A surprising slow fishing report for Cabo San Lucas that bucks the normal trend of good fishing results through the Christmas-New Year time frames. We are also seeing a drop in water temperatures on the Pacific side of Cabo that would normally have a downsided effect on the catching, but so far, this is not the case, at all. Part of the problem has been the lack of anglers and boats fishing and for those that do fish, there is plenty of billfish but not the ones that cooperate and want to bite. This past week only 8 boats fished (less than 10% of the inventory) reflecting a combined report of 4 stripers released, (50% catch rate) 21 yellowffin tuna and 34 Sierra.

Cabo Climate: Sunny & clear during the early week and changing to mostly cloudy by week's end with temps ranging from 55 nights to 78 daytime highs.

Sea Conditions: Some windy conditions on the Pacific side but still fishable, just a bit rougher than normal and falling water temperatures. Sea Temps ranged from 69 to 72 from Golden Gate Bank to Cabo Falso, rising to 73-74 out to the south of Cabo San Lucas and rising to 74-75 from Chileno to Los Frailes. Pacific side has excellent clarity & blue water but moving around toward the Sea of Cortez reflects a clean green tint to the water.

Best Fishing Area: Continues to be on the pacific side and all fish reported this week came from that side.

Best Bait/Lure: Live bait was by far the better choice for the billfish and feathers, hoochies and cedar plugs for the tuna.

Bait Supply: Remained good through the week for caballitos.