DAILY RESULTS FOR THE SPORTFISHING BOAT FLY HOOKER

Nov. 1-7, 2004, Capt. George Landrum, Fly Hooker Sportfishing, Cabo San Lucas daily fishing results, Baja California Sur, Mexico:

Cabo San Lucas surface conditions were great all week with very light surface chop and swells in the 2-3 foot range with an occasional 4 foot one on the Pacific side. A band of water in the 82-83 degree range wrapped around Cabo San Lucas this week and extended up the Pacific 15 miles north of the Golden Gate Banks. The closest cooler water was 35 miles to the southwest where it dropped to 80 degrees.

Every week Cabo San Lucas seems to get a bit cooler and this week we had night time lows in the mid to low 60's, really good evening temperatures. Cabo San Lucas day time highs ranged from the mid to high 80's with one day in there where it hit 90. Very little cloud cover, light breezes and no rain at all pretty much cover the conditions we experienced this week.

Bait was the usual $2 each and almost all of it was Caballito. There were Sardinas available as well at $20 a scoop.

Most of the Billfish this week were Striped Marlin and Sailfish and they were found on the Pacific side of the Cape. Slow trolled live bait at the Banks hooked up quite a few of both species as anglers looked for Yellowfin Tuna. There were reports of a stray Blue Marlin or two but there was no consistency to them.

Cabo San Lucas Yellowfin received a lot of pressure this week as 179 teams were entered in the Tuna tournament. Quite a few of the teams prefished the tournament on Wednesday and they all fished on Thursday and Friday. The fishing was not very good as there were only 9 fish weighed that were over 50 pounds. The minimum qualifying weight for Yellowfin Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo was 40 pounds. There was one big fish at #206, three fish over 100 pounds and three fish over 70 pounds as well as one fish that weighed 50 pounds. There were no qualifying Dorado weighed and only two Wahoo over 40 pounds, one at 55 pounds and my teams fish at 40 pounds, one ounce. Almost all of the Tuna were found on the Pacific side, both around the Golden Gate Banks, west of the San Jaime Banks and north of the Golden Gate.

There were not as many Dorado caught this week as there were last week but there were still fish out there. Not many over 40 pounds as the results from the Tuna tournament can attest to, but there were still fish to be found. It seemed that they moved a bit farther to the north and a bit off shore this week. The Pacific side held the bulk of the fish and spotting Frigate birds working as well as finding floating objects

Wahoo, let's see, two fish over #40 for a total of 350 man days on the water during the Tuna tournament. I guess we can say that the bite was not on this week and leave it at that.

Cabo San Lucas had slow inshore fishing with small Dorado here and there since the bulk of the fish have moved off shore and to the north. There were reports of a few small Sierra and the action on Skipjack and Bonita has been very good early in the morning for boats using Sardinas as chum and bait.

The last Cabo San Lucas fishing tournament of the year is over, the weather is cooling down and the bite has dropped off a bit. Our next big fish influx will probably be Yellowfin Tuna since the tournament is over!

DAILY RESULTS:

Fish count for the week (4 BOATS): Striped Marlin, 2 fish tagged and released (#120, #140); Sailfish: 2 fish released (#70, #90); Dorado: 24 fish kept, 7 released (#10-#45).

"FLY HOOKER" FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2004

Today we had returning client Steven and local friends Tim and Jose on the boat. Tim brought along his own spinning rod hoping to get a chance at some of the Dorado. Steven really wanted to get a shot at a Marlin. Juan and Manuel received a call from another boat about a coil of rope found floating out by the Golden Gate Banks and joined them there. It had Dorado all around and the guys were able to do a little pick and choose as they proceeded to bring an even dozen fish to the boat, releasing about 6 more. The largest fish may have been around 40-45 pounds and Steven fought that one for quite a while. Tim caught three Dorado on his spinning rod. After that action the box was full and it was time to look for Marlin. They did have one fish eat a bait and Steve fought it for around 5 minutes, but the hook had become turned back into the boat and the fish was able to shake loose. The water was good, but just a little bumpy and everyone had a great time!

"FLY HOOKER" FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2, 2004

Terry Matheson booked the "FLY HOOKER" for today as he does every year on this date and his buddies were with him as well, a group of seven total. It took two boats to handle them all and Terry was fishing with Juan and Manuel. Off to the coastal area on the Pacific side for Dorado and they did manage to get into the fish, bringing back an even dozen ranging between 10 and 35 pounds. If you keep seeing 12 fish listed as the catch in the reports it's because that is about all that the cooler on the boat can handle without having fish spoil, we sure would hate to waste fish! They had a great time finding fish through out the day, a few here, a few there and a couple of times with multiple hook ups. Thanks Terry, we hope to see you again next year!

"FLY HOOKER" FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 4, 2004

Today we had four guys from Louisiana fishing the "FLY HOOKER" for the Tuna Tournament, both today and tomorrow. Juan and Manuel went toward and past the 95 spot trying to find Porpoise so they could get a shot at some big Tuna, but all they were able to come up with was one Striped Marlin tagged and released and two Sailfish. Not a bad day on the water but they needed Tuna, not Billfish! We hope they get into some tomorrow. The boat that I captained had a great group also but all we were able to come up with was one Dorado. The big Tuna of the day was #206 and there were three fish over #100 and three fish in the #70 class, pretty slow compared to most years. And it was really slow when you consider that there were 179 teams entered! We sure hope things improve tomorrow!

"FLY HOOKER" FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2004

The same group was out on the "FLY HOOKER" again, but the action was even slower today. Yesterday most of the Tuna that were found were on the Pacific side, up around the Golden Gate Bank area so that is where Juan and Manuel went. They had no Tuna at all but were able to land and release one Striped Marlin. Lines out was at 4PM and then they cruised back toward the marina. As the "FLY HOOKER" was rounding the point out at the arch Juan heard a funny noise and checked the Starboard engine. It looks like we are going to have to rebuild as a piston knocked a hole in the block. They came into the slip on one engine, I sure am glad it did not happen during the fishing time! We will be down for a few days but up and running by the middle of next week! Until then, tight lines!