Jc Sportfishing Cabo Fishing Report 12 Dec

Jc Sportfishing Cabo Fishing Report 12 Dec

As the Admiral Seas It

Fishing Report: 12/5/16 to 12/12/16

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Fishing Basically Shuts Down!

Strong Winds Off Pacific Hurts Angling!

Water Green and Cold with Algee?

Lots of Tailing Marlin, but No Biters?

Dorado Disappeared this Past Week!

We are Catching Tuna With Squid!

Jacks and Sierra in Shore!

Better Fishing Expected this Coming Week!

Fish Recipes Inside!

JC's Blackened grouper

WEATHER: Really nice days in the mid 80,s an lows in the ladder 60,2 to low 70,s. As pleasant as it gets with light breezes in the afternoons cooling down at night but it isn’t as cool as I remember other Novembers here in Cabo. It seems past Novembers were much cooler but this year and last year also it hasn’t cooed down like it used to. We aren’t complaining cause its still nice out but just not really cool yet.

WATER: Wow, it seems that we have a mix of cooler water and warm water still hanging in the area. It seems the the Sea of Cortez side has receieved some cooler water. Right at Lands End of Cabo there is still some 880 to 81 degree water lingering. This is all good for the fishing as it has been really good so we aren’t complaining any.!!! This link which will show you water temperatures for the southern half of Baja. 

BILLFISH: Well here is whats going on with the Billfish action!! Cold water have pushed the fish to be around but not hitting what we are throwing at them. The cold green water in the area along woth the algee has made for a diffacult wook of fishing. The Marlin have moved north to the Golden Gate area with lots of tailing marlin but hard to get them to bite. If you like Sailfish action you can even get in on that if you head up in the same area the Marlin are hitting. We have seen lots of Sails landed this past week making for some really good Billfishing. Most are being caught on lures and Cabillitos.

DORADO: The Dorado fishing has really just stopped this past week and isn’t anything like it was last week when we were landing 20lb to 40lbs all week. I think they might have just moved further north and we are hoping to see more Dorado action coming but it could be coming to the end of Dorado season for a bit. I hope this is not the case but its possible!!!!

WAHOO: The Wahoo fishing is also very good up and around Rancho Migrino and most fish are being caught on rapalas using down riggers. There has been some nice fish up to 40lbs landed!!!

TUNA: Well the Tuna action has been very good this past week and we are excited to see them in the area and biting really good but we do have to run a bit for them as they are offshore from 12 to 21 miles as of lately. If you find the Porpoise you are likely to find the Tuna and to let you know some fleet boats did land a 100lb Tuna this past week along with a lot of football size Tuna. So all in all its still good but they are out there and in the area!!!

INSHORE: The pangas have been doing just ok and really nothing like last week. inshore for Dorado and even the Wahoo fishing has been fair, but you need to fish tight to the beach. The productive areas are from the Solmar all the way to the Pump House. Some Roosters reported landed in the surf. The Roosters were caught using live bait.

From The Admirals Kitchen  -  Open Again!!

Blackened Grouper

Ingredients

10 (6-ounce) grouper fillets

1/4 cup Cajun Spice Mix

5 teaspoons canola oil, divided

5 teaspoons butter, divided $

10 lemon wedges

Preparation

Rub each side of fillets with Cajun Spice Mix.

Heat 2 1/2 teaspoons oil and 2 1/2 teaspoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.Add 5 fillets; cook for 4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness. Repeat procedure with remaining oil, butter, and fillets. Serve with lemon wedges.

Gulf Grouper

The Gulf Grouper, Mycteroperca jordani, whose common Spanish name is Baya and local name is Cabrilla, is a member of the Grouper or Epinephelidae Family, known collectively as “cabrillas” and “garropas” in Mexico.

The Gulf Grouper is gray-brown in color, and is characterized by its “grouper-like” appearance, with the fourth and fifth dorsal spines being the longest, and when alive, a series of solid, irregular blotches radiating out from the face area. They have tails that are straight or slightly concave, rounded notched gill covers, and the fins that are tipped in white.

The Gulf Grouper is found within rocky reefs and in kelp beds with large adults being common in shallow water at depths between 25 and 150 feet. They reach a maximum length of 198 cm (6 and-a-half feet) and up to 91 kg (200 pounds) in weight. They are voracious ambush predators feeding on small fish. The Gulf Grouper has a slow growth rate reaching maturity at age of six or seven years.

They are aggregating spawners with females significantly outnumbering males indicative that they are protogynous hermaphrodites changing mid-life from females to males. They can be confused with the Broomtail Grouper, Mycteroperca xenarcha (second thru seventh dorsal spines of equal length). In Mexican waters the Gulf Grouper is found along the Pacific Coast of Baja and throughout the Sea of Cortez; they are absent from along the coast of the mainland coast south of Mazatlán.

The Gulf Grouper, due to its size, strength, and food value is an intense object of game fishing. It is considered an excellent food fish and is sold commercially in numerous local fish markets commanding high prices and is one of the important food fishes of the Sea of Cortez.

The Gulf Grouper is currently considered to be an ENDANGERED SPECIES due to population decline of at least 50% over the past 30 years, directly attributed to intensive recreational fishing pressure. There is also a significant decline in the size of the fish boated. This fishing pressure is likely to increase along with associated reef habitat destruction as greater investment in recreational fisheries occurs.

It is a large species with high longevity and is caught at heavily fished spawning aggregations, both factors that make the species particularly vulnerable to overfishing. Historically it has dominated the rocky-reef fish community in terms of biomass comprising 45% of the total finfish production in the late 50′s to current levels of less than 1%. A generic table for Grouper that allows for the determination of the weight of fish from its length has been included with the hope that perhaps some fish can be handled as “catch and releases.”

Author: JC Sportfishing