Spanish Mackerel number one catch in Cabo

Capt. Tracy Ehrenberg
April 4, 2009
Cabo San Lucas - Saltwater Fishing Report

Overall Catch Success Rate 94%
BILLFISH: Again a very slow week for marlin, with boats again impeded from getting up the Pacific due to blustery winds. In fact just eighteen percent of charters caught marlin this week, with our luckiest boat "Andrea" the only boat to catch more than one, with a double header on April 1st for Robert Deniver, Joe Delp, Frank Phillips and Sedro Wooley from Idaho and Washington respectively, releasing the two fish at the 11.50 spot, one taken on a live caballito the other on a orange and black lure. The other marlin caught were found off of the Old Lighthouse and Chileno. Our total catch for the week was just seven marlin, but again this is quite normal for this time of year. We are already hearing reports of good numbers of marlin at Destiladera on the Cortez side so boats will begin fishing that way now.
OTHER SPECIES: Even though fishing was slow for marlin it was good for small game with plenty of sierra available; boats caught up to ten in a day, still some very nice yellowtail around with catches also of up to ten in one day. There were jack crevalle, skipjacks and needlefish. One boat caught 30 squid up to 40 lbs. Dorado catches rebounded a little giving us a catch rate of fifty five percent for charters, with the number of fish caught between one and four. "La Brisa" had one of the larger dorado of the week for George Kreiner, from Buffalo New York, who took a 40 lb'er on a red and green lure, 28 miles out from the Old Lighthouse. We also caught a few solitary tuna, with the exception being "Bottom Line" with nine from 22 to 30 lbs for Rick Stell, Alan Wolfe and Jim Power from Huntsville, North Carolina, I miles out from Chileno.
LOCATION: There was no one set place as the boats fished in different areas, but basically between Old Lighthouse and Chileno.
WEATHER CONDITIONS: Windy and rough on the Pacific, breezes on the Cortez, with calm to moderate seas, clear skies.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 69-71 F
BEST LURES: Live bait, orange and green lures, Mexican flag, dead bait, cedar plugs.
BASED ON THE CATCHES OF PISCES BY TRACY EHRENBERG

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