Cabo San Lucas Fishing Report, March 21

We are coming to the end of the Whale season here in Cabo, and as always are sad to see them go. Probably a week or two left so get out there if you can. We are also near the end of the slow fishing season as well. The Dorado will return in numbers over the next two weeks, the water will begin to warm and the Yellowfin will move in closer to shore as the currents switch gears with the coming spring. Two or three more moon phases until the Monsters are upon us again!! As for now we continue to work harder to put folks on the fish. The key is to prepare well in the area of dead baits, double stock on the live ones and try every trick in the book before heading back to port. Multiple locations and multiple gear changes are key to keeping it exciting when the bite is a little off and even more important when the bite is as far off as it is now. Just to continue beating on my dead horse here, you can still have great fishing if you do your homework, cut a good deal with a good bunch of guys, and keep at it. we are seeing a ton of striped marlin and getting at least two to three to take a bite of something if we stay at it for 9 to 10 hours. If you break the day up with some yellowfin tuna and finish the day off in shore on some yellowtail on real light tackle the action stays steady. This is Cabo we always have world class fishing, you just have to keep a hook in the water!!

S.L.

Cabo San Lucas Fishing Report, March 14th

Not much in the way of new news from Land's End. Unfavorable conditions are still making for frustrating fishing days on Cabos normal fishing grounds. Fishing the temperature breaks in open water from 30 to sixty miles offshore has been the best way to find Yellowfin Tuna. The bait has made the annual wrap into the sea of cortez and the fishing has started to shift. This is handy as the blue water is streamlined and makes charter fishing fun. We are heading out past the arch and fishing for yellowtail, moving off and working northeast on the temperature break lines. Working the porpoise and baiting all of the surface swimming Striped Marlin puts us at inner gordo by slack-tide. What Dorado are left can be found hungry at this tme. Then make the call to fish inshore for rooster on the beaches of La Playita or speed up the troll and look for Wahoo nearshore as we work our way back to port. Typical charter needs to run long as the fishing is pretty spread out. Plan on a ten hour day this will increase you chances on slow days, it will allow for extended time in good water on good days, and can allow for multi species action on great days. The cost involved for the provider is mainly in the Run out to good water and the Run back, trolling a couple of extra hours is better for both the provider and the anglers. The fishing in Cabo is like no other place on earth. There is always something to catch in the Sea of Cortez. When the bite is a little slow in one area there are always other places to run and other species to target.

Cabo San Lucas Fishing Report, March 7th

"Well I'll be damned....", just when I had about given up, we have bait again. I had almost forgot what a live Mackerel looked like. True the bulk of them are arriving by boat from Mag Bay, but the local striped marlin don't mind and are readily taking baits and keeping lines tight!! Fishing and catching at the same time, mild seas and warm weather. You could ask for little more. Tuna and Dorado are as available as ever. Typical action is a handfull of billfish releases and a cooler full of filets between, Yellowfin, Yellowtail, Dorado, and Wahoo. You still need to plan on long days and deal with solid charter services as the warm water is still 30 miles out and sometimes farther. Make your deal up front with your provider and know where you plan to fish before you leave the dock. The slow bite, and even slower economy has caused a few providers to drop their prices too low and resort to boat rides in green water. Trust the Satelite SST reports and follow the temp breaks and warm open water pockets as the Tuna are thick under the Porpoise. Now for a fish story, the one that got away. A half dozen lucky anglers have landed surface feeding Broadbill Swordfish, but one unlucky angler was spooled in a matter of minutes by a true "Purple Gladiator" was 450lbs if it was 20lbs. This monster sword took the bait and headed straight for the bottom of the ocean continued to speed up until "plink" end of the spool and there she goes. Saw her with my own eyes, one massive fish.

S.L.