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Originally Posted by tunaman81

I took a fishing trip this week with my Dad and our friend Gary to Cabo San Lucas for some marlin fishing. We chartered the boat "Picante Expresso" of Picante Sportfishing with Captain Juan and his mate Alberto. I highly recommend this boat as the fishing was great, the crew was awesome, and we made it to the fishing grounds quickly (1 hour). A lot of the other charters are on slower Bertrams and other boat models that took up to 2 hours to reach the grounds.

We fished 1/15/09 and 1/17/09 and caught 25 striped marlin out of about 37 hookups, with the fish ranging from 120-160lbs. The fishing was insane, with marlin, sea lions, whales, and various sea birds all feeding on schools of mackerel. We tossed live mackerel at the bait pods to catch the marlin. The fishing was highly visual and we watched the marlin eat our baits right behind the boat. All fish were caught on Circle Hooks and released boatside.

1/15/09:

Met the captain and the mate at the boat and left for the Golden Gate Bank at about 7:30am.


We arrived at the bank after about an hour run to see birds, sea lions, whales, and striped marlin busting pods of mackerel all around us.



As we pulled up to the first bait pod, I looked down in the water and saw 2 striped marlin chasing bait right under the transom!!!

We began pitching mackerel to the pods of mackerel and I quickly hooked up and landed my first marlin: a 160lb striped marlin. This scenario continued throughout the day: chasing down the bait pods and pitching baits. The amount of life in the area was incredible, with sea lions, whales, and many marlin busting bait pods on the surface. Most bait balls had several marlin on them, and we estimated some of the bait pods to have over 30 marlin.

Throughout the day we saw many freejumpers.


We also saw many free swimming fish around the boat.



Here are the pics of the fish we caught on day 1:


























We fished from 8:30am-2:30pm and ended the first day going 12/20 on striped marlin.

Hello, I have been reading lately some articles about fishing since my daughter loves to watch dolphin and whale show. We are planning to bring her to a fishing spot on her next birthday. I am sure she would love it too. I got more excited after seeing the pictures posted here. And based on your blog it shows that you really had an awesome experience during your fishing activity. I am sure that you can share with me the exact location, contact number and the rental fee of the boat that you were recommending. Your feedback would be of great help to me. Thanks and take care.