GOOD MIX OF MACKEREL AND CABALLITO BAITS
AVAILABLE FOR CABO SAN LUCAS BOATS

Sept. 4-11, 2005, George Landrum, Fly Hooker Sportfishing, Cabo San Lucas (Los Cabos) fishing, Baja Calfiornia Sur, Mexico:

Cabo San Lucas highs have been in the high 90s this week, and with the humidity it has felt like 110.

There were a few cool spots on the Sea of Cortez where the water temperature was only 84 degrees, but for the most part water temperatures were between 85 and 88.

On the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas we had the water temperature at 82 degrees to 88 degrees.

Cabo San Lucas had a pretty good mix of Caballito and Mackerel available this week at the normal $2 per bait. There were also Sardinas available from bait boats up around the Palmilla area at $20 a big scoop.

Once again every species of billfish we have available except for Swordfish and Spearfish were caught this week. The Sailfish were averaging 80 pounds and some boats were getting three of four a day.

Blue Marlin are here. There have been a lot of them caught and released this week, and unfortunately a few killed as well. The action has been scattered but there were fish found at all the usual spots, the 95, the 1150, outside the Gorda, south of the Jaime, off of Punta Cristobal, almost anyplace where the currents and structure go together. The average size seemed to be around 250-300 pounds as reported by excited anglers and Captains and almost all the action was on trolled lures. Keeping the speed up a bit, around 9 knots, brought aggressive strikes on lures

Some big Black Marlin were hooked at Cabo San Lucas as well, not as many of them as the Blue Marlin, but they were there. Action on the Blacks was mostly confined to just off of the various points and almost all of it took place in water between 300 and 900 feet in depth.

Striped Marlin are still around and there was a good bite for Wednesday and Thursday 4-5 miles to the east of the 95 spot. Some Cabo San Lucas sportfishing boats were able to release four or five fish a day.

Once again there were school and football tuna available up around the Punta Gorda area this week. It was a long run and you had to stop at the Palmilla area for Sardinas for bait, but there was decent action once you got there. For bigger Tuna you needed to find the porpoise, and at the end of the week it started to get good. Most of them were marked on depth sounder under Porpoise. Getting ahead of the group and dropping live bait on them resulted in fish ranging from #250 to #60 being fought and landed. Of course not everyone was able to get them to bite, a bit of luck was needed as well.

I saw a lot of Dorado flags this week and while there were a few nice fish to 50 pounds caught, most of the fish seemed to be in the 15-20 pound class. Close to shore, mostly within 2 miles was where most of the action took place with the exception of several boats that were able to find a piece of floating wood that held a decent school.

I didn't hear of any Wahoo action this week.

With the great water conditions most of the Panga fleet this week was fishing offshore for Dorado and Marlin. Those that did work inshore reported fair to good action on Roosterfish, Skipjack, Jack Crevalle and Needlefish.