Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
April 9-15, 2007

WEATHER:?? We had great weather this week.?? Not too cold, not too warm, just right!?? Our nighttime lows were in the mid 60's while the daytime highs were in the mid 80's, we stay pretty evenly 20 degrees difference most of the time.?? A little cloud cover but only later in the week.?? No rain of course, but a little of that would be nice.

WATER:?? We really had some big swells this week, at least early on and until mid-week, things died down a bit at the end.?? There was no wind to speak of later in the week and it appeared that most of it was close to home; once you got a ways up on the Pacific side it just laid down.?? Our water temperature has been a bit cool right in front of town as we had a cold plume pushing from the Cape toward the south for most of the week, but by the weekend we were at 68-70 degrees everywhere within charter range.

BAIT:?? There was a mix of Mackerel and Caballito this week at the usual $2 each.?? I didn't hear of any Sardinas available.

FISHING:
BILLFISH:?? The Marlin bite at the San Jaime Bank dropped off and the fish moved a bit.?? During the middle and early part of the week there was good action on the edge of the cold-water plume atop the 95 spot, a lot of boats were getting two to five Stripers a day there.?? On the Pacific side the bite moved up to the Golden Gate Bank, and there were rumors that the Finger Bank was starting to produce a lot of fish once again.?? Most of the action with the Striped Marlin was on bait, and at the Golden Gate it was on deep drifted live bait, elsewhere slow trolled dead bait got most of the attention.

YELLOWFIN TUNA:?? Well, we still have not had a really strong appearance of school Tuna, but there has been some action on the San Jaime and the Golden Gate.?? Early in the week there were Tuna in the 60-100 pound range popping up at the Jaime, but the fish were spooky.?? A few boats got fish but more were seen than were hooked.?? Later in the week, around Thursday, there were nicer fish showing up at the Golden Gate.?? Once again they were appearing on the surface at infrequent intervals, but a few boats were able to catch some while using 50# flouro-carbon leader and live bait dropped deep.?? These same boats were loosing lots of rigs due to cut off's from small Mako sharks and brief fights with Striped Marlin that wore through the leaders, but that was the way to get the Tuna to bite.?? Most of the fish were over #100 and I heard of a few in the #200 class but never saw one.

DORADO:?? I did not see a yellow flag flying from any outrigger this week, unless it was on a boat that had not gone out in a long while.

WAHOO:I heard of a few Wahoo caught this week, but have no information on who, what, when, where or how.?? Just full of good information, aren't I?

INSHORE:Sierra fishing was wide open this week with later in the week being better.?? A couple of Pangas were coming in after five hours with 40 fish!?? Fishing for other species was slow, but with Sierra action like that, who cared?

NOTES:?????? Almost no Whale action remains, there are still a lot of small Mako sharks around, I expect there to be some warming of the water soon and maybe a few more Tuna showing up.?? Meanwhile, I am almost regretting ever taking up the game of golf except for the fact that I get to enjoy some great scenery.?? Maybe some lessons would help??? Until next week, tight lines!