Full Moon Affects Marlin off Cabo
Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
April 30, 2008
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
PISCES FISH REPORT
APRIL 15th to 21st, 2008
OVERALL CATCH SUCCESS RATE 88%
BILLFISH: Fishing was pretty good in Cabo this week, with the start of the period the best, before the moon got big. Full moon was on the 20th, but the days preceding this we saw a slow down on marlin. Besides, angler numbers are down in Cabo which is reflected in the catches; less boats out equals less fish caught. Top boat was 28 ft "Andrea" with four striped marlin released on April 15th for Robert Stont from Tallahassee, Florida and Jeff Hendricks from Marquette, Michigan. They headed up to Destiladeres on April 15th and caught all their fish on live mackerel. Next day out both "Ruthless" and "Tracy Ann" had three striped marlin and one sailfish each, also at Destiladeres. Whilst "Rebecca" had three marlin fishing close by for Jason and Stacy Adams from Fair Oaks, Ca. As the week progressed it was harder to find marlin, as they moved around a lot. For instance later in the week, boats that had done well at Destiladeres, headed back that way, missing fish that were three miles offshore a lot closer to Cabo around Santa Maria. Fifty six percent of charters managed to catch marlin with the norm being one or two released with an odd dorado here and there. Pisces anglers caught a total of 65 striped marlin and 5 sailfish, all but one striper were released.
OTHER SPECIES: We saw dorado pick up this week but a big decrease on tuna. Dorado catches were seldom more than one or two per boat but more boats were getting them, in fact twenty seven percent. Weights were nothing to write home about at 15 to 30 lbs. Just eight percent of boats caught tuna this week with catches ranging from 12 to 20 per boat. Cruisers picked up a few sharks, all of which were released the majority were mako's but we also had one hammerhead the first caught in a long time. Inshore pangs caught jack crevalle and skipjacks.
LOCATION: Cortez side, Destiladeres, Punta Gorda, Chileno 20 miles, 3 miles off Chileno. The water was warmer on the Cortez side.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear, sunny skies, seas good, a bit rough on the Pacific, but nobody is really going that way.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 70 F
BEST LURES: Live bait.
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg
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