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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
August 9, 2001
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT AUGUST 1ST TO 8TH 2001

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT

AUGUST 1ST TO 7TH, 2001

BILLFISH: I returned after a lightening visit to England to find great fishing in Cabo. The weather has certainly gotten a lot hotter and the summer, which had a delayed start, is now definitely in full swing. Another indicator that things are back on track is the number of blue marlin being caught. We had seven blue marlin this week, with most anglers choosing to boat them, besides the fact that several of these fish actually died in the fight, seeing as the time spent bringing them in is usually longer that that experienced with striped marlin. Largest fish this week was a 450 lb blue caught aboard “Ruthless” on August 4th, by Bill & Dave Shraga from New York. Gus Demopoulos from Orinda Ca, had his first blue aboard “Ni Modo”, which tipped the scales at 310 lbs, and Monty Merrithew from Wellington, Nv, also had a nice blue that weighed 275 lbs aboard “Valerie”. Richard Hoover was another lucky angler with a 240 lb blue marlin, aboard “Karina”, as well as getting a few dorado and roosterfish. All of the blues were caught on lures, with red/black being the most effective color. Striped marlin continue in the area and are still the most widely caught of the billfish species – it used to be they would leave this area in the summer, but for the past six years or so, they have stayed throughout, even the hottest months. Just a few sailfish were caught this week, which is unusual as there should be a lot by now. Our overall catch success rate this week was ninety-eight percent for all species combined, of those catches fifty-five percent caught billfish. Pisces anglers caught a total of sixteen striped marlin, all but one released, two sailfish released and seven blue marlin, with two released.

OTHER SPECIES: Dorado catches were consistent throughout the week, with boats getting mostly just one fish, but on occasions up to three. The actual numbers are not that high, but the size of these fish has been good, with the average fish being 40 lbs, but others going as large as 60 lbs. Yellowfin tuna catches were not great, with some smaller tuna caught inshore around the 15 to 20 lb mark; offshore there were a couple of larger fish up to 70 lbs. Wahoo catches were on the slow side with just a couple caught for us, one small at 15 lbs and the other 44 lbs. Inshore fair catches of rooster, but more small tuna and skipjacks are being caught than anything else, as well as a few dorado and amberjack.

LOCATION: Blue marlin off of Redhill, 18-20 miles out and some off of Punta Gorda, stripes mostly off of the Old Lighthouse on the Pacific. Dorado and tuna trolling around these areas.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear skies, sunny, hot, seas calm on the Cortez side, a bit choppy on the Pacific.

BEST LURES: Red/black, green/orange for blues, live bait for the stripes and sails, combination of lures and bait for smaller game.

AVERGE WATER TEMP: 83 F

BASED ON THE CATCHES OF PISCES FLEET BY TRACY EHRENBERG

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