Gordo Banks Cabo Fishing Report 01 July
Inshore
Action Continues, Conditions Hampered by Pacific Currents~ July 1, 2016
Anglers –
July 1, 2016
As we now
progress further into the summer season, we are seeing more stable weather
patterns, southern hemisphere swell has diminished and winds are moderate from
the south, mainly picking up later in the day. There is a low pressure system
now developing further south, forecasts expect that this system will head
towards the west and not do much off Southern Baja, except increase humidity
some, possible rain shower next Tuesday, which would be nice actually. Crowds
of visitors are light, great time to visit for anglers to enjoy lighter
pressure on the local fishing grounds, this means more fish for everyone. Ocean
conditions are continuing to rebound quickly, clarity is improving daily, as
cleaner water is now being found within a couple of miles from shore, water
temperature through the region is now in the 74 to 78 degree range continues on
a warming trend. Most sportfishing fleets are now fishing in the direction of
the Sea of Cortez, from Chileno to Vinorama.
Daily
catches have included billfish, yellowfin tuna, roosterfish, jack crevalle,
pargo, snapper, amberjack, bonito, cabrilla and also there are limited numbers
of dorado and wahoo being encountered. With the conditions improving daily,
anything could develop on any given day. Bait supplies remain steady for
caballito, mullet, moonfish, jurelito and there are options of squid slabs or
ballyhoo also being offered, though the live bait has proven to be the better
option in recent weeks.
Local panga fleets have been concentrating
mainly on the grounds from Cardon, Iman, San Luis and to Vinorama, within one
to four miles from shore. Fleets found schooling football sized yellowfin tuna
in this area while trolling with lures such as hoochies, Rapalas and cedar
plugs, on some days charters were catching limits of these small yellowfin,
while on other days fish were more scattered. Only an occasional
dorado or wahoo being reported, but these gamefish are in the area, at times
being seen free swimming and not wanting to strike. A few larger yellowfin tuna
were accounted for as well, these tuna hit on larger whole live bait, with
bolito being the best choice and these bait fish were being caught on small
hoochies and then immediately pinned on and trolled slowly over the same
grounds. Tuna to over one hundred pounds were hooked and landed, with other
hook ups lost. With all of the small tuna and bolito in the area and the
warming waters, there were a handful of larger sized back and blue marlin
strikes reported, these fish were lost due to various reasons.
The rocky structure was
producing decent action early in the day on yo-yo jigs, huachinango, amberjack,
cabrilla and bonito being the most common catches. The depth of these grounds
usually range from 100 to 180 feet, Other high spots closer to shore, in depths
of 40 to 80 feet, these were producing various snapper and pargo species, as
well as quality sized amberjack to 75 lb. This can be tricky fishing, some days
fish would not become active until later in the morning as tides were shifting.
Many of these fish were of the toothy dogtooth snapper variety, which once
hooked near the surface would immediate freight train towards the nearest rock
plie, more often than not resulting in frayed and cut lines. Can be very
exciting fishing, but equally frustrating as well, even the most experienced of
anglers can be brought to their knees by these powerful fighters.
Sharks
continue to be presence on the same grounds, from offshore to these inshore
areas as well, this can put a damper on the action in a hurry, if too many of
these sharks invade the same grounds and spook the other gamefish.
Roosterfish
continue to patrol the inshore beach stretches, as well as the hog sized jack
crevalle, roosters to over 60 pounds were caught and released in recent days.
We did not hear of much going with the porpoise and yellowfin tuna further
offshore, that action seems to have faded away, of course all of the commercial
purseiners that were also seen on these same grounds definitely could be one of
the reasons why that action faded so quickly.
Local La
Playita pangeros reported some quality action for snook this past week, fish
were caught from the shore, as well as from pangas, which trolled in the surf
zone, as close as they could safely do so. One snook of 60 lbs. was reportedly
landed, this would have been a new official all tackle IGFA record if the
angler had properly documented the incredible catch. Lots of sea life now,
manta rays, turtles, sharks, seas lions and a few porpoise.
The combined
panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out
approximately 72 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
14 striped marlin, 6 wahoo, 24 dogtooth snapper, 220 yellowfin tuna, 28 bonito,
8 dorado, 2 sierra, 59 amberjack, 19 leopard grouper (cabrilla), 25 pargo
colorado, 27 huachinango (red snapper), 22 yellow snapper, 12 barred pargo, 35
jack crevalle, 3 snook and 85 roosterfish.
Good
fishing, Eric
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