Broomtail Grouper fishing in Cabo San Lucas.

The Broomtail Grouper is a resident of all Mexican waters of the Pacific Ocean. With the exception that they are absent from the northern third of the Sea of Cortez.

You can find the Broomtail Grouper in reefs, rocky areas, and mangrove estuaries at depths up to 69 m (225 feet).  They reach a maximum of 1.50 m (4 feet 11 inches) in length and 45.4 kg (100 lbs) in weight. As of October 15, 2019, the International Game Fish Association world record stood at 76 cm (2 feet 6 inches),  that fish was caught by Chris Wheaton from coastal waters Abreojos, Baja California Sur in May 2016 and 49.24 kg (108 lbs 9 oz) with the fish caught off Cedros Island, Baja California in June 2016. According to a report in France in 2013, a fish weighed 100 lbs 8 oz,

The high season to fish for groupers or Cabrillas in Cabo San Lucas is from April to July. We catch them by using downriggers with live bait and we usually go down from 50 to 200 feet. 

Groupers usually bite right at the bottom of the ocean. So, we like trolling our live bait 5ft off from the bottom, and yes we do have to find a structure on our Garmin sonar before we send our live bait to the bottom.  

To book your fishing trip email us at tagsportfishing@gmail.com or click on the link Broomtail Grouper fishing in Cabo San Lucas.