PISCES FLEET CABO SAN LUCAS CHARTER BOAT
VALERIE HAS AN EIGHT MARLIN RELEASE DAY

Feb. 4-10, 2005, Tracy Ehrenberg, Pisces Fleet, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico:

This was definitely a striped marlin fishing week at Cabo San Lucas. Pisces Fleet had outstanding catches on marlin in the 120 to 180-pound class every day, even when we had rain.

Anglers of the week were Bob and Mary Lou Dietsch from Omaha, Nebraska, fishing with Dennis & Ruth Riesselman from the same town and friends Chuck & Romaine Wiebelhause from St. Bluffs, Idaho, who managed to catch and release eight striped marlin in a single day (February 7th) and also landed a dorado, aboard "Valerie". Five of their fish took lures, with the mackerel and squid colors working and the other three too live bait.

Other anglers that did well were the "Marlin Men" - Keith Meader, Warren Pescud, Max Jones & Ian Marsh, all the way from Hong Kong - they were also on "Valerie" and totaled seven marlin during their Cabo San Lucas fishing trip as well as a dorado.

Rich Perdue, out fishing with his brother and friend aboard "Rebecca" on the 8th, were pleased to release four striped marlin.

Another quadruple day was had by Brenda & Crecno DiMeglio, from New Jersey, aboard "Andrea" on the 6th.

Andy Wilkes here with a corporate group, did well on striped marlin some tuna and also got the only Cabo San Lucas sailfish of the week.

Fishing was from Redhill to the Old Lighthouse with bait and lures both working.

Our overall fishing success rate for all species combined was 91 percent, with 80 percent of charters catching striped marlin. Pisces anglers caught a total of 117 marlin and one sailfish with all but one released.

Not a great deal happening on fishing for smaller fish, in fact only eight percent of boats caught dorado in the 15 to 30 pound class with the catch usually just a single fish.

Inshore fishing pangas did better, with some catching up to 10 in a morning.

Just seven percent of fishing boats caught tuna and size was average at 15 to 25 lbs, the best catches were 27 miles off of the old lighthouse were some boats got up to a dozen.

George Gibson from Colorado landed a nice 75 pound wahoo on the 5th just four miles off of Chileno. Inshore there were lots of sierra, as many as you wanted to catch as well as a few skipjacks.

The best Cabo San Lucas fishing location was from Chileno to Old Lighthouse, with the 95 spot and Lighthouse the best locations.

Cabo San Lucas weather was cloudy most of the week, with rain on the 4th, seas average to calm.

The average water temperature was 70 degrees, and the best lures were live bait, green/white, blue/gray.