Fishing on the World Famous EL BUDSTER. On a one half day Cruise Ship Charter. The Matthew Nicholls party from McArthur, CA catch four SIERRA MACKEREL ( 4 - 5 lbs. ). They fish inclose at the Los Cabo Arches. The water temp. was 71 - 72 degrees.

Billfish released to date in 2010Cabo: 22

Billfish: Marlin fishing has remained slow, the best I saw this past week was one boat flying three flags as he returned from a charter. Quite a few more boats were able to find the fish this week, compared to last week and they were biting a bit better, but it was still nothing to write home about, at least for those of us who go out all the time. The fish seemed to be concentrated closer to shore than normal, most of the fish were found within three miles of the beach, and on both sides of the Cape.

Yellowfin Tuna: Just like last week, most of the Tuna that were found were quite a long way from home, necessitating a two hour or more cruise to get to where you might find some. At least that was the conditions for most of the week. There are always exceptions though and on Saturday there was a pod of Dolphin found three miles off of Chileno Beach that had loads of football tuna, 5 to 20 pound fish, and the first dozen boats to get there had a blast. There were a few other close in fish found this week as well but for the most part tuna were a long run from home with your fingers crossed!

YELLOWTAIL FINALLY GET INTO THE ACT! La Paz/ Las Arenas Fishing Report for the Week of Feb. 28 to March 7, 2010 We finally put some yellowtail into the counts and the 20-40 pound fish put the hurt on more than a few anglers! For all the latest as well as a surprise airline ticket discount just announced, click this: http://www.tailhunter-international.com/fishreport.htm

Fishing on the World Famous EL BUDSTER. Mark Buck from Shelton, WA catches two 5 lb. SIERRA MACKEREL. They go out looking for marlin. But are unable to find any. They fished 10 - 12 miles out from Cabo. The water temp. was 73 - 74 degrees.

Billfish released to date in 2010Cabo: 22

Overcast Sunday, but no rain...
 
It has been overcast all day today, but not nearly the rainfest we had yesterday. I know it is a bummer for folks that came on vacation to get out of the rain and snow, but we could really use the rain down here. The sun has been trying to burn off the clouds all day and the rest of the week is supposed to be beautiful, so no worries that way.

As for the fishing, things stayed strong today with the two groups that were out on the water.

Kevin and Penny Neiberger along with friends Robin and Robert Engen joined Captain Ramon and his Mate, Juan for a day aboard TantRum. As has been the case lately, the guys started out fishing inshore and were able to get a handful of Sierra first thing in the morning. Once they got offshore, they immeadiately raised a Marlin and had it right next to the side of the boat, playing around with the bait, but never really taking it. The crew worked hard to get a bite on several other fish, but in the end they had to settle for the Sierra.

Elene and Brad Hess shared Rum Runnin today with Todd Strawn and Kevin Cooper. These folks were all on our share board and we were able to hook them up with each other and they had a great day on the water. Captain Javier and his Mate Americo found the fish today, catching and releasing 2 nice Striped Marlin. They also got into a few sharks, catching and releasing a juvenile Mako and a juvenile Hammerhead!! It is always cool to see those Hammerheads come up behind the back of the boat (when we aren't swimming behind the boat that is.) Glad you guys had a killer day!

THE GIANT SQUID ARE BACK !!!! Each year the Giant Squid make their return to our waters. They normally will bite on anything that shines in the water. Sometimes theyll eat just about anything. The schools of these strange creatures is always amazing to me. The return of the Giant Squid is also a sign that the Swordfish wont be far behind. Our charter from Allied Building Products in New Jersey fishing on our charter boat "Gladiator" were the first to land a swordfish earlier this week. Our boat of the day is our beautiful 35 ft. Cabo named "Perro Caliente" with Captain Gregorio "Goyo" Cesena at the helm releasing 1 Striped Marlin and 1 Mako Shark for the group from Administaff. Total fleet production was 1 Striped Marlin, 5 Dorado, 11 Yellowfin Tuna, 11 Sierra, 1 Mako Shark and 28 Giant Squid.

The start of March has brought spring like weather, as temperatures have been reaching 80 degrees and skies have been mostly clear and sunny. There were winds from the north, switching around from the south, strong currents and fluctuating ocean conditions. This contributed to slower all around fish counts, the majority of the action took place either close to shore or off of bottom structure. Water temperatures varied from 72 to 76 degrees, a warmer current was found outside of the Gordo Banks and moved towards the 95 spot outside of Chileno.
 
Anglers found good action for sierra in the 2 to 4 pound range, slow trolling with sardinas was most productive, though these aggressive feeders were also striking on hoochies, Rapalas and casting jigs. There were some roosterfish in the same areas as well, the majority of them smaller sized fish, though several roosters up to 40 pounds were reportedly hooked into and were released. There were some dorado encountered close to shore, mostly single fish or pairs, but there was a chance at catching one or two of these acrobatic gamefish.

Sardinas were found schooling inshore from San Luis to Vinorama and were of good size, there were mackerel available most days in limited quantities.

Yellowfin tuna were reported on the outside traveling with porpoise, most of the reports for tuna came from the Cabo San Lucas area, though it was hit or miss, as was the action for striped marlin, more stripers were being found on the Pacific fishing grounds than in the direction of the Sea of Cortez.

Giant squid made a strong appearance this past week off of the San Jose del Cabo region, mainly a deal that the commercial fleet was targeting, since their bread and butter fishery of bottom species has not been very productive. Charter fleets were practicing more bottom fishing, using a combination of bait and yo-yo jigs, they reported a mix of snapper, amberjack, grouper, bonito and cabrilla, though with persistent winds and strong currents this option was not producing the numbers of fish that would be expected for this time of year.

On Friday the San Jose del Cabo panga fleet found improved action all around, with more quality bottom species biting on the various rock piles to the north of Punta Gorda, anglers using yo-yo iron jigs had catches that included grouper, cabrilla, amberjack, pargo, triggerfish, bonito and they also lucked into a late winter time bonus of wahoo, which were encountered close to shore off of Punta Gorda. One boat accounted for a total of four wahoo up to 40 pounds while trolling fresh cut squid, other boats had one or two wahoo in their mixed catch, they hit on Rapalas and yo-yo jigs as well. Strange to find wahoo schooling in local waters at this time of year, but this year has been full of surprises, so it has been hard to predict what might happen on any given day.
 
The next couple of months is transition period, conditions can change rapidly from day to day, anglers can have options offshore, inshore and off the bottom structure. Following daily reports to determine the best strategy for the next trip, reading the water temperature satellite charts also can provide valuable information on where breaks can be found.
 
The combined panga fleet launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 58 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
1 sailfish, 2 striped marlin, 3 mako shark, 7 hammerhead shark, 11 yellowfin tuna, 32 dorado, 18 wahoo, 23 cabrilla, 15 grouper, 24 amberjack, 36 pargo, 44 bonito, 8 surgeon fish, 232 sierra and 19 roosterfish.

Fishing on the World Famous EL BUDSTER. Randy Smith from Bay City, TX catches and releases a 130 lb. STRIPED MARLIN. It is caught on a live Pacific Mackerel. The fighting time was 35 minutes. He also catches two 5 lb. SIERRA MACKEREL. All the fish were caught 10 - 12 miles out from Cabo. The water temp. was 74 - 76 degrees.

Billfish released to date in 2010Cabo: 22

Raining in Cabo!
 
Hope everyone is having a great weekend! NO TSUNAMI ALERTS TODAY!!!

We had a good Saturday even though it has been raining all day long! it's not normal for this time of year to have showers here in cabo, and it doesn't seem to be going away any time soon but still it was good, we can't complain.

Tomorrow we are expecting 10% chance of rain again....but by Tuesday Hello Sunny 80F!
Today was actually pretty good for fishing. We had 2 boats out Tantrum and Nuevo

On Nuevo we had Rich Belli and his crew who after fishing by the 95 bank, the light house and close to San Jose del Cabo caught and released 2 Stripped Marlin and 8 Sierra! Way to go dudes! I don't have the information on the size of the Marlin sorry, I will post it tomorrow though!

On their second and last day fishing we had Tom Kayheart and friends aboard Tantrum who came back with a total of 25 Sierra. Nice, they doubled the amount from Yesterday and they also caught some squids while trolling back into the marina.

These guys came back to the office asking when they would need to call to book a boat for October! That what we like...Happy Customers. Keep spreading the word people!

Fishing on the World Famous EL BUDSTER. The James Baker party from Hudson, WI have a delightful time. They fished on a one - half day Cruise Ship Charter. They caught twelve SIERRA MACKEREL ( 4 - 5 lbs. ). They fished in close by the Los Cabo Arches. The water temp. was 71 - 72 degrees.

Billfish released to date in 2010Cabo: 21

First Friday of the month and it seems we started off pretty good this week, like I've been sayin...not great but good enough, at least all of our buds have not gone home empty handed.

And once again, it seems as if Sierra's in da house! or Spanish Mackerol as most of you know this fish by. I thought Marlin was going to be a good biter like last year, as I've been hearing a lot of stories of how great Marlin was biting this time of year in '09. Every year is different maybe this time they just decided to chill-ax!

So on to Today's Fishing Report:
We had 2 boats out by the lighthouse the first one was Tom Kayheart and his buds David, Jesse and Rob who are staying at the Portofino Condos BTW and will be fishing with us again tomorrow. These guys came back with 12 Sierras. Not bad on their first day fishing, they were aiming a bit more for Yellowfin but weren't too lucky. Hopefully tomorrow they'll catch some!

FYI we got a heads-up that Yellowfin was biting out by the Jaime Bank, so that's where these guys will be taken tomorrow!

On our famous 32' Rum Runnin we had Austin Ramirez, Peter, Randall and Ryan fishing for half a day. These guys came back loaded! They caught 17 Sierra, 3 Roosterfish and 12 squids....DOING....first time I've heard of squids being caught since I've been working here.
These guys had to cut their half day trip a bit short cause reeling in all those little guys got them a bit exhausted. I'd recommend them to drink some tequilas later tonight!

I have been asked if Rooster fish is any good and if there are any special recipes for this fish? I really don't know, so if ya'll know any good recipes, hit me back with them so I can share them with all our friends!

Puerto Morelos should be known as the area of variety for the wide spectrum of the fish catches.  This week, the 15 boat fishing days reflected an 8-fish variety that included 25 red snapper, 15 king mackerel, 18 triggerfish, 1 shark, 4 grouper, 15 bonito, 2 amberjack and 1 Atlantic barracuda.

PM Climate:  A sun-cloud mix with temps from 56 nights, (the coldest temp I have ever reported) to 81 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:  Temps held steady at about 80 degrees and their were light tropical surface breezes.

Best Bait/Lure:  Rigged ballyhoo continued to be the bait of choice.

According to Captain Temo Verboonen, skipper/owenr of the Secuestro De Amor, it was one of those good-day/bad-day type of fishing weeks, with one day providing a hot bite and the nex day a slow bite. However, he did say there were many more marlin in the mix this week. He also said that for the boats that were lacking action on the slow bite days, the boats w ere going to the white rocks to provide action on the prolific numbers of jack cravelle available on both the pencil poppers and live bait. Also, there was some fair roosterfish action with the better roosterfish bite coming from the Pantla Beach area. Angler Ed Des Enfants of New Port Richey, FL, had a couple of nice roosterfish aboard the Secuestro De Amor, at approximately 45 lbs. each.

IZ Climate:  Mostly sunny & warm with temps frrom 68 nights to 92 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:  Near excellent!  Temps at a stable 78 inshore and rising to 79 offshore, with very good clarity and calm fishing days.

Best Bait/Lure:  Live bait for the roosterfish and jack cravelle with good action n the red/white pencil popers, too.  Rigged mullet for the billfish, both sailfish and marlin.

Best Fsihing Area:  A lot of water was covered this past week due to the good day/bad day fishing situation.  On the difficult days, the boats fished all over, startting at about 10 miles from the entrance to the bay.

Bait Supply:  Plenty of bait, both live bait and rigged baits.

Just when we thought the area was rising from the doldrums, back the area fell to tough fishing and difficult catching for the offshore fishery. While the water temps remain good, the clarity is just so- so and the water has a greenish tint to it that can have a big effect on the fishing. The overall catches for the offshore fleet for 25 days fished reflected 2 stripers released, 1 sailfish released, 1 mako shark, 2 yellowfin tuna and 2 dorado. The inshore fishing was again a much brighter area of action that was abundant with a good bite almost all the time. The overall catches for 8 days fished inshore reflected limits of Mojarres, limits of Roncachos, 9 palometas, 21 pargo and 12 jack cravelle, (toro).

Mazatlan Climate:  Mostly cloudy days with temps that ranged from 58 nights to 83 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:  The inshore temps were stable at 75 and the offshore was stable at 74.  However, both areas had the greenish color tint that can have a dramatic effect on the fishing.

Best Fishing Area:  None reported, as the boats fished close, far, northerly and southerly, all searching for a bite.

Best Bait/Lure:  Rigged baits for the marlin & sailfish.  Shrimp & squid for the inshore fishing.

An extraordinarily difficult fishing week from Cabo San Lucas, reflecting very low fish counts and few charters. While the water temps seem to be good enough, the water color has gone to a greenish tint that is not favored by the fish in this area. Even the inshore fish took a break and were difficult to find.Overall fish counts for a combined total of 17 days fished reflected 3 stripers released, 6 dorado, 5 yellowfin tuna, 3 skipjack tuna, 3 roosterfish, 33 Sierra and 5 jumbo squid.

Cabo Climate:  Mostly cloudy/overcast days, with temps that ranged from 59 nights to 79 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions:  Other than the water movement caused by the earthquake off of Chile, the sea temps ranged from 72.5 to 74 degrees, from the Golden Gate to the Gorda Banks, all with an off-
color greenish tint.  Blue water started at about 15 miles south of Cabo.

Best Fishing Area:  There was no consolidation of fish in any direction.

Best Lure/Bait:  The anglers and crew were trying and testing their knowledge in all directions.

Live Bait Supply:  A mix of mackerel and caballitos.