Land’s End to Destiladeres, Sea Mount, San Jose, 11.50 spot, 95 spot

August 11th to August 17th, 2006

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Flat seas, hot, partly cloudy skies

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 85F

BEST LURES: Live bait for stripers and sailfish, assorted lures and dead bait for blue marlin, tuna feathers, cedar plugs and small marlin lures

BILLFISH
A good week here in Cabo, with blue marlin on the increase and even a spearfish caught, the first of the year. Our overall catch success rate this week was eighty one percent for all species combined. Billfish were the most widely caught group this week with fifty-eight percent of charters catching a combination of striped marlin, blue marlin and sailfish. “Rebecca” was the boat with the first spearfish of the season, a small guy at just 40 lbs that hit a red and white lure off of Destiladeres, taking just a few minutes to reel in before being released. The Kearns family from Shrewsbury, in England had a fantastic day aboard “Adriana” on August 14th, with dad David releasing a blue marlin estimated at 290 lbs and son Andrew another at 190 lbs. This was their first ever trip to Mexico and their first marlin, despite trips to other destinations in the world in search of the big one. Melanie and Jayne were also aboard and participated in the catches of a striped marlin, dorado and some yellowfin tuna. David and Tom Lyon from California were also thrilled to release two blues aboard “Valerie” at the 95 spot on August 15th. Mirna Levinson and Daniel Linden from Ardsley, New York had an outstanding day aboard “C Rod” they caught three blue marlin, two released and one boated at 250 lbs, as well as nine yellowfin tuna. Boats covered a wide range of area this past week, from Land’s End to Destiladeres, but the majority of fish were found on the Cortez side. Pisces anglers caught a total of 18 striped marlin, all released, 15 blue marlin, all but one released, 5 sailfish released plus a spearfish. We also got a report from Puerto Vallarta of a 894 lb blue caught by Hiroaki Kojika, from Yokohoma City, Japan.

OTHER SPECIES:
After billfish, tuna were the most widely caught species, with thirty nine percent of charters catching fish in the 15 to 30 lb class. Catches ranged from one to fifteen fish, mostly in the San Jose to Destiladeres area. Dorado catches were slow with just eighteen percent of boats finding one or two fish in the 15 to 35 lb class. Really not much on small game except skipjacks.