March 3, 2008

"Few and Finicky" best describes our striped marlin bite. After 120 days of the most incredible striped marlin fishing anyone has ever heard of, and 100% of this striped marlin bite having been on the Pacific, the Los Cabos Sport fishing fleets are really having to work for it now. Unfortunately, even the hardest of fishermen are coming up empty. Even our bait was scarce for a couple of weeks but looks to be coming back in the last couple of days. Well, we all knew the party would be over sooner or later. What has been good is the yellowfin tuna bite. There again these random schools of yellowfin that are running with the dolphins and hard to find, but when you do, it's a great time! The average size is just slightly bigger than footballs, maybe 20 pounds and generally not bigger than 35. These random schools of yellowfin want the cedar plugs. You got to have lots of cedar plugs and the natural cedar plugs seem to be the hottest! Orlando Vasquez and Carol Lee who fished aboard the "Minerva V" took home over 50 pounds of beautiful yellowfin tuna fillets! The sierra mackerel bite has been really hot too, with lots of reports of 10 pound sierra! You can catch these fish from the beach, from the pangas and off the cruisers too! You'll need some hoochies or small rapalas, we have been selling tons and tons of hoochies here in the store in all colors and even the locals love to get in on the sierra action.

Weather conditions in Cabo are beautiful. The air temperature is right at 80 degrees during the day and is getting down to 58-60 degrees in the evening, so you want to bring a light sweater for the evenings. Our water is warming up to the south of us and around the Gorda, Cabrillo and San Jaime banks you'll find 72 degree water. The magnificent whales are still here and I can't believe how many of them I see everyday. This is definitely whale watching heaven!
Not much else to report except when you're in Cabo stop by and visit us!

If you would like to go sportfishing while you are in Cabo San Lucas or have any inquiries, drop us an e-mail : minerva@minervas.com


Sincerely,

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