Deep dropping fishing in Cabo San Lucas

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Deep Drop Fishing Techniques in Cabo san Lucas

In Cabo San Lucas we deep drop for different species like groupers, snappers, yellowtails and striped marlin. 

When we deep drop fish for striped marlins in Cabo San Lucas we usually start by locating the bait on our SIMRAD equipment. While not 100% necessary, the 3 KW elliptical AIRMAR transducer and SIMRAD NSS EVO3 made finding the fish in 150 to 300 feet deep a whole lot easier.

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Striped Marlins. 

This beautiful species of Marlin grow very large and strong which makes it highly popular as a game fish. They are in cabo San Lucas all year around and we usually fish for them trolling or live bait pitching but here and there the bait is at our local fishing banks like the Golden gate or the lighthouse at 150 to 300 feet deep.

When that happens we look for the bait on our SIMRAD like on the picture below. 

Once we locate the bait fish usually mackerel we drop a weight with a sabiki to catch fresh bait since in Cabo San Lucas we always buy live bait from the bait guys in the morning but usually they catch it the night before and it does not look as good as the fresh one. 

As soon as we catch fresh live bait we put it back into the water of course with a hook on it and the bait starts running straight down to were the rest of the bait is and usually right behind them are striped marlins feeding. 

Marlin fishing in Cabo San lucas

We like to use Shimano talicas 25s or 16s with 100lb test braid and 80lb test fluorocarbon leader with size 9 circle hook when targeting striped marlins since them reels are super light and strong to fight one of them acrobatic marlins.

Circle hooks – benefits and tips

Circle hooks have been shown to increase the survival of angler released fish. With their success already proven for many game fish species, these hooks are now used increasingly for many other common recreational species including bream, flathead and kingfish.

Many studies have shown that one of the most influential factors affecting the survival of fish released by anglers relates to where the fish was hooked. Specifically, survival has been shown to be greatly reduced for fish that are deeply hooked in the throat or beyond.

Benefits of circle hooks

  • Reduced deep hooking – improved survival of released fish and decreased loss of fishing tackle.
  • Improved hook-up and landing rates for many species.
  • The strike time is not as crucial for hook-up of fish.
  • Lighter leaders/traces can be used as the line is generally away from abrasive mouth surfaces.

Circle hooks bring about many benefits for anglers, but they do require a few minor changes to your normal fishing techniques.

Once you have drop the bait to the bottom were the rest of the bait is and you feel the line just taking off like crazy !

Give it about 10 seconds with a circular hook for the marlin to eat the bait than start putting drag on it slowly until the drag gets to strike position on your Shimano Talica and usually you will see a big striped marlin jumping out of the water and by them you will know that the fight its ON! 

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