MBG Cabo Trip Report

[Massbaytuna3]

Well, I wish we could end the report with an epic tale but, the fishing slowed waaayyyyy down. We end today with 7 marlin released, biggest 180lbs, and 18 fish hooked. Great action considering the slow bite and abundance of cold water. Here's how it ended up:

Day 3 - VERY slow morning and early afternoon. There were maybe 2-3 boats that pitched at some tailing marlin that were fortunate enough to get a release. We shoved off the dock at 9am (we had a breakfast date with the ladies before they headed home early for Christmas ) and didn't see any action until Ramon pulled a "secret spot" out of his bag of tricks.... At around 3:30 we pulled the spread in and Ramon ran over to his buddy to grab some more live bait. We ran about 5 miles to the North, all by ourselves and one bird working. Jamie bridled up some live macks and cabillito and we slow trolled. It wasn't 20 minutes later that a bait ball came up 20 ft from our port bow right under the 1 bird that we stopped on. I grabbed the center bait and reeled it tight, closer to the ball, and watched an angry marlin come out from under the bait to smoke mine. Jamie hooked one too and we were doubled up.....only to pull the hook on mine after 10 minutes and pull the hook on the other after getting the leader 2 ft from the rod tip.... The best part about the day was watching our mother, in the chair, with a jumping marlin backing down at 6 knots. Pretty cool, and great vid.

Day 4 - Today was almost identical to Thursday. We did have some more action on tailers though. We pitched at 4 and managed one hookup, only to pull another hook. On one of the tailers, Jamie pitched and the fish wanted nothing of the bait. Taylor heard one of the flat line ballyhoo rods in the spread start to scream. A fish came up in the spread while we were working the tailer. Fish on!.....but, another pulled hook....

Overall, great trip! Ramon is again, an unreal fishermen, and one of the best boat handlers I have ever seen. Jamie, is top notch. One of the quickest people in the cockpit I have met and a bait rigging pro. Taylor and I will be bringing home some "tricks" that we learned from the guys. As always, we highly recommend the Dream Weaver boys!

Merry Christmas!

- Greg, Taylor, and Bryan

[sears720]

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[Captain Curt]

Great report and pics.Glad you guys had a good one.

and merry christmas

[Captain Greg Sears]

We had a blast with the boys and girls.

Just a few notes :

The Boss ( Wendy caught her first Marlin) well actually we played around with this fish for about 20 minutes getting pictures. The leader was 2 inches from the rod tip twice not a technical release but I am giving it to her. I could have touched the leader but we where getting pictures and no one was in the cockpit ready to leader the fish.

The picture with Taylor on the pulpit and the fish jumping at his feet. This is actually a fish I was fighting from the cockpit and Taylor is pitching to another one and he doubles us up.

Not to many pictures of me on this thread but I am responsible for being the man behind the camera on a lot of those action shots. Dad has to do something. My role was to wake up and man the Cameras. (on vacation I do a lot of napping) Wendy says I do my share at home too.

Pitching to schools of feeding Marlin is as exciting as it gets. The boys from Dreamweaver are some of the best in the world at this type of fishing. These guys have won some of the biggest tournaments in the world. And even when the fishing is slow they produce some great action. On this trip we had many opportunities to hook up and missed because we refused to let them do it for us. We are fishermen and like to learn for ourselves and the Dreamweaver crew is always accommodating. If we did everything their way we would have caught more. But an average of 5 to 6 hookups per day was not slow for me. These guys love to fish and they had as much fun as we did. We have developed a great friendship and I intend to spend many years fishing with the Dreamweaver crew.

[getreel]

Pitching to schools of feeding Marlin is as exciting as it gets. The boys from Dreamweaver are some of the best in the world at this type of fishing.

I couldn't agree with you more Capt Shanka. I had a phenomenal day with Dream Weaver and also got to meet the boss "Tom" who is a great guy. First class operation with guys that are masters of their fishery.

A picture is worth a thousand words! Smiles all around.
Cabo Trip Report 16 NOV