Thursday, September 3, 2009

Good Weather after the storm !

Fortunately everything returns to normal after the storm,
the port was opened to navigation today and some boats are fishing,
we all know that always after storms the quality of the fishing is good,
and we expect good reports today.



Kathy & Olter

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Hurricane Jimena weakens to a category three

BULLETIN
HURRICANE JIMENA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 17A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132009
500 PM PDT TUE SEP 01 2009
MIAMI FL EP132009
200 PM PDT TUE SEP 01 2009
SUMMARY OF 500 PM PDT INFORMATION
LOCATION...22.6N 111.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 330 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...951 MB

JIMENA WEAKENS TO A CATEGORY THREE
(The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (first proposed in 1971 by Robert Simpson and Herbert Saffir) is a 1 to 5 categorization based on the hurricane's intensity at the indicated time. The scale provides examples of the type of damages and impacts in the United States associated with winds of the indicated intensity. In general, damages rise by about a factor of four for every category increase.)



AT 500 PM PDT...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JIMENA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.2 WEST OR ABOUT
85 MILES...135 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO AND
ABOUT 165 MILES...265 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LAZARO
MEXICO.


JIMENA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...
19 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...JIMENA WILL BE
NEAR OR OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND BE NEAR OR OVER THE CENTRAL BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.



So far we have strong winds normal sense of an event like this, two hours ago we toured the main streets of Cabo San Lucas, the most of the people stay at home and has taken segurity measures.
Harbourmaster Jorge Luis Ochoa Ochoa has been continuously informed Hurricane Reports to all Fleet's and general navigation 24 hours together with SENA (Civil Protection).
Also The local Civil Broadcaster wich Olter is active member have maintained communication with the rest of the members to help the community about Hurricane trajectory, as usual this season, we all know that at this time the vulnerability of our city by weather but fortunately we have the main services, for now we expect this hurricane lose its intensity and in a few hours everything back to normal.

Kathy Boss

Monday, August 31, 2009

Hurricane Jimena 8PM PDT Advisory 14

BULLETIN
HURRICANE JIMENA ADVISORY NUMBER 14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132009
800 PM PDT MON AUG 31 2009
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...19.4N 109.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...155 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 9 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...931 MB

Hurricane " Jimena"

...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.5N 109.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...155 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...931 MB
BULLETIN
HURRICANE JIMENA ADVISORY NUMBER 13
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132009
200 PM PDT MON AUG 31 2009

Fishing Update August 16th -30th

Weather Forecast Today: Cloudy

Fishing Conditions in Cabo, Fishing Areas and best Catch:
Water temperatures remain warm in the Pacific Ocean and Sea of Cortez, calm winds still although we have Hurricane "Jimena" Located about 370 Miles South-Southeast of Cabo San Lucas Mexico, and a Tropical Storm Kevin located about 895 Miles West-Southwest of the the Southern tip of Baja California, for the moment we are waiting the development of these meteors.
In these weeks we still have a good fishing close to the shore 3 to 5 Miles, our favorable fishing areas have been out in the Old Light House, “Cerros de Arena” (Sand Hills) predominant species as Dorado, Striped Marlin, and Blue also some Yellow fin-Tuna and Wahoo using different types of trolling lures and Live bait as “Caballito” big eye shad and mackerel.


August 29th Chris and Tim from CA. on board Ursula III Caught 2 Wahoo’s and 3 Dorado’s.

August 28th On Board Ursula IV our very good friend Garry and friends left around 6:30 am with Captain Ricardo and Miguel
Having a great time caught 7 Dorado’s, 1 Wahoo and lost 2 Marlin.

August 23th On board Ursula IV, Olter and me decided to go fishing with our youngest daughter we left 6:30 am this is the first fishing trip for her we feared that she would be uncomfortable but it was not so she was ready to enjoy the trip,





began to pull lines using Live Bait and some Lures, about 1 mile out stared the action, come the first two dorado’s at the same time,



25 minutes later hook up a nice Blue Marlin I was so excited fighting but 20minutes after we lost; we stayed trolled and hook up again a beautiful Dorado,


Our little girl was so happy when she saw him jump! 10 minutes Later we hook up another little Dorado and we let her fight


and as soon as she have close to the boat we show how to release with Olter’s help, we ask her how she felts (and She say: mom the little fish is very strong because he eats a lot like me!) was very funny and it was beautiful to see how she enjoyed the fishing throughout the day.
Our total fishing day was 3 Releases, Caught 8 for Dinner and lost one Blue Marlin and 3 Dorado’s.






August 20th
Mike and Tom Williams on board Ursula III caught 4 Dorado’s and one Sail Fish about 4 miles out of light house.

August 19th Karl Klement and his beautiful wife enjoyed on board Ursula III with Captain Antonio and Hugo,


releasing one small Dorado and another got off the hook just before they got in the boat, they caught one Striped Marlin





and six Dorado’s (They finally smoked to take home)


August 17th on board Ursula IV Alison and Mark from Idaho with Captain Ricardo Report 5 hook ups of Dorado Mahi-Mahi very close to the shore about 1 ½ miles out of Cabo.


Most used these days has been live bait and medium size Lures.

Kathy Boss

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Fishing Update August 01st to August 15th/2009

Weather Forecast Today: Partly Cloudy
Air Temperature: 100°F
Humidity: 27%

Fishing Conditions in Cabo, Fishing Areas and best Catch:

Current weather conditions remain favorable, water temperatures between 86.5° – 87.5°, Wind calm at the Pacific Ocean and Sea of Cortez, with mostly sunny days although we are in hurricane season We have not had any storms that represent a danger to navigation.

Last August 03rd we had on board Ursula IV Kevin Rucker and friends from TX, with captain Ricardo they trolling in “Los cerros de arena” sand hills, (about 7-8 miles out) and old light house (5 miles out at Pacific side) they found Dorado and Caught 2 about 35-40 lbs, and 1 Sail Fish (released).
Same day Lee Hircock on board Ursula III trolling in front to “Cerro Colorado” about 11 miles out and caught 2 Dorados.

August 04th our friend Duran from Mexico City on Board Ursula III
Left at 11:am a relaxing trip to see the coast and decided to throw lines out (was his first fishing experience) and were surprised by a beautiful Blue Marlin.

August 05th George Arrants on board Ursula IV had an excellent day of fishing, Caught 2 Dorado’s about 30 lbs each



and one more around 75 lbs 64 inches,

and one Wahoo.



August 06th Tom Miller from San Diego CA. on board Ursula IV for go 3 miles out and caught 1 Dorado and Sailfish in a half day trip
Hook up with live bait.

August 06th our fellow Mr. Leal from Monterrey NL. Mexico on board Ursula III Caught 1 Dorado and a great “seasickness” because they had a big party the night before.

August 08th Mr. Martinez from Mexico City, on board Ursula III
Caught 3 Yellowfin Tuna around 80 lbs and 150 lbs
They go 23 miles out in “San Jaime bank” using live bait,
On the way back they hook up a Blue Marlin fighting 1 hour and 30 minutes, finally releasing.

August 10th April DuBrul team from Houston TX. On board Ursula III
Have a good time fishing caught 1 Wahoo, Hooked and lost a Marlin and a SailFish.




(April husband having fun with a big bait wating for more hook ups)



August 11th and 12th boats stopped for maintenance service
(And the crew did an excellent job on that day) polishing waxes the boats.

August 14th our friends from Tijuana Mexico, on board Ursula III,
Reported lots of action at 95 spot about 11 miles from Cabo, but they only catch and release a nice Sailfish.

Most used these days has been live bait and medium size Lures.

Our congratulations to all of our Anglers !

Kathy & Olter Schcolnick

Little Katy's Birthday



Little Katy Celebrating with dad at the Sea
waiting for a big Fish !