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September 24, 2001
 WEATHER:
Sunny skies all week long with the temperatures climbing as the days
progressed. High temperatures were in the 90”s by Saturday and the
lows in the evenings were down in the low 80”s. No rain and the
prevailing winds were light from the N.W. in the mornings and picking
up to strong breezes in the afternoons. (it’s over)
WATER: Early in the week the Pacific
side of the Cape had large swells, flattening out mid week and picking
up again Friday. The waters on the Sea of Cortez remained calm all
week, calm and warm! We were recording temperatures between 86-89
degrees everywhere we went. There has been a 15-18 mile wide band of
this warm water running from the Cape up the Pacific side and out to
San Jaime and Golden Banks. Water on either side of this warm band is
in the 82-85 degree range and a little further north it drops below 80
degrees. (only the lonely)
BAIT: Caballito at $2 per bait has
been readily available and Mullet can be had with prior arrangements
made. I did not hear of anyone in Cabo getting Sardinas this week.
(running scared)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Ah, a very good week for those wanting to hook into a
Marlin! There was action every day on Blue and Striped Marlin and for
a couple of days there were a lot of Sailfish off of Cabo Falso. It
seemed as if most of the Blue Marlin were found south of Lands End and
up the Sea of Cortez while most of the Striped Marlin were on the
Pacific side. The fish were found on the edge of the warm water
current line and were caught on a mix of live bait and lures. A few
Blue Marlin in excess of 600 pounds were reported but most of them
seemed to be in the 200-300 pound range. Striped Marlin were averaging
120 pounds. The Sailfish action was concentrated just 3 miles offshore
and there were reports of groups of 10-12 fish at a time coming up
into the spreads. Some of the boats were hooking up over half of the
fish they saw come in! Great action for Tuesday and Wednesday.
(crying)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: On Tuesday a pod of
Porpoise was found off of Cabo Falso that delivered Yellowfin ranging
in size from #40 to #150. This was just on the northern edge of the
warm water current. Other Porpoise delivered fish in the football size
to #60 range and a few football Tuna were found near shore. Gordo
Banks appears to be putting out a few nice fish again but that is
really a timing thing due to the very warm surface water. Porpoise
associated Tuna were caught on lures and Live bait was the key at
Gordo Banks. (oh, pretty woman)
DORADO: The concentration seems to
have been Nearshore on the Pacific side of the Cape. Feathers in the
6” size and slow trolled live bait were the best bet and most of the
fish were on the smaller side at 10-12 pounds. A few large fish in the
50-60 pound range were caught also and these were almost always lure
caught fish. Almost everyone had a chance to go home with plenty of
fillets. (beautiful pretender)
WAHOO: San Jaime and Golden Gate
banks along with the ledge off of Cabo Falso delivered scattered Wahoo
in the 30-50 pound category. Islander lures and 12” Marlin lures
worked well since most of these fish were incidental catches.
(dream)
NEARSHORE: Roosterfish action has
died down and Snapper catches have risen this week, however most of
the boats have been targeting Dorado. Scattered Tuna action and an
occasional Marlin made Panga fishing a good bet for variety. (workin’
for the man)
NOTES: Thanks for the musical notes
responses, this weeks musical note is C Sharp! Written to the
wonderful voice of Roy Orbison on the 1994 Readers Digest “His
Greatest Hits and Finest Performances” CD set. (all I have to do is
Dream)
George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
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