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Sportfishing Cabo Fishing Report 31st October
As the
Admiral Seas It
Fishing
Report: 10/24/16 to 10/31/16
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Los Cabos
Jackpot Tuna Tournament Nov. 2-5 !
Commercial
Tuna Boats Here in Numbers. Why?
Tuna
Tournament Generates $700,000 in Cash and Prizes!
Very Few
Tuna and Scattered All Over!
Blue and
Black Marlin Still Here After Tournament!
Marlin From
San Jamie, Margarita and Golden Gate!
Humidity in
Cabo High?
Striped
Marlin 1 to 6 Miles Offshore!
Dorado
Fishing Slows!
Wahoo
Fishing 35 to 65lbs Landed on Occasions!
Inshore
Action Slows!
Water Temps
Still Very Warm!
La Nina Here
in Cabo!
October
Unusually Humid. WOW!
Los Cabos
Tuna Jackpot Tournament
A harbor
full of sportfishing boats of every size imaginable – literally a “field of
dreams” for anglers from around the world – with the Los Cabos Tesoro Hotel,
headquarters for Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot Tournament, dominating its corner of
the IGY Marina.
More staff
and sponsors are arriving each day as preparations steadily continue for the
“Big Show” that begins Wednesday on the malecon in front of the Tesoro.
Unpacking
the countless boxes filled with sponsor giveaways, tournament T-shirts, bags,
hats, fishing rods, rod cases, lures, line, hooks and more.
Meanwhile,
team entries continue to roll in, pushing the total somewhere north of 153.
Tuna info trickles in, even though both local and visiting anglers who have
been pre-fishing have become tight-lipped … reluctant to share their findings
with the first day of fishing only a few days away. Last night at Solomon’s
Landing, the noisy debates centered on where the big one might be found; would
it be caught chunking on the Gordo or flying a kite among the porpoise
offshore.
Tuesday is
set-up day for the registration area (shown above on the malecon in its
“before” condition prior to the weigh-scale, a dozen or so canopies, tables,
ramp to the loading docks being put in place.)
After the
finishing touches on Wednesday, we will get the party started with registration
beginning at 2 pm. SEE YOU THEN!!!
WEATHER: We
are still hot and humid here in Cabo. It seems this lingering humidity has been
hard to shake. It should be cooling this time of year because it will November
1 tomorrow and it shows no signs of cooling off to much. There has been a
slight shift the last couple days as morning seem to be a little fresher, but
not much to tell you the truth. We will see over the next few days if we will
see a little bit of winter here in Cabo.
WATER: The
water temperatures have been much warmer than we expected this time of year and
it is due to La Nina the after effects of El Nino. The warm water off course
has effected all our fishing patterns in which in normal times we would be
seeing more Striped Marlin action than we have been seeing. There are 2 sides
to this story since the Blues and Blacks seem to thrive more in the warmer
water, so our action for them has been better than expected. We have had a huge
Blue Marlin season this year with many Marlin caught and released. Please check
out Tempbreak to get a good idea on water temperatures.
BILLFISH:
Well, it has still been strong for the Blues and Blacks since the warm water is
still in the area. I will say that the Striped Marlin bite hasn’t kicked in
lately due to the warm water, we think. If you are looking fro Stripers if you
go to the pacific side up and around the Old Light House offshore 1 to 3 miles
you will probably run into a decent bite. The colder water is up there so we
have been having reports that this is the area for Stripers. The Blues and
Blacks are still in our area and someone fishing now has a great chance to
catch a big fish right now.
DORADO: It
has been darn slow for Dorado compared to a couple weeks ago when it was hot.
They are still catching some but not in the numbers we were seeing. Right now,
we have been seeing some caught in the 15 to 30lbs range with quite a few
smaller ones being caught inshore and maybe a mile off shore.
SWORDFISH:
Hasn’t heard of any caught this week.
WAHOO: It
hasn’t been to bad at all with some Wahoo in the 35 to 65lbs range being landed
by some other boats in the fleet. Jet heads, Rapallas and purple lures seem to
be working pretty decent.
TUNA: Well
it has been kinda slow for Tuna and we have the tournament right upon us, which
I don’t know if its good news or not. As, I have been reporting the commercial
Tuna boats are in the area doing what they do best and that is raping our
waters. We are hoping for a good Tuna turn out for the Tournament and we hope
to see them commercial boats dis appear soon.
INSHORE: The
inshore fishing has just been ok, nothing special with some small Dorado,
Sailfish and Amberjack are what is happening. There has been some good
Amberjack action reported using iron. Small Tuna on sardines has been good
inshore if you can find the sardines. From Grey Rock to the Pump House has been
the area for decent Tuna and even Sailfish action using ballyhoo. Some small
Dorado every once in a while have been landed.
It might be
worth grabbing a Panga and going out for a 5 hour excursion to see what happens
inshore.