San José del Cabo Fishing Reports (May 2026)

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Fishing reports straight from our guides in San José del Cabo

Kevin Brown
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Reported: 3 years ago

Jeff Huntly with his 2 amigos mahi mahi and this nice sailfish. I had my bisbee tournament crew on board

Kevin Brown Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Reported: 3 years ago

Jeff Huntly with his 2 amigos mahi mahi and this nice sailfish. I had my bisbee tournament crew on board

Sailfish Fishing in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur

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Edward Araujo with Cabo San Lucas Fishing Charters
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Reported: 3 years ago

Yellowfin Tuna continue to deliver all you want action on the water. 40 to 150 # Tuna hitting all lines and keeping the non stop action going. Cabo is on fire with the best all around pelagic fishing on the pacific! Let's go fishing come and get some !

Edward Araujo with Cabo San Lucas Fishing Charters Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Reported: 3 years ago

Yellowfin Tuna continue to deliver all you want action on the water.
40 to 150 # Tuna hitting all lines and keeping the non stop action going.
Cabo is on fire with the best all around pelagic fishing on the pacific!
Let's go fishing come and get some !

Yellowfin Tuna fishing in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur

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Edward Araujo with Cabo San Lucas Fishing Charters
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Reported: 3 years ago

Marlin marlin marlin! All customer are yelling in Cabo San Lucas. The golden gate spot is wide open with our boats returning with 4 to 10 marlin releases per day. Also mahi mahi continue to deliver fun action and amazing table fare. As the weather continues warm the bite continues...

Edward Araujo with Cabo San Lucas Fishing Charters Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Reported: 3 years ago

Blue Marlin fishing in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur

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Kevin Brown
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Reported: 3 years ago

Big 30 to 40 lbs dorado just north of las Barrilos Also some sailfish Some runa 25 miles offshore of las Barrilos and tuna n stripes east of gordos

Kevin Brown Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Reported: 3 years ago

Big 30 to 40 lbs dorado just north of las Barrilos
Also some sailfish
Some runa 25 miles offshore of las Barrilos and tuna n stripes east of gordos

Mahi Mahi / Dorado fishing in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur

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Edward Araujo with Cabo San Lucas Fishing Charters
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Reported: 3 years ago

Giant bull dorados have been very consistent these day with the warm water movement coming in. Also great stripped marlin bite on now. 4 striped Marlin releases and this beautiful 68lb Mahi mahi monster. Making dreams come true

Edward Araujo with Cabo San Lucas Fishing Charters Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Reported: 3 years ago

Giant bull dorados have been very consistent these day with the warm water movement coming in.
Also great stripped marlin bite on now.
4 striped Marlin releases and this beautiful 68lb Mahi mahi monster.
Making dreams come true

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★★★★★
Luis and crew were amazing, from the moment we left the dock they made sure we had snacks and drinks and we were on our way fishing! 15 min into trip we hooked a Mahi Mahi and then it slowed but Luis and his crew didn’t give up. They were changing lures and doing everything they can to get us on the fish. We were not far from marina on our way back and hooked into a Marlin! Checked all the boxes for us on the trip and highly recommended the Blue Marlin boat.
Chase G. | April 11, 2026

Trip: Cabo Offshore Drag-Ripper
★★★★★
Great day spearfishing with a great guide and captain. Luis was great. He got us on fish and gave us plenty of instruction while being available to help with reloads and give points on improving our hunting.
Andrew G. | February 2, 2026

Trip: Spearfishing Baja
★★★★★
We had a great time on our Cabo Fishing Trip. Captain Edward and his mate got us on a big Marlin within minutes. We also hooked onto some Roosters, but weren’t able to land them.
Robert M. | January 10, 2026

Trip: Cabo Trophy Hunt - 28’ Cuddy Cabin
★★★★★
Captain Eduardo was quick to respond to his booking and returned communication quickly. His mate and him were very knowledgeable of the fishing grounds. He was very personable. The expectations of the fishing trip was exceeded. I will go again if back in the area. You will not be disappointed if you book with him.
David S. | January 6, 2026

Trip: Cabo Trophy Hunt - 28’ Cuddy Cabin
★★★★★
What can I say, that day the water was very ruff and we caught two Wahoo fish one 60 pounds and one 50. The crew was amazing from the food to helping us with moving about the boat too recovering the fish. Definitely my best fishing trip experience I have had. Will definitely go back and charter with Blue sky.
Marc H. | October 19, 2025

Trip: Cabo VIP Trip - 60’ Bertram 4-8hrs
★★★★★
Great trip!
Steve S. | August 5, 2025

Trip: Cabo Full-Day Or Half-Day
★★★★★
Great captain and crew. We caught a huge blue marlin!
James D. | August 4, 2025

Trip: Cabo Trophy Fishing
★★★★★
In that I run several hundred charters a year myself I'm pretty sure I understand the difference between a good and a bad day on the water. I went out with Captain Poncho three days in a row and I will summarize all three in this one write up. First of all, these guys can and do catch fish. That they do it without particularly good equipment and virtually no electronics (one boat had a VHF and a GPS/no transducer, another , the panga, didn't have either.), says to me that the fishing is pretty good! On day one my wife was out and we stayed in a lee so she wouldn't get sea sick. The sierra mackerel bite was pretty much non stop and we had our limit in pretty short order. We tried jigging in deeper water but no one was home but on the way back towards the fleet we saw some bait and stopped off for a crazy jack crevalle bite that would have lasted far longer than my arms could take! They were blasting surface plugs in spectacular fashion but would have hit anything you threw at them, they were quite aggressive, We also got a few small skipjacks and small grouper (released) as well. Made Mackerel cevechi for dinner. On day 2 my wife stayed at the apartment and Poncho and I went out in a panga. He used land ranges to put up on a shelf in about 150 ft of water to the east of the marina by about 10 miles. It was pretty windy and rough for that little boat but there were a couple of crazy commercial handliners in the same area in an even smaller boat! We had a few bonito and then Captain Poncho jigged a nice red snapper before I nailed a 55 pound AJ on a Squidtrex with a 25 pound flurocarbon leader. AJ Steaks for dinner was a lot like swordfish. Day 3 Captain Poncho had the center console again and my wife was with us. We went to "the mackerel area" again and we were getting them quite steadily even though there was no live bait available and we were using frozen stuff. It didn't seem to matter to the fish. While drifting for the mackerel I jigged a soft plastic near the bottom (50-60 ft) and got several large sculpins, a couple of triggerfish and a bonito. Kept only the bonito for fish tacos. All in all it was a great trip well taken care of by good people. My only suggestion would be to bring good tackle if you have it.
Jason C. | April 3, 2025

Trip: 26ft Mako Half Day
★★★★★
The trip was great. The crew was very nice and although our first time made us feel very comfortable.
Scott S. | March 21, 2025

Trip: Tiara Boat 35Ft Sportfishing
★★★★★
Edward was a fantastic guide, put us into the first Rooster of the day and a nice striped Marlin. Great boat, highly recommended!
Christofer G. | March 18, 2025

Trip: Cabo Trophy Hunt - 28’ Cuddy Cabin

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