Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
August 22, 2001
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

PISCES WEEKLY REPORT AUG. 15-21 , 2001

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT AUGUST 15TH TO 21ST, 2001

BILLFISH: Fishing continues to be very good here in Cabo; it’s a shame there are not many anglers around to take advantage of it. This week we saw an almost even mix, of blue marlin, sailfish and striped marlin. With blue marlin averaging 180 to 300 lbs, taking predominately lures. Basically those anglers targeting blue marlin went up into the Sea of Cortez, between Chileno and Punta Gorda. This was no guarantee that they found fish, but even if they didn’t find a big blue, they all managed to pick up a fair size yellowfin tuna or dorado. We should add though, that Gary Fields from Heathrow, did release a fair size blue, on “Karina”, just half a mile out from the Cabo Marina on August 15th. Those anglers wanting a more sure thing generally went the other way into the Pacific, to the Old Lighthouse Area, where both striped marlin and dorado were being found, along with some sailfish. We didn’t have anglers catching more than one billfish any day, with the odd exception here and there, such as Cameron and Trisha Cope from Lafayette, Lo, who released both a striped marlin and sailfish, aboard “Tracy Ann” on August 19th, as well as boating five nice dorado. Jeff Williams from California had a blue marlin and striped marlin aboard, “Rebecca” on August 16th. We do need mention Scott Lester, from Houston, for releasing a beautiful 350 lb blue marlin aboard “Karina” last week. Our overall catch success rate for all species combined was 100%, this past week, nobody got skunked, even in the strange storm, that whipped up suddenly on Friday morning. Sixty-five percent of charters caught billfish. Pisces anglers had a total of seven blue marlin, with four released, ten striped marlin –nine released and five sailfish –four released.

OTHER SPECIES: Dorado were king this week being the most widely caught fish in the Cabo area. Boats regularly caught from one to thirteen (quite a few were being released) in the 15 to 50 lb range. Dorado took a combination of lures and live bait –more on the Pacific side than Cortez. There were not a lot of yellowfin tuna caught, except those in the Punta Gorda area, picked up whilst trolling for blues. Sizes were fair at 30 to 60 lbs. Just the odd wahoo here and there to 50 lbs. We did see some nice roosterfish such, as on caught by Larry Sandler, aboard Karina, which was 58 lbs. Inshore boats caught small dorado and skipjacks and fair amounts of roosterfish.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: I just was commenting how strange it was that we hadn’t had any rain, or storms, when lo and behold, within 15 minutes on Friday morning, we had a full fledged tempest on our hands which lasted almost two hours. There was no warning, for this system, which formed directly over Cabo, producing strong winds, very rough seas and light rain. The Port Captain ordered all boats back to port and there were plenty of green-faced anglers however, everybody that we send caught fish. Very hot right now, seas calm to fair, nights continue to be cooler than normal.

LOCATION: From the Old Lighthouse on the Pacific to Punta Gorda on the Cortez side. Hot spots were Chileno, Palmilla, Punta Gorda, and Faro Viejo.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 84 F

BEST LURES: Live bait for sailfish, purple/black, red/brown.

BASED ON THE CATCHES OF PISCES FLEET BY TRACY EHRENBERG

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