A Complete Guide About Charter Fishing for Beginners

A Complete Guide About Charter Fishing for Beginners

Taking a vacation once in a while can be a great stress reliever. Most people opt for charter fishing to enjoy an evening in the sea and have delectable fish afterward. It’s a budget-friendly trip with your family and can turn out as a great experience.

If you’re going on a charter fishing trip for the first time, here is a complete guide for you to understand the basics of the trip.

Fishing in Cabo San Lucas

The Best Time to Go on A Charter Fishing Trip

It’s crucial to find the right time to catch the fish for a successful fishing trip. The time of the day plays an important role as fish prefer warm water. However, if it’s extremely hot, the fish go deeper underwater, where it’s cooler than the surface. The fish are more active during springtime and mostly during dusk time fish search for food, which is the best time to catch them.

Communicate with Your Guide

Book your sportfishing trip in advance and contact your guide confirming all the details and clearing out any queries that you have. This way, you can communicate your objective for the trip and any fishing techniques that you want to learn. You can also specify this fish species you want to catch and any special requirements that you have. Your guide will prepare everything according to your liking and will be able to fulfill your expectations.

Guidelines to Be On Board

There are certain policies that anglers have to follow while on board. You won’t be allowed to smoke, drink or have food brought with you. You can also inquire about fish cleaning and cooking on board to have a meal.

Location and Timing

Having the right location of your charger yacht and reaching on time is quite important. You can ask for directions from your trip organizer and leave early to reach on time, even if you don’t face any unforeseen problems. If you’re late, your trip might get ruined as you might not be able to catch in a fish and your trip would be cut short.

Preparing for The Trip

Packing for a charter fishing trip when you’re going for the first time can be overwhelming. It’s important to keep some basic items with you like a first aid kit, some extra clothes, sunglasses, sunscreen and any medication that you need. Wearing the right material of the clothing is also important so, if it’s winter, wear more layers of clothes and if it’s summer, wear light-weight clothes which are full-sleeved to avoid sunburn.

Fishing in Cabo San LucasGetting onboard and fishing can be a memorable experience for most people. You can contact us to experience one of the best fishing spots in Mag Bay on luxury yachts. We provide all the equipment and amenities that you need during the trip and offer water-based activities. We also have a chef on board so that you can have a special meal after fishing.

What Makes A Great Sportsfishing Trip?

An angler showing off his catch.

Sportfishing allows you to interact with others and enjoy some adventurous outdoor time with your friends. You also get to catch your food, enjoy a magnificent view of the sea, and catch a glimpse of those gorgeous fish and dolphins.

Here’s what makes a great trip.

The Right Gear

Before everything, you need to know where exactly you’re going, which species you’re going for, and what do you expect from the water. These parameters help you gather the right gear for your fishing trip. The sooner you do your research, the better it is—especially if you need to purchase some new equipment.

As a passionate angler, you might already have bait, reel, and line. However, deep-sea fishing requires more sophisticated equipment, including spears, gaffs, tackle boxes, sinkers, floats, traps, and waders. Baits are often particular and vary across different species. You also need something to store up your catches. It will also help if you stock up on some navigational equipment and GPS systems to help you find the rich spots.

The weather matters!

A smart angler always knows what they’re getting into. Don’t forget to check the weather forecasts before heading to the Baja waters. You can delay your trip a few days if the forecast mentions rough winds—you won’t be able to catch any fish anyway.

If the temperature is expected to drop a few degrees, you’ll know what kind of jackets to carry. If it’s expected to get hotter, it’ll help to keep sunscreen. Weather changes in the sea are very unpredictable. What starts as a pleasant morning can quickly turn into a rainy evening. It always helps to prepare for the unexpected. Pack an umbrella, a pair of boots, and a hat just in case.

Freshly caught catch from a sportfishing trip.

A Luxury Yacht

There is a lot more to a fishing trip than just fishing. Chartering a luxury yacht means a seasoned chef will dish out some fantastic food for you while you watch the sunset by the gallery, and there will be lots of exciting water toys at your disposal. You also get to go off the beaten path and discover new fishing spots and unchartered waters. The captain will know where to find the best catch and steer the yacht to help you make the most out of your money.

Luxury yacht rentals also have ample comfortable space for you and your family to enjoy some time together. Riding a luxury yacht is also an unmatched status symbol. You might even be able to catch the glorious sunset view for your Instagram feed!

Your next great sportfishing trip is only a few clicks away! If you’re in Cabo San Lucas, get in touch, and we will book you the magnificent 38 ft. Albemarle, to let you ride the waves in luxury!

Secret Tips for Extra Luck While Fishing

Fishing is not something you can learn overnight or develop a knack for if you’re not born with it. But why should you wait for experience and skill to knock on your door if we’re willing to take you on a supervised fishing tour?

Here are all the tricks you can use while on our fishing charters.

A man holding a fishing rod and reeling in.

Glue Your Bait

If you’re new to the game, you’ll be all too familiar with losing your bait in the water. But don’t be disheartened, many fishing experts struggle with keeping their bait intact so that the worm stays in place. Here’s a hack for that: anchor your bait using super glue.

It doesn’t hurt to experiment with your fishing equipment to suit your needs. If it helps you catch bigger and better, why not try?

Downgrade to Upgrade Your Catch

We’ve acquired one skill over years of fishing experience: we can always tell when a big catch is around but not biting the bait. That’s when you need to act wisely because one wrong move could alert the game fish of the danger of getting caught.

A smart trick is to downgrade your bait and retrieve it at a different speed. Slow down your move, like the jungle cats waiting before they pounce, and seduce your fish into the trap.

Fishing is all about how you present your moves and how smooth you are with your game plan. If you perform better, you’ll make bigger gains.

Jerky, unplanned moves can scare your fish away before you have the time to anchor them.

Drag to the Honey Hole

Do you struggle with a kinked or twisted rope that gets entangled at the wrong time? Here’s a spinning trick for you: unspool your line behind your boat while you’re sailing to your fishing spot. Upon reaching, reel it all in, and you won’t have any knots or kinks.

Pack a Sharpie

A seasoned fisherman always as an assortment of sharpie pens on every fishing trip. If you’re on board our fishing charters, ask the instructors if they have one. You can customize each of your sharpie pens to mimic bleeding gills, a perch, or a shad.

a yellow fishing reel and the sea.

Handle Fish with Care

The way you present your lure guarantees your success with the game fish in the deep sea. As we mentioned, it’s all about your moves and the presentation.

When you cast your lure and reel it in, it should come back straight up. In case it skews to one side, tweak the eyelet in the opposite direction with needle-nose pliers. If your lure is not tuned correctly, your bait will always come back unbitten, and you won’t have a fresh catch for dinner.

But if you’re new to all this, let our experts help.

We offer fishing charters in Cabo San Lucas that provide the golden chance to try your hand at sportfishing.

Deep-sea fishing is one of the many attractions in our package, and we know you’ll love having a fresh catch prepared onboard by our chefs for a victory meal.

Call us now at +52 624.168.9544 for the best fishing in Mexico.

Going after big yellowfin tunas in Cabo San Lucas

Going after big yellowfin tunas in Cabo San Lucas

Going after big yellowfin tunas in Cabo San Lucas

Yellowfin tunas in Cabo San Lucas

The first thing we do is get all of our gear ready the day before like helium balloon, juming fish, binoculars, live bait and our secret lures.

Then in the morning of the charter, before we get out of the marina we look at our water temperatures and chlorophyll so that we can make a decision base science.

Once we look at out apps for wind, water temperature and chlorophyll we get the numbers on our gps so that we can head that way.

Once we get close to the target area we start looking out of our binoculars to find birds and dolphins.

Once we find them we get to them as soon as possible and depending on how they are behaving we ether get the kite, parachute, lures or bait out into the water to attract the tunas. 

If we go by the dolphins a few time and we don’t see anything in our sonar, we move on and start looking into our binoculars again to find another big school of dolphins that can guide us the the yellowfin tunas. 

Yellowfin tunas in Cabo San Lucas

The game is all about persistence and patience.

If you let your guide do his job and enjoy the ride you will have the experience of your life time and finish your day with the biggest catch ever. 

Yellowfin tunas in Cabo San Lucas

 

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96ft Mardiosa in Cabo San Lucas.

96ft Mardiosa  in Cabo San Lucas.

The 96ft Mardiosa is a Barattucci yacht was newly refitted to blend modern elegance, with excellent seakeeping abilities to offer an exemplary, luxurious cruising experience.

96ft Mardiosa yacht in Cabo San Lucas
96ft Mardiosa yacht in Cabo

The elegant 96ft Mardiosa was built in 2004 by Barattucci Yacht INC. and fully refitted in 2018, She is now in pristine condition. Powered by MTU engines of 2435 hp each giving her a maximum speed of 33 knots and a cruising speed of 28 knots. The motor yacht can accommodate 8 guests in 4 cabins. She boats a wide spacious saloon with natural oak and walnut finishing as well as a very cosy warm sofas and dark wood wooden floors. She has a wide dining area for 8 guests and a fully‐equipped galley and extensive entertainment space : Cockpit with table, sundeck in the bow and on the fly.

96ft Amrdiosa yacht in Cabo San Lucas

This beautiful 96ft Mardiosa was equipped as a Luxury Performance Sport Yacht with a huge fishing deck, a Simrad navigation and 3D sounder side scan , She also have Furuno sounder 360 deg capability, we just installed time zero nav with 3D capabilities and 4 tuna tubes to be ready for the big fishing tournaments in Cabo San Lucas.
All new custom trolling rods. 80- 130 lb with teagra 50s 130 spectra to 80lb mono ,50 scoop live well plus our fish hold freezes salt water to 27 degrees with also a deck freezer for flet commercial grade vacuum seal pack. 

That makes her extra special for multiple day fishing charters to Mag Bay witch we recommend going from August to November or a nice Sea of Cortez adventure were you will experience white sand beaches, scuba diving on some of the biggest aquariums in the world like Cabo Pulmo or swimming with whale sharks in islands around La Paz Baja California Sur. 

For more information please contact us via email tagcabosportfishing@gmail.com or click on the link Luxury yacht charters in Cabo San lucas 

50ft Bertram in Cabo San Lucas

50ft Bertram in Cabo San Lucas

Our 50ft Bertram have room and comfort to accommodate up to a group of 12 Anglers with a nice flybridge.

We also have a private chef on board to prepare breakfast and lunch on board plus with all the electronics and top of the line equipment we can for sure get you a

on fish so that you can have an experience of a life time. 

We can go target striped marlins all year around but the best time to catch many of them in a single day is from July to november witch is also the best time to go target big yellowfin tunas.

We are equipped with kites and jumming fish to target big yellowfin tunas and 8 tuna tubes to target big black and blue marlins.  

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50ft Bertram