Fishing is running at full throttle right now on the East Cape. Virtually all of the big gamefish species are available for anglers to pursue. Just in the past two weeks we've had blue marlin caught approaching 600 pounds, yellowfin tuna across all size ranges with many fish exceeding 100 pounds and the largest at 246 pounds, and boatloads of huge bull dorado 35-45 pounds with the biggest weighed at 62 pounds. Most of our charter boats are limiting out on tuna with fish of above-average size. Nice wahoo averaging 40-50 pounds also are in abundance, with lots of nice striped marlin and big Pacific sailfish rounding out the offshore bite. With our sea surface temperatures in the high 80’s, lots of the offshore action is actually happening close to shore right now. Some of the tuna schools are only 3-6 miles out, with some of the nicest fish about ten miles out from Punta Arena. The most consistent blue marlin action has been 6-12 miles straight east of Punta Pescadero and 8-12 miles offshore from Cabo Pulmo on the perimeter of the canyons.

Inshore, roosterfish are going crazy with lots of 50-60 pound fish available; a monster 88-pounder was weighed last week. Big jack crevalle averaging 30 pounds, and abundant 15-20# pargo in similar sizes ranges also are being caught. A giant 40-pound dogtooth snapper was brought to the docks recently, among the biggest we’ve ever seen from these waters.

The tuna action has been going strong for three months with virtually no let-up. A number of distinct schools are available, ranging across our fishing grounds, with some of the larger specimens coming from the edge of our fleet’s range. Anglers are using chunk squid to catch many fish, but trolled hootchies, cedar plugs, and feathers, as well as ballyhoo and sardines, also catch fish.

The best fishing of the year is happening right now on Baja's East Cape!