Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
August 31, 2001
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT AUG. 22-28TH

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT

AUGUST 22ND TO 28TH



BILLFISH: We’ve got pretty great fishing in Cabo right now – with an overall catch success rate of ninety-four percent for all species combined, however I should add that dorado is by far the most dominant fish. A little over forty percent of charters got billfish this week, with the majority of the catches earlier in the week, slowing down a little as we got towards the end of this period. The biggest fish we had for this week was a 400 lb blue marlin (see photo) aboard Tracy Ann, which died during the fight. The angler on this fish was Bud Loy of Grapevine, Texas – in fact this group of Texans consisting of Lyle Turner, Paul Myrick, Greg Carver & Chris Braun, did exceptionally well on their two day trip with Pisces, totaling five blue marlin, two striped marlin and seven dorado –aboard Tracy Ann and Rebecca. Speaking of Rebecca, angler Rick Walsh mentioned a couple of weeks ago, had been officially recognize by IGFA for his Offshore Super Grand Slam for the fish he caught on August 8th - 1 black marlin, 2 blue marlin, 1 striped marlin & 1 sailfish – congratulations. Kirby & Kimberly Rollins from Victoria, Texas (again), had an enviable day on the 22nd, releasing two blue marlin and catching 15 dorado (some were released). David Lipson from Palo Alto, Ca. out on Rebecca on the 24th caught three striped marlin and four dorado – not too shabby. Most of the fishing this week was on the Pacific side and at times very close. I was out on Valerie last Sunday and we were fortunate to release a blue marlin and fifteen dorado (small ones released) less than an hour out of Cabo. Boats fished from the Lighthouse to Golden Gate, which is quite unusual at this time of year as is the variance in water temperature. The area where we caught our fish was 79.5 F, but “Salsa” our 70 ft Hatteras, fished off of Chileno on the 24th and reported 90 F water. The Larry French party from Reno, fishing this day had four blue marlin strikes and two hook-ups, resulting in the release of two fish, estimated at 225 and 300 lbs. All of our blue marlin were taken on lures this week. Pisces Fleet caught a total of 13 blue marlin this week, of which 12 were released, 2 sailfish, one boated at 90 lbs and 8 striped marlin, all but one released.

OTHER SPECIES: Dorado, were thick this week, though most of the fish were on the small side at 8 to 20 lbs. Live bait, really got them going, but lures worked too, spread over a wide area, but the area around the lighthouse the best. Boats averaged anywhere from one to 15, but a lot of these fish were released. Yellow fin tuna catches were not abundant, but Robert Turegano, fishing Karina on August 28th, was thrilled with 100 lb’er that took a live bait off of the lighthouse. There were some other fair sized tuna, that were 50- 60 lbs. Some wahoo this week but on the small side at 30-40 lbs. A correction on last week’s report the 58 lb rooster, was caught by 13-year-old Ben Sandler, not dad Larry.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Seas, calm, no wind, skies partially cloudy.

LOCATION: Some boats off of Chileno, but most went to Pacific between the Lighthouse and Golden Gate.

AVERAGE WATE TEMP: 82 F

BEST LURES: Live bait for dorado, stripes and sails, blue marlin took assorted lures.

BASED ON THE CATCHES OF PISCES FLEETBY TRACY EHRENBERG

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