Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
January 24, 2006
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

January 13th to 19th, 2005

BILLFISH: After a downward trend last week, we were extremely pleased by the way fishing turned the opposite direction this week; despite some rough seas on a couple of days, which sent some anglers scurrying back to port. The week started out with boats fishing 18 miles off of the Old Lighthouse, where Ni Modo released four striped marlin for Daniel Lyle from West Point, Ms. Fishing stayed fair at this location for a couple of days, with boats picking up a single marlin each average, plus the odd tuna or dorado. Boats then switched locations to the Golden Gate where some outstanding catches were had. The “Ni Modo” released nine striped marlin and a Mako shark for Bob and Scott Abercrombie from Trumbull, Ct, fishing with Kenneth Dugan, Kevin Callaghan and William Miller…..well done guys. This same boat followed by with an additional seven marlin the following day. On the 18th “Rebecca” released five striped marlin and boated two red snapper for Chris Kelly, from Cleveland Ohio, fishing alone. The last day of this report we saw some of the best numbers per boat of fish; 28 ft “Adriana” released eight striped marlin and boated ten sierras for Steve Rhodes and Rodney Biel both from Staten Island, New York. “ Valerie “ also did well with six marlin released for Harry Zifferblatt and family from Punta Gorda, Florida. The majority of marlin this week were caught on live bait. Our overall catch success rate for all species combined was eighty eight percent with fifty three percent of charters catching striped marlin, which was our most abundant sportfish. Pisces anglers caught a total of ninety-one striped marlin this week.

OTHER SPECIES: Both tuna and dorado were on the slow side this week. Dorado catches were slightly higher than tuna, with eleven percent of boats landing dorado no more than 30 lbs and very rarely more than one fish per boat. Just ten percent of boats found yellowfin, with catches usually two or three fish. “C-rod” found some nice tuna up to 60 lbs off of the Old Lighthouse as well as some squid up to 30 lbs on January 14th. Some of the best smaller game fish were found on the Pacific between the Lighthouse and Golden Gate – lots of sierra with some as large as 16 lbs and up to a dozen fish per boat. We also saw some very big snapper, with one reported at 60 lbs on a panga (photo to follow). A couple of Mako sharks were released at Golden Gate and closer to shore both black and white skipjack were caught as well as a few roosters and needlefish.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Skies partly cloudy, now turning clear and sunny. Air temperatures have dropped considerably. The wind blew hard for a couple of nights causing rough seas. However, the seas are currently calm.

LOCATION: Pacific, Old Lighthouse and Golden Gate.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 71 F

BEST LURES: Live bait.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

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