Marlin Consistent Off of Cabo
Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
June 12, 2008
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report
June 1st to 7th, 2008
Overall Catch Success Rate 84.6%
BILLFISH: Cabo still can't make up its mind if it is going to move on into summer. We are almost at the start of summertime and the fresh Pacific breezes continue to blow giving us cooler water. The Cortez side has been much warmer, which means the fishing has been concentrating from Chileno to Destiladares. Sharla Richer from Lewisville, Texas fished with friends aboard "El Gallo" her favorite boat and did very well to release four stripers on June 1st all on live caballito. We then saw fishing start to move a little closer to Cabo and catches ranged from one to three marlin per boat but the norm tending to be one. On June 4th Jack, Chris and Trent Newell from Hope Hull, Alabama fished on "Bill Collector" and actually went the complete opposite way, up the Pacific just below Golden Gate, where they released three marlin and a hammerhead shark. Next day out "Ruthless" had three stripers plus a sailfish, off of Palmilla fro Marcus and Marsha Starkey from Port Aransas, Texas. Top boat of the week though was 60 ft "Spartacus" who worked hard to release six striped marlin between La Playita and Punta Gorda on June 7th, making Jim Merritt and friends from Irving, Texas our anglers of the week. I tell you there is something about Texans, they are plain lucky. The bait situation was up and down again this week. Eighty one percent of charters caught billfish this week, consisting of 101 fish, broken down into 96 striped marlin, with all but two fish of 145 and 160 lbs respectively, released and 5 sailfish released.
OTHER SPECIES: It was pretty slim pickings offshore for smaller game such as dorado and tuna, in fact just twelve percent of charters found dorado and usually just a stray fish up to 25 lbs. Tuna was even slower, but better than last week, as we had none. This week we at least caught 9 yellowfin, close into to Chileno. Inshore boats fond jack crevalle and bonita and "Eureka" even had ten roosterfish.
LOCATION: Almost exclusively on the Cortez side, Chileno to Destiladeras.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear, sunny skies, windy on the Pacific.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 67 F at Lands End, up to 73 F off of San Jose.
BEST LURES: Live bait, caballito and mackerel, guacamayo, sardines, petrolero.
Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg
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