A summer billfish bonanza is going on in Cabo San Lucas at this very moment
by Larry Edwards
8-9-2012
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Some of the boats in the various fleets had a dozen releases for a single fishing day and nearly all boats had multiple marlin releases through the week. The yellowfin tuna bite fell off this past week and reflected the loss of the fish to the purse seiners. Nevertheless, the overall catch report for the entire area was very upbeat and continues to provide some incredible surface action for the anglers. The overall combined catch reports for 24 days fished reflected 73 stripers, (69 releases) 2 sailfish released, 21 yellowfin tuna and 32 dorado, (12-15 lb. fish).
Cabo Climate: Warm and mostly sunny days with a few passing clouds. Temps from 76 nights to 97 daytime highs.
Sea Conditions:
It's been a great fishing week with good seas and temps that ranged from 86-87 at the Golden Gate Bank and down to Cabo Falso and slowly rose to 87-89 degrees on up to Gorda Banks and out to the 1000 fathom curve. Nearly all waters were reflected ultra blue clarity conditions.
Best Fishing Area: The billfish, tuna and dorado were all coming from the areas of the Herradura t o the Golden Gate area, all on the Pacific side of Cabo.
Best Lure/Bait: Live bait was the hot ticket for the billfish but plenty were being taken on the artificials, too. Same for the dorado and the tuna with the smaller feathers, cedar plugs working well.
Live Bait Supply: It's been a pretty good week for the bait, even as we passed through the full moon, live bait remained available.
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: Yellowfin tuna counts soared this past week from Cabo San Lucas
: Conditions are near perfect at Mazatalan and the fish are moving into the offshore waters
: The fishing is "red-hot" in the Zihuatanejo area
: A great fishing week at Puerto Morelos produces a 12 species mixed bag catch
: The Dorado bite was huge at Cabo this week
: Yellowfin action at Mazatalan improved this week & it looks like the Billfish is increasing also
: The Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo area reports a terrific bite on sailfish and smaller dorado
: Puerto Morelos is like a giant aquarium with an abundance of game fish
More Reports
Cortez Charters Reports
for Saturday, August 4th, 2012: Conditions are near perfect at Mazatalan and the fish are moving into the offshore waters
: The fishing is "red-hot" in the Zihuatanejo area
: A great fishing week at Puerto Morelos produces a 12 species mixed bag catch
Cortez Charters Reports
for Thursday, July 26th, 2012: Yellowfin action at Mazatalan improved this week & it looks like the Billfish is increasing also
: The Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo area reports a terrific bite on sailfish and smaller dorado
: Puerto Morelos is like a giant aquarium with an abundance of game fish
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