Cabo San Lucas marlin fishing is truly spectacular

Marlin fishing does not get better, anywhere in the world, than it has been these past few weeks along the Baja California peninsula north of Cabo San Lucas.

Pisces Sportfishing this morning reported a weekly tally of 620 marlin, of which 615 were released. The density at the Golden Gate area left "even seasoned Cabo veterans amazed at the sheer numbers of stripers," said Tracy Ehrenberg, owner of Pisces.

The numbers are ridiculous: Clint Brooks and Ross Loveland from Oregon released 14 marlin aboard La Brisa; Gary and McKenzie Smith from Destin, Fla., released 15 marlin; Joseph and Martha Angel from Chesapeake, Md., released 16 marlin and one sailfish.

Most ridiculous of all was the one-day tally of 20 marlin and 10 dorado by a group aboard Bill Collector, which had another 20-marlin day, and a 19-marlin day.

So if you'd like to try catching a marlin, you should book a flight soon because this cannot last forever.

--Pete Thomas

Photo: A striped marlin goes ballistic on the hook at the Golden Gate north of Cabo San Lucas. Credit: Chic McSherry