Gordo Banks
Cabo Fishing Report
Warm Humid
Conditions, Spread Out Action ~ August 6, 2016
Anglers –
August 6,
2016
As we are
now in the middle of peak tropical storm season we have light crowds of visitors
arriving, enduring hot humid conditions, with the heat index reaching up to 110
degrees. Winds and swells have been light, ocean conditions great, blue water
close to shore, ocean temperatures ranging from 80 degrees on the Pacific and
up to 88 degrees in the directions of Gordo Banks and to Los Frailes. The most
recent Tropical Storm named Ivette has followed a path far off to the west,
making no impact on land, just creating very humid conditions. The present
forecast does predict high chances of decent rainfall for this coming Monday
and Tuesday, up to several inches of rain possibly, which would be a good thing
if it does not cause any major flooding or is accompanied by high winds, this
is related to a newly forming low pressure system off the Mexican mainland
coast which appears to be on a track to pass much closer to the Southern Bay
Peninsula.
Anglers
found similar bait supplies available in the marina channel, with caballito
being the main species, some people are trying strips of squid as well. The
fishing has been spread out over a wide area, no particular hot spot and
overall the action is definitely not up to standards that we would expect for
this time of year. Billfish action has been much more consistent off of the
East Cape area, a mix of sailfish, striped and blue marlin, with a blue marlin
over 400 lb. winning this past week’s Bisbee East Cape Tournament, but not much
else is being found in this area besides marlin, a 111 lb. yellowfin tuna won
that division, though only a few tuna were accounted for altogether. Dorado
continue to be scarce as well, with only an occasional small fish being
encountered. Who knows where these normally abundant summer time gamefish
species might be. Same story for wahoo, a few strikes here or there, an
occasional sighting of a free swimming wahoo where charters were drift fishing
over structure, but not many fish being reported landed, these ‘hoo do become
more sluggish in warmer water in the mid to upper 80s.
The area off
of San Jose del Cabo, 1150, has been producing billfish and a few yellowfin
tuna mixed with fast moving porpoise, first charters arriving have hooked a
handful of yellowfin, most of them in the 10 to 15 lb. class, an occasional
tuna to 50 lb., but very few numbers of tuna at this time.
Not much
bottom action being found, sporadic early action for huachinango, yellow
snapper, cabrilla, but more triggerfish than anything else being found off the
bottom. Along the shoreline there have been some late season roosterfish and
jack crevalle found, though this action is slowing down, as is normal for this
time of year.
The combined
panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out
approximately 52 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
4 blue marlin, 2 sailfish, 5 striped marlin, 16 yellowfin tuna, 12 bonito, 9
dorado, 4 amberjack, 9 leopard grouper (cabrilla), 15 huachinango (red
snapper), 11 yellow snapper, 4 barred pargo, 34 triggerfish, 5 jack crevalle
and 12 roosterfish.
Good
fishing, Eric.
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