Windy
Days, Lighter Crowds, Tuna Still Biting ~ December 3, 2016
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December 3, 2016 by admin-pangaMan
Anglers –
December 3, 2016
Easy to notice now that crowds of tourists have
diminished since the passing of Thanksgiving. Normal situation for this time of
year. Weather patterns have been on a general cooling trend, relentless north
winds were hard to predict and eventually there will be some nicer conditions
when the wind resides. Water temperature has also dropped into the 77 to 80
degree range, depending where you were, warmest areas in the direction of San
Jose del Cabo.
With the weather not being favorable most days this
past week we did see a decline in all around catches. Yellowfin tuna was the
main species being found, various locations, early in the week the fleet found
the best option to be off of Punta Gorda, within less than one mile from shore,
the yellowfin were striking on strips of squid and ranged in sizes up to 30 lb.
Later in the week some tuna action was found further offshore associated with
fast moving porpoise, same deal with squid being the best bet. None of the
large tuna were reported off of the Gordo Banks, changing conditions has put
that bite to a standstill.
Dorado became very scarce once again, though we did
continue to hear of more do’do’s being found on the Pacific, though with water
temperatures dropping quickly in that direction we expect these fish will
follow their prefer temperate currents. We were seeing only an occasional
dorado for the charters based out of La Playita. Wahoo was the same story, only
a fish or so per day being accounted for the combined fleet.
Billfish action was limited, a few striped marlin
were reported off of the San Jose del Cabo region, where there were reports of
some schooling sardineta and mackerel, also a indication of cooling currents.
Most of the lingering black or blue marlin will soon be moving out of this
area, searching for warmer waters. As we wait the arrival of the winter time
billfish, the striped marlin.
Strong winds made it difficult to target any bottom
action, though a handful of good eating pargo, triggerfish, pompano, cabrilla,
amberjack and others were found, no big numbers though. A few sierra and
roosterfish were scattered along the shoreline.
We are now seeing increasing numbers of whales
started to arrive to their winter calving and feeding grounds, so still a bit
early in the season, in another month or so we should be in peak season for
seeing these mammals
The combined panga fleets launching out of La
Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out approximately 85 charters for the
week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 5 striped marlin, 245 yellowfin
tuna, 13 dorado, 6 wahoo, 8 pompano, 4 amberjack, 18 yellow snapper, 8 leopard
grouper, 14 huachinango, 4 roosterfish, 7 sierra, 8 rainbow runner, 8 barred
pargo, 3 surgeonfish and 145 triggerfish.
Good fishing, Eric
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