usual, reaching the rocks before being turned. This action has not been as consistent as it was last season, perhaps increased commercial gill net activity north of Punta Gorda and less abundance of inshore baitfish has been the main factors for this.

The combined panga fleets launching from the La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out approximately 87 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a total fish count of: 25 yellowfin tuna, 17 dorado, 7 striped marlin, 3 hammerhead shark, 15 amberjack, 19 dogtooth snapper, 18 yellow snapper, 28 jack crevalle, 14 cabrilla, 45 bonito, 19 wahoo and 68 roosterfish.

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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report July 8
Reply #40 - Jul 8th, 2010 at 7:11am
 
July 8, 2010

Worldwide weather patterns have been unusual this year, much of this past week the climate in Southern Baja felt like early spring rather than the start of summer. While the population along the Atlantic seaboard was enduring record setting heat waves with temperatures over 100 degrees, here in Los Cabos the cooler Pacific breeze made for extremely comfortable July conditions. Crowds of tourists are now light, even though the weather and fishing were great. Strong southwest winds contributing to pushing in cooler currents, which in turn dropped both air and water temperatures by a ten degrees or more, but now conditions have rapidly rebounding and water temperatures are an ideal 75 to 78 degrees in the direction of the Sea of Cortez.

Clean blue water is once again being found close to shore, anglers found the most consistent all around action on the fishing grounds from the Gordo Banks to La Fortuna and Iman. Supplies of live caballito and mullet remained steady, though there still were no reports of any of the smaller sized sardinas being available. Surf conditions were increasing as is normal for the summer season, but for the most part anglers encountered comfortable ocean conditions with moderate swells off of the San Jose del Cabo area, while the Pacific reported much rougher seas.

Striped marlin, as well as some early season sailfish and blue marlin were spread out throughout the area. Most numerous were stripers, they were found within a couple miles of shore, would strike on trolled lures, but anglers found that casting live baits to tailing fish was the most successful technique, sizes ranged from 80 to 150 pounds. With more football sized yellowfin tuna, skipjack and bolito schooling on the fishing grounds we do expect more black and blue marlin to be following soon.

Counts of yellowfin tuna increased throughout the week, tuna were found on the Iman Bank by anglers trolling hoochies and Rapalas, these were mostly football sized models. Larger yellowfin were found on the Gordo Banks, striking on various lures, but even more so on strips of Giant Squid, which could be purchased by the kilo at local super markets. Finding the tuna by trolling Rapalas and then chumming and chunking with strips of squid was particularly effective. The majority of these fish ranged from 15 to 40 pounds, though fish to over 100 pounds were accounted for.

Dorado activity became scarce with the fluctuating currents, but we expect for these fish to return in greater numbers as ocean waters continue to warm. Wahoo have remained active in the areas from the Gordo Banks to Iman, action had come to a standstill when the colder currents swept in, but once things warmed back up they were on the go again. Striking an array of lures, such as Rapalas, Yo-Zuris and skirted lead heads. The majority of the wahoo landed weighed 30 to 50 pounds. Wahoo have stayed in local waters all year, which is not always the case, warmer water temperatures throughout the winter kept them from all migrating south, surely these fish will be here through the summer, though at times when water reach into the mid 80s these fish will become sluggish. At this time conditions are very favorable for these prized and elusive sought after gamefish.

Bottom action consisted of mixed reports for snapper, cabrilla and more often amberjack, which some have been of impressive size. Trolling mullet close to rocky reefs, as well as sandy stretches produced good action for roosterfish and a handful of dogtooth snapper. Though overall the big snapper bite has been disappointing this season, while the roosterfish action has made up for the lack of dogtooth. Lots of larger roosterfish this year, though the coming weeks is usually the tail end of this action, as schools of mullets migrate elsewhere as local surf conditions increase.

The combined local panga fleet launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out approximately 48 charters for the week with anglers reporting a fish count of:
3 sailfish, 6 striped marlin, 124 yellowfin tuna, 13 dorado, 11 wahoo, 26 amberjack, 12 jack crevalle, 4 sierra, 5 pompano, 7 dogtooth snapper, 10 huachinango (red snapper), 9 cabrilla, 18 bonito and 28 roosterfish.

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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report July 19
Reply #41 - Jul 19th, 2010 at 7:14am
 
July 19, 2010

Mild weather patterns that we have felt for the first part of July are now heating up more towards what is expected for this time of year. A tropical depression has developed towards the south and is creating more tropical humid conditions. This system is not expected to form into much, just a chance of thunder showers over the next couple of days, which would be a relief to the parched landscape. Winds continue out of the south, but in the direction of the Sea of Cortes the ocean conditions were calm and water temperatures are once averaging 80 degrees or even more in some areas. Crowds of tourists are lighter than normal and it appears that this summer is on track to be slower than last year.

Anglers found the live bait situation to be limited, particularly out of Cabo San Lucas, fleets were sending boats and even vehicles with large tanks to San Jose del Cabo to obtain caballito and mullet. The only live sardinas seen were from commercial pangeros launching out of Los Barilles and these were basically limited supplies for their personal use. Giant squid were still being found out of the East Cape and limited amounts of them are being brought south to be sold whole, mainly to the commercial panga fleets out of San Jose del Cabo. Schools of bolito have yet to become established on the local fishing grounds, only occasional encounters of scattered fish. Smaller sized yellowfin tuna are appearing and this certainly will attract more numbers of black and blue marlin in the coming weeks.

This is the time of year that a wide variety of offshore gamefish appear on any given day, never really know what you might encounter. This past week the main attraction for charters launching out of San Jose del Cabo was the yellowfin tuna bite that developed outside the San Luis Bank. The key to this action was having the right bait, which was giant squid, not always easy to obtain, some anglers were purchasing the bait at local super markets and others were lucky to find other sources on the docks. Chumming cut pieces and drift fishing with strips was the technique, water clarity was very clear and blue and the yellowfin tuna were a bit line shy, best action was found on lighter leaders of 50 pound, some anglers were able to get bit on 80 pound fluorocarbon. Many tuna in the 60 to 100 pound class were accounted for, so it did not make sense to put out tackle lighter than fifty pound. Largest tuna in recent days weighed in at La Playita was a 141 pounder. Charters that targeted these tuna were accounted for an average of one to four per boat, smaller football sized tuna were also in the same areas, striking on small Rapalas and hoochies, but there were not many tuna of in between size range, either the footballs or the 60 to 100 pound fish.

The few anglers that did try their luck off the bottom reported improved success for snapper, amberjack, bonito and a few cabrilla, most of this action was while working yo-yo style jigs, which can be even more work in the warmer weather, usually something that is done early in the morning while weather is cooler.

Dorado action was scattered, with more numbers of these fish being found out of Cabo San Lucas, fish ranged in sizes to over 30 pounds, though the majority were more in the 5 to 15 pound range, striking on a variety of lures and baits. Wahoo were not as active this past week, but a few fish in the 20 to 40 pound class were hooked into north of Punta Gorda.

Inshore action slowed down, perhaps because schools of baitfish such as mullet are not as prevalent now. There were a handful of nice dogtooth snapper and amberjack up to 40 pounds accounted for, as well as some quality sized roosterfish weighed to fifty pounds. Surf fishermen reported little action as well, nothing much going on off the San Jose Del Cabo Estuary this past week, this is where some good snook action had been reported.

The local panga fleets launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out approximately 55 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of, 5 striped marlin, 2 sailfish, 1 black marlin, 2 blue marlin, 118 yellowfin tuna, 29 dorado, 9 wahoo, 21 huachinago (red snapper), 9 dogtooth snapper, 12 cabrilla, 33 amberjack, 28 roosterfish, 48 bonito and 14 jack crevalle.

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San Jose del Cabo Fish Report June 25
Reply #42 - Jul 25th, 2010 at 8:27am
 
July 25, 2010

Light crowds of tourists are now visiting the Los Cabos area and are being greeted by typical July weather patterns, warm sunny days in the mid 90’s with high humidity. No tropical storms on the horizon at this time in the Eastern Pacific, though some rainfall would be much welcomed. Forecasts were predicting 20 to 30 % chances of scattered thunder showers and finally early this morning (Sunday) we had a couple of hours of steady rainfall. Ocean conditions have been calm with some medium sized swells in the direction of San Jose del Cabo, while out of Cabo San Lucas they have had southern winds ranging up to 15 mph, overall anglers have enjoyed very pleasant seas with water temperatures now warming rapidly, as high as 85 degrees in certain areas.

Bait supplies have been fairly consistent for caballito and mullet, with giant squid and sardinas available only for the East Cape fleets. The most popular and productive fishing grounds this past week was outside of the San Luis Bank, around four miles from shore, with water depths ranging 190 to 240 feet. With thirty or more combined panga, cruiser and yacht charters congregating here to target the schooling yellowfin tuna, which have ranged in sizes from football models up to 233 pounds, with the average tuna weighing in the 30 to 80 pound class. Most charters have accounted for 2 to 6 fish per morning. These yellowfin have been a bit shy due to the clarity of the water and the heavy boat pressure. Action has come on cut squid and sardina, with the East Cape fleet having the advantage of the fresher bait, while San Jose del Cabo fleets have mostly relied on frozen giant squid that are imported from the East Cape by the few commercial pangeros whiling to work overtime night shifts.

Off the bottom, on these same tuna fishing grounds, anglers were finding increased counts of huachinango and Mexican bonito that were striking on yo-yo jigs. These fish ranged up 10 pounds and provided fun sport on lighter tackle. Dorado action was spread out, more fish being found closer to shore than further offshore, no concentrations and mainly small schools of fish averaging 10 to 20 pounds, with an occasional exception of fish to 30 pounds or more.

Surprisingly there were quite a few wahoo being encountered off of the Gordo Banks and north over the Cardon, La Fortuna and Iman Banks. These fish were encountered throughout the morning, not necessarily very early, in fact most charters were fishing the tuna first, because that action proved to be best early and then they might try a little high speed trolling for wahoo afterwards, where they had a chance at picking up a fish or two that were averaging in the 30 to 50 lb. range.

Inshore action still produced fair numbers of quality sized roosterfish and dogtooth snapper to 50 lb. while trolling larger live baits. In recent days we have started to notice that the dogtooth snapper are now making their seasonal swift from inshore to the offshore rock piles, as a handful of dogtooth were accounted for while drift fishing baits over the high spots, same method being used for tuna.

Billfish are being found throughout the area, no specific spot that was wide open, just scattered action being reported, but there is now a chance to encounter all local species of striped, blue and black marlin, as well as sailfish, which with the warmer current now prevalent should be showing up in greater numbers. A 500 pound class black marlin was seen free jumping by many of the boats that were targeting the yellowfin tuna near San Luis, it is time to start slow trolling the football sized yellowfin on heavy tackle, in fact one boat did just that, only problem being that they mistakeingly left the reel in gear when a large marlin struck the bait and the fish did not have the chance to swallow the bait.

The combined panga fleet launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out approximately 55 charters for the week, with anglers accounting for a fish count of:
1 blue marlin, 2 sailfish, 5 striped marlin, 19 wahoo, 32 dorado, 122 yellowfin tuna, 65 bonito, 86 red snapper (huachinango), 15 dogtooth snapper, 2 yellowtail, 16 amberjack and 12 cabrilla.

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Re: San Jose del Cabo Fish Report June 25
Reply #43 - Jul 30th, 2010 at 9:03am
 
July 30, 2010

Now in the final days of the month of July the summer season continues to run its course smoothly. Some scattered rain showers last weekend were welcome and forecasts are for possibly more of the same this weekend. No tropical storms are on the horizon now, only an area of low pressure off of Southern mainland Mexico that has recently formed. Crowds of tourists remain light, though weather patterns have been more comfortable than normal for the heart of the summer, cooler Pacific breezes have prevailed. Ocean conditions have still not stabilized like one would expect by the final week of July. In recent days these same Pacific currents have swept in the direction of the Sea of Cortez and cooled inshore water temperatures into the lower to mid 70s, becoming off colored as well, warmer 80 degree plus water is now 12 or more miles from shore, the warmer currents will certainly swift back closer to shore as currents switch.

Despite this set back with the conditions the fishing action has remained steady, particularly for yellowfin tuna, which have been the main stay of daily catches for the fleets launching out of San Jose del Cabo. The most consistent bite was found from the Iman to San Luis Banks, drift fishing with strips of squid of sardinas was the most successful technique. There was finally some good news on the baitfish front, with the availability of live sardinas for the first time in what seems like months for local fleets. Commercial pangas have been netting the baitfish off of beaches towards Vinorama and are delivering them to the fishing grounds. The tuna have ranged in sizes from footballs to over 100 pounds, included in the last week were two yellowfin tuna over 200 pounds, that weighed in at 232 and 233 respectably. Cow sized tuna are showing early this season, encouraging sign for coming months.

Dorado activity has been limited so far this summer, but this past week there were more numbers of these popular gamefish showing up. These fish were found on trolled lures, as well as various baits, ranging in size from 5 to 30 pounds. Wahoo were not as active this past week, most likely due to the greener water conditions north of Punta Gorda where these fish had been found, we expect this action will improve as the water clarity turns around.

Billfish continues to be spread out, though in recent days some larger sized marlin were reportedly hooked up in there region outside of San Luis where the tuna action was concentrated. This is the area where the 581 lb. black marlin that is presently leading the East Cape Bisbee Tournament was hooked into.

Some nice sized amberjack were caught off of Palmilla Point by anglers drifting with larger jurelito or mullet baits. This action was capitalized on more by the commercial fleet than the sport anglers. This is the same time period as last year when big amberjack were encountered schooling on the surface off of Palmilla, also is the time when an occasional larger sized grouper can be hooked into.

The combined panga fleets launching from the La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos area reported sending out approximately 53 charters for the past week, with anglers accounting for a fish count of: 4 striped marlin, 276 yellowfin tuna, 31 dorado, 18 amberjack, 22 huachinango (snapper), 8 dogtooth snapper, 18 bonito, 8 hammerhead sharks, 14 surgeon fish,11 jack crevalle, 9 cabrilla, 7 wahoo and 15 roosterfish.

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Re: San Jose del Cabo Fish Report
Reply #44 - Aug 8th, 2010 at 7:13am
 
August 8, 2010

Cooler than normal air and water temperatures were recorded during the month of July, this apparently was a factor in slowing the development of tropical storm systems. Now we are through the first week of August and temperature are rising, more to what we would expect this time of year. There is also a newly developed tropical storm Estelle that has formed off of Mainland Mexico, this system is forecast to follow a northwest track, staying clear of making landfall, mostly likely well create larger ocean swells and increase the humidity. Water temperatures have now risen to an average of 80 to 85 degrees, these temperatures are favorable for developing tropical cyclones.

Local fishing fleets are now concentrating their efforts from the Gordo Banks north to La Fortuna and San Luis, most common catches have been for yellowfin tuna, but also there are more dorado starting to appear in the daily fish counts. The live bait situation improved for sardinas, pangeros are selling fresh dead sardinas early in the a.m. and then arriving on the fishing grounds with live sardinas by about 7:30 a.m. Other options were to purchase whole giant squid, live cabalitto and mullet. More schooling baitfish such as bolito and small yellowfin tuna are now moving onto the fishing grounds and these have been yet another option for anglers wishing to troll larger live baits.

The yellowfin tuna action has fluctuated as to where the best action is found each day, drift fishing with bait has been the most productive method of finding fish. Sizes have ranged from football specimens to tuna of over 100 pounds. In recent days there have been more schools of 5 to 15 pound tuna appearing, but everyday there are also fish mixed in that are weighing to over 100 pounds. Anglers have used lighter sporting tackle to have fun with the smaller tuna, but the problem has been that at any time the big yellowfin can come up in the same areas and then the angler finds themselves under gunned and many larger fish were lost. Average catches ranged from 5 to 20 tuna per day for each charter.

Dorado were found in the same areas as were the tuna and closer to shore, most boats are finding one, two or three per day, with the majority of the fish being in the 5 to 15 pound class. These fish were hitting on trolling lures as well as bait and are being found in smaller sized school.

Strong currents have slowed down the bottom action and most anglers are now targeting the surface bite. A handful of cabrilla, amberjack and snapper were accounted for off the rock piles, as well as the ever present Mexican bonito.

Striped marlin and a few larger marlin were scattered throughout the area, no great numbers. On Thursday there was a black marlin reported landed off of the Gordo Banks by a Picante Charter out of Cabo San Lucas, reportedly to be in the 500 pound range.

Local surf anglers reported early in the week several snook being landed from the stretch of beach just to the north of the Puerto Los Cabos Marina. These fish were hooked on live mullet and ranged in weights up to 32 pounds.

Inshore action for roosterfish and dogtooth snapper has tapering off rapidly, as schools of mullet start to scatter and higher surf conditions become more consistent.

The combined panga fleet launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out approximately 98 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 2 black marlin, 5 wahoo, 5 striped marlin, 6 hammerhead shark, 434 yellowfin tuna, 84 dorado, 22 bonito, 4 dogtooth snapper, 3 grouper, 14 roosterfish, 12 jack crevalle, 16 huachinango and 13 amberjack.

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