Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING, Cabo Fish Report July 1st, 2008

WEATHER   Definitely in summer mode here as we have had our first touch of storm season. We had the cloud cover and some scattered rain from the passing of several systems well to the south of us late in the week, and it was enough for the Port Captain to close the port on Friday.  He opened us up later on in the morning after it became apparent that there were no dangerous swells with the wind and rain, but it was enough to really mess up the fishing operations for the day.  Our highs during the days have been in the mid to high 90’s with fairly heavy humidity, the evenings have been a bit cooler with a bit of a light breeze, bringing the temperatures down to the low 80’s.

FISHING:

BILLFISH:  It was a spotty week for Striped Marlin, a few boats were able to get releases on one or two fish each, but many boats had trouble finding fish that were willing to eat.  The best results were had along the color change to the south of us, and artificial lures seemed to do a bit better than the live Caballito did.  There were reports of a few Blue Marlin being seen in the patterns up toward the Punta Gorda area, but I did not hear of any being caught by our boats in Cabo.

YELLOWFIN TUNA:  There were Yellowfin found this week but I am not telling anyone where.  A few fish were up to 150 pounds and most of them were in the 30-40 pound class and they were not too far away, but last time I wrote about where they were we had a visit from tuna seiners.  Maybe its just bad luck, but it is enough that there are some being caught again.  Not all boats were able to get into the fish, but those that were in the right place at the right time did pretty well.

DORADO   The warm water on the Cortez side and south of the San Jaime Banks has brought the Dorado bite back on.  I think that the storms to the south of us may have pushed up some of these fish along with the warmer water.  My fingers are crossed that these nice Dorado continue our way, it is a nice change of pace!

INSHORE:   The Sierra and Yellowtail bite fell off the charts with the influx of warmer water, but there were still a few being found.  The good news is that the Grouper are starting to bite and decent fish in the 10-20 pound class are being found over rock piles in 200-250 feet of water.  Cut bait and live Caballito have been working well, and a few hardy souls willing to do the work of yo-yoing at that depth have done well also.

NOTES:  Best fishing this week was from Pangas for the Grouper, but there were good Tuna caught by those anglers lucky to be in the right place at the right time.  I hope that this week sees a continuation of the good fishing inshore and an increase in the offshore Dorado catch as well as the appearance of more Blue Marlin in our area.  Until next week, keep your lines tight and check out “Cowboy Boots and Bathing Suits” by Jerry Jeff Walker!

Capt. George & Mary Landrum
CABOTIM Enterprises, S.A. de C.V.
Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S., Mexico
Email: gmlandrum@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.flyhooker.com/

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