Fishing In Cabo

novice · October 15, 2010

G'Day all,

over the school holidays, we did what most people do, and went for an overseas trip.....with the added bonus of leaving of the kids behind... ....they have forgiven us, but we have to take them next time.

We went over to Cabo in Mexico, and hearing that the fishing there is just crazy, I had to book a charter.

Taking a mate who has never fished before, or been on a boat for any length of time, we headed out just before sunrise, and after about 30 mins to get to the fishing grounds, we had the lines in the water.

It took no more than 15 seconds before the first line started screaming, and before we could pull it out of the rod holder, two more lines went off.

I let my mate 'snoops' pull the first fish Mahi Mahi, but he was buggered from it after he landed it, so I pulled in the two remaining fish.

We kept pulling in fish every 10-15 minutes or so, and then snoops picked up the rod after it bent right over.

This was not a Mahi Mahi (Dolphin fish), it was giving him grief, but he persisted, giving line when the fish wanted it, and slowly pulling it back when he could. After 10 mins or so, we saw some colour, and a wahoo about 5ft long was brought in.....now Snoops was truly buggered.

The next strike was deemed mine, so I took the rod, and there was something very very heavy on the end of line. I'd get some line back, then I'd lose a lot more....then in the distance it broke the water....A bloody Manta Ray. It was putting one hell of a show, and a fight. After 30-40 minutes of tussling with the ray, I had it beside the boat. It's span was close to 2 meters, a beautiful looking creature....a quick pic (unfortunately, on Snoops' camera), and the ray was released.....I too was now buggered.

After a half hour or so, we were both buggered, he was sea sick, I had a belly full , and we had enough fish for the crew and their families, we called it a day....well....morning. I think we finished up with about 11 Mahi Mahi, and 1 wahoo....