JC’s Sportfishing Cabo Fish Report to February 10
JC’s Sportfishing Weekly Fish Report.
As the Admiral Seas It
Fishing Report: 2/3/14 to 2/10/14
JC’s Sportfishing
Jc Sportfishing Charters is a family owned and operated business and has been fishing in Cabo San Lucas for the past 18 years. Jerry, explains that his charter business is geared more for families and novice anglers, making sure everyone who charters a boat with him have a great time and lots of fun. We welcome families, and groups. We want everyone who fishes with us to take all the sites in and have memorable experience. This is what is most important to us. We have and do a few tournaments each year and can cater to fisherman who might be interested in tournament fishing. Let’s get on with the report for this past week.
WEATHER: Windy conditions most of the week but has slowed and its not to bad now. The weather has been actually a little warmer than normal for this time of year. What winter we have here in Cabo has been really nonexistent so far this year with temperatures above average. I would say today it was pushing 85 to 90 degrees in the day time and lows into the ladder 50,s to mid 60,s
WATER: Cool water temperatures over the last 2 weeks have definitely slowed fishing some, especially the Dorado bite. This is to be expected as we can’t have great fishing all the time luckily when the cool water comes in we can expect a Yellowtail bite and always great Sierra and inshore action.
TUNA: The Tuna are still around this week but scattered out but we are still catching some and most are not in big schools or in the Porpoise it seems just trolling cedar plugs and we picking up 3 or 4 in one place then we move on to another place and catch a few more.
BILLFISH: Marlin fishing continues to stay strong up and around the Golden Gate but really not as good as it was last week. Just don’t seem to let up with hot Striped Marlin fishing continuing throughout last week. Most of the fish are being caught drifting live bait on the pacific side in the Golden Gate are and even like 3 or 4 miles off the Light House has been pretty good. Our boats have done pretty good all week and I know some of the other fleet boats have been catching marlin in this area and it has been productive.
BLUE MARLIN INFORMATION
Blue Marlin are one of the world’s largest bony fish and although adult males seldom exceed 150 kg (300 lb), females may reach far larger sizes well in excess of 1,000 lbs. A Pacific blue weighing 1,805 lb caught in 1970 by a party of anglers fishing out of Oahu, Hawaii aboard the charter boat Coreene C skippered by Capt. Cornelius Choy (this fish often referred to as ‘Choy’s Monster’) still stands as the largest marlin caught on rod and reel. This fish was found to have a yellowfin tuna of over 155 lbs in weight in its belly. In the Atlantic the heaviest sport fishing capture is Paulo Amorim’s 1,402 lb fish from Vitoria, Brazil. Commercial fishermen have boated far larger specimens, with the largest blue marlin brought into Tsukiji market in Tokyo supposedly weighing a massive 1,106 kg.
Large blue marlin have traditionally been the most highly prized angling captures, and a fish weighing 1,000 lb (450 kg), a “grander”, has historically been regarded by blue and black marlin anglers as the benchmark for a truly outstanding catch. Today, much effort is still directed towards targeting big blue marlin, but smaller blues are also sought by anglers fishing lighter conventional tackle and big game fly fishing gear.
Blue marlin occur widely in the tropical oceanic waters of the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific, with many fish making seasonal migrations into the temperate waters of the northern and southern hemispheres to take advantage of feeding opportunities as those waters in spring and summer. Warm currents such as the Gulf Stream in the western Atlantic and the Agulhas Current in the western Indian Ocean serve as oceanic highways for blue marlin migration and have a major influence on their seasonal distribution. Blue marlin have a limited ability to thermo regulate, and the lower limit of their temperature tolerance is thought to be in the region of approximately 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) although individual fish have been caught in cooler temperatures. Larger individuals have the greatest temperature tolerance, and blue marlin encountered at the limits of their range tends to be large fish. This wide distribution brings blue marlin in contact with anglers in many parts of the world.
Blue marlin are eclectic feeders preying on a wide range of prey species and sizes. Scientific examination of blue marlin stomach contents has yielded organisms as small as miniature filefish. Common food items include tuna-like fishes, particularly skipjack tuna and frigate mackerel (also known as frigate tuna), squid, mackerel, and scad. Of more interest to sport fishermen is the upper range of blue marlin prey size. A 72-inch white marlin has been recorded as being found in the stomach of a 448 lb blue marlin caught at Walker’s Cay in the Bahamas, and more recently, during the 2005 White Marlin Open, a white marlin in the 70 lb class was found in the stomach of one of the money-winning blues. Shortbill spearfish of 30 to 40 lb have been recorded as feed items by Kona blue marlin fishermen. Yellowfin and bigeye tuna of 100 lb or more have also been found in the stomachs of large blue marlin.
Blue marlins are aggressive fish that respond well to the splash, bubble trail and action of a well presented artificial lure.
Probably the most popular technique used by blue marlin crews today, artificial lure trolling for blue marlin originated in Hawaii, with skippers operating from the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii developing many designs still used today. The earliest marlin lures were carved from wood, cast in drink glasses, or made from chrome bath towel pipes and skirted with rubber inner tubes or vinyl upholstery material cut into strips. Today, marlin lures are produced in a huge variety of shapes, sizes and colors, mass-produced by large manufacturers and individually crafted by small-scale custom makers.
A typical marlin lure is a small (7-8 inch), medium (10-12 inch) to large (14 inches or more) artificial with a shaped plastic or metal head to which a plastic skirt is attached. The design of the lure head, particularly its face, gives the lure its individual action when trolled through the water. Lure actions range from an active side-to-side swimming pattern to pushing water aggressively on the surface to, most commonly, tracking along in a straight line with a regular surface pop and bubble trail. Besides the shape, weight and size of the lure head, the length and thickness of skirting, the number and size of hooks and the length and size of the leader used in lure rigging all influence the action of the lure: how actively it will run and how it will respond to different sea conditions. Experienced anglers often fine tune their lures to get the action they want.
Lures are normally fished at speeds of between 7.5 to 9 knots; faster speeds in the 10 to 15 knot range are also employed, primarily by boats with slower cruising speeds travelling from spot to spot. These speeds allow quite substantial areas to be effectively worked in a day’s fishing. A pattern of four or more lures is trolled at varying distances behind the boat. Lures may be fished either straight from the rod tip (“flat lines”), or from outriggers.
DORADO: Very few Dorado around and any being caught are being caught along the beach on lures. Wish I hadmore to report for you but has slowed big time for Dorado.
INSHORE: Well the inshore fishing is probably the hottest action we are seeing right now with lots of Sierra being caught all up and down the pacific side. The Red Snapper bite has alos been good and that’s why I added a baked Snapper recipe from the Admirals Kitchen. The Snappers are being caught off the Light House to Ranch Migrano using cut bait and Rapalas.
Still all the Sierras you want again throughout this past week with the hottest area being the Solmar to the Light House and as far north as Migrano has been really good.
WAHOO: This week a slowed Wahoo bite reported compared to last week. Havent heard of hardly any.
BEWARE: Please beware of the guys in the street selling boat charters. If you wait till the day you are fishing and go to the dock where your boat is many times people will mislead you to another boat or dock trying to put you on a boat that was not meant for you. You need to have a person guide you to your boat, who is from a reputable charter company. This way there is no confusion or misleading. Please remember when renting Sport fishing boats in Cabo that you rent your boat from reputable and established business. Walk into a fishing fleet office and ask questions about what you are getting and what are the costs? You dont want to rent boats from vendors in the streets and you do not want to book through shady websites offering you the world. Check through travel forums about reputable fishing fleets to deal with. Look for testimonials about the fleet your booking your charter with. Ask about what will the boat be supplying? Will it include beverages or lunches? How much does it cost to fillet your catch? Check to see if charter boat is insured? Ask about getting your catch smoked? Check cost of fishing license. These are just a few things to consider when booking your charter boat. We will be talking more about this in next week’s fishing report. Until next time good fishing and we hope to see you in Cabo soon. Come by the office here in Cabo and get all the latest up to date fishing report.
JC’s Sportfishing Cabo San Lucas
Blvd Marina Plaza de la Danza, Cabo San Lucas,
Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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