Up to Five Marlin Per Boat in Cabo
Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
June 15, 2008
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
JUNE 8TH to 14th, 2008
Overall Catch Success Rate 74%
BILLFISH: We had another extremely windy week in Cabo and anglers had to deal with pretty unpleasant seas until they got past Santa Maria. The fishing however was not that bad, though difficult to guess where the best spot would be each day. Fishing ranged from Destiladares on the Cortez side to 20 miles off of the Old Lighthouse on the Pacific. Marlin were the predominant game fish species this week but simply spotting them was not enough, they were pretty fussy eaters and only wanted the freshest of bait. Some days captains reported casting bait to 50 fish and hooking up and fighting just one. Nevertheless sixty one percent of charters were able to catch from one to five marlin in a day. One of the best days of the week was June 10th; "Bill Collector" released five marlin just half a mile off of Cerro Blanco for Scott and Shannon Taylor from Lakeland, Florida. This same day "Bandito" also let five marlin go off of Cabeza de Ballena, all on live bait for Greg and Tom Langmo form Litchfield, Minnesota, fishing with Harry Thompson from San Diego. Next day out, Barry Rich from Dallas, Texas did well to release five stripers aboard "Spartacus". "La Brisa" was the only boat to release a sailfish and also had a striped marlin. Pisces anglers caught a total of 72 striped marlin, with all but one released.
OTHER SPECIES: It was on the slow side for other game, with just fourteen percent of charters catching dorado and just a handful of boats caught tuna. Those fishing inshore had an assortment of jack crevalle, bonitas, sierra, skipjack, yellowtail and roosterfish. The better small game catches were at La Laguna in San Jose. Mark Chiavetta from San Jose, California had a spectacular day on June 9th aboard "Bill Collector", releasing one striped marlin, one dorado, one wahoo and 20 roosterfish.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Very windy, seas moderate to rough. Skies partly cloudy.
LOCATION: Destiladeras, San Jose, Chileno, Barco Varado, Santa Maria, Cabeza de Ballena, Cabo Real, Palmilla, Cerro Blanco, La Laguna,11.50 spot, 18 miles off of Old Lighthouse.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 69 F
BEST LURES: Live bait.
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg
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