Anglers –
August 13,
2016
This past
weekend we were bracing for possible impact from the latest Tropical Storm
Javier, the system ended up following a path further off to the west, just
offshore of Todo Santos and paralleling the Baja Peninsula. There was some
isolated heavy rainfall, only minimal flooding was reported, and winds were not
too high, up to about 30/40 mph. The local Ports were closed for all activity
on Monday and Tuesday as a precaution, as storm surge and swells picked up to
about ten feet. The storm quickly passed and Ports were reopened Wednesday
morning so that sportfishing operations could resume business as normal.
Right before
this latest storm developed the fishing action to the north of Punta Gorda
around Iman to San Luis Banks was showing signs of improvement, as the nicer
grade of yellowfin tuna started to bite. Then after the passing of the storm
the ocean was a bit stirred up on Wednesday and the bite was off, now as
conditions steadily improve the action is picking up again. Anglers were using
chunks of squid, other available baits, as well as yo-yo jigs and tuna up near
100 lb. were accounted for, no huge numbers, but some charters were landing
several nice tuna. Other catches included dorado, wahoo and various snapper and
grouper species. The billfish bite also improved, with blue and striped marlin
both being found on the same local fishing grounds. We expect this all around
action to continue to improve, as long as the weather holds as it is at this
time.
As is the
normal pattern, inshore action for jack crevalle and roosterfish diminishes at
this time, still a chance at finding limited action while trolling baits
outside the surf zone, but nothing like it had been earlier in the summer. More
bolito baitfish are now being found schooling on the fishing grounds and these
always make a great bait option. In the marina area the main live bait being
offered is caballito and once again slabs of squid are being used for drift
fishing the yellowfin tuna. Only an occasional dorado being found, a few up to
15 lb., same for wahoo, only an occasional fish actually landed, though these
fish are in the area, they do commonly become more sluggish when water
temperatures are average above 85 degrees, as they are now.
The combined
panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina sent out
approximately 58 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
5 blue marlin, 8 striped marlin, 3 wahoo, 69 yellowfin tuna, 8 dorado, 4
amberjack, 10 leopard grouper (cabrilla), 2 broomtail grouper, 5 pargo
colorado,18 huachinango (red snapper), 10 yellow snapper and 4 barred pargo.
Good fishing,
Eric
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