Best spot was Golden Gate, also 2 miles off of Old Lighthouse
December 9th to December 15th, 2005

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Skies partly cloudy, seas calm most of the week, wind picked up late in the week on the Pacific meaning the ride back from Golden Gate could be a bit rough

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 72 F.

BEST LURES: Live bait.

BILLFISH
We continue to have excellent striped marlin catches here in Cabo, with some outstanding days. On December 15th, we took out Jay Gerson from Houston Texas, aboard Sr. Moment. Jay had been down in Cabo a couple of weeks ago and had a great day at the Finger Banks. He went home and got his dad, because he wanted him to witness the amazing fishing – (Jay’s dad suffered a stroke and he wants to make the most of every moment with him) – they were not disappointed, as they ended up releasing an amazing 17 striped marlin in one day. Johnny Morris for Bass Pro Shops fame, was here fishing with IGFA trustee Bob Rich and they also did exceptionally well; they were out on “Valerie” and tallied 17 striped marlin on regular tackle as well as teasing up several on the fly that they were unable to bring to the boat. Mitchell Campell and Laura Smith released a half dozen marlin also on “Valerie”, at the Golden Gate on December 13th. “Tracy Ann” had a very respectable 8 marlin released on the 12th for Jack Fox and Rae Ann Brockmiller also at the Golden Gate. We did have full moon this week and we did see the catches drop off a little at Golden Gate for a day and move closer to the Old Lighthouse, however, the next couple of nights were cloudy and fishing moved up to it’s normal speed. Eighty one percent of our charters caught marlin this week and our overall catch success rate for all species combined was ninety-four percent. We were surprised to see a couple of sailfish this week. Pisces anglers caught a total of 158 striped marlin of which 143 were released; we also let two sailfish go.

OTHER SPECIES:
Not huge catches for other types of fish, but then again, when the marlin bit is this good, most people want to take advantage of it. Both dorado and marlin catches were on a par, at around nineteen percent. The dorado were form 20 to 35 lbs and were often found in with marlin. Tuna were found at San Jaime on a couple of days, catches ranged from one to twelve fish in the 20 to 45 lb class. We had several small mako sharks around 40 lbs. Inshore it was some roosters and sierra.