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Welcome to Fishing Tips in Cabo San Lucas
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The waters around Cabo San Lucas provide some of the finest fishing in the
world.
The fishing is excellent year round for marlin and many other
species. All charters should be reserved as far in advance as possible to insure
availability of your requested boat type. We prefer a minimum of 7 days advance
notice to confirm your fishing reservation.
We offer a wide
variety of the finest sport fishing charter boats available in Cabo San
Lucas.
We recommend reserving a Pisces Fleet "All Inclusive" Luxury
Yacht. The Pisces Fleet has been recognized by the International Billfish
Foundation for releasing the most Striped Marlin and was honored by the
International Game Fish Association with the 1995 Conservation Award. Their
staff is dedicated to customer service and satisfaction
Pisces Yacht Charters are "All Inclusive" and include 10% IVA tax, 24
drinks with your choice of beer, soft drinks or bottled water, box lunches,
fishing licenses, dock fees, live bait, filleting and freezing of your catch,
coffee and sweet-rolls before departure at Pisces dock side office.
Pisces
Luxury Yachts marked with an asterisk can accomodate 2 additional persons at
$50/person. Captain/crew gratuity not included.
Tackle
Tips
If you are bringing some fishing gear, here are some of
the basic rule of thumb for the Cabo Region. Make sure your rods & reels are
in the best working order. The fish in Baja are hard running serious fish, and
will push the limit of your tackle. Have fresh main line on your reels. Have
fresh leader line on your lures. Be careful here to not confuse 100# mono leader
with 100# mono line. Many manufacturers use a harder, more abrasion resistant
mono for their leader material. Most manufacturers also usually under rate their
mono leader by 25% or more (300# actually breaks at 400#). A 100# leader of
hard, under rated leader material like Momoi is fine for striped marlin, but a
piece of a nice soft 100# line like Berkeley Big Game may get sawed off pretty
quickly.
Licenses
Any non-resident alien 16 years or
older must possess a valid Mexican Sport fishing License before fishing in
Mexican waters. This license covers all types of fishing and is valid anywhere
in Mexico. Everyone aboard private boats in Mexican waters must have a fishing
license if there is fishing gear of any kind, or fish, or fish parts on board. A
fishing license is also required for underwater fishing.
Except when
skin or scuba diving, fish must be taken by angling with a hand-held line or a
line attached to a rod. The use of nets (except handling nets), traps, poisons,
or explosives is strictly prohibited. Skin and scuba divers may only fish with
hand-held spears or band-powered spear guns. It is illegal to sell, trade, or
exchange the fish caught. Fish can be eviscerated and filleted, but a patch of
skin must be left to permit identification.
The taking of Abalone,
Lobster, Shrimp, Pismo Clams, Cabrilla, Totuava, Oysters, and Sea Turtles is
prohibited by Mexican law.
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Types of Fish
In
Cabo San Lucas
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Blue
Marlin
80lb line with 500 yards, with drag set properly, it
will generally slow one down and catch the marlin. Or you can have a reel with
50lb line, but with 700 yards of line. Most Blue Marlin caught in the Cabo region are males, in the 250-350lb class. Once you get above that weight, it's
generally a female. Rods are 5 1/2 ft to 6ft, usually E-Glass, with a minimum of
a tip and stripper roller guides. The rod butt must have a trolling gimbal,
otherwise it will not set in the boat trolling slots properly, (the reel will
turn over).
Blue Marlin Lures and
Rigging
There are 4-5 basic lure colors that the local
skippers use allot. Green/Black Yellow/Orange Blue/Pink Purple/Black Green/Blue
Lure style & size is a 10-12 inch, plastic or soft, but soft lures are
gaining popularity in Cabo. Rigging is 400lb 12ft clear mono leader with a
tandem double hook 12/0 Mustad Big Game.
Blue Marlin Live Bait
There are several
different ways to rig a large live bait. The Mexican skippers simply attach a
9/0 chrome stainless mustad hook, with a 250-400lb 8-12ft leader. They then run
the hook through the bonito, tuna's nose. Other techniques include a wire
threading and attaching the live bait hook to the baits forehead.
Striped Marlin
Leader length for
lure fishing 12'-15' of 200# - 300# for striped marlin. 12'-15' of 100# to 150#
for live bait for striped marlin and sailfish. The leader is usually tied to the
main line with an albright.
Yellowfin
Tuna
Leader length of 8' of 80# for live bait or chunking for
tuna over 100#. A swivel is optional for live bait, but mandatory for chunking.
5' of 50#-60# for trolling or bait for tuna over 40#; 20#-30# for smaller fish
(usually no leader).
Dorado
Leader length is usually 6-8 feet, with
50-80 lb line. Live bait is the same with 60 lb line.
Wahoo
Leader Length of 2'-3' of 60#-100# single
strand wire for live bait and trolled lures, 40#-60# cable for iron (Hopkins,
Tady, Salas, UFO, etc), and 250# cable for Marauders, Bonitas, etc., for Wahoo.
Sierra: Leader length of 5-7 feet with a swivel clipped to a CD4 Rapala
Roosters & Pargo
Leader length of 3' of 30#-40# (green mono may work better than other
colors) with a rubber core sinker for for Pargo.
Amberjack
Leader Length of 3' of 50#-80# with a
dropper loop and whatever weight of torpedo sinker, usually 4-16 oz., is
necessary to get to the bottom for Amberjack or Cabrilla and other things living
in rock piles. Make the dropper with a spider hitch, with a 2' loop and 3' tag,
with the hook on the loop and sinker on the tag, and with a half hitch in the
tag near the sinker so it busts off first when you get hung in the rocks.
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