Fishing Improves Off Cabo; Swordfish and More Marlin

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
July 6, 2008
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

JUNE 26th to July 3rd, 2008
Overall Catch Success Rate 84%
BILLFISH: The weather is finally warming up here in Cabo and with it; we are going to see a huge improvement in fishing. If fact this week marlin catches climbed from 50% to 63%. We did have some tropical weather nearby which caused some rain on July 3rd and our new Port Captain, who is overly cautious, closed the port for two days; from midday on July 3rd, when seas were rough and on July 4th, when boats actually could have fished. This last week we participated in the Stars and Stripes tournament which is a charity event, to raise money for the Big Brother Big Sisters organization. This was a fantastic classy event where over two million dollars was raised for charity. The event on June 27th and 28th, reported a total of 129 marlin released, with our very own "C Rod" taking second place, for Dennis Brown's , Echelon group who released nine striped marlin, edged out by team Onaroel with 11 releases. "C Rod" also gets a mention for catching a 200 lb swordfish on June 29th, for Jim Walton from Cabo San Lucas. The fish took a live caballito outside the Cabrillo sea mount. On July 1st, John Penter from San Antonio, fished with Peter Hayden and Ed Robinson from New York, aboard "Rebecca" and did very well to release five striped marlin and boat a 50 lb dorado. Pisces anglers caught a total of 63 striped marlin this week all released.
OTHER SPECIES: After marlin, the next most likely catch was dorado and it was nice to see some size to these fish. It was rare to catch more than one, but when caught the size ranged from 35 to 55 lbs. Twenty seven percent of charters caught dorado. Tuna catches were extremely slow this week with just one 25 lb fish caught for our fleet. Some boats opted to fish inshore where a variety of fish were caught in two locations, off of the Old Lighthouse and the opposite direction off of San Jose. Yellowtail, bonita, pargo, rooster fish, sierra, amberjack and jack crevalle were all caught in varying amounts.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Both air and water temperatures are starting to rise and although early morning is still cool, daytime temps are now in the 90's. Seas were mostly calm with the exception of July 3rd when large swells came in caused by the tropical depression nearby. Skies are clear.
LOCATION: 95 spot, Old Lighthouse, Cerro Blanco 20 miles.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 80 F
BEST LURES: The bait supply is back to normal with a mix of mackerel and caballito available, green colors on lures, rapalas and cedar plugs inshore.
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

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