Cabo San Lucas, Fishermans Paradise (in my mind). Where to start? My favorite time to go is during mid to late Oct.The Bisbee Marlin/Billfish Tournament is around that time and the Marlin and Dorado are in season. I would get there a week before or after the tournament to avoid the crowds,unless you plan on entering in the tournament. The combined prize purses for the 10/05 Bisbee 25th Tournamnet totaled 3 million dollars,thats not in doneros-big difference. There is plenty of charters to choose from, I recommend the Solmar Fleet, they always hook up with the fish,Marlin,Dorado(Mahi-Mahi,as they call them in Hawaii),Sailfish,Wahoo or Tuna. You have to go only a couple of miles out for all but the Tuna,for them,you will have to go about 10-20 miles out.

A quick story-While waiting in the airport to return home on my 1st trip, I had a modest sized cooler filled with frozen and smoked Dorado, yes you can bring your catch home with you on the plane, a guy walks up next to me with 4 or 5 coolers stacked about 6 ft high (there are plenty of places to buy the coolers in town). I had to ask, How many fish did you catch? He answered, one! ,a giant 600+ lb Tuna and about 5-6 hours fighting it!!! I also had seen the largest Wahoo in my life, just check out the picture.
The best way to arrange a charter is to book in advance over the phone or internet. There is great surf fishing too, I had caught several small Rooster fish in the suds with, I'm sorry,my spinning rod (I didn't want to lose my fly rod and reel to some baggage handler or whomever) and a 3/8 ounce white or yellow jig. I had to try yellow, Gary would be pleased! My 1st trip I stayed at Villa De Palma, a great resort right in town, and reasonable rates. The last trip was at the Hotel Melia, not impressed... The marina is located just a few blocks away from either hotel. And the how is food you ask? Quite a few places to choose from. For Italian food, The Galleon Restaurant and Romeo And Juliet Restaurant rules! For entertainment, Sammy Haggars Cabo Wabo is it!, 3 levels, 3 stages with live bands,and alot of Tequlia flowing, WOW!!! For Mexican food, well,it's everywhere! Just check out The Giggling Marlin, great Mexican take out and eat in. For breakfast, The Hotel Real is a good place, alot of tasty choices. Also there is a great Chinese food restaurant, Lan's in the Plaze Bonita Mall in town, this guy is from Chicago, and his name is Tony, really, and he can cook the freshest Chinese food to order, and don't pass up Enrique's, home of the $9.95 lobster dinner (carribean lobster tail). Enough of the food (I can't believe I said that!)

If you go with your better half, you can enjoy a Sunset Cruise, all drinks included, and they only feed you peanuts, aboard the La Princesa catamaran, I think it was 50 ft long and roughly about a 3 hours trip. You can also take a day of sightseeing as well as golfing or even rent a Baja race car you can drive. There are a few things to be wary of, if you take a charter and return with any fish to be fileted and did not pack your fillet knife, the dockmaster has this provision for you. But, DO NOT pay in advance, they will ask for a deposit for the services, tell them you are out of cash at the moment and get a reciept from the dockmaster for your fish and he will ask you if you want your catch vacuum packed and/or smoked. Also when he asks when you depart for home, lie..... tell him you leave the day before you do, so you'll get your fish! (they will deliver to your hotel). I really enjoyed the smoked fish. Also check with your hotel, the Villa De Palma does this, they will fillet and cook you catch that evening for you, and keep the frozen fish in their freezers, just check at the desk. The Palma also has a mini-mall that has a great deli for your lunches for your fishing trips. You may want to go into town and do some shopping, there are numerous shops, yes tackle shops too, all along the downtown section and don't be afraid to haggle with the price, the shop owners will comedown as much as 40-50% depending on what and how much you buy. There are also fishing guides available, sea and surf guides are available, didn't use them, can't recommend any, sorry. A nice place I like to return to for some nite life is El Squid Roe, a party atmosphere and good food as well-always back to the food... The money exchange was about 1 dollar to 10 pesos. I like to browse the website www.solmar.com for anything that may interest me, charter rates, hotels, car rentals, etc. If you plan on rental, which I always do,wherever I go, try to arrange it before you leave the states. There are plenty of places to rent from, Dollar, Buget, etc...So there it is,Cabo San Lucas, a great little town on the southernmost tip of the Baja Pennisula. So much to do, so little time. I'll be going back there as much as my wife lets me go!!!

CABO RULES!