When most people dream about fishing in Cabo San Lucas, they usually picture giant marlin exploding from the water, reels screaming, and offshore boats racing toward blue water on the horizon. Cabo has certainly earned that reputation, but there is another side of the fishery that often gets overlooked. In fact, some experienced anglers would…
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Is Cabo Good for Inshore Fishing?
Ask most anglers what comes to mind when they hear the words Cabo San Lucas and fishing, and the answer is usually marlin. Giant billfish have helped make Cabo famous across the world, and there is no question that offshore fishing deserves its reputation. Yet something interesting happens every year. Thousands of visitors arrive expecting…
What Is the Marlin Capital of the World?
Ask a hundred offshore anglers to name the most famous marlin fishing destination on earth and you will likely hear several different answers. Some will mention Hawaii. Others will point toward Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. A few serious blue marlin enthusiasts may argue for Cape Verde. Yet there is one destination that consistently appears near…
What Is the Marlin Capital of the World?
Ask a hundred offshore anglers to name the most famous marlin fishing destination on earth and you will likely hear several different answers. Some will mention Hawaii. Others will point toward Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. A few serious blue marlin enthusiasts may argue for Cape Verde. Yet there is one destination that consistently appears near…
How Far Offshore Do You Fish in Cabo?
When people book their first fishing charter in Cabo San Lucas, they usually spend most of their time thinking about the fish. They imagine marlin crashing a teaser, tuna peeling line from a screaming reel, or a brightly colored dorado leaping across the surface in the Baja sunshine. Then, somewhere between booking the trip and…
What Size Marlin Are Caught in Cabo?
If there is one question that instantly gets anglers daydreaming about screaming reels, bent rods, and offshore adventures beneath the Baja sunshine, it is this one: What Size Marlin Are Caught in Cabo? The question seems simple enough. Yet the answer is one of the reasons Cabo San Lucas has become one of the most famous…
When Is Striped Marlin Season in Cabo?
Few fishing destinations in the world are as closely connected to a single species as Cabo San Lucas is to striped marlin. While yellowfin tuna, dorado, wahoo, sailfish, roosterfish, and blue marlin all contribute to the region’s reputation, there is one fish that has consistently defined Cabo’s identity for generations. It is the species responsible…
What Is the Best Bait for Marlin in Cabo?
Every year thousands of anglers arrive in Cabo San Lucas with dreams of watching a marlin rise behind the spread, light up electric blue beneath the surface, and attack a bait with the kind of aggression that has made billfishing one of the most addictive forms of fishing on the planet. Before long, almost every…