Catches are beginning to creep up as water temps begin to climb.
Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
June 5, 2009
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
MAY 28th to June 3rd, 2009
Overall Catch Success Rate 75%
BILLFISH: Catches are beginning to creep up as water temperatures begin to climb and striped marlin were again our top catch this week. However it was a bit hit and miss as to where the marlin were located on any given day. The better days were towards the end of the week when stripers began to bite close to shore between a mile and a mile and a half off of the arch and Solmar beach, which is very close indeed. On June 3rd, Cale and Jennifer Staton from Mesquite, Texas fishing aboard "Adriana" and were very pleased to catch two striped marlin. This same day Jimmy Spring, another Texan from Big Springs let two go aboard "La Brisa", in the same location; one took a purple lure and the other a live caballito. On June 2nd, "Tracy Ann" fished the other direction, but not too far into the Sea of Cortez, at Cabeza de Ballena and released two striped marlin both on live bait, just two miles offshore for Kirk Wallace & Glenn Stoponaitis, from Abilene and Dallas, where else....Texas of course, I tell you people from that state are lucky fishermen. Not to be left out Julie Steward from Atlanta, fishing with Stephanie McCarrey, representing lady anglers, also released two striped marlin two miles out from Santa Maria aboard "La Brisa". We did have some boats "skunked" at the beginning of the week, but conditions improved on a daily basis. Fifty percent of charters caught marlin, giving us a total of sixteen this week with all but three released. Those brought in weighed an average of 130 lbs.
OTHER SPECIES: Catches of dorado were fair this week with some nice ones caught, such as a 32 lb'er by Guillermo Blanco from Hurst, Texas, who also released two striped marlin aboard "Tracy Ann". Inshore, red snapper catches were good up to 20 lbs. We also had a couple of hammerhead sharks released up to 50 lbs . Skipjacks and roosterfish were also caught in lesser amounts.
LOCATION: Close to shore, from Solmar to Chileno 1 to 3 miles, 11.50 spot.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear sunny skies, seas calm on the Cortez still choppy several days on the Pacific, fog banks offshore.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 65-73 F
BEST LURES: Live caballito, purple, green.
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg
Sr. Guillermo Blanco from Hurst, Tx. caught a 32lbs Dorado and his friends released 2 striped marlin on June 2nd aboard the Tracy Ann.
The water is changing color from green to blue and marlin are starting to cooperate.
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