Found in high concentrations in the inshore waters of Cabo San Lucas, Roosterfish is best known as the predator of the surf. It is the greatest inshore game fish that fights hard for survival and gives a tough time to anglers when hooked. So, if you’re looking for a fun-filled and super exciting adventure at sea, then prepare yourself to battle it out with Roosterfish.
Before we share with you some proven tips for catching Roosterfish. Let us first give you an overview of what this game fish actually looks like. Read more
Insight into what causes rods to break can help save yours
Three Reasons Rods Break
1) The rod has been somehow damaged in transit or handling (in a way that doesn’t show).
When transporting your equipment make sure you don’t bang your rods because even if you don’t physically see the damage it will eventually break your rod and it will make you lose a fish that took you a lot of patiences and persistence to catch!
2) High-sticking while fighting a fish,.
When you raise your rod to an angle that’s great than 90° from the ground, you’re putting a lot of stress on the rod and increasing the chances that it’ll break.
So be sure to keep the rod at an angle less than 90° when you’re fighting fish or trying to pull out your lure when it’s snagged.
3) Mismatched tackle, as when an angler fishes too large a reel or with line too heavy for a given rod.
basically don’t go after a 200 pound tuna with small tackle because you will lose the fish for sure and that hurts more that breaking the rod!
The biggest cause of rods snapping, in my experience, is due to angler error.” Not surprisingly, Stanczyk then cites high-sticking because that “puts the pressure in the tip part of the rod as opposed to the backbone; this causes the more-fragile tip to snap.”
Finger Bank: Although it is a long haul from the Cabo San Lucas marina, about 50 miles, the Finger Bank is one of the best fishing spots on the pacific side of Baja. It is off the coast of Todos Santos on the pacific and is known to be one of the best striped marlin spots in the World when fishing is good. We have release up to 60 billfish during one good day of fishing at Finger Bank.
On this youtube episode we target striped marlins using different techniques like flies, poppers, live bait and dead bait. focus on filming and having a great time using ways that makes it harder to catch them since we can easily release a bunch of them with live bait.
From July to January it’s always a good for fishing, beginner and pro anglers are both out on the seas catching some of the most exciting species at a rate that no other destination can rival. Visitors usually don’t know the top fishing spot around Los Cabo but our crew knows all the secrets spots and one of these top secrets spots are “The Finger Bank”.
Ready to book your own Cabo fishing trip and go to Finger Bank? Tag Cabo Sportfishing has been providing quality fishing charters in Cabo since the 2008. We’re known for having the best charter fleet around, as well as knowledgeable captains to help you make the most of your time on the water. Don’t risk your vacation or waste your time, give us a call or get in touch today.
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The Wahoo is a global pelagic species found worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters. They are mainly found offshore from the surface to depths up to 295 m (970 feet) but will approach the shore in pursuit of small baitfish when food is abundant. They reach a maximum of 2.5 m (8 feet 2 inches) in length and 83.5 kg (184 lbs) in weight. As of October 15, 2020, the International Game Fish Association world record stood at 83.5 kg (184 lbs) with the fish caught in coastal waters off Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, in July 2005.
Wahoo can be caught all over the world, but in Cabo San Lucas they can be caught on live bait such as mackerel, big eye, ballyhoos, mullet and more. They can also be caught on vertical jigs, and if you find structure floating there is a good chance by dropping a vertical jig down 100 feet or so, the wahoo you are looking for is down there. They are also incidentally caught on a surface-presented kite bait and are a welcomed bycatch while targeting other species such as marlin.
They are a highly targeted gamefish, especially in Mexican waters of the Pacific being prized for their initial burst of epic speed. In Southern Baja, way too much time is spent pursuing Wahoo, primarily for bragging rights, with a very low return on investment.
Watch our videos to get a better Idea of how, when and where wi fish !
Though, wahoo can produce angling adrenaline with their lightning speed, these fish, after a couple of blistering runs, usually come to the boat easily. Unlike with tuna, where the end of the battle is often tougher than the initial strike, wahoo will usually lay up nicely for your gaff. It is important here not to lift the fish’ head out of the water, as the hook may not be implanted properly in the wahoo’s bony mouth, even though you fought the fish all the way to the boat. Though unlikely, I have seen multiple fish simply drop the lure once boat side and swim away unharmed, not having been hooked at all.
Knowledgeable captains have countless yellowfin tuna fishing spots in Cabo San Lucas, and since the fish migrate through our local banks all summer, you might find them anywhere on a given day. But the fish return to certain places like clockwork each year. These include the San Jaime bank.
Finding the fish usually isn’t hard – but catching them can be a different matter entirely. Yellowfin tunas spend the vast majority of their time far below the surface. If you’re lucky enough to intercept them on the rare occasion when they rise to feed on the surface, you are way ahead of the game. But what about the other 90 percent of the time, when you know the fish are there but they stay deep? How can you elicit a strike in those circumstances?
A sign of activity. Dolphin can often mark the spot for Tuna in the open ocean.
Whether you are fishing with lures or bait, chum is often effective on tuna of all sorts, and Yellowfin are no exception. You can either chum with live bait or chunks of cut bait. That helps keep the fish around the boat. For trolling, you can try tuna feathers, cedar plugs, and plastic skirted trolling lures.
According to research, yellowfins show an affinity for waters in the 72-82 degree Fahrenheit range, with larger fish preferring slightly cooler waters. By studying SST (sea surface temperature) charts you can hone down your search area significantly when looking for fish, and you’ll find the best fishing in areas of optimal water temperature.
Like terrafin app or satfish webpage are two great options that will help you look SST charts for about $100 usd per year.
Speaking of charts, any marine angler worth his salt knows the importance of structure. Reefs, shoals, ledges, humps, seamounts all attract bait, which in turn attract larger predators. When all else fails you can usually find a few fish around structure, regardless of how deep it is. Add any or all of the above and the action just gets hotter.
Put a variety of different baits in your spread. Tuna can be very finicky and it’s tough to “match the trolling for tuna with squidsatch” if you don’t know what they’re feeding on. Run a variety of baits – squid bars, spreader bars, daisy chains and single baits – and if you notice certain ones getting most of the action, switch out your other baits for more of the same.
While all this may seem frivolous on a public level, the sneak attack from above seems to work the best and when it comes to yellowfin tuna fishing nothing…and i do mean NOTHING…will pull the wool over their penetrating eyes more so than the deployment of a kite or helium balloon with a robbery flying fish.
How to catch yellowtail amberjacks in Cabo San Lucas
The first step in any successful fishing trip is coming up with a game plan for the day. Since our goal on this trip was to cover as many yellowtail-fishing scenarios as possible, Arturo Chacon and Felipe Mayo strategized on how best to break up the day. “It’s important to consider all of the information you have available when deciding where and when to fish,” explained Arturo.
“It helps to know the general area where the fish have been biting, but that will get you only so far. To come up with a good plan, you’re going to need to know when and why the fish are biting in that area. It might be a time-of-day bite, it could be tide dependent, or the fish might be in a particular area because that area is holding bait schools. Sometimes you can get that information from friends who’ve been on the fish, but other times you’re going to need to make an educated guess as to what the fish are doing based on your experience with fishing those areas.”
Cabo San Lucas yellowtail often prefer metal jigs to live bait, but choosing the right jig for the situation is key. When fishing schools in deep water, drop a heavy jig such as a Tady 4/0 or Salas 6X Jr all the way to the bottom, and wind it as fast as you can, while occasionally pausing the retrieve. This is called yo-yo fishing. To properly fish the jig, you’ll need a 7-foot heavy-action rod matched with a high-speed reel filled with at least 40-pound-test. A Calstar Graphiter 700H or similar rod matched with a reel such as a Penn Torque 30 full of 80-pound Spectra with a 3- or 4-foot leader of 60-pound fluorocarbon will give you plenty of pulling power to get a big yellowtail coming up and away from the rocky bottom.
When the fish are high in the water column, try a lighter metal jig such as a Tady 45 or Salas 7X. These swimming lures, known as surface iron, can be deadly. Keep an eye out for any birds that are looking hard at the water or yellows that are boiling on forage fish, then let your surface iron fly. Once you’ve made an accurate cast to the area where you saw the fish, retrieve the jig with a medium to fast wind and hang on. Long rods rule for fishing surface iron, and most anglers use 9- or 10-foot rods to give them casting distance. The drawback to these longer rods is that they sacrifice leverage. I prefer an 8-foot rod for that very reason, and have had great success fishing a model such as a Cousins CJB 80M-CT matched with a Penn Fathom 25N loaded with 65-pound Spectra and a short 60-pound fluorocarbon leader. Whether yo-yoing heavy iron or swimming a surface iron, once a fish strikes, just keep reeling until the fish is pulling line. Trying to set the hook will usually just pull the lure out of the fish’s mouth.
Trying to figure out what a school of yellowtail is doing 60 feet under your boat might seem like an impossible task, but if you pay attention to what your fish finder is telling you, it’s actually simple. Yellowtail are schooling fish, and the school tends to mark differently depending on what they are doing. If you run over a school of yellows that’s on the move, you might mark only a small chunk of the school in the moment that the school intersects with the beam of your sonar. On the flip side, inactive fish will often mark as long worms as they cruise slowly under the boat, allowing time for your fish finder to ping off the same fish multiple times. Biting schools, however, will show up as scattered marks that are moving diagonally up or down on the finder as they fan out to chase down baitfish.
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