According to Captain Roberto Marquez, the billfish were plentiful throughout the area but getting them to bite was next to impossible. He said, "we baited 38 stripers over a 2-day span without a single strike and I feel the frustration of our anglers for each of those days. On the end of the 2nd day, we landed a big dorado, near 50 lbs., for our Calgary, Canada client that definitely saved the day for our anglers, but still, no billfish and that is what they had come for. While they got to see many striped marlin we were unable to get them connected to a cooperative biter". Then, on Wednesday, we fished up the Pacific side, above the Golden Gate Bank and inside toward Todos Santos and found an area of stripers that did want to bite and we landed 3 fish for the day, all released and that gave us a total of 5 stripers and 3 dorado for the 4 days fished. The overall catches for a combined total of 19 days fished reflected 12 stripers, (11 released) 1 sailfish, 2 mako sharks, 3 yellowfin tuna, 6 skipjack and 32 dorado, (the dorado sizes got up to about 50 lbs.)


Cabo Climate: A mostly sunny and warm week for Cabo San Lucas, with temps that varied from 72 nights to 96 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Sea temps from the Golden Gate on the Pacific side, down to Cabo San Lucas and around the corner and up to the Gorda Banks, all held stable at 77-78 degrees. Above the Gorda Banks a couple of miles and up beyond Las Frailes, the temps climbed to 83-84 degrees. The surface breezes were flowing in, mostly from the southwest, from calm to about 15 mph.

Best Fishing Area: The better billfish catches all came from the Pacific side of Cabo, from Migino and farther up the coast, including an area about 2-4 miles southwest of Todos Santos on the Pacific side of Cabo, almost 35+ miles from Cabo San Lucas.

Best Lure/Bait: Live bait was the best but a few fish were being caught on the frozen/rigged ballyhoo baits, too.

Live Bait Supply: Remains very good and readily available at the $3.00 per bait rate.


THE CABO SAN LUCAS FISHING REPORT FOR THE GAVIOTA SPORTFISHING FLEET & FISH CABO FLEET