(63 posts) Cabo San Lucas Sportfishing Report and Baja Fishing Jc Sportfishing Weekly Fish Report. As the Admiral Seas It
Fishing Report: 10/16/13 to 10/23/13
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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. Lets get on with the report for this past week.
Tournament Time in Cabo
Prize monies for the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament
1st Extraction 625 lb blue marlin $295,425.00
2nd Expedition 516 lb blue marlin $27,000.00
1st in release Chupacabra $39,150.00
2nd in release Galati $5,400.00
3rd in release Cisco$3,600....00
Daily release Reel Quest $6,075.00
Tuna Day 1 & 2 39 lb & 65 lbs Reel Gold $20,081.00
Day 1 Wahoo Miss Behavin 26.5 lbs $6,693.00
Day 2 Wahoo El Suertudo 32.8 lbs $6,693.00
Day 3 Wahoo Minerva II 34.5 lbs $6,693.00
Bisbee Los Cabos Offshore Tournament
Ultra Seal, led by Don Burts and his son Donnie, captured the largest dorado of the event. The 33-pounder earned the Lafayette, Louisiana team a check totaling $110,075. Burts and Company were fishing aboard Caliente, a 40 Cabo Flybridge skippered by Capt. Jaime Gonzalez. The two equal prizes represented the daily jackpots for each game fish category, plus the billfish share from both days.
In order to qualify, dorado had to weigh at least 30 pounds, while tuna needed to weigh 40 pounds or better. Blue and black marlin were also eligible species if they exceeded 300 pounds. None did, although John Peelman aboard Hot Rod came closest with his 282-pound black marlin, landed on Saturday.
A record 90 teams fished the 2013 edition of the LCO. The combined 591 anglers caught 71 billfish, including 24 blues, 36 striped marlin, 5 sailfish, one black marlin and dozens of smaller dorado and tuna. The overall billfish release ratio was 93 percent.
Team Galati was the top boat in the release division, scoring 800 points for one blue, three stripers and two sailfish. Carpe Diem was second with 700 points earned from two blues and a sail, while Team Salvatore?s was third with 500 points (1 blue, 2 stripers).
Cabo Riviera, an upscale marina and golf resort in East Cape, was the Presenting Sponsor. The others included Baja Cantina and the Wyndham Resort in Cabo San Lucas.
The biggest winners of the 2013 Los Cabos Offshore Tournament are local Baja charities. Donations totaling $132,150 will be given to local causes to serve the underprivileged in the greater Cabo region.
?We?ve had a great event, thanks to all our participating teams and the generosity of our sponsors, Cabo Riviera, Baja Cantina and the Wyndham Resort,? Tricia Bisbee told the banquet guests. ?We had more boats than last year, beautiful weather and we raised a lot of money for some very worthy causes. So thank you all and I look forward to seeing each of you this week at the Black & Blue.?
WATER: The water has been really nice and blue as of lately with water temperatures in the lower 80,s to high 70,s. With the calm weather and sunny days we expect the water to stay nice with swells 1 to 3 feet on the Sea of Cortez side and 2 to 4 feet on the pacific side.
WEATHER: The weather has been great really with lots of sun and light breezes. Our last bit of weather on the 14th of October which closed the port for the day is probably all the tropical weather we will see this year as things are starting to cool somewhat and typical October weather is setting in.
BILLFISHING: The fishing has been great for striped marlin and lots of Blue Marlin being caught all week with most of the fish being caught up at San Jamie on lures and live bait. The 1150 and 95 spots are also producing Striped Marlin this past week and again lures and live bait are doing the trick.
BAIT: Bait is the standard 3.00 dollars a piece and there has been plenty around:
DORADO: Well really all the Dorado you could possibly want are out there and waiting to be caught. All areas are producing with the strongest areas being from the Solmar up to San Jamie and they seem to be biting cut ballyhoo, lures and live bait. A majority of the fish are being taken 1 to 2 miles offshore from Solmar to Migrano and Los Arcos.
From The Admirals Kitchen
Grilled Wahoo Fish Recipe
From Jerrys Kitchen @What's Cookin' Italian Cuisine
1 lb of Wahoo Fish Cut into chunks or steaks
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice from 1 fresh lemon sliced
1 tablespoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoons finely ground fresh pepper
Cooking :
Whisk together olive oil, lime and lemon juice, paprika, and red pepper in a small bowl. Place wahoo in a dish. Pour the marinade mix over the fish, place in refrigerator, and let stand for half an hour add sliced lemons on top. Remove wahoo from fridge, place fish on skewers or steaks directly on the grill and grill for 15 minutes on medium turning once at about 8 minutes. Use the leftover marinade mix to baste the fish while it is grilling. Serving suggestions on plain white rice.
TUNA: Tuna bite has slowed somewhat compared to last week. There was a 201lbs Tuna caught in the fishing tournament. Some football size Tuna were reported caught about 20 miles off the Jamie Banks. Some reports of smaller Tuna also inshore caught off of the Pangas.
INSHORE: The fishing close to shore has been not to bad as of lately. The Dorado fishing has been good close to shore and also some reports of Roosterfish being caught off the Solmar beach. Some small Tunas being reported inshore also the grouper and Snapper fishing in the Pedregal Rocks has been decent.
WAHOO: The Wahoo bite has slowed down some since last week not near the number of Wahoo this week. Rapalas and Maraders lures were catching the fish this week at about a quarter mile off of Los Arcos.
BEWARE: Remember if your not renting charter boats from companies who have been established in Cabo for the past 20 years ( Jc sport Fishing, Pisces Sport Fishing, Minervas, Redrum, Picante Fleet) you might have problems. They don?t even have an office you can go and confirm your charter boat. You do not want to spend a day walking around looking for the boat and where you board. 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 weeks 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. http://www.jcsportfishing.com http://youtu.be/zNBk33jCjCk
