Super User 00 mod Posted August 18, 2012 Super User Posted August 18, 2012 My wife and I just returned from a trip to Cabo San Lucas Mexico. It was a wonderful trip and all of that blah blah blah, but what I was excited about was my offshore trip. I try and get offshore a couple times a year, but this was my first since last June, so I was really excited. I am on a quest to catch a member of all the billfish family and knock them off my "bucket list" and I am proud to say I notched another one off. It was my first time fishing out of Cabo, but not my first in the Pacific. The day started off before the sun rose. I met the crew at the boat, and we headed out with a quick stop at the marina for lunches to go and then meeting a "bait man" right before we left the inlet for a 5 gallon bucket of mixed live and frozen bait. Shortly after we were rounding the famed "lands end" and we were off. Best part about Cabo is the closeness of Blue water. A mere 150 meters off shore and it is blue. To get the depth we cruised another maybe 10 mins and lures were in the water. Within the first hour we hand landed a "schoolie" sized dorado and a bull. A nice bull at that. The the excitement started...... Pimi the captain starts yelling in Spanish something I could not understand and chaos erupts. A marlin was near the surface and the live bait rods were ready to be pitched. The deckhand throws one and then I throw one. We circle the marlin and he disappears. In what seems like an eternity, maybe 20 seconds, the deckhand gets bit. I hastily reel in and get the lures reeled in while he clicks the spool on his reel. He hands the rod to me, and gets the rest of the rods reeled in as I began to see an aerial show like out of the movies. Not a great fight, in means of time and strength, but a fun one with multiple jumps and runs before she? tires and comes to the boat. My first Striped Marlin. Around 120lbs or so and after a quick attempt at de-hooking, she was gone. I was a little sad that I didn't even get a picture, but at the same time, happy she swam free. Not too long afterwards the action restarts, as another Striped Marlin comes and hits a lure. The fight was on. This one did not jump out of the water as much but did stick her head out a couple times. We managed her to the boat quickly and was able to get the hook out and actually a quick out of the water pic(which didn't turn out so well, as I wanted her back in the water faster). This one was about 90lbs or so, and I am happy to say she swam away just fine. We got into a school of smaller dorado after that landing another 13 before I asked to head back towards the area we caught the marlin. After all, I was in the "Marlin capital of the World". As we headed back to that spot, we rose a sail in our spread and after pitching to it, she was gone. I was a little upset because I would have loved to catch both in one day, but it was not to be had. Or so I thought. We hooked into another Striped Marlin which got off within minuets of initial hooking and also another sailfish, who got off on the second jump. The day was about over, and after the sail got off, they told me it was time to head in. Crazy thing was, on the way in Pimi spotted another Marlin near the surface, and shut the boat down. We pitched to it, both me with a balleyhoo, and the deckhand with a "bullfish" but this one wanted nothing to do with us. And with that we headed back in. It was a great time in Cabo, and I will be back! Jeff Here is the only picture that halfway turned out of a Marlin out of water. I had my good camera, but never used it, and this picture was the captain using my point and shoot. These were our guest upon arriving back at the dock. They robbed everyone's left over bait! Pretty smart! Quote
Helluva_Engineer Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 Nice catching! That's a heck of a day. Quote
Super User MCS Posted August 18, 2012 Super User Posted August 18, 2012 Wow!!! First all those Bass now this! Nice trip, thanks posting the pics and write up. Good stuff. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted August 18, 2012 Super User Posted August 18, 2012 Really nice Dorada. I have a place at the Villa del Palmar in Cabo, my first trip was in a 28' wood panga and my guide rowed, caught a ton of fish. I hope you ate dinner at the " Trailer Park", no it isn't in a trailer park..............lol Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted August 18, 2012 Author Super User Posted August 18, 2012 We tried to get to the trailer park per your suggestion but apparently it has recently sold and it is not the same. Lots of bad reviews and mad people compared to what it used to be. Also there is a couple different ones claiming to be the trailer park now. It is kind of strange. We decided against it. Jeff Quote
Super User deep Posted August 18, 2012 Super User Posted August 18, 2012 You're living quite the life Jeff! So jealous. Congrats. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted August 18, 2012 Super User Posted August 18, 2012 That's a shame, the place was really something special...........Last I was there the owners son opened up a restaurant and also called it the trailer park. We gravitated a bit more to San Jose, quieter than Cabo San Lucas, I always had a rental car there. Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted August 18, 2012 Author Super User Posted August 18, 2012 We actually stayed in San Jose.(Barcelo) It was much slower paced and the type of vacation my wife was looking for this time. There were actually 3 restaurants called either the trailer park, the world famous trailer park and "la gondeleria"(sp). We read the reviews of all 3, and were very mixed. Most of the locals said the sale of the restaurant sent it down hill, and to spend your money elsewhere. So we did. Fishing was great though. If you need a recommendation next time you are down, let me know. Jeff Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted August 18, 2012 Super User Posted August 18, 2012 Jeff your bucket list has been destroyed this year. You better stay home. Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted August 18, 2012 Author Super User Posted August 18, 2012 HAHA. I still have to make a trip up there for a SLOBOSAURUS REX with you. Not this year though. But I need one of those smallies to take another notch off. Jeff Quote
NoBassPro Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 How much did that bigger dolphin go? And when you inviting everyone over for dinner? I am glad to see I'm not the only one who put different species of fish on their bucket list. Heck, I took a trip to AK to catch a chum, and when I told another guy in camp he looked at me like I was nuts. Which may be true, but isn't the point. I was able to get all 5 species of Pacific salmon, and got an Atlantic by accident here. When I am able to travel again, I hope to work on a new one. Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted August 20, 2012 Author Super User Posted August 20, 2012 Don't know how much the Dorado weighed, but it seemed heavy! LOL I have a crazy extensive bucket list, by by darn I am trying to get em all! Jeff Quote
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