Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
October 23, 2005
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

OCTOBER 14th to 20th, 2005

  BILLFISH: Marlin fishing was not that great in Cabo this week, in fact just thirty-six percent of our charters managed to catch marlin or sailfish. Practically all the billfish caught were striped marlin, with just a couple of blue marlin and a few sailfish. This does not seem to bode well for the upcoming Bisbee event, however, it seems that most charter boats went to the Pacific to concentrate of the more secure catch of striped marlin. This means that few boats fished the Cortez side and the famous Gordo Banks, known to be a hang out for large blue marlin. This was proved by the fact that the only two blue marlin we had this week were caught close to San Jose and the Gordo Banks. “Sundancer” caught a fish that unfortunately came up dead and weighed 220 lbs, whilst this same day “Valerie” released a fish close to 300 lbs as well as a sailfish for Rusty and Kathy McDaniel, from Laguna Park, Texas 30 miles out from Punta Gorda – all were caught on lures.  This same day, October 18th, “Ni Modo” fished both sides; releasing three striped marlin at the 95 spot and hooking eleven dorado at Gaspareno on the Pacific for Phillip and Richard Belkiani form New York. Next day out “Rebecca” released four striped marlin and boated a dorado at the Golden Gate for James Klug from Cloverdale Ca. fishing with brother Jeremy from Colorado and buddy Chad Price. “Halcon” had the most striped marlin in one day, totaling five for Lonnie Gulseth from Wisconsin. “Tracy Ann” & “Rebecca” had matching catches on the 20th, with three striped marlin each released plus two dorado- all fish were caught at San Jaime. There was more small game caught this week than billfish, as captains concentrated on the more sure dorado, however, Pisces anglers caught a total of 48 billfish, consisting of 43 striped marlin, 3 sailfish and 2 blue marlin, all but one blue marlin were released. Our overall catch success rate for all species combined was eight four percent.  OTHER SPECIES: Dorado were the most plentiful game fish in Cabo this week with fifty eight percent of charters landing fish from 18 to 45 lbs, the average catch was two to four fish, being found spread out from the 95 spot to Golden Gate, with the majority of fish between the Old Lighthouse and Golden Gate, lures produced more catches than bait, but both worked. Tuna catches were a bit on the slow side, but again the situation is similar to that of blue marlin, boats went where they knew they would have sure catches. Only seven percent of charters caught tuna, which were average in size at 25 to 50 lbs; catches were of one to five fish. Just a few wahoo in the 30 to 50 lb class, we also had a couple of small Mako sharks. Inshore pangas started seeing more action than they’ve seen in quite awhile, with catches or roosterfish, skipjacks, amberjack, needlefish and dorado.  WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear sunny skies, seas moderate, rough on the Pacific in the afternoons, when the wind picks up producing whitecaps.  BEST LOCATION: Pacific from Land’s End to Golden Gate, Punta Gorda for blue marlin.  AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 82 F  BEST LURES: Tigrillo, Petrolero, Guacamaya, live bait.  Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

  Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

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