WEATHER:
Typical great weather this past week with little or no wind and great sunny
days with highs in the mid 80,s and lows in the ladder to low 60,s. On the
Pacific side cruising in our boat the water has been glassy with no wind
affected seas at all. We do wish every day was like the last few days, pretty
calm making for a smooth boat ride.
WATER:
We have some warm water moving in from the south over the last few days so we
expect some temperature changes soon and this will no doubt effect the fishing
this up coming week.The water right outside Cabo Harbor is right around 72 to
76 degrees and actually pretty nice. Pacific side up and around the Finger Baja
where it was dipping down to 70 degrees is still cold up there and it is like
night and day compared to the Pacific side and the Cortez side. Cabo Bay is
sitting right where cold water and warm water meet.This link which will show
you water temperatures for the southern half of Baja.
BILLFISH:
Striped Marlin wasn’t too bad as there is still Marlin around and we are
averaging about one per trip which isn’t too bad. Most are being enticed by
live bait, but it seems the fish are slow to bite. They seem to also be moving
all over the place from the 1150 to the Light House. The Marlin fishing is
nothing great, but it is happening somewhat.
DORADO: We
landed a few and so did other fishing fleets, so I cant say its dead its just
not great by no means.
WAHOO: Petty
good action over the last week with our own Bob Marlin landing a few Wahoo and
reports of other fleets running into the Wahoo bite. Trolling purple feathers seems
to be working pretty well.
TUNA: This
has been our best species this past week with lots of Tuna around in and around
the San Jamie Bank. We are using king busters and cedar plugs to land the
mostly 15 to 20lbs fish. Most are football size fish but there is a lot around,
so if you want to catch some Tuna I would book a boat over the next 3 or 4 days
before it changes.
INSHORE:
Well we have lots of good inshore action happening with lots of Rooster Fish,
Jack Crevell, Sierra and Yellowtail. One of our boats landed 6 Roosters all
about 20lbs a piece. The Roosters were caught using live bait up and around the
Pump House down to Pedregal Rocks. Jigging iron for the Yellowtail at
Margaritas area has been productive and also in the mix some Amber Jacks were being
taken. A few Groupers and Sheephead in and around the Pedregal Rocks. I mean
there is all kinds of fish in this area to catch and its not like we are
getting skunked but it has been down compared to normal. All in all the fishing
this past week has been hit and miss and we aren’t knocking them dead.
Author: JC Sportfishing
Date: March 21 2017