Cabo Fishing Report, September 17

"I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you".... That about sums it up down here at land's end. We are in the fish, heavy. Even with the late summer season being accounted for the fishing is unusually good this year. We have been enjoying the perfect balance of surface sea temps, just hot enough to keep the fish movin' and shakin', but not hot enough to suck in a bunch of tropical storms. We have had no port closures due to tropical cyclones and therefore the bait fish and plankton plumes have not been subject to any unexpected dramatic fluctuation in water temps or barometric pressure. With steady bait and prime water the Marlin have been able to steadily metabolize, the fish are staying put and bulking up!! All of this comes together for beautifully for the tournaments. This is going to change the game plan as far as strategy goes on those tourneys that are decided on marlin alone the winners will not be decided on one big fish, rather on the combined weight of a group of qualifying fish. Read the rules, the thing to watch for this year will be how many fish you can weigh per day. Different from years previous, we are seeing multiple blues daily and they are fat! It may be necessary on day two and three to not hang a 350lb or 380lb, if the rest of the field has already put up a 500 +. long story short make sure you remember your thinking caps, cause this year strategy is going to play a much larger role than in years previous! On the normal charter front we have a ton of happy anglers down here, its like a burger joint, pull up to the counter place your order and you get it hot and fresh!! Everything is available and biting, you just have to tweak it a little on where you need to run, and what you plan on dragging. The only species that are a little thin are the Dorados, however when hooked up they are sizable. 60lb bulls are being landed daily, the lack of storms has left us with very little floating debris on the water so the dorado are all being hooked up on the troll. Best bet is to have a variety in size on your spread and run a few extra lines to pick up the bonus fish. If you are after a big blue or black have a few small lures running far back and pick up a dorado or wahoo for dinner, and vice versa, if you are looking for steadier action on the day run a full spread of your typical medium sized plugs but run some jumbos out long in case you come across a big boy out there!!Get out on the water and have a blast, and for all of you tourney anglers re visit the rule book and plan on working it this year, to win you will need to hang few!!!
Tight Lines!
Slippery Lizzard Sportfishing