The fishing remains pretty good from Cabo San Lucas, but the numbers of boats fishing has continued to be on the downside due to the lack of anxious anglers and diminished flight services to Los Cabos. We had only four trips this past week that resulted in a single striper and 23 dorado, (some of the dorado were in the 40 lb. ranges and likely would have won the daily biggest dorado for the lst day of the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament. The biggest tournament caught dorado was taken by "Team Minerva" and checked in at 25.4 lbs. Biggest billfish was a 385 lb. blue marlin, taken by angler Jason Snyder with "Team Reel Gold" and the biggest yellowfin tuna, a 180 pounder, was taken by angler Gonzalo Castillo fishing on "Team Estrada del Norte". It was a great first day for the Los Cabos Billfish tournament that was going to be finalized on Saturday evening at the Playa Grande Resort's Beachside Terrace. Now that Cabo San Lucas is 99% back together from the Hurricane Odile, the anglers, golfers and relaxing tourists are beginning their return to the "unstoppable Cabo" at the tip of Baja South. It is currently tournament time from here through mid-November and everything is ready to go. Watch for the up-coming reports on the action.


Cabo Climate: Picture perfect temperatures that ranged from 70 nights to 94 daytime highs with a humidity level at 69%. Mostly sunny, clear and warm days that blended into perfect evenings in tropical atmospheres.

Sea Conditions: Sea temps were in the 80s on both sides. The finger bank to Cabo Falso on the Pacific side was in the 85-86 range and from Cabo San Lucas and around to the Sea of Cortez side was a little cooler at 83-84 degrees. 10-15 square miles of 88 degree water just outside the 1000 fathom curve and just south of the 95 fathom spot. Surface breezes ranged from calm to about 10 mph with a mostly easterly flow.

Best Fishing Area: Our boats fished mostly in the area outside Cabo Falso Lighthouse, 3-6 miles or so.

Best Lure/Bait: The artificials were working well for the dorado and the single striper. The info for fish taken in the Tournament was kept very quiet.

Live bait supply: There was a good supply of live bait available for all the boats att the $3.00 per bait rate.


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