Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
August 22, 2005
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT

August 12th to 18th, 2005

BILLFISH: The tide is definitely turning here in Cabo and we have started to see August fishing, as it should be, a mixture of stripes, blues and sails. This week we saw some good catches, but also by the same token there were quite a few boats that got “skunked” as the fish were spread out in different locations. It was nice to see so many blue marlin with a total of eleven for us this week, it was also nice to see that more and more anglers are releasing, even this large fish. Just a few years back any blue was a dead blue, as they are considered such as trophy. “Andrea” was on a roll this week, with a striped and blue on the 13th for Johnny Cannon & Jennifer Meazon from Springtown, Tx, a blue and a striped for Glen Mulekas on the 14th and three striped marlin for Gordon Clunn, from Cypress, Texas on the 15th. “Adriana” was fortunate to release two blues on the 16th for Will Childress and Butch Barger from Galveston, TX…… I tell you Texans sure do seem to be lucky fisherman. This same day “Tracy Ann” and both a striped and a blue marlin release for Gwen & Mike Dounarsky from Millville, New Jersey. The best catch though, had to be aboard “Rebecca” for Pete & Christine Zarcone from New York; they caught a 390 lb blue marlin, a striped marlin, a sailfish and 35 lb dorado on August 13th off of San Jose. “Sundancer” had a 330 lb blue one day before at the Cabrillo Sea Mount. For those anglers that caught fish, it was great, but twenty-five percent of charters this week drew a blank, which is disappointing, especially for first-timers who think you catch something every time you go out. Fifty-four percent of boats caught some type of billfish consisting of forty-one striped marlin, eleven blues and five sails for a total fifty-seven billfish, of which fifty-three were released. The weight on the blues was from 150 to 400 lbs, the striped marlin are getting big with several fish up to 200 lbs and the sailfish were from 70 to 110 lbs. Live bait worked best for the stripes, lures for the blues and a combination of both for the sails

OTHER SPECIES: It was nice to see a healthy increase on dorado catches this week up to thirty-four percent. Fish ranged from 15 to 60 lbs and catches varied from the most common single fish, to eight. All were found whilst looking for marlin and a couple of larger schools off of Pedregal, produced catches of nearby blue marlin feeding on them. Tuna catches dropped this week to a measly ten percent, with fish mostly of football size, thought there was one 70 lb’er. Wahoo catches were on the slow side, with just a few fish in the 40 to 50 lb class. Inshore pangas caught some roosters, dorado and skipjacks.

WEATHER CONDITONS: Seas mostly calm, skies clear, weather hot.

LOCATION: Cabo Real, San Jose, Redhill, Punta Gorda, Jaime Bank, off of the Old Lighthouse, 95 spot, Chileno, ½ mile off of Cabeza de Ballena.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 84-88 F

BEST LURES: Live bait, green/yellow, dorado colors.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

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