Cabo san lucas
June 10th to June 16th, 2005

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear, sunny skies, seas moderate, still windy and rough on the Pacific.
AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 72F.
BEST LURES: Live bait.

BILLFISH
A marked improvement in fishing this week, with an overall catch success rate of eighty-nine percent, with fifty-nine percent of charters catching billfish. Swordfish were the big news this week; we heard of three caught and had two ourselves, the first an 80 lb?er caught by Brent DiPalmero from San Marcos, Texas, aboard ?Rebecca? on June 13th. This fish was spotted up on the surface and took a like bait on the second cast, taking Brent forty-five minutes to land on 30 lb test ? unusually this fish had a broken bill that looked like it had been bitten off by a shark; he also released a striped marlin. A little later in the week Matthew Adamson from Dallas was out on Adriana, when the crew spotted a ?swordie? up on the surface, this fish took the bait on the first cast and took one and a half hours to bring to the leader, also on 30 lb line, before being released. The fish came to the boat very tired and in fact they thought it was dead, but it showed a last burst of energy, which earned it, it?s freedom. This fish was estimated at 250 lbs ? this boat also released a striped marlin the same day. Early in the week ?Ruthless? had a three hour tussle with a large blue, before losing the fish. Striped marlin activity was much better than last week, as warmer water starts to move closer to Cabo. Nevertheless boats still had a long run to Destiladeres and later in the week Punta Gorda. ?Ensueno? released four striped marlin for Frea Keller, Kenneth Hauch and Michelle & Janet Keller, on June 15th. Other quadruple marlin days were had by ?Ni Modo? on June 16th for Tim Prickett and friends and also aboard ?Blue Thunder? on June 11th. Most boats achieved one or two marlin catches, but there were quite a few blanks ? one day they would do well the next fish would not bite. As the water continues to warm fishing will improve, but full moon coming up next week, could slow it down for a few days, depending on the availability of bait. Pisces anglers caught a total of 86 striped marlin of which 80 were released, those brought in were on the large side from 140 to 200 lbs.

OTHER SPECIES:
Inshore was the best for smaller game, with plenty of roosters in the 15 to 40 lb range. Also some nice red snapper; Alan Stirling from Scotland was thrilled with his catch of seven fish from 15 to 30 lbs. There were also moderate amounts of jack crevalle, sierra, skipjack and lesser amounts of yellowtail and needle fish. Offshore the tuna fishing was on the slow side, though ?La Brisa? did find a school on June 15th, 12 to 26 miles off of Finisterra ?they managed to land 12 in the 8 to 28 lb class. Other boats, managed just one to three over a widespread area. Dorado catches were slow, with just the odd fish between 10 to 20 lbs.