Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
November 11, 2007
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

PISCES WEEKLY FISH REPORT November 2nd to 8th, 2007

BILLFISH: Wow, possibly the top week for striped marlin this year. Pisces anglers caught a whopping 274 striped marlin this week with all but two released, as well as one 325 lb blue marlin, one black marlin and two sailfish released. Our overall catch success rate for all species combined was ninety four percent, with seventy five percent of boats catching billfish. Added to this was the excitement of the WON Tuna Jackpot Tournament. Our boat of the week was the “Billcollector” for releasing 21 striped marlin on November 6th for Wayne Wilson and friends from Juneau Alaska…..Wayne also went on to take third place in the Tuna Tournament a couple of days later. This same day “Fearless” 16 striped marlin at the Finger Bank, whilst “Halcon” released 9 at the Golden Gate. “Rebecca” released 9 at the Finger for John Mason from Las Vegas and Gerald Richmond from Oceanside as well as boating a couple of dorado on November 5th. This same day “Cabolero” released 3 striped marlin and a black marlin at Gaspareño for lady anglers Margaret Williams and Barbara Lehr from Dallas, Texas. Day before this “Tracy Ann” had 10 for Terry Clark, Steve Miles and Darryl Ulskey from Edmonds, WA. There were many other boats that had outstanding catches of four, five and six marlin but we don’t have space to mention them all. OTHER SPECIES: Towards the end of the week we had the 9th annual Western Outdoor News, Jackpot Tuna Tournament. Teams competed from the U.S.A, Canada, Mexico and England with 125 boats fishing over two days. This is tournament is well organized; a lot of fun and you don’t need to be a millionaire to enter. The entry fee is $700.00 with several optional jackpots available. The minimum weight for tuna was set at 40 lbs. This year there was a new division of wahoo and dorado, also with a 40 lb minimum, however after the first day when none of these species were caught the weight was lowered to 25 lbs for dorado and wahoo. Results were as follows: 1st Place Team Katusha with a 189 lb tuna winnings of $126,360.00 2nd Place Team Borracho Amigos with a 142.2 lb tuna winnings $167,180.00 3rd Place Team Picante Salsa with a 139.9 lb tuna winnings $2,460.00 Others in the money for being entered in optional jackpots were: Bottom Line with a 59.9 lb tuna winnings $80,000.00 Rehab with a 79.6 lb tuna winnings $34,800.00 Minerva II with a 79 lb tuna winnings $38,000.00 Solmar IX with a 32.1 lb dorado for the optional division, winnings $70,400.00 In non tournament fishing 49% of our boats caught dorado, with weights between 10 and 25 lbs, catches were between one and seven fish per boat. Tuna catches were at 23% with most caught of football size. Several small mako sharks as well one thresher shark were caught at the Golden Gate. Inshore, several roosters and skipjacks were caught. WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear sunny skies, seas calm on the Cortez, some chop on the Pacific. LOCATION: Golden Gate, Finger Bank, Old Lighthouse. AVERAGE WATE TEMP: 81 F BEST LURES: Live bait. Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg

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