Rainy but Still Fishy

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH

Rex and friends went out on our 31’ partner boat with Captain Ulises. They fished Los Arcos just four miles from the shoreline where the water was at eighty four degrees. The three friends caught 9 Dorado weighing between thirty to forty pounds and a fifty pound Wahoo.

Chris, James and James senior went out on our 28’ ReelRum with Captain Omar and Mate Juan. They fished between Migri~no and Posocota on the Pacific side and caught a hundred pound Sailfish as well as 12 Dorado that weighed between twenty and thirty pounds. They were six miles from the shore where the water was at eighty four degrees.

Nicolas and Raphael from Canada went out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Captain Alex and Mate Ramon. They fished Los Arcos where the water was at eighty four degrees and caught and released a hundred and sixty pound Marlin as well as 8 thirty pound Dorado.

Scott, Darren, Brian and Chris went out on our 28’ partner boat with Captain Lupe and Mate Salvador who the guys said “did a great job.” They fished Migri~no on the Pacific side just two miles from shore where the water was at eighty six degrees. Darren caught an eighty four inch Sailfish, Chris caught a fifty seven inch Wahoo and between the four of them they caught 8 Dorado, the largest weighing sixty pounds. They had a double hook-up twice on Dorado and Chris said it was like the “fast and the furious for about an hour”.

Nancy, David, Jayna, Judy and Joyce went out on our 32’ RedBeam with Captain Americo and Mate Fabian. They fished on the Pacific side and caught 5 Dorado and 1 Wahoo. When asked how they were treated by the crew they answered that the guys “were awesome”.

Kevin, Amanda, Royce, Marsha and Kathleen went out on our 32’ RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Mate Manuel. They fished Jimmy banks on the Pacific side, thirteen miles from shore. It’s their first day of two fishing and the group scored big time. Amanda caught and released a hundred and fifty pound Striped Marlin. Royce caught a seventy pound bull Dorado and Kathleen, Kevin’s mom, caught a fifteen pound Dorado.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH

Marco, Dave, Chad, Mike, John and Scott old friends from a while back came to Cabo to play like old times. They went out on our 32’ RedBeam with Captain Marcial and Mate Fabian and had a great time with their crew. They fished Los Arcos on the Pacific side just half a mile from shore and caught 4 fifteen pound Dorado, one of which was released and caught and released a hundred and twenty five pound Striped Marlin. They hooked two more Marlin they unfortunately got away.

Kevin, Amanda, Larry, Royce, Marsha and Kathleen went out for the second time this week on our 32’ RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Mate Manuel. They fished Los Arcos sixteen miles from the Marina and two miles from shore. The group shared in the fight and catching of 8 ten to thirty pound Dorado. They also caught and released a hundred and eighty pound, eight and a half foot Striped Marlin. Larry caught that baby. The group fought a Wahoo and another Marlin but the lucky ones got away.

Nikki, Cindy and Dennis went out on our 32’ partner boat and caught and released 2 Marlin by the lighthouse. The Marlin weighed a hundred and the second, a hundred and fifty pounds. They also caught 7 Dorado by Los Arcos and released three of them.

Bruce and Pam from Savage, MN went out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Captain Alex and Mate Ramon. They fished the lighthouse point five miles from shore where water temperature was at eighty six degrees. The couple caught a twenty pound Dorado as well as 2 Marlin weighing 140 and 160 pounds which they released.

The MacDonalds father and son came in on a cruise ship this morning and fished with Captain Salvador from our 28’ partner boat. They fished the Pacific and caught and released a hundred and thirty pound Striped Marlin using live bait. They also fished Cabeza de Ballena on the Cortez side and caught 4 Dorado that weighed up to thirty pounds.

Mark, Mike, Tracy and Aaron from San Diego, CA went out on our 28’ ReelRum with Captain Omar and Mate Americo. They fished from the lighthouse point to Las Margaritas on the Pacific side and caught 9 Dorado weighing between twenty and thirty pounds, 3 of which were released.

Kenneth, Debbie, Barry and Marie went out on our 31’ partner boat with Captain Ulises. They fished Los Arcos, four miles from shore where water temperature was at eighty three degrees. The friends caught 9 Dorado weighing up to thirty pounds, two of which they released. Barry stole the seat from his wife when he spotted a Sail and fought and released the hundred pound baby.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH

Chris, Andy, Lisa and Andrew from Boston, MA went out on our 32’ RedBeam with Captain Marcial and Mate Fabian. They fished the lighthouse point on the Pacific side and caught 2 twenty to twenty five pound Dorado and caught and released a sailfish just two miles from shore where the water temperature was at eighty six degrees.

Chris and Lisa Hang just got married. They decided to honeymoon in crazy Cabo San Locos and bring two other couples with them. They admitted to knowing nothing about fishing but showed tons of enthusiasm so I helped book them on a 32; partner boat. Though the ladies got sick and the boat had to come back, the boys went back out and caught 2 twenty five pound Dorado and caught and released 2 hundred and ten to hundred and twenty pound Striped Marlin. They fished the lighthouse.

Chris, Cory and Dick went out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Captain Alex and mate Ramon. These guys are serious fishermen, partying hard and late every night and coming in early to kick butt three of their vacation days. Chris especially exhibited extraordinary enthusiasm from the moment he entered the office to the moment he left. Captain Alex asked if we had spiked the waters on the boat with RedBull. The enthusiasm paid off as Chris caught and released a hundred and forty pound Striped Marlin during a double hook-up with Cory fighting a second hundred and forty pound Marlin. Cory and Dick also had some luck with the Dorado, 2 of which they caught weighing about twenty five pounds. This was a trip that Chris, his brother and father had been planning for over a year and they were psyched with the way it ended. The father and sons team fished the lighthouse point on the pacific side just five miles from shore.

Ben, JW, Greg, Brian and George from Louisiana went out on our 32’ RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Mate Manuel. They fished the lighthouse two miles from shore where water temperature reached eighty seven degrees. Greg and John each caught and released a hundred pound Sailfish. Brian and Bubba each caught and released a hundred and thirty pound Striped Marlin. Greg caught the twenty pound Tuna for dinner and they all shared in catching 3 twenty pound Dorado as well. Besides that, it was just a good time they said.

Rex and friends went out on our 31’ partner boat with Captain Ulises. They fished the lighthouse point three miles from shore and caught and released 2 hundred and eighty pound Striped Marlin as well as a thirty pound Dorado.

Kenneth, Debbie, Barry and Marie went out on our 28’ partner boat. They fished Los Arcos on the Pacific side and caught 3 Tuna weighing 130lbs, 160lbs (Barry’s babies) and 30 lbs (Marie’s sweetheart). Marie also caught a seventy pound Dorado.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 1ST

Brian Watts is getting married and the wedding party plus a few go fishing. They rented our 32’ RedBeam, 32’ RumRunnin and our 33’ El Nuevo and caught so much fish we’re not sure where we are going to put tomorrows fish as our freezer is getting pretty full.

The group that went out on our 33’ Nuevo with Captain Alex and Mate Ramon fished the lighthouse point on the Pacific side, five miles form shore and caught 7 Dorado and 1 Striped Marlin. The Dorado weighed between 25-30 pounds and the Marlin that Brian caught and released weighed a hundred and sixty pounds.

Captain Marcial and Mate Fabian took the second group out on our 32’ RedBeam and fished between the lighthouse and Cerros de Arena a half mile from the shore. “The King”, father of the groom, caught a hundred and twenty five pound Striped Marlin. They also caught a 180 pounder which they released. They were looking for dinner when they stumbled on a triple hook-up Dorado. In total they caught 10 fifteen to twenty pound Dorado.

RumRunnin, another 32’ boat Captained by Javier and his Mate Manuel took the third group out to Los Arcos on the Pacific side and fished two miles from shore where water was at eighty five degrees. Danson caught a huge two hundred pound Striped Marlin which he released after a fight of an hour and forty five minutes. The group also caught 8 Dorado, three of which they released.

Newlyweds Sarah and Jason met Ryan Donovan, aka “Donny” on the plane to Cabo the other day. Ryan was in Texas celebrating football and remembering the college days. Go TCU! Anyways, they met on the plane and a friendship was formed. Ryan told them about the Cabo tradition of newlywed fishing and they came over to our office to get set-up for a charter. Since we have been booked for months we set them up on a nice 32’ partner boat that helped them catch 10 twenty pound Dorado by Los Arcos on the Pacific side. A good day fishing means this marriage is destined for bliss.

Joe and his wife Lu are in Cabo celebrating their 25th anniversary. They fished yesterday on our 28’ ReelRum and again today. Yesterday they caught and released 2 hundred and forty pound Marlin and 2 twenty to twenty five pound Dorado. Today they caught 2 forty pound Wahoo using feather lures, 9 twenty to thirty pound Dorado and Joe caught a hundred pound Sailfish which he released. They had a double hook-up on the Dorado and I have a feeling this marriage is gonna last at least another 25 years.


FRIDAY OCTOBER 2ND

Joey and his wife Ashley from New Iberia, Louisiana went out on our 32’ partner boat for the first for three days fishing. Captain Federico took the couple fishing at Los Arcos as well as the Lighthouse on the Pacific side, two miles from shore. Joey caught and released a hundred and twenty pound Striped Marlin using living bait. Ashley caught the second largest of 9 Dorado, weighing thirty pounds. Joey caught the fifty pound bull Dorado. They were trying to bait another Marlin when the bull came in and ate the bait. Two of the smaller Dorado’s were released and the rest were donated to the crew.

Gerald, Todd, Patty and Margaret from Corona, California went out on our 28’ ReelRum with Captain Americo. They had been to Cabo before but had only fished on Pangas in San Jose and decided to give deep sea fishing a try. Patty caught and released her first Striped Marlin ever using live bait and weighing a hundred and forty five pounds. Todd used live bait to catch and release a hundred and fifty pound Sailfish. They all shared in the catching of 21 Dorado weighing in between fifteen and thirty pounds, 10 of which were released. They had a double hook-up a few times during the Dorado fights. The group fished twenty miles out on the Pacific side just a mile from shore.

Marc and friends from Louisiana went out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Captain Alex and Mate Ramon. They fished Los Arcos and the Lighthouse, three miles from shore where water temperature reached eighty six degrees and caught 11 twenty to thirty five pound Dorado.

Report given by the Louisiana West Bank chapter guys themselves:
“At the first annual Rooster Convention whose motto is ‘Proud Old Cocks’, a good time was had by all. Standing an hour long catch, a record trophy Striped Marlin was tagged and released by Brian, with many large Dorado’s caught by Ben, Pat, Greg and Bubba. Johnny stole the show with a battle of an 800lbs Otto”. They fished the Lighthouse on the Pacific side a mile and a half from shore where water temperature was at eighty four degrees. A hundred and sixty pound Striped Marlin was caught and released using live bait and 6 thirty to forty pound Dorado were caught as well.

Aubry and friend went out on our 32’ RedBeam with Captain Marcial and Mate Fabian. They fished the lighthouse less than a mile from the shore and caught and released a hundred and eighty pound Marlin, lost another and caught 2 fifteen to twenty pound Dorado.

Joe and Lu form Texas went out for the third time this week, this time on a 28’ partner boat. Lu caught and released a hundred and thirty pound Striped Marlin and Joe caught a thirty pound Dorado on the Pacific side, fourteen miles out.

Jonathan and Lori from Louisiana went out on one of our partner Panga boats with Captain Carlos and caught 14 twenty five to thirty Dorado. Jonathan also caught a fifteen pound Wahoo using live bait. The fishing took place by the lighthouse a half a mile from the shore. Their friends Mike and Genee went out on another Panga with Captain Juan and caught 14 fifteen to twenty pound Dorado, releasing 8 of them.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 3RD

We had fifteen minutes of rain this morning at 7am and we thought we were done for the day. That is the way it usually plays out in Cabo. The rains came back this afternoon though but thankfully not until late in the fishing day and everyone got a chance to catch something though the report today is empty compared to yesterday. We’re hoping for clear skies tomorrow!

Joe and Lu Human went out for the forth time this week. They fished on our 28’ ReelRum with Omar and Americo and caught 4 Dorado weighing about twenty pounds each using lures. They also caught a Bonito, a small inshore fish. They fished the Pacific side nineteen miles out and three miles from shore.

Marc, Scott and Nicholas fished for the second time this week on our 33’ EL Nuevo with Captain Ramon and Mate Juan. They caught and released a hundred and forty pound Striped Marlin using live bait and 2 Dorado, one weighing fifty pounds and the other fifteen. They fished the Lighthouse on the Pacific side, three miles from shore where water was at eighty three degrees.

Mason and friends went out on our 42’ partner boat Pescado III with Captain Fiden. Mason and friends caught 2 Dorado, first weighing thirty five pounds and the second twenty pounds. They fished the Lighthouse on the Pacific, three miles from shore.

Joey, Ashley, Jonathan and Lori went out for the second time this week on our 32’ partner boat with Captain Federico. It was slower than yesterday after their Marlin and 7 Dorado but they did not go home empty handed. The friends caught 2 Dorado that weighed close to twenty pounds. They fished Los Arcos on the Pacific side a mile from shore.

Heather, Melody, Samps, Norman and Cruz went out on our 34’ partner boat. They were here bright and early ready for some billfish but unfortunately fishing depends on many factors, weather being a big one. The friends took home 2 fifteen pound Dorado after fishing the lighthouse spot a half mile from the shore. Next time guys!