M_Man - 10-30-2005 at 02:22 PM
10/22 thru 10/27
Richard Yonemura of Concord, CA hosted this year?s San Jose trip. The anglers were:
Dave Gassman of Truckee, CA Mark Kralj of Stockton, CA Pat Kralj of Lafayette, CA and Dan Schafer of Shingle Springs, CA
We fished four days with Eric Brictson?s Gordo Banks Pangas, and one day with Luis Duarte?s Palmilla Bay Sportfishing
Sat 10/22
We launched two pangas from La Playita and made the long run west to Bahia Santa Maria for bait. At Santa Maria, we first encountered the ?Bisbee
Madness? where we saw an 80ft sportfisher backing into the bay which barely could hold the carnador?s bait panga and the other large sportfisher
already waiting for the bait. We opted to head to the bite with jigs and the bait guys would deliver later.
Still westbound, we motored to Cabeza de Ballena to find the fleet working a school of football yellowfin out two or three miles. The fleet was at
least 200-strong. How the bait panga found us was beyond me. The sardines were both scarce and small.The unruly fleet was keeping the school deep-
with all the big twin-screw battlewagons idling between running over boiling fish. The Bisbee boats that were pre-fishing kept coming from Cabo?s
harbor- what a Navy!
Our two pangas scored five yellowfin,12 to 18lbs. Four on sardines, and one on iron.
Monday 10/24
Five of us fished the 31ft ?Alajondra? with Capt. Jesus and Ramon on deck.
We bought a small scoop of sardines. These sardines were barely more than two eyes and a wiggle, though the were what the 10?-12? skipjack wanted.
With bait made, we tacked southwest and set our wahoo spread. After two hour of looking for ?hoo, Ramon began changing the spread to marlin raisers.
Watching Ramon was a highlight of our day, his knots were jewel-like and he carefully placed each jig for maximum effect. We baited one marlin that
we did a drive-by on. The fish didn?t enter our spread, and wasn?t interested in the live skipjack either.
Monday?s score: One marlin baited, zero marlin hooked.
Tuesday thru Thursday 10/25-10/27
We launched two pangas with Skippers Nico and Manuel and fished the Iman Bank, seventeen miles northeast of La Playita, within sight of Los Frailles.
For bait, we purchased Giant Humboldt Squid from the new MEGA store in San Jose at 14.9 pesos/kilo. We bought fifty pounds of squid for the three
days. This was chunking 101, and the fiishing was scratchy at best.
On Tuesday and Wednesday many Bisbee boats also fished the Iman. This time they were well behaved, but making bait was scratchy for them too. On
Wednesday, some Bisbee boats were still trying to make bait past noon.
For the three days, we caught yellowfin tuna 15 to 35 pounds, a 10-15 pound amberjack, some triggers released, a 15 pound cabrilla and a small
yellowtail pargo. We had some wahoo action?two jigstrikes that didn?t stick. One on an
8 inch orange/black Marauder, the other on a purple/black 16oz spinner jet. We got bit off three times chunking the squid. A few wahoo were taken on
mono by the La Playita fleet.
Lastly, a few observations on the ?Puerto Los Cabos? marina development.
We didn?t see much change to the marina work since our trip last October. Work on the breakwater has begun, about 200 meters extends out from the
beach, though we saw no work being done on it all week. We did see some more rip-rap rock being stockpiled, and Mother Nature is starting to scour
away the marina entrance.
At this time, most of the work is being done on the adjoining real estate development to the east. Concrete roads, roundabouts, utility trenches, and
SOLD signs are everywhere. Many workers we pouring roads, and forming drainage infrastructure.
A new large foundation about 3 miles east of La Playita has closed the coast road to Buzzard?s. We didn?t have the time to search out the new route.
bajajudy - 10-30-2005 at 03:18 PM
Thanks for the report. Saw Javier, one of the bait guys, and that situation has not gotten any better...still small sardinas.
Sounds like you had a good trip anyway.
FYI to get to Buzzards, you make a 3/4 round at the second glorieta and head out the new paved road past the Cemex plant. It will end and you take a
right down to Buzzards. The trip is easier on the car; harder on the eye. I loved that old coastal road.
M_Man - 10-30-2005 at 10:26 PM
Cool Judy, Thanks!
So much Paradise, So little time...