Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
September 2, 2005
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT AUGUST 26TH TO September 1ST, 2005

BILLFISH: We had a pretty fabulous week here in Cabo, with a nice mix of billfish, consisting mainly of striped marlin, plus some blues and sailfish. We did not have any really big blues, but those that were caught ranged from 185 to 375 lbs. There were many notable catches, such as two blue marlin released and one wahoo boated for Sharlene and Jeff Hockenbraugh from Redlands, Ca aboard “La Brisa” on August 26th, off of Chileno. Next day out “Andrea” did very well to release both a blue marlin and a sailfish, while landing a wahoo for Ray Strong and John Haight from Las Vegas, at the 95 spot. The “Ensueno” hooked a fish close to 350 lbs this same day. Hiroshi Nakamura, traveled all the way from Japan to try and catch a billfish, his expectations were surpassed, when he released a blue and two striped marlin, just six miles off of Redhill, aboard “Andrea” on the 29th. Anglers of the week though, had to be Mark Sydow and David Bishop fishing aboard “Valerie” for a total of ten striped marlin released, over two days, as well as six dorado – they concentrated mostly at Golden Gate on the Pacific side.. Other notable catches were four striped marlin aboard “La Brisa” for the Masons from New Orleans and the Jenkins from Woodbridge, Ca on August 30th and three stripers aboard “Adriana” along with two dorado for Eric and Cindy Meyer from Sugarland, Texas. David Simmons and friends were our top sailfish anglers with three released aboard “La Brisa” on September 1st .Our overall catch success rate for all species combined was eighty-three percent, with sixty-nine percent of charters catching billfish. Pisces anglers caught a total of 65 striped marlin, 10 blues and 13 sailfish, of which 60 fish were released.

OTHER SPECIES: Dorado and tuna catches were about on a par, though when tuna was found, it was possible to catch up to eight fish, whereas the dorado catches were between one and five fish. The better tuna catches were on the Cortez side between the 95 spot and Redhill, weights from 15 to 50 lbs – top tuna boat was “Rebecca” for ten fish at the 11.50 spot on August 29th. Dorado were from 15 to 40 lbs and were generally picked up whilst trolling for marlin, found on both the Cortez and Pacific side. Wahoo catches were intermittent, with catches of fish up to 40 lbs. Inshore, not a great deal happening, besides a few skipjacks and close in dorado.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear, sunny skies, seas a little choppy on the Pacific, otherwise calm. No storms. LOCATION: Starting off at the Old Lighthouse and up to 15 miles straight out from Land’s End, also some catches at the Jaime Bank, then Chileno, 95 spot and Redhill, some catches were as close as 1 ½ off of Santa Maria, then switching to Golden Gate.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 84-86 F

BEST LURES: Live bait, green/yellow, cedar plugs, guacamaya.

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