Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
June 13, 2001
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT JUNE 6TH TO 12TH 2001

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT

JUNE 6TH TO 12TH 2001

BILLFISH: The fishing has taken off just as we predicted. The weather has warmed up considerably, despite the odd day here and there where it wavered back towards being cold, but overall a great week in Cabo. Striped marlin were thick off of Cabeza de Ballena and later Punta Gorda. The only problem was, that the marlin appeared, but bait supply dwindled. It was hard to purchase mackerel most of the week, with the less favorable caballito, often the only thing available. In spite of the bait situation catches were still good, giving Pisces anglers an overall catch success rate of ninety-one percent, with seventy-four percent of boats catching marlin. Angler of the week has to go to Chip Burton from Huntington Beach, Ca. for releasing five striped marlin on his own, aboard “Karina” on June 11th. As Chip commented, :”You know you’ve had a good day, when you come back with blisters on your hands”. Clarence Holland, Dan Kielbey and Brent Dankeilben from Arizona, also had an outstanding day on “Ruthless” on June 8th, releasing four stripers. There were many other boats that had three marlin days too – such as “Tracy Ann”, on June 8th, for Joan and Bill Daughdrill from Pensacola, Fl, and Rebecca, with three for Emil Trione from Totowa, N.J on the 11th, as well as a tuna for the table. Pisces anglers caught a total of sixty-four striped marlin this week, of which sixty-one were released. The size on the stripers is good right now, with most fish being between 140 and 180 lbs.

OTHER SPECIES: The most notable catch other than marlin this week, was a beautiful 75 lb wahoo, caught by Roberto Campos, from Clayton, Ca. on June 6th, aboard, “Karina”. This was Roberto’s first every saltwater catch and he found this fish to be quite a challenge, after taking a green and yellow lure south of San Jose (see photo). After marlin, dorado were the most numerous catch, though boats only landed between one and three, they were of a nice size at 25 to 48 lbs. Just a few yellowfin tuna, picked up whilst trolling, all an average of 20 to 25 lbs. Inshore just a few sierra and roosters.

LOCATION: Cabeza de Ballena, Chileno, Red Hill, Punta Gorda, off of San Jose.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear, sunny skies, cooler than normal, very windy on the Pacific, seas on the Cortez side fair to good in the morning, rough on the way back in.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP:73 F

BEST LURES: Live bait.

BASED ON THE CATCHES OF PISCES FLEET BY TRACY EHRENBERG

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