Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
October 28, 2007
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT OCTOBER 19th to 25th, 2007 Overall Catch Success Rate 94% BILLFISH: This week was again very successful for most of our anglers giving us an overall catch success rate of ninety four percent for all species combined. Catches were good in the build up to the Bisbee, with “Swinger” getting an impressive 600 lb fish just one day before the multimillion dollar tournament for Mark and Allan Kellett from Ontario, Canada, caught with a petrolero lure at Los Frailes, they also caught a wahoo and a couple of dorado. Eighty nine percent of our anglers were successful in catching a billfish this week, giving us a total of 162 fish, consisting of 151 striped marlin, 1 black marlin, 1 sailfish and 8 blue marlin, all but 6 fish were released. This same day “Ni Modo” released 10 striped marlin for Jerry Daniel, Ron Jovy, Ron Thompson and Steve Quashnick all from Fresno, California. “C Rod” released a blue marlin close to 300 lbs this day for Randy Butera from Medford, New York, who also landed 15 yellowfin tuna. October 25th proved to be a good day for almost everybody with “Andrea” releasing 9 striped marlin for Brent Michelson and Brent Watson from Michigan. This same day both Rebecca and Tracy Ann released 7 striped marlin each at Golden Gate and Finger Banks. The Bisbee came to a close on Friday the 26th, with 166 boats participating. The first day six qualifying fish came to the scale with lead going to Missing Lenk for a 591 lb black marlin caught by Mike Powell. Next day though, Bad Company last year’s winning pulled in with a 539 lb blue marlin sweeping all the jackpots for that day. These guys play hard, work hard and always enter all the jackpots meaning their payoffs are always high. Last week, they placed 2nd in the Los Cabos Billfish, where though they did not win, were the boat that won most money. Third day was a shocker when a local Mexican from San Jose, David Zarate, known as “El Bico” pulled in with a 620 lb fish and took the top spot. To follow are the results. 1st Place 620 lb blue marlin for Angel and the Badman II $737,180.00 2nd Place 591 lb black marlin for Missing Lenk $462,635.00 3rd Place 539 lb blue marlin for Bad Company $1,423,065.00 4th Place 460 lb black marlin for Fortuna $365,940.00 5th Place 372 lb blue marlin for Spartacus at Sea $426,690.00 These payouts are unofficial until the awards ceremony. The amount won depends on how many optional jackpots were entered by each team. OTHER SPECIES: After marlin dorado were the most widely caught fish with 77% of boats catching fish in the 20 to 40 lb class and from one to fifteen fish per boat. Most productive area was the Pacific and the Golden Gate. Tuna catches were fair at 30% of charters finding fish up to 80 lbs, though the average was closer to 25 lbs. Quite a lot of wahoo this week with 21% of charters catching usually a single fish ranging in size from 25 to 70 lbs. Quite a lot of juvenile mako sharks from 20 to 45 lbs were caught in the Golden Gate area. LOCATION: Golden Gate and the Pacific were still very good, with some boats going even further to the Finger Banks. Los Frailes on the Cortez side as well as Punta Gorda. WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear, sunny skies, some whitecaps on the Cortez side. Pacific some swells earlier in the week with a tropical depression down below us. AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 82 F BEST LURES: Live bait, petrolero. Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

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