Results containing 'fishing'
News Article
Date: 1/27/2014
Los Cabos is a paradise where the desert meets the sea; a land of natural beauty paired with world class golf, fishing and spas, carefree beach parties, mouth-watering food, and fishbowl-sized margaritas. Margaritas that are made with – what else? – tequila. And Mexico, as everyone knows, is the land of tequila, not wine. Yet many travelers are wine drinkers, regardless of where they vacation. Some could even be called aficionados, planning trips around visits to vineyards and wineries. So it’s not unheard of for a Cabo visitor to forego that margarita, choosing instead a glass of wine with dinner. Yet...
News Article
Date: 1/21/2014
I can recall a few competitive races in Cabo over the years. Every once in a rare while the local police would partially close the highway and a handful of number-clad racers would slow down traffic on the fourlane. It seems that happened once every couple of years, but if you weren’t out and about on the morning of the race, you likely never even noticed. Nowadays it seems that every few months there is another race, and these races attract more and more runners each time. Now not only is Cabo an attractive place to spend a week lounging on...
News Article
Date: 1/7/2014
Four people, including an American tourist , were injured after a collision between a fishing boat and a whale close to Cabo San Lucas , the environmental authorities reported...
News Article
Date: 11/9/2013
The 2013 edition of The Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot, the world’s richest tuna fishing tournament, boasted $542,000 in prize money available to anglers on 135 teams. Shortly after scales opened at 2 PM on Thursday, the first day of the two day fishing tournament, a crowd began to build on the marina. They waited anxiously, hoping for a chance to witness the weigh-in of a prize-winning tuna. There were rumors of 200 pounders and even a 300 pounder. Just after 4 PM, when all lines had to be out of the water, the fish finally started rolling in.
The rumors of...
News Article
Date: 10/30/2013
The excitement of the Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Tournament has barely worn off and Cabo is already gearing up for another major sportfishing tournament. The 15th Annual Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot, the world’s richest tuna tournament, will be held from November 6 to November 9 with two days of fishing on the 7th and 8th. The event is hosted by the Wyndham hotel on the Cabo San Lucas Marina. As in past years, weigh-ins will be done at the Gray’s Taxidermy scale on the marina in front of the hotel.
The Tuna Jackpot is a prestigious event that draws teams from...
News Article
Date: 10/28/2013
The 33rd edition of the Bisbee's Black & Blue Marlin Tournament has come and gone. This tournament is always the most anticipated sportfishing event of the year because so much prize money is handed out and because it draws the world's best talent. This year did nothing to disappoint. Teams came from all over the world, including five teams from Japan, two of which finished in the money. This year also saw the first sailboat in Black & Blue history, and they took home money in the release division. There were five qualifying marlin caught and lots of last minute drama....
Date: 10/26/2013
DAY THREE
The flare guns went off at 8 AM signaling the start of the final day of the world's richest fishing tournament. Today’s daily jackpots totaled more than $600,000. Yesterday’s winners didn’t enter the mega-jackpots, so more than $1.1 million dollars were still at stake. If a team that entered all...
News Article
Date: 10/25/2013
Some of the major highlights of the 2013 Los Cabos 13th Annual Offshore Tournament, were the overall purse of $621, 350 US Dollars, a 201 pound tuna that was caught Sunday, October 20th, and 90 teams which competed from all over the world in what is known as Cabo's youngest tournament.
While the other Bisbee family fishing tournaments date as far back as 32 years, the Offshore event made its debut in 2000, as an added venue to help local charities and bring together international fisherman from around the globe, for four days of competition, camaraderie and helping the Cabo...
Date: 10/23/2013
The Bisbee Black and Blue Marlin tournament has started today. Lots of money, sweat, diesel and fishermen’s dreams are on the line here. Each one of the 105 teams out there have a chance to go home with millions on their pockets and of course a life-time memory of being a...
Date: 10/23/2013
Every fisherman returning to the marina after a hard day's fishing offshore from Cabo San Lucas knows that the resident bull sea lion, Pancho, will be waiting expectantly for any bait that hasn't been...