Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Cabo San Lucas fishing report.
We’ve got classic early-summer conditions on the cape. Morning air in the low 70s, building to mid–80s by afternoon, light offshore breeze early turning onshore later. Typical pattern: calmer seas at dawn, a bit more chop as the sun climbs. Skies are mostly clear with some coastal haze, so plan on bright light and bring the fluoro leaders.
Sunrise is right around 6:40 a.m. local, sunset close to 8:10 p.m., giving a long, fishy day. The early-morning low light has been the prime window for inshore and first stops offshore; the last hour before dark is a strong second.
Tides are running a moderate swing with a predawn high easing down through the morning, then a rising afternoon tide. That falling morning water has been pushing bait off the beach edges and around the rocky points, and that’s where the predators are chewing.
Offshore, the bite has centered on **striped marlin** with a few **blue marlin** and scattered **sailfish** in the mix. Boats working the 95 and 1150 banks and out toward the Golden Gate are raising multiple billfish a day. Spreads of small to medium skirted lures in blue/white, guacamaya, and pink over green, plus rigged ballyhoo, have been doing work. Live baiting caballito or mackerel around surface activity is still the “get it done” move when the fish get picky.
Yellowfin **tuna** have been popping up in small schools under birds and porpoise, mostly schoolies with an occasional bigger model. Cedar plugs, small feather jigs, and diving plugs in sardine and black/purple patterns have been best. Keep a couple of poppers or stickbaits ready—when they push bait to the top, a well–placed surface plug can save the day.
Closer to the beach, the **roosterfish** game is alive along the Pacific side beaches and into the Sea of Cortez when the swell allows. Early mornings around Migrino, La Playita, and the stretch east toward Punta Gorda are seeing fish cruising the shorelines. Slow-trolled live mullet or caballito are the ticket, but big surface poppers and stickbaits in bone or blue mackerel colors are drawing explosive strikes for the lure crew. Mix in **jack crevalle**, **sierra**, and the odd **cubera snapper** around deeper rock.
For bottom fishing, working structure off Land’s End, the Lighthouse area, and up the Pacific ridge is turning up **red snapper**, **grouper**, and **triggerfish**. Fresh cut bait, squid strips, or jigs in 60–120 grams bounced tight to the bottom will put meat in the box when the surface bite slows.
A couple of hot spots to circle on your mental chart:
- The **Golden Gate Bank** on the Pacific side for marlin and occasional tuna when current and bait stack up.
- The line from **Chileno Bay to Punta Gorda** for mixed inshore action—roosters, jacks, and the odd dorado sliding in on cleaner blue water.
If you’re packing lures, don’t leave the dock without:
- 5–7 inch skirted trolling lures, blue/white, guacamaya, and petrolero.
- Cedar plugs and small feathers for tuna.
- Big poppers and stickbaits for roosters—think natural baitfish colors with a bit of flash.
Bait-wise, grab the liveliest caballito, mullet, or mackerel you can at the bait pangas; they’re still outfishing artificials most days for billfish and roosters, especially when the sun gets high and the water glassy.
That’s the word from Cabo for now. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report.
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