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!

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

 

For more information about our professional guided fishing tours contact us via email  tagsportfishing@gmail.com

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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.  

for more information click on the link fishing in Cabo San Lucas. 

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50ft Bertram

Mag Bay YachtFishing Charters from Cabo San Lucas

Mag Bay YachtFishing Charters from Cabo San Lucas
70ft Hatteras
Reel Quest yacht

Mag Bay fishing charters from Cabo San Lucas

As we all know the fishing spots in Mag Bay are world-class. We also know the long-range San Diego boats make it into this rich destination of upwards to 8-nights. Often stopping right outside of San Carlos on Isla Magdalena for bait.  However, there really is no place in the area as perfect for sportfishing as Mag Bay is.

Tag Cabo Sportfishing also takes pride in being able to provide you with the ideal Baja experience of a lifetime. Our Mag Bay yachts have been operating out of Cabo San Lucas for over 12 years and most of our captains are 3rd and 4th generation captains with many big game tournaments under their belts.

The amount of knowledge accumulated over those generations is easily shown in their fish count. Whether it’s many of the common desired pelagic species. You are after such as Wahoo, Marlin, Tuna, Dorado, or maybe you’d like more of an inshore guided fishing trip targeting Snook, Pargo, Grouper, Corvina, Bonefish and 100 other species. Whether you want to catch and release as many Striped Marlins in a day or fill your cooler with Wahoo, Tuna, and Dorado filets. Our Mag Bay yacht charters are the ideal choices, from August to November. 

Our offerings:

We are now offering our 70ft Hatteras “Reel Quest” on our Mag Bay fishing charters with captain Frankie Abaroa for 3-5 overnight fishing trips from Cabo San Lucas to Mag Bay under our guidance. Because, we usually get on board early in the morning on your preferred departure date and fish all the way into Mag Bay typically taking us about 20 hrs, depending on wind and water current conditions. Once we reach our desired location, we will fish for a full day and head back on the third day. 

Our accommodation:

We can accommodate up to 8 Anglers on board. This luxury fishing yacht charter with a personal chef onboard cooking meals and 2 deckhands working alongside. Captain Frankie to make sure we catch as much fish as you can. Possibly reel in until you give up for the day.

For more information email us at tagsportfishing@gmail.com or click on the link Mag Bay fishing trips. 

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