July 1st, 2008

Feels like summer! 95 degrees has been the average high and mid 70's at night! The water in the Sea of Cortez is warmer than the evening air temperature! From one day to the next the clients started coming into the store all red cheeked and carrying bottled water. Absolutely love the summer! We had struggled with cold water surrounding the tip of Baja for a couple of months now. This reeked absolute havoc on the bait and the fishing. We were jumping from the Pacific side to the Sea of Cortez every few days and constantly finding ourselves searching for surface fish. The fish were finnicky and showing no interest when we did manage to present the bait. It seemed like the wind was constantly blowing and the fishermen were constantly searching. This is what fishing is all about.

The "Minerva's" made 62 fishing trips last month and here are our catches for the month of JUNE:

Striped Marlin Releases 88
Sailfish Releases 4
Dorados 24
Pargo or Red Snappers 5
Yellowtail 3
Grouper 1
Yellowfin tuna 0

By the way, I have to comment that I have never seen yellowtail stay around so long as this year. In the month of May we completely sold out of IRON! From what I understand from the local fishermen there were no Salas or Sumos to be found anywhere in this town. That has absolutely never happened before, at least not my 32 years here. You can see by the catch numbers above that we still found 3 stragglers in June. I'm sure the "BIG FAT 0" next to yellowfin tuna hasn't escaped anyone. What a disappointment, both May and June have been slim pickens on the yellowfin tuna. Let's keep our fingers crossed that July will bring lots of tuna to the tip of Baja!

If you would like to go sportfishing while you are in Cabo San Lucas or have any inquiries, drop us an e-mail : minerva@minervas.com


Sincerely,

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